Chapter 79: The Earth Emperor Proves the Dao, the Human Emperor's Allegiance

Mount Shouyang, Saintly Radiance Hall.

"Now is not yet the time to fall out with you Westerners. We shall keep this debt, and there will come a time when you will have to repay it." Panhuang looked toward the West, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

On the human side, after the matter of Jingwei concluded, Shennong once again set foot on the path of spreading the *Shennong Classic of Hundred Herbs*.

He had an intuition that once the *Shennong Classic of Hundred Herbs* was known to the entire human race and began to be applied, his merit would be complete, and at that time, he would be able to prove the Dao.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen years passed. Shennong had been away from home for over a decade, but Tingyao had no complaints; after all, what Shennong was doing now was a great undertaking that benefited the entire human race.

After the previous events, Jingwei had also become mature. She took the initiative to help Tingyao shoulder the various affairs of the tribe. With her help, the development of the Jiangshui Tribe flourished, soon surpassing the original Huaxu Tribe to become the largest tribe of the human race.

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"Are you prepared?" Shaodian asked, looking at the Chiyou before him.

This Chiyou was not that Chiyou; every leader of the Chiyou Tribe was called Chiyou. This was actually a result of Panhuang's intervention, all for the sake of the struggle for the Human Emperor.

"Just about. I have already clearly identified the tribesmen in our tribe who have turned away from the human race, as well as those in the surrounding tribes who have done the same. Once the time is ripe, they will be incorporated into the ranks of war," Chiyou said, looking at Shaodian.

"I am about the same on my end. I have screened the people in the tribe, and at the same time, I have secretly sent people to screen those in the surrounding tribes," Shaodian nodded.

"What about the people in the other human tribes?" Chiyou asked.

"The Saintly Teacher should resolve that. We only need to get the initial team up and running for them," he said.

"Good!" Chiyou nodded.

"Then let us leave first; if we stay too long, we will be discovered," Shaodian said, and then he vanished from where he stood.

Chiyou looked at the spot where Shaodian had disappeared, and the next second, his figure also slowly turned into a phantom and vanished.

After the two returned to their tribes, they extended their hands, and the two Heavenly Secret Disks in their hands instantly turned into fly ash.

This was Ruyi's divine ability: creating clones. Clones could also shield the heavenly secrets, but it had a limited duration.

"Child, are you prepared?" In the Chiyou Tribe, the Chiyou leader looked at the child before him and asked.

"I am already prepared." Chiyou nodded.

When Panhuang first found Chiyou, he was somewhat unwilling, but in the end, under Panhuang's persuasion, Chiyou agreed.

After this matter concluded, he would be able to return to the Netherworld to continue being his own Yama.

As for Shaodian's side, he did not tell Xuanyuan. After all, Chiyou was destined to be the one who would fall, and the matter of clearing out the human race's parasites required someone to lead it, so Chiyou had to know the inside story.

Not long after Shaodian and the Chiyou leader returned to their tribes, they ceded their positions as leaders to Xuanyuan and Chiyou. Now, it was time for them to take the stage.

After Xuanyuan took power, he did not immediately carry out large-scale reforms because the development of the Youxiong Tribe was going very smoothly. Although he had become the leader, he still spent most of his time learning by Shaodian's side.

As for Chiyou, after becoming the leader, he immediately reformed the hunting team's model, streamlining the original form of the hunting team and consciously forming teams based on each person's strengths, seeking to maximize individual combat power.

Under his reforms, although the hunting team's personnel were streamlined, their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

Because the Human Emperor and Chiyou were masters of weapons and war, their existence was for the purpose of unifying the entire human race, so their talents could only be exerted through weapons and war.

Shaodian also knew this, so when he took Xuanyuan to familiarize himself with the tribe, he would try to lean toward weapons and war.

Xuanyuan's talent was indeed very high; his comprehension of matters of weapons and war was very strong, and he could also put forward his own insights.

Xuanyuan also started with the hunting team, but he was different from Chiyou. Chiyou emphasized the coordination between individual combat powers, while Xuanyuan emphasized the coordination between teams.

He expanded the hunting team, utilizing everyone's advantages to complement each other to achieve a relatively perfect existence. After Xuanyuan's reforms, the number of people in the hunting team doubled.

After a period of grinding, the coordination between the hunting teams was already very perfect, and the thinking of group combat had become the core philosophy of the hunting team.

Between Xuanyuan and Chiyou's reforms, the combat effectiveness of the human race was greatly improved, and they shone brilliantly in one battle after another against enemies, which soon made other human tribes notice the Youxiong Tribe and the Chiyou Tribe.

The Youxiong Tribe and the Chiyou Tribe did not keep their things private, but generously told the humans who came to ask for help.

They did these things for the sake of the human race, so it was impossible for them to keep them private.

Because Xuanyuan and Chiyou had greatly improved the individual and team combat power of the human race, Shennong also noticed the two.

The development of the human race requires not only soft power but also hard power, and the duty of the Human Emperor is to be responsible for that hard power.

"Common Master, do you need to meet these two?" a person by Shennong's side asked.

"Let's meet them, but do not expose ourselves. We shall just observe in secret," Shennong thought for a moment and nodded.

Afterward, Shennong took people to the Youxiong Tribe. He had not returned for decades. When he left the Youxiong Tribe back then, he was just a youth, but when he returned, he had already become an old man.

Although he deliberately hid himself, he was still discovered by Shaodian. Looking at the old man before him, Shaodian felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He himself was now only in the image of a middle-aged man, yet his child was already old and frail.

"Father!" When he saw Shaodian, Shennong said with a smile.

"You've aged," Shaodian said indifferently.

"Hmm!" Shennong nodded. They did not say anything else, but these two short sentences were enough.

"Are you here to see Xuanyuan?" Shaodian asked again.

"Yes!"

"Are you going to Chiyou's side next?"

"They are both the best candidates for Common Master; I must carefully examine them."

"That is true," Shaodian nodded.

"What if they are both very outstanding?" Shaodian asked again.

"The Common Master is the Common Master of the entire human race, not the Common Master of Shennong," Shennong said with a smile.

"Hmm!" Shaodian nodded.

After a brief contact with Shennong, Shaodian left. Shennong's current status was relatively sensitive, so he did not have too much contact with Shennong. Mainly, he still had the task given by the Saintly Teacher, and too much contact with Shennong might let interested parties discover something.

After observing in the Youxiong Tribe for three years, Shennong left. The next place he went to was the Chiyou Tribe.

The style here at Chiyou's was significantly different from that of the Youxiong Tribe. The folk customs here were more fierce, and individual combat power was stronger, but what remained unchanged was still unity.

After observing in the Chiyou Tribe for three years, Shennong returned to the Jiangshui Tribe.

"Common Master, have you chosen which one to be your successor?" After returning to the Jiangshui Tribe, everyone asked.

"They are both very outstanding; I also do not know who to choose," Shennong shook his head.

"Common Master, you must choose one."

"I will go see my Master," Shennong said.

He had previously told Shaodian that the Common Master was the Common Master of the human race, not his Shennong's Common Master. He could not choose the successor of the Common Master because of his own preferences; he should respect the opinions of the human race.

"Master, this disciple has something to ask," after arriving at Zhao Gongming's thatched cottage, Shennong met Zhao Gongming and Yuding.

"As a teacher, I know why you have come. You do not need to ask me about this matter; what you think in your heart is the answer," Zhao Gongming said, looking at Shennong.

"Yes!" Hearing Zhao Gongming say this, Shennong breathed a sigh of relief.

After returning, he had people start building an altar. He already had the answer in his heart.

After the altar was built, Shennong brought both Xuanyuan and Chiyou by his side and began to teach them painstakingly.

"You are both strong contenders for Common Master. I will not set the candidate for Common Master. The Common Master is the Common Master of the human race; whether you can become the Common Master depends on your own abilities," Shennong said, looking at Xuanyuan and Chiyou.

"Yes!" Xuanyuan and Chiyou looked at each other and then nodded.

Xuanyuan was full of drive; he believed that he would definitely be able to become the Common Master.

Seeing Xuanyuan like this, Chiyou smiled in his heart. He also believed that Xuanyuan would definitely be able to become the Common Master, but before that, it was still necessary to clean up the human race so that his position as Common Master would be stable when he took it.

Because the ten thousand races of the Primordial World had begun to be restless. Ever since the Heavenly Emperor proved the Dao, the matter of the human race becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth had already spread throughout the Primordial World, so some races began to have crooked thoughts.

After leading Xuanyuan and Chiyou for ten years, Shennong felt the time was right, so he began to prepare for the sacrifice to heaven.

On the altar, Shennong paid respects to heaven and earth, paid respects to the Holy Mother Nüwa, and then paid respects to the Human Race Saintly Teacher and Ren Sect Leader Panhuang, before he spoke.

"I am Lieshan of the human race. Now that my merit is complete, I have proven the fruit position of the Earth Emperor of the human race. From this point on, I shall protect my human race and exist in the Primordial World forever!"

After Shennong's voice fell, a large group of auspicious clouds of merit appeared in the sky. This merit contained the merit of his proving the Dao and all the merit he had obtained from running around for the human race over these years.

When the auspicious clouds of merit appeared, Nüwa, the Three Pure Ones, Panhuang, Zhenyuanzi, and others all arrived at the Jiangshui Tribe. This time, the two from the West were not among the Saints.

They did not want to come, and they did not dare to come. Back then at the East Sea, Siteng had exposed Zhunti's identity. Even though Zhunti had shielded the heavenly secrets back then, today was the day Shennong proved the Dao.

After Shennong proved the Dao, as long as one used the human race's fortune to calculate, it would still be very easy to calculate the events of the past, so they did not dare to come to observe the ceremony at all.

When the merit fell, the aura on Shennong's body began to skyrocket. In a short while, he broke through to Quasi-Saint and finally stopped at the peak of Quasi-Saint.

The humans of the Primordial World saw this and all bowed down, calling him the Earth Emperor.

Seeing Shennong prove the Dao, Zhenyuanzi's face showed an excited expression.

And Shennong slowly opened his eyes at this time, and then he saw the excited Zhenyuanzi.

Shennong did not speak; he looked at Zhenyuanzi and smiled. When Zhenyuanzi saw the smile on Shennong's face, he already knew everything.

His good friend Hongyun had returned.

Seeing that Shennong had successfully proven the Dao, Panhuang nodded and then vanished from where he stood.

Nüwa, the Three Pure Ones, and others also nodded to Shennong and then vanished from where they stood. Finally, only Zhenyuanzi was left here.

"Fellow Daoist, the ginseng fruit is ripe," Zhenyuanzi said with a smile, looking at Shennong, then bowed to him and vanished from the Jiangshui Tribe.

"Ginseng fruit, ah!" Shennong licked his lips and muttered to himself.

After Zhenyuanzi left, Yunzhongzi arrived at the Jiangshui Tribe.

"By the order of the Human Race Saintly Teacher and Ren Sect Leader, now that the Human Race Common Master Lieshan's merit is complete, he has proven the Earth Emperor fruit position and shall cultivate in the Huoyun Cave to protect the long-lasting prosperity of our human race's fortune!"

When Shennong heard the three words "Huoyun Cave," his expression was a bit dazed, but then he returned to normal.

"Lieshan accepts the order," Shennong bowed to Yunzhongzi.

Yunzhongzi also bowed to Shennong and then left.

"Xuanyuan, Chiyou, I have not established a Human Race Common Master. I do not know which of you can become the Human Race Common Master, but I still want to say one thing: I am waiting for your arrival in Huoyun Cave," Shennong said with a smile, looking at Xuanyuan and Chiyou.

"Yes!" Xuanyuan and Chiyou nodded.

After Shennong left, Xuanyuan and Chiyou looked at each other and then left the Jiangshui Tribe.

Now that the position of Human Race Common Master was vacant, they had to go back and perform well, striving to gain the recognition of the human race, thereby becoming the Human Race Common Master and leading the human race toward brilliance.

Of course, this was Xuanyuan's ideal and belief, but not Chiyou's.

Chiyou's belief was to kill! Kill all those who had different intentions toward the human race, kill all those in the human race who had two hearts, so that the interior of the human race could be stable, and so that the human race could become the protagonists of heaven and earth.

After Xuanyuan returned to the tribe, he vigorously developed various aspects of the human race's economy. Of course, Xuanyuan still put military affairs in the first place.

After Chiyou returned to the tribe, he put all his energy into military affairs.

Huoyun Cave, when Shennong returned here again, his eyes were full of nostalgia.

Walking into Huoyun Cave, he saw Fuxi who was cultivating in seclusion.

"Congratulations to the Imperial Brother for the completion of merit," Fuxi said with a smile after seeing Shennong.

Hearing Fuxi say this, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across Shennong's face, but this trace of unnaturalness vanished in a flash.

"Greetings, Imperial Brother," Shennong bowed with a smile.

"Is the human race doing well?" Fuxi asked.

"The human race is doing well; currently, the development is still relatively smooth," Shennong said with a smile.

"That is good," Fuxi nodded.

"Has the Imperial Brother been cultivating in this Huoyun Cave all this time?" Shennong asked.

"Hmm!" Fuxi nodded. When he nodded, there was a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

Because of his own reasons, Holy Mother Nüwa lost ten percent of the human race's fortune. Now, Holy Mother Nüwa must be very disappointed in him.

Seeing the loneliness in Fuxi's eyes, Shennong was also a bit embarrassed, and then he changed the subject.

Although he had also awakened the memories of his past life, he did not have the entanglement that Fuxi had. After he became Lieshan and became Shennong, he was the human race, a pure human race.

"Imperial Brother, why don't you come with me to Wuzhuang Temple to sit for a while?" Shennong said with a smile.

"Wuzhuang Temple?" After hearing this name, Fuxi frowned.

Then he looked at Shennong with a surprised face, and there was a trace of inquiry in his eyes.

"I am the Earth Emperor of the human race, Shennong," Shennong said with a smile, looking into Fuxi's eyes.

(End of chapter)