Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 99 Each Saint's Pawn

Meanwhile, the God-level Selection System also began to stir, becoming particularly active during every major calamity.

"Ding! A great calamity has been detected. The gods Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao are about to be born. The host may make the following choices."

"Option 1: Take Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao as your disciples, and you will receive a copy of the Yin-Yang Origin Law as a reward."

"Option Two: Accept one of them as a disciple and you will receive a copy of the Origin of the Law of Cause and Effect as a reward."

"Option 3: Ignore this matter and continue to observe the changes. You will receive a copy of the Origin of the Laws of Destiny as a reward."

……

Upon hearing the choices offered by the system, Hongyun's heart stirred: Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao, the figures of the Investiture of the Gods?

Does this mean that both of them were deified?

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Aren't Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao the opposites of each other, one yin and one yang?

They played an extremely important role in the great eons.

However, despite this, Hongyun was too lazy to interfere, and he didn't really intend to participate in this great calamity.

But at that moment, Hongyun suddenly frowned, then relaxed.

"Interesting. This Shen Gongbao seems to have some kind of connection with me?"

Hongyun muttered to himself, "The great calamity has only just begun. With his sage-like ability to deduce, he can still deduce many things."

He deduced that Shen Gongbao and he had some kind of predestined connection with him.

"And it's not just Shen Gongbao; in this great calamity, it's probably not only a bounty for Buddhism, but also for Confucianism?"

Hongyun sighed.

Unexpectedly, the cause and effect of his initial leadership in establishing the Western Religion still has a role to play today.

"Fine."

After thinking for a moment, Hongyun calmed down: "After all, it is the will of Heaven that Confucianism will flourish and become a major sect no less than Buddhism. Moreover, in addition to Confucianism, Lao Tzu's Taoism will also flourish in the future."

"Do Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism divide the cosmic energy into three parts?"

Thinking of this, Hongyun couldn't help but silently calculate again. Of course, Hongyun wouldn't forget Shen Gongbao.

He didn't intend to capture Shen Gongbao immediately.

If Shen Gongbao could experience the Investiture of the Gods calamity firsthand, it would be of great benefit to him.

Of course, most importantly, this great calamity would be incomplete without Shen Gongbao.

How could we forget Shen Gongbao, one of the two Investiture of the Gods, one representing Yin and the other Yang? Especially since Shen Gongbao is much more interesting than Jiang Shang.

With a flick of his finger, Hongyun sent a five-colored streak of light flying out from the Pure Heaven and into the primordial wilderness.

It crashed into the eastern land, into a forest somewhere, where a newborn leopard cub lived.

The light then disappeared into the little leopard's body.

At the same time, another person who was conferred the title of god, Jiang Shang, was also born, but Jiang Shang was a human.

Hongyun ignored it.

As Hongyun channeled the stream of light into Shen Gongbao's body, the system automatically acknowledged that Hongyun had made her choice.

Hongyun obtained a copy of the origin of the law of cause and effect.

This wasn't the first time Hongyun had obtained the origin of the law of cause and effect; however, each piece of the origin of the law of cause and effect could deepen Hongyun's understanding of the law of cause and effect.

Hongyun naturally accepted it all. With a single breath, he swallowed the source of the law of cause and effect, and directly refined and comprehended it.

Meanwhile, the great calamity is still ongoing.

On this day, the system notification sounded in his mind again: "Ding, it has been detected that King Di Xin of Shang is about to go to the Nuwa Temple to offer incense. The host may make the following choices."

"Option 1: Stop Zhunti's scheme and prevent Di Xin from being deceived by him and writing a poem that blasphemes against the Goddess Nuwa. You will receive a copy of the Origin of Creation Laws as a reward."

"Option Two: Let things unfold as they will, thus fully unveiling the prelude to the Great Calamity, and you will receive a copy of the Origin of the Laws of Space and Time as a reward."

……

"Um?"

Upon hearing the system's prompt, Hongyun's eyes lit up. The origin of the laws of space and time? Hongyun didn't think for long and quickly made his choice.

"System, I choose option two."

Hongyun had little sympathy for Di Xin, nor did he believe that Di Xin was the last human emperor.

And then he became the emperor.

In fact, the phrase "Heavenly Mandate of the Black Bird descended and gave birth to the Shang Dynasty" already indicates that Emperor Xin was indeed a "Son of Heaven".

As for the Human Emperor, who was completely free from the constraints of destiny, it can be said that there was no one like him in the entire prehistoric world.

Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were merely figures established by various sages.

Even the emperor, let alone a sage, cannot escape the constraints of the Way of Heaven and must follow the Mandate of Heaven.

What right did Emperor Xin have to say that he wasn't the Son of Heaven?

Moreover, Zhunti's methods were merely a form of manipulation for Di Xin.

It is not completely under control.

Therefore, what Di Xin did was actually what he himself did, and it was the poems he wrote himself.

It was also the country he himself ruined.

However, Zhunti exerted a strong influence in this process, and Di Xin was unknowingly tricked and unable to extricate himself from the scheme.

Just like the Ten Golden Crows back then. Zhunti also mainly used inducement to completely unleash the wildness of the Ten Golden Crows.

In order to achieve the goal.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to escape the cause and effect of the Heavenly Dao, and his share of karma would also be counted.

However, this is merely a form of inducement. Furthermore, since Zhunti is well-versed in the law of cause and effect, he can circumvent these obstacles and achieve his goals without being implicated.

Moreover, the Shang Dynasty's fortunes were indeed coming to an end; it was merely a human dynasty and did not involve their own interests.

Hongyun was too lazy to care about it or help it prolong its life.

Of course, most importantly, this great calamity has only just begun, and Hongyun does not want to alert the enemy and disrupt the rhythm.

Then the game will become much more difficult.

As soon as Hongyun made her choice, the system's rewards were distributed.

An incomparably profound source appeared before Hongyun. This was the source of the laws of spacetime.

The laws of spacetime, the way of spacetime!

This is a great tonic! Both the Dao of Time and the Dao of Space are among the top-ranked Daos in the Three Thousand Daos.

Few other avenues can compare to it.

Moreover, the Way of Space-Time, formed by the combination of two Great Ways, is even more profound.

This is also more beneficial to Hongyun's understanding of the world's way.

Hongyun swallowed the origin of this spacetime, silently refined it, comprehended the Dao of spacetime, and strengthened his own Dao of the World.

Not long after, Di Xin angered the goddess Nuwa by writing a poem.

In fact, it wasn't that Goddess Nuwa couldn't deduce what Zhunti had done behind the scenes, but the problem was, just like when Zhunti plotted against the Ten Golden Crows.

This cause and effect cannot fall on him; if Goddess Nuwa wants to settle accounts, then she can only place them on Emperor Xin.

In addition, all the sages knew about this great calamity and wanted to get through it as soon as possible.

Besides, Zhunti also owed her a favor. After some deep thought, Nuwa took the Demon-Summoning Banner, gathered the demons, and then sent out the three demons from Xuanyuan Tomb: the thousand-year-old fox spirit, the nine-headed pheasant spirit, and the jade pipa spirit.

He ordered these three to enter the royal palace in Chaoge, hoping to ruin the fortunes of the Shang Dynasty.

Not long after this incident, another Taoist priest arrived at Nuwa Palace. He was none other than Taiyi Zhenren, one of the twelve Golden Immortals under the tutelage of Yuanshi Tianzun.

It turns out that the matter of the Nuwa Temple was also seen by Yuanshi Tianzun, and by taking advantage of this cause and effect, Yuanshi Tianzun sent Taiyi Zhenren to visit Nuwa.

After a brief calculation, the Goddess Nuwa understood the purpose of the Primordial Heavenly Lord and granted his wish by casting a spiritual pearl into the primordial world.

He will be reborn as a spirit, and will serve as the vanguard in the campaign to overthrow the Shang dynasty. He is none other than Nezha, the spirit pearl.

(End of this chapter)