The day Zhou Wang offered incense and wrote a poem insulting Goddess Nüwa, he felt quite pleased with himself, unaware that he had stirred up a great calamity.
Beyond the thirty-third heaven, before the Nüwa Palace, Golden Boys and Jade Maidens stood in formation, with Yellow Turban Warriors on either side.
Before the Nüwa Palace, a female attendant respectfully kowtowed, "Everything is ready. Please, Your Ladyship, proceed to the Fire Cloud Cave."
At that moment, starlight shimmered within, and a spring breeze stirred. Rows of celestial maidens held musical instruments, while young boys carried various treasures.
In the center was Goddess Nüwa, noble and dignified, slowly emerging, accompanied by countless divine maidens and boys.
Today was Goddess Nüwa's birthday, and she planned to go to the Fire Cloud Cave to celebrate with her elder brother, Fuxi.
As she traveled towards Zhao Ge, she detected a fragrant aroma. It turned out that humans were offering sacrifices, seemingly related to her.
Nüwa cast her divine gaze downward and saw Zhou Wang's procession departing after offering incense.
At the same time, she saw the lewd and lascivious poem on the wall.
The Phoenix Carriage Treasure Tent is a wondrous sight, Adorned with intricate gold decorations. Distant mountains curve with emerald hues; Dancing sleeves flutter, reflecting rosy clouds. Pear blossoms glisten with rain, vying for beauty; Peonies veiled in mist, flaunting alluring charm. If only a captivating beauty could be found, To bring back to serve the King in eternal joy.
Goddess Nüwa had been worshiped by the human race since its beginning. When had she ever suffered such humiliation?
Her silver teeth clenched in anger. "What an unprincipled and benighted ruler!"
The Goddess was enraged. A surge of auspicious clouds carried her straight towards Zhao Ge, intending to confront Zhou Wang.
However, as she reached the top of the palace, two beams of red light shot into the sky, blocking Goddess Nüwa's path. Nüwa pondered for a moment and calculated with her fingers, discovering that the Cheng Tang dynasty still had several decades of destiny remaining.
Even so, the fire in Nüwa's heart did not dissipate, and she was so angry that she didn't even want to go to the Fire Cloud Cave anymore.
"Return."
The female immortal was puzzled. "Your Ladyship? Return where?"
"Nüwa Palace."
Nüwa's face was ashen, clearly filled with extreme anger.
The group returned to Nüwa Palace, where Nüwa dismissed everyone. With a wave of her hand, a small, banner-shaped magical treasure appeared.
It was the Demon Summoning Banner.
Goddess Nüwa chanted an incantation, and then gently shook the Demon Summoning Banner in her hand. After a moment, a chilling wind arose, followed by a Demonic Wind.
Countless demons flew from all directions towards Nüwa Palace.
Nüwa was a sage of the demon race, and naturally, they would come when the Goddess summoned them. However, those who had joined other sects would not come.
For example, the demons of the Chan Sect and Intercept Sect did not come, nor did the former subordinates of Dijun and Taiyi. Those were ancient great demons who now only wanted to rest and recuperate.
Those who came were all rogue demons. Nüwa looked at the group of demons below and said, "A great tribulation is approaching. You should cultivate diligently, hide in the deep mountains, and avoid the calamity. Those who do not provoke the tribulation may escape it. Those destined to face the tribulation should be born into the world to meet it."
The demon below asked, "Goddess, what is a person meant to face tribulation, and what happens if one faces tribulation?"
Nüwa pondered for a moment, "Those with deep fortune will achieve physical sanctification and become carefree immortals in the future. The next best can become gods of the divine path, to be used by the Heavenly Court in the future. Those with shallow roots will turn to ashes!"
Upon hearing this, the demons below were too frightened to speak. Who knew what kind of fortune they had? What if it was shallow?
Immediately, they dared not say anything more.
"You may withdraw. The Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb, stay."
The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, the Jade Pipa Spirit, and the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit looked at Goddess Nüwa in confusion.
"Goddess, why do you summon us lesser demons? Oh, right, today is the day of the Goddess's birthday. May the Goddess enjoy boundless longevity."
Nüwa said coldly with a frosty face, "Zhou Wang is without virtue, and Cheng Tang's fate is exhausted. That Zhou Wang actually dared to insult a sage and should lose the world! In the land of Xi Qi, there is already a Holy Ruler of Western Zhou. Heaven's will is set, and fate dictates it. You three demons can conceal your demonic forms, entrust yourselves to the palace, and bewilder the ruler's heart. Assist King Wu's Campaign Against Zhou to succeed, but you must not harm living beings. After the matter is accomplished, it will allow you to achieve enlightenment."
"Yes, Goddess."
The Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb received Nüwa's decree and immediately went to the human world.
"Sister! The Goddess said she would let us achieve enlightenment!"
The Jade Pipa Spirit looked at the Fox Spirit happily, a look of surprise on her face. The Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb had cultivated for many years, but they had never been able to see through the secrets of heaven and could not pass the final hurdle. They dared not rashly break through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, otherwise, they would be reduced to ashes under the thunder tribulation.
Not everyone had Hong Lie's luck, breaking through on Wang Yuan's Immortal Mountain, where the Heavenly Dao's thunder tribulation could not descend.
Moreover, the Heavenly Dao was unfair. The demon race's thunder tribulation for becoming immortals was the heaviest. One mistake and they would be reduced to ashes. On the other hand, the human race was fine. The thunder tribulation for cultivating into immortals was simply thunder and rain.
The thousand-year-old Fox Spirit was the most astute. She pondered for a long time, "I'm afraid things are not that simple. Let's go, let's take a trip to Zhao Ge."
The three demons had lived in Xuanyuan Tomb for a long time, fearing to be contaminated by karma, so they had been avoiding the world. These years, they had been suffocated because they were afraid of getting involved in karma, but they dared not disobey Goddess Nüwa's order.
Outside Zhao Ge City, the three transformed into human form and slowly walked down the road.
At this moment, the thousand-year-old Fox Spirit suddenly stopped, "Huh, this desolate mountain is so similar to our Xuanyuan Tomb!"
The Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit looked at the desolate mountain and sighed, "Yes, it's almost the same as Xuanyuan Tomb. Presumably, there are also people suffering on the mountain."
The three demons couldn't help but shed tears when they thought of the miserable state of seclusion these years.
These years had been too hard.
They walked on the desolate mountain and found that it was even worse than Xuanyuan Tomb!
There wasn't even a weed.
Wang Yuan stared at the three young women outside and swallowed his saliva, "Does the Primordial World also have women who dress so lightly?"
After all, the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb were not human, and their clothes were naturally very casual, simple little tops and short skirts. Although they were all made of leaves, they were made of hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old trees, which were extremely tough.
But this outfit was really tempting.
At least it tempted Wang Yuan.
"Tsk, it's not easy for someone to come to the mountain, and it's still three women..."
"Why don't I bring them up the mountain?"
"But I don't know what their character is like... I'm worried to death."
Wang Yuan's caution had surpassed everyone in the Primordial World.
The Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb were used to playing around. Seeing that the desolate mountain was similar to their Xuanyuan Tomb, they felt a sense of familiarity, just like when they were on the mountain. Since there was no one around, the three of them started
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