Chapter 39: Yu's Lingering Soul (2) (Second Update, Seeking Collections)

  Shen Gong Bao sat on the stone platform beside, holding the bronze tripod with both hands, and after a while, he finally found three ancient seal characters "Yu Wang Ding" at the bottom of the bronze tripod.

  It seems that there is no memory of this tripod at all, Shengong Bao did not pursue it further. Now he only needs to refine the tripod, and its function can be known. After calming his mind and quieting his energy for half a breath, Shengong Bao finally closed his eyes slowly and immersed his spirit in the bronze tripod.

  The mana surged out like a spring, entering the copper cauldron, slowly refining it. With his mana, he combed through the entire copper cauldron, and in this way, several months passed in the blink of an eye.

  On this day, Shen Gong's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, and he had finally refined it for most of the time. All that was left to do was to imprint his own mark on it, and then the treasure would belong to him completely.

  Thinking of this, Shen Gongbao hastily inserted his divine consciousness into the legal treasure space inside the copper cauldron.

  "Huh!" Shengong Bao was surprised and his face changed, "Does this tripod have an owner?" He looked around and found himself surrounded by a piece of crystal palace and jade house, with some clouds and mist lingering among them, which was very beautiful.

  If it were an ownerless treasure, there would be no such scene in the space of the treasure. These scenes are all the thoughts left by the master of the treasure and the soul imprint of his thoughts. From this, this bronze cauldron must be a treasured object with an owner.

  "Could it be Da Yu?" Duke Sheng's expression changed, and he asked hesitantly.

  Just then, a faintly stern voice came from the air: "Who are you? Report your name!"

  Shen Gong Bao looked around the empty space for a moment, not seeing anyone, and after a brief pause, he smiled calmly: "Why must King Yu be so mysterious, I have come from afar, but this is not the way to treat a guest!"

  "Hum! Your intention I am well aware of. You want to get your hands on my precious tripod, but let's see if you have the capability to do so!"

  Shen Gong Bao burst out laughing and said, "Everyone says that King Yu is dead, but who would have thought that a wisp of his lingering soul was still hiding here? Does he want to return to the world once more?"

  Shen Gong Bao's guess was not wrong, and Yu the Great only had a wisp of residual soul left in this place. However, even if it was just a wisp of residual soul, Shen Gong Bao did not dare to underestimate him, because Yu the Great was also a strong practitioner of the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm back then. Otherwise, how could he have pacified the chaotic waters of the world? The water disaster back then was caused by the remnants of the demon tribe making trouble from within. As for Yu's journey to control the flood, it seemed that he had encountered many remnants of the demon tribe with great abilities, and would have been killed by them long ago if not for his own strength.

  Da Yu, however, did not respond in the slightest. Seeing this, Shen Gong Bao couldn't help but become cautious. Since Da Yu's residual soul was here, this treasure space was equivalent to Da Yu's domain space, which was extremely unfavorable for an outsider like himself.

  But Shen Gong Bao guessed wrong, Da Yu didn't have any unusual movements, neither did he launch an attack to drive him away nor spoke again, the entire treasure space was quiet and still, with misty fog filling the air, making it seem extremely peaceful.

  Shen Gongbao looked around and saw that the buildings were arranged in a manner similar to those of an imperial palace, even the streets were laid out in a similar fashion. Shen Gongbao couldn't help but mutter to himself: "In the past, Da Yu was indeed the emperor of the human tribe, so it's not surprising that things are set up this way... but why does it feel strange?"

  Shen Gongbao couldn't tell where his strange feeling came from, furrowed his brow and gazed around for a long time. Suddenly, Shen Gongbao rose into the air, looked down at the buildings below from above, and immediately changed color.

  "Alright, haha, the world says that Yu the Great is benevolent and righteous. To govern the floodwaters of the world, he toiled day and night, and even cast the Nine Tripods to protect the nine states. But who would have thought that it was all for his own benefit? What a great Yu the Great, what a great tripod of Yu! I, the poor Taoist, admire him! Admire!"

  Shen Gong Bao loudly shouted, his expression was solemn to the extreme, cold sweat quietly fell, and he lamented in his heart: "Alas, alas! Alas, alas!"

  After rising to power, Shen Gongbao finally discovered a shocking secret: Da Yu had been manipulating the people of the world with his clever tricks. He admired Da Yu's boldness and strategic thinking, but lamented that he himself had blindly rushed into this situation. It seemed unlikely that he could escape unscathed without a fierce struggle to the death. Either he or King Yu would have to fall.

  Just now, Shengong Bao used his divine eyes to discover that the surrounding temples are divided into nine regions, each with a largest main hall in the center. The nine regions are connected in a ring shape, and eight directions surround the largest building group in the middle, which also has a highest and largest main hall called Yuwang Hall.

  If that were all, Shengong Bao would not have been so shocked. However, he saw clearly that on the top of each of the nine highest and largest temple buildings, a thick, milky white line condensed into each temple, and then the eight temples at the edge again projected the condensed milky white light column onto the central Yuwang Temple.

  He thought of the milky white passage he had discovered earlier, and Shen Gong Bao clearly saw a faint purple light emanating from the Yu Wang Palace. Shen Gong Bao was shocked to discover that Yu Wang was actually cultivating the Purple Qi Yuan Shen!

  Since the great god Pangu opened up the sky and earth, the vast and desolate world has evolved to this day, going through the era of saints, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, until now's Great Commerce, everything runs according to the trajectory in the mysterious Tao.

  After the great war of the witch, the heavenly way predicted that the human race would prosper. The heavenly way established the three emperors of heaven, earth and man to determine the fate of the human race, and the three emperors of the human race could live forever in the Huoyun Cave, enjoying the incense of the world, as long as they did not leave the Huoyun Cave, they would not be contaminated by the cause and effect of the world. Although they were not saints, they were also indestructible for countless kalpas.

  The Three Sovereigns of Heaven, Earth and Man are Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, Earthly Sovereign Shennong and Human Sovereign Xuanyuan. The three made great contributions to the human race, such as Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi creating the Eight Trigrams, allowing people to have a way to seek good fortune and avoid evil; Earthly Sovereign Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs and compiling the "Shennong Bencao Jing" which was passed down to future generations, so that humans would no longer be troubled by diseases; and Human Sovereign Xuanyuan defeating Chiyou in battle and uniting the human race. Thus, the three obtained great merit and condensed their essence into a purple energy, achieving the Dao fruit of the Three Sovereigns.

  But all those who are destined to be emperors, after their birth, must have a thread of imperial purple energy on their body. However, without any opportunity, it will not grow stronger even until death. The Three Emperors, due to the great merits of Tianjiang, enlarged each of their imperial purple energies, condensed the purple energy primordial spirit, and from then on enjoyed the fruits of the Three Emperors' Dao, which would not be destroyed for countless kalpas.

  However, the way of heaven is to take from those who have excess and give to those who are insufficient. Although it is time for humanity to prosper, apart from humanity, all other things in the universe also have their own destiny and cannot be monopolized by humanity alone.

  When the Three Emperors were established, the three talents of heaven, earth and man stood firm, as stable as Mount Tai. This had already laid the foundation for the eternal leading position of the human race. From then on, the Heavenly Way favored the human race. Although the human race did not have the powerful physique and divine powers of the demon or witch tribes, they could learn through practice, and the opportunities to attain the Tao were much better than those of the witch and demon tribes.

  It is already enough that the Heavenly Way has given to the human race, if the human race were to appear a fourth emperor again, it would destroy the balance of the three powers, and lead to the destruction of other living beings' luck being occupied by humans.

  The heavenly way is clear, all things are born from a single thread of life. However, when the vital energy of all living things is occupied by humans, all living things will perish, and that sole thread of life will no longer exist. The heavenly way will also cease to be stable, and the heavenly way will be destroyed. The vast and desolate world will also cease to exist, and it's likely that it will only end in a return to chaos.

  Therefore, the Heavenly Way will absolutely not allow another person who has condensed the Purple Qi and Yuan Shen to appear between Heaven and Earth again, because the Human Emperor represents humanity. The Three Emperors of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity have been established, and the Heavenly Way is complete; it cannot accommodate another Human Emperor.

  Even to prevent the emergence of a human emperor, and not to go against the heavenly way, all the Taoist sects and scattered practitioners, no one dares to teach the emperor's cultivation method, so except for the three emperors of heaven, earth and man, every other emperor is unable to attain immortality.

  But not all emperors were willing to accept such a fate, Shengong Bao speculated that Da Yu was one of them. When he saw the purple glow bursting forth, Shengong Bao thoroughly understood King Yu's plan.

  At this moment, Da Yu is absolutely condensing the purple energy and spiritual essence, wanting to achieve the Human Emperor Dao fruit.

  Everyone says that Da Yu is benevolent and righteous, bringing benefits to the people. If not for seeing this true situation, even Shen Gongbao would not have known it. Only now do I realize how deep Da Yu's strategy is and how great his power is. Without admiration, one cannot follow.

  Now thinking about Da Yu's past as an emperor, how did he cultivate to the realm of Daluo Jinxian in such a short period of time?

  Human affairs have their own course of development, but they cannot be borrowed from others. Otherwise, it will be like helping the growth of seedlings by pulling them up, which will lack the process of civilized development and lead to a deficiency in human culture, making it thin and lacking in depth, which is a disaster for humanity rather than a blessing!

  At first, some of the remaining evil demons caused a flood disaster, harming human beings. Although those who cultivated Taoism could easily eliminate these demons, they did not intervene and instead chose one person from among humans to resolve this calamity.

  Yu obtained the opportunity, in order to counter the demon tribe, had no choice but to teach him some of the ways of cultivation. However, as Yu governed the chaotic waters of the world, he gained more and more merit, his cultivation speed accelerated, and unexpectedly achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal Way in a short period of time.

  But how could a strong man in the realm of Daluo Jinxian fall easily, and the world would not know how Yu Wang died. In short, what people knew was that Da Yu died like other emperors, old age.

  Shen Gong Bao is now filled with doubts, and upon discovering Da Yu's lingering soul, as well as the mysterious sealing of Ba Xia for thousands of years, it can be inferred that there must have been a hidden truth behind Da Yu's death. What exactly happened back then?

  (Updated again, hehe, seeking collection and recommendation, woke up in the morning to see it had dropped to tenth, dizzy, but still want to thank everyone for their support, especially last night at midnight, a few friends voted early, thank you Qingfeng!!!!)