Haojing Falls, Rituals and Music Collapse, and the Primordial Heavenly Lord's Ruthlessness
The Chan Sect had toiled among humanity for tens of thousands of years. With the Rites of Zhou, revised by Duke of Zhou Dan, and the well-field system, it had finally established the "Rule of Cheng and Kang."
Humanity's civilization had flourished, and its accumulated merits were unparalleled.
The radiance of the Human Dao in Southern Jambudvipa almost eclipsed the Sun, Moon, and Stars.
The Zhou Son of Heaven's authority, carried by his enfeoffed lords, reached across the seas and the Eight Wastelands.
The immortal kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou Continent, the frontier tribes of Beijuluzhou Continent, and even the newly flourishing human states of West Niuhe Continent all crossed oceans or traversed countless mountains to pay court at Haojing, offering tribute and basking in the civilizing influence of Saintly Virtue.
In Yuxu Palace, the Chan Sect's immortals and gods looked down upon the mortal world, while the celestial radiance of Yuanshi's Great Dao Order shone brilliantly.
The orderly pillar of fortune was thick and steady, soaring straight toward the Heavenly Court. Haotian Shangdi in Lingxiao Palace was pleased as well.
The Chan Sect's Order Great Dao seemed to have fully unified the Human Dao, laying a foundation that would endure for all eternity.
Yet its rise was swift, and its fall was sudden!
Beneath the prosperous appearance of the Became the Zhou Dao Lineage, its foundations had long since rotted away!
The very foundation that sustained the Rule of Cheng and Kang—the well-field system—had become a heavy shackle, and its operation was no longer sustainable!
The essence of the well-field system lay in immortal-blooded descendants and divine heirs using their Dao arts and divine abilities to bless mortals.
They had to expend their magic power to guide the wind and rain and ensure favorable weather.
They also had to personally