167: Chapter 167 The Intercepting Sect's "Ten Thousand Immortals" Tide

Listening to Human Emperor Xuanyuan's words, Emperor Ku instantly breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere around them eased. Phew!

He understood this ancestor of the Human Race too well. Usually, he was gentle and measured, but once he was truly enraged and his overbearing temper flared, no one could stop him except Shi Yan.

If he hadn't set a deadline just now, Human Emperor Xuanyuan might have truly stormed into Fire Cloud Cave to forcibly bring Emperor Yao back.

"Yes, yes, yes, Great-Grandfather is right." Emperor Ku hurriedly responded, his tone full of agreement. "After one Yuan Epoch, if he still refuses to turn back, you won't need to act; I will go and drag him back myself."

Shaohao also stepped forward slowly, a faint smile appearing in his eyes. "Father."

"One Yuan Epoch is enough time; Emperor Yao will certainly be able to understand his Heart-Nature knot."

One Yuan Epoch is 129,600 years. It is just enough time to guide over forty generations of new Human Race members. Watching the Human Race develop and personally teaching a few outstanding, upright students, his Heart-Nature knot would naturally dissipate... probably?!

The era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ended, and the Human Dao barrier shrouded the entire Mortal territory. It officially entered the phase of Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth, separating Immortals and Mortals. Unless a major event occurred, even Shi Yan could not interfere with its development at will.

Subsequently, the Primordial World entered a rare period of calm. The four sects began to recruit third-generation Disciples one after another. Among them, the Jie Sect once again demonstrated the true value of "teaching without discrimination."

Regardless of one's origin or Heart-Nature, as long as you had a heart yearning for the Dao and arrived at Jinao Island, the Jie Sect would give you a chance to join.

Ten Thousand Immortals coming in waves! Tigers, leopards, bears, and beasts cultivating in the deep mountains, sea creatures from the four seas and lakes, and even members of the Yao Race burdened with blood feuds and countless Karma. A massive number of Acquired beings swarmed towards the East Sea.

Above the Nine Heavens and at the edges of the Nine Provinces, several Advanced Cultivators from the Dragon, Phoenix, and Human Race guarding the Human Dao barrier looked towards the East Sea from afar. Watching that sea area filled with dense crowds of living beings, Innate Spiritual Qi mixed with various Evil Qi and murky Qi surged ceaselessly.

They all shook their heads in unison, their eyes filled with complex and indescribable sighs.

Among them was an elderly Phoenix whose cultivation was at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level. She was a veteran who had fought alongside Yuan Feng to conquer the world, and she had an exceptional understanding of Karma and murky Qi.

Gazing at the endless swarm of ten thousand spirits in the direction of Jinao Island, her cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, and she sighed softly, "Sect Master Tongtian teaches without discrimination and bestows grace upon all spirits; such magnanimity is rarely matched within the Primordial World."

The younger Phoenix Cultivators beside her also nodded one after another, but their brows remained tightly furrowed.

"It's just that he is too tolerant..."

Extra A looked at the motley crowd of living beings and said in a somewhat suppressed voice, "These beings who have come to seek apprenticeship all possess some degree of Karma..."

Although the Karma tainted on a single being was small, when gathered together, it amounted to as much as one-tenth of the Phoenix clan. In other words, if someone were to slaughter everyone present, the Heavenly Dao would reward them with Karma equivalent to one-tenth of the Phoenix clan's.

Extra A looked at the elderly Phoenix and asked in a low voice, "Old Ancestor, how many of those 'Karma bags' do you think will be accepted as third-generation Disciples of the Jie Sect?"

The elderly Phoenix heard this and instantly understood the latter's thoughts, then she knocked hard on his forehead. Thud! A crisp knocking sound rang out on the cloud.

Extra A only felt a dull pain in his forehead; the pain made him bare his teeth and grin, and he squatted down, holding his head with both hands. He looked at the elderly Phoenix Old Ancestor in front of him with aggrieved eyes, his voice trembling with a hint of innocence, "Old Ancestor! Why did you hit me!"

He was just trying to reduce the pressure on the Phoenix clan; why did he get a blow to the head?

The elderly Phoenix retracted her "chicken claw" and chuckled twice. She raised her eyes to sweep over the swarming beings seeking apprenticeship at Jinao Island in the East Sea below, then let her gaze fall back on the junior in front of her, saying, "Hit you? Of course, it's because you're stupid!"

"Ah! I'm stupid?" Listening to the Old Ancestor's words, Extra A was stunned, pointing at himself with an incredulous expression. Although he was a nepotism hire who had been malnourished since birth and had followed the Old Ancestor to the Human Race to earn Karma and Luck, and this was his first time leaving the Undying Volcano, he couldn't be called stupid.

The elderly Phoenix glanced at him and then asked, "Let me ask you, what is the doctrine of the Jie Sect?"

"To intercept a glimmer of survival for all living beings! What's wrong? Old Ancestor?" Extra A blurted out, his face full of confusion, not understanding at all where he had gone wrong just now.

The elderly Phoenix glanced at him, wishing he could live up to her expectations. "Since you know, why ask such a stupid question?"

She raised her eyes to look at the living beings who had almost filled the entire East Sea, "For the beings who can travel over mountains and rivers, break through layer upon layer of obstacles, and arrive at Jinao Island, as long as they are not heinous criminals or beings with excessive Karma, the Jie Sect will teach them Cultivation Techniques."

Of course, if you have excessive Karma but are encountered by Sect Master Tongtian and manage to survive, there is still a chance you could be accepted into the Jie Sect.

"Ah?!" Extra A suddenly widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief, "All, all of them will be taught Cultivation Techniques? So many?"

He clearly thought that teaching Cultivation Techniques meant accepting them as Disciples. He subconsciously looked down and saw that above the East Sea, beneath the clouds, the living beings were densely packed, covering the sky and earth. He couldn't see the end at a glance; not to mention ten thousand, there were at least ten billion, maybe a hundred billion. The entire surface of the East Sea was so crowded that not even waves could churn.

"Old Ancestor, isn't the Jie Sect known for 'Ten Thousand Immortals coming in waves'?" Extra A scratched his head, completely bewildered, "With so many beings, if they were all accepted into the Jie Sect, where would they fit!"

The elderly Phoenix glanced at him indifferently and continued to explain, "What do you know? The 'Ten Thousand Immortals' of the Jie Sect never refers to all the Disciples. Inner sect direct Disciples and Outer Sect Disciples—these two categories make up the number of 'Ten Thousand Immortals'."

"As for those motley crowds with varying degrees of Karma, because they have a heart yearning for the Dao, the Jie Sect will uniformly impart Cultivation Techniques to them, giving them a chance to Cultivate the Dao."

"They do not enter the Jie Sect and do not share in the Jie Sect's Luck, but because they practice the Jie Sect's Cultivation Techniques, they can call themselves Named Disciples."

"The Jie Sect will not concern itself with the life or death of Named Disciples, but because the number is so large, there might inevitably be some among them who have connections with the Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples. Therefore, your idea is not feasible."

The Karma of a single being is too little to obtain much Karma. But if you slaughter them on a large scale, you might inevitably provoke the Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples. Provoking Outer Sect Disciples is a small matter, but forming Karma with the Jie Sect is a big matter. Therefore, under normal circumstances, these Named Disciples are also tacitly accepted as Saint Disciples, and generally, they are not provoked.

"Ah?" Extra A exclaimed again, his mouth wide open as if he could swallow an "Ao Bing (Spirit Pearl)," then he subconsciously blurted out, "Then, then in that case, wouldn't the Jie Sect's Cultivation Techniques be spread all over the Primordial World?"

The elderly Phoenix nodded, "It is indeed so, although they are only some low-level Cultivation Techniques of the Golden Immortal level." But they are indeed all over the Primordial World; you can get them as long as you are willing to look.