The Sacred Beast Vermilion Bird personally delivered her decree to the birds and ordered Kong Xuan and Golden Roc to assist Shang Tang, who would soon be born. She had, in effect, formally placed her piece on the board.
Few powers in the Primordial World dared challenge Vermilion Bird. The Heavenly Court had already confirmed that it would not participate. Given the Underworld's profound ties to both the Witch Race and the Heavenly Court, and the fact that a Witch-Human had already become a Human Emperor, it would most likely make no further attempt to claim the new dynasty's fortune either.
Laozi's Renjiao cared about educating the Human Race. Whether it was the Xia Dynasty or any other dynasty made no difference to him. He would remain the Renjiao Leader.
Although Yuanshi and Tongtian wanted more of the protagonist's fortune, they had already participated in the contest over the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Now Vermilion Bird wanted the fortune of the Human Race's new dynasty to help the birds rise and ease some of the karma burdening the Phoenix Race. Neither Yuanshi nor Tongtian wished to contend with her over it.
After all, they both understood that obtaining too much of certain things was not necessarily a blessing.
As for the Two Western Sages, their main target was still the Heavenly Court. Until they drove Haotian out, they could not rest easy. Besides, their home ground was ultimately in the Western Lands. If they meddled too much in eastern affairs, the Three Pure Ones might object. All things considered, they were unlikely to intervene either.
Since Vermilion Bird had openly appeared, she must already have spoken with the other Sacred Beasts. With those powers ruled out, the rest were not worth mentioning.
Three years later, among the Human