Chapter 784: Strong Aid, the Martial Ancestor of Humanity (4K)

The heavenly battles are in chaos, and I've heard that humanity is now locked in a great war with the demon race—what a dire situation!

Huang Yi Daozun shook his head.

He had already heard that the human and demon races were secretly competing, each listing the other's strong individuals as targets.

He did not want to be drawn into this great calamity at such a time.

Though the future looks promising, one cannot gamble with one's own life.

Especially as the great calamity gradually intensifies.

He did not want to inexplicably become a target for others to hunt.

If he were to join the Three Emperors' Celestial Realm, he might become a prime target for the demon race to hunt.

Seeing Huang Yi Daozun politely decline, Zhang Jian smiled faintly and said.

"Do you feel that our human race compares to the ancient demon court, or to the ancient demon gods' clan?"

"We surpass them in victory, yet fall short in no way!"

Huang Yi Daozun's expression became solemn.

The ancient demon court of old had only one sovereign and one emperor, though possessing the innate treasure Chaos Bell and the three hundred and sixty-five major stars of the celestial sphere.

But now humanity has the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, eight Holy Emperors, and the elites cultivated from humanity are spread throughout the myriad heavens and worlds, with talented individuals existing in countless ancient Dao lineages.

If the status of humanity's protagonist were shaken, they would obviously not stand by idly.

Moreover, beneath the Three Emperors' Celestial Realm lie many celestial dimensions directly under its jurisdiction, the great thousand worlds, and even the mundane human realm.

Its war potential is extremely strong.

Zhang Jian asked again.

"Then how does the current demon race compare to the demon race of old?"

Huang Yi Daozun said.

"Naturally, they are vastly inferior!"

He was actually being rather restrained.

In truth, the difference is enormous.

The ancient demon court was said to command the azure heavens, with the entire sky being demon territory.

The three hundred and sixty-five major stars, even extending to the celestial realm and half of Buzhou Mountain, were all under the ancient demon court's dominion.

Even those later patriarchs had to rely on the demon court's favor.

But now the demon race, aside from a few celestial dimensions belonging to it, has its authority and the number of its strong individuals vastly inferior.

Huang Yi Daozun felt somewhat moved at this moment.

"However, I've heard that the demons are closely allied with the six great demon realms, and there are also unorthodox paths secretly assisting them..."

He had a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

Although he dwells in obscurity in the Heavenly Talisman Realm, his information is not lagging behind.

Moreover, because those who come and go are the powerful figures behind the great Dao lineages, he knows more secrets than ordinary strong individuals.

Zhang Jian spoke calmly.

"Indeed, that is true!"

"But the opponents of the Eastern Emperor Divine Court are more numerous—not only our Three Emperors' Holy Court, but the return of the Taiyi Clan has already drawn the vigilance of the myriad gods. In ancient times, how many great divine powers fell at the hands of the ancient demon race? That era, the demon race was mighty, the gods' cultivation incomplete, they dared to be angry but not to speak—but now it is not the same!"

"And there is the Central Heavenly Court!"

Seeing Huang Yi Daozun's gaze turn toward him, Zhang Jian smiled faintly and said.

"The Central Heavenly Court will also not stand idly by while someone reassembles the demon race, thereby affecting the order of the heavenly court's formation!"

Upon hearing Zhang Jian's analysis point by point, Huang Yi Daozun was indeed moved.

In this human-demon great war, humanity's chance of victory is indeed great.

But that Eastern Emperor is none other than the peerless sovereign of the ancient demon court.

Even though he resides in the Heavenly Talisman Realm, he has heard of that ancient demon emperor's overwhelming dominance.

Huang Yi Daozun still harbored some apprehension deep within, thought for a moment, and then said.

"This matter is too important; I still need to consider it!"

"Only human nature!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly, and at that moment did not press further.

Afterwards, he rose to take his leave and departed from Kongyuan Mountain.

"Seeing off the senior!"

At the gate of the Kongyuan Great Hall, many disciples wearing various-colored immortal robes saw Zhang Jian and bowed in succession.

Qing Ning Daoist was also among them.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian's form remained unchanged, and in an instant his true body vanished from Kongyuan Mountain.

……

On a branch of Kongyuan Mountain, within one of the immortal cities, Qing Lan Xianzi was drinking alone in an immortal tavern and restaurant, also waiting for Zhang Jian there.

Rarely returning to the Heavenly Talisman Realm, Qing Lan Xianzi had a good appetite, and alone she ordered a full table of food and drink.

Her face was absolutely beautiful, her demeanor elegant, attracting the attention of many cultivators, but as she released thread after thread of terrifying immortal divine aura from her person, no cultivator dared to step forward to harass her.

Zhang Jian's form appeared out of nowhere, he sat down directly, picked up another set of utensils on the table, and directly took up a piece of fragrant spiritual beast meat to taste.

Qing Lan Xianzi then stopped her movements, put down her utensils, her eyes slightly showing respect, but she could not help but ask.

"Your Majesty, have you succeeded?"

Zhang Jian shook his head and said.

"It's not that easy!"

"But he will soon change his attitude!"

He smiled faintly.

Qinglan Xianzi's eyes flickered.

"Your Majesty, have you prepared other plans?"

Zhang Jian nodded.

"Some methods may be old-fashioned, but they are effective!"

After a slight pause, he said with a smile.

"It won't be long before I appear in the Tianfu Realm and meet Huangyi Daozun; this matter should soon reach the ears of those powerful demon clans!"

Qinglan Xianzi was startled for a moment, then immediately said.

"But in this way, wouldn't Your Majesty also be facing danger?!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly and said.

"Danger? Perhaps so, but now the human race holds more trump cards than the demon race; not using such power would be a waste!"

Zhang Jian knew his information had likely already fallen into the hands of many powerful demon clans.

Among the human elites targeted for slaughter by the demon clans, his ranking would certainly be very high, even the value of killing him surpasses that of killing a cultivator who has mastered both pill and formation arts.

But now the problem is, the human race can play more cards than the demon race.

At this moment, he had already sent his intentions through the human stronghold in the Tianfu Realm back to the Three Emperors' Holy Court.

He believed the Three Emperors' Holy Court would surely respond soon.

If the demon clan moves against him, it would be the perfect opportunity to slay part of their strength.

Qinglan Xianzi said.

"Your Majesty, should we now simply wait and see, continuing to break the Divine Concealment Degree Scroll?"

Zhang Jian glanced at her, shook his head, and said.

"There are more important matters!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly.

Every time he enters a new heavenly realm, his first task is naturally to first sketch the true terrestrial map of that realm, then strive to grasp the earth's origin within himself.

……

In the following thousand years, Zhang Jian brought Qinglan Xianzi to live an ascetic life, personally measuring the mountains and rivers, the true form of the land and rivers of the Tianfu Realm.

Of course, while the main body personally measured the mountains and rivers, secretly he had not truly prepared to use this method to depict the true terrestrial form of the Tianfu Realm.

He still used the previous method, employing the Dream-Walking Tai Xu Secret Technique to manifest hundreds of Tai Xu spirit bodies entering various places.

Though the cultivation of these Tai Xu spirit bodies may not be particularly strong, by relying on their perception of heaven and earth to draw the true terrestrial map, and even to investigate the local customs and conditions of the Tianfu Realm, it is still possible.

Zhang Jian tried to be as meticulous as possible, avoiding alarming the four native Dao Ancestors of the Tianfu Realm.

Within the Tianfu Realm, there are four great Dao Ancestors.

These four great Dao Ancestors each oversee the Dao lineage of the great teachings, or alternatively hold special origin positions, thereby educating heaven and earth, their merit boundless.

One represents the primordial beginning, the yang one of all things, the True Light Dao Ancestor, also known as the Ancestor of the True Light Teaching.

Next is the one who once represented the Creator Sovereign, who opened heaven and earth, the Hongyuan Dao Ancestor.

Then there is the one who founded the Tianfu Realm's Fu Xian Dao lineage, even completely changing the realm's name taboo, the Zhenfu Dao Ancestor.

Lastly is the Tian Dao Dao Ancestor.

Among them, the earliest born teaching ancestor is the True Light Dao Ancestor.

This one, born from the innate primordial yang aspect of the Tianfu Realm's origin, is also one of the ancient innate divine beings in heaven and earth; at his birth, he received the wisdom light of the Tianfu Realm's Creator Sovereign, thus teaching the gods, possessing boundless great merit.

His cultivation is naturally earth-shaking.

The second born Dao Ancestor is the Hongyuan Dao Ancestor.

This Dao Ancestor was born when the gods and spirits of heaven and earth were in ignorance; he understood the creation of heaven and earth, held the origin of the heavenly firmament, and for the gods and the myriad beings, separated the turbid heaven and earth; after receiving help from the True Light Teaching Ancestor, he cleared the chaotic qi deep in the Tianfu Realm, enabling the gods to have a dwelling place, and he became the Creator Sovereign incarnate.

At his peak, he nearly obtained half of the creation authority, the heavenly dao authority, and was revered by all gods.

The third born is the Zhenfu Dao Ancestor.

This Dao Ancestor founded the Tianfu Realm's widely transmitted and still prevalent Fu Xian Dao and Shen Dao, and by differentiating the authority of the realm's gods through Fu Dao, successfully replaced the heavenly dao with Fu Xian Dao, ending the Hongyuan Dao Ancestor's rule, forcing this Dao Ancestor to relinquish part of the creation authority, heavenly dao authority, and to acknowledge the status of the Zhenfu Dao Ancestor.

This is a Dao Ancestor of profound influence.

Lastly is the Tian Dao Dao Ancestor, whose rise as a Dao Ancestor is quite accidental.

At the time when the Tianfu Realm's calamity and evil were rising, the boundless calamity arrived; this Dao Ancestor obtained a remnant of the ancient divine beings of the Tianfu Realm, integrated resources, and also gained the favor of the two previous Dao Ancestors, ultimately differentiating the calamity, defeating part of the native-born competitors, and part of the demonic path strong beings, thus avoiding the triggering of the world-ending calamity.

Therefore, he is revered by the gods as the Tian Dao Dao Ancestor.

……

Regarding these four great Dao Ancestors, Zhang Jian has done some homework.

These four great Dao Ancestors each obtained a portion of the heavenly dao origin support, condensed the famous heavenly dao fate of the Tianfu Realm, and are very formidable.

Most importantly, the cultivation of the four great Dao Ancestors is at least at the Three Turns Dao Zun realm.

Similar to that most ancient True Light Dao Ancestor, who very likely stepped into the Ultimate Dao realm.

The Ultimate Dao realm is the final realm before the Primordial Beginning.

It transcends the Three Turns Dao Zun.

In ancient times, the primordial era called it the Peak of the Quasi-Sage, or alternatively the Ultimate Sage.

Nowadays, many powerful beings above the myriad heavens' void prefer to call it the Ultimate Dao.

This is the position held by the heads of super Dao lineages, even the masters of the Holy Court, the masters of the Heavenly Court, and even the founders of ancient sects; they can at any time transcend everything and prove the Primordial Beginning.

According to the information Zhang Jian received, whether it is the three great Holy Emperors of the Three Emperors' Heavenly Court, the six heavenly emperors of the Central Heavenly Court, or those ancient sect masters, the Western Pure Land world's several Buddha ancestors, or even part of the heterodox Dao ancestors of the myriad heavens' void, and even most of the peak demon lords of the demon realm, are all in this realm.

Including the Great Heavenly Lord!

Of course, it is not ruled out that some among them have already set foot in the Primordial Realm.

But the probability is very low.

Among the myriad heavens and worlds, it is rumored that whether it is the Seven Great Demon Ancestors of the Six Great Demon Realms, or the Four Ancestors of the Heterodox Path, or the Patriarchs of the Three Teachings of the Middle Ages, or the Two Buddhist Patriarchs of the West, or several Supreme Beings of the Divine Race, they have all entered another special place, where they contend for other fortunes.

Whether these rumors are true or not is currently unknown.

However, many ancient patriarchs have indeed not appeared for a very long time.

In the era when these ancient patriarchs and primordial divinities have not appeared, the supreme Dao powerhouses are the ones who hold sway over the chessboard of the myriad heavens and worlds.

……

Now, the earthly authority of the Heavenly Talisman is actually controlled by the True Light Ancient Teaching under the True Light Dao Ancestor.

Among them, the Earth God Yuan Chun Ancient God is even a direct disciple of the True Light Dao Ancestor.

He is also an ancient god of venerable lineage.

And the Nine Netherworldly Underworld of the Heavenly Talisman Realm was opened by the True Talisman Dao Ancestor; currently, the lord of the Heavenly Talisman Earth Realm is a disciple of the True Talisman Dao Ancestor in control, which is also not a place that can be easily schemed against.

Although Zhang Jian's current Dao cultivation is such that he actually does not fear the other three-turn Dao Venerables.

Even if the opponent might likewise be a supreme Dao Venerable, or even a Dao Venerable who has walked the path to the utmost strength and reached the other shore.

……

In a small mountain city, Zhang Jian on this day received a message sent from the human race stronghold of the Heavenly Talisman Realm, that a human envoy had entered the Heavenly Talisman Realm, asking him to come for a meeting.

Zhang Jian immediately set off toward a magnificent immortal domain in the center.

Yuanheng Immortal Domain, Yuanzhou Immortal City

This place is one of the vast immortal domains governed by the Yuanheng Dao Venerable in the Heavenly Talisman Realm.

This place is also one of the domains directly administered by the True Light Dao Ancestor, unusually prosperous, with many extraterritorial Dao lineages, and even powers stationed here, so that one can often see various extraterritorial powerhouses coming and going in the Heavenly Talisman Realm.

They bear some very peculiar racial features.

Within Yuanzhou Immortal City, the number of human cultivators and immortals and gods is indeed not small.

In fact, although the Heavenly Talisman Realm has nurtured native races to hold the orthodox position of heaven and earth, the human race as an alien race is indeed numerous.

Zhang Jian glanced a few times, then entered a crystal wall radiant immortal palace.

This place is the Human Dao Pavilion, which can be considered the 'Foreign Affairs Institution' of the orthodox Three Sovereigns Heavenly Court!

Upon Zhang Jian's entry, the Pavilion Master of the Human Dao Pavilion, a human Dao Sovereign, came forth to greet him.

This human Dao Sovereign claimed to come from the Tianyuan Realm.

The Tianyuan Realm is one of the core heavenly realms governed by the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Realm, and also the core region within the human domain.

After bringing Zhang Jian to the main hall, this Dao Sovereign performed a slight salute, then turned and withdrew from the immortal hall.

And within the immortal hall, Zhang Jian's expression became solemn, yet he saw the envoy sent by the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Realm.

This envoy, Zhang Jian is not unfamiliar with, yet there is still some surprise in his eyes.

"Stone Ancestor Senior? The Three Sovereigns Five Elders Council actually dispatched Senior?"

Before him was a figure clad in dark robes, tall in stature, with faint traces of peculiar Dao patterns appearing on his skin; although he also manifested an ordinary human form, the depths of his eyes were like stars, and within his body seemed to hide immeasurable divine energy.

This Stone Ancestor, Zhang Jian had seen once before when he was in the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

The other party had come together with Bai Di Shaohao to investigate the invasion of the Changqing Heavenly Realm.

Zhang Jian holds a deep impression of this Stone Ancestor.

He heard the Yu King mention that this Stone Ancestor, before attaining the Dao, had once gathered the essence blood of twelve ancient god-demon clans' ancestors, cultivated into an Indestructible Martial Ancestor Golden Body, extraordinarily powerful.

After attaining the Dao, the Stone Ancestor reestablished the Primordial Demon God Great Dao of the ancient and modern eras, and also created various special body cultivation methods; in some mighty extraterritorial heavenly realms, he is also known as the Martial Ancestor, the Thirteenth Ancestor of the Demon Gods.

He seems capable of using the divine abilities of the twelve ancient god-demon clan powerhouses, his combat power astonishing.

The Stone Ancestor's gaze swept over him, his eyes slightly unusual, and after a moment he spoke.

"They all think your plan is somewhat reckless, I was the same as them before!"

"But now you have made me change my mind, this matter may indeed be done!"