Journey to the West: From the Primordial Era

Chapter 186: Undercurrents among the various forces of the Shang Dynasty

At this time, the Xuan clan forces were heading towards Chaoge.

Qin Hua's divine fetus clone Xuankong sat on the back of the five-colored divine bull, looking far away in the direction of Chaoge, thinking to himself: "Calculating the time, the memorial I asked Zong'er to submit should have been spread in Chaoge!"

"Knowing this, Jiang Ziya would never dare to go to Chaoge to serve as a junior doctor as in the original timeline..."

Most of the coincidences in the world are deliberate calculations.

Of course, in order to strike at the Shang Dynasty, he first asked his son, Xuanzong, Marquis of Qingzhou, to submit a memorial, intentionally or unintentionally publicizing again what Emperor Xin had done in the Nuwa Palace.

On the one hand, it established the reputation of righteousness for the Qingzhou Xuan clan, and on the other hand, it reminded Jiang Ziya not to stay in Chaoge for too long, and by the way, left a deep impression in his heart.

In this way, when the Xuan clan goes to recruit them, they will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Qin Hua's purpose of cultivating the Xuan clan to delay the Conferred God Tribulation has been achieved. If the Conferred God Tribulation is not over, then Daozu Hongjun will not be able to become the Heavenly Dao of the prehistoric world, and it will also buy time for him to break through the saint realm. Only when he breaks through the saint realm, then he can control the Hongmeng Pearl to strengthen the Taiqing Palace formation and barrier.

"Jiang Ziya has come down the mountain, and the princes from all directions have gone to Chaoge to pay homage in advance... The situation at this time is no longer the same as what happened in my memory!"

"But one thing is certain, that is, Jiang Ziya's descent from the mountain means that the catastrophe has begun to move from the triggering stage to the spreading stage! Emperor Xin, who first triggered the catastrophe, was the eye of the catastrophe in the early stage! Chaoge will inevitably continue to shake!"

If Emperor Xin had a strong character and acted prudently, then even if disaster aura was spreading, he would be able to allow Chaoge to get through it safely.

It’s a pity that Emperor Xin couldn’t do this.

Qin Hua had had contact with the other party through the intelligence of the Xuan clan's chess pieces in Ge City of the Shang Dynasty, and knew his general character.

The other party is just like Yang Guang in later generations, also born extraordinary, also with great ambitions, and his thoughts and ideas are the mainstream of future human development. He seems to be a wise ruler.

But being half a step ahead is a genius, but being two steps ahead is a madman. If Emperor Xin had the broad mind of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and took it step by step, the Shang Dynasty could have become even stronger. After all, the human race had the secret support of Tongtian Jiaozhu and the three quasi-saints of the human race. What a pity.

In addition, both of them had never suffered any setbacks since childhood, so once the policies they implemented that were ahead of their time were obstructed, they would be at a loss. If these policies caused some serious consequences, they would become depressed and give up.

Even if there hadn't been this catastrophe, the Shang Dynasty would not have had a peaceful future with Emperor Xin on the throne. It would either soar to the sky or become turbulent and cause a revolution in humanity.

From Qin Hua's perspective, it is more likely to cause a humanitarian revolution.

Although the accumulation of thousands of years of the Shang Dynasty was terrifying, it could not be compared with the nobles who occupied 80 to 90 percent of the power in the world.

This era was the beginning of the establishment of fiefdoms. It would take at least a thousand years of slow changes before the system could develop into an integrated county system.

"Clan leader!"

At this time, Li Jing urged his horse forward and whispered, "The spies sent a message that the Duke of Dongbo's carriage has arrived in Chaoge, and as soon as he arrived, he immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience..."

"Dong Bohou wants to seize the initiative and slander us to the king first, which is bad for our Xuan clan!"

Qin Hua came back to his senses, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the king is very smart and knows what Dong Bohou is planning! But with our current strength and status in Qingzhou, even if Chaoge wants to suppress us, it won't be that easy!"

Qin Hua's expression was normal when he spoke, without the slightest change. The strength of his divine fetus clone had reached the peak of the middle stage of the Golden Immortal. Most of the luck brought by the strength of the Xuan clan was concentrated on him and Xuan Zong. Both strength and luck had reached a new height. It would not be impossible for him to go to the Honghuang Sea to improve to the peak of the Golden Immortal.

Saint Laozi also sent a message to this divine clone, asking him to make friends with his original body in the Honghuang Sea. It happened to be the same as his consideration. When the Xuan clan and the Shang Dynasty fought a big war, this divine clone could go to the Honghuang Sea to improve his strength and bring back countless treasures. In the Honghuang Sea, his original body had already refined countless elixirs, and Taiqing Palace also had the fruits of improving the Golden Immortal and Daluo Golden Immortal.

Seeing this, Li Jing stopped reminding.

"General Li, I heard that Madam Li was pregnant before we set out. I wonder what name you gave the child?"

Qin Hua asked casually.

When Li Jing heard the clan leader mention his offspring, his expression suddenly softened.

He smiled and said, "When my master came down the mountain, he calculated with me and said that I would have three sons in my destiny, occupying the three major destiny elements of gold, wood, and water respectively! If the first one is a son, he will be named Jin Zha..."

"Jin Zha!"

Qin Hua's eyelids twitched slightly. If Li Jing followed the order of naming, after Jinzha and Muzha, wouldn't it be "Shuizha"? This name didn't sound very pleasant.

Moreover, according to what Li Jing said, the third son had the fate of water and had a talent for the way of water.

This is completely different from the Nezha in Qin Hua's memory.

Nezha caused a great disturbance in the East China Sea. He was as hot-tempered as fire, explosive and impulsive, without any "watery" aura.

"Well, under normal circumstances, Nezha's fate is water, but a saint threw a spirit bead into the lower world. The fate brought by the spirit bead is much stronger than the original water fate!"

Qin Hua suddenly realized why Li Jing in the original timeline was so displeased with Nezha at the beginning.

Li Jing's master has calculated that his third son's destiny is water.

But the child born was a big ball of flesh, and his personality was completely different from Water's gentleness. This made people wonder if it was a monster that was reincarnated and replaced his original son.

Of course, this misunderstanding was mostly cleared up after Taiyi Zhenren came to visit. But Li Jing would never be happy when he thought about his original son being replaced by Lingzhuzi.

“Forget it. No matter what the future holds, since Li Jing has surrendered to me, I will try my best to ensure that their family can live in harmony and not go down the path of father and son being enemies. When I reach the Honghuang Sea and the master of Taiqing Palace breaks through to the Saint level, I can come out of retreat and instruct them.”

Qin Hua shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about it.

Jinzha has not been born yet, and it will take at least ten years for Nezha to be born.

The Qingzhou convoy followed the previous route, quickly passed through many cities and approached Chaoge.

When entering Chaoge, Qin Hua's original body in the Honghuang Sea secretly activated the Hongmeng Pearl, and used the mirror light of the Hongmeng Pearl to bless the Qi-observing technique, and once again observed the situation in Chaoge from close range.

In the void, countless life forces rose into the air and gathered into the phantoms of mountains and rivers. Countless images of living beings emerged among the mountains and rivers, forming the unparalleled destiny of the human race.

However, above this level of destiny, the black bird that was originally flying freely and majestically seemed a little listless.

The barrier, which had originally had extremely strong defenses and blocked countless erosions of calamity energy, also began to have holes, causing black smoke and calamity energy to continue to pour in, making Xuanniao exhausted from dealing with it and becoming increasingly weak.

"The fate of the black bird cannot resist the erosion of the calamity. It is just as I thought. In the early stage of the Conferred God, Chaoge was the core of the great calamity. When Chaoge's fate is greatly lost, the black bird will not be able to suppress the fate of the human race. These human fates will naturally flow to the princes in all directions!"

Qin Hua's eyes flickered. When the catastrophe broke out, karma continued to increase. The karma of the catastrophe needed to be cleared, so there was the List of Conferred Gods. The strong men from various forces could be included in the List of Conferred Gods, which could also reduce the luck of the Three Purities to the lowest, thus achieving Hongjun's goal.

Pangu created the universe and the chaos. Because of the pursuit of Chaos Demon God, Pangu killed Chaos Demon God. After his death, Pangu severely damaged his consciousness. His primordial spirit and his true spirit absorbed the spiritual energy between heaven and earth respectively and turned into Three Pure Ones.

The Three Pure Ones are the three saints Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu, whose bodies were transformed into the twelve ancestor witches.

If Hongjun wants to become the Way of Heaven and control the world, he must suppress the luck of the Three Pure Ones, suppress the Jiejiao, the Chenjiao, and the Renjiao, let them fight each other, and then Hongjun will come out to save the world, and he will be more likely to become the Way of Heaven.

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Other immortals and gods, even those with great supernatural powers at the Golden Immortal or Daluo level, were unable to observe the situation in Chaoge so intuitively because they were trapped in the situation and shrouded by the calamity that blocked the heaven and earth.

"However, it will take some time for the Black Bird's fate to weaken to the point where it can no longer suppress the fate of the human race!"

Qin Hua said secretly.

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