Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start.

Chapter 264 Cheng Tang's Destruction of Xia, Kong Xuan's Breakthrough

Meanwhile, in the Southern Ming Undying Volcano, in a huge palace, Kong Xuan sat on a fiery red stone platform, his mind filled with countless thoughts.

He has now reached the late stage of Quasi-Saint, and has completely severed his three corpses. He is just waiting for the three corpses to merge into one, to prove the Great Perfection of Quasi-Saint, and then to become a Three-Corpse Saint.

However, he visited many of the three thousand guests of the Purple Cloud Pavilion from back then.

Those were all extremely ancient and powerful cultivators, most of whom were Quasi-Saints, and some were even at the Great Perfection of Quasi-Sainthood.

From them, Kong Xuan learned that attaining enlightenment through the Three Corpses was extremely difficult!

Throughout countless millennia, only the Taoist Ancestor has succeeded.

Everyone else, even Donghuang Taiyi, who was once the number one person below the sage, failed at the last hurdle.

Although Kong Xuan was proud, he was not so arrogant as to think he could far surpass Donghuang Taiyi of that time.

Moreover, having cultivated to such a level, he vaguely sensed that before the Three Corpses Technique lay an immense chasm, one that was difficult to cross.

Kong Xuan wasn't inflexible; if he couldn't overcome the obstacle, he would find another way.

Some time ago, Kong Xuan made a calculation and unexpectedly discovered that the fate of the Great Xia Dynasty was coming to an end.

So he sent a wisp of his soul down to the mortal realm, seeking a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

In the lower realm, on the banks of the Yellow River, lives the Shang tribe, an extremely ancient tribe that existed since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The tribe has more than 100,000 people, making it a medium-sized tribe.

There was a woman in the tribe named Dijian, who was young and beautiful.

At only eighteen years old, she had already blossomed into a beauty that could topple kingdoms, and was the most beautiful woman in the Shang tribe.

On this day, Di Jian went out to wash her clothes. After walking for a long time, she suddenly saw a black phoenix flapping its wings and flying towards her from the sky.

Di Jian was startled and quickly covered his eyes. He then accidentally fell to the ground.

But after waiting for most of the day, the sharp claws of the black bird and phoenix did not appear. Instead, his hand suddenly felt heavy.

Di Jian mustered his courage, opened his eyes, and saw that it was a round and crystal clear egg.

On the eggshell, carrying the supreme and mysterious creation, ancient and profound Dao patterns faintly emerge. They are very obscure and appear extremely chaotic at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth!

"Glug."

Looking at the white, glistening egg, Di Jian couldn't help but swallow.

Di Jian thought of the ferocious black phoenix from before, so he immediately set up a fire and roasted the eggs.

After eating the eggs, Di Jian returned to the Shang tribe, and soon discovered that she was pregnant!

Di Jian was greatly surprised by this. She had only eaten an egg, so how could she be pregnant?

Di Jian's pregnancy caused a small storm throughout the Shang tribe, but the storm soon subsided.

Because the Shang tribe was a backward tribe of ordinary people who spent their days hunting and farming for a living, they were too busy to have any time for gossip.

Of course, there were still some young men who, seeing Di Jian's beauty, tried to approach her and become her "second choice," but Di Jian rejected them all.

Is that what you want to do to live a good life with her?

He clearly just wants her body!

After ten months of pregnancy, the baby was born, and Di Jian gave birth to a baby boy, whom she named Qi.

After being born, Qi displayed a talent far exceeding that of ordinary people!

At this point, Di Jian finally recounted his encounter with the Black Bird.

The leaders of the Shang tribe unanimously agreed that the Black Bird and the Contract could enable the Shang tribe to rise again, so they took the Contract with them and personally taught and guided it.

At the same time, the Black Bird was established as the second totem of the Shang tribe, and it was worshipped all day long.

At the Nanming Undying Volcano, Kong Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, feeling the surge of fortune within him. He breathed a sigh of relief; now, it was up to fate.

As time passed, after Xia Gao abdicated, he passed the throne to Xia Jie.

Xia Jie was talented and capable, but also tyrannical, fond of wine, music, and women. After ascending the throne, his tyrannical nature became even more apparent. He was bloodthirsty and extremely cruel. Coupled with his astonishing and extraordinary martial prowess, no one dared to disobey him.

A century after Xia Jie ascended the throne, the Shi clan, an eastern tribe, rebelled with 200,000 troops and marched straight towards the Xia capital.

King Jie of Xia was furious and led a million iron cavalry in a personal campaign. In just half a year, he pacified the You Shi clan and captured Mei happy, the daughter of the You Shi clan chief.

Meixi was the most beautiful woman of the You Shi clan. After being captured by King Jie of Xia, she was hidden in the deep palace.

After Xia Jie obtained Mei happy, he became even more incompetent. He neglected domestic affairs, faced constant external threats, and class contradictions became increasingly acute, leading to widespread suffering and a crisis-ridden situation.

But Xia Jie did not strive for progress and became increasingly arrogant, extravagant and licentious. He "built the Inclined Palace, decorated the Jade Terrace, constructed the Jade Chamber, and erected the Jade Gate".

He also searched for beautiful women from all over the country and hid them in the harem, drinking and making merry with Moxi and the palace maids day and night.

When the Grand Historian Zhong Gu saw this, he personally tried to persuade Xia Jie, but Xia Jie was very impatient and severely reprimanded Zhong Gu.

Time flies, and hundreds of years have passed. Xia Jie has become increasingly incompetent, and the Great Xia Dynasty has fallen into turmoil.

On the shores of the East Sea, in the ancestral land of the human race, within the sacred temple of the human race, Yu the Great trembled with rage upon seeing how incompetent Xia Jie was.

They wanted to leave their ancestral homeland to cleanse their family, but were obstructed by Emperor Fuxi.

"The dynasty has its own destiny. We old folks should stay out of it. Xia Jie was a tyrant, and sooner or later someone will rise up to take his place."

During the several hundred years of Xia Jie's reign, the Shang tribe in the Yellow River basin was rising at an astonishing speed.

The current tribal chief, Cheng Tang, was a man of exceptional talent and ambition. He appointed the wise minister Yi Yin, which propelled the Shang tribe to its zenith.

The Xia dynasty was plagued by deep-seated problems, and the people were filled with resentment. Finally, with the assistance of Yi Yin, Cheng Tang officially raised an army and engaged in a decisive battle with the army led by Xia Jie at Mingtiao.

The Battle of Mingtiao was a major battle between Cheng Tang and Xia Jie.

With the blessing of the Human Emperor's fortune, both of them possessed the strength of a quasi-saint!

In the end, Cheng Tang prevailed, beheading Xia Jie. Shang Tang destroyed Xia and established Chaoge as the capital of the Shang dynasty.

With the death of Xia Jie, the prestige of Shang Tang had spread far and wide. The feudal lords, regional governors, and chieftains of clans and tribes of all sizes brought local products and tributes to Chaoge to pay homage to Shang Tang.

In an instant, the fortune of humanity underwent a great shift in the nine heavens and the endless river of humanity, and was entirely bestowed upon Cheng Tang.

However, a small portion still landed on the Nanming Undying Volcano, the ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan. On the fiery red stone platform, Kong Xuan's aura surged, his three corpses merged into one, and he attained the Great Perfection of Quasi-Sainthood.

To become the strongest being ranked below the saints of the primordial world.

"Not enough, far from enough!"

But Kong Xuan showed no joy; the amount of merit he needed was far too great.

What we have now is still far from enough. Going forward, we can only hope that the Shang dynasty will prosper for a longer period of time, which will bring him more merit and good fortune!

In the ancestral land of humanity, within the Human Temple, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors personally witnessed the destruction of the Xia dynasty by the Shang dynasty and made a momentous decision.

From now on, anyone who becomes the Human Emperor must never cultivate.

Firstly, there was a fear that if the emperor reigned for too long, it would be detrimental to the dynasty.

Secondly, it was to ensure the flow of the emperor's fortune and maintain his vitality at all times.

Third, there was the fear that the human emperor, with the blessing of human destiny, would gain extremely powerful strength, but would be unable to control it, thus causing disaster to all living beings, just like Xia Jie.

Soon, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors came to Mount Emei and Luofu Cave, borrowed the Kongtong Seal, a supreme treasure of humanity, from Zhao Gongming, and formally proclaimed it to the entire human race.

Human emperors cannot cultivate themselves; they are merely mortals, and their reign can last for no more than a few decades.

Even if he were incompetent, he wouldn't cause a disaster for the human race.

(End of this chapter)