Primordial Era: The Three Senior Brothers of the Taiqing Clan

With the introduction of domesticated livestock, food was no longer as scarce as before, and the lives of the tribe members were greatly improved.

No longer needing a large population to replenish the daily consumption of hunting, the human race finally had the resources to think about things beyond survival.

Fuxi gradually realized that the previous chaotic state of "knowing only the mother but not the father" was not conducive to the stability and long-term development of the tribe.

So he set a rule: any man and woman who are in love can register in the tribe and become husband and wife.

Of course, at this time, the human race did not yet have a written language, and the so-called registration was merely a matter of having a respected elder in the tribe bear witness.

After registering their marriage, the two built separate houses and lived side by side, no longer as they had before, with men and women mixed together and ethics in disarray.

This is what Fuxi did to "establish marriage and clarify human relations." From then on, the human race had a marriage system, the rudiments of the family, and social order was gradually established.

As the tribe prospered, Fuxi conceived the idea of ​​traveling to different places and visiting various tribes.

He wanted to extend the effective methods he had implemented in the Huaxu tribe to all human tribes.

He believed that if the Huaxu tribe was thriving because of this change, other tribes would certainly be able to as well.

In the years that followed, Fuxi put aside the trivial matters of his tribe and began to travel between various tribes.

He taught people how to use fishing nets to catch fish and hunt, taught them how to raise wild animals, and also gradually passed on the acquired Bagua (Eight Trigrams) he created to the tribe.

Furthermore, his ideas and methods for governing the tribes were promoted and implemented in various tribes.

After the situation in the tribe improved, he began to promote a set of rules for "fixed marriage and clear human relations".

As he continued to travel, Fuxi himself also continuously improved and perfected his philosophy.

He hopes to find some more complete and practical methods that can be uniformly promoted to the entire human race in the future.

Decades later, he finally implemented his ideas and plans in all the tribes. The lives of the people in each tribe improved day by day, and they gradually embarked on the path of civilization.

At this time, Fuxi was already quite old, but because he had practiced the techniques taught by Chen Qing, he still looked like a middle-aged man.

However, he was busy with human affairs all year round and didn't have much time to cultivate, so his cultivation level was not high.

Humanity, grateful for Fuxi's achievements, jointly elected him as the common ruler of all humanity—the Human Emperor.

After becoming the Human Emperor, Fuxi did not slacken his efforts; instead, he worked even harder, devoting himself to the affairs of the human race. Years of overwork gradually rendered his meager cultivation useless. More than ten years later, Fuxi had become an old man with white hair.

One evening, while he was handling affairs, he suddenly felt dizzy and fainted. The people of the clan thought that Fuxi's lifespan had come to an end, and they were all deeply saddened.

At this moment, in the unconscious Fuxi's mind, a series of long-forgotten memories surfaced like a tide—the joy he felt when he and his sister Nuwa transformed into human form, the scene of helping his sister seize the holy throne while listening to the Dao in Zixiao Palace, the ambition he had when joining the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan, and the scene of his death in the final war between the Lich King and the Demon Clan, where his true spirit was saved by Chen Qing...

After an unknown amount of time, Fuxi slowly opened his eyes and murmured to himself, "I, Fuxi... have returned!"

Even after regaining his memories of his past life, Fuxi did not leave. Instead, he devoted himself even more wholeheartedly to the development of the human race.

He is human, no longer a demon!

Some years later, a woman among the human race went out to pick wild fruit one day and suddenly saw a red cloud drifting in from the horizon, filling half the sky.

Something seemed to fall from the crimson cloud and enter the woman's belly. At that moment, she only felt a slight heaviness in her abdomen, but she didn't pay it any mind.

It wasn't until several months later, when her belly began to swell, that she realized she was pregnant.

At that time, the "establishment of marriage and clarification of human relations" promoted by Fuxi had already been implemented in various tribes. This woman became pregnant out of wedlock, which was regarded as an omen of bad luck by her tribe, and she was subsequently driven out of the tribe.

Strangely enough, this woman was all alone, heavily pregnant, and unable to move around easily, so she should not have lived long. However, she always turned misfortune into good fortune and escaped danger. Moreover, she was protected by spirit beasts and given food, so she was able to make a living.

When the people of the tribe learned of these extraordinary phenomena, they recalled the various legends surrounding the birth of Fuxi and concluded that this was the reincarnation of a sage. Therefore, the tribe welcomed the girl back to their tribe and cared for her well.

Nine years later, the woman finally gave birth. On that day, the sky was filled with rosy clouds, and the fragrance of grass and trees permeated the air. The child was born with extraordinary intelligence, able to walk and jump immediately. The clan was overjoyed and named him "Lieshan".

On this day, a young Taoist priest walked from the direction of Kunlun Mountain. This man was none other than Guang Chengzi, the chief disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun of the Chan Sect.

Guang Chengzi came to accept disciples on his master's orders, but in his heart he was actually reluctant.

He naturally knew the origins of the Lieshan clan—the Lieshan clan was the reincarnation of a wisp of the true spirit of the Hongyun Daoist.

The three religions and Nuwa jointly discussed the selection of the Three Sovereigns: The Heavenly Sovereign, Fuxi, became a disciple of Chen Qing due to Nuwa's influence. The Human Sovereign, Xuan Turtle, had already been accepted as a disciple by Tongtian. The remaining Earthly Sovereign, Lieshan, should naturally become a disciple of the Chan Sect.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun was too proud to personally accept disciples, so this important task was entrusted to Guangchengzi.

Guang Chengzi was devastated. He also wanted this merit, but Lieshan was the reincarnation of Hongyun, a powerful figure who had listened to the Dao in Zixiao Palace in his previous life, a quasi-saint level person.

How could a junior like him, who hasn't even reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, possibly teach him? Moreover, in the future, the Lieshan Clan will accumulate merit and surely regain their memories of their past life, surpassing their master in cultivation. Where would he put his face then?

But this was his master's decision, so what could he, as a disciple, do? He could only run over with a bitter face.

The tribe members were unaware of these inside stories. Upon seeing the arrival of the immortals, they were overjoyed and immediately gathered the entire tribe to ask the immortals to make their selections.

Guang Chengzi saw the current Lieshan clan, an infant only a few months old, and then realized that he seemed to have arrived too early.

But since he had already come all this way, he couldn't go back empty-handed, could he? So Guang Chengzi had no choice but to reluctantly accept the infant Lieshan as his disciple.

To Guang Chengzi's relief, Lieshan, though young, was exceptionally intelligent and quick to grasp what his master taught him.

So, just as Chen Qing had taught Fuxi, Guang Chengzi built a thatched hut on the mountain next to the tribe and lived there. He taught the Lieshan clan while working hard to improve his own cultivation.

Meanwhile, Chen Qing on the Three Immortal Islands began to consider the issue of resources, since the 840 million-fold prototype of the Great Thousand World consumed a massive amount of resources.