Primordial Era: The Great Serpent of Yunmeng

Chapter 48, Part 46: Hongjun's Return, Changes in the Three Clans

After this calamity, the world was filled with primordial spiritual energy, and many primordial deities began to go into seclusion, seeking further advancement.

The dragons also began to implement their own plan, showing many water gods the purifying power of the sea, and at the same time implementing water and air exchange in the northern continent.

When the gods saw the waters of the four seas merge with the waters of the north, their fortunes burst forth with vigorous vitality, and the entire northern water system became full of life.

The fortunes of the four seas and the dragon race have both increased dramatically.

Although something strange happened to the Dragon Clan, the fourth ancestor of the Dragon Clan, the innate holy god Yinglong, known as the Dragon Clan's war god, was sealed away.

However, this incident did not affect the water gods' optimism about the dragon race and their expectation that the water and air of both sides would be interconnected and that water transport would be linked.

This would greatly reduce the burden on the water god, eliminating the worry of rivers drying up.

Although the dragon race sends members to serve as water deities to manage the waterways, they do not attain divine status and are ultimately just administrators.

The gods no longer need to worry about blocked waterways, conflicts among aquatic creatures, or rainfall in the surrounding area.

It can be described as a win-win situation for both sides.

Since the Dragon Clan's plan to connect the northern waterways succeeded, all the major rivers and streams have now agreed to the Dragon Clan's plan to connect the waterways.

Furthermore, it proactively connected itself with the tributary waterways, incorporating these waterways into the dragon race's territory.

In just thirty years, the entire Eastern water system fell into the hands of the Dragon Clan, and many water gods in the East also enjoyed the benefits brought by the surge in the Dragon Clan's fortune, making great progress in their cultivation.

The Qilin clan wanted to try it too, but found that connecting the heavy earth veins was much more difficult and not worth the effort, so they had to give up in the end.

With the Eastern Water System in hand, the Dragon Clan began to make contact with the Western Water System from the Western Sea and the Southern Water System from the South Sea, and made some progress in both, although at a much slower pace.

Seeing this, the First Emperor knew the time was ripe, so he set off from the East Sea towards Yunmeng Marsh.

"Bai Ling of Yunmengze pays respects to the Venerable God."

Bai Ling greeted the Ancestral Dragon, who had just arrived at the Qizhi Daoist Temple in Yunmengze, and offered him fruits and tea, inviting him to take a seat.

"Ox, where is your master? Could you please inform him that an old friend has come to visit?"

Zulong was quite friendly to Bai Ling because he liked people who knew proper etiquette, and this ox had never overstepped the bounds of propriety since his arrival.

Seeing that he arrived without a visiting card and had not given his name, we still treated him with courtesy. Although we did not let him into the mountain gate, we still provided him with plenty of fruits and tea.

Therefore, his attitude was naturally much friendlier.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, my master has been in seclusion since returning from his last trip. Before going into seclusion, he specifically instructed me that he would not receive any guests during this period."

"No one who comes here should be disturbed."

"Oh? Not even his friends?"

Zu Long asked curiously.

"My master said that unless he comes out of seclusion on his own initiative, no one is allowed to disturb him."

Bai Ling replied immediately.

"Well, since we're not meant to be this time, we'll just have to wait until the future."

Having said that, Zu Long took out a jade slip and handed it to Bai Ling, then took out a low-grade spiritual root that looked like aquatic plants and tossed it to Bai Ling, saying:

"Once your master emerges from seclusion, give him this jade slip. He will then have his own way of dealing with the matter. Consider this spiritual root your reward for helping him. Farewell, little ox."

After speaking, the figure of the First Emperor disappeared faintly.

Bai Ling looked at the spiritual root in surprise and said:

"Mine? It's for me!"

His tone was filled with disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that he would suddenly possess a spiritual root.

He then put the jade slip into his pocket, picked up the spiritual root, and excitedly returned to the herb garden to plant it. He then transformed into his true form, a white ox, and jumped around excitedly.

He knew that the spiritual root was already his, and his master wouldn't value such a small thing. Even if he offered it to his master, his master would definitely not accept it.

At this moment, Qi's consciousness was immersed in the Dao Fruit, within which a vast world shimmered with dazzling light.

Pray that you will connect the world with the Tao through your consciousness, and the world will be filled with your Tao essence, appearing exceptionally clean and beautiful.

The Great Luo Heaven is now complete; the next step is to refine the spiritual treasures.

As the World-Slaying Jade Festival was offered up, the divine power of prayer continuously permeated the runes on its body.

Each rune on it gradually absorbed the divine power of the prayer, as if they were being lit up one by one.

Each rune is a major consumer of divine power; to completely refine a rune, one must basically exhaust all divine power in one prayer.

This is a task that requires time and effort to complete, and these tasks need constant nurturing.

Time passed through these repeated refinements.

A tremendous roar resounded between heaven and earth, echoing throughout the entire primordial world.

"Between the primordial heavens and earth, I am the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, the head of the Primordial Scaled Race, establishing the Scaled Race, and governing the four seas of the primordial world on behalf of Heaven, as witnessed by the Great Dao..."

The Phoenix Clan and the Qilin Clan had no choice but to follow suit, partly to seize the initiative and partly to compete for merit.

"Above the primordial heavens and earth, I am the Primordial Qilin Ancestor, the head of all primordial beasts, establishing the beast race to govern the primordial land on behalf of heaven, as witnessed by the Great Dao."

"Above the primordial heavens and earth, I am the Primordial Phoenix Ancestor, the leader of all primordial birds, establishing the avian race, and governing the primordial sky on behalf of Heaven, as witnessed by the Great Dao."

As the three voices fell, heaven and earth responded. The actions of the three races were beneficial to the primordial world. In an instant, a vast expanse of merit was generated between heaven and earth, no less than the merit bestowed during the great calamity of the ferocious beasts. The golden cloud of merit split into three and fell upon the three races.

Of this, seventy percent of the merit fell upon the clan leaders of each clan, and the cultivation of the three clan leaders directly approached the pinnacle of the Luo Tian Zun Shen. They only needed to take one more small step to surpass the Luo Tian Zun Shen and reach a new realm.

The remaining 30% was scattered among various races and creatures, which also gave them considerable opportunities.

After all the merits had been distributed, the world was quiet for a while, and then the voice of the Ancestral Dragon could be heard again.

"Between the primordial heavens and earth, I am the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, now the leader of all scaled creatures. I deeply feel the hardship of survival for all scaled creatures, so from this day forward, I establish the Dragon Gate on the shore of the East Sea."

"The Dragon Gate opens once every three thousand years. All creatures of scales and armor in the world that leap over the Dragon Gate will acquire the bloodline of the dragon and become dragons."

Heaven and earth were moved once more, and a golden cloud of merit descended. Although it was not as large as before, it was still enormous, and the aura of the Ancestral Dragon underwent a qualitative change in that instant.

Thus, the three races stood in a tripartite balance on the primordial continent, with the dragon race becoming the strongest. The fortunes of the three races also reached their historical peak at this time.

Qi watched this scene unfold from the lotus pond and foresaw who the protagonist of the impending great calamity would be.

"No matter what happens in the prehistoric world, the tragedy of the Great Calamity of the Ferocious Beasts must never happen again."

Qi turned and walked back to the bottom of the pool, no longer paying attention to the changes in the world. Only by having enough strength could he ensure that the tragedy of the ferocious beast would not happen again.

Hongjun had just emerged from the chaos and felt a sense of bewilderment.

"What's going on? Is this still the primordial world? How did the three races suddenly become so powerful?"

Sensing the location of the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation and the current strength of the three races, even Hongjun felt a moment of bewilderment.

P.S.: Back to work again, and more overtime, so frustrating! My birthday is completely ruined, but happy birthday to me anyway.

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