Chapter 6

Li Yao's eyelashes twitched, his expression turning serious. "The Great Dark Age" was the most important period in the development of the cultivation civilization. One could even say that it was the Great Dark Age that divided the "Classical Cultivation Era" from the "Modern Cultivation Era." This was a very classic question, known to everyone, yet not easy to answer comprehensively.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Yao's thoughts raced, his divine consciousness soaring:

"In ancient times, cultivators aimed for immortality, creating the glorious ancient cultivation civilization. They established a cultivation system from Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul... all the way to Tribulation Transcendence, True Immortal, and Eternal Life, and they bravely advanced along this path, constantly pushing the limits of life, venturing into the vast starry seas."

"During the peak of the ancient cultivation civilization, the ancients opened up one world after another, constructed ancient transmission arrays spanning the endless star seas, and traveled freely between stars and worlds, even beginning to explore the ultimate mysteries of time!"

"As the ancient cultivation civilization continued to evolve, the ancient cultivators became increasingly powerful and long-lived, and the number of strong cultivators also increased."

"In the early stages of the ancient cultivation civilization, there were only a few hundred Core Formation cultivators and a few dozen Nascent Soul cultivators in the Three Thousand Worlds. As for 'Soul Transformation Elders' and 'Tribulation Transcendence True Monarchs,' they were unheard of, with only one possibly appearing in several worlds over thousands of years, truly rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!"

"However, in the later stages of the ancient cultivation civilization, the number of high-level cultivators exploded exponentially—there was a saying at the time: 'Nascent Souls are as common as dogs, and Soul Transformations walk the earth.'"

"Such a large number of high-level cultivators required enormous resources for cultivation. Moreover, with more and more cultivators achieving near-immortality, their desire for resources became—endless!"

"At first, new worlds could be developed to satisfy the greedy high-level cultivators, but after ten thousand years of development and the discovery of nearly five thousand worlds, there was a full thousand years during which the ancient cultivation civilization failed to discover even one new world."

"The worlds were finite, but the cultivators' demands were infinite—the ancients spent a thousand years understanding this truth. Naturally, to compete for limited resources, civil wars immediately broke out."

"The three-thousand-year civil war swept through all the major worlds. Ancient cultivators, who could summon wind and rain and move mountains, fought each other on every star! Planets burned, ancient transmission arrays were destroyed, crystal warships exploded in chains, and so-called 'immortal' high-level cultivators fell one after another. 'Core Formation powerhouses' and 'Nascent Soul elders' became like the mortals they once despised, turning into worthless cannon fodder, disintegrating in attacks capable of destroying planets."

"In the later stages of the civil war, more than seventy percent of the major worlds were destroyed, and countless major worlds severed their connections with the main world. Over ninety percent of high-level cultivators turned to ashes, and the remaining low-level cultivators struggled to survive in the ruins."

"The war seemed unsustainable, and the dawn of peace faintly appeared—until, in an unknown major world, an ignorant cultivation genius invented a 'small gadget.'"

"The name and sect of this cultivation genius are unverifiable, and his refining process has long been lost to the wind. Modern people refer to his creation as—Demonic God Virus!"

"Perhaps his idea was very simple: since there were not enough warriors, why not invent something to comprehensively enhance the combat power of spirit beasts, replacing cultivators in battle—after all, the number of spirit beasts is nearly infinite!"

"He succeeded. After being catalyzed by the Demonic God Virus, countless tame spirit beasts were transformed into terrifying killing machines, known as 'demonic beasts,' tireless, unhesitating, and relentless!"

"In just ten years, this cultivation genius unified his major world with an army of demonic beasts, which numbered in the hundreds of millions. Cultivators from other worlds discovered his actions and began to refine their own 'demonic beasts.'"

"Within a hundred years, demonic beasts became the main force in the cultivation world's civil war, appearing in every corner of the starry seas."

"However, all cultivators failed to notice two things."

"First, the 'Demonic God Virus' had extremely strong self-replication and infectious capabilities."

"Second, while enhancing the combat power of demonic beasts, the 'Demonic God Virus' also gradually increased their intelligence. After a hundred years of brutal bloodshed, under the catalysis of a vast base, trillions of demonic beasts gave birth to a race with intelligence comparable to humans—the 'demonic race'!"

"Finally, on the last day of the three-thousand-year civil war—the demonic race awakened!"

"As if commanded by some terrifying entity, the demonic beasts in all worlds of the starry seas rebelled almost simultaneously against their masters. Cultivators, who had been living in luxury for hundreds of years, were no match for the battle-hardened demonic beasts—let alone the demonic race, which had mastered human cultivation techniques!"

"One mountain after another was leveled, one sect after another was exterminated. In a hundred years, the demonic race pursued every surviving cultivator in the starry seas, and the once high and mighty cultivators became like stray dogs, hiding in the dark regions of the starry seas and the seams of space, living in constant fear."

"For the next thirty thousand years, it was the 'Great Dark Age' for humans. In the endless darkness, the demonic race established a vast 'Demonic Beast Empire,' while humans became lowly slaves, losing their dignity, pride, and the most precious right—the right to cultivate and refine Qi!"

"Thirty thousand years, a full thirty thousand years! The once glorious ancient cultivation civilization, which ruled the endless star seas, was like a tower of sand, destroyed by the surging waves, leaving no trace! The descendants of the once 'immortal' high-level cultivators could only rely on their most primitive strong reproductive power, maintaining the survival of their race with sheer numbers!"

"Until thirty thousand years later, at the end of the Great Dark Age, internal power struggles and conflicts within the demonic race intensified, giving humans a chance to breathe. Through the tireless efforts of countless cultivation geniuses, humans secretly launched three 'Cultivation Revolutions,' establishing a 'Modern Cultivation Civilization System' entirely different from the ancient cultivation civilization, and once again embarked on the grand path of cultivation, the path of revival!"

"Led by the supreme strongman 'Emperor,' humans excavated numerous relics of the ancient cultivation civilization, reestablished twenty 'Primordial Sects,' and after a thousand years of bloody battles, human civilization flourished, and the modern cultivation civilization regained its vitality!"

"It has been ten thousand years since the end of the 'Great Dark Age,' and forty thousand years since the collapse of the ancient cultivation civilization. Now, it is the best era for cultivation, the endlessly charming Cultivation 40000 Era!"

As Li Yao thought about the last paragraph, a countdown indicating the end of the exam appeared in the sky. He had to abandon his intention to elaborate on the life of 'Emperor' and hastily concluded with a few clichés.

Almost as soon as the last word formed in his mind, the entire world collapsed, turning into fragments like butterflies. Li Yao was forcefully pushed out, his vision blurring as his consciousness returned to the classroom.

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