The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 186 Mount Tai - The Third Great Power!

Zhou Yan, disguised as the Lord of Mount Tai, summoned the three fellows, Shi Xuanxing and Shi Xuanxing. The three of them came over triumphantly and reported on the events of the past few days. It turned out that after Zhou Yan announced his intention to cut down the mountain and destroy the temple, the monsters of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two peaks trembled with fear.

Later, these brilliant strategists began to conduct large-scale military training around the entire area near Mount Tai.

Every day, the monsters would see more than six thousand stone giants carrying weapons, marching in formation all over the mountains and fields, their footsteps shaking the earth. They would become terrified and unable to sleep well.

The demons of the seventy-two peaks and thirty-six caves lived in fear for quite some time.

In the end, I realized that this was probably all there was to it.

Good guy!
These Taishan Guards immediately donned heavy armor and went out fully armed.

The leader, Shi Xuanxing, exuded an overwhelming murderous aura.

I don't know where the news came from, but it said that what was just training before was now being recruited!

In an instant, chaos erupted throughout the entire Dongyue region. Countless demons packed their belongings overnight and fled the Dongyue area with their families to avoid being attacked and their temples destroyed by the Lord of the Mountain.

Those who couldn't escape, and lacking much will to fight, surrendered immediately.

Almost all the demons of the Dongyue lineage were wiped out, leaving only a few well-known and powerful demons who, with the help of the earth's veins, defended the mountains and rivers, showing a posture of fighting to the death with the Taishan Guards under the command of the Taishan Lord.

Shi Xuanxing said smugly, "We dare not deal with these monsters easily, so we have kept them there, waiting for you, Lord!"

"Your Majesty, shall we bring them here now?!"

Zhou Yan glanced at the Dao Fruits, his expression unchanged, and said in a calm voice:
"You may all step back. I have other plans."

Shi Xuanxing said, "Alright, Lord, just call us if you need them."

This speaking style made Lao Tudi jump up and strike Shi Xuanxing's knee hard with his cane.

After the three of them left, Zhou Yan rubbed his temples.

He said that destroying mountains and temples was just to intimidate the surrounding guys. He didn't expect that Shi Xuanxing and his two smart brothers would be so efficient. After Zhou Yan spoke, Shi Xuanxing and the Taishan Guards went straight to attack one mountain after another.

They grabbed the weapons and treasures that the Duke of Mount Tai had hidden away and started smashing them!

"Open the door! Taishanwei!"

Many of the monsters who picked up the fragments of Taishan Gong's Dao Fruit treated them as treasures to study. After Shi Xuanxing and the others searched them, they all brought them to Zhou Yan's hands, each one shining with a dazzling light.

Looking at these fragments, Zhou Yan's mind stirred, and as the purple energy circulated, it sealed off Mount Tai.

"The last time I absorbed the fragments, I gained the power to depose and confer titles upon the mountain god."

"What new forces will join this time?"

The jade talisman representing the status of the Lord of Mount Tai emitted a stream of light, devouring all the fragments of the previous Mount Tai gods and the Lord of Mount Tai. Within the jade talisman, boundless light emanated, and this time, even the jade book faintly emitted a bright light!

Where Zhou Yan's true form was located, the Imperial Seal of the State shimmered with light.

Suddenly, the jade book began to flip violently, flipping to the very front in one go. In an instant, the fragments of the Mount Tai Justice Fruit split apart. The part that belonged to power and authority was absorbed by the Tai character jade talisman, while the other part of cause and effect flew into the jade book.

"Huh? Is the Duke of Taishan going to be included in the Imperial Register this time as well?"

"This is the first time something like this has happened."

Zhou Yan had never seen such a change before. Out of curiosity, he summoned the jade book and looked at the extra page. He couldn't help but wonder what kind of supernatural power the Duke of Taishan would transform into if his Dao fruit and magical power were sealed in the jade book.

Is it like Mount Tai pressing down on you?
I was thinking as I looked.

Within the jade book, a stream of light appeared, faintly revealing a scene.

On the mountain, a man in black robes stood with his back to Mount Tai, his sleeves rolled up, exuding a calm and composed air. He held a sword at his waist and had a small seal hanging from it. The Duke of Mount Tai stood beside him with his head bowed, his expression solemn and dignified.

"This is... the Duke of Taishan? Who is he talking to?"

"Why does the Duke of Taishan seem to show him some respect?"

As Zhou Yan was puzzled, the page of the jade book suddenly lit up, and countless images rose between Zhou Yan's brows. Images flashed before his eyes, as if a breeze was blowing and flying past his temples, among which were many green leaves.

"How come it worked so well this time?"

"It's not just a simple memory, but rather like a virtual illusion?"

Zhou Yan's eyes swept around, seeing the swirling clouds, the black-clad man with his back to him standing with his hands behind his back, and the Taishan Duke standing solemnly. The surrounding clouds were churning, clearly indicating that he had entered the Taishan Duke's memories. Seeing a rock over there, he simply sat cross-legged there, watching the show.

The man watched the churning sea of ​​clouds for a long time before speaking:
"Qing, what are you still thinking about?"

The man in black glanced to the side, and Zhou Yan saw the jade seal hanging from the man's waist, as well as the long, jet-black sword at his waist. After a moment's thought, he guessed who it was.

Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng?!

Were these messages preserved in the fragments of Taishan Gong's Dao Fruit?
Zhou Yan seemed to be deep in thought, pondering—

It was because of the jade book, the Taoist fruit of the Duke of Taishan, and the jade seal that it was activated.

A series of thoughts flashed through Zhou Yan's mind.

She looked at the man in front of her with curiosity.

This man was the one who made the theory of Xuan Guan (a high-ranking official) even more popular, and whose ascension to heaven is recorded in history. Whether in the history he knows or in the history of today, he is an unparalleled hero.

As he was sizing up the Qin Emperor, he heard the voice of 'Duke of Mount Tai' say:
"Since Your Majesty has such great ambition, I should agree. However, there have been seventy-two previous kings who performed the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai. There are already established rules. How can Your Majesty not follow the rules?"

The Emperor Qin laughed heartily, “The so-called rules of the ancient kings only concerned a small area; how could their rules possibly bind me, Lord Taishan…”

The Emperor Qin gazed at the Duke of Taishan.

The Emperor Qin had a pair of narrow, sharp eyes, and suddenly smiled:

"Oh, speaking of which..."

"It's rare for you to see me, is there anything you wish to obtain?"

The Duke of Taishan said in a cold tone, "I am already the head of the Five Sacred Mountains, and I do not need an imperial decree."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes and muttered, "If you don't want anything, why pretend? You already sent it yourself."

"Lord Taishan really doesn't understand. You were fine, but in the end you perished, causing such a huge mess. Monsters are popping up everywhere, and the other four mountains all want to take away your authority."

"Even if you don't want any divine weapons or powerful artifacts, at least give me some special abilities!"

"They dumped a huge mess on me."

Of course, Zhou Yan was just rambling on and on, but the Taishan Duke in his memory would naturally follow his past words and actions, saying: "I am the ancestor of all mountains, the lord of all mountains. I am already a king, and even if I am granted a title, it is only a temporary blessing of humanity."

"There's no way to transform it into a power that's useful to me."

The Qin Emperor, leaning on his sword, laughed: "In ancient times, the era when humans and gods lived together was not too far gone. Even the seashore had the Kunpeng. Even if you are the so-called head of the Five Sacred Mountains, how can you compare with Buzhou Mountain, or even Kunlun?"

"In the end, I just feel that my Fengshan ceremony is useless to you."

The Duke of Taishan paused for a moment, then, with a hint of arrogance, said:

"The reason I am able to become the head of the Five Sacred Mountains is because among the seventy-two people throughout history, twelve special people performed the Fengshan ceremony: Wu Huai Shi, Fu Xi Shi, Shen Nong Shi, Yan Di, Huang Di, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, and King Cheng of Zhou."

"Emperor Qin, you are strong, but how do you compare to these twelve?"

"Emperor Qin, if you come to perform the Fengshan ceremony, you should follow their rules."

The Emperor Qin laughed loudly: "How can the rules of the past suppress me?"

"I shall use this as an opportunity to perform the Fengshan ceremony, and all emperors of past dynasties shall offer sacrifices to it."

"Listen to him!"

The Qin Emperor pointed to the sky and strode forward with composure:
“When offering sacrifices to Heaven, firewood is burned, and Heaven refers to the sun; when offering sacrifices to Earth, burial is performed, which is to worship the moon.”

"To Mount Tai, we should increase its height to repay Heaven; and increase its thickness to repay Earth."

"By communicating between heaven and man, and harmonizing heaven, earth, gods, humans, and ghosts, Mount Tai possesses this supernatural power."

The Duke of Taishan possessed the indifference and detachment of an ancient being, and simply said, "Even if you do this, it will be of no use to me. It would take at least a thousand years and successive generations of Fengshan sacrifices to give birth to the rudimentary form of power."

The Qin Emperor asked, "A thousand years?"

His long, narrow eyes held a faint smile as he said slowly, "Indeed, only those things planted now, through a thousand years of legend, have the potential to develop supernatural powers and abilities that transcend the ordinary world."

"But perhaps a thousand years of gestation is just right, don't you think?"

The Emperor Qin glanced sideways at the Duke of Taishan.

Then, just as Zhou Yan was enjoying the show, the Emperor Qin took a step to the side.

Across time and memory, the emperor's gaze met Zhou Yan's.

Those were a pair of dark, almost lifeless eyes.

"【卿】?"

"What do you think?"

! ! ! ! !

Zhou Yan's pupils contracted sharply. In this memory, the jade seal at his waist appeared. Everything on Mount Tai seemed to collapse, leaving only the young Taoist sitting cross-legged there, one hand supporting his chin, looking up; and the Qin Emperor, dressed in black robes, bowing his head with his hand on his arm.

The two stared at each other for a fleeting moment.

In an instant, the memory abruptly ended, and the image of Mount Tai reappeared before Zhou Yan's eyes. However, his heart was pounding violently, and Zhou Yan felt as if he had seen a ghost.

Zhou Yan controlled his emotions and calmed down.

"Qin Emperor, did you see 'me'?"

"Because of the connection to the Imperial Seal, or something else? This shouldn't be the case, after all, it's just a fragment of memory from the Taishan Fairness Fruit, something that 'has already happened,' but..."

Zhou Yan thought that if all living beings in this world were woven within the fabric of time, then he himself was not the original inhabitant of this world, while Qin Huang was the only one recorded in writing to have ascended to immortality.

"If it's just a problem with fragments of memories within the Dao Fruit, then that's fine."

"If it really is the Qin Emperor..."

"Is it because of the Dao Fruit of the First-Rank Duke of Mount Tai that he left a message for future generations, or is it because of the resonance of the Kunlun treasures that he was able to meet briefly; or did he sense something and deduce that someone in future generations would see these scenes?"

"If that's the case, then there's a big problem."

"A photograph taken across time? Or is it a glimpse into the changes that will occur a thousand years from now?"

"Qin Shi Huang is the only one who is confirmed to have ascended from a human to a god; I am not from this world, so he wouldn't really have the ability to go through the timeline and slap this 'smuggler' like me, would he?"

Zhou Yan was lost in thought, silently complaining. He stretched out his hand, and the one-third of the Imperial Seal of the State slowly rotated in his palm, as quiet as ever. As he pondered all this, he looked at the scene that appeared on the jade book: "The Emperor Qin Ascending Mount Tai".

Because the fragments of the Dao Fruit of the Duke of Taishan are incomplete, this jade book contains no supernatural powers, only the Duke of Taishan's memories and past.

With a thought, Zhou Yan's mind stirred, and the jade talisman with the character "Tai" appeared in front of him, slowly rotating.

Just like last time.

The jade talisman with the character "泰" can devour fragments of the original Dao Fruit of the Duke of Taishan and extend its authority.

This time, however, Zhou Yan did not allow the jade talisman to absorb the Dao Fruit of the Duke of Taishan on its own. Instead, he followed the words of the Qin Emperor and deduced the changes. As a result, the jade talisman slowly rotated, and the fragments of the Dao Fruit of the Duke of Taishan turned into streams of light, spreading across the sky and the earth.

To communicate between heaven and humanity, and to harmonize heaven, earth, gods, humans, and spirits!
Thus, from the time of Qin Shi Huang onwards, emperors of all dynasties performed the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, absorbing the divine essence remaining from the sun and moon. The Lord of Mount Tai, seemingly arrogant about his own antiquity, was indifferent to this newfound power.

This was Zhou Yan's first attempt to control these powers.

The authority that has spread this time will not be the power that the Lord of Mount Tai once possessed, but a brand new power that has emerged from the gathering of the mountain god's position with the power of humanity, belonging exclusively to the Lord of Mount Tai, or rather, to himself.

The jade talisman slowly rotated, and Zhou Yan held it between his fingers.

His pupils narrowed, and in that instant, he felt the weight of Mount Tai, and felt the 'seed of power' planted a thousand years ago, which sealed the heavens and the earth, and used the position of Mount Tai to suppress the gods, humans, and spirits!
The primary authority of the Lord of Mount Tai is to suppress the earth's veins.

The second authority allows one to depose the gods of the Five Sacred Mountains and other mountains with a single thought.

Lord of Mount Tai - The Third Great Power.

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【life and death】.

(End of this chapter)