As time slowly passed, inexplicable conflicts continually erupted between the Heavenly Court and the Qin Empire.
At first, the Qin Empire would make concessions. But after several incidents in which Heavenly Court immortals massacred mortal towns, the conflict seemed to grow even more severe.
After all, the world had only just been unified, and many Qin people were naturally brimming with pride.
Xiao Zhen was also surprised when he heard the news. While there were certainly plenty of scum among the Heavenly Court's immortals, descending openly to slaughter ordinary people was likely a grave violation of heavenly law.
The Jade Emperor handled the matter fairly enough, executing those who deserved execution and demoting those who deserved demotion.
However, the Heavenly Court was ultimately the governing body of the Three Realms, representing supreme authority and power. Thus, it merely informed the mortal world of some of its rulings in a perfunctory manner. In the eyes of certain powerful humans in the lower realm, this was simply the Heavenly Court's arrogance and unreasonableness.
After instigators working in secret sowed discord, many ordinary people furiously smashed the statues and temples of nearby gods.
Xiao Zhen secretly asked Ying Zheng whether Fire Cloud Cave had any solution.
The result was that even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had failed to discover who was causing trouble in secret, and they could not leave Fire Cloud Cave for too long.
After all, Fire Cloud Cave concerned the destiny of the entire human race. If it suffered any damage, humanity's position as the world's protagonists might well be shaken.
One day, while Xiao Zhen's avatar was patrolling the mortal realm, he discovered Qin soldiers driving away several bald monks.
As Southern Jambudvipa was humanity's principal place of residence, Buddhism was still attempting to spread some Buddhist