Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 72 Hundred Acres of Merit

Lei Ming looked up at the sky and felt that the world had changed. This feeling was indescribable, yet it was objectively real.

"The sky seems higher than before," Lei Ming murmured.

Ku Yuan also rushed over anxiously, having noticed the changes that had just occurred.

"Lei Ming, do you think something happened to the ancestral land?" Ku Yuan asked worriedly. The human race values ​​bloodline inheritance the most, and the ancestral land has special significance for all humans.

Lei Ming was also unsure: "I'll go back to the ancestral land first."

Lei Ming put away the array flags, and a rainbow streaked across the sky; he had already left Qingyu Mountain. Ku Yuan, looking worried, immediately summoned several clansmen at the Earth Immortal realm.

The ancestral land of the human race was located at the foot of Mount Buzhou, and it took Lei Ming half a month to arrive. As he approached the ancestral land, Lei Ming could already see the majestic Mount Buzhou. Mount Buzhou could no longer be called a mountain, but rather a pillar of heaven, rising tall from the earth and extending all the way to the thirty-third heaven, with no end in sight.

The Buzhou Mountain range covers a vast area. The ancestral legend says it is at the foot of the mountain, but in reality, it is more than a million miles away. Even so, ordinary people can clearly see Buzhou Mountain, which shows its greatness.

As he approached the ancestral land, Lei Ming's divine sense spread out. In ordinary areas, Lei Ming's divine sense could cover a thousand miles, but near Buzhou Mountain, his divine sense could only scan an area of ​​ten miles in radius.

"The pressure from Mount Buzhou is too heavy!" Lei Ming exclaimed. Before he even set foot on this first mountain in the primordial world, his divine sense was suppressed by ninety percent!

The ancestral land is also located in a valley, where the goddess Nuwa created humans. In the very center of the valley stands a giant statue of the goddess Nuwa, and every year the people of the ancestral land, led by the three ancestors, worship before the statue.

Lei Ming entered the valley and first bowed to the giant statue. This giant statue was formed from the divine power of the goddess Nuwa, who could protect the human race.

"I didn't expect the population of the ancestral land to be only over 100 million." Lei Ming was still a little surprised. Logically speaking, with the divine power of the goddess Nuwa and the presence of the three ancestors, the living environment of the human race in the ancestral land should be much better than that of Qingyu Mountain. But after a thousand years, the population has only grown from one million to one hundred million, which is a bit strange.

Lei Ming quickly realized that the constraint on population growth in the ancestral land wasn't the threat of demonic beasts, but food! With the three ancestors present, the demonic race had little chance of threatening the humans of the ancestral land, but as the number of demonic beasts decreased, the humans faced a food crisis. At this time, the humans didn't cultivate grains; they only hunted and gathered. With population growth, the gathered food wasn't enough to feed them all.

"It seems that apart from Rainbow City, other human tribes are still in a relatively primitive stage."

Rainbow City, with its thunderous roar, has long since achieved universal cultivation, and food is no longer a problem. From this perspective, Rainbow City has a higher level of civilization than the ancestral land.

The Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi clans received the returning humans and prepared for the grand sacrificial ceremony for the Goddess Nuwa. Seeing the increasing number of humans returning, the three ancestors were somewhat worried; the food reserves in the ancestral land were limited and could not supply too many people.

Lei Ming's divine sense swept over the three ancestors, and they immediately sensed it. They had not cultivated, but through their merits they possessed strength comparable to Golden Immortals, and their primordial spirit power was also incredibly strong; they simply didn't know how to use it.

"Did you feel it just now? It seems like someone is spying on us!" Suirenshi said.

The Youchao and Ziyi clans nodded in unison, their expressions changing as they left the ancestral hall. Seeing the three ancestors' alarmed expressions, Lei Ming realized there had been a misunderstanding and quickly revealed himself.

"Lei Ming greets the Third Ancestor!" Lei Ming bowed and greeted the Third Ancestor, who also recognized him.

"So it was you. Were you spying on us just now?" Arisu asked.

Lei Ming laughed and said, "It wasn't spying, but a misunderstanding caused by divine sense probing."

"Divine consciousness?" Suirenshi asked, puzzled.

"It's the power of the primordial spirit cultivated, which can be projected out of the body to observe the surrounding situation," Lei Ming explained.

"Cultivation?" Suirenshi exclaimed in surprise, "You know the methods of cultivation?"

Humanity is no longer as ignorant as it was at its inception. Now scattered across various regions from their ancestral homeland, they have come into contact with far more information. With the return of humanity, the Three Ancestors also learned about the outside world, discovering that besides humans, countless other races existed in the primordial world, and that those powerful races all possessed cultivation methods.

Many humans, like Xuandu, have ventured out to seek cultivation methods, but none have succeeded. In reality, Xuandu did succeed, but apart from Leiming, no one knew of his success.

Facing the gazes of the Three Ancestors, Lei Ming nodded: "By chance, I obtained a cultivation method, which has already been popularized in Qingyu Mountain. This time, besides offering sacrifices to the Goddess Nuwa, I have another purpose in returning to our ancestral land: to spread the cultivation method throughout the human race. I hope the Three Ancestors will support me!"

"This is a good thing, of course we support it!" the three ancestors said in unison. A thousand years of hardship had made them understand the importance of strength. Humans are born weak. Although they have innate Dao bodies, their physical bodies and primordial spirits are not strong, unlike other races, such as the demon race and the witch race, who are born very powerful.

Seeing this, Lei Ming breathed a sigh of relief. As the actual controllers of the human race, the Three Ancestors would be difficult to deal with if they were unwilling to let Lei Ming pass on his teachings or had other intentions.

"Thank you for your support, Third Patriarch!"

Two months later, the time for the sacrificial ceremony arrived. The three ancestors led hundreds of millions of humans to worship the Goddess Nuwa. As the humans worshipped, the colossal statue of the Goddess Nuwa emitted a dazzling light, seemingly in response to the humans, which made them even more devout.

After the sacrificial ceremony, the Three Ancestors gathered the leaders of the various human tribes. Lei Ming was surprised to find that only about a thousand of these leaders were acquired humans; apart from the Three Ancestors, there were no more innate humans left.

"Three thousand innate humans, one hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred acquired humans, is this all that's left?" Lei Ming felt a pang of sorrow. Needless to say, those people must have sacrificed themselves for the development of the human race.

"Since the beginning of time, countless races have existed in the primordial world. Even powerful races like dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns have long since declined, and many more have vanished into the river of time. Although the human race was born with the destiny of Heaven, if it does not strengthen itself, it will sooner or later become a tool for various forces to compete for destiny." Thinking of this, Lei Ming felt a sense of urgency.

Lei Ming established the Inheritance Hall in the ancestral land. This hall, built from massive stones, stood ninety-nine zhang tall. He categorized the cultivation techniques he had compiled and placed them within the Inheritance Hall. Each human had one opportunity to choose a suitable technique for themselves. After this opportunity, entering the Inheritance Hall again would require making contributions.

Since writing had not yet been invented, Lei Ming could only inscribe advanced techniques into jade slips using his divine sense. These techniques could only be obtained by cultivating divine sense. For the basic techniques, he used a recording stone, which recorded his explanations of the techniques.

On the day the Hall of Inheritance was completed, a hundred acres of golden clouds of merit fell, ninety percent of which landed on the Hall of Inheritance and one-tenth landed on Lei Ming, who was overjoyed.

"When I invented nets and saws, the merit was only for an area of ​​about ten feet, but this time it's for a hundred acres!"

Although Lei Ming didn't understand the mystery behind it, he had a guess: the most important thing for the human race was their ancestral land. Only by gaining the recognition of the ancestral land could they enjoy fortune and acquire merit.

Lei Ming then passed on the methods of making and using the net and saw to the ancestral land. Sure enough, this time, merit was generated in an area of ​​half an acre. Most of the merit fell into the Demon Binding Net, which suddenly gained thirty-three layers of restrictions, becoming a true merit treasure. A small portion of the merit fell into Lei Ming's possession and was collected by him.

"Where did the saw's merit go?" Lei Ming was still somewhat puzzled.

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Immortal Realm.

"Zi Yan, you'd better become my concubine." A dark cloud covered half the sky, and a burly man with two horns on his head laughed loudly.

"Demon Bull, you're delusional! You killed my disciple, and even if I die today, I won't let you get away with it!" True Person Ziyan shouted, burning her essence blood, crimson flames covering her entire body, and a huge amount of energy was about to erupt.

"You want to self-destruct? You'll have to see if I agree!" The burly man opened his hand, and the sun, moon, and stars swirled in his palm. Laws bound True Man Purple Flame, and the flames were extinguished.

"Teacher..." Zi Yan Zhenren felt despair. She had just become a Loose Immortal, while the big man was already an Earth Immortal. The two were separated by a whole realm, and their strengths were too different.

Unwilling to submit, True Person Ziyan took out the Xuanhuang Flying Sword and plunged it into her heart. Suddenly, a golden light fell from the sky and entered the Xuanhuang Flying Sword, greatly increasing its power.

(End of this chapter)