Chapter 918: The Foundation of Great Shang

All schemes originate from insufficient military force.

Like Dao Ancestor Hongjun, he does whatever he wants, and all the Saints must obediently obey his orders.

In the past, Laozi also did whatever he wanted.

The Three Sovereigns are all Peak Quasi-Saints, but if they are told to go to Fire Cloud Cave, they must obediently go to Fire Cloud Cave.

Now that his true form has been driven out of Honghuang and it is not suitable for his Good Corpse to take action, he will simply ask someone else to do it and bring Di Qi directly to Shouyang Mountain.

Once interrogated, the truth will naturally come to light.

He might even be able to retrieve the Taiji Diagram.

Ever since the Taiji Diagram was snatched away back then, he has been investigating it in secret.

Now it seems highly likely that it was the work of the person behind the Heavenly Dao Network, because he is too familiar with Honghuang.

The possibility of a variable appearing that he is unaware of is already extremely small.

It is impossible for a second one to appear.

When the time comes, he will invite the Saints to explain, and all rumors will naturally collapse without being attacked.

Xuandu Dafa Shi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he hurriedly took the Talisman Edict: "Yes, Master."

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Changing the reward for the bounty, the Dragon Clan, Qilin Clan, and the Witch and Demon races were the most excited.

Especially the Dragon Clan.

They not only occupied nearly half of the Primordial Continent back then, but the oceans, which were dozens of times more vast than the Primordial Continent, were their private territory; they were also the ones with the deepest foundation among the three tribes back then.

Innate Spiritual Roots, over two hundred types.

As for Acquired Spiritual Roots, there are as many as over five thousand types.

Since withdrawing from the Primordial Continent, the Dragon Clan's ability to recover its strength quickly is inseparable from these spiritual roots.

"Exchange, exchange everything."

With an order from Qing, the Dragon Clan began to collect branches from all the spiritual roots.

……

This day.

All major forces were very excited.

They had obtained quite a few Seven-Turn Golden Pills from the 'bounty'.

Yin Qi was also very excited; although he had paid out nearly two hundred Seven-Turn Golden Pills, exhausting his inventory, he had obtained over four hundred types of Innate Spiritual Roots and nearly twenty thousand types of Acquired Spiritual Roots.

Among them were Laozi's Banana Tree, Yuanshi's Immortal Apricot, the Dragon Clan's Divine Dragon Wood, and the Qilin Clan's Jianmu.

These were all Supreme Innate Spiritual Roots.

As former overlords, the Witch and Demon races also had quite a few collected Innate Spiritual Roots.

But the highest were only of superior grade, and the quantity could not compare to the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans; combined, there were only about fifty types.

In order to plant these spiritual roots, Yin Qi set up another Time Array.

It can be said that he has now collected ninety percent of the Innate Spiritual Roots of Honghuang;

As for Acquired Spiritual Roots, he has likely collected sixty to seventy percent.

"At most ten thousand years, these spiritual roots will all mature. I don't believe that I won't be able to refine Eight-Turn Golden Pills by then."

Yin Qi's eyes were bright.

One must know that he has eleven types of Supreme Innate Spiritual Roots alone.

Even for Laozi, collecting the fruits or other parts of these eleven types of spiritual roots for Alchemy would likely not be an easy task.

Ten thousand years in the Time Array is only five years in the real world.

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Time passed like a white horse galloping past a crevice, and soon it was the day to send troops for the sacrifice.

On this day, Honghuang watched.

East of Chaoge City.

The morning sun rose, casting hundreds of millions of golden rays.

Bathing in the morning sun, Yin Qi climbed the nine-zhang-high Altar step by step, while below the Altar were thirty-six huge phalanxes, each with thirty thousand soldiers, representing the Thirty-Six Great Legions. Standing on the Altar, looking at the dense crowd of heads below and the fluttering banners, Yin Qi could not help but feel a surge of heroic ambition; this was the foundation of his confidence in contending for hegemony over Honghuang.

In the void, there were many Loose Immortals broadcasting.

On the city walls, there were even more commoners watching.

"Damn, this is the Great Shang army; they are almost all Immortal Dao cultivators."

"Golden Immortal, this poor Daoist sees over a dozen Golden Immortals."

"I really didn't expect that, silently and soundlessly, Great Shang had actually given birth to so many Golden Immortals, and looking at their thick and sharp momentum, it doesn't look like they were forcibly lifted up using pills."

"No wonder the Three Sovereigns would support Di Qi, no wonder Di Qi has this confidence; Great Shang really has that strength. It's just a pity, the Human Emperor has a short life; even if he were given another hundred years, how much territory could he conquer?"

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The auspicious time arrived.

Under the presiding of Minister of Rites Chen Xu, Yin Qi completed the sacrifice and announced his succession to the position of Human Sovereign. At the same time, he prayed to Heaven and his ancestors, hoping that Heaven and his ancestors could bless the Great Shang's expedition with success.

Of course, Heaven and the ancestors certainly could not bless Great Shang; this was more of a cultural inheritance.

Please... you... collect 6... 9... the book...!

After completing the sacrifice, Yin Qi said solemnly: "Today, besides swearing an oath for the expedition, I have one more thing to announce: officially conferring Kong Xuan as the Protector Divine Beast of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty, to share the fate of the nation."

To share the fate of the nation means that from now on, Kong Xuan is tied together with the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty.

He can enjoy the National Fortune of Great Shang, and must also bear the responsibilities of the National Fortune.

As Yin Qi's words fell, a huge peacock flew through the air; its feathers were gorgeous, reflecting brilliant colors in the sunlight, and its high-pitched cry soared straight into the clouds.

Swish!

A five-colored peacock flew through the air and transformed into a cold-faced young man beneath the Altar.

It was none other than Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan bowed and said, "Thank you, Great King."

He narrowed his eyes slightly; the moment Yin Qi finished announcing the conferment, he felt a vast surge of National Fortune from the void shroud him, and he could even draw upon a portion of it.

This was the blessing of National Fortune!

Not only in the livestream, but the commoners of Zhaoge were also stunned.

Who was Kong Xuan?

Why could he become the Protector Divine Beast of Great Shang?

Yin Qi explained in a loud voice, "Heaven ordained the Xuan Bird to descend and give birth to Shang; we of the Yin Shang are descendants of the Xuan Bird, and Kong Xuan is the first peacock between Heaven and Earth, born during the Dragon-Han Calamity, the Ancestor Phoenix Son, and also a close friend of the Xuan Bird.

He possesses the cultivation of a Peak Great Luo and has secretly protected our Yin Shang for decades, rendering outstanding service.

Therefore, today he is specially conferred as the Protector Divine Beast."

Through Yin Qi's explanation, the people of Great Shang understood and began to accept Kong Xuan from the heart.

The Shang people claimed to be descendants of the Xuan Bird, and since Kong Xuan was a friend of the Xuan Bird and also the Ancestor Phoenix Son, he naturally had the qualifications to be the Protector Divine Beast of the Great Shang Heavenly Dynasty.

Yin Qi continued to proclaim loudly, "Li Mu, Baihuang, Chisongzi."

Swish, swish, swish!

Three figures stepped out from the front of the army and arrived before the Altar.

"Great King."

Yin Qi announced, "I confer Li Mu as the Fourth Offering of the Offering Hall; he was once the top warrior under the Yellow Emperor, a Mid-stage Great Luo;

Baihuang as the Fifth Offering; he was once a great general under Fuxi, an Early Stage Great Luo;

Chisongzi as the Sixth Offering; he was once a minister under Shennong, an Early Stage Great Luo."

The three of them thanked him in succession: "Thank you, Great King."

Whoosh, whoosh!

The entire scene was in an uproar.

Whether on-site or in the livestream.

"Holy crap, Kong Xuan, this is the Ancestor Phoenix Son, and a Peak Great Luo at that; he actually threw his lot in with Di Qi. What kind of charm does this Di Qi have? A mere mortal, yet he can attract the allegiance of people like Chen Zhan and Kong Xuan?"

"If you count the six Offerings, doesn't that mean the Great Shang Heavenly Dynasty has at least seven Great Luo Golden Immortals? With this kind of power, if the Sages and Quasi-Sages don't intervene, who can stop the Human Race's pace of unification?"

"Hiss, the strength of the Human Race is catching up to the Witch and Demon races."

The various Sages, Quasi-Sages, Witches, Demons, Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin, the Sea of Blood, the Heavenly Court, and other major powers felt the impact most heavily, because Honghuang is only so big, and with the Human Race becoming this strong, it would inevitably encroach upon their interests.

The key was that they had never taken the Human Race to heart before, and they had not expected the Human Race to become this strong in the blink of an eye.

Such a magnificent transformation made people very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)