Chapter Eighty-four: The North Sea Dispute

  The Buddhist door has made preparations, and other sects are not idle either. Calculating the time, the Shang Dynasty is approaching six hundred years now. In the mysterious operation of the Heavenly Way, there have been changes, and prosperity and decline cannot last long. The replacement of dynasties in the mortal world is imminent, and the Great Tribulation of the Immortals has also entered its countdown. Both the Intercepting Sect and the Expounding Sect are casting their nets far and wide to find the person destined for the tribulation. After all, it concerns whether they can grasp the initiative in this great matter, so no one dares to slack off. The Original has painstakingly calculated that the person destined for the tribulation bears the symbol of a flying bear, so all Expounding Sect disciples active in the mortal world are extremely cautious. Tongtian is not like before, letting his disciples close their doors and wait for death.

  Innumerable disciples of the Intercepting Teachings and their successors were sent to the Shang Dynasty as officials, or relied on various lords to secure an official position, so that they could do something in the midst of calamity. They received the order from the sect leader and also searched everywhere for those who should be intercepted.

  Nüwa was extremely excited since she learned about the great calamity of the gods. Since the four teachings were established, the demon clan responded to the calamity, and Nüwa could only rely on the human tribe's luck to sustain herself. However, as each teaching's influence grew larger, Nüwa worried every day. She also knew that compared to the Three Pure Ones and Two Saints, she was too weak, without a sect or any disciples, how could she compete with them for luck? But Nüwa absolutely did not want to do nothing.

  The current calamity is a rare opportunity for oneself, and it must not be missed. It's just right to let several major sects fight each other, and oneself can reap the benefits as a fisherman. Nüwa ordered someone to summon Lü Yue, the tenth son of Emperor Jun.

  At this time, Lu Ye was no longer the ignorant and mischievous young prince he once was. His parents, brothers, and even his beloved uncle had all died. The vast demonic tribe now had almost nothing left. Lu Ye, who had narrowly escaped death, suddenly matured and his cultivation advanced rapidly. Although he lost the Golden Crow Demon Body, he reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm. Emperor Jun left him the Sun-Moon Essence Wheel and the Heaven-Slaying Flying Knife, a treasure carefully refined by Emperor Jun himself. With these three treasures to aid him, Lu Ye was no weaker than the Golden Immortals of the Xuan teachings.

  Moreover, what's even more precious is that Emperor Jun left all the secret methods of the two tribes of witches and demons he collected back then to Lu Ye. Lu Ye has been living for revenge all these years, and everything that can improve his strength is equally important. Now, Lu Ye's means are cunning, and his mind is as deep as those old foxes in the vast wilderness.

  Nüwa summoned Lu Ye. Lu Ye hurriedly went to pay his respects, but he didn't like Nüwa's haughty attitude and knew about the discord between her and his father. Deep down, Lu Ye even resented Nüwa, but before his cultivation was complete, he had to rely on Nüwa's protection.

  So Lu Yao's hatred for Nüwa was something he didn't even dare to think about, and he buried everything deep in his heart, waiting for the opportunity to avenge himself on these enemies. Lu Yao knew that Nüwa protected him because she wanted to control the demon tribe one day, and he cooperated with her very much. He also had the intention of using Nüwa's power to reunite the demon tribe again, but as for who would use whom in the end, it was still an unknown number.

  Nüwa told Lü Yue about the great calamity of the gods, and Lü Yue's face changed slightly after hearing the news. This was an opportunity he had been waiting for a long time, and even if he couldn't take revenge on the saints, he wanted their disciples to pay some interest first.

  Nüwa told Lu Ye the news and didn't say anything else, just letting him leave the Wahuang Palace to think for himself. After bidding farewell to Nüwa, Lu Ye arrived at the Hongyuan, where a strong aura of evil was gathering in the air. This evil aura made Lu Ye very excited, as he knew that the greater the calamity, the more beneficial it would be for him.

  Lu Ye continued to sense the evil intention, and unexpectedly found an opportunity to behead the evil corpse. Lu Ye was very happy, after all, improving his Tao would allow him to better avenge himself.

  Don't look at the numerous followers of the Jiào teachings, but they actually let the Chuān teachings take the lead. Guang Chengzi was the first to discover a person born with the flying bear symbol, and secretly protected him until he was 32 years old. Then, he secretly guided him to go to Mount Kunlun to pay homage to Yuánshǐ. When Yuánshǐ accepted Jiang Ziya as his disciple, he felt extremely exhilarated, as if it were a recognition from Heaven of the Chuān teachings. With the emergence of the destined person, he firmly grasped the initiative and the moral high ground, which would allow him to gain even more support from Lǎozǐ. Yuánshǐ gazed in the direction of the Golden Turtle Island in the Eastern Sea, his heart filled with pride.

  After learning about the original collection of people who should be punished, Tongtian didn't feel too much discomfort in his heart. He knew that no matter what, his own disciples would definitely occupy the top spot on the Sealing God's List, and if his own disciples were in charge of the Sealing God's affairs, it would likely lead to many inconveniences and difficulties in being impartial, which would not be conducive to eliminating karma. It would be better to find an opportunity to abolish the original few disciples, severely punish Yuanshi, and achieve his own goals.

  After getting the Original Seal of the Gods List, he went to the Eight Scenic Palace to discuss with Laozi.

  Time flies, the intrigue and struggle between saints is impossible for mortals to feel, but instability has also appeared in the mortal world. Now it is King Zhou of Shang who is on the throne, and King Zhou, who has just ascended to the throne, is ambitious and eager to govern, reusing loyal ministers and generals such as Wen Zhong, Bi Gan, Huang Feihu, and Shang Rong, refreshing governance, rectifying military affairs, pacifying the four directions, and for a time, the world is greatly governed, with all 800 vassal states submitting, and the world is at peace.

  However, there is also a heart disease in front of King Zhou, that is, the power of various vassals has been expanding day by day. Originally, the Shang Dynasty was divided into vassals at the beginning, and these vassals were guarding the four sides for the big business, maintaining the stability of the border, and promoting the prosperity of the Shang Dynasty.

  Everything has its pros and cons. After nearly six hundred years of development, these vassals have been constantly multiplying and expanding their territory. The Shang Dynasty originally had an absolute advantage over the various vassals, but since they were located on the borders, there was still room for expansion, while the Shang Dynasty was surrounded in the middle and could hardly expand its land.

  On the contrary, some royal families had to be constantly divided and controlled, and the actual area of control was shrinking. Among the four major vassals in the southeast, west, north and south, the Western Zhou Hou Ji Chang, Eastern Zhou Hou Jiang Huan, and Chu actually controlled areas that could be compared with King Zhou's. This couldn't help but make King Zhou, who had a heart to revive the great Shang dynasty, feel somewhat resentful and eager to change all this.

  King Zhou actively sought ways to weaken the power of the vassals, and King Zhou and several senior ministers studied solutions together. They chose the method of promoting kindness, turning large vassals into small ones and small vassals into nothingness. Everything was still in the planning stage, strictly confidential, but somehow news leaked out. The 72 vassals of Beihai rebelled, with Yuan Fu as their leader, openly opposing King Zhou.

  The young emperor was naturally extremely angry, and sent the old Taishi Wen Zhong to lead a large army of one million men, on the one hand to conquer Yuan Futong, and on the other hand to demonstrate military power, taking advantage of the opportunity to investigate whether the northern vassals had colluded with Yuan Futong, then actually abolishing several vassals, in order to intimidate these ambitious people and establish prestige for his next policy.

  King Zhou had everything planned out well, and all the senior ministers also had full confidence in their young and promising emperor, looking forward to a more glorious tomorrow.

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  No need to say much about New Year's blessings, considering that Xiaodao gave up writing code on Spring Festival Gala night, give some collections, there are still half an hour before the year of dragon, wish everyone a happy new year.