Chapter 1816

The destroyed human ancestral realm, the Chaos Immortal Domain, was the first golden age of humanity after the creation of heaven.

It was not destroyed from the start; it flourished for a long time.

The first-generation sovereign, the Chaos Immortal Emperor, possessed strength that peaked to the extreme, reaching level 3000 exactly. It was a virtual lifeform evolved by Chen Li using his own rules, so monstrous that he could single-handedly oppose several venerables above level 2800 without falling behind, even gaining an advantage.

But later… he was killed by the Dao Ancestor.

In the Myriad Heavens world, there are two Dao Ancestors who reside there permanently and do not leave easily.

One is the Supreme God, and the other is the one from the Void Sea—the Dao Ancestor from the water civilization, Cang Qiong Zhu.

This is what Chen Jie told Xiao Feng: only she, this kind of Dao Ancestor, can directly speak the Dao Ancestor's name without causing the other to sense or hear it.

Cang Qiong Zhu will appear in the Myriad Heavens world, carrying a bit of personal grudge.

He did not have a good relationship with the Creator God Chen Li to begin with, and also had some conflicts with the Supreme God; tens of thousands of years ago in the real world, over some minor matters, he offended human territory, and thus was locked into a virtual dimension, temporarily unable to escape.

Because of this, Cang Qiong Zhu's resentment toward humanity grew ever stronger, and the Chaos Immortal Emperor became the first sacrificial victim.

After this peak powerhouse fell, the second-generation emperor, the Taixu Great Emperor, succeeded him; the Chaos Immortal Domain continued waging war against other ancestral realms, lasting a long time.

The Taixu Great Emperor's level was only 2700, far inferior to the Chaos Immortal Emperor's strength; in repeated collisions, his power gradually waned.

Later, the Beast Tribe's mighty expert Dijiang, also known as the Burial Heaven Ancient Emperor, slew the Taixu Great Emperor, and along with him the vitality of the Chaos Immortal Domain was also destroyed.

The first golden age of humanity thus came to an end.

Of course, only the humans of the Chaos Immortal Domain were destroyed; on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, human remnants still survive and propagate.

At that time, the main powers on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield were the Divine Wood Tribe and the Demon Rock Tribe; the Beast Tribe mainly operated in the ancestral realms and had not yet fully risen.

Human numbers were few, and their rise was a very long process.

In the Myriad Heavens timeline, about 18 million years ago, the Divine Wood Tribe, Demon Rock Tribe, and Holy Worm Tribe engaged in a world-shaking war, with over thirty venerables participating, and among them were several top experts above level 2700.

The war's result was further fragmentation of the world; the Myriad Heavens Battlefield shrank, and the lands that split off formed three legendary Mi Jing: the Myriad Phenomena Forest, the Primordial Demon Realm, and the Boundless Immortal Realm, which still maintain a connection with the main world of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

Additionally, a fragment drifted farther away, forming another legendary Mi Jing: the Star Realm Mountain.

After that, the Divine Wood Tribe and the Demon Rock Tribe never recovered; the Beast Tribe retreated into the Primordial Demon Realm, and the Divine Wood Tribe scattered across the regions of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, living in peace for a very long time.

Millions of peaceful years passed; although there were wars, none were particularly large-scale.

During that period, tribes' beings fought each other and also made friends; the situation remained relatively stable.

In the Myriad Heavens timeline, about 15 million years ago, the Calamity Demon Tribe was born.

This tribe is actually a branch of humanity; essentially, it was founded under the leadership of the Eternal Overlord of real-world human primate civilization, the "Great Sovereign".

The Great Sovereign is the Holy Ape Demon Emperor; after entering the game world, he opened a dojo and preached the Dao throughout the Myriad Heavens, regardless of race or talent, anyone could come near his abode to listen to the Dao and study the law.

He taught two methods: one is cultivating internal elixir, the other is cultivating Li Ti.

Because there were no sectarian distinctions, no ethnic divisions, the response was astonishing; within just a few decades, he gained countless followers, and his influence grew rapidly.

Later, at the urging of his followers, the Holy Ape Demon Emperor established the Myriad Demon Teaching, taking the Myriad Phenomena Forest as its headquarters, and made a great name for itself on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

The venerables of all tribes felt the Myriad Demon Teaching was a threat, repeatedly sending forces to probe, but they kept losing to the Holy Ape Demon Emperor and his disciples, suffering crushing defeats each time.

Later, the Beast Tribe's beast god Dijiang, the Fish Ghost Tribe's elder Qinglong, and the Strange Spirit Tribe's Blazing Sun Heavenly Venerable all appeared together in the Myriad Phenomena Forest to challenge the Holy Ape Demon Emperor.

After a great battle, the Holy Ape Demon Emperor fought three to a draw, earning recognition from the three tribes; the other tribes dared not provoke this terrifying existence, thus tacitly allowing the Myriad Demon Teaching to exist and avoiding provoking it as much as possible.

The disciples of the Myriad Demon Teaching became somewhat arrogant and overbearing after this battle, often causing trouble everywhere.

Not long after, the name "Calamity Demon Tribe" spread widely, even surpassing the Myriad Demon Teaching's reputation, becoming another major tribe on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

Of course, the Holy Ape Demon Emperor's entry into the game world was not to spread the demon Dao Orthodoxy; his main aim was toward humanity.

At that time, humanity was scattered in all directions, loose and weak, not organized.

The Holy Ape Demon Emperor, under the banner of the Myriad Demon Teaching, attracted many humans, helping them establish homesteads on the land near the entrance of the Myriad Phenomena Forest, and taught them many cultivation methods, not limited to the two paths of internal elixir and Li Ti.

Initially those years, humanity was merely a vassal of the Myriad Demon Teaching, appearing quite humble.

But as time passed, humanity's advantages in wisdom and creativity gradually became evident.

Various cultivation methods, divine weapons, and formations and talismans etc. cultivation products sprang forth. Small villages became great Chengshi, great Chengshi became a tract of land; in just a few thousand years, an initial rise was accomplished.

Of course, that was only the beginning!

The true rise cannot lack venerables.

Only when the number of venerables increases can it truly be a top-tier great tribe!

As one could see, humanity's numbers grew ever larger, its scale ever more massive, and other tribes began to have objections.

Especially the Beast Tribe, which had just walked out of the ancestral realm and begun to act on the lands of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, ready to settle down. Seeing humans everywhere and even liking to hunt beasts for food, they were very displeased.

Thus war inevitably broke out.

At that time, humanity had only two venerables; even adding the venerables of the Myriad Demon Teaching, there were barely more than ten.

As for the Beast Tribe, besides the eight primordial beast gods, they also cultivated over thirty venerables of somewhat lesser strength in the past ten million years.

One can imagine that, given such a huge disparity, the war was completely one-sided.

The just-rising humanity was soon slaughtered, losing nearly two-thirds of its numbers.

Those days were pitch black; even the Holy Ape Demon Emperor grew angry and personally went into battle.

Unfortunately, the enemy's numbers were simply too many; even though he was invincible in single combat, he could not turn the tide.

In his anger, the Holy Ape Demon Emperor went offline to summon the ancient ancestor to come out of seclusion!

The human ancestor Da Yi gave the Holy Ape Demon Emperor a drop of precious blood.

That drop of Dao Ancestor's blood transformed into the Fighting Doctrine, infused into a newborn's body.

That newborn was the ancestor of Xiao Mi, the first member of the War God Tribe, the emperor of the War Ancient State—Kai Xuan Great Emperor!

He grew extremely fast, entering the Sovereign Realm in his teens, breaking into the Divine King at a hundred years, becoming an Ancestral God at three hundred, and in under a thousand years became a first-generation venerable.

In terms of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield's timeline, such growth is nothing short of monstrous.

Moreover, on the day he became a venerable, Da Yi also bestowed upon him a Supreme Treasure: the Heaven-Shaking Arrow!

Wielding the Heaven-Shaking Arrow and mastering the Fighting Doctrine, Kai Xuan Great Emperor's combat power surged to the level of top venerables, and his slaughter capability in the then-virtual universe remained firmly among the top three!