Jiao Yao stood atop the clouds, frowning as he recalled the past. Unlike Celestial Xia today, Ancient Xia had initially possessed quite a few deities invested by Sealing Decree. There were truly no shortage of divine officials and immortal clerks, and they had been quite useful. Yet later, all those deities had been removed. That was because an upheaval had occurred during a certain period.
This had taken place in the middle to late period of Ancient Xia. After the various sects of Ancient Xia defeated numerous demons, fiends, and ancient desolate aberrations, some of the natural deities born in that era still possessed considerable power. Though they were not cultivators, seeing the cultivation sects rise to prominence, they wisely chose to join forces with the cultivators while retaining a measure of autonomy.
The cultivators, too, felt that certain matters were more convenient to leave under the management of the deities. The cultivators could then focus on cultivation and ignore worldly affairs, free and carefree as they pleased.
Yet nothing in this world remained unchanged for eternity. Human hearts could change, and gods could change as well.
Especially after humans and gods began interacting freely and their exchanges grew ever more frequent, the power of the divine-human faction gradually swelled and seeped into every corner of the world. Naturally, the gods no longer wished to have those cultivators pressing down upon them. Thus, they colluded with remnants of the ancient desolation, attempting to turn guest into host and incorporate the cultivators into this divine-human system as well.
Naturally, the cultivators would not agree. I was the one who fought and defeated the ancient desolate beasts and demons, and I even granted you the authority to govern them. Now you want to turn around and replace and enslave me?
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