Chapter 15: Burning Books and Burying Scholars to Sever the Heaven and Earth Alliance Oath

Yue Buqun saw that as a force from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds joining the Heavenly Court, Ying Zheng received additional rewards as an example.

Yue Buqun was incredibly jealous and said in a fit of pique, "As the master of Great Qin, the Ancestral Dragon actually backstabbed me. Excessive, simply too excessive."

Yue Buqun still wanted to condemn Ying Zheng, but the group livestream had already closed.

Yet after Ying Zheng joined the Heavenly Court, everything for him had only just begun.

Ying Zheng issued a decree to the entire Great Qin: "Throughout Great Qin, all shall practice the True Martial Dao Scripture."

Ying Zheng's first decree was to spread martial arts across the world, with all Great Qin subjects practicing the True Martial Dao Scripture.

The True Martial Dao Scripture was originally aimed at the Human Race, a scripture of ten thousand methods.

And now, Ying Zheng was directly spreading martial arts across the world.

Under Ying Zheng's leadership, the entire Great Qin was directly transformed into a supreme immortal dynasty.

Great Qin's Qi Luck became even more prosperous, thereby forming a feedback loop for the Heavenly Court of the Great Primordial World.

After joining the Heavenly Court, Great Qin contributed a large amount of Qi Luck to the Heavenly Court, yet this was not the end.

In the future, once Great Qin's strength grew, it would continue to contribute Qi Luck to the Heavenly Court.

In Xianyang City, Ying Zheng looked at a parchment scroll in his hand, frowned, and said, "So that is how it is?"

Since practicing the Human Emperor Dao, Ying Zheng had begun to touch upon the truth of this World.

He sensed a threat; this was a threat from Heaven and Earth.

It was Heaven and Earth's rejection of the Human Emperor Dao.

"Eight hundred years ago, Wu Wang Ji Fa performed sacrifices to Heaven and signed the Heaven and Earth Alliance Oath with Heaven. Western Qi's strength greatly increased, and they soundly defeated the Yin Shang, but the price was that the Son of Heaven retreated from the position of Nine-Nine Supreme to become the Nine-Five Supreme."

Ying Zheng looked at the parchment scroll in his hand and said coldly, "From then on, the Human Emperor Dao was severed. The Son of Heaven's power is bestowed by Heaven, acting on Heaven's behalf to shepherd the people."

Ying Zheng ordered people to collect books from across the world and finally found the secret history regarding the ancient times.

From Human Emperor to Son of Heaven, from Nine-Nine Supreme to Nine-Five Supreme.

Power bestowed by Heaven, acting on Heaven's behalf to shepherd the people.

It sounds sacred, but one must know.

The Nine-Nine Supreme, the Human Emperor Dao.

That is an existence comparable to the Heavenly Dao, an existence equal to Heaven itself.

Ying Zheng said angrily, "That brat Ji Fa, he has brought chaos to our Human Race."

Zhou Wu Wang Ji Fa performed sacrifices to Heaven and signed the Heaven and Earth Alliance Oath with Heaven.

From then on, the power of the oath bound the Human Race, and it became impossible for the Human Race to ever give birth to a Human Emperor again.

If not for joining the Heavenly Court, Ying Zheng did not know what price he would have had to pay to walk the path of the Human Emperor.

Even now, though Ying Zheng had embarked on the Human Emperor Dao, he could still feel the constraints and suppression of that Heaven and Earth Alliance Oath.

That rejection from Heaven and Earth came from the power of the Heaven and Earth Alliance Oath.

Ying Zheng knew that things could not continue like this.

After pondering for a moment, Ying Zheng ordered, "Li Si, collect all records from the world's occultists and Yin and Yang masters regarding ancient books for me. At the same time, issue a decree to the Great Qin Iron Cavalry; I am going to Mount Tai to perform the Fengshan sacrifice."

Under Ying Zheng's orders, Great Qin quickly collected all books in the world containing such records.

Among them, many scholars, priding themselves on the integrity of scholars, blocked Ying Zheng from collecting these books.

Ying Zheng directly ordered these people to be beheaded.

And after collecting these books, Ying Zheng prepared to consign them to the flames, burning these books.

This act by Ying Zheng caused a shock among the world's noble clans.

"Tyrant, a tyrant indeed! Ying Zheng is burning books and burying scholars; what is he trying to do?"

"The brutal Qin will perish at the hands of Ying Zheng sooner or later."

"Burning books and burying scholars, killing all the noble clans in the world—who will help Ying Zheng rule the world?"

"This world is controlled by us, the noble clans."

Although Great Qin had already been established, the lingering effects of aristocratic politics still influenced Great Qin.

It was not the commoners who controlled knowledge, but the noble clans.

Now that Ying Zheng was burning books and burying scholars, wasn't this aimed directly at them, the nobles?

Of course, that was what they thought.

Li Si reported to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, currently the scholars of the world, under the guidance of the Six Kingdoms Remnants, have gathered together to condemn Your Majesty's actions. Your Majesty, should this act of burning books be postponed?"

Li Si spoke with hesitation; the world was full of ignorant people.

The Six Kingdoms Remnants controlled public opinion and coerced the scholars, wanting to smear Great Qin.

Even Li Si felt some fear in the face of such surging public sentiment.

Ying Zheng sneered and said, "Dispatch the Great Qin Iron Cavalry for me and exterminate all these Six Kingdoms Remnants."

Ying Zheng turned around, his unquestionable voice resounding throughout the entire palace.

"I was too benevolent, sparing the lives of these Six Kingdoms Remnants. These Six Kingdoms Remnants do not know gratitude and even want to overthrow Great Qin."

Ying Zheng had swept across the six kingdoms, yet he had still granted the Six Kingdoms Remnants the dignity of nobles and did not kill them.

Who would have thought that these Six Kingdoms Remnants would become the main force in overthrowing Great Qin later on.

Now that Great Qin had joined the Heavenly Court, Ying Zheng feared no challenge.

In Ying Zheng's eyes, the Six Kingdoms Remnants were nothing but a Joker.

Under Ying Zheng's command, the Great Qin Iron Cavalry directly swept through these Six Kingdoms Remnants.

This was a complete massacre.

After Great Qin joined the Heavenly Court, the strength of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry was no longer what it used to be.

The reason these Six Kingdoms Remnants were so rampant and had developed ambitions was merely because of the blessings from the Heavenly Court.

With the blessing from the Heavenly Court, these Six Kingdoms Remnants also gained strength.

The Six Kingdoms Remnants thought they could use this to overthrow the regime of Great Qin.

But when they stood on the opposite side of Great Qin, the strength granted to them by the Heavenly Court was all taken back.

The Qi Luck of Great Qin is connected to the Qi Luck of the Heavenly Court, from the moment they betrayed Great Qin.

What these people faced was suppression from the Qi Luck of Great Qin and the Qi Luck of the Heavenly Court.

Qin Hao's arrangements naturally would not allow for any loopholes.

Therefore, when facing the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, the Six Kingdoms were no match before, and they are even less of a match now.

The Six Kingdoms Remnants were directly slaughtered by the Great Qin Iron Cavalry.

But at this time, there was no longer any monarch to forgive their faults.

The Six Kingdoms Remnants left behind curses amidst their wails.

"Ying Zheng, I curse you, I curse you to die a horrible death, I curse your tyrannical Qin to perish in the second generation."

"Ying Zheng, you are so cruel; future history books will pass down your crimes for ten thousand generations, and you will suffer the condemnation of everyone."

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng merely laughed it off.

And Ying Zheng quickly prepared everything, ready for the Mount Tai Fengshan sacrifice.

At the command of Ying Zheng, the Great Qin Iron Cavalry assembled directly at Mount Tai.

Ying Zheng stood atop Mount Tai, looking at the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, looking at his subjects.

"I, the First Emperor of Great Qin."

My virtue surpasses the Three Sovereigns, my achievements exceed the Five Emperors; combining 'Sovereign' and 'Emperor', I am the Emperor.

The Great Qin Iron Cavalry all looked fanatically at the ruler above; this was their King, their Emperor.

Building upon the remaining might of six generations, I have united the Nine Provinces into one world.

From this moment on, upon this land, there is no longer any distinction between Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin.

Everyone has a common name—Qin People.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live Great Qin!"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live Great Qin!"

(End of this chapter)