Chapter 833

That was their faith, the faith of Great Qin: an supreme Emperor who would unify the world and merge the Nine Provinces.

The Jean Jean Shi Huang, Seeing Ying Zheng!

Today, with the Nine Provinces newly unified and the world temporarily at peace, there was finally time to ascend Mount Taishan to perform the Fengshan sacrifice, proclaim it to Heaven and Earth, and re-verify his status as the Human Sovereign.

From this moment on, Seeing Ying Zheng could truly become the supreme Emperor.

As Seeing Ying Zheng reached the summit of the altar, above in the sky, invisible to them, the Great Qin's national destiny—ink-colored and suffused with golden-red—began to gather as if boiling.

Finally, it slowly condensed into an ink-colored Mysterious Bird.

It let out a silent cry, bearing witness to Heaven and Earth.

The voice of the ritual official grew louder and louder; as Seeing Ying Zheng stood firm, the official's hoarse, roaring shouts suddenly vanished.

Only the echoes of those shouts reverberated throughout Mount Taishan.

After a long while, when the echoes had also faded, everyone looked with longing at the man atop the altar.

Seeing Ying Zheng looked up at the sky, his gaze calm and indifferent; though he was looking up, he clearly displayed a sense of equality.

He was the Human Sovereign, his status equal to Heaven and Earth; naturally, he had no need to bow his head to them.

After a long silence, Seeing Ying Zheng spoke slowly, and his words filled the ritual official with great terror—he had not followed the original script at all!

"I have unified the six states, bringing the world under one rule. I have built the Great Wall to secure the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces, to defend my Great Qin, and to protect my state."

"In the name of the Jean Jean Shi Huang, I hereby swear! While I live, I shall guard the land and expand its borders, sweep away the four barbarians, and establish the foundation for Great Qin for ten thousand generations!"

"When I die, I shall become a dragon soul, to protect my Huaxia so it never declines!"

"Let the sun and moon bear witness to this oath, let Heaven and Earth acknowledge it, and let the immortals, demons, ghosts, and gods hear it."

The next moment, a clap of thunder shook the heavens with a muffled roar, and the world suddenly turned pitch black.

562. The Heaven-Mandated Human Sovereign Seeing Ying Zheng, the Great Qin Mysterious Bird Totem

From the clear, sunny skies of a moment ago to the current sun-obscuring dark clouds, it was as if infinite heavenly soldiers were suppressing the mortal realm.

All of this manifested only after Seeing Ying Zheng finished those words.

A gale roared, and the muffled thunder was no longer satisfied with just rumbling; purple electric snakes crackled and pressed down from all directions.

It was as if Heaven and Earth were enraged, striking down beside Seeing Ying Zheng, shattering all the sacrificial offerings, and sending the ministers tumbling in disarray.

But Seeing Ying Zheng merely stared quietly at the sky, not even knitting his brows once.

It was as if he were standing alone against the wrath of Heaven and Earth.

But the ministers did not think so.

"It's over! Everything is over! The Heavens are enraged!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty cannot say such things! This is commanding Heaven and Earth, not performing the Fengshan sacrifice, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please quickly apologize to the Heavens! Otherwise, Great Qin is in danger!"

"This is divine punishment! This is divine punishment!"

"Scoundrels! What of the Heavens? His Majesty's literary and martial virtues are supreme; he has unified the Nine Provinces, brought peace to the world, his achievements surpass the Three Sovereigns, and his virtue exceeds the Five Emperors! He is the supreme Human Sovereign!"

"Even if it is the Heavens, they should stand equal to the Human Sovereign. For you petty people to act like this, is it not a lack of trust in His Majesty!"

"Hmph! General Wang is right! What of the Heavens? If they dare to defy His Majesty, I, Meng Tian, am willing to serve as the vanguard to conquer the Heavens for His Majesty!"

"General Wang! General Meng! This is blasphemy! This is absolute blasphemy!"

The ministers were in chaos, their clamor almost drowning out the thunder in the sky.

Yet in the shadows, many remnants of the seven states were secretly rejoicing; some had flickering gazes and whispered urgings.

"The damned brutal Qin has angered the Heavens! Finally... the Heavens can no longer stand it and are descending with divine punishment?"

"Hmph! It would be best if that Seeing Ying Zheng were struck dead!"

"Record this quickly: The King of Qin ascended Mount Taishan, was struck by a storm, and failed the Fengshan sacrifice."

"The Heavens have eyes! The Heavens have eyes! Please descend with divine punishment and destroy Seeing Ying Zheng! Destroy the brutal Qin!"

The remnants of the seven states were all reveling, and some even intended to take small actions.

If Seeing Ying Zheng were truly struck dead by lightning today, they could openly split Great Qin apart again and recast the seven states.

But Seeing Ying Zheng had the ambition to swallow the sun and moon; looking up at the overcast sky, his black water dragon robe whipped in the wind.

"I am the Human Sovereign! I need no mandate from Heaven! My status is equal to the Heavenly Venerable! Even if it is the Heavens, how dare you punish me?"

"I shall stand right here and see if you, the Heavens, dare to descend with divine punishment!"

Such rebellious words, to the ears of the many ritual officials and civil ministers, were simply words of someone seeking death.

Immediately, they all stood there with their heads bowed, looking as if they were mourning their own deaths.

Perhaps in their eyes, the next moment, Seeing Ying Zheng would be struck by lightning.

But from an angle they could not see, the ink-colored Mysterious Bird had gradually been dyed with a layer of gold, roaring angrily at the sky.

With a flap of its wings, it charged straight into the clouds.

Great Qin's national destiny was currently at its zenith; even if the Heavenly Dao of this world wanted to suppress Seeing Ying Zheng for his disrespect, it would first have to overcome Great Qin's national destiny.

Among the many ministers who had lost their composure, several stood rooted to Mount Taishan like green pines, towering and motionless.

The leader was a cold-faced swordsman, clutching an ancient longsword; when he looked at Seeing Ying Zheng, his gaze was filled with awe.

This person was none other than the Great Qin Sword Saint who had not yet defected, Ge Nie.

"Sword Saint, you do not seem worried about the King."

A slender woman, her face veiled in thin gauze, asked lightly.

Ge Nie said calmly:

"His Majesty is the supreme Human Sovereign, why should he fear the Heavens? Besides... the State Preceptor still calls His Majesty 'King'; could it be that you do not respect His Majesty's status as Human Sovereign?"

Luna's gaze turned cold, but she did not dare to speak recklessly at such a critical moment.

The Yin-Yang School still could not leave Seeing Ying Zheng and Great Qin.

Immediately, she said lightly:

"I just didn't react in time; it is my fault."

In the distance, Donghuang Taiyi glanced at Luna, who understood and retreated to the side, not interacting with Ge Nie.

Now, the Yin-Yang School had to be a loyal dog to Great Qin; at the very least, it had to look that way.

As for Ge Nie, it was best not to interact if possible.

Donghuang Taiyi was not worried about whether Seeing Ying Zheng would succeed in the Fengshan sacrifice; the intensity of the national destiny on Seeing Ying Zheng was stronger than that of King Wu of Zhou in the past.

Otherwise, why would the Yin-Yang School have attached itself to Seeing Ying Zheng?

With this great change in Heaven and Earth, Donghuang Taiyi could not be sure of anything; perhaps the Heavenly Dao was truly enraged, after all, the Human Sovereign...

During the Zhou Dynasty, it had already been severed.

How could the Heavenly Dao allow the birth of an existence with the same status as itself?

But unfortunately, Great Qin had already gained momentum, and the Heavenly Dao could not stop it.

As long as the Fengshan sacrifice succeeded, the Yin-Yang School's grand plan could finally be officially launched.

Seeing Ying Zheng looked at the sky, which was still rumbling with thunder, and a trace of anger appeared in his eyes.

With a clang, he drew his Emperor's sword and pointed it at the sky.

"I am the Human Sovereign, how dare Heaven and Earth punish me! Retreat! Otherwise, I shall surely raise my sword to conquer the Heavens!"

An even larger bolt of lightning struck less than a zhang in front of Seeing Ying Zheng.

The writhing lightning snakes looked terrifying.

But Seeing Ying Zheng did not even blink.

Finally, perhaps because Heaven and Earth were powerless, the dark clouds slowly retreated, and a ray of golden sunlight fell upon Seeing Ying Zheng.

It was as if it were crowning the Human Sovereign.

The wind stopped and the rain ceased; Mount Taishan returned to silence. The many people of Great Qin were all stunned, and after a long while, they realized what had happened and immediately knelt, looking at Seeing Ying Zheng with even more fanatical gazes.

"His Majesty's divine might subdues Heaven and Earth!"

"Congratulations to His Majesty on re-ascending the throne of the Human Sovereign!"

"Long live His Majesty! Long live Great Qin!"

The fanatical cheers spread from the mountain to the foot of the mountain; this time, it was the turn of the anti-Qin people to look as if they were mourning their own deaths.

The corners of Seeing Ying Zheng's mouth curled up slightly, and he slowly sheathed his Emperor's sword.

He stared at the firmament, as if he could see the Heavenly Dao's unwilling wrath.

But he did not care.

Eight hundred years after the Zhou, Great Qin had renewed the status of the Human Sovereign. ===== CHAPTER 834 =====