The legend of Liu Xiaoxiao in Douluo mainland

“Your Excellency the Scholar, I am very interested in your previous theory of pan-primate evolution, especially the theory of convergent evolution and fatalism.” Walking towards Xiaopang was the chief scientist of the Golden Dawn, Yi Tianzhi.

Today is the sixty-third day of the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum. A biology conference is being held in this venue of Shrek Academy, and the theme of the conference is the evolution of life.

As the leading naturalist among the Ten Sages, Xiaopang was invited here to participate in this academic conference.

"According to what you said, on different planets with life, whether it is natural evolution or creation by gods, similar life forms will eventually appear. For example, humans have evolved on many planets. Although they are completely independent evolutions, their final forms are all a few subspecies of late Homo sapiens, the so-called modern humans. Do you think this is a fateful inevitability and the result of the influence of the will of the Creator God? Is that right?"

Hearing Yi Tianzhi's words, Xiaopang nodded slightly:

"Modern biology divides Homo sapiens into the genus Homo of the family Homo, order Mammalia, order Primates. In the human world that originated from natural evolution, humans often produce many other hominin life forms in the process of evolving to this level, some of which are intermediate transitional states, and some are evolutionary branches. However, in the end, only a few human-like life forms such as elves and orcs that have nothing to do with the human evolutionary branch can survive, while many species that are more similar to humans and directly related to human evolution are difficult to survive. Although it can also be explained by ecological niche and competitive exclusion, the more precise, accurate and fundamental reason is that the creator god wants it this way."

"Indeed, from the perspective of molecular biology, the consistency of genes cannot be explained by convergent evolution, not to mention the genetic code that is almost universal in the entire universe, and the current evidence does not support the theory of biological homology in the universe." Yi Tianzhi said, "Although from the perspective of biology and genetics, those that can reproduce without reproductive isolation and for unlimited generations should be classified as the same species, but the difference between humans and elves is too great. Even for half-elfs of mixed blood, unless one of them has very little blood, there are obvious differences between them and the other. From the perspective of genetic material, the two do not even have the same number of chromosomes, let alone different subspecies, it is probably difficult to classify them as the same genus and family."

"After all, the elves were born from the elven tree of life in the temperate and boreal forests. A tree of life and its undifferentiated subtrees correspond to an elven group, while the high elves or nature elves evolved from the elemental elves, condensing directly from the elemental energy body into a physical body. They are completely different from the source of evolution, but they are both close to nature and have similar appearances. Although the former are wingless and the latter are winged, the two can intermarry. Many elves have the blood of high elves, and the wings on their backs are proof of their blood. Different hybrids have given birth to many new elven races."

At this point, Fatty laughed, "Unfortunately, even in the vast universe, the number of half-elf samples is too small. The elves of many planets discriminate against humans, and the reproduction rate of elves is quite slow. In addition, the reproduction of humans and elves is cross-racial after all, and accidents occasionally occur during the reproduction process, such as the gender instability of half-elves. There are very few samples that can be studied in this regard. Moreover, the giants, dwarves, orcs, and half-orcs pose a greater challenge to modern genetics.

"Giants are the descendants of the ancient gods from the ancient Hades, the so-called prehistoric intelligent life forms. Although they experienced the bloodbath of the universe, their descendants survived, but in small numbers. Some of the giants evolved into dwarves through rapid mutation.

"This did not experience natural selection, because both giants and dwarves have strong adaptability to the environment and will not be simply eliminated by the power of nature, just like modern humans. One of the important reasons why the evolutionary speed of late Homo sapiens has dropped significantly is that after humans evolve to this stage, society and civilization will inevitably emerge. At this point, it is difficult for nature to continue to select them.

"And what's very strange is that in some planes, there are completely different evolutionary paths. There, a nuclear war that almost destroyed the world broke out, and the nuclear radiation brought mutations, and thus the elves, dwarves, and dragons were born. This phenomenon of different processes leading to the same result can only be explained by the will of the universe, right? Humanoid primates and dragons, these two types of existence are too common in the universe.

"Many orcs and half-orcs, strictly speaking, cannot even be classified as primates. Although orcs have animal heads and human bodies, they do not have smooth human skin. They have hair and muscles like animals all over their bodies. Their appearance and inner qualities are more like animals than humans, except that they stand on two feet like humans, which is primate form. This is why there is the term panprimate, which includes all humanoid creatures with advanced intelligence, but does not include apes and gorillas. The closer the appearance is to humans, the closer the soul essence is to chaos, and the stronger the creative ability is. Perhaps this is also the result of the guidance of the will of the universe.

"As for the orcs, it is even more difficult to classify them. The existing realms, classes, orders, families, genera and species cannot even explain this kind of life that originated from biological experiments. God broke the taboo and made reproductive isolation ineffective, which is why such life exists. Many species of orcs are reproductively isolated from humans, and only a few specific races do not have this obstacle. Life with high cultivation that can transform into human form and most pan-primate life can reproduce and produce fertile offspring. These are the origins of the orcs. Compared with orcs, they at least look like humans overall, but they have cat ears and tails, which are more in line with human aesthetics.

“If we consider the issue of soul beasts transforming into humans after 100,000 years, it will be even more troublesome. They will reabsorb the innate energy to conceive an embryo, and even their genetic material will undergo wonderful changes. Although they look like humans, can eat and sleep like humans, and have the same wisdom and emotions as humans, they can still condense soul rings on their own. After death, they will drop soul rings and soul bones. This will not change even if they enter the mature stage, the transformation stage, or even truly become gods. Soul beast scientists still do not have a sufficiently complete theoretical system to explain this phenomenon.

"In a sense, the hundred thousand year old soul beasts that have turned into humans, like some human-shaped innate spirits, are nurtured by extremely rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth and innate energy. I call the latter immortal spirits or immortal essences, which are divided according to whether their bodies are elemental energy or inorganic matter or plants. At the same time, they have energy bodies in human form. Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can condense existences such as elemental spirits, the birth of this kind of immortal essence is more difficult than them. The reason why they are in human form is that this is the most suitable for cultivation, and they have great luck, that's all. In their bodies, there is not even the concept of genetic material. Spiritual energy and vitality are their inherent attributes."

"Fortunately, the humans on this planet have just begun to come into contact with various races in the universe. For them, this may be the golden age for producing papers." Yi Tianzhi smiled, "Although this planet has a considerable understanding of abyssal creatures and demons, it is ultimately just the tip of the iceberg among the countless life forms and countless races in the vast universe. The universe and biology are far more exciting than they imagine."

After a pause, Yi Tianzhi's eyes wandered around the venue, and he continued, "The universe is very vast, but because of the will of the Creator God, it has not been able to create a more prosperous world. It is a bit regrettable."

"Not really." Xiaopang shook his head. "Although the evolution of the universe requires disorder as the source of evolution, in order to thrive, there must be a certain order, which is the so-called pruning and thinning. After the birth of humans on the first planet, the preference of the Creator God caused certain changes in the laws of the universe. This mysterious will affected the entire universe, which made humans the main theme of many planes of the universe. From the perspective of fate and time and space, this is similar to the convergence of the world lines of parallel universes, which is the fate of events. It is a kind of fatalistic inevitability and the intervention of the will of the universe in fate.

"The human soul is closest to the essence of chaos, primates are most suitable for cultivation, powerful and intelligent life can be transformed into primates, and only primates can break through to the level of God King or even higher. The essence of these things is the same. After the God of Creation wiped out all the ancient gods and demons, humans became a new star in the universe. Because of the God of Creation's love for humans, primates also prospered."

“The theory of divinely guided evolution?” Yi Tianzhi sighed.

"Well, some humans were created directly." Xiaopang mentioned casually, "The powerful ancient gods imitated themselves to create weak gods, and the weak gods imitated themselves to create humans. These are the results of being guided by the will of the universe. In short, it is hard to say that everything that happens in the universe is not interfered with by the will of heaven. It is everywhere and at all times, but its ability to interfere with the free will of life is not that strong. As time goes by and the universe expands, its influence is getting weaker and weaker. One day, it will no longer be able to actively influence everything, and it will need new apostles to maintain the order of the universe for it and allow the universe to develop better, and this is our opportunity."

"In addition to natural evolution and divine creation, there is also the theory of extraterrestrial origin, at least this is true on Douluo Star." Yi Tianzhi said, "The current fossil evidence shows that it is difficult to believe that there is a complete human evolution chain on Douluo Star. The ancestral apes or similar evolutionary branches are nowhere to be found. It seems that humans suddenly appeared in this world. The theory of evolution of intelligent soul beasts is not true at present. According to the estimated time from fossils, it seems to be about 300,000 years ago, which is the end of the prehistoric era and the beginning of the primordial era. Perhaps this is also related to the dramatic changes in the God Realm.

"From the perspective of geography and climatology, due to the existence of soul beasts, before the emergence of soul masters, it was impossible for human ancestors to grow large enough to protect themselves in the tropical forests of the continent. And according to your previous research, the origin of humans on Douluo Star is on the islands, which is inconsistent with human evolution on other planets. Although there are some human civilizations that were born outside the tropical jungles, they were all influenced by powerful gods or beasts, and there was no trace of divine intervention on Douluo Star after the catastrophe.

"According to gene sequencing, modern Douluo people seem to have only a dozen super ancestors, and they are the Asian-American race and the European race. In other words, Douluo humans may have originated from Earth."

"This may be related to the Age of Gods on Earth. According to legend, there were many treasures in the Age of Gods on Earth. Perhaps some humans touched something left over from the Age of Gods and were sent to this world. However, this is only a guess and there is no substantial evidence." Xiaopang did not continue this topic. His words turned to another direction. "I am very interested in the theory of soul beast evolution that you preached before. To be honest, compared with things at the macroscopic cosmic level, I know less about the evolution of life on Douluo Star."