Emperor Cheng likewise ruled for a thousand years. During his reign, his most significant decision and achievement was the eastward migration of the Flame Emperor's tribes.
As the third Flame Emperor, he recognized something deeply.
After thousands of years of cultivation, the resources and land in the Jiang Water region were no longer as fertile as they had once been.
Meanwhile, the vast Shennong Tribe's population kept growing. The Jiang Water region could no longer sustain so many people, and the population had even begun to decline.
With the Fuxi Clan's overturned cart ahead as a warning, Jiang Cheng keenly recognized the crisis behind his tribes' prosperity.
And so.
He sent people east to survey the land there and the distribution of its resources.
Only after ten years did those dispatched to the east return.
But they brought news that the land there was exceptionally fertile and the local tribes were weak.
Emperor Cheng therefore resolved to lead his tribes east.
Before migrating east, he personally ascended Mount Kongtong to see Jiang Shennong and seek his opinion.
Shennong had no objections. He supported every decision Emperor Cheng made and told him that, from then on, they would have to resolve affairs in the Mortal Realm themselves.
Reassured, Emperor Cheng descended the mountain and began the eastward migration the following year.
They defeated the local tribes, absorbed their populations, and settled down.
After Emperor Cheng died, the throne passed to Emperor Ming.
Emperor Ming likewise reigned for a thousand years. During his reign, the Shennong Tribe's population grew once more, and its sphere of influence also began to expand.
A thousand years later.
Ming passed the throne to Emperor Zhi.
When Emperor Zhi succeeded to the throne, the region's resources were still fairly abundant, and the tribes continued to develop. But