Chapter 859 Emperor
In the Heavenly Palace, the status of Daluo is very transcendent - according to the Jade Emperor's thirty-eight-grade system, Daluo is a super-grade.
But just as those Daluo considered, the so-called grade actually has nothing to do with authority - the super-grade Daluo only means that their status is high enough, nothing more!
But Fuxi is different.
He is one of the only two 'Emperors' in the Heavenly Palace.
Although his authority as the Green Emperor has not yet been made clear, "Emperor" is "Emperor".
In the Heavenly Palace, Fuxi's status is half a level higher than other Daluo - other Daluo are vying for the position of Heavenly Emperor, and everyone has his own opinion.
But if Fuxi wants to compete for the position of Heavenly Emperor, then all the Daluo people will think that this is a natural thing to do!
but……
In addition to being the Green Emperor of Heaven, Fuxi is also the Emperor of the human race!
Given the current structure of Heaven, and the conflicts between Heaven and the human race in the past - Fuxi at this moment in Heaven should be as low-key as possible. Even if he has plans, he should wait until the changes in Heaven's rules are over, so that the feud between Heaven and the human race comes to an end, or the gods in Heaven are replaced.
In short, no matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for Fuxi to stand out at this time.
But rather...
Feeling extremely agitated, the Jade Emperor no longer planned to figure out Fuxi's intentions - he just wanted to teach Fuxi a lesson.
Teach Fuxi a lesson... Under normal circumstances, the Jade Emperor would never have such an idea.
But the current situation is not normal.
"Human race!" In just a moment, the Jade Emperor found the focus to target Fuxi.
That's the human race!
In the present world, only the human race is Fuxi's weakness and flaw.
As soon as this thought came to mind, the Shang nobles who had fallen asleep in Chaoge City opened their eyes again.
His name was Cheng Gao. Among the many ministers in the royal court of the Shang Dynasty, Cheng Gao was inconspicuous. He was even a little dull and eccentric in his daily behavior. But it was precisely because of his dullness that he never asked about anything, and because of his eccentricity that he never revealed anything to others, that he was regarded as a confidant by King Di Xin, and Di Xin would entrust him with many private matters.
Cheng Gao has always been able to complete the tasks assigned to him in an extremely standard manner, and without causing any noise.
In Chaoge City, Cheng Gao's existence can be regarded as a representative of a person of low status but great power.
However... no one knows that Cheng Gao's true nature is one of the incarnations of the Jade Emperor!
This is where Daluo has difficulty dealing with.
Sometimes, a thought can manifest as an incarnation and turn into a chess move.
In the past, these incarnations were no different from real living beings.
But once the critical moment comes, this idle chess piece can play a huge role.
The difficulty of plotting against Daluo lies here - unless it is an open conspiracy that takes advantage of the general trend and forces the Daluo who is being plotted against to have a head-on confrontation, otherwise, anyone who is plotting against Daluo in private will never tell others about his plan, let alone collude with others.
Because you can never be sure whether the person who discusses with you or conspires with you is the incarnation of Daluo whom you are calculating against.
Just like Cheng Gao in Chaoge City, the man who pledged allegiance to the King of Man - who would have thought that he would be the incarnation of the Jade Emperor?
Under normal circumstances, this incarnation will stay in Chaoge until he dies of old age, and then leave behind some secret "legacy", waiting to be activated by another incarnation of the Jade Emperor.
But now... the Jade Emperor wants to teach Fuxi a lesson, so it's time to activate this incarnation.
The palace was solemn and majestic, and its pitch-black walls seemed to suppress all shadows and all malice.
Even though it was late at night, when Cheng Gao's carriage entered the palace, there was no obstruction - the palace guards all knew how much Emperor Xin valued Cheng Gao.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Cheng Gao lowered his head in front of Emperor Xin.
"What's the matter?" The awakened Emperor Xin appeared in front of Cheng Gao wearing only a single piece of clothing.
"Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty Fuxi abandoned the human race?" Cheng Gao spoke out, not trying to hide his disbelief.
"You actually pay attention to such things?" Emperor Xin showed a look of astonishment - Cheng Gao's dull and eccentric personality was there, and for many things, even if they happened in front of him, he was too lazy to take a look at them, so as not to distract his attention.
But even such a person knew about Fuxi... and even made a special trip to the palace just because of this matter.
It can be seen that the spread of the rumor that Fuxi and the human race had cut ties among the human race was even more intense than Emperor Xin had imagined.
"Your Majesty, he is the ancient emperor after all." Cheng Gao still lowered his head. "Even the slaves know that the hegemony of the human race was started by His Majesty Fuxi."
"Among all the sacrifices throughout the ages, His Majesty Fuxi ranks at the forefront, on par with Saint Nuwa."
"Your Majesty, this matter must be handled with caution!"
In front of Cheng Gao, where Emperor Xin was, it suddenly became quiet.
The icy chill slowly rose from the black stone ground and engulfed Cheng Gao's body. The mist that came out of his mouth while he spoke seemed to be frozen by the chill.
At this moment, Cheng Gao almost thought that his existence had been exposed.
After a long silence, Emperor Xin's voice finally broke the silence in the hall.
“The sign that a child has grown up is that he has left his parents’ wings.”
"However, since the rise of the human race, it has always been under the wings of the human emperors."
"Gao, it's not that Fuxi has abandoned the human race, but the human race wants to tell the emperors in this way that the human race has grown up!"
"Today's human race no longer needs the protection of the human emperors at all costs to stand between heaven and earth."
"The ancient human emperors were also able to come out of the Fire Cloud Cave, walk on the mountains and rivers, and walk among the people - to see with their own eyes how powerful the human race is today."
"Gao, since the birth of the human race, we have been facing various calculations and prying eyes."
“The ancient emperors had clearly already reached Daluo—but for the sake of the human race, they had no choice but to submit to the so-called overall situation and sit in the Fire Cloud Cave without leaving.”
Having said that, a sneer suddenly appeared on Emperor Xin's face.
"Hey... sitting in the Fire Cloud Cave... I say sitting, but what's the difference between this and being imprisoned?"
"Have the Human Emperors who took the initiative to step into the Fire Cloud Cave ever been able to step out again?"
"Daluo's eternal life means eternal imprisonment."
During the rise of human beings, the existence of Heavenly Court can be said to play a vital role for human beings.
According to common sense, after the rise of the human race, it should be able to carry out a series of extremely close cooperation with the Heavenly Court, making the power of the Heavenly Court become extremely powerful.
but it is not the truth.
After the rise of the human race, it has been fighting openly and secretly with the Heavenly Court, and even confronting each other tit for tat. There have been more than one wars between them - is this because the human race is ungrateful?
wrong!
The human race has never been an ungrateful race.
The reason why they fight openly and secretly with the Heavenly Court is, fundamentally, due to the resentment left by the human race due to the fate of those ancient human emperors!
Be it the Heavenly Court or any of the many other powerful beings between heaven and earth, their help to the human race has always been "paid" - this kind of help is more of a transaction than a help.
As one of the conditions of the transaction, the emperors of the human race, after achieving perfection in merit and ascending to the state of Daluo, must go to the Fire Cloud Cave and "imprison themselves" in the Fire Cloud Cave.
Under such a deal, the human race has no idea of "owing anyone" at all - they just feel unwilling!
Because the human race is not strong enough, the human emperors have to resort to self-imprisonment and self-sacrifice to gain time and opportunities for the human race to grow stronger.
The existence of the Heavenly Court just became the object for venting this "reluctance" - the greater the achievements of the Human Emperors, the more terrifying this "reluctance" within the human race becomes!
For the human race, they subconsciously believe that they only owe the Human Emperor, but not the heaven and earth!
Among the human race, ordinary mortals can only go with the flow - but the human kings of all generations, as long as they have a breath of ambition, all want to conquer the world one day and rescue the human emperors who are imprisoned in the Fire Cloud Cave.
And here's the problem.
The stronger the human race becomes, the less likely it is that those Daluo who are wary of the human race's power will allow the human emperors to step out of the Fire Cloud Cave - and even if the human race becomes the protagonist of heaven and earth, its strength and foundation cannot completely overwhelm the numerous Daluo who have existed since the beginning of the world.
As a result, the situation has almost become a dead end.
"A while ago, the Heavenly Rules of the Heavenly Palace were completed. As the Human King, I also went to the Lingxiao Palace."
"At that time, all the gods gathered in Lingxiao Palace."
"When I saw the details of the Heavenly Rules in Lingxiao Palace, I suddenly realized that no matter how the human race develops, its foundation will never surpass that of the Heavenly Palace, which has so many Daluo!"
"If we don't seek immortality, the strong men of the human race will never be able to surpass those Daluo in the heavenly court."
"If we seek immortality, are humans still humans?"
"Gao, do you know how desperate I was at that time?"
"I almost think that we, the human race, will never be able to rescue those Human Emperors from the prison of Fire Cloud Cave!" Emperor Xin said, with an unprecedented powerlessness in his words.
That was a weakness that he had never shown since he was born.
The war between Heaven and Human Race has happened more than once, and Human Race has gained the upper hand more than once in the wars. Especially in the generation of Emperor Xin, the military strength of Human Race made Heaven retreat step by step.
However, when Emperor Xin arrived at the Lingxiao Palace and looked at the Daluo that had gathered in the Lingxiao Palace because of the Heavenly Rules, he suddenly realized that the strength shown by the human race in these countless years of war had always been an illusion!
Today, the human race is still under the protection of those human emperors!
No words can describe Emperor Xin’s despair at that time!
But when the issue of 'the immortality of the Human Emperor' was revealed, the desperate Emperor Xin suddenly saw another possibility!
As the protagonists of heaven and earth, the existence of human beings has always maintained a peculiar balance with the situation of the entire heaven and earth.
This kind of balance has always existed, and other Daluo between heaven and earth have been adjusting this balance because of the development and strength of the human race - the existence of the human emperors is also a part of this balance. What if this balance is disturbed by some force?
Will those great beings between heaven and earth take this opportunity to pull the human race down from the position of the protagonist of heaven and earth?
Or readjust this balance?
Emperor Xin did not have a definite answer.
But he decided to take this gamble!
The confidence he had in making this bet lay in the human race itself.
The human race has become the protagonist of heaven and earth, and the ancient human emperors have certainly played an irreplaceable role - but during this process, the existence of the human race itself is also indispensable.
Even if those human emperors of the ancient times were gone, the human race at this moment, their position as the protagonists of the world that they fought for, is equally irreplaceable!
Therefore, the separation between the ancient emperors and the human race will certainly have a great impact on the power of the human race, but at most, it will only cause turmoil among the human race, and will not cause the collapse of the situation of the human race - this is a disadvantage.
The disadvantages are equally great.
Once the ancient human emperors can be separated from the human race, they will be able to travel freely between heaven and earth - with the feelings of the human emperors towards the human race, even if they are separated from the human race, they will still stand on the side of the human race.
The human race can also get rid of the hidden dangers represented by these ancient human emperors.
Therefore, Emperor Xin, who was still in the Lingxiao Palace, directly overturned the chess game - with an extremely decisive attitude, he followed Fuxi's decision, causing the ancient human emperors and the human race to begin to cut off from each other.
Of course, Emperor Xin was also prepared to deal with the turmoil caused by this cut.
"High, the Saint Emperors are all immortals."
"And for the human race, immortality is something that is absolutely unattainable!"
"Whether it is based on the influence of the Saint Emperors on the human race, or based on the human race's own independence, this is a step that the human race must take."
"Severing ties with the Saint Emperors is a step that the human race must take!"
"If this step is not taken by me, then someone else will take it!"
"Since I can leave, why should I let those who come later leave?" Emperor Xin said, and the heat emanating from his body completely dispelled the coldness in the palace.
After Emperor Yu, King Qi seized the throne, cutting off the inheritance of the Human Emperor and the immortality of the human race.
From that time on, the future of the human race no longer needs to be shouldered by the Holy Emperors!
Since King Qi, all the human kings of successive generations who knew the true nature of the Fire Cloud Cave wanted to rescue the Holy Emperors from the Fire Cloud Cave.
——This is a secret passed down from generation to generation only in the inheritance of the Human King, and a long-cherished wish passed down from generation to generation.
"Have you ever thought about the price, my king?"
"It's not the human race that paid the price, it's the king that paid the price."
"The achievements of the Holy Emperors are immortal. If Your Majesty cuts ties with them, how will the people view Your Majesty?" said Cheng Gaodao.
Everything that Emperor Xin said was something that could not be announced to anyone - even if the Holy Emperors of the Fire Cloud Cave were able to escape, no one among the human race would regard this as Emperor Xin's achievement.
Because of the immortality of the Saint Emperors, we have to abandon their influence. For the human race, this is an unacceptable reason!
Once Emperor Xin made the final decision, everyone would think that this was because Emperor Xin's own authority was shaken by the existence of the Human Emperor, and therefore he wanted to abandon the existence of those Human Emperors.
No one among the human race will understand him!
Even if Emperor Xin's plan succeeded, even if Emperor Xin suppressed all the disturbances, he was destined to leave a bad reputation in the history of the human race!
If it fails... the inheritance of the Shang Dynasty will be cut off!
"I don't care!" Facing Cheng Gao's question, Emperor Xin smiled nonchalantly.
He is the king of men.
And since the Human King holds the power over the human race, he is destined to bear these things!
When the development of the human race reaches a fork in the road, the Human King needs to choose a direction for the human race at this fork in the road, and then take responsibility for everything that follows.
——When he became the King of Men, Emperor Xin had already made this preparation.
"Gao, you don't have to worry."
"The current situation is actually very favorable to me."
"The separation between the human race and the Saint Emperors is something that even the Daluo are happy to see happen."
"In the past, no matter what decision I made, I had to consider many things - but for the turmoil caused by these Saint Emperors, I only need to consider the internal turmoil of the human race."
"What does the king need me to do?" As if the man was completely shocked by Emperor Xin, after a long while, Gao's voice rang out again in the palace.
"Your Majesty, Xibohou Jichang, his reputation is too great."
"The Yi he studied also happened to be the inheritance of His Majesty Fuxi."
"It was fine in the past - but if the Saint Emperor's incident is triggered, whether Xibo Hou is willing or not, he will definitely become a banner for others to push forward."
"What is King Xibo doing recently?" asked Emperor Xin.
During the situation in the North Sea, Duke Xibo demonstrated his strength to threaten Chaoge. So at that time, Ji Chang, who was in charge of the Star-Picking Tower, left the Star-Picking Tower and settled down in the city of Chaoge, completely giving up his power in order to eliminate his threat to Chaoge.
This move certainly created a rift between the emperor and his subjects, causing others to believe that Emperor Xin had developed doubts about Xibohou Ji Chang, so Xibohou had to give up power "to prove his innocence" - but for Ji Chang at the time, this was already the best choice.
With Emperor Xin's courage, he would definitely not let Ji Chang give up power - the more others questioned him, the more Emperor Xin wanted to show his respect and trust in Ji Chang.
However, what Ji Chang was thinking about at that time was not just the issue of harmony between the monarch and his subjects.
——At that time, he already had the power to threaten Chaoge.
At that time, Emperor Xin ignored the rumors and even sought discussion with Ji Chang, wanting to stage a play to completely lure out the unstable forces within the human race and put an end to it once and for all.
But Ji Chang directly rejected Emperor Xin's proposal.
First of all, there is no guarantee what other people will think - what if someone really takes a risk and connects with the power of Xiqi to cause some terrible changes, which would be a real destruction to the overall situation of the human race.
Here, Ji Chang thought that Emperor Xin's idea of using Ji Chang as bait was too absurd - the quick-success-oriented "bait and kill" attitude was not what a human king should have.
So, after a brief thought, Ji Chang ignored Emperor Xin's attempts to retain him and made his own decision.
That means giving up the authority of the Star Picking Platform.
At the same time, he also ordered Nangong and other troops who were leading the troops to surrender their military power.
His self-proving of innocence was not to prove his innocence to Emperor Xin - but to completely eliminate those thoughts that might disturb the human world through Xiqi!
However, it was precisely because of these two different responses, as well as Ji Chang's decision to ignore Emperor Xin's attempts to retain him, that a rift arose between the monarch and his minister.
Emperor Xin also thought that Ji Chang was too weak.
Whether it is the North Sea, or those immortal demon thieves, or those who try to take advantage of the North Sea War to stir up trouble among the human race, they are all hidden dangers among the human race - these people value their own interests more than the interests of the human race, and they can hinder the entire human race in order to achieve their own goals without hesitation.
Now that we have this opportunity, we should wipe these people out completely. There is no reason to be soft on them.
However, Ji Chang believed that Emperor Xin was too stubborn and too eager for quick success.
Being able to extinguish the North Sea and wipe out those immortal evil thieves is already a great victory.
The remaining minor problems can be soothed with a little care - in this world, there is no such thing as cutting off one's limbs just because they twitch occasionally.
What's more, isn't it natural for people to be selfish? As for harming the human race to enrich themselves... aren't those 'selves' also part of the human race?
Their soldiers and their background also appeared on the battlefield between humans and heaven, fighting bloody battles for the interests of humans?
Therefore, unless it can be clearly confirmed that those people have betrayed the human race, their actions cannot be simply defined as hindering the human race.
As the King of Men, it is even more impossible for him to lure them to death by fishing just because of such a thing.
Otherwise, at a glance, there is almost no one in the entire human race who cannot be killed.
"King Xibo devoted himself to the study of Yijing, but his son Bo Yikao was quite restless after returning from Chentang Pass. He visited people everywhere in Chaoge City and worked for his father." Cheng Gao said, telling Emperor Xin about Bo Yikao's movements one by one.
The disagreement between Xibohou and Emperor Xin was difficult to explain to others, so Bo Yikao did not know the real reason why Xibohou escaped from the Star-Picking Terrace - so he also thought that his father was really imprisoned by Emperor Xin.
During this period of time, he walked around in Chaoge City, visiting officials and nobles, hoping to ask them to intercede for Ji Chang and ask Emperor Xin to "pardon" Ji Chang.
"Did Ji Chang not persuade him?"
"Your Majesty, this is the nature of father and son. How can the Duke of Xibo persuade them?" Cheng Gao replied.
"It seems that he has also been to your house." Emperor Xin laughed.
"Well, in that case, I will preserve their father-son relationship and repay Bo Yikao's favor for you."
"Gao, go tell Ji Chang to prepare for the grand sacrifice three years from now!"
"Yes." Cheng Gao lowered his head, backed away and slowly left the palace.
Just as he was about to step out of the palace, Emperor Xin suddenly spoke again.
"Gao, have you ever touched Changsheng?"
Cheng Gao's heartbeat almost stopped at this moment.
(End of this chapter)
In the Heavenly Palace, the status of Daluo is very transcendent - according to the Jade Emperor's thirty-eight-grade system, Daluo is a super-grade.
But just as those Daluo considered, the so-called grade actually has nothing to do with authority - the super-grade Daluo only means that their status is high enough, nothing more!
But Fuxi is different.
He is one of the only two 'Emperors' in the Heavenly Palace.
Although his authority as the Green Emperor has not yet been made clear, "Emperor" is "Emperor".
In the Heavenly Palace, Fuxi's status is half a level higher than other Daluo - other Daluo are vying for the position of Heavenly Emperor, and everyone has his own opinion.
But if Fuxi wants to compete for the position of Heavenly Emperor, then all the Daluo people will think that this is a natural thing to do!
but……
In addition to being the Green Emperor of Heaven, Fuxi is also the Emperor of the human race!
Given the current structure of Heaven, and the conflicts between Heaven and the human race in the past - Fuxi at this moment in Heaven should be as low-key as possible. Even if he has plans, he should wait until the changes in Heaven's rules are over, so that the feud between Heaven and the human race comes to an end, or the gods in Heaven are replaced.
In short, no matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for Fuxi to stand out at this time.
But rather...
Feeling extremely agitated, the Jade Emperor no longer planned to figure out Fuxi's intentions - he just wanted to teach Fuxi a lesson.
Teach Fuxi a lesson... Under normal circumstances, the Jade Emperor would never have such an idea.
But the current situation is not normal.
"Human race!" In just a moment, the Jade Emperor found the focus to target Fuxi.
That's the human race!
In the present world, only the human race is Fuxi's weakness and flaw.
As soon as this thought came to mind, the Shang nobles who had fallen asleep in Chaoge City opened their eyes again.
His name was Cheng Gao. Among the many ministers in the royal court of the Shang Dynasty, Cheng Gao was inconspicuous. He was even a little dull and eccentric in his daily behavior. But it was precisely because of his dullness that he never asked about anything, and because of his eccentricity that he never revealed anything to others, that he was regarded as a confidant by King Di Xin, and Di Xin would entrust him with many private matters.
Cheng Gao has always been able to complete the tasks assigned to him in an extremely standard manner, and without causing any noise.
In Chaoge City, Cheng Gao's existence can be regarded as a representative of a person of low status but great power.
However... no one knows that Cheng Gao's true nature is one of the incarnations of the Jade Emperor!
This is where Daluo has difficulty dealing with.
Sometimes, a thought can manifest as an incarnation and turn into a chess move.
In the past, these incarnations were no different from real living beings.
But once the critical moment comes, this idle chess piece can play a huge role.
The difficulty of plotting against Daluo lies here - unless it is an open conspiracy that takes advantage of the general trend and forces the Daluo who is being plotted against to have a head-on confrontation, otherwise, anyone who is plotting against Daluo in private will never tell others about his plan, let alone collude with others.
Because you can never be sure whether the person who discusses with you or conspires with you is the incarnation of Daluo whom you are calculating against.
Just like Cheng Gao in Chaoge City, the man who pledged allegiance to the King of Man - who would have thought that he would be the incarnation of the Jade Emperor?
Under normal circumstances, this incarnation will stay in Chaoge until he dies of old age, and then leave behind some secret "legacy", waiting to be activated by another incarnation of the Jade Emperor.
But now... the Jade Emperor wants to teach Fuxi a lesson, so it's time to activate this incarnation.
The palace was solemn and majestic, and its pitch-black walls seemed to suppress all shadows and all malice.
Even though it was late at night, when Cheng Gao's carriage entered the palace, there was no obstruction - the palace guards all knew how much Emperor Xin valued Cheng Gao.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Cheng Gao lowered his head in front of Emperor Xin.
"What's the matter?" The awakened Emperor Xin appeared in front of Cheng Gao wearing only a single piece of clothing.
"Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty Fuxi abandoned the human race?" Cheng Gao spoke out, not trying to hide his disbelief.
"You actually pay attention to such things?" Emperor Xin showed a look of astonishment - Cheng Gao's dull and eccentric personality was there, and for many things, even if they happened in front of him, he was too lazy to take a look at them, so as not to distract his attention.
But even such a person knew about Fuxi... and even made a special trip to the palace just because of this matter.
It can be seen that the spread of the rumor that Fuxi and the human race had cut ties among the human race was even more intense than Emperor Xin had imagined.
"Your Majesty, he is the ancient emperor after all." Cheng Gao still lowered his head. "Even the slaves know that the hegemony of the human race was started by His Majesty Fuxi."
"Among all the sacrifices throughout the ages, His Majesty Fuxi ranks at the forefront, on par with Saint Nuwa."
"Your Majesty, this matter must be handled with caution!"
In front of Cheng Gao, where Emperor Xin was, it suddenly became quiet.
The icy chill slowly rose from the black stone ground and engulfed Cheng Gao's body. The mist that came out of his mouth while he spoke seemed to be frozen by the chill.
At this moment, Cheng Gao almost thought that his existence had been exposed.
After a long silence, Emperor Xin's voice finally broke the silence in the hall.
“The sign that a child has grown up is that he has left his parents’ wings.”
"However, since the rise of the human race, it has always been under the wings of the human emperors."
"Gao, it's not that Fuxi has abandoned the human race, but the human race wants to tell the emperors in this way that the human race has grown up!"
"Today's human race no longer needs the protection of the human emperors at all costs to stand between heaven and earth."
"The ancient human emperors were also able to come out of the Fire Cloud Cave, walk on the mountains and rivers, and walk among the people - to see with their own eyes how powerful the human race is today."
"Gao, since the birth of the human race, we have been facing various calculations and prying eyes."
“The ancient emperors had clearly already reached Daluo—but for the sake of the human race, they had no choice but to submit to the so-called overall situation and sit in the Fire Cloud Cave without leaving.”
Having said that, a sneer suddenly appeared on Emperor Xin's face.
"Hey... sitting in the Fire Cloud Cave... I say sitting, but what's the difference between this and being imprisoned?"
"Have the Human Emperors who took the initiative to step into the Fire Cloud Cave ever been able to step out again?"
"Daluo's eternal life means eternal imprisonment."
During the rise of human beings, the existence of Heavenly Court can be said to play a vital role for human beings.
According to common sense, after the rise of the human race, it should be able to carry out a series of extremely close cooperation with the Heavenly Court, making the power of the Heavenly Court become extremely powerful.
but it is not the truth.
After the rise of the human race, it has been fighting openly and secretly with the Heavenly Court, and even confronting each other tit for tat. There have been more than one wars between them - is this because the human race is ungrateful?
wrong!
The human race has never been an ungrateful race.
The reason why they fight openly and secretly with the Heavenly Court is, fundamentally, due to the resentment left by the human race due to the fate of those ancient human emperors!
Be it the Heavenly Court or any of the many other powerful beings between heaven and earth, their help to the human race has always been "paid" - this kind of help is more of a transaction than a help.
As one of the conditions of the transaction, the emperors of the human race, after achieving perfection in merit and ascending to the state of Daluo, must go to the Fire Cloud Cave and "imprison themselves" in the Fire Cloud Cave.
Under such a deal, the human race has no idea of "owing anyone" at all - they just feel unwilling!
Because the human race is not strong enough, the human emperors have to resort to self-imprisonment and self-sacrifice to gain time and opportunities for the human race to grow stronger.
The existence of the Heavenly Court just became the object for venting this "reluctance" - the greater the achievements of the Human Emperors, the more terrifying this "reluctance" within the human race becomes!
For the human race, they subconsciously believe that they only owe the Human Emperor, but not the heaven and earth!
Among the human race, ordinary mortals can only go with the flow - but the human kings of all generations, as long as they have a breath of ambition, all want to conquer the world one day and rescue the human emperors who are imprisoned in the Fire Cloud Cave.
And here's the problem.
The stronger the human race becomes, the less likely it is that those Daluo who are wary of the human race's power will allow the human emperors to step out of the Fire Cloud Cave - and even if the human race becomes the protagonist of heaven and earth, its strength and foundation cannot completely overwhelm the numerous Daluo who have existed since the beginning of the world.
As a result, the situation has almost become a dead end.
"A while ago, the Heavenly Rules of the Heavenly Palace were completed. As the Human King, I also went to the Lingxiao Palace."
"At that time, all the gods gathered in Lingxiao Palace."
"When I saw the details of the Heavenly Rules in Lingxiao Palace, I suddenly realized that no matter how the human race develops, its foundation will never surpass that of the Heavenly Palace, which has so many Daluo!"
"If we don't seek immortality, the strong men of the human race will never be able to surpass those Daluo in the heavenly court."
"If we seek immortality, are humans still humans?"
"Gao, do you know how desperate I was at that time?"
"I almost think that we, the human race, will never be able to rescue those Human Emperors from the prison of Fire Cloud Cave!" Emperor Xin said, with an unprecedented powerlessness in his words.
That was a weakness that he had never shown since he was born.
The war between Heaven and Human Race has happened more than once, and Human Race has gained the upper hand more than once in the wars. Especially in the generation of Emperor Xin, the military strength of Human Race made Heaven retreat step by step.
However, when Emperor Xin arrived at the Lingxiao Palace and looked at the Daluo that had gathered in the Lingxiao Palace because of the Heavenly Rules, he suddenly realized that the strength shown by the human race in these countless years of war had always been an illusion!
Today, the human race is still under the protection of those human emperors!
No words can describe Emperor Xin’s despair at that time!
But when the issue of 'the immortality of the Human Emperor' was revealed, the desperate Emperor Xin suddenly saw another possibility!
As the protagonists of heaven and earth, the existence of human beings has always maintained a peculiar balance with the situation of the entire heaven and earth.
This kind of balance has always existed, and other Daluo between heaven and earth have been adjusting this balance because of the development and strength of the human race - the existence of the human emperors is also a part of this balance. What if this balance is disturbed by some force?
Will those great beings between heaven and earth take this opportunity to pull the human race down from the position of the protagonist of heaven and earth?
Or readjust this balance?
Emperor Xin did not have a definite answer.
But he decided to take this gamble!
The confidence he had in making this bet lay in the human race itself.
The human race has become the protagonist of heaven and earth, and the ancient human emperors have certainly played an irreplaceable role - but during this process, the existence of the human race itself is also indispensable.
Even if those human emperors of the ancient times were gone, the human race at this moment, their position as the protagonists of the world that they fought for, is equally irreplaceable!
Therefore, the separation between the ancient emperors and the human race will certainly have a great impact on the power of the human race, but at most, it will only cause turmoil among the human race, and will not cause the collapse of the situation of the human race - this is a disadvantage.
The disadvantages are equally great.
Once the ancient human emperors can be separated from the human race, they will be able to travel freely between heaven and earth - with the feelings of the human emperors towards the human race, even if they are separated from the human race, they will still stand on the side of the human race.
The human race can also get rid of the hidden dangers represented by these ancient human emperors.
Therefore, Emperor Xin, who was still in the Lingxiao Palace, directly overturned the chess game - with an extremely decisive attitude, he followed Fuxi's decision, causing the ancient human emperors and the human race to begin to cut off from each other.
Of course, Emperor Xin was also prepared to deal with the turmoil caused by this cut.
"High, the Saint Emperors are all immortals."
"And for the human race, immortality is something that is absolutely unattainable!"
"Whether it is based on the influence of the Saint Emperors on the human race, or based on the human race's own independence, this is a step that the human race must take."
"Severing ties with the Saint Emperors is a step that the human race must take!"
"If this step is not taken by me, then someone else will take it!"
"Since I can leave, why should I let those who come later leave?" Emperor Xin said, and the heat emanating from his body completely dispelled the coldness in the palace.
After Emperor Yu, King Qi seized the throne, cutting off the inheritance of the Human Emperor and the immortality of the human race.
From that time on, the future of the human race no longer needs to be shouldered by the Holy Emperors!
Since King Qi, all the human kings of successive generations who knew the true nature of the Fire Cloud Cave wanted to rescue the Holy Emperors from the Fire Cloud Cave.
——This is a secret passed down from generation to generation only in the inheritance of the Human King, and a long-cherished wish passed down from generation to generation.
"Have you ever thought about the price, my king?"
"It's not the human race that paid the price, it's the king that paid the price."
"The achievements of the Holy Emperors are immortal. If Your Majesty cuts ties with them, how will the people view Your Majesty?" said Cheng Gaodao.
Everything that Emperor Xin said was something that could not be announced to anyone - even if the Holy Emperors of the Fire Cloud Cave were able to escape, no one among the human race would regard this as Emperor Xin's achievement.
Because of the immortality of the Saint Emperors, we have to abandon their influence. For the human race, this is an unacceptable reason!
Once Emperor Xin made the final decision, everyone would think that this was because Emperor Xin's own authority was shaken by the existence of the Human Emperor, and therefore he wanted to abandon the existence of those Human Emperors.
No one among the human race will understand him!
Even if Emperor Xin's plan succeeded, even if Emperor Xin suppressed all the disturbances, he was destined to leave a bad reputation in the history of the human race!
If it fails... the inheritance of the Shang Dynasty will be cut off!
"I don't care!" Facing Cheng Gao's question, Emperor Xin smiled nonchalantly.
He is the king of men.
And since the Human King holds the power over the human race, he is destined to bear these things!
When the development of the human race reaches a fork in the road, the Human King needs to choose a direction for the human race at this fork in the road, and then take responsibility for everything that follows.
——When he became the King of Men, Emperor Xin had already made this preparation.
"Gao, you don't have to worry."
"The current situation is actually very favorable to me."
"The separation between the human race and the Saint Emperors is something that even the Daluo are happy to see happen."
"In the past, no matter what decision I made, I had to consider many things - but for the turmoil caused by these Saint Emperors, I only need to consider the internal turmoil of the human race."
"What does the king need me to do?" As if the man was completely shocked by Emperor Xin, after a long while, Gao's voice rang out again in the palace.
"Your Majesty, Xibohou Jichang, his reputation is too great."
"The Yi he studied also happened to be the inheritance of His Majesty Fuxi."
"It was fine in the past - but if the Saint Emperor's incident is triggered, whether Xibo Hou is willing or not, he will definitely become a banner for others to push forward."
"What is King Xibo doing recently?" asked Emperor Xin.
During the situation in the North Sea, Duke Xibo demonstrated his strength to threaten Chaoge. So at that time, Ji Chang, who was in charge of the Star-Picking Tower, left the Star-Picking Tower and settled down in the city of Chaoge, completely giving up his power in order to eliminate his threat to Chaoge.
This move certainly created a rift between the emperor and his subjects, causing others to believe that Emperor Xin had developed doubts about Xibohou Ji Chang, so Xibohou had to give up power "to prove his innocence" - but for Ji Chang at the time, this was already the best choice.
With Emperor Xin's courage, he would definitely not let Ji Chang give up power - the more others questioned him, the more Emperor Xin wanted to show his respect and trust in Ji Chang.
However, what Ji Chang was thinking about at that time was not just the issue of harmony between the monarch and his subjects.
——At that time, he already had the power to threaten Chaoge.
At that time, Emperor Xin ignored the rumors and even sought discussion with Ji Chang, wanting to stage a play to completely lure out the unstable forces within the human race and put an end to it once and for all.
But Ji Chang directly rejected Emperor Xin's proposal.
First of all, there is no guarantee what other people will think - what if someone really takes a risk and connects with the power of Xiqi to cause some terrible changes, which would be a real destruction to the overall situation of the human race.
Here, Ji Chang thought that Emperor Xin's idea of using Ji Chang as bait was too absurd - the quick-success-oriented "bait and kill" attitude was not what a human king should have.
So, after a brief thought, Ji Chang ignored Emperor Xin's attempts to retain him and made his own decision.
That means giving up the authority of the Star Picking Platform.
At the same time, he also ordered Nangong and other troops who were leading the troops to surrender their military power.
His self-proving of innocence was not to prove his innocence to Emperor Xin - but to completely eliminate those thoughts that might disturb the human world through Xiqi!
However, it was precisely because of these two different responses, as well as Ji Chang's decision to ignore Emperor Xin's attempts to retain him, that a rift arose between the monarch and his minister.
Emperor Xin also thought that Ji Chang was too weak.
Whether it is the North Sea, or those immortal demon thieves, or those who try to take advantage of the North Sea War to stir up trouble among the human race, they are all hidden dangers among the human race - these people value their own interests more than the interests of the human race, and they can hinder the entire human race in order to achieve their own goals without hesitation.
Now that we have this opportunity, we should wipe these people out completely. There is no reason to be soft on them.
However, Ji Chang believed that Emperor Xin was too stubborn and too eager for quick success.
Being able to extinguish the North Sea and wipe out those immortal evil thieves is already a great victory.
The remaining minor problems can be soothed with a little care - in this world, there is no such thing as cutting off one's limbs just because they twitch occasionally.
What's more, isn't it natural for people to be selfish? As for harming the human race to enrich themselves... aren't those 'selves' also part of the human race?
Their soldiers and their background also appeared on the battlefield between humans and heaven, fighting bloody battles for the interests of humans?
Therefore, unless it can be clearly confirmed that those people have betrayed the human race, their actions cannot be simply defined as hindering the human race.
As the King of Men, it is even more impossible for him to lure them to death by fishing just because of such a thing.
Otherwise, at a glance, there is almost no one in the entire human race who cannot be killed.
"King Xibo devoted himself to the study of Yijing, but his son Bo Yikao was quite restless after returning from Chentang Pass. He visited people everywhere in Chaoge City and worked for his father." Cheng Gao said, telling Emperor Xin about Bo Yikao's movements one by one.
The disagreement between Xibohou and Emperor Xin was difficult to explain to others, so Bo Yikao did not know the real reason why Xibohou escaped from the Star-Picking Terrace - so he also thought that his father was really imprisoned by Emperor Xin.
During this period of time, he walked around in Chaoge City, visiting officials and nobles, hoping to ask them to intercede for Ji Chang and ask Emperor Xin to "pardon" Ji Chang.
"Did Ji Chang not persuade him?"
"Your Majesty, this is the nature of father and son. How can the Duke of Xibo persuade them?" Cheng Gao replied.
"It seems that he has also been to your house." Emperor Xin laughed.
"Well, in that case, I will preserve their father-son relationship and repay Bo Yikao's favor for you."
"Gao, go tell Ji Chang to prepare for the grand sacrifice three years from now!"
"Yes." Cheng Gao lowered his head, backed away and slowly left the palace.
Just as he was about to step out of the palace, Emperor Xin suddenly spoke again.
"Gao, have you ever touched Changsheng?"
Cheng Gao's heartbeat almost stopped at this moment.
(End of this chapter)
