novelraw Chapter 817 817: Chaoge City 3,000 Years Ago
Chapter 817 817: Chaoge City 3,000 Years Ago
The King of Shang, Wu Yi, attacked the sects of the world!
Because the Great Saints and Saint Kings within these sects were forced either into sleep or out of the realm by the decrees of the Imperial Palace of Heaven, they were naturally hard-pressed to resist the conquest of King Wu Yi.
They could only choose to retreat and hide, temporarily avoiding his edge.
Of course, some sects were unable to retreat in time and fell to King Wu Yi's conquest, stripped of their heritage, including even Ancient Divine Sects!
For example, the Beast Controlling Sect, which flourished during the Da Xia era, was a heritage that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, even before the Immortal Gods of ancient times had departed.
Moreover, it was the legacy of an Ancient Great Emperor, incredibly powerful, with capabilities that ranked among the top three in the universe during the Da Xia era.
However, during the campaign of Shang Tang against Xia, the Sect Leader of the Beast Controlling Sect at the time backed the wrong side, leading their disciples and members to assist Xia King Lv Gui, later known as Xia Jie, in quelling a "rebellion."
The outcome speaks for itself.
With Shang Tang overthrowing Xia, establishing Da Shang, the Beast Controlling Sect was subdued like the defeated generals in the new era of Da Shang.
Indeed, the Beast Controlling Sect was once the most powerful among secular sects, boasting two Saint Kings, but the successive Shang Kings had their ways of suppression which were simple.
They enacted a law that doubled the taxes for families with members joining the Beast Controlling Sect, making it so that even if the sect favored a disciple, no one would want to join.
Ultimately, the world had many powerful sects; if one possessed truly genius-level talent, there was no need to fixate on the Beast Controlling Sect, as joining any other sect would be quite welcome.
If one had average talent, the Beast Controlling Sect itself had no reason to invite them, clinging to their pride at first and dismissing the suppression by the King of Shang.
But, as time went by, new disciples became increasingly scarce, young power severely lacking, though some worried, most remained indifferent.
The Beast Controlling Sect had Saint Kings, after all, timeless leaders with life spans of over ten thousand years, ensuring the sect's enduring prosperity for millennia, regardless of new blood.
From their perspective, no secular dynasty had ever been eternal; even mighty Da Xia lasted merely a few hundred years, and Yin Shang would be no different, at most possessing a few hundred years of fortune.
For sects with hundreds of thousands of years of heritage, a mere few centuries was but a fleeting moment, not worth concern, as some Great Saints isolated themselves for millennia!
A few hundred years?
Too short!
Really too short.
Nearly everyone thought this way, some even intended to watch the downfall of Beast Controlling Sect when Yin Shang crumbled.
Yet, with the decree from the Imperial Palace of Heaven descending, everything changed!
The Saint Kings of the Beast Controlling Sect had to leave the Central Heavenly Domain, ventured into distant voids, and numerous Great Saints were forced into sleep or departure.
Thus, without the Great Saints, the Beast Controlling Sect, like a tiger without its fangs, could not possibly resist King Wu Yi of Shang, and when faced with the encirclement by Da Shang, such a sect with hundreds of thousands of years of heritage was directly annihilated!
The world was shocked and petrified.
Since the establishment of the secular dynasty, for the first time, a sect with hundreds of thousands of years of heritage was exterminated by the secular dynasty, albeit inseparable from the decree of the Imperial Palace of Heaven, ultimately, it was King Wu Yi's formidable strength!
The secular dynasty, now possessed the ability to eradicate the heritage of Immortal Gods!
This terrified the Sect Leaders of numerous Ancient Divine Sect.
They had never considered such an eventuality, even the Imperial Palace of Heaven might not have foreseen that the current Great King of Yin Shang dared to destroy an Ancient Divine Sect.
This battle shook the world with King Wu Yi's strength, yet left everyone wary!
This Da Shang was indeed too powerful!
In an era devoid of Great Saints and Saint Kings, Da Shang was incredibly formidable!
Thus!
Secret organizations like "An Yue" emerged.
Led by new breakthroughs among Great Saints within Ancient Divine Sects, they secretly cultivated strong individuals, covertly assassinated noblemen or officials of the Yin Shang dynasty, even disrupting national order, step by step intending to drive Yin Shang toward ruin.
Qin Heng listened to Shao Ying's description, nodding slightly, gaining a general understanding of the situation during the Yin Shang era, realizing this was likely the actual turning point of Yin Shang's peak and decline in the current real-time dimension.
Moreover.
This King Wu Yi committed something that in this era could be considered earth-shattering.
It was well known that Yin Shang centered on sacrificial rites, valued divination and heavenly will.
Even held a system of blood sacrifice of slaves.
Which corresponded with what Shao Ying heard about the "Upper Realm Deity" linked to Yin Shang, proving the notion of "sacrificial gods" in the Yin Shang era was tremendously significant.
Gods could be seen as the utmost supreme!
Even a king, in most people's views, was not as mighty as the Gods.
And as those who communicated with Gods, the priests similarly could influence a king's orders in many respects, even defying the king's will, representing divine power!
Wu Yi was very dissatisfied with this, historical records mention he performed actions detrimental to divine authority, shooting arrows at heaven!!
He once made a mannequin, dubbed it the Heavenly God.
Then gambled with the "Heavenly God," assuming others as judges, the mannequin being lifeless naturally lost to Wu Yi, so Wu Yi found ways to disgrace it.
On another occasion, Wu Yi made a bag filled with blood, hung it high, and shot arrows at it, calling it "shooting heaven."
In the eyes of Yin Shang's sorcerers and priests, this was unimaginably disrespectful, deemed a forbidden act!
Ultimately, historical records claim Wu Yi was struck by lightning and died, some believed this was heavenly punishment by the Heavenly God for his insult and blasphemy.
Nonetheless, worldly historical accounts can seldom be fully applied to genuine history.
King Wu Yi was genuinely a Saint King level expert, his insult and shooting heaven likely wasn't as simple as it appeared, being struck by lightning and dying might have involved Deity intervention across realms.
"So the question arises, where is the origin of this Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal?" Qin Heng frowned contemplating, with only the clues at hand, it was yet uncertain.
Of course, the primary suspect had been identified.
It was Chaoge and King Wu Yi!
Even if the source was not directly Wu Yi, it likely wasn't unrelated to him!
Moreover, this Shao Ying.
Since she was the first person encountered in this Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal, she might be associated with his purpose, a hunch from Qin Heng.
His hunches usually proved reliable.
"Come, I'll take you somewhere."
Qin Heng said to Shao Ying with detached calm, then stepped forward, striding with his head unturned.
"Where, where to?"
Shao Ying froze hearing this, about to inquire but found herself involuntarily following Qin Heng, body entirely beyond her control!
"What's going on!?!"
She panicked somewhat, facing a Great Saint level expert, understanding she stood no chance of resisting.
Hum!
At that moment, the void suddenly trembled, surrounding brightness swiftly faded, transforming into monochrome, the space twisted and morphed, collapsing into a vortex.
Qin Heng led Shao Ying straight into it, moments later, they emerged again in front of a tremendously magnificent city.
Shao Ying stood stable, looked up, and upon seeing the words on the city gate, her face turned deathly pale, shouting in alarm, her voice trembling.
"Chaoge!?!"