"Great King, Crown Prince Yin Jiao is still young. The matter of the Crown Prince concerns the entire kingdom. We implore you to think it over carefully!"
"Great King, this concerns the whole kingdom. It is no trivial matter! Although Crown Prince Yin Jiao is outstanding, he still lacks experience. We implore you to think it over carefully before acting!"
"Great King, you are still in the prime of your life, and have only just received recognition from the Human Race's Saint Emperors and Sages. You should not appoint a Crown Prince so hastily..."
"Buzz!"
The instant the radiant and dazzling Kongtong Seal appeared, every questioning voice beneath the jade steps vanished. The officials knelt prostrate, and not one of them dared speak again.
"Jiao'er!"
"Your son is here!"
"Take this Kongtong Seal and show it to the ministers."
"Yes!"
Under Di Xin's encouraging gaze, Yin Jiao gently raised his right hand. As if responding to a summons, the Kongtong Seal transformed into a streak of light and flew toward him.
After Yin Jiao's tender right hand gripped the Kongtong Seal, which symbolized the Human Race Destiny, the red light above his head blazed brighter. Red turned purplish, purple turned black, and the black light shone from within, transforming into a reckless man...
Sorry, wrong channel...
Under the Kongtong Seal's blessing, Yin Jiao's own destiny rapidly transformed. In the end, it became a black fledgling swallow, spreading its wings and soaring above his head!
Just as Yin Jiao was undergoing his transformation, on top of a majestic divine mountain, a hazy figure turned his gaze toward Chaoge.
"Cheng Tang's destiny has run its course. Heaven's will should have favored Zhou. Why has Zhou declined while Shang has grown stronger instead? Has someone secretly intervened and tampered with Heaven's secrets?"
The Primordial Heavenly Venerate's expression remained calm. His gaze pierced through the Thirty-Third Heaven and glanced at the tightly shut palace gates:
Elder Brother, what do you think?
A moment later, a decree descended from Kirin Cliff and landed before an old man holding a staff with a peach growing from its tip, the peach as large as the bump on his head.
"Cheng Tang's destiny has run its course and it should lose the world. The Phoenix has sung at Qishan, and Western Zhou has already given birth to a Saint ruler. Heaven's will is settled, and destiny has determined it. Go at once! Go at once!"
"Nanji respectfully receives the Saint's decree!"
Immortal Elder Nanji, who might have suffered from bone spurs, bowed slightly. The Saint's decree trembled gently, and a spatial rift appeared atop Kunlun Mountain, which was as impregnable as an iron fortress.
Immortal Elder Nanji raised his hand and summoned a Colorful Phoenix as his mount. He urged it through the spatial rift, arriving above Western Qi in the blink of an eye.
"Good phoenix, your fortune has arrived."
Immortal Elder Nanji smiled faintly and lightly tapped the Colorful Phoenix's back with his staff. His figure suddenly appeared above the clouds.
The Colorful Phoenix nodded vigorously. With a flap of its wings, it revealed its true form to the world. For a time, winds swept through the sky and clouds parted, five-colored splendor filled the heavens, golden lotuses bloomed everywhere, and auspicious signs abounded!
"Good phoenix, I'll lend you another hand!"
Immortal Elder Nanji planted his staff into the void. The Saint's decree unfurled in midair, and a golden light pierced the Nine Hells, magnifying the Colorful Phoenix's original phenomenon ten thousandfold. Under the Saint's methods, the entire Great Desolation could see it simply by looking up!
"Caw!"
The Colorful Phoenix cried out, its voice piercing stone and shattering the void, exceptionally clear and crisp. Under the Saint's effortless ability to alter the laws of Heaven and Earth, it echoed in the heart of every member of the Human Race.
Alongside the phoenix's cry, another sentence rang out: "The Phoenix has sung at Qishan. Cheng Tang will perish!"
"The Phoenix has sung at Qishan. Cheng Tang will perish?"
Above the Nine Halls, someone inadvertently blurted out those words. When he realized what he had said, his face turned deathly pale. He immediately prostrated himself and dared not make another sound.
"The Phoenix has sung at Qishan. Cheng Tang will perish? What a joke! I'd like to see exactly how my Cheng Tang realm will perish!"
The Black Bird flew from above Di Xin's head. The Kongtong Seal transformed into a streak of light and merged into the Black Bird, projecting its image into the heart-seas of every member of the Human Race!
"Where is my E Lai?"
"Your subject E Lai is here!"
The instant Di Xin finished speaking, a blood-colored figure stepped out beyond Chaoge City. The earth split apart as he strode through the air, breaking free of the earth's restraints with the strength of his physical body. Moving so fast that he broke the sound barrier, he kicked up repeated sonic booms!
"Boom!"
The blood-colored figure instantly appeared outside the Nine Halls. As the stone bricks cracked and the earth caved in, a ferocious giant strode out, holding a longbow in one hand and carrying three long arrows on his back. Baleful energy surged from him!
It was E Lai, who had gone to Chentang Pass to retrieve the bow and arrows!
"Great King! Your subject E Lai has not failed your command. I successfully brought back the Xuanyuan Human Emperor's supreme treasures: the Xuanyuan Bow and the Sky-Shaking Arrows!"
"Hahahaha, good!"
Di Xin laughed heartily. With a beckoning motion of his right hand, the bow and arrows flew over together and landed securely in his grasp.
"Jiao'er, how about Father King teaches you to practice archery today?"
"Thank you, Father King!"
Infected by Di Xin's heroic spirit, Yin Jiao smiled brightly. His left hand gripped the Xuanyuan Bow, moving along with Di Xin's actions!
"Jiao'er, shoot down that large bird and give your little brother a proper tonic!"
"Yes!"
Yin Jiao answered. The young Black Bird above his head let out a clear cry, spread its wings, and plunged into the Xuanyuan Bow!
The Xuanyuan Bow, which had been silent for countless years, received the Human Race Destiny once more. Its radiance blazed, and its fierce, baleful aura shot into the heavens! Flowers, birds, fish, and insects moved across the bow's body, while a Black Bird soared gracefully within it!
Di Xin drew out a Sky-Shaking Arrow with his right hand. As the Black Bird phantom let out a long cry, it too plunged into the arrow. The instant bow and arrow collided, a primeval aura transformed into a violent gale that swept through the hall!
The Human Race's supreme weapon of slaughter, which had lain dormant for who knew how many years, once again revealed the fearsome might it had displayed in the hands of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan when he crushed Chi You, driven by Di Xin with the Human Race Destiny!
One large hand and one small hand hooked the bowstring and slowly drew it back. As Di Xin and Yin Jiao's destinies merged, the bow formed a full moon, while the boundless rising bloodshed and baleful energy gathered entirely upon the arrowhead!
—Clang!
Red light coiled around it and auspicious colors spiraled through the air. The bowstring quivered without end, and a streak of black light shot into the heavens. Like a meteor, it sped westward and vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Great King, what do you mean by this?"
"Shh! Let the arrow fly for a while."
Di Xin's blood slowly settled. He stood holding the bow, gazing westward. His mind had long since entwined itself around the tip of the Sky-Shaking Arrow, following it as it flew toward Western Qi!
"Caw!"
After the Colorful Phoenix cried out, its entire body suddenly shuddered, as if some great terror had locked onto it.
"Immortal Elder, can we return to Kunlun and report back now?"
Amid the turmoil in his mind, his unease grew stronger and stronger. The instinct of living beings to seek fortune and avoid disaster revealed itself to the fullest at this moment!
"This Phoenix Race really is incapable of rising above mediocrity."
Immortal Elder Nanji furrowed his brows slightly and was just about to speak when he suddenly felt cold all over. He activated the Saint's decree and wrapped himself in it, carrying himself away!
"No!"
Before the Colorful Phoenix could finish speaking, a streak of black light came from the east. Before she could react, it had already pierced through her skull and extinguished all the vitality in her body! It did not give her the slightest chance to be reborn through nirvana!
With a flash of light, the Colorful Phoenix transformed into a multicolored phoenix and rapidly fell from the sky into the wilderness below. A thumb-sized round hole on her head was spurting blood with a "sizzle," while her pupils had already lost focus yet still held a trace of confusion.
I am beneath a Saint's command, and he actually dared to kill me?
"What a venomous arrow, and what profound plotting! I will never let this go!"
Immortal Elder Nanji emerged from the void and glared angrily toward the east. Before he could say many more harsh words, the Saint's decree tore open the void and carried him back to Kunlun Mountain.
With the Colorful Phoenix fallen, only the Black Bird remained soaring in the heart-sea of the Human Race!
Above the Nine Halls, Di Xin burst into loud laughter. Only then did he turn his gaze toward Bo Yikao, son of the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang:
"Go bring that colorful chicken here. I'm going to make soup for my Crown Prince."
Bo Yikao's face instantly turned deathly white. He wanted to argue, but found he had no words to say. In the end, he could only sing out:
"Yes..."
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