Chapter 842: The Deep Waters of the Honghuang

Not long after the Saints and Quasi-Sages finished their sermons, millions of people began livestreaming; among them, over ninety percent were Mysterious Immortals, more than thirty were Great Luo Golden Immortals, and over five hundred were Golden Immortals.

Upon receiving the statistical data from Immortal Tomb, Yin Qi was also incredibly shocked.

He had not expected that there would still be over thirty Great Luo Golden Immortals on the current Primordial Continent, most of whom were reclusive old antiques.

Had it not been for the rise of Douyin livestreaming, they likely would not have appeared.

As for the Golden Immortals, the five hundred-plus were also a significant number; they were all ancestor-level figures of various clans who rarely appeared in daily life.

Yin Qi sighed, the waters of the Honghuang are truly deep.

This was only counting those who started livestreaming; there were likely many more who still chose to remain in seclusion.

He even felt that within this Honghuang, it was highly probable that there were unknown Quasi-Sages not known to the world.

Could it be that the three thousand Red Dust Guests of Zixiao Palace from back then had truly all perished?

These three thousand Red Dust Guests were all at least Great Luo Golden Immortals at the time.

For those who could survive until now, achieving the status of a Quasi-Saint was not an impossible thing.

……

Because of the sermons by the Saints and Quasi-Sages, the Honghuang seemed to have entered an unprecedented period of peace.

Even for the Chan Sect and Jie Sect, the war began to subside completely.

The Xiqi army also halted before Sishui Pass.

In truth, Jiang Ziya did not have much enthusiasm for the Saints' sermons; limited by his natural talent, even if he were to listen to the Saints preach again, he could at most cultivate to the Mysterious Immortal stage.

Furthermore, the current sermons by the Saints were all about cultivation methods below the Immortal Dao.

He was even less interested.

But he could not withstand the petitions from the entire Xiqi army.

Additionally, Randeng Daoren, Yunzhongzi, and others were also obsessed with listening to the sermons.

Although they had long since cultivated into immortals, listening to the Saints' sermons, especially those of other Saints, also yielded great gains.

Such gains could solidify their foundations, allowing them to go further in the future.

Jiang Ziya sighed inwardly and could only return to Xiqi City for the time being to consult with Ji Fa and Jia Ren.

Although Ji Fa was keen on power, he also understood the importance of cultivation, so he said, "Prime Minister, the Saints' sermons are a rare opportunity that comes only once in ten thousand years. If we force a war, I fear it will cause dissatisfaction throughout the army."

"In my view, we should listen to the sermons first."

"In any case, according to the two Saints from the West, their sermons will only last three years."

"Three years of time, we can afford to wait."

"Coincidentally, we can also use these three years to develop ourselves; the southern Vassal States and the remnants of the eastern and northern Vassal States should also be ready by then, and we can then attack from all sides."

Yin Qi naturally agreed to a three-year truce, because the longer the time, the stronger the Great Shang would become.

So he also nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist, to tell you the truth, with the Saints preaching now, even I have no heart to handle government affairs, let alone others. In my opinion, it is better to have a three-year truce."

Seeing that both Ji Fa and Yin Qi said so, Jiang Ziya could only nod helplessly and sigh, "Very well, let us have a three-year truce."

In any case, with the resource support of the Chan Sect, the development speed of Xiqi was far beyond what the Great Shang could compare to.

Three years later, Xiqi would only be stronger.

……

The Saints' sermons did not affect the development of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty.

Whether they were Imperial Court officials or ordinary commoners, they all worked during the day and watched video replays at night.

But this rhythm did not last long.

Because as the Saints' sermons deepened, more than half of the people began to fail to keep up with the pace, listening in a daze; naturally, they lost the desire to listen, feeling it was better to earn more money to buy Pills instead.

On the contrary, many Mysterious Immortals livestreaming—who taught techniques rather than the Dao—were very popular among ordinary people.

Compared to the Dao, techniques were easier to understand and provided the most direct improvement to strength. For example, a certain cultivation art, a certain immortal spell, a certain Secret Technique, or a certain trade skill all fell under the category of techniques.

……

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, it was September.

Thanks to the sermons by the Saints and Quasi-Sages, the number of registered users for Mobile Phones soared, now reaching a terrifying five hundred trillion, a surge of nearly ten thousand times.

Within the borders of the Great Shang, Mobile Phones had become completely popularized.

But outside the Great Shang, the penetration rate of Mobile Phones was still very low, less than one in ten thousand.

The surge in registered Mobile Phone users meant that Immortal Tomb could collect information from all aspects more comprehensively and conveniently, including various divine arts and Secret Techniques, because everyone had become accustomed to using Mobile Phones for communication.

They had never thought that all the information on their Mobile Phones would be collected by someone.

Through the big data of the Mobile Phones, Yin Qi also learned of many hidden matters, such as the fact that the Long-Feng Qilin Sanzue had not perished, but had merely withdrawn from the Primordial Continent like the Witch and Demon clans.

They were still developing vigorously in their respective small worlds.

Of course, most importantly, all three clans still had Quasi-Sages sitting in command, such as the Dragon Clan's Azure Dragon, the Phoenix Clan's Fire Phoenix, and the Qilin Clan's Jade Qilin; additionally, there were many Great Luo Golden Immortals within the three clans.

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The Dragon Clan currently in the Four Seas was merely a facade put up by the Dragon Clan to fool people.

Besides the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin, there were many other powerful clans in the Honghuang; they were also very low-key, living in their own small worlds, and almost never participated in any conflicts on the Honghuang.

This made Yin Qi sigh that this was the true Honghuang, and the water was very deep.

He had previously guessed that there should be many unknown Quasi-Sages in the Honghuang who were not known to the world.

As it turned out, according to Immortal Tomb's monitoring, his guess was completely correct.

On the surface, besides Haotian, Yaochi, Minghe Laozu, Zhenyuanzi, Kunpeng, the Queen Mother of the West, the Lunar Star Lord, Azure Dragon, Fire Phoenix, Jade Qilin, Fuxi, Shennong, and the Yellow Emperor, there were seven other Quasi-Sages.

These seven Quasi-Sages were all Innate Divine Beings and had all listened to the sermons at Zixiao Palace.

It was just that they were indifferent by nature and did not like to fight.

They either traveled the Honghuang or went into closed-door cultivation, unknown to the world.

……

The eleventh year of Di Qi, the third day of the ninth lunar month.

Today is the day Yin Qi selects his consorts; the one hundred finalists, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, entered the towering and vast Imperial Palace in carriages.

"This is the Yin Shang Imperial Palace!"

Lifting the carriage curtain, Chen Xi surveyed her surroundings, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Logically speaking, Yin Shang is far more powerful than Dayong, so this Imperial Palace should naturally be more magnificent and resplendent; yet, other than the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi being more concentrated, everything else is quite ordinary.

She knows that this is because Yin Qi is considerate of the people's labor and has not engaged in grand construction; otherwise, with the national strength of Yin Shang, he could have completely transformed the Imperial Palace into an Immortal Realm, and paving the floors with top-grade Immortal Jade would be a trivial matter.

As the carriage ventured deeper, Chen Xi suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness.

Although she has become a finalist, whether she can be chosen by Yin Qi remains an unknown, for among those who managed to become finalists this time, which one is not one in ten thousand?

They either have profound backgrounds or peerless beauty, and she does not possess much of an advantage.

According to what she knows, among the finalists this time, there are actually three Mysterious Immortals!

A Mysterious Immortal could already be an empress of a region.

Yet she never expected that they would be willing to enter the palace to become consorts, so how could she not feel immense pressure?

……

Qianyang Palace.

Chen Xi and the others first had an audience with the Empress, and she was surprised to discover that this Empress, Zhou Ji, is actually a Mysterious Immortal, whose aura is so profound that she is completely unable to fathom it.

Not only that, but there are also quite a few people among the surrounding guards who possess profound auras.

Only at this moment did she suddenly realize.

Yin Shang is far stronger than what she had seen. (End of chapter)