Man in the wilderness, Shui Yuan becomes a saint

Chapter 209: Three Hundred Years, Emperor Jun's Attraction
The Xuanmen Daoguo Ceremony, the Demon Sect and the remnants of Chaos attack together, Taiyi proves his Dao, Emperor Jun leads the demon clan to fight against the Wu Sect...

All of these things happened too quickly, occurred suddenly, and ended just as suddenly.

Until this moment, after the prehistoric world had temporarily fallen into a brief period of calm, many people finally reacted. Immediately, countless turbulent undercurrents appeared between heaven and earth.

Whether it is the innate gods or the acquired races, they obviously need to weigh the pros and cons and take sides at this moment, choose their own position in such a chaotic world, and show it to everyone as proof that they can temporarily gain a foothold in the catastrophe.

In this process, the first to make their stance clear were the demon clan. Without a doubt, they chose to support their own emperor to become the Emperor of Heaven and to establish a brand new heaven for the demon clan. This was a decision that could be made directly without much thought.

Immediately, the ten great demon saints and the demon emperor Jun ascended to heaven together. At the same time, some powerful people who had ambiguous attitudes towards the demon clan but whose positions were not clear enough were also incorporated, such as Kunpeng, who has always been known as a demon master but whose position with the Sun Palace is not completely consistent.

Di Jun visited in person and invited Kunpeng to come out of seclusion for help in the name of the Emperor of Heaven. Under the influence of the greater good, Kunpeng, a lone ranger with no other backing and no intention of rebelling against the heaven, certainly did not have much choice. He accepted Di Jun's invitation and ascended to heaven.

At this point, the power of the demon race has been thoroughly integrated. Looking at the acquired races, nearly 80% of the power has been united by Di Jun under the brand-new demon race heaven system, and the forces under his command are unprecedentedly strong.

The demon army almost swept across the ancient world, bringing tremendous pressure to other ancient powerful beings!
Under the pressure, many divine lineages in the Nine Heavens Realm had to compromise. Facing Emperor Jun, who already had legal authority, these people chose to bow their heads and formally acknowledged Taiyi's last will and expressed their support for Emperor Jun's accession to the throne.

On the contrary, in the underworld under the jurisdiction of Hou Tu, countless ghosts and gods together with the lineage of the Earth Emperor Palace expressed their absolute support for the Witch Clan. The Witch Clan also began to recruit some relatively powerful acquired races that refused to acknowledge the concept of the demon clan as their subordinates.

As a result, the power of the witch clan has rarely expanded, and the balance of power between the witches and demons has remained stable to a certain extent.

While both sides were constantly recruiting soldiers and expanding their power in preparation for war, some other changes also took place in the prehistoric world - the first and foremost were the contraction of the Xuanmen power and the reappearance of the Demonic Sect in the West!
Regarding the contraction of Xuanmen, this was obviously a decision made jointly within Xuanmen. A group of Xuanmen high-level officials, including Sanqing, Qi Yu, Fuxi, Nuwa, Queen Mother of the West and others, all knew that before the final outcome of the war, both the Wumen and the demon clan in heaven would be extremely wary of Xuanmen and would never easily provoke the Kunlun lineage!
However, this does not mean that Xuanmen has the strength to challenge both sides at the same time - in fact, although Xuanmen is now powerful, it is still somewhat inferior to either the witch or the demon clan, and it still lacks in comprehensive strength. The only strong ones are the high-end deterrent forces like Sanqing and Qi Yu!

Therefore, under the condition of not being provoked, keeping a low profile is what the Xuanmen considers to be the most worthwhile choice; however, it is worth mentioning that the Xuanmen did not keep a low profile on two things, one was the merger with Fengqi Mountain, and the other was the re-establishment of the Supreme Daluo Heaven in the sky.

The former, such as the confluence of two powerful veins like Fengqi Mountain and Kunlun, should have aroused the fear of the gods, but at this special time, they managed to complete the transition and confluence in calm waters. This is simply a miracle throughout the ages!
As for the latter, the Chaos Yuan Qi Sea came from the legacy of Taiyi after all, so Xuanmen's acquisition of it was considered robbery. However, with Qi Yu's strong push, this incident still happened, in order to test the attitude of witches and monsters, especially the attitude of the monster clan in heaven.

Fortunately, in this matter, the demon clan’s heavenly court finally chose to deal with it coldly, and the witch clan also ignored it.

As a result, the Xuan Sect successfully ensured its absolute neutrality and watched the catastrophe unfold with a smile. In contrast, the Demon Sect was hunted down by the entire God Clan because of its comeback and its obstruction of Taiyi's enlightenment.

At one time, Mount Sumeru in the west, the demon clan's heavenly court, the Buzhou Mountain Witch Clan and other forces all began to take targeted actions against the Demon Clan in a very tacit manner.

Of course, during this process, our side still encountered constant friction. During this period, several wars of varying scales and intensities broke out again between the witches and monsters. In the most serious one, the flames of war even spread into the South Gate of Heaven!
In this way, after three hundred years of stumbling and falling, Kunlun Mountain finally welcomed the messenger from heaven again. Naturally, it was not Jin Bianshi from the past, but Ji Meng, one of the ten demon saints from the Sun Palace and an old acquaintance of Qi Yu.

This time, after paying homage to the Three Pure Ones, Queen Mother of the West and others, Ji Meng came to Qi Yu. At this moment, he was talking in the main hall of the Dongyuan Palace.

"Your Majesty Xishen, the Heavenly Emperor is about to take the throne and hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens to rectify the relationship between the ruler and his subjects. Your Majesty, as the righteous god of the Heavenly Court and the Emperor of the Gods, should follow the righteous path of the world and follow the will of the former Taiyi Emperor and go to the Heavenly Court to pay homage to the new Heavenly Emperor."

"Your Majesty is the former ally of His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven. We have some favors between us. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven has said that if Your Majesty is willing to lead the immortals of Xuanmen to the Heavenly Court, His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven is willing to confer the title of Great Emperor of Dongyin on Your Majesty. You will be the Water God and take the throne of the Black Emperor. Your rank will be superior to that of other gods, and your position will be only below that of the Emperor of Heaven!"

"Even if it is the Three Pure Ones, His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven is willing to confer the title of the founder of the religion, respect him as the Taoist master of the immortal way, and regard the immortal way as the orthodox way of the ancient world, and no longer list it among the side sects."

"As for the matter of the Heavenly Abyss, if the Xuanmen is willing to report to the Heavenly Court, then His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor will not pursue it. His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor once said that the Nine Heavenly Abysses may be related to the matter of a certain Xuanmen Tianzun's enlightenment. In this regard, the Heavenly Court is willing to support it and will not make it difficult."

As he spoke, Ji Meng bowed deeply towards Qi Yu.

"Such courtesy has never been seen since the creation of the world. Even the Three Sovereigns of the Ancient Times did not treat guests with such courtesy. I beg Your Majesty to think twice and not let down His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven's kindness!"

The reason why Ji Meng was given the mission to Kunlun was obviously because Emperor Jun took advantage of the fact that Ji Meng had some friendly relations with Tianhe Water Palace in the past. This was a move to ease the relationship between the two sides. And this time, Emperor Jun really put in a lot of effort and paid a huge price in order to gain the "support" of Xuanmen.

In this regard, Qi Yu did not express any direct opinion, but sent Ji Meng away for the time being - since Xuanmen has already decided to rebel against heaven and set up another heaven, it is natural that they cannot have the experience of submitting to the demon clan heaven and giving others a handle in such a matter.

Therefore, the immortals of Xuanmen can watch the ceremony, but they cannot accept the reward from the Heavenly Court, let alone pay homage in public. This is the common will of all the powerful Xuanmen! However, although this is the case, the way of rejection must not be so blunt, let alone too direct - Xuanmen is not planning to raise the flag against the Heaven after all!

With this idea in mind, Qi Yu did not reject the proposal from Di Jun outright, but instead appropriately showed some hesitation and wavering in line with the position of a neutral third party, as if he really just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pick up a bargain, and had no intention of coveting the artifact.

He even said this explicitly to Ji Meng.

"I know of Daoist Fellow Di Jun's good intentions. Daoist Fellow Di Jun has now inherited the throne of Heavenly Emperor, and has been appointed as the successor by Emperor Taiyi in the past. He should inherit the orthodoxy of the Three Realms and take the throne of Heavenly Emperor."

"The situation in the prehistoric world is complicated and there are many chaos on the earth. Daoist friend Di Jun is willing to put things right. As a divine monarch, I should support him."

"However, I am only one of the ancestors of Xuanmen after all. Many things cannot be decided by a single word. Xuanmen is now involved in many issues, so I cannot act rashly. For many things, I should consult the Three Pure Ones first, and then work with the Queen Mother of the Jade Pool to promote them together."

"Therefore, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Daoist Brother Dijun to wait a little longer."

Having said that, Qi Yu smiled and continued after a pause.

"Of course, Daoist Fellow Di Jun's ascension to the throne is a major event. When the time comes, I will personally ascend to heaven to congratulate and watch the great ceremony of my God Clan!"

Qi Yu's tone was sonorous, and Ji Meng believed it immediately after considering that the other party was of noble status and would definitely not use words to deceive him. However, he did not know that people's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be. How can the world today be compared with the ancient times when the customs were pure and simple? Times have long since changed!

The "simple" Ji Meng did not even realize the language traps contained in Qi Yu's series of deceptions - what does "watching the great ceremony of our God Clan" mean? There is a huge difference between watching the ceremony and paying homage, one represents submission, while the other has no practical significance and does not represent any position, it just means that one will be present.

In addition, there are of course many other unclear references -

For example, "I must personally ascend to heaven to congratulate", who are we congratulating? What are we congratulating?
For example, "As a divine monarch, I support Emperor Jun in rectifying the chaos." Who is against it? Who is for it?

In short, they were all just verbal promises. Even the trip to Heaven was a deliberate decision made because Qi Yu wanted to witness the epic scene of the Twelve Ancestral Witches personally fighting in Heaven!

For a moment, Ji Meng thought that he had successfully completed his mission. At least he had taken down the position of Qi Yu, the Emperor of Xishen, and could exert a great influence on Xuanmen.

But he didn't know that after he left, even Wangshu felt a little sorry for him and smiled at Qi Yu with a mischievous look on his face.

"My husband has become a bad person now. How did he learn so many tricks to deceive honest people? Ji Meng was half of your subordinate back then, but he showed no mercy at all and deceived people so much that they didn't even realize they were fooled by you, my husband!"

Qi Yu obviously didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"The current social order is no longer as simple as it was in ancient times. To be an honest person? Not to mention attaining enlightenment, it's probably hard to even survive. Without a backer, I'm afraid that those honest people would be eaten up by others at any time. Including Ji Meng. Isn't it all thanks to Emperor Jun's appreciation? Otherwise, how could he have been in charge of the Tianhe Water Palace?"

Obviously, Qi Yu still looked down on Ji Meng to some extent. The main reason was that Ji Meng's performance during his years in charge of the Water Palace was extremely mediocre and he could not get the recognition from Qi Yu, the Great Emperor Shui Yuan.

Wangshu was of course aware of this, but that didn't stop her from teasing Qi Yu, so she continued.

"To put it bluntly, husband, aren't you still bullying an honest person? To be honest, Di Jun's offer is really generous, husband, are you really not tempted at all?"

In response, Qi Yu smiled.

"How can Di Jun be so kind? I don't believe these conditions at all!"

There will be more later.

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(End of this chapter)