Following Heaven and Responding to Man, Establish the Great Zhou, Eight Hundred Marquises Attack Yin Shang

For the next while, the entire city of Xiqi was shrouded in an eerie silence.

On the surface, everything remained as usual. The people lived and worked in peace, while merchants came and went without end.

Everyone knew that a storm capable of deciding the fate of Xiqi—and even the fate of the entire Human Race—was brewing.

On this day, in the grand council hall.

Ji Chang sat high on the main seat. Below him, Bo Yikao, Ji Fa, Nangong Shi, and a host of civil and military ministers stood in two lines, utterly silent.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the travel-worn figure standing in the center of the hall.

It was San Yisheng, who had been sent to contact the various feudal lords.

"How did it go?"

Ji Chang's voice was steady, revealing no emotion.

San Yisheng bowed, his voice trembling faintly with excitement.

"Reporting to you, Marquis!"

"I have fulfilled my mission. I conveyed Xiqi's intentions to the Marquises of the South, East, and North."

Everyone in the hall held their breath.

The attitudes of these three marquises would directly determine Xiqi's fate, as well as the future direction of the eight hundred feudal lords under Heaven.

San Yisheng did not keep them in suspense and continued.

"Marquis of the South, E Chongyu, said that Di Xin was immoral and acting against all reason."

"Now that you, Marquis, have raised the call, he is willing to lead the two hundred feudal lords under his command and join Xiqi in undertaking this great cause and attacking the immoral ruler!"

"Good!"

Ji Fa, who had remained silent until now, could not help shouting softly as he clenched his fists.

With the support of the Marquis of the South, they would no longer be fighting alone!

Ji Chang nodded slightly, signaling