Prehistoric: Twin lotuses with parallel stems

Chaoge City, where the Shang king's sleeping palace was located.

Emperor Yi was lying on the bed, breathing weakly, and it seemed that he would not live long.

He was not a cultivator, and his reign lasted only thirty years.

With Wen Zhong's ability, he has his own way to prolong his life, but Emperor Yi's spirit has already faded, or it can be said that his spirit has been worn out for many years.

If the heart is dead, how can the person live?

As for why Emperor Yi's spirit was worn out, everyone in the room knew the answer.

Emperor Yi's three sons stood beside the bed, and several important officials of the court were also summoned here.

Bigan, the second son of the previous king Wen Ding, the younger brother of Emperor Yi, and Wen Zhong were among them.

"Zishou, the Great Shang Dynasty is now handed over to you."

Emperor Yi turned his head to look at his youngest son Zishou, his voice weak.

The person to whom Emperor Yi passed the throne was not his eldest son Zi Qi, but his youngest son Zi Shou.

This point was also supported by veteran ministers such as Wen Zhong and Bigan.

The son was born extraordinary, possessing extraordinary powers and extraordinary intelligence. He was taught by the Grand Master and was trained as the heir from the very beginning.

"Zi Qi, Zi Yan..."

"Don't worry, father. We will do our best to assist Third Brother."

The two brothers whose names were called looked at each other, then spoke firmly.

Emperor Yi nodded imperceptibly and looked at Wen Zhong, Bigan and others.

Finally, Emperor Yi's spirit completely dissipated and he died without a breath.

Zishou ascended the throne and was named Emperor Xin. The young King of Shang was full of vigor and courage, and he was assisted by a number of capable ministers. In terms of civil affairs, there were Grand Tutor Wen Zhong, Junior Tutor Bigan, and in terms of military affairs, there was King Wucheng Huang Feihu, who was known as a loyal and righteous man for seven generations, as well as many capable and battle-hardened generals. They immediately brought peace to the court and the country. Emperor Xin even led the army to war several times in person, and his prestige reached its peak.

It seemed that everything in the Shang Dynasty was moving towards revival.

The various princes did not dare to have any dissenting thoughts. The only uneasy place was the North Sea, where Grand Tutor Wen Zhong personally led his troops to command, so it was destined to be difficult for it to gain power.

The reason why Grand Tutor Wen Zhong personally led the troops was that Wen Zhong had already known that there was another force behind the North Sea and he had to be in charge. It would be difficult for others to control it.

As a disciple of the Golden Spirit Saint Mother, Wen Zhong was taught a set of profound Taoist skills and was proficient in the Five Elements of Taoism. He also had many magic weapons bestowed by the Golden Spirit Saint Mother, and his mount, the Black Qilin, was also extraordinary.

When Wen Ding was in power, he came down the mountain to assist him. As a veteran of three dynasties, he held the position of Grand Master and enjoyed the boundless fortune of the Shang Dynasty. His practice improved by leaps and bounds, and in less than two hundred years, he had vaguely touched the threshold of the Taiyi realm.

At the same time, with the background of a saintly sect, Wen Zhong's vision and knowledge are not comparable to those of ordinary cultivators. As for his connections, they are even more incomparable.

The reason why Wen Zhong attaches great importance to the North Sea is that there may be the shadow of another saintly sect behind the many demon tribes entrenched in the North Sea.

His master specifically told him to keep an eye on what's happening in the North Sea, so how could he dare to take it lightly?

Wen Zhong also vaguely sensed some clues, but due to the limitations of his own level, he was ultimately unable to understand the situation.

What even Wen Zhong didn't know was that at this time, there were countless powerful beings watching the human realm and the Shang Dynasty.

All those who knew about the Conferred Gods were more or less paying attention to what was happening here.

The person chosen by Daozu to respond to the calamity has appeared in the world, and the List of Gods has been bestowed. They all know what this means.

And as the Taoist Ancestor in Zixiao Palace said, the matter of conferring gods is inseparable from the human race.

The human race is already the representative of humanity. How can the human race stay out of major events concerning the three realms of heaven, earth, and man?

Qingxuan was also paying attention to the human realm and the Shang Dynasty, but he saw many things more clearly than others.

At this moment, Qingxuan was playing chess with Fuxi, and Longji was sitting behind her master, or rather hiding behind her master, because her uncle Nuwa also came to visit Lianhuatian.

Instead, Nv Qing took over the work from her senior sister on her own initiative and brewed enlightenment tea on the side.

This was the first time she came back here after her reincarnation. After staying in Chentangguan for some time, she continued to wander in the human domain until Qingxuan came back and brought her back to the Taoist temple, letting her practice well. He then planned to assign her a mission in the sect.

Nu Qing had heard about the Conferred God Event a long time ago, and she had also inquired a lot from her senior sister Long Ji. She knew in her heart that her master was planning to let her take advantage of the Conferred God Event's catastrophe to practice, enter the catastrophe, and rise up with the momentum.

Just like Nezha from the Chan sect, he took the initiative to fall into disaster.

But she doesn't need to be as deeply involved in it as Nezha. There is no need for that, and she doesn't need to worry about being haunted by disaster.

Nv Qing was rather curious about what kind of task her master was going to assign her.

Based on her understanding of her master, she knew that her master really did not like fighting and killing.

At the same time, Nu Qing also knew that her master had borrowed the book from Daozu to comprehend for a long period of time before the publication of the List of Conferred Gods. Her master must have wanted to do something, which was very rare.

For a lazy person like Master to actually take the initiative to do something, it must not be a small matter.

However, Nu Qing did not ask. Anyway, her master would tell her when the time came, and it should not be a difficult task. At worst, she could just coax the senior sister and ask her for help.

The young woman brewed the enlightenment tea with smooth movements, her mind racing with thoughts.

At the same time, she glanced at the senior sister Long Ji who was not willing to come closer, and a smile flashed in her eyes.

It's extremely rare for the senior sister to avoid someone.

Given Senior Sister Long Ji's temperament and strength, it is hard to imagine that she would hide.

At this time, Nv Qing also noticed the gaze of her uncle Nuwa. What made Nv Qing speechless was that this uncle actually wanted to coax her original body, the innate gourd vine, into taking it for research.

How could she dare to agree to such a thing? Others didn't know the temper of this uncle, but how could the people of Qingqiu not know?

Moreover, isn’t the origin of Nezha, Lingzhuzi, who was discovered not long ago, related to this uncle-master?

In response to this, the young woman had no choice but to refuse by saying that the matter was all arranged by her master.

It is hard to say whether there will be any problems with the origin if the main body is given to this uncle for research.

The young woman smiled politely and moved inconspicuously towards Master Qinglian. After making tea, she stood behind him and did not come any closer.

Nuwa looked at Long Ji who was glancing at her with golden dragon eyes not far away, then looked at Nu Qing, her eyes darting back and forth.

Long Ji's origin is special, and Nv Qing's origin is also special, different from ordinary creatures.

It’s just that these two nephews are not very close to me, alas~

Qinglian sipped tea quietly, flipping through scriptures with one hand and chatting with Nuwa.

Although Qingxuan and Fuxi were playing chess, unlike the two people over there who were completely unconcerned about the affairs of the human realm, their eyes were all on the human realm.

Qinglian was indifferent to all kinds of trivial matters. Nuwa did everything according to her own mood and left all the boring things to Fuxi.

"Can the Great Shang Dynasty still usher in a revival?"

"It's difficult to reverse the situation, and people's minds are fickle." Qingxuan said calmly.

When Hongjun decided to confer the gods, he had already figured out everything, and he acted after planning, and his actions were as fast as thunder. That Taoist friend has always been like this.

ZTE? If there really was a ZTE, it would not have been selected.

There were signs of revival before this, but the problems that Emperor Yi wanted to solve but failed to solve were still problems that Emperor Xin had to face.

But the reforms almost meant the Shang Dynasty had to rebuild its very foundations, which was tantamount to self-destruction.

Without reform, all prosperity will be just an appearance. The precarious situation will be difficult to truly improve. The corruption caused by hundreds of years of rule has already penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

Fuxi's gaze pierced through the void and looked in the direction of the human realm without refuting.

Because of the appearance of the person who was destined to have the calamity, he became more concerned about the changes in the fortunes of the human realm.

Although the Palace of the Human Emperor no longer directly intervenes in the power struggles in the secular world, the significance of its existence is still the continuation of the human race. The interests of the human race are what they must protect.

Even though they knew that this was unavoidable, if it was too unreasonable for the human race, the Human Emperor Palace would have to intervene no matter what, even if it was caught in the calamity of the Conferred Gods. This was the meaning of the Human Emperor Palace's existence.

The matter of conferring gods should also go with the flow and forcibly change the destiny of the human race. If things go against the trend, they cannot stand by and watch. The development of the human race can only move forward, not backward. This is their bottom line.

In the eyes of Fuxi, the great master of divination, the fate of the Shang Dynasty has always been uncertain. There is no doubt that the aura of decay is entangled in it and cannot be eradicated.

Fuxi looked at the young King of Shang. In his eyes, what the King of Shang had done in the past few years was indeed remarkable, and he had done well in all aspects.

"He went to extremes. He lost himself in the praise, and no one could persuade him," said Fuxi.

Qingxuan nodded and made his move slowly.

Emperor Xin clearly wanted to make reforms and was deeply influenced by his father Emperor Yi and Wen Zhong.

However, there was too much resistance to what he wanted to do, and almost all the nobles in the court stood against him.

He faced the same situation as his father Emperor Yi, but Emperor Yi became depressed and his spirit was worn out.

Emperor Xin did go in another direction, a kind of rampage?

Their behavior began to become extreme, self-willed, and increasingly brutal, and their methods became more ruthless, and the criminal law alone came up with many new tricks.

In times of chaos, harsh punishments were used, and Emperor Xin obviously went too far and lost himself in them. His personality changed drastically and he was no longer the same as before.

Even things like pools of wine and forests of meat were recreated in his hands. He built large-scale palaces, refused to accept advice, and even chopped nine princes into meat sauce and made the Marquis of E into jerky. All these actions made the situation show signs of getting out of control.

Moreover, the rule of the Shang Dynasty relied on divination rituals and believed in the so-called will of heaven, which hindered him at every turn.

Emperor Xin intended to abolish not only witchcraft rituals such as divination, but also all inheritances and suppress various beliefs, including ancestor worship. Such behavior was undoubtedly heresy in the eyes of the world. He intended to eliminate the sacredness, put his own status above everything else, and achieve absolute centralization.

Qingxuan and Fuxi both said that he had gone to extremes because Emperor Xin wanted to dethrone all the ancestors in order to completely break through the obstacles and complete the reform.

Those cruel methods also exist for this purpose.

Especially as time went by, Emperor Xin himself had deviated from his original intention, and completely transformed from being decisive and ruthless to being debauched and tyrannical, and indulged in it.

In Fuxi's eyes, the trajectories of the day are intertwined, the mysteries of heaven are evolving, and controlling the situation is what he cultivates.

He always had an inexplicable premonition that Emperor Xin would do something ridiculous that might implicate him, but he couldn't see it clearly at the moment.

In the North Sea, many alien races gathered by the Western Religion were entrenched and preached in secret, confronting Wen Zhong of the Jie Religion.

However, Fuxi could see that the Western religion was simply cutting off its own tail in order to survive.

No, it should be that it has not reached the level of cutting off the tail to survive, but just separating a part of the people to face the disaster and preserve themselves.

Even this part of the staff was temporarily gathered by the Western Religion, and they are not the core existence of the Western Religion.

Although doing so will certainly damage one's luck, it is the most controllable method. The action is ruthless and somewhat unscrupulous.

It stands to reason that the Jie Religion, which is in a similar situation to the Western Religion, can also reduce its losses in this way. However, with his omnipotent character, he would never make such a choice.

Fuxi fell into deep thought, and Qingxuan was also thinking, but he was thinking about different things.

The incident with Nezha seemed to have ended peacefully, but in fact it was not the case.

The dragon clan may not get entangled with the Chan sect, but rifts are inevitable.

In addition to these, there is another party who, although not the most directly related party, definitely has strong opinions about the Chan sect.

Heaven, Emperor Haotian.

No one gave him an explanation, and what Nezha did undoubtedly disgraced the Heavenly Court. He did not take the Heavenly Court into consideration at all. The dragon clan was the water official appointed by the Heavenly Court!

This matter may seem small, but it made Haotian slightly biased between the Three Pure Ones and the Western Religion.

Especially the attitude shown by the Western Church now is undoubtedly intended to make Haotian more satisfied.

Given the smart personalities of Jie Yin and Zhunti, if given the opportunity, they will definitely seize it.

Moreover, after preparing another path, these two people put aside their saintly airs and took a step back. They were capable of doing such a thing.

If this is true, there is a possibility of compromise between Heaven and Western religions.

Haotian's strength is indeed not enough to be on par with the saints, but he is the Emperor of Heaven, the Lord of Heaven appointed by the Taoist Ancestor. His influence is not small, and the saints cannot really ignore it.

The Heavenly Court and the Western Religion act in secret, and even Qingxuan cannot fully understand them.

But his disciple Tianhu, although only a Yue Lao priest, is one of the core existences. Qingxuan naturally knows a lot of things. He doesn't need Tianhu to tell him. He can follow the cause and effect to spy on it. With a clue inside, it will be much easier to deduce.

The Western religion really has plans to compromise with the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Court now also has some such intentions.

"The Eastern Lapis Lazuli Pure Land is interesting. Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, I see."

Qingxuan was neither surprised nor relieved by the result of the deduction. He knew about the existence of the three Buddhist pure lands in later generations: the Western Paradise, the Central Pure Land of Asa, and the Eastern Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli. The three Buddhas of the past ages were quite famous.

However, Qingxuan was not very clear about the origin of the Three Saints of the East. Therefore, he was very surprised to see the predicted future.

The way of heaven's secrets is to deduce the unknown from the known. Qingxuan knows more information than others, so he can deduce such a future.

Those who use pseudonyms have dirty hearts. But in the future that Qingxuan sees, pseudonyms are very popular and Infernal Affairs is far from being able to catch up.

When we walk around in this world, our identities are all made up by ourselves.

However, Qingxuan felt that he had always been upright and did not need to act in a disguised manner, so there was no need for him to join in the fun for the time being.

It was also at this time that Fuxi's hand suddenly stopped and his expression suddenly became gloomy.

On the other side, Nuwa stood up, her face full of anger, her silver teeth gnashing with a "crunching" sound.

Qinglian looked at Qingxuan, and Qingxuan nodded slightly. They already knew what had happened.

"My brother and I have things to take care of, so we'll take our leave first." Fuxi stood up and said apologetically.

"It's okay, you lose this game. We can start a new one when you come back." Qingxuan said.

Fuxi was stunned for a moment, then his expression quickly calmed down. He glanced at Qingxuan, smiled bitterly and shook his head, without saying anything more.

"You win."

Qingxuan nodded. It was the first time he saw Fuxi, the charlatan, so furious, but it was not easy to persuade him directly.

However, he is a great man who practices the way of heaven's secrets. He regained his composure in an instant and will handle the matter rationally.

Fuxi took Nuwa away from here and descended into the human realm.