King Zhou Offered Incense to the Heavenly Emperor, and the Investiture of the Gods Calamity Began! (Two Chapters Combined...)

Chapter 486: King Zhou Offered Incense to the Heavenly Emperor, and the Investiture of the Gods Calamity Began! (Two Chapters Combined)

The years drifted on, and time slipped past unnoticed. Before long, four hundred and eighty years had passed.

Chao Ge, the imperial capital of the Human Race.

Countless towers and pavilions stood row upon row, while people streamed through the streets like flowing water. Its aura was vast and profound, as deep and still as an ocean abyss.

Within the majestic, imposing royal palace of Great Shang, Zi Shou, the reigning Human King, sat upon the main seat. Civil and military officials stood in separate ranks on the white jade steps below, with no shortage of masters of great divine abilities among them.

Zi Shou surveyed the officials below and said, "If you have matters to report, speak. Otherwise, court is dismissed."

As soon as he finished, the old man standing at the head of the right-hand rank stepped forward. Raising his ivory tablet high, he bowed to Zi Shou and said, "Your subject Shang Rong, entrusted despite my shortcomings with the office of prime minister and the administration of court affairs, has a matter I dare not leave unreported. Tomorrow, the twenty-eighth day of the tenth month, is the Heavenly Emperor's birthday. I ask Your Majesty to proceed to his temple and offer incense, praying for blessings upon our Human Race."

"The Heavenly Emperor?" At Shang Rong's request, Zi Shou raised an eyebrow. Was that not the so-called Ancestral Bear who had seized the Heavenly Court when the Witch Race and demon race had both suffered grievous losses? A disdainful smile curled his lips, and he asked Shang Rong, "What merit does that bear possess to deserve an incense offering from me?"

Shang Rong's expression immediately turned grave.