Thus, after the initial divine consciousness emerged from the primordial chaos, it continued to extend and spread, exploring the natural world.
Only this spiritual consciousness is not bound by the laws of nature; or rather, it is nature itself, and nature is it...
At that time, there were no gods, immortals, Buddhas, demons, monsters, or any living beings.
In the spirit of nature, all sorts of planets naturally came into being. The different environments led to the gradual emergence of various species of life on Earth.
In other words, the theory of evolution is not entirely wrong.
Humans did indeed evolve little by little from microorganisms.
However, unlike the theory of evolution, the emergence of life is due to the abundance of initial spiritual energy, just as the spiritual energy within the primordial chaos gathered to form the primordial gods with sentience. On Earth, where the spiritual energy was most abundant, life gradually appeared.
The seawater, brimming with countless spiritual energies, receded, revealing the land.
Evolution has begun...
Because of the abundant spiritual energy, the initial life forms had extremely strong reproductive and growth capabilities, evolved very quickly, and then intelligence began to emerge.
Then real plants and animals appeared.
At this time, the legendary ancient mythical beasts appeared.
The wisdom of all things has not yet reached perfection; survival of the fittest, the strong preying on the weak, and fighting and strife everywhere.
This ultimately led to a global catastrophe, destroying all the ancient mythical beasts; the remaining fragments of their spirit merged with each other, gaining more wisdom from their experiences.
Driven by the spiritual consciousness left behind by some ancient mythical beasts, a new evolution began to spread and develop on Earth.
Humans began to appear.
In general, the emergence of humankind is the result of the gradual improvement and perfection of the consciousness of beings during biological evolution, leading to the emergence of humans as the most intelligent animals. In this process, various kinds of animals naturally appeared, and at the same time, a wide variety of organisms emerged in the course of natural evolution.
Subsequently, those spirits, who had no concept of life or death, gradually merged into this blue planet.
...
A great transformation began. In the ancient times recorded by humankind, humans and various other creatures absorbed the wisdom of the original spirits, and with abundant spiritual energy, they quickly developed the first spirits, species with immense energy.
A great conflict began in the world, marking the beginning of a new era in human history.
Conflicts inevitably arose among these powerful species over the struggle for spiritual resources, eventually leading them to devour earthly creatures, as well as various animals and humans, all in order to absorb the inherent spiritual energy of humans.
In this process, the various spirits naturally had to protect the species from which they came. Thus, the spirit formed from the most intelligent humans gained the upper hand from the very beginning.
To avoid being wiped out, the other spirits began to gather together and fight against the spirits that evolved from humans.
At this time, the number of various species was still quite small. In order to obtain more helpers, they began to use their powerful and unparalleled spiritual abilities to promote the reproduction and growth of various species.
After the emergence of human language and writing, records of immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters appeared.
During that period, battles frequently broke out between immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters, causing spiritual energy to scatter. Species on earth then vied for spiritual energy, seeking support from powerful ancestors to become powerful beings, and then joined the fray.
The final result was that the original immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters perished together.
At the same time, new beings of various kinds, including immortals, Buddhas, demons, and monsters, with powerful abilities, emerged from the earthly species. They reached a peaceful agreement, forgot their hatred, and jointly formed the Heavenly Court.
This is how the title "God" came about.
To prevent the growth of various powers, the Heavenly Court jointly established the so-called Underworld for all living beings to reincarnate and exist. From then on, the concept of life and death came into being.
Because wherever all things grow, they absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, becoming sentient beings. These beings are immortal, and if they continue to grow unchecked, they will become new gods. The ultimate result is that there will be more and more gods, and the spiritual energy will become increasingly depleted...
However, the cycle of birth and death cannot prevent living beings from exploring the secrets of immortality.
Humanity began to explore step by step, using their wisdom to figure out various ways to absorb spiritual energy, break free from the so-called heavenly rules, and ascend to immortality. Of course, before this, the high and mighty gods disdained earthly beings, or rather, watched them struggle and strive with a touch of pity.
When they truly have the power to ascend, heavenly punishment and calamity will descend. Those with outstanding abilities will naturally enter another level, namely the world of the gods in the Heavenly Court; while those with insufficient abilities will be completely annihilated, becoming spiritual energy for all living beings on earth to absorb.
However, humanity is progressing...
As their strength increased and they gradually gained a clearer understanding of the various cultivation techniques and methods, more and more people became immortals.
However, the growth in the strength of demons and monsters has slowed down considerably.
A major war was inevitable.
In the end, the demons were all slaughtered, leaving only a small number of gods from the time when the Heavenly Court was founded, who had already achieved immortality.
The rising star, the Immortal, has taken the lead.
The Heavenly Court began to perfect its entire system, defining the ranks and responsibilities of each position and assigning territories to each...
However, a very serious problem suddenly emerged among the various heavenly courts in the divine realm: as the war between the heavenly realm and the human realm intensified, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was constantly being depleted.
In the earliest records, spiritual energy did not decrease. As various gods increased their cultivation and absorbed more spiritual energy to gain greater power, many also died fighting for more spiritual energy and were transformed back into spiritual energy... However, later, spiritual energy was inexplicably absorbed by the natural universe.
It's disappearing little by little.
The gods were terrified, for with the disappearance of spiritual energy, they would one day perish.
Then, they discovered that only the various creatures in the human realm, especially humans, were able to generate a trace of spiritual energy through their growth. Although the amount of spiritual energy produced was very small, the number of creatures was extremely large.
This became the spiritual sustenance for God's survival.
Some gods, with their unparalleled supernatural powers and accumulated spiritual energy, ventured into the vast universe to seek the existence of natural spiritual energy or to find the primordial land; others, however, sought to reintegrate the order of Heaven and Earth, hoping that humanity would continue to thrive and that sufficient spiritual energy, which later became the power of faith, would be provided to sustain their existence.
The Heavenly Court and the Underworld thus began to become increasingly perfect.
Furthermore, the Heavenly Court began to establish rules prohibiting any human being from entering the Heavenly Court, joining the ranks of immortals, and obtaining divine positions through various methods of cultivating various spells and communicating with heaven and earth, or by achieving perfect merit.
However... faith is for the few, while God is for the many.
Everyone hopes to have more faith.
Their primal, selfish nature resurfaced, and various sects emerged, spreading all sorts of beliefs among humanity. They claimed to have no ill intentions towards humankind, only good intentions, in order to gain more followers. However, ultimately, their aim was merely to strengthen their own power within the Heavenly Court in various ways.
As civilization has developed rapidly, various religions and ideologies have emerged in the human world.
The primal, selfish nature was not only passed down to the gods, but also persists in the human world.
They openly and covertly schemed against each other, instigated, aided, and persecuted each other...
This led to constant wars in the human world, with one dynasty overthrowing another, one belief overthrowing another, and one country invading another.
All of this in the human world was seen by the gods of Heaven, but they paid no attention to it.
As for the reason, it is naturally because of the existence of the underworld. All living things in the human world do not perish and will continue to reincarnate. If humans continue to develop with their selfish nature, then there will be wars, disasters, and injustices between people. Humans will place more hope in the gods in the dark, and what the gods need is human faith.
If humanity were truly at peace, given humanity's inherently greedy and selfish nature, why would they even consider the existence of God?
Therefore, the Heavenly Court established Heavenly Laws, which, with its great supernatural powers, encompass the world in which all living beings live. The Heavenly Court must not interfere in worldly affairs, and gods must not intervene in human conflicts unless absolutely necessary.
However, two hundred years later, the gods in the Heavenly Court discovered that with the development of mankind, many evil gods had emerged in the world. These were the demons and monsters that humans later came to know. Relying on some ancient methods and drawing on human faith, they gradually grew in power and began to show signs of being able to rival the gods of the Heavenly Court.
That is, all sorts of miracles that have appeared in the world as recorded in human history.
Evil gods use their supernatural powers to gain people's faith by threatening, intimidating, or occasionally doing good deeds in violation of heavenly laws.
At this time, because most of the faith power in the divine realm was taken away, the gods began to show signs of extinction.
Left with no other choice, the various heavenly courts began to discuss how to deal with the situation. After discussions, the Central Heavenly Court was established eight days above the heavens to unify management. All the heavenly courts in the eight directions had to obey the arrangements of the Central Heavenly Court. This is the origin of the Heavenly Emperor.
After the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the gods began to enter the human realm. While subduing demons and monsters, they also coerced the courts of various countries to unify and plan the various folk beliefs and temples, integrate and categorize human beliefs, and attempt to eliminate the source of evil gods from their very foundation.
Soon, the Heavenly Court established a hierarchical system of divine offices in the human realm.
However... when the evil gods were killed and fled, a major change suddenly occurred in the underworld. It turned out that the underworld was the source of the evil gods. The Eight Kings of Hell and the King of Hell led all the gods, ghosts, and jailers of the underworld to the Nine Heavens...
Meanwhile, infighting suddenly broke out among the gods and Buddhas.
War broke out everywhere!
The reason for this is that the emergence of evil gods in the human realm is not only arranged by the Yama Kings of the underworld to jointly absorb the faith power of humans, but also by some gods in the Heavenly Court who deceive their superiors and subordinates in order to absorb more faith power and enhance their own divine power.
Seven of the Nine Heavens were quickly breached, leaving only the Eastern Azure Heaven Court and the Central Jun Heaven Court.
At the same time, the underworld was also destroyed by the heavenly army.
During the battle of the gods, those whose souls perished, before their deaths, in order to prevent the evil gods from seizing their spiritual energy, transferred their divine consciousness and power to the gods who were still alive.
In the end, only three gods remained in Heaven, surrounded by all the evil gods of the Three Realms.
Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 214: I'm back!
In the center of the Azure Heaven Palace of the Eastern Azure Heaven Court.
Xu Zhengyang stood frozen, as if petrified. He stood silently amidst the chaos, staring blankly at the screen formed from the jade scroll.
On the screen, scenes flashed by one after another, like a grand historical epic being played; while the voices that echoed throughout the hall were like a narrator, telling the story of the universe, nature, gods, humans, and all things since the beginning of time...
The divine realm, the heavenly court, the human realm, and the underworld are constantly interwoven with changing scenes, reflecting the interplay of war and peace, blood and life, and humanity and deities.
What else will Xu Zhengyang gain besides shock?
Oh, deep thought.
However, he couldn't think too much about it now; he couldn't process everything he saw and heard.
He now has only one feeling: he is very small, as small as an ant, or even a microorganism.
On the screen, the images kept changing...
The only remaining deities representing the Heavenly Court were the Heavenly Emperor and the Azure Heavenly Court Emperor. There was also a minor official under the Azure Heavenly Court Emperor, whose name was little known. Surrounding the Azure Heaven Palace were a host of evil gods, including gods from the underworld, demons from the human realm, and rebellious deities from the Heavenly Court.
Perhaps, in the vast universe, there are other gods from even earlier times, still searching for worlds and spaces with more abundant spiritual energy, or perhaps searching for the legendary primordial land.
However, within the three realms surrounding the Earth, all the gods gathered in the Heavenly Court.
War and slaughter have destroyed far too many spirits with powerful supernatural abilities, the so-called gods.
At this moment, both sides temporarily ceased their fighting. The dazzling divine power and the clashes of various magical artifacts stopped, and everything returned to calm. Both seemed exhausted and needed rest before engaging in the final battle.
At this point, the outcome can be said to be clear.
The two deities seated on their thrones within the Heavenly Palace are the most powerful leaders in the Three Realms, having absorbed the spiritual energy and will of the fallen gods, making them even more formidable. As for the lowly clerk kneeling beneath the throne, his existence can almost be ruled out.
However, the Heavenly Emperor and the Azure Heaven Emperor focused their attention on this loyal and fearless official who remained steadfast until the very end.
The Emperor asked with a kind expression, "Why didn't you escape when I told you to?"
“If the realm of gods perishes, I will perish wherever I go,” Gong Cao replied.
The Heavenly Emperor said, "Go out now and surrender; you still have a chance to escape death."
The official shook his head and said, "I will not go. I am the Imperial Censor of the Heavenly Court, a righteous god. How can I follow those rebels?"
The Heavenly Emperor and the Emperor exchanged a glance, both nodding and smiling in satisfaction.