Chaoge.
Inside the royal city, in the Golden Hall.
Human King Di Xin sat high upon his throne, surveying the many ministers in the hall.
The civil and military officials stood in two rows on either side.
Below the throne, the two foremost seats stood empty.
After quelling the Eastern Yi rebellion, Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong and Yang Jian had led their troops south to bring Chi You's former Jiuli Tribe completely under the rule of the Shang Dynasty.
This was because!
After Human Emperor Xuanyuan unified the Human Race and became its Co-Lord, the five Human Emperors who followed had earned considerable merit, but they had also left many shortcomings.
Without a powerful Human Emperor to keep them in check, the Jiuli Tribe had once again begun to dream of conquering the Central Plains.
For hundreds of years, they had rebelled against their rulers and committed countless crimes.
What troubled Di Xin even more was that, after Ancestor of Soldiers Chi You and Great Witch Xing Tian had retreated to the Human Sacred Land, the Jiuli Tribe had been left without a leader and had grown ever closer to the remnants of the Yao Race.
Now, most of the Jiuli Tribe's strength had already sided with the Yao Race!
As for who was behind it all, Di Xin and the court ministers knew perfectly well.
It was Old Ancestor Kunpeng, once the Demon Master of the Yao Race Heavenly Court during the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
On this matter!
Holy Mother Nuwa, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the Five Ancestors of the Human Race all maintained a silent, watchful stance.
The world's great trends waxed and waned; what was united would eventually divide, and what was divided would eventually unite.
If the Human Race and its Co-Lord had no