Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 777: One Word Can Disrupt the World
"I responded inappropriately, and it has damaged the morale of the human race. I ask Your Majesty to punish me."

In the city of Chaoge, Bo Yikao knelt in front of the ministers.

On the shores of the East China Sea, Ao Bing's remarks were not concealed at all. Therefore, before Bo Yikao returned to Chaoge, these remarks had already been spread to Chaoge.

That speech.

The part about the human race eventually being condemned by heaven and earth is not so bad.

The other part - that is, the king and ministers of Chaoge, the human race, may abandon the human race and ascend to heaven.

The waves this caused among the human race were unimaginable.

After these remarks, the flames of war in various parts of the world have weakened a lot.

The generals and princes stationed in various places also wrote to Chaoge to test the thoughts of Emperor Xin and Ji Chang.

The whole city ascended to heaven and became the new heaven.

Then the Human King turned into the Emperor of Heaven, and all of them, the princes, turned into new immortal gods.

Such remarks, or such proposals, are really too tempting!
After all, apart from other things, the legitimate and lasting immortality of immortals alone represents an incomparable temptation.

Live forever!
Power is the greatest poison ever - and for mortals who hold power, immortality means holding power forever.

Among the human race, every person who holds power has had such an experience, either actively or passively - when you get older, no matter how unwilling you are, the power that belongs to you will slowly flow to another younger ruler, little by little.

Just like water flowing from high to low, it is unstoppable.

Anyone who has experienced this feeling of having power taken away and then abandoned by power once will never want to experience it a second time, let alone want to see it happen to themselves - at least, this is the case for the vast majority of people in power.

It is precisely for this reason that the methods for mortals to prolong their lives have always been enduring between heaven and earth - the vast majority of those in power in the world will begin to seek methods to prolong their lives after they get old, and the older they are, the more powerful they are, the more so!

That is why, in this vast world, under the cover of the vast mundane world, there has always been a shadow flowing.

It is the shadow of seeking immortality and longevity!

No matter how talented the Emperor or King is, they cannot eliminate this shadow!

The stronger the human race becomes, the more terrifying this shadow becomes.

——As for the current situation in the human world, among the eight hundred towns, as long as there are seven hundred princes, they are all secretly studying ways to prolong their lives and ways to achieve immortality.

During the research process, the number of slaves who died was so incredible that it could only be described as incredible.

However, this is such a cruel situation that even with Emperor Xin's might, he dare not directly expose this abscess!
But at this moment, the remarks coming from the East China Sea suddenly presented a completely new possibility in front of countless people in power who had to weigh the pros and cons between life and power!

Destroy the current heaven and establish a new heaven belonging to the human race!

Then, Emperor Xin became the Emperor of Heaven, and these princes became the new immortal gods.

Then, he could obtain immortality in an honest way, instead of taking huge risks as he is doing now, using other humans as experiments, and seeking a way to prolong life.

Then, they will be able to hold the power in their hands forever, and rule the human race between heaven and earth forever - no, not just the human race!

After the human race’s heavenly court was established, what they ruled was not just the human race, but all living beings between heaven and earth.

And considering the current strength of the human race, this can definitely be done!

Therefore, these countless letters sent to Chaoge were not only to test the intentions of Emperor Xin and Ji Chang, but also to express their intentions to Emperor Xin and Ji Chang.

They want to expand the scale of this war and completely overthrow the Heavenly Court!
They really want to seize the power that belongs to the Heaven, build a new Heaven that belongs to the human race, and become the new immortal gods!

This was also the reason why Bo Yikao asked for forgiveness directly after returning to Chaoge - losing the argument with Qinglong was just a small matter.

However, Qinglong's words spread directly between heaven and earth, and it was a major event that could directly affect the battle between heaven and man.

In the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor also laughed uncontrollably because of Ao Bing's words.

In the war between Heaven and Human, one of the main reasons why Heaven suffered a continuous defeat was that in this war, Human was in the right - it was the Emperor of Heaven who wanted to use wind and rain to control Human, which caused this war.

As for the human race, this war is also to seize the wind and rain, so that the human race will no longer be threatened by this threat from now on.

Therefore, in this war, the human race had many supporters, and the soldiers of the human race were also fearless and valiant.

But now, even if Ao Bing's words could not convince the human race of the righteousness in this war, it also gave the Jade Emperor an opportunity to confuse this righteousness, and an opportunity to persuade the two sects of Chan and Jie, at least not to let Jie sect favor the human race in this way. It also gave the Jade Emperor an opportunity to satisfy some immortal gods who wanted to see him have fun, an opportunity to completely win over the Heavenly Court, and an opportunity to draw those non-human beings into his camp.

There is even a chance that the human race will split directly from within.

One can imagine what this means to him.

“To achieve immortality by holding power, rather than to seek power as a latecomer after achieving immortality, even I can’t help but be tempted by such a future,” the Jade Emperor sighed.

"I guess that among the eight hundred princes, someone must have gained the trust of Chaoge and tried to force the emperor to compromise with them."

"What do you think? Should I retreat a little to give those eight hundred lords more confidence in forcing me to abdicate?" the Jade Emperor pondered.

The human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, with the support of all saints and the righteous cause of conquering the heavens. Therefore, the human race is unstoppable in its war against the heavens, while it is difficult for them to stand on their own.

But at the same time, Qinglong's words also gave the Jade Emperor another idea.

The human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, but isn’t heaven an indispensable existence between heaven and earth?

Apart from the major saintly sects, the other immortals, gods, and other great beings are all happy to see Heaven suffer at the hands of humans, and happy to see Heaven's authority being weakened.

But has the Heavenly Court really shown signs of being destroyed?
"Between heaven and earth, the human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, and has seized all the fortunes of heaven and earth. Since the rise of the human race, not to mention others, just talking about those who can achieve the Tao and become immortals, the myriad races other than the human race combined cannot compare to the human race."

"The reason why all races can still sit still is because the human race does not have enough foundation and the human race does not have enough Daluo."

“I want to see, if one day, a human heaven is established, who will be the ones sitting on the sidelines between heaven and earth, or me? At worst, I will learn from some people, take a turn, and visit the human race.” The Jade Emperor sneered.

What if we lose the battle between heaven and man?

As long as Daluo is alive, even if the Heavenly Palace is destroyed, he, the Emperor of Heaven, will only suffer some loss of face.

But face... Hey, as the Emperor of Heaven, what face do he have left in this world?

Using this limited face to exchange for an opportunity to unify the world, most of the immortals and gods except the human race, and even unify those immortals and gods of human origin, you will make a fortune!

"Tell these words to the immortals in the heaven who are of human origin." The Jade Emperor instructed Taibai Jinxing. "In the previous war between heaven and man, these people, because of their human origin, have always been working but not putting in any effort, and even secretly colluded with the human race."

"I want to see what they, who chose to give up power and seek immortality, would think after seeing those human beings who hold power being able to achieve immortality while holding power."

"Also, let our own people step back."

After making the decision, the Jade Emperor continued the previous topic and asked another question.

That is the existence of the Azure Dragon Ao Bing.

After Taibai confirmed that Ao Bing was only a Taiyi and not Daluo, the Jade Emperor lost interest in Ao Bing - although the dragon clan could use the Azure Dragon Qi to escape from his control, a mere Taiyi was not enough for the dragon clan to rely on.

So, after that, he lost interest in Qinglong.

Especially after learning about Jiejiao's support for Qinglong, he had even less interest in interfering in the affairs of the dragon clan - Jiejiao was already quite dissatisfied with him, so why bother to provoke Jiejiao, which already had a hot temper, just because of a mere dragon clan?

But after Qinglong's words were heard on the coast of the East China Sea, his interest in Qinglong's disappearance was rekindled.

Compared to Taiyi's physical strength and mysterious magical powers, Qinglong's ability to understand the situation and to stir up trouble are even more rare.

"It's really interesting. If there was such a Azure Dragon under the command of the Ancestral Dragon during the Dragon Clan's era, the three clans wouldn't have fought each other so violently that the sky would collapse and the earth would crack, and the Dragon Clan would not have been condemned by heaven and earth." The Jade Emperor sighed, "This Azure Dragon can clearly distinguish the situation and what is good and what is bad."

"Taibai, do you think it is possible for Qinglong to step into the heaven and truly control the wind and rain of heaven and earth?"

"According to what I saw in the East China Sea." Taibai Jinxing bowed, "Qinglong appears gentle, but is actually arrogant. Although he is on good terms with Jiejiao, he is actually similar to Chanjiao."

"He is not a gentle man."

"If it falls into the heavenly palace, it will damage your majesty's dignity."

"Oh, is he really that rebellious?"

"Forget it then." The Jade Emperor shook his head.

He doesn't have much face left - in the overall interests of the gods, he can give up some face in exchange for greater benefits, but facing the dragon clan, his face is obviously more important.

……

In Chaoge, after Bo Yikao was punished accordingly, the ruler and his ministers discussed how to deal with the situation and strategies such as how to crack down on and win over those restless princes and generals. Then, only Emperor Xin and Ji Chang were left in the hall.

"Ji Chang, whether it's the princes or the nobles, their pursuit of immortality and longevity has been a pain for the human race since ancient times!"

"Since the spread of many evil methods to prolong life, countless seedlings that should have grown into towering trees of the human race have been secretly murdered by the princes and nobles and become consumables for their own longevity."

"Over the years, we have been isolated from the overall situation of the human race, and because foreign races are eyeing us covetously, we have no choice but to tolerate them."

"Now, these people are planning to go a step further."

"I really intend to live like a parasite on the human race forever."

"I just can't stand them for this."

"What do you think?"

"If the king wants to deal with them, please do it quickly." Ji Chang said calmly - however, when Emperor Xin mentioned the roots that were supposed to grow into towering trees, his trembling eyebrows revealed that his heart was not as confused as his face showed.

He was the person who loved talents the most in the Shang Dynasty - he had more than a hundred adopted sons.

These more than one hundred adopted sons were all those whom he took in because he felt sorry for their talents but suffered from the lack of a good family background, or because their talents were treated as consumables by other princes, so he had to adopt them as his adopted sons to help them out of desperate situations.

Therefore, he naturally supported Emperor Xin in dealing with the shadow of longevity.

For the human race, this can be said to be an unprecedented good thing - although this kind of good thing can be described as scraping the bone to cure the poison.

But, as Emperor Xin said, even if it means scraping the bone to cure the poison, the time has come when it has to be taken.

“If we are slow, many princes will collude with each other, and by then their wills will be unified. The king and I will lose the trend of the human race, become aliens, and be abandoned by the human race.” Ji Chang said.

When it comes to cutting rotten meat, you have to cut the Gordian knot quickly and establish the situation in one fell swoop while no one is able to react.

"Don't worry, my king. Over the years, with the help of observations from the Star Picking Platform and calculations from the Deer Platform, I have almost locked down all the places involving evil methods."

"After we take action, I can guarantee that the waves caused by this incident will be minimal."

"Just to wipe out those traces of evil magic?"

"Why don't you take any action against those princes and nobles who are involved in the evil ways?" Emperor Xin asked doubtfully.

"If you don't remove the roots, they will grow again in the spring breeze. If you only remove the foundation, those sinners are still there, and the inheritance of evil methods is still there. After that, they can start their evil methods again at any time."

"Moreover, even if the inheritance of evil magic is wiped out, those old guys who covet immortality will sooner or later step into those evil magics again."

"More people will die by then, and those who die now will have died in vain!" Emperor Xin said in a deep voice.

"In this way, I will order the army on the front lines to destabilize for a while, and then order Grand Tutor Wen to return to the army to investigate the military mutiny and hold the princes accountable from east to west."

"And Ji Chang, you ordered your second son to lead the army of Xiqi from the west to the east."

"You and I will join forces to completely wipe out the inheritance of that evil law, the Taoist tradition, and even the people involved in the evil law, and restore peace to the human race."

"I, your Majesty, must completely strangle this shadow that has been parasitic on the human race since ancient times!"

"If the Heavenly Court shows signs of retreat, I will order Ji Fa to send troops from Xiqi."

"But there is another thing. I wonder what the king thinks about it."

"——It's about the Azure Dragon entering Chaoge." Ji Chang pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"If it were in the past, I wouldn't care whether he came to Chaoge or not - but now, since you and I have both been moved, it is not appropriate to cause any more trouble before the thunder falls."

"If the Azure Dragon comes to Chaoge and dies there, there will definitely be twists and turns."

"How about this, isn't the dragon clan the leader of the water clan?"

"Half a month later, I will be touring the Yellow River and will meet him at Mengjin Ferry on the Yellow River."

(End of this chapter)