Innate beings were different from innate gods and demons. Most innate gods and demons were solitary individuals, with one law corresponding to one god or demon. Even if a god or demon gave birth to offspring, they could not possess the same laws as him; at best, they could only inherit a branch of the fundamental laws of this god or demon.
Therefore, the number of innate gods and demons was very small.
The forces they formed were primarily composed of gods and demons of the same series of laws. High-level law gods and demons ruled their subordinate law gods and demons, or subdued and suppressed low-level innate gods and demons of other laws, taking them for their own use.
The relationship between laws was prioritized over blood relations.
Or rather, within most innate god and demon forces,
There was actually little kinship.
But innate beings were different. Apart from a very small number of extremely rare innate beings, most innate beings lived in groups and formed tribes, with blood relations as their lineage connection.
Even within the same group, individuals might not have the same appearance, and their foundations might differ, but they indeed originated from the same bloodline. Therefore, innate beings were different from those innate gods and demons from the start.
They divided forces by race.
When the laws of heaven and earth were just perfected, all innate beings joined forces to encircle and eliminate the innate gods and demons.
But after the innate gods and demons completely disappeared from the visible world, the innate beings quickly began to split from within, dividing into different races.
And each occupied territory suitable for themselves.
Fortunately, at that time, the entire world had just expanded by countless times. The world was not only vast but also rich in resources, so much so that they did not need to compete with each other.
Thus, in the early stages of the innate being era, the entire world was relatively harmonious. Although there were no concepts of civilization, courtesy, or morality, it was already quite good that they did not fight each other. The reason for saying "mostly" and not "absolutely" was mainly because when encountering high-level spiritual treasures, some innate beings would still fight to snatch them.
Therefore, overall, it could only be considered relatively harmonious.
It could not be said to be absolutely harmonious.
However, as time passed and some tribes developed and grew, certain tribes began to harbor ambitions, ambitions to rule other tribes, or even the entire world. This ambition stemmed not only from increased strength but also from the increase in their own bloodline descendants, an increase of a non-comparable magnitude.
Initially, many innate being tribes were not large; dozens or hundreds of individuals in a tribe were normal.
At most, a thousand or eight hundred.
Many innate beings even had no great desire to procreate, and it didn't matter if they had offspring or not. Therefore, even after hundreds or thousands of yuanhui, the total number of these tribes did not grow much, and some even decreased slightly, always remaining within a small number.
Within the domains originally designated for their rule,
They lived freely.
But there were some innate races, how to describe them? They were naturally inclined to procreate, like walking reproductive machines, madly multiplying their descendants. They not only multiplied furiously within their own race but also went to other races to breed, to put it bluntly, apart from animals, they even spared the transformed plants!
Yes, you guessed it, the Dragon clan.
At this time, many rules of heaven and earth had not been fully formed, let alone reproductive isolation. Coupled with the wondrous effect of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, no matter how deformed the offspring were, they could survive.
And might even possess special talents.
This situation directly led to the number of Dragon clan descendants growing exponentially. While other races produced an offspring every few thousand or tens of thousands of years, the Dragon clan's offspring count would multiply several times every few thousand or tens of thousands of years, sometimes even exaggerating to adding a zero, and the growth rate accelerated with time.
With more numbers, the territory naturally had to expand.
As the territory expanded, ambition grew, which was normal.
Let's use two countries as an example: one country has only a few thousand people and abundant resources, while another country has tens of millions of people. Originally, the resources were abundant, but with too many people, the resources were no longer as abundant.
In the absence of constraints of morality, law, and other factors, conquering and annexing the other was not unreasonable.
The Dragon clan was in such a situation.
After only a few thousand yuanhui, the Dragon clan had conquered all the oceans in the world and brought them under their control. Some races in the oceans were exterminated by them, while others became their vassal races or subordinates.
Vassal races were for them to become wives and concubines.
Subordinates, of course, were for them to work for.
The Dragon clan was the race with the fastest reproduction rate, the largest number of descendants, and the most exaggerated growth. However, there were also many races that were weaker than them but whose reproduction far surpassed other races. For example, the Phoenix clan, the Qilin clan, and the Xuanwu clan, the White Tiger clan. Of course, these were races with relatively strong inherent strength and fast reproduction rates. As for those too weak to reproduce quickly, it was useless; no matter how fast they reproduced, it was useless if they couldn't defeat others, and they could only be forced to control their numbers.
Or rather, a single major battle.
The increase in the number of races would be wiped out.
The Phoenix clan, Qilin clan, and others, fearing the continued expansion of the Dragon clan's power, which they could not match, not only agreed on some cooperation principles among themselves but also began to aggressively absorb other races without their bloodline into their own races. They had no choice; they couldn't reproduce as fast as the Dragon clan, so they could only use other methods, like introducing immigrants, to increase their population.
Birds joined the Phoenix clan, beasts joined the Qilin clan.
Aquatic creatures of rivers and lakes joined the Xuanwu clan.
The White Tiger clan did not want other races, so in the end, they only brought all the tiger and leopard races under their rule.
Then, friction began to arise between them.
Fortunately, because the Dragon clan was powerful, the Phoenix, Qilin, and Xuanwu clans could still restrain themselves and work together to resist the Dragon clan, fighting fiercely on the coastline.
Preventing the Dragon clan from invading the mainland.
However, despite all precautions, they could not prevent it in the end. This was because some Dragon clan members did not directly invade but entered the rivers and lakes on the mainland through waterways. Then, they forcibly bred with some races in the rivers and lakes, resulting in the birth of Dragon clan descendants such as flood dragons, carp with Dragon clan bloodlines, and dragon-like creatures.
The Xuanwu clan did not want to kill them all.
After all, they could also be considered victims.
In the end, the Xuanwu clan could only temporarily withdraw from the front line and go to rivers and lakes across the mainland to suppress them. This was to prevent the Dragon clan from coming again, and also to keep an eye on the newly born Dragon clan descendants, lest they betray them.
And act as secret agents and spies for the Dragon clan.
Meanwhile, far away in the Yin-Yang Grotto-Heaven, Ding Yun finally opened his eyes, having accomplished three objectives.