"Ha ha, after all, you haven't really handled practical work before, and the household affairs are managed with the help of several palace maids. It's your first time in charge, so making some minor mistakes is quite normal!"
Zhong Shenxiu gently held Qingyuan's hand, comforting her softly.
In reality, this was partly his fault.
Who made his script based on the end of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin defying the heavens and waging war against the gods?
The mighty force inevitably drives the evolution in this direction, and all beings in the realm are merely chess pieces, including the Junior Fate Masters!
Even Qingyuan might be unconsciously influenced by the Heavenly Dao!
"Now that my husband is out of seclusion and has effortlessly set things right, wouldn't it be better to continue overseeing the Divine Mountain..." Qingyuan suggested.
"This time I've come out of seclusion, at most for a hundred years, then I have to return to it again, so it still has to be you."
Zhong Shenxiu waved his hand, "Just try it out, don't worry, everything is under control with me!"
It's just about paying tuition several times; now his family is big, and he doesn't fear anything.
Moreover, he cherishes these present times.
When tens of thousands, millions, even countless ages pass... this naive Queen Mother of the West might never be seen again.
Qingyuan reluctantly agreed, watching Emperor Xin in the light mirror shouting that the humans would never be slaves: "How should this person be handled? Or... should we just settle it this way and announce a reduction of tributes, or forbid them to offer them?"
After all, Kunlun doesn't need mortal tributes.
"That's possible, but it's too lenient. No matter how wrong they are, if they even flatten your temple and statue, that's a slap to our face!"
Zhong Shenxiu's face darkened, "Those in power can't be wrong, even if they're wrong, it's still right, they must face retribution, or where lies the divine majesty?"
"Then... let my husband make the decisions."
Lord Qingyuan agreed weakly.
After the Queen Mother of the West left as well, the East King sat alone on the throne, sinking into thought: "But... is the Divine Enthronement battle really starting now? Where is Hong Jun? I can guest act, but what about Tongtian? Primordial? Taishang? If I play all of them, isn't it a bit of a cover-up?"
"No, even if I play the Three Pure Ones alone, what about the Twelve Golden Immortals? The Jie Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals? Do I have to play them all too..."
Zhong Shenxiu thought about the difficulty of starting a Divine Enthronement play and couldn't help but feel frustrated.
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"Given the current level of the Great Wilderness, even promoting some immortals is hard..."
This seclusion was mostly to deal with the aftermath of the last battle, suppress the negative impact of the unique divinity.
As for the new world's Immortal Dao, it's merely a vague concept.
And at present, there's nothing particularly powerful in the Great Wilderness.
Those dragons, phoenixes, and qilins, all born strong, are ignorant, unaware of cultivation.
Most of them are fierce entities or in the Divine Power Realm, only a few possess a Primordial Pill.
The humans are worse off, but after the Queen Mother of the West's 'Divine Pill Genetic Modification Project,' they've produced some talents.
But even though they see themselves as Innate Gods and Demons, the strongest is only Divine Skills! Not even a Primordial Pill!
No wonder a random Junior Fate Master maid from Kunlun Mountain could suppress the Shang Dynasty for six hundred years with the might of a Primordial Pill.
"Speaking of which, Qingyuan's Divine Pill Genetic Modification Project had quite an effect, within the Shang Dynasty, from its inception... after six hundred years of reproduction, the bloodline has exceeded five million, which means a racial gene modification..."
The Ming and Qing dynasties, only two to three hundred years old, had far less bloodline, not to mention millions, tens of thousands for certain, this shows the power of reproduction combined with time!
And in this era, the Heavenly Mandate Mysterious Bird, descended and gave birth to Shang!
The Shang bloodline wasn't just noble in righteousness, but truly accompanied by power, thus developing more rapidly.
Even over the long time span, his bloodline spread to the Four Barbarian Tribes, offering a bloodline improvement to the entire Great Wilderness population.
"But, it's not of much use!"
"With the continuous transmission of the bloodline, less and less activate the Divine Beast bloodline's Innate God and Demon, most gradually blended into the masses... but this kind of thing is uncertain, as long as the data is large enough, occasionally a few ancestral exceptions and mutations will appear..."
"However, it's not the Immortal Dao either."
Zhong Shenxiu pondered a while, "For now... my Immortal Dao only developed a budding theory, starting from refining essence into qi, which can be called a Qi Refiner... Let's find someone to spread this, but... whom?"
With his current status, simulating Hong Jun's Purple Mist Palace teachings is feasible.
Unfortunately... there's no one coming here.
No, if he opens the Purple Mist Palace, those who come would mostly be his family from Kunlun Mountain, perhaps adding a few dragon and phoenix mythical creatures, somewhat awkward too.
"The actors are insufficient, the skills lacking... this Divine Enthronement story might turn into a cheap, downsized version... Alas, hard to find the ensemble cast."
Zhong Shenxiu sighed lightly and suddenly waved his hand.
Before his eyes, various character images floated and appeared.
Feng Xixi, Huang Xie, Zhang Taiyi, Su Wei, Su Tang, Qingwei Dao Miao True Monarch Zhang Guiji, Taiping Guangmiao True Monarch Zhu Zhujiu, Unity True Monarch, Nine Spirit Dragon Mother Primordial Monarch, and those five Corpse-severed Immortals...
Yes, Er Ha the silly dog isn't there because Zhong Shenxiu left it in Xuanming Origin Cave Heaven, untouched by the natural world's destruction.
"In that regard, indeed a foolish dog has foolish luck?"
Zhong Shenxiu stroked his chin, dispelled the thought, and stared at these figures.
Some of them were dead, some turned into informational states, some erased from the root by the True God.
The original Zhong Shenxiu could only revive the first two kinds.
But after digitizing the Seven Luminaries Heaven, he acquired the world's memory and data, allowing him to resurrect those five Corpse-severed Immortals entirely.
However, thinking it didn't align with his plan, he let them remain dead.
"Considering it now, resurrecting the entire Second Yan Han Empire is impossible, but reviving a batch is entirely feasible."
"Moreover, no need for resurrection, just sending their True Spirits to reincarnate, letting them train in my world, ultimately mastering the truth, also completes previous causes and effects..."
"Simultaneously, some of these individuals are extraordinarily gifted, perfectly suitable for contributing to my Immortal Dao..."
"For this first reincarnation, truly talented ones don't have to go first; let's start with the cannon fodder!"
Zhong Shenxiu's figure flickered, disappearing.
This place is west of Yin Shang, home to a clan named 'Zhou.'
Their leader surrendered during the rise of Da Shang, appointed as 'Fang Bo,' a military commander in a specific area.
Due to their territory in the west, they are also called 'the Western Lord.'
The Zhou Clan admired the Shang bloodline, intermarrying with Shang for generations, thus possessing an Innate Gods and Demons bloodline, occasionally producing individuals with Divine Skills.
Now, it's Ji Chang, the Western Lord's era.
In the splendid palace, Ji Chang paced restlessly.
His second son was soon to be born, leaving him both anxious and chaotic.
At that moment, suddenly hearing a clear bird cry.
Ji Chang walked out of the palace, seeing atop the peak of Qishan, a five-colored auspicious bird starring, undoubtedly the Divine Beast—Phoenix!
His emotions stirred: "Years ago, Yin Shang prospered with the Heavenly Mandate Mysterious Bird spawning Shang; now a Phoenix calls from Qishan, is it an omen for the rise of my West Zhou?"
At that instant, Ji Chang witnessed the Phoenix soaring high, then abruptly gliding, like a fiery rainbow, into his concubine's birthing room.
A loud baby's cry echoed around…