novelapdf Chapter 117 Yuanshi, you're a ruthless person!
Chapter 117 Yuanshi, you're a ruthless person!
At the time of the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the Shang Dynasty still had eight hundred years of fortune.
However, Emperor Xin of the modern era angered the sage Nuwa when he visited the Nuwa Temple, which led to the summoning of the three demons from Xuanyuan Tomb into the palace, threatening to ruin the eight-hundred-year fortune of the Shang Dynasty.
With the end of the Investiture of the Gods and the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty naturally rose to power and inherited the Shang Dynasty's eight-hundred-year reign.
In other words, the Zhou royal family only ruled for eight hundred years.
But now, almost a full cycle has passed since the end of the Great Calamity, and the Zhou royal family is still there, perfectly fine!
Without a doubt, Zhao Gongming knew that this was the work of Yuanshi Tianzun.
After all, the Zhou Dynasty represented the fortune of the Chan Sect disciples, and it was closely related to the fortune of the Chan Sect.
Sure enough, after a little deduction, Zhao Gongming already knew the key to it.
The reason why the Zhou royal family, which originally had a reign of only eight hundred years, was able to exist for so long was actually related to Jiang Ziya of the Chan sect!
Jiang Ziya, that fellow, is still alive and well?
It should be noted that he had not attained immortality, and when Zhao Gongming conferred titles upon the gods, he intentionally omitted him from the list of gods. Logically, his lifespan should have ended, and he should have been reincarnated long ago.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gongming immediately continued his deductions, and as he went through them, he was immediately dumbfounded.
This Primordial Celestial Venerable is truly a ruthless person!
It turns out that the calamity of the Investiture of the Gods had already passed, but Jiang Ziya had not achieved immortality, nor could he be enshrined as a god. He was even burdened with karmic obstacles and could only die with resentment in his heart.
However, Yuanshi Tianzun was also a ruthless person. Seeing that Jiang Ziya had entered the cycle of reincarnation, he did not let him go. First, he used the fortune of the Chan Sect to eliminate part of his karma, and then he left a bit of his spiritual light and put him into the cycle of reincarnation. However, this cycle of reincarnation was different from that of others.
Jiang Ziya's cycle of reincarnation was truly miserable to the extreme.
During the Investiture of the Gods, he fought to the death for the Chan Sect, ultimately suffering karmic retribution.
And in the many cycles of reincarnation, every time the Zhou royal family encountered a crisis...
Under the arrangement of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, Jiang Ziya, who was reincarnated, always appeared precisely, like a firefighter, to help the Zhou royal family turn the tide and regain its strength.
It is precisely because of this that the Zhou royal family has been able to continue to this day. It's just a pity for Jiang Ziya, who, no matter how many lifetimes he has been reincarnated, could not escape the fate of "working" for the Chan Sect.
They are truly the most "miserable" working class in the entire world.
After learning the whole story, Zhao Gongming simply smiled and had no intention of disrupting the Chan Sect's plan.
Although Yuanshi Tianzun had his own selfish motives, he wanted to prolong the Zhou Dynasty's reign, maintain the fortunes of the Chan Sect, and give the disciples of the Chan Sect a chance to breathe.
However, this move also provides the Jie Sect with an opportunity to accumulate strength.
Whether it's serving as the head of the underworld or constructing ley line nodes to repair the shattered ley lines and spiritual veins of the primordial world, it all requires a great deal of time.
Every moment, the foundation of the Jie Sect disciples is improving at an astonishing rate.
In comparison, even with the blessing of good fortune, it would probably take a considerable amount of time for those useless members of the Chan Sect to recover their cultivation levels before the Great Calamity.
In other words, how long the Zhou Dynasty can last depends on when those useless people can fully recover their cultivation.
As for going further, the fortune of the Zhou Dynasty alone is far from enough!
Therefore, the continuation of the Zhou Dynasty at most allowed the disciples of the Jade Void Sect to recover their cultivation, but they gained absolutely no benefit from it.
Yuanshi Tianzun was probably well aware of this.
But the biggest problem facing them right now is not the restoration of the cultivation of the disciples of the Chan Sect.
Rather, it was during the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods that he let a wolf into his house, causing his brothers to turn against each other, triggering a series of chain reactions.
The Three Pure Ones broke apart, Buddhism emerged, and the fortunes of Taoism were greatly diminished.
All of this was trouble caused by Yuan Shi.
It was precisely for this reason that Yuanshi Tianzun played a trick, ensuring that the Zhou royal family's reign would last for eight hundred years, calculated in terms of Heavenly Court time.
Zhao Gongming was naturally pleased with this.
You want to continue the Zhou royal family? Fine, but the one most anxious about this matter is probably not the Jie Sect, but the Western Buddhist sect.
After all, the Zhou royal family represents the destiny of the Chan sect. Your Zhou royal family has continued uninterrupted, but when will my Buddhist sect be able to prosper?
As for what he needs to do now, he naturally sits on the sidelines and watches the tigers fight. While the situation is still relatively stable, he should go into seclusion to cultivate and improve his cultivation level once again!
After all, as the great calamity evolves, the situation in the Earthly Immortal Realm will not always remain as stable as it is now.
At that time, no amount of planning could be as effective as one's own fists.
While pondering, Zhao Gongming had already returned to the Ziwei Imperial Palace. After informing the righteous god of the Ziwei Department that he was going into seclusion to cultivate, Zhao Gongming sat cross-legged.
hum!
With a thought, a vast expanse of auspicious clouds unfolded, and above the clouds, fragments of the Jade Butterfly of Creation emitted boundless divine light and Daoist charm.
Amidst the auspicious clouds, numerous treasures, including the Primordial Measuring Ruler and the Thirty-Six Heavens World, floated and sank, emitting astonishing radiance.
Zhao Gongming was immersed in the divine light of the Dao, feeling his primordial spirit become extremely clear, and he was comprehending and understanding the complex laws of the Great Dao at an astonishing speed.
With the blessing of the Enlightenment Treasure, his own primordial spirit cultivation was also improving at an astonishing rate.
Unbeknownst to them, while Zhao Gongming was in seclusion cultivating, tens of thousands of years had passed in the Earthly Immortal Realm.
During this period, the Jade Void Golden Immortals, relying on the fortune of the Zhou royal family, also restored their primordial spirit cultivation to the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Dipankara, who was suppressed in the underworld and subjected to the punishment of being burned by karmic fire, has also broken free and returned to Mount Sumeru. He also brought back the reincarnation of Samantabhadra. However, at this time, Samantabhadra's expression was somewhat blank. He had been reincarnated a hundred times, all of which were the animal realm that he hated the most.
Moreover, this was done while he was conscious, and the psychological trauma inflicted was no less than that inflicted on Taiyi Zhenren.
Apart from the Chan sect and Western Buddhism, the Ren sect here seems to be peaceful.
However, on this day, Tai Shang, who was in the chaotic starry sky, was also startled by the existence of the Zhou royal family after doing some divination in his spare time!
Boundless Heavenly Venerable!
Is the royal family's eight hundred reigns this week calculated in terms of the Yuanhui (a unit of time)?
It's been almost 100,000 years since the end of the Investiture of the Gods, so why is the royal family still alive and kicking this week?
After some deduction, Taishang instinctively frowned.
Sure enough, this was another thing that his second brother had done.
Originally, during the Investiture of the Gods, he had a very good relationship with Yuanshi Tianzun, but now, Yuanshi Tianzun's actions have made Taishang somewhat unable to stand it.
After a moment's thought, Taishang frowned, seemingly ready to meddle in this trivial matter.
However, before that, he had another plan that couldn't be delayed any longer.
After thinking it over, Taishang directly transmitted his voice to his good corpse, and a moment later, Taishang's good corpse had arrived.
"My plans for the journey to the west cannot be delayed any longer!"
Today, I'd like to trouble you, fellow Daoist, to make the trip and bring this person along, and also take care of his matter at the same time!
With a wave of his hand, the Supreme Being conjured up a prayer mat out of thin air.
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