"Perhaps the item I need is indeed here!"

Even I, the King, have become somewhat interested in this auction.

King Mu gazed at the auction stage, muttering to himself.

"The first item was a top-tier rare treasure like the Star Bottle; I wonder what the second item will be."

With the conclusion of the Star Bottle event, a strong sense of anticipation arose in the hearts of many factions.

The spatial rift belonging to the Star Bottle in the center of the Sea of ​​Laws healed, and then another spatial rift opened up next to it.

The entire Sea of ​​Laws began to tremble violently, and an ancient animal hide scroll exuding a rustic aura floated in the space.

Sophie took out the ancient animal skin scroll, and then her expression gradually became serious.

Everyone even thought they were seeing things.

Sophie slowly unfolded the ancient animal hide, revealing ancient patterns formed from fresh blood floating before everyone.

Ancient patterns, imprinted with blood, form a series of designs, bearing the marks of time, seemingly separated by hundreds of millions of years.

A sense of sorrow inexplicably rose in everyone's hearts.

"What's going on? Why do I feel a sense of sadness?"

"What exactly happened? I am a quasi-saint, a supreme being. Why is it that just by glancing at those pictures and texts, I felt an intense sorrow that transcended the endless river of time?"

"What events did this animal hide scroll record that have not faded even after hundreds of millions of years?"

"I seem to see an ancient era, an era in which all races fed on humans and treated them like livestock."

"What a hopeless era that was!"

Whether it was the Confucian Sword Master, the Dean of the Divine Wilderness Academy, the Grand Elder of the Overlord Blade Holy Land, the Grand Elder of the Ancient God Sect—all these quasi-saint powerhouses, or ancient beings like the mysterious youth of the Ancient God Sect and the old cripple who emerged from the Great Wilderness, all fell silent.

"Are these items left over from that era?"

The mysterious young man from the Ancient God Cult murmured.

Sophie respectfully channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the animal skin scroll.

"Buzz"

Suddenly, endless divine light burst forth from the animal skin scroll, instantly enveloping everyone in the entire starry sky.

Immediately afterwards, everyone seemed to have entered another world.

This place... is simply... hell on earth!

They saw a wolf demon, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, being worshipped as a god by a tribe. Every day, the demon would devour a hundred people, all of whom were tortured to death before being eaten.

If anyone tried to resist, the giant wolf did not hesitate to bite their closest relative whole, swallowing them whole right in front of them.

Here, humans are driven to kill and devour each other. To gain power, they can only become the servants of the demon race, subject to their manipulation for eternity. In return, they can only obtain power at most at the Spirit Origin Realm level.

There are no cultivation methods for humans here!

Some demons even began to raise humans in large numbers in order to improve their taste.

Some powerful demons constantly steal the fortune of the human race.

In short, in this world, humans are not even as good as ants, and can only live in a daze, at the mercy of others.

What a hopeless era this is!

How could humans, who don't even have cultivation methods, possibly resist those all-powerful demon race beings?

However, one day, a young man hunted down a demon beast at the Body Tempering Realm, cut open its body, bathed in its blood, ate its flesh, and took out its bones to copy the patterns engraved on them.

On this day, the human race was born with its own true cultivation techniques!

Later, this boy would hunt down even more powerful monsters, each time teetering on the edge of life and death. He had no powerful protectors or experts to guide him, and he had to find his own way on all the paths.

Each time the boy hunted a demon beast, he would record the primordial runes within its body.

And so, the boy grew step by step into middle age, and then into old age.

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and humanity, under the protection of the former youth, has barely managed to survive.

However, the demon race has a Great Emperor, while the strongest human is a youth who has barely reached the Quasi-Emperor realm.

One day, the once-young man, now old and frail, opened his aging eyes, which were filled with unwavering conviction, and set off alone toward the supreme Demon Court of the demon race.

On that day, heaven and earth wept, and the demon court collapsed.

On that day, someone single-handedly stood against billions of powerful demons and fought against ten quasi-emperors of the demon race. With his own strength, he burned everything and annihilated all ten quasi-emperors of the demon court.

On that day, destiny was lost, the demon court's fortune collapsed, and the human race rose to power.

That era is known to the world as the era of the progenitors of humanity.

Finally, everyone's gaze settled on the animal skin scroll.

"Could this be a cultivation method left behind by the Ancestor of Humanity?"

"It wasn't written by the Ancestor himself, but it should be a remnant of that era's methods."

"Unfortunately, some turmoil occurred during the Immortal Ancient Era, causing the techniques passed down by the Ancestor of Humanity to be lost. I never expected that I would be able to see the techniques left behind by the Ancestor of Humanity again today. These are the most powerful techniques of an era!"

The ultimate method of another era is undeniably attractive to the strongest individuals of the present era.

Once you embark on the journey, it's far from enough to simply rely on your own hard work to advance further.

Having reached this point, if you want to go further, you need to steadfastly forge your own path.

Otherwise, no matter how strong you are, you'll only be eliminated.

"This item is destined for our Heavenly Sword Holy Land!"

The Confucian Sword Master laughed loudly, his gentle gaze gradually turning sharp.

The most powerful method of an era, though not an imperial law, is far more valuable than any imperial law!

In an era, there may be countless emperors, but only one method can be revered as the most powerful!

"The laws of the Ancestor of Humanity, our Divine Wilderness Academy will certainly strive to obtain!"

The Dean of Shenhuang Academy stared intently at the animal-hide scroll. If he could obtain the method of the Ancestor of Humanity, his Shenhuang Academy would carry on the Path of the Ancestor of Humanity, and would surely become famous throughout the Three Thousand Dao Domains, attracting countless geniuses and prodigies to enroll.

At that time, his Divine Wilderness Academy will become a truly transcendent force!

"The laws of the Ancestor of Humanity belong to none other than our Ancient Divine Cult!"

The Grand Elder of the Ancient God Cult clapped his hands and said confidently in a loud voice.

"I never expected to encounter the laws of the Ancestor's era here. If I could walk the path of the Ancestor again, I would surely attain immortality in this era!"

A faint smile played on Mu Tianwang's lips, though he was clearly overjoyed. He had been searching for the path of this era, but unexpectedly, the most powerful method from the era of the Human Ancestor was delivered right to his doorstep.

"The law of the ancestor of mankind!"

The mysterious young man from the Ancient God Cult sighed softly, a hint of annoyance appearing on his face.

He was careless; he should have retrieved the treasure first before attending the auction!