Chapter 778

At this point in time, too many upheavals have occurred; it can be considered the greatest change of the post-witch-demon era.

Especially the human race.

Among the four great pillars, three have experienced a change of leadership!

Apart from the Yun Master, it remains under Xuanyuan's control.

Fire Master: Yandi fell in battle, passing the mantle to Chiyou.

Bird Master: Wenming rebelled and rose to become the supreme emperor of the Eastern Yi lands.

Dragon Master: Yinglong emerged as fate dictated, restored the second divine dynasty, and inaugurated his own line of Dao transmission.

Such changes are too great!

The leader has changed—should the governing line also be changed?

There are too many particulars involved.

The various great courts of the human race dare not take lightly; after concluding the highest-intensity war against Di Jun, they immediately began self-adjustment, striving to control the situation.

Not only must one have the ability to conquer the world, but also the skill to govern it.

Because, everyone hasn't forgotten… there is still an evil shadow lurking, like a thorn in the back, as if a sword hangs over all sacred heads.

——The Demonic Sect!

The Five Fortunes Dao Lord, taking advantage of the departure of the current era's greatest combat power, boldly sparked the demonic calamity.

Slaughter, destruction, calamities… etc., will all strengthen their power!

In this era, too many lives have perished, further causing order to wither and break… this is essentially a great boon for the demonic path.

Now we have reached a certain warning line; it is extremely dangerous, and no human leader dares to take it lightly.

Otherwise.

Perhaps just after wiping out the Heavenly Court and before enjoying the fruits of victory, the Demonic Sect would grinningly rush out, with the Five Fortunes Demon Ancestor running rampant across heaven and earth, unstoppable!

Therefore.

National defense security must be grasped.

Economic development must also be grasped.

Both hands must grasp, both hands must be firm.

Ensure the safety and healthy development of the people advance together; cannot fall into the malady of warmongering or of weakness inviting bullying.

This is a great test for the human kings.

They must, while defeating the demons, guard against demonic chaos.

——Slay demons and eradicate fiends!

Therefore, when Wenming proposed that the leaders of the Fire Master and Dragon Master each conduct internal rectification and governance, these two newly risen titans agreed.

Even though Chiyou hated to not immediately charge to the source of time and wage a bloody battle with the Eastern Emperor… but reality lay before him, and he also restrained himself.

Thus, each returned to their own homes.

Chiyou commanded the Nine Li and returned to the Fire Master's court.

Although he lacked Yandi's testament and lacked the Human Emperor's seal, he appears somewhat illegitimate—after all, in the hearts of the Fire Master's people, Nüwa is forever the heir apparent, the first in line of succession.

Chiyou!

Back then he wasn't even considered a spare tire.

However, out of consideration for the everlasting fire, the people of the Fire Master also accepted his regency, and various policies were carried out.

Promoting agriculture, smelting copper and iron, forging the five weapons, creating the hundred arts, clarifying the Heavenly Dao, educating and transforming…

Fact proves, Chiyou is not only good at war; governing the state is also his forte.

Indeed.

He once studied alongside Nüwa!

Perhaps scheming and calculation are not his forte; playing dirty… there are many who could press him to the ground and rub him.

But!

Doing some farming development and managing construction is still passable.

At the very least, he won't fall into the trap of warmongering.

If he were to lose, it would most likely be due to failure in 'attacking strategy' and 'attacking liaison'.

Nüwa's guard captain!

Being able to sit in such a position is enough to prove his excellence.

However, people cannot be compared to people, nor gods to gods.

In this era, Nüwa is drawn into a game difficulty lower than the eighteenth level of hell… her opponent is not the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, that greatest permissive hound of the primordial chaos, whose licentious might is formidable, requiring three thousand divinities to join forces to restrain.

It is the Dragon Ancestor, such an overbearing sovereign, capable of achieving the feat: 'With spear in hand, follow me; slay Donghua, slaughter the Heavenly Dao.'

Otherwise, it is the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun, who painstakingly forged a path to divinity… even if he were defeated, he would still be honorable in defeat, dying beneath the axe that opened heaven.

In the end, August Emperor and the Human Dao are both watching Nüwa!

Chiyou followed Nüwa, mistakenly entered the Purgatory difficulty dungeon, and even took up the position of Yandi, which absolutely draws fire… his fate is worrisome.

Whether he can obtain a complete corpse ending… is a question.

……

"We won!"

"Blood debt, blood repayment!"

Yinglong led the remnants of the Dragon Master back to the former court's homeland.

This time, they returned in an upright and proper manner!

The Dragon Master has repeatedly endured hardships, flourished and declined, once manipulated by Di Jun, toyed with, resulting in the destruction of clan and death of people; pursued, there was no way to heaven or earth; countless warriors fell on the road, every inch of land soaked with blood.

But, they finally came back to kill!

Under Yinglong's leadership, they broke through all difficulties and obstacles, returning to the chess player's position.

The two great mountains weighing on the Dragon Master were all overturned.

Kui Niu was slain, and the reinforcements from the Four Seas finally entered the battlefield.

Chonghua fell, and the pressure from the Heavenly Court vanished in an instant, allowing a shift from strategic defense to strategic offense——the invader may come, and I may go too!

All these deeds occurred during Yinglong's restoration of the Dragon Master; thus it was only fitting that Yinglong reaped supreme authority, and in the hearts of the new generation of Dragon Master's people, she could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Dragon Ancestor, even surpassing him!

Even if the Dragon Ancestor returns one day seeking to regain authority……that would not be an easy task.

And Yinglong's campaign is obviously not limited to this.

With great power in hand, she neither grew complacent nor lax; aside from assisting the Xiahou clan in eradicating mountain stronghold remnants, she devoted herself to earnest endeavors.

"We rise where we fall."

Yinglong said at the Dragon Master assembly, "The floods of the past were the source of our Dragon Master's downfall; now let us resolve this issue to comfort the departed souls of old!"

Beneath the plain surface lay Yinglong's endless sharpness, proving she surpassed her predecessors and even surpassed the former First Dragon Master Divine Dynasty.

The First Dragon Master Divine Dynasty inherited from the Dragon Ancestor—what is that supposed to be?

Do you know my Second Dragon Master Divine Dynasty!

What the First Dragon Master Divine Dynasty could not accomplish, my Second Dragon Master Divine Dynasty will do!

The enemies the First Dragon Master Divine Dynasty could not slay, my Second Dragon Master Divine Dynasty will slay!

In a word, whatever the Dragon Ancestor can do, we do; what the Dragon Ancestor cannot do, we must do even more!

Strike first, report later—humanity permits it!

This is the Second Dragon Master Divine Dynasty; this is the greatest background dragon of heaven and earth——Yinglong!

Valiant and proud, Yinglong reclaimed water rights and quelled the floods.

Wuzhi Qi has been subdued and slain, Chonghua's rule ended, and on this land none can oppose her anymore.

Thus, a dragon god drew rivers with its tail, sweeping across the boundless mountains and rivers, taming the Weak Waters, flowing into the sea, and restoring the water cycle of heaven and earth once more!

Relying on her own wit and rallying the human allied forces to crush the Heavenly Emperor's incarnation, Yinglong utterly reversed the tide of offense and defense, becoming unstoppable.

Once, she wanted to call herself a great god, which seemed mysterious——such a title is not self-proclaimed but must be acknowledged by others.

Now she can indeed be conferred sainthood!

Yinglong the Great Sage!

Along her way, the myriad gods paid homage; between heaven and earth, countless water immortals, water gods, and river earls offered congratulatory words and heeded her commands.

The waters of the Yellow River, the Yangtze, the Han, the Huai, and the Ji are all fiefs granted to Yinglong the Great Sage!

The Xiahou lineage, once the safe that transferred the assets of the first Dragon Master Divine Dynasty, now, by imperial decree, lets the Dragon Master and Bird Master set aside past grudges and returns the authority over Honghuang waterways, further aiding it, making it ever stronger and more fearsome.

Moreover, the Cloud Master also has a congratulatory gift.

The Cloud Master officials who represent the will of Xuanyuan, in full view of all, honored his position and spoke with smiles—'The majesty of the Great Sage Yinglong towers over eternity, her merit shines across the Myriad Heavens; she is truly a great sage of the world!'

The people of the Cloud Master and the descendants of Xuanyuan, generation after generation, all wish to hear the sage words and teachings of the Great Sage Yinglong.

Within the Fire Master, the Ancestral Witch lineage has a gift left behind by the Goddess Xuansu; it is part of the spoils from his slaying of the Kui Niu Yao Marshal—this is an insight into the Great Dao of wind and thunder, of rain and storm.

In a short time, the Second Dragon Master Divine Dynasty solidified its position completely, and the Great Sage Yinglong's name resounded through the ages.

She held the authority, comprehended the torrent of heaven's turning and the changes of human affairs, her cultivation surged forward, and her merit rivaled the work of creation.

One day, she suddenly moved!

She slaughtered her way to the heavenly skies, stepped onto the battlefield at the height of humanity, waged conquest against the Heavenly Court forced into strategic defense, left her mark, and left traces in the starry void!

She altered the laws of the starry heavens, and because of her power she redefined the origins of some ancient stars.

As people commonly say, there are the Twenty-Eight Mansions, distributed in the four celestial regions, determining the movements of the sun, moon, and five planets.

Now, Yinglong displays her divine might, carving into the celestial laws, and adds her own myth to them!

Originally there were the Four Beasts of the Heavenly Officials: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Now it is the Five Beasts of the Heavenly Officials, with Yinglong added, also called the Yellow Dragon!

The Five Star Heavenly Officials shine upon the world; Yinglong stands at the center, governing the seven central mansions, and calls herself the Queen Star!

Such an achievement, even if the Dragon Ancestor returned, would be no more than this!

Although, some of this was opportunistic, achieved while the great powers were either eliminated or restrained.

In the world, nothing is too easy; Yinglong calls herself the Great King.

There's nothing to be done.

When she borrowed such a great killer as the mountain-splitting axe, whether Báizé or the giant fish-bird, all must make way!

One cannot provoke her; one can only avoid her sharp edge.

Fortunately, Yinglong did not run amok for long.

After displaying her might in the starry heavens, she returned to the Honghuang earth, traversed the four seas and nine oceans, and undertook a great deed.

— Opening the Dragon Gate!

The dragon race has suffered severe losses of blood these years.

The harm brought by the Heavenly Court is overly heavy.

The Dragon Masters were strangled to death, and the dragon race fared no better.

The Kui Niu Great Sage's frenzied slaughter nearly turned the dragon race's stronghold—the East Sea—into scorched earth!

Countless dragon species lie dead here, casualties too numerous.

Even though victorious now, the lost vital energy is not so easily replenished.

And time waits for no one.

Yinglong observed and emulated the Dragon Ancestor's opened way of dragon transformation; as a Dragon Master and the reviver of the dragon race, she gained much, thus began recruiting people and attracting investment, promoting excellent benefits, first replenishing the troops before anything else.

Thus, the Dragon Gate was accomplished.

Strictly speaking, this Dragon Gate was not first created by Yinglong.

Long ago, the Dragon Ancestor, Dragon Ancestor, also stirred up... but, weren't all those people kicked out?

The Dragon's Great Dao was later heavily wounded by Di Jun.

Now, Yinglong has made it whole again and carried out a revision.

——Recruit!

——Give it your all to recruit for me!

Fully unleash the latent potential of the dragon clan, complete the important work of replenishing troops, and finally raise the sword of revenge against the Heavenly Court!

……

A series of major moves, Yinglong is not at all peaceful.

She challenges the achievements of the previous Dragon Ancestor, producing a string of accomplishments.

Recovering water rights, striking horizontally across the starry sky, opening the Dragon Gate... all these feats cover the Dragon Ancestor, overlapping with him!

The old drunkard's intention is not in the liquor—many ancient gods and great sages can see that this little lass has ideas, indeed intending to seize the foundation of the Dragon Ancestor as the origin of the dragon clan.

Moreover, her luck is too good.

At the right time, doing the right thing, no opponent blocks the way.

Adding to the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage's stubbornness, his talent for offending people is too heaven-defying; many peers also wait to see his jokes, yet no one intervenes.

Thus, Yinglong embarked on an invincible dragon life.

What is Dragon Arrogant Heaven?

This is it!

——Ying·Arrogant Heaven·Dragon!

「Invincibility, how lonely it is, how empty.... 」

On the surface, Yinglong, who should be mourning the death of the dung‑shoveling official, is secretly elated and high‑spirited.

She stands alone atop a fairy mountain, the cold wind blows over, sighing at the loneliness and emptiness of invincibility.

Until a certain moment, Wenming came, glanced at her lightly, waved his hand, and the mountain‑opening divine axe flew back to its rightful owner.

「Have you finished your work? 」

「Is this where you start getting smug? 」

「Come on, let's go work! 」

「Eradicate the remnants of Chonghua, eliminate bandits everywhere.... 」

Yinglong was dragged away with a mournful face.

But she also didn't complain about anything.

She is very tactful and well‑behaved.

Of course, there may be an element of intimidation by killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.

——The Fengshi clan was killed!

Wenming restored the land, letting the Eastern Barbarians go from great chaos to great order; this process was destined not to be calm and peaceful.

He ordered the tribes, setting a time limit to meet him at Mount Tu, this Xiahou lineage entering to take over the Bird Master's Supreme Royal Court.

A branch of the Fengshi clan actually dared to be late?!

Kill!

Wenming executed the leader of that branch!

Such iron‑bloodedness shocked the heroes, making many remnants who wanted to mourn Chonghua tremble in heart, and even dare not face Chonghua's heir—Shangjun—to raise his banner and continue opposing the Xiahou clan.

This is truly daring to kill people!

The leader of the Fengshi clan, before execution, was terrified and furious, incredulous: "You actually killed me?! You don't respect us?!"

「Why not? 」

Wenming answered calmly, "Chonghua has spoiled you lot, making you seem unaware of the immensity of heaven and earth, lacking reverence."

「Chonghua put on a show, playing with Dan Zhu for three years… I don't really approve of that. 」

「So, I laid my cards bare. 」

「But, actually it can also be understood. 」

「Chonghua gained his position illegitimately, relying on political maneuvering, needing to put on a show, and also needing to compromise with you. 」

「I am different. 」

「I ascended by relying on slaughter and on merit. 」

「Pacifying floods, eliminating the enemies of the Heavenly Court.... 」

「The throne of the Human Emperor—who else but me! 」

Wenming naturally possesses an overbearing aura.

He doesn't want to play tricks, for in merit and strength, who could match him?!

He ascended with great achievements; those who refuse to submit die!

Before Chonghua rose to power, did he have so many dazzling achievements?

So, does he need to engage in what political deals, interest compromises?!

No need!

However, Wenming's killing intent, though strong, has not been expanded.

He is here to get things done, not to kill people.

Chonghua's son Shangjun, Wenming did not mistreat him much, gave him a decent treatment, and a fief to retire in.

(End of chapter)