[Buddha-Heart Lamp Transmission] Wu Song Imbued with Spiritual Power; [Emergency Circlet] Successfully Developed! (Continued)
Lin Chen thus naturally obtained a Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors-tier [Emperor Shun] destiny!
At the same time, a vast, mighty torrent of historical memories surged into Lin Chen's mind.
At last, he pieced together the historical roots of this land across a thousand years.
Shangyu truly had been Emperor Shun's refuge from disaster back then.
At the time, Emperor Shun's divinity had sensed the mad invasion of the Outer Gods' abyss through its instinct to seek fortune and avoid calamity.
To preserve His incomparably noble divinity from being targeted by those greedy, evil, indescribable Outer Gods, Emperor Shun made an exceptionally decisive choice.
Not only did He conceal His divinity deep within the river's underwater spring, He also severed all ties with the present world of His own accord, even completely relinquishing the endless incense faith offered to Him by the people of Jiangnan.
He was voluntarily yielding His throne to the worthy.
It was precisely because of this that, as the years passed without mercy, the former "Shun River" was gradually forgotten by the world.
In the end, because of the tale of the Filial Daughter Cao E throwing herself into the river, it was renamed the "Cao E River."
Thus, the dominion and incense faith of these waterways were passed down to Cao E, a later descendant.
Had Emperor Shun's faith still blanketed heaven and earth in those days, with incense offerings flourishing, then given the exalted status and historical legacy of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors—
How could a shamaness like Cao E possibly have risen to become the native river god of this place?
Lin Chen sighed inwardly. This was also one of the Divine Path's most stringent rules, one that permitted no crossing of boundaries—
"Kings do not see kings"!
A true king's