Houtu is infatuated with me, so I made her lean against the wall.

As Chi You and Xuanyuan began their cultivation, they quickly entered a state of enlightenment.

In this state, benevolent energy and malevolent energy surged into the two individuals' bodies, accelerating their cultivation speed.

One of them absorbs all the evil energy of heaven and earth into their own body, forging unparalleled battle aura.

Firstly, one should absorb the benevolent energy of heaven and earth into oneself, thus forging the way of the supreme emperor.

The two, one benevolent and the other tyrannical, seem to be natural opposites.

As the two began their cultivation, the aura of the Great Tribulation surged.

The pitch-black aura of calamity swept past. Let alone entering the body, even the slightest contact with it could risk giving rise to inner demons.

The powerful beings of the primordial era trembled in fear.

At the same time, the already gathered human destiny began to show signs of splitting apart as the two cultivated.

On the other hand, Shennong, relying on the Qiankun Ruler of the Taoist Ran Deng, created the human race's system of weights and measures, and then quickly reformed the human race and redistributed the land.

With the introduction of weights and measures, land was distributed more evenly among the people, greatly reducing conflicts.

Although conflicts still occur due to geographical differences, they are much better than before.

This allowed Shennong to relax a lot.

After returning the Qiankun Ruler to the Daoist Ran Deng, Shennong once again began searching for a successor to become the ruler of the human race.

After all, over time, he had been the supreme ruler of the human race for 100,000 years.

There are less than 20,000 years left until the merit is fulfilled.

Therefore, Shennong was also somewhat anxious at this moment.

After all, if the position of the supreme ruler of the human race is entrusted to the wrong person, it will inevitably bring great calamity to the human race. Shennong could not help but be cautious.

On this day, the incarnation of Shennong came to the northern continent.

This place is mostly in tribes composed of human shamans, with very few tribes composed of pure-blooded humans.

As they traveled across the northern continent, Shennong's eyes lit up.

Because, although he had previously promoted the five grains and taught farming techniques.

However, due to geographical reasons, there are very few places in the northern continent suitable for growing grains.

Therefore, most human-shaman tribes still rely primarily on fishing and hunting.

Although Shennong wanted to change this, even though he was the emperor of the human race, he did not have the power to change the supernatural powers of a region.

However, upon arriving in the northern continent, Shennong was surprised to find that many human tribes had begun to transition from a nomadic life of fishing and hunting to a settled agricultural life.

This discovery greatly intrigued Shennong.

After making some inquiries, Shennong learned that the reason they changed was a shaman named Chiyou.

Chi You not only vigorously promoted farming techniques, but also personally traversed the northern continent, dividing up land suitable for farming and distributing it evenly among various shaman tribes.

At the same time, Chi You observed the stars at night and, based on the Eight Trigrams created by Emperor Fuxi, created a method to predict the weather to assist in farming, so that the people of the shaman tribe could better cultivate the five grains.

In terms of daily life, Chi You also created various magic tricks and dances based on the original few musical instruments.

The most popular performance among the shaman tribes was the Chi You play.

That was a competitive activity in which two sorcerers, wearing bull horns on their heads, competed against each other.

This activity is not only entertaining, but also enhances the physical fitness of ordinary people.

After experiencing it firsthand, Shennong found it fascinating and became increasingly interested in Chiyou.

So Shennong bid farewell to the enthusiastic shaman tribe and came to the Jiuli tribe to visit Chiyou.

When Shennong visited him in his divine form, Chiyou did not hold back and told Shennong about his methods of governance in their entirety.

The more Shennong listened, the more delighted he became. So he revealed his identity and invited Chiyou to go with him to the human royal city.

After a moment's hesitation, Chi You gladly accepted and followed Shennong, taking the teleportation array towards the human royal city.

After many twists and turns, Chi You arrived at the human capital and was solemnly introduced to the great sage of the human race by Shennong.

The great sages of the human race believed that Chi You was the next leader of the human race chosen by Shennong, so they all enthusiastically communicated with Chi You.

This scene aroused endless jealousy in Lin Kui, the adopted son of Shennong.

Since arriving in the human capital, he has diligently assisted Shennong in governing the human race for tens of thousands of years without ever slacking off.

Furthermore, Shennong only had one daughter who cultivated under the tutelage of Bodhi Patriarch, and he was Shennong's adopted son, so the position of Shennong should have been inherited by him.

Why was Chi You, who appeared out of nowhere, treated with such great respect by Shennong?

Furthermore, the enthusiasm of those great sages of the human race for Chi You aroused Lin Kui's jealousy.

All indications suggest that Shennong's intended successor was Chiyou.

This left Lin Kui with a look of resentment.

He was unwilling to accept being abandoned by Shennong.

However, Shennong's prestige among the human race was too great, and even though he was unwilling, he had no way to change it.

Therefore, Lin Kui suppressed his resentment and devoted himself even more diligently to assisting Shennong in governing the human race, hoping that one day he could change Shennong's mind.

However, Chi You was simply too dazzling.

Internally, Chi You introduced a number of policies that were beneficial to the development of the human race.

Externally, Chi You assembled a large human army to sweep away the demon race that had repeatedly invaded the human race from the various sacred mountains.

This situation allowed Chi You to gradually accumulate a certain level of prestige among the human race.

Just when Lin Kui thought that Chi You was about to firmly sit on the throne as the successor of Shennong, a sudden change occurred.

A large-scale internal conflict broke out among humans.

The cause was still related to the water source.

The Fengxi and Xuanyuan tribes are located on the upper and lower reaches of the Lingyuan River.

Originally, everything had been peaceful.

However, the recent severe drought has led to a large-scale depletion of water resources.

In order to ensure that the tribe had enough water to survive the drought, the Fengxi tribe used huge stones to block the Lingyuan River.

This would be a hardship for the human race of the Xuanyuan tribe.

With negotiations failing, the humans of the Xuan Yuan tribe, in order to survive, planned to seize the water source by force under the leadership of their chief.

This led to a large-scale conflict between the two tribes.

These conflicts escalated and affected neighboring tribes.

Seeing that the internal strife was growing larger and larger, Shennong immediately sent Chiyou to mediate.

Initially, Chi You tried to find a way to mediate the conflict between the two tribes.

However, after the mediation was completed in one place, problems arose in other places.

This situation caused Chi You to frown deeply.

After much deliberation, Chi You decided to strengthen centralized power.

The human royal city is the core of the human race, and all tribes should obey its orders.

Enumerate laws and regulations to maintain the stability of the human race.

At the same time, the Imperial Guard was established to suppress all dissent.

While this method effectively curbed conflicts among humans caused by various reasons, it also resulted in rivers of bloodshed among humans.

After all, the human race had no precedent for this.

The sudden appearance of laws and criminal codes caused a rebellious mentality among humans.

Large-scale protests erupted in multiple locations.

In response to these protests, Chi You led the Imperial Guard in a violent crackdown, resulting in the deaths of many innocent human civilians.

After learning of the situation, Shennong prepared to stop Chiyou from continuing his "willful act".

However, Chi You believed that laws and criminal law would benefit the future development of the human race, and that temporary bloodshed and sacrifice could lay the foundation for the human race to last for eternity.

Because of their differing political views, Shennong and Chiyou argued every day.

However, Shennong was the supreme ruler of the human race, and his prestige among the human race was second only to the Holy Mother Nuwa and the Holy Father Qin Ming.

Ultimately, under Shennong's strong pressure, Chiyou's policies were forced to be cancelled.

In a fit of anger, Chi You left the human royal city and returned to the northern continent.

He wanted to prove that everything he had done was right.