Chapter 40: Divine Land's Nine Tripods, Xuan Yuan's Dao Certification

  Huangdi saw Hongyuan and was startled in his heart, but immediately reacted and hurried forward to bow and pay respects, saying: "Huangdi has seen the Holy Father, wishing the Holy Father eternal peace!"

  Hongyuan descended with a auspicious cloud, walked to the front of Xuanyuan Huangdi, and smiled slightly, like a spring breeze brushing against his face. "Human Emperor, no need for excessive courtesy! I have come this time specifically because of Xing Tian. I once promised Zu Wu Hou Tu Niangniang that I would preserve the bloodline of the Wu tribe. This time, Chi You's rebellion is indeed a fault of the Wu tribe and should be punished. However, Xing Tian shouldn't have been reduced to ashes at this time. How about I seal him instead and imprison him within this mountain?"

  Huangdi hastily said: "The order of the Holy Father, how dare I not follow? It's just that if there are witches from the witch tribe coming to provoke again in the future, what should we do?" He was afraid that several great witches of the witch tribe would not give up, and at that time they could not be killed or harmed, so he asked Hongyuan for a strategy first.

  Hong Xuan smiled faintly and said: "This is no problem! Wait for me to cast a spell and trap them all, what do you think?"

  Huangdi heard this and finally felt at ease, saying: "In that case, it is a blessing for our people!"

  Hong Xuan nodded, and then didn't say anything more. He stretched out his hand towards the already closed, still slightly trembling Changyang Mountain, and a clear air emerged from it. In an instant, it transformed into a talisman that stuck to the top of the mountain, emitting a faint, flickering light. The great mountain suddenly became quiet and stopped shaking.

  Hong Xuan threw out the purple bamboo staff in his hand, and the purple bamboo staff instantly turned into a flash of lightning that disappeared before Xuanyuan Huangdi's eyes, appearing above the ancestral witch temple on Beijuzhou. A purple halo spilled down from the purple bamboo staff, instantly locking up the entire ancestral witch temple for ten thousand miles around, with a heavy breath suppressing the entire ancestral witch temple.

  The witches in the ancestral temple were shocked and hastily came out of the temple, raised their heads to look up, only to see a line of large characters flickering vaguely in the high sky: "Ten thousand miles sealed with karma; The heavenly drum is not visible, the sun has not yet appeared, the witch tribe does not come out!"

  The witches were shocked to see each other! Jiufeng's fist slammed into the purple mang wall, but the air seemed to have vanished without a trace. The wall didn't budge, no ripples, no breath, trapping the witches in this vast land!

  Feng Bo sighed and said, "No need to try again! This is the work of a saint himself, how can we break it?" His words made all the witches look disheartened.

  "Is it not until when can our clan see the light of day again?"

  Feng Bo gazed up at the twenty large characters in the sky and said in a hushed tone, "Didn't the saint say it? When the dry mulberry branch shoots the sun again, that will be when my clan reappears!"

  The crowd of witches heard the words and their hearts moved, pondering the four characters "Gan Qi She Ri". The Rain Master asked doubtfully: "Gan Qi, She Ri, what does it mean?" Although he didn't finish speaking, the crowd of witches already understood his intention, and they were overjoyed, but also full of doubts, all looking at Feng Bo.

  Feng Bo thought for a moment and said: "I think the saint will not deceive us, we just need to wait patiently!"

  The crowd of witches heard the words and thought carefully, also feeling that there was reason to it. Therefore, they did not become disheartened again because of being sealed away, but instead returned to the Ancestral Witch Temple, waiting for the day when the sun would shine brightly once more.

  On the mountain of Changyang, the purple bamboo pole flew back from the north to Hongyuan's hand. Hongyuan said to Xuanyuan Huangdi: "Now that I have sealed and imprisoned the multitude of witches of the Wu tribe, the Human Emperor can be free from worry!"

  Xuanyuan Huangdi was overjoyed and bowed: "The Xuanyuan clan thanks the Holy Father for his kindness!"

  Hong Xuan nodded and said: "I have already solved the difficulties of the Charms, now I am cultivating on Fangzhang Island, you can rest assured to return and govern the human race!"

  Huangdi felt a huge stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, he bowed again: "Huangdi Daqi thanks for the kindness of the Holy Father!"

  Hong Xuan smiled faintly and said: "No need for this!" As soon as he finished speaking, his figure gradually disappeared from the eyes of Xuanyuan Huangdi.

  Huangdi saw that Hongyuan had returned to the Daochang, and the great calamity of the Wu tribe had also been eliminated. With a sense of great stability in his heart, he rode on the clouds back to the Youxiong tribe, comforted the multitude of ministers, and began his grand governance.

  The rebellion of the Jiuli tribe was finally pacified, and after this great war, the human race was unified! The Yellow Emperor ordered his minister Cang Jie to create characters, with six methods, to benefit future generations; he used the bamboo tubes of the Lü Lun to make flutes, established the five sounds and twelve pitches; he had his queen Leizu start raising silkworms to make silk clothes; he discussed pathology with Qi Bo, had three thousand women, wrote the "Huangdi Neijing", including the "Ling Shu" in nine volumes, the "Su Wen" in nine volumes, a total of 29 volumes, to expound on the principles of yin-yang and wuxing changes.

  Huangdi ended the tribal alliance era, establishing a country, dividing land and borders, eight families formed one neighborhood, three neighborhoods formed one village, three villages formed one township, five townships formed one county, ten counties formed one prefecture, ten prefectures formed one state, with a total of nine states: Ji, Yu, Yong, Yang, Yan, Xu, Liang, Qing and Jing. The capital was re-established in Jizhou as the center of the nine states; officials were appointed to various positions, including the Left and Right Grand Supervisors overseeing all nations, three senior officials, four assistants, four historians, six ministers, and nine virtues, totaling 120 official positions to manage the country.

  Moreover, the Yellow Emperor also carried out a major rectification of the human tribe, and the human tribe immediately recovered its prosperity before the great war, and developed rapidly, and had already broken away from the ignorance of primitive humans.

  Moved by the help of the two religions' gods, Huangdi also returned the favor, ordering every household in the country to worship the images of the Four Pure Ones, and the incense and fire offerings were uninterrupted every day. The people all believed in Taoism, and there were many more immortals and Taoist practitioners among the human race. The three teachings of Taoism finally flourished again among the human race after the demon tribe's massacre, and the Four Pures and Nüwa occupied the country's fortune, making the two Western saints jealous to no avail, but they could only wait secretly for the opportunity for the Western religion to rise again.

  A hundred years later, a shocking event that shook the three realms spread from the human tribe. The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan will establish the Nine Tripods in Jizhou after March to fix the nine states!

  After March, in the city of Jizhou. On a vacant land, nine giant tripods were steadily placed, arranged according to the Nine Palaces position, and golden light was shining out from the nine tripods, illuminating the entire city of Jizhou.

  Nine Tripods are in the center, Xuanyuan Huangdi is holding the Human Emperor's Treasure Qiongqiong Seal with both hands, standing quietly and waiting for something! Those who left their respective caves to watch, all the immortals held their breath, patiently waiting, not daring to make a slightest unusual sound!

  As noon approached, a nine-dragon imperial carriage flew down from the thirty-third heaven, with Emperor Fuxi and Emperor Shennong sitting upright on it. The great master Xuantu, the chief disciple of the Human Teachings, stood by its side, holding an imperial edict. As soon as Fuxi and Shennong descended from the nine-dragon imperial carriage, all the immortals came forward to pay their respects, not daring to show any disrespect. After all, the Holy Emperors were existences equal to saints, and it was permissible to be half a point impudent!

  The two nodded simultaneously and then said to Xuanyuan Huangdi, "However, congratulations are in order for the Emperor's younger brother. Today he has attained enlightenment and from now on will transcend countless kalpas without any hindrance!"

  Xuanyuan Huangdi burst out laughing and said: "It seems that I need the help of both imperial brothers!"

  Two people looked at each other and smiled, then walked slowly to the front of Xuanyuan Huangdi. The three of them formed a triangular formation, with the Fang Cangtian Seal floating quietly in the middle. Suddenly, the three of them shouted together, and three surging streams of imperial energy burst out from their bodies, rapidly pouring into the Fang Cangtian Seal. The seal instantly erupted with a brilliant golden light, and five nine-clawed golden dragons sang in the high sky, subjugating all living things!

  The Nine Tripods slowly flew to the upper air, surrounding the Fang Cangtian Seal. In an instant, the seal shone like a golden crow, its radiance overwhelming, making it impossible to look directly at it. The seal and the tripods rapidly revolved around each other, entwining and encircling one another. Even with the abilities of the multitude of immortals, they could not see the changes that occurred during this period.

  Gradually, a light screen spread out in all directions from the center, and after a short while, it covered the entire land of the Nine Provinces. Wave upon wave of golden light filled the sky, illuminating the entire heaven and earth!

  The golden light lasted for a moment before disappearing without a trace, leaving only the feeling that something had been added to the nine provinces. The crowd calculated with their fingers and suddenly understood that the Three Sovereigns had used the Human Emperor's treasure, the Kunlun Seal, to activate the Nine Tripods, forming a boundary known as the Nine Provinces Boundary. From then on, any demons or monsters from outside the nine provinces who entered would be struck down by the divine thunder of the boundary, leaving no true spirit remaining!

  All the immortals secretly thought to themselves: "I'm afraid this matter will bring boundless merit and virtue!"

  As expected, at this moment, a cluster of five-colored auspicious golden light fell into the body of Xuanyuan Huangdi. Suddenly, a majestic and powerful imperial aura burst out from Xuanyuan Huangdi's body, with seven-colored lights shining brightly and celestial music faintly audible, he had indeed attained the Tai Huang Dao fruit!

  Only then did the great master Xuan Du arrive in front of Emperor Huang Di, bowing his head and performing a ritual, saying: "The teacher's imperial edict is here, Your Majesty please accept it first!" However, at this time, Emperor Huang Di had already attained enlightenment, and his status was no longer comparable to that of others. He did not dare to be slow or neglectful!

  Xuanyuan Huangdi nodded and bowed his head: "Xuanyuan humbly listens to the teachings of the Master!"

  Xuantu Dafashi unfolded the Taiqing Imperial Edict in his hand and loudly recited: "The Supreme Order of the Great Clearness, the Heavenly Lord of the Taoist Virtues: The public son Xuan Yuan of the Bear Clan is a human emperor, with virtues that submit to all eight directions, merits that surpass future generations. Today he has attained the Dao, residing in the Fire Cloud Palace, and will last for millions of kalpas without being destroyed!"

  "Huang Tian's infinite respect!" Xuan Yuan Huang Di proclaimed the voice of the Tao, and with both hands respectfully received the Tai Qing Imperial Edict. Accompanied by Fu Xi and Shen Nong, they boarded the Nine Dragon Imperial Carriage together, laughing as they headed towards the Fire Cloud Palace in the 33rd Heaven!

  The Great Red Sky, the Eight Scenic Palace. The Supreme Elder Lord let out a gentle sigh, the Three Sovereigns returned to their positions, from then on, the human world was stable, and he had no more worries!

  In the clear and void sky, Hongyuan looked at the Nine States Boundary, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, then he smiled faintly and re-entered the bamboo house.

  It is: The Nine Cauldrons' achievement is the boundary, the nine states are stable and reject all demons!

  (Xiao Chen searched Baidu and found that there were two versions of the nine provinces, one said to be established by Emperor Huang, and the other by Da Yu. He was momentarily confused, but for the sake of the plot in this book, Xiao Chen wrote it as Emperor Huang, please forgive him, fellow book friends!)