Divide and Conquer; The Myriad Clans Revere the Human Emperor; Shennong Tastes the Hundred Herbs
After a round of bargaining, Shennong Shi used the Heavenly Heart Pills as bait, dividing and disintegrating, forming alliances and maneuvering between factions, dealing a ruthless blow to the races that coveted humanity's status.
The Heavenly Dao Plague became an invisible divine weapon in Shennong's hand.
Several races that had long been on good terms with humanity—such as the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Tiger Clan, and Twelve Yuan Chen—were the first allies to receive Heavenly Heart Pills.
As for the "neutral factions" among the myriad races, Shennong treated them in batches according to the severity of their outbreaks, while demanding promises such as opening portions of their innate resources and sharing immortal mountains and Spirit Lands.
Then there were those great races that had secretly colluded with one another, their ambitions swelling—such as the fierce and xenophobic Jiu Ying Remnant Clan, and the Xuan Shui Ming Snake Clan entrenched in the bitterly cold Northern Sea...
Though Shennong Shi remained gentle in manner and watertight in speech, he used the excuse that pill ingredients were truly difficult to find to delay their treatment again and again.
The plague continued to rage through those hostile races, wearing down their vitality and shattering their will to resist.
Only after they had been grievously weakened and offered up vast quantities of Innate Spiritual Items and resources did Shennong Shi finally let them off.
The Heavenly Dao was vast and boundless; karma came full circle.
When the final wisp of light from the Heavenly Heart Pill washed away the Heavenly Dao Plague, the "Heavenly Dao Plague Calamity" that had spread for over ten thousand years was declared at an end!
Rumble—!
Above the nine heavens, wind and thunder surged. Boundless Profound Yellow Merit Qi came pouring down like the Nine Heavens Milky Way!
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