Chapter 37 Establishing Human Relationships
In the Lingxiao Palace, Emperor Jun sat upright on his throne, below him two rows of imposing demon gods, their faces solemn.
"Your Majesty, now that the Ancestral Dragon has returned, regarding the matter of conquering the four seas, I urge you to reconsider!"
After a moment, Bai Ze stepped forward, bowed, and said in a deep voice.
"Please reconsider, Your Majesty!"
Someone began, and the demon gods quickly followed suit, urging him on.
The demon gods present had practically grown up listening to the legends of the Ancestral Dragon, and now, to wage war against such a supreme being of heaven and earth, they were naturally extremely unwilling.
"A bunch of useless trash! Even if the Ancestral Dragon has returned, what can he do? He's just an incarnation; how much strength can he unleash?"
Seeing the demon gods' fear before the battle even began, Emperor Jun was furious.
"Your
Majesty, please calm your anger. It is not that we are afraid to fight. Rather, with the return of the Ancestral Dragon, the Dragon Clan's strength has greatly increased. Rashly starting a war would be disadvantageous to our clan and would easily allow the Witch Clan to gain an advantage. Therefore, we urge Your Majesty to reconsider!" Upon hearing this, all the demon gods lowered their heads in shame and remained silent. Only Bai Ze remained unfazed and continued to speak.
"Hmph! The Witch Clan, truly hateful to the extreme!" Upon hearing
Bai Ze's words, Di Jun snorted coldly, his anger subsiding considerably.
"Moreover, the Empress is pregnant, and it is not advisable to start a war lightly at this time."
Seeing that Di Jun's anger had subsided, Bai Ze continued to persuade him.
"What you say is very true, my dear minister. Dismiss the court!"
Sure enough, upon hearing Bai Ze mention this matter, a smile immediately appeared on Di Jun's face, his anger vanishing without a trace. He waved his hand, dismissing the gods.
...
In the Pangu Palace, the twelve Ancestral Witches gathered together. Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin jointly summoned the River of Time and Space, attempting to glean from it the impact of the Five Elements Sacred Beasts' appearance on the Witch Clan.
Throughout the river of time, scenes of fierce battles between the Wu and Yao races were everywhere. Just as Dijiang and Zhujiuyin were about to examine the scene more closely, the phantom of Mount Buzhou appeared, blasting the two gods out of the river of time.
"The Yao race?"
Returning from the river of time, they only saw the battle between the Wu and Yao races; the other three races were nowhere to be seen.
"This matter has nothing to do with our Wu race. Our enemy remains the Yao race."
Dijiang and Zhujiuyin exchanged a glance and addressed the ancestral witches.
"Hmph! If it weren't for Hongjun's favoritism towards the Yao race, those feathered beasts would have been wiped out long ago!" Zhurong snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"Yes, that's right! How could the mere Yao race be a match for us, descendants of Pangu? Last time, we had clearly breached the Heavenly Court, but that hateful old man Hongjun suddenly appeared and saved the Yao race! Truly hateful!" Gonggong also cursed from the side.
"That old man Hongjun is truly going too far!"
"How unjust is the Heavenly Dao, only knowing how to favor the demon race!"
A group of Ancestral Witches were cursing Hongjun in the Pangu Palace.
"Alright, brothers, please stop cursing. Hongjun is, after all, the Dao Ancestor, the creator of the Primordial Chaos Realm. Cursing Him will damage your fortune."
Seeing that the Ancestral Witches were getting more and more rude, even cursing the Heavenly Dao, a female Ancestral Witch with a kind face spoke up to persuade them.
"Houtu, don't worry, this is the Pangu Palace. No matter how rude we are, Hongjun can't hear us." Zhurong said with a smile. "Yes, yes, we can't curse Him outside, but can't we curse Him in the Pangu Palace?" Gonggong chimed in.
The female ancestral witch, Houtu, smiled helplessly and said nothing more.
The Pangu Palace was formed from Pangu's head, a self-contained world isolated from all detection. Not to mention Hongjun, even the Heavenly Dao itself couldn't foresee what was happening inside the Pangu Palace.
Therefore, the twelve ancestral witches had no scruples within the Pangu Palace.
...
No matter how the prehistoric world trembled, what the witch and demon races planned, or what schemes the many powerful beings plotted, it was all irrelevant to Feng Zichen. With only the cultivation of a Celestial Immortal, he couldn't participate in such a major event.
Right now, he was in the Human Race Ancestral Palace, discussing the future of humanity with the three leaders and elders of the human race.
After ten thousand years of development, the human race's population had grown to a terrifying number. Countless humans were born every moment. On the shores of the East Sea, humans were everywhere, and their traces were everywhere.
Otherwise, Feng Zichen wouldn't have immediately relocated a portion of the human race to the Seven Luminaries Continent after acquiring it. The East Sea coast simply couldn't support so many humans.
In fact, the rapid population growth of the human race is inextricably linked to Feng Zichen. It was after he passed down the Divine Demonic Lineage that the human population experienced explosive growth.
Before, humans, being born later in life, couldn't cultivate and only lived for a hundred years, experiencing birth, aging, sickness, and death before returning to the primordial world. This created a delicate balance between newborns and deaths, naturally slowing the population growth.
However, after Feng Zichen passed down the Divine Demonic Lineage, humans embarked on the path of cultivation, greatly increasing their lifespan. Furthermore, in the primitive era, there were no ethics or order, lifestyles were open, and reproduction was unrestricted.
In addition, the Goddess Nuwa set up a protective barrier for humanity, causing ferocious beasts to retreat from human territory, and all animals to flee, eliminating the threat of natural enemies.
All these factors resulted in a continuous increase in the number of newborns and a continuous decrease in deaths. With this ebb and flow, the human population naturally grew larger and larger.
Today, Feng Zichen and the high-ranking members of the human race have gathered in the ancestral hall to address this issue.
"Establishing ethics and establishing social norms, even if it doesn't solve the problem, will greatly alleviate the current predicament of the human race."
Feng Zichen said confidently. These were practices proven by later generations and would definitely solve the current problems of the human race.
"What do you mean?" Some people were puzzled.
"Establishing marriage rites so that people know both their mother and father, ensuring an orderly, traceable, and reliable bloodline."
After saying this, Feng Zichen paused, giving everyone time to think. In short, this is the transition from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society, an inevitable consequence of the times.
"This method is excellent, but the human race has a large population; how can it be implemented?"
Although the people approved of Feng Zichen's method, they felt it was too difficult to implement and somewhat impractical.
"Divide the entire human race into three levels: by surname, by clan, and by name. This will make management much easier."
Feng Zichen had already anticipated this problem and had a solution.
According to his plan, humanity would be divided into nine major tribes, each ruled by one of the nine Taiyi Golden Immortals; each tribe would then have major branches, ruled by Golden Immortals; and each branch would have major families, ruled by Profound Immortals…
This hierarchical system, like a country, would make managing humanity much easier.
In later generations, these things were attributed to Fuxi, considered his achievement in becoming the Emperor of Humanity. Now, Feng Zichen had revealed it all in advance.
As for whether the Heavenly Dao would cause him trouble, Feng Zichen was certain it wouldn't.
Before Fuxi, humanity had survived in the primordial world for hundreds of thousands of years; how could they not have developed an advanced civilization!
(End of Chapter)