"Humanity was not only created by Nuwa, but I also contributed to it. Since they were created by me, I regard them as my own children. Some unruly demons recently attacked and killed some of my humans, and I have already dealt with them. However, we cultivators cannot always look after humanity. I have come today to ask the Ancestral Witch for a favor. The Dao Ancestor once decreed that the demons govern the heavens and the witches govern the earth. I have already spoken to Dijun about the demons, and now I have come to discuss this with you. I wish to acquire the land near the Yellow River for humanity to live in. What do you think?"
"This matter is not a big deal. Fellow Daoist and we Ancestral Witches share the same origin, so there is no need to be polite. Houtu will take charge and allocate the Yellow River to humankind for habitation."
Xuan Tian was very pleased to hear this. "Then I thank the Ancestral Witch here. I have other matters to attend to, so I will not disturb the Ancestral Witch any longer."
"Why don't you stay a little longer before you leave?" Houtu asked anxiously upon hearing that Xuantian was about to leave.
"No, I still have to arrange matters concerning the human race, so I won't disturb you any longer. I'll take my leave." With that, Xuan Tian left the Ancestral Witch Hall and flew towards the human race.
Unbeknownst to them, inside the palace, Houtu gazed at Xuantian's retreating figure, her heart filled with turmoil. "I finally get to see you, and you won't even stay a little longer? Is there no place for you to linger?"
Meanwhile, Xuan Tian left the Hou Tu tribe and headed straight for the human race, unaware of Hou Tu's thoughts.
Upon arriving at the human race, Xuan Tian summoned Xiong Li Shi and said, "I have already spoken to Di Jun of the demon race and Hou Tu of the witch race. You can develop and live near the Yellow River from now on. Within a million miles, I think no more demons will dare to harm the human race."
Xiong Li was overjoyed. The million-mile stretch around the Yellow River basin was enough for the human race to develop for several hundred years. He hurriedly bowed to Xuan Tian and said, "Thank you for your great virtue, Holy Father."
Xuan Tian waved his hand to help him up and said, "As the leader of the human race, you should lead the human race to develop well. In addition, your cultivation level cannot be too low. If something happens to the human race, how can you protect its safety? In your spare time, you should practice the cultivation method I passed down. I will also refine a magic weapon for you."
"Thank you, Holy Father. Xiong Li will obey your will and will not hesitate to die for the great cause of our human race."
"Alright, you can go now. Find me a quiet room; I need to refine a magic weapon," Xuan Tian said, waving his hand.
After the quiet room was prepared, Xuan Tian instructed the people below not to disturb him unless necessary, so that he could think about what treasure to refine in the room.
There's no problem with how to forge magic weapons; the key issue is that Xuan Tian doesn't know what kind of magic weapon to forge. What he wants is a magic weapon that is both good-looking and has good functions.
"Currently, humanity only worships the Holy Mother and Holy Father. No matter what happens in the future, I will forever enjoy the incense offerings of humanity. However, if I establish a religion for humanity in the future, the fortune of humanity will be diverted. Although I will not establish a great religion, I cannot allow myself to take too much of the fortune of humanity. The orthodox religion for humanity, the Human Emperor? That's right, the Human Emperor. If I establish the Human Emperor, I will occupy the orthodox position of humanity. No matter which religion educates humanity in the future, the Human Emperor will never fall. That's exactly right. I cannot establish the Human Emperor, but I can still share some of the merit."
After thinking it over, Xuan Tian recalled that during the internal strife of the three races, he had collected the corpses of nine Great Luo Golden Immortal level divine dragons, which could be used to refine magical treasures.
He then took out the corpses of nine divine dragons, and thinking of the design of the crown in later generations, he added some star essence gold, five elements essence gold and other materials to make a golden crown for binding hair, named the Nine Dragons Star Crown. It was engraved with the pattern of nine dragons playing with the sun, and decorated with star essence gold all around.
On the day of his success, a heavenly tribulation of lightning descended. Xuan Tian waved his hand to disperse the lightning. This crown, with thirty-two layers of restrictions, was an acquired spiritual treasure capable of gathering starlight to accelerate cultivation. Xuan Tian then added the merit he had gained from caring for the human race some time ago to it, raising the treasure's restrictions by two more layers, making it a thirty-four-layered acquired merit spiritual treasure, possessing both offensive and defensive capabilities. Defensively, it emitted golden light of merit; offensively, it could summon nine divine dragons at the level of Taiyi Golden Immortals, possessing considerable power. He handed it to Xiong Lishi, instructing him: "This crown is called the Nine Dragons Star Crown, with endless wondrous uses. You wear it, and it will be passed down to every generation of human leaders." He then passed on the incantation for its use.
After that, Xuan Tian returned to Penglai Island.
The grudge of the three bears
However, after Xuan Tian made arrangements for the human race, he returned to Penglai Island to cultivate in seclusion. He originally thought that since he had informed both the witch and demon races, there shouldn't be any major problems. But in the end, something still happened, and it was a big one.
After Xuantian left the human race, the human race, having received Xuantian's previous care, was able to develop peacefully near the Yellow River basin. Because Dijun had promised Xuantian that he would not hunt or kill humans or demons within a million miles of the Yellow River basin, and the ancestral witch Houtu had ordered the witch race not to harass the human race, most of the human race were cultivating the techniques passed down by Xuantian. There were basically no strange beasts in the entire Yellow River basin that could harm the human race. From then on, the human race developed rapidly. A hundred years after Xuantian left, the human race population had exceeded one million. Everything seemed to be developing on the right track, but unexpectedly, something else happened.
However, Emperor Jun had ordered a ban on hunting humans near the Yellow River basin, but some demons disregarded this order and frequently attempted to hunt them. Why would they dare to harbor such thoughts when the Demon Emperor had given such an order?
It turns out that human essence blood is beneficial for enhancing cultivation. This story goes back to Xuan Tian and Nuwa. Xuan Tian cultivated the true form of Pangu, and Nuwa was a sage. When they created humans, they dripped their essence blood to help the human race's spirituality grow. Success and failure both came from this essence blood. Their essence blood was so precious that even after dozens of generations of human reproduction, the diluted blood still had considerable efficacy. The monsters that preyed on humans knew this secret, which is why they were so interested in killing and eating humans.
With such a way to improve their cultivation, how could these demons, who usually cultivate by meditating and gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, possibly resist? However, the Heavenly Emperor ordered that although they dared not openly prey on humans, they would often secretly hunt and kill humans on the outskirts.
No secrets stay hidden forever. After several hundred years, with the human population reaching hundreds of millions and the population density increasing, the unexplained disappearances of humans could no longer be kept secret as before. Gradually, humans began to take precautions, making it more difficult for monsters to capture and kill humans.
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