I Am Unaware That I Am the Peerless Martial God

Chapter 1528: The Evolution of the World

At this very moment.

The space and time surrounding Yi Feng stagnated like solid ice, yet simultaneously surged forward like a rushing river.

It was a paradoxical yet entirely natural sensation.

The sun rose and the moon set; yin and yang alternated; life and death intertwined.

With an omniscient, god-like perspective, Yi Feng gazed inward at the vast expanse of his sea of consciousness.

Within this world, he watched as tiny blades of grass sprouted, slowly growing into towering, heaven-reaching trees.

These colossal trees pierced the sky, only to slowly wither and decay with the passage of time, ultimately turning into nutrients for the earth.

Restless, surging rivers gradually converged.

Crisscrossing the land, they eventually merged to form vast oceans.

Slowly, life began to emerge within the oceans.

These lifeforms were minuscule and fragile, nearly impossible to discern with the naked eye.

Yet, their vitality was incredibly tenacious, allowing them to stubbornly survive and grow amidst the crashing ocean currents.

Gradually, the laws of this world approached perfection.

With each passing generation, the species evolved and transformed.

The land became covered in a myriad of colorful, blooming flowers and an abundance of diverse vegetation.

Beyond that.

Fish gradually appeared in the oceans, slowly migrating into the rivers and enriching the inland ecosystems.

As time flowed swiftly onward, the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter manifested in this world.

Following this came erratic, ever-changing weather.

The duration of the seasons was exceedingly bizarre; each season lasted for decades before transitioning to the next.

The stars in the sky also multiplied day by day.

It was the emergence of these very stars that influenced the natural laws of this world.

The scenery of spring was incredibly peculiar.

First, gusts of spring wind accompanied by rain and dew brushed across the land, painting it green and filling the entire world with vibrant vitality.

But immediately following this were thunderstorms that lasted for months on end.

Countless terrifying lightning bolts, as thick as bowls, struck down alongside torrential, waterfall-like rain.

The massive lightning strikes turned the entire world into a hellscape.

The deafening roar of thunder blanketed the earth, never ceasing for a single moment.

The heavy rain transformed the continents into muddy swamps, drowning and extinguishing the vast majority of life.

The amphibians that had evolved from fish could not escape this cruel fate and were driven nearly to extinction.

Then, after the terrifying thunderstorms passed.

The floodwaters receded, and the deathly still continent, nourished by the sunlight, began to radiate vitality once more.

Countless creatures multiplied again.

The continent flourished once more.

However, this prosperity did not last long before ushering in a scorching summer.

The daylight hours each day were agonizingly long.

The entire landmass seemed to turn into a heated iron griddle. Under the fierce roasting of the sun, the earth's temperature skyrocketed.

The ground began to dry up and crack, and the streams were completely evaporated, turning into thick, puffy white clouds.

The vast majority of all living things were wiped out.

Many animals began to consciously gather toward water sources, burrowing deep into the thick layers of soil.

As the lengthy summer passed, in the blink of an eye, the unpredictable autumn arrived.

The temperature slowly dropped, and the autumn winds and rains began to wreak havoc.

Rainwater flowed into the riverbeds, forming trickling streams that nourished the parched land.

Countless lives were finally granted a moment of respite.

Yet, an even more terrifying winter arrived in a flash.

Heavy, swirling snow fell endlessly.

The entire world seemed to be sealed in ice, descending into a deathly silence.

Vegetation was frozen solid, and countless animals hid beneath the water's surface.

The starry river was vast and boundless; the sun and moon took their turns.

An unknown number of years passed in this manner.

The four seasons began to stabilize, and the climate gradually grew milder.

Amidst the endless cycle of life and death, all living things became increasingly resilient.

Yi Feng projected his divine sense onto the highest peak of this world, beginning to observe everything up close.

Birds and beasts appeared in this world, and giant fish emerged in the seas.

After countless cycles of natural selection, these creatures developed self-awareness.

They began to actively seek advantages and avoid dangers.

Even before severe weather arrived, they would start preparing for survival to resist natural disasters.

These scenes played at extreme speed in Yi Feng's eyes as time rapidly slipped away.

Slowly, gregarious primates appeared in this world.

These animals lived in groups to fight against powerful enemies.

They derived wisdom, started making tools, and began to consciously explore this world.

Within the vast world.

A small ape tribe arrived at the hottest region.

The ground was too scorching hot, making their four-legged walking method unsuitable.

Gradually, they learned to walk upright and learned to make fire to roast their food.

They discovered that with the same amount of stamina, walking upright allowed them to last longer and travel further.

However, as their endurance improved, they began to sweat.

Along with sweating, the salt in their bodies decreased, leading to symptoms of fatigue.

Later, they discovered salt and began to consciously consume it to replenish themselves.

Over time.

These primates learned to use salt to preserve meat.

Their tribal relationships, along with the storage of food, became more like those of the present human race.

These primates began to carve patterns and make pottery.

Slowly, they began to utter obscure syllables and establish order.

Minor social order began with inheritance.

With the passing of the older generation, their tribe began to pay attention to the food left behind by the dying apes.

Thus.

The forces of the new generation began to establish stable marital relationships.

This was to easily identify their direct bloodlines, allowing them to inherit this preserved food.

As social relationships perfected.

They began to consciously exchange goods.

Since shellfish were rare on the continent, they used shells as currency and consciously engaged in trade.

As the tribes continued to grow.

As they explored this world.

Countless creatures occupied countless territories, and various tribal groups emerged.

For these creatures, defending their territory meant defending the foundation of their survival.

Not only that, but they also had to expand their borders.

Various races suppressed one another, and conflicts also occurred from time to time within the same race.

Tools, language, order, and inheritance were passed down from generation to generation.

The prosperity of the human race eventually emerged as the times required.

As the wisest race among the primates.

The human race quickly came to rule this continent.

They inhabited, reproduced, and waged war, all for the sake of developing and continuing their racial bloodline.

As time passed, the inheritance of the human race gradually accumulated.

They began to create writing and pass down their experiences; this was the embryonic form of civilization.

In order to gain stronger power to defend their territories, or even to invade.

The human race began to search for various materials to forge weapons.

At this point, the human race had entered the era of cold weapons.

The entire human world prospered, and dynasties gradually appeared.

And the masters of these dynasties thirsted for greater power and longer lives.

It was because of this thirst that they began to explore the mysteries of life and the universe.

Under the exploration and inheritance of countless generations.

One day.

A reclusive master who had comprehended the true essence of the Dao began attempting to draw the ambient energy of heaven and earth into his body.

He named this energy, which contained the spiritual resonance of the world, Spiritual Qi.

Through it, he acquired formidable strength and a vastly extended lifespan.

As news of his success spread, countless people scrambled to learn this method.

Myriads of rogue cultivators began trying to draw Qi into their bodies, and countless sects emerged in response to this new era.

The evolution of the world continued to march forward, never pausing for a moment.

Meanwhile, Yi Feng merely watched in silence from the sidelines, never once intervening to alter its course.

He was deeply curious about how the world would naturally evolve.

And within the endless river of time, he finally found his answer.