Three Sages of Humanity! Investiture of the Gods

Talent "Heaven's Jealousy" and "Immortal's Blessing" activated!

Talent "Heaven's Jealousy" and "Immortal's Blessing" canceled each other out!

Talent "Heaven's Jealousy" disappeared! "Immortal's Blessing" was downgraded to blue!

I knew it!

Yu Feng looked at the simulation before him and clapped excitedly.

Immortal's Blessing really did cancel out Heaven's Jealousy for me!

Thankfully, Immortal's Blessing had not vanished alongside Heaven's Jealousy. It had merely been downgraded. Though it was no longer gold, it was still better than having nothing.

You were born before Huoyun Palace, where the Three Sages of Humanity resided. Your Parents were unknown, and no one knew who had placed you there.

You were discovered by the Human Emperor within Huoyun Palace, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. With a single glance, he saw through both your talent and origins. A flicker of excitement flashed across his face as he murmured, "A blessing for humanity!"

With that, Xuanyuan picked you up and carried you into Huoyun Palace.

Inside, Heavenly Emperor Fuxi and Earthly Emperor Yan Emperor were seated cross-legged on meditation cushions, cultivating.

Xuanyuan called their names and had them come examine you.

Both discovered your talent. Yan Emperor openly revealed his delight, while Fuxi looked at you with a thoughtful expression.

Seeing Fuxi's concern, Xuanyuan asked what troubled him.

Fuxi voiced his worries.

All three knew of your talent, and your origins were also human. However, given the current circumstances, such extraordinary talent might not necessarily be a blessing for you—it could just as easily be a calamity.

Xuanyuan and Yan Emperor seemed to think of something, and both their expressions darkened.

The three clearly knew something, yet none of them said it aloud. They merely looked at you in silence.

In the end, Fuxi sighed softly and stroked the top of your head. No one knew what he did, but then he added that before you reached the age of sixteen, you were not to leave Huoyun Palace.

At the age of one, you remained in Huoyun Palace, babbling as you learned to speak. Xuanyuan named you Xuanyuan Xi, seemingly regarding you as humanity's newborn rising sun, one who might someday lead humanity into a new era. Yet the name appeared to carry other meanings as well.

At the age of two, you could speak normally, and the three began teaching you basic common knowledge.

At the age of three, you were already able to walk.

At the age of four, the Three Sages began teaching you immortal arts, Daoist Magic, and martial arts. Fuxi taught you immortal arts and Daoist Magic, while Xuanyuan taught you martial arts, medicine, and other fields of knowledge. You grasped everything after a single lesson, displaying extraordinary talent.

At the age of five, Yan Emperor began teaching you common knowledge about the outside world. From then on, you became curious about the world beyond Huoyun Palace, but you did not voice your desire to see it, instead burying it deep in your heart.

From the age of six to twelve, you spent your days in Huoyun Palace with the Three Sages.

Until the year you turned thirteen, when you could no longer suppress your curiosity about the outside world. You went to Xuanyuan and told him that you wished to leave, only to be told that you could not leave Huoyun Palace until you turned sixteen. You returned in disappointment.

Within Huoyun Palace, your curiosity about the outside world and its countless things grew stronger by the day. At the same time, under the Three Sages' guidance, your knowledge in many fields deepened continuously.

The Three Sages seemed to have expected your talent all along. They never praised you for being gifted, so you had always thought your talent was ordinary.

You obtained the inherent skills "Thought Key Pattern" and "Mastery of All Laws."

Until the year you turned sixteen.

The Three Sages came to find you and told you that you could leave Huoyun Palace and enter the outside world.

You were delighted at first, but confusion and panic quickly followed. You thought the Three Sages were driving you away.

Yet the Three Sages told you that you had a tribulation to face, one that you had to confront.

The Three Sages each gave you a weapon or a life-saving item, along with their insights into certain Daoist Magic.

You understood their intentions. After bidding them farewell, you left Huoyun Palace.

After you left Huoyun Palace, the Three Sages waved their hands, and Huoyun Palace vanished from that place in an instant, its destination unknown. As it disappeared, Xuanyuan's sigh echoed out from within. Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's sigh seemed to be for your departure, but perhaps it was also for something else.

You obtained the Noble Phantasms "Fuxi Spear" and "Merit Jade Pendant."

Inherent skill "Mastery of All Laws" evolved!

You obtained the inherent skill "Grandmaster of All Laws."

After leaving Huoyun Palace, you followed the karmic currents of fate and went wherever chance took you, until...

On your way toward the Yin Dynasty, you witnessed the people's suffering. Not a single household could even afford a sip of soup; being able to eat one meal every three days was already a luxury. Along the way, you did not know how many people you saw starve to death.

A resistance toward the Yin Dynasty began to take root in your heart.

You traveled for a long time. One day, you heard that the people of Xi Qi lived far better lives than those in regions near the Yin Dynasty. Skeptical, you came to Xi Qi.

What you saw next was a scene of people living and working in peace and contentment, utterly unlike the worsening misery of the people the closer one got to Chaoge, the Yin Dynasty's capital.

You realized that Xi Qi's ruler was a wise sovereign, at least a thousand, even ten thousand times better than the ruler of the Yin Dynasty.

The Yin Dynasty's ruler, Di Xin, was debauched and tyrannical, indifferent to whether the people lived or died. Marquis of the West Ji Chang, on the other hand, valued the people. The two could not have been more different.

You decided to remain in Xi Qi and observe for a while longer.

During your stay in Xi Qi, you also heard of Marquis of the West Ji Chang's love for the people. You further learned that an extraordinary person was assisting him from behind the scenes. Rumors said that Marquis of the West Ji Chang harbored ambitions to overthrow the Yin Dynasty. Compared to the other three regional marquises, you felt that Ji Chang was the one most worthy of your aid.

You decided to seek out Ji Chang three days later.

During your time in Xi Qi, you also learned a great deal of information about the Yin Dynasty.

The current ruler of the Yin Dynasty, Di Xin, was depraved and tyrannical. He spent his days reveling in pools of wine and forests of meat, neglecting state affairs, indulging his consorts, building lofty pavilions, and rewarding beauties, leaving the people destitute. Those beneath him were mostly worthless officials who occupied their posts without doing any real work. None had any ability, and those who did were all persuaded into being executed by treacherous men. Bi Gan from long ago was a prime example.

Marquis of the West Ji Chang was completely unlike Di Xin. He loved the people as his own children, valued and employed worthy ministers, and was every bit a wise and virtuous ruler.

You lamented that the Yin Dynasty's fate had run its course. It would not last more than a few years before perishing.

The one to replace it might very well be Marquis of the West Ji Chang, or one of his descendants.

Three days later, you went to the gates of Marquis of Xi's Mansion and had the guards announce you, saying that someone had come to assist Marquis of the West Ji Chang.

Before long, a young and handsome man emerged. You could tell that he was not Marquis of the West Ji Chang, and you sensed from him the unique aura possessed only by cultivators.

You recognized him as the expert backing the Marquis of the West, and he likewise saw that you were a cultivator. He smiled at you and made a gesture of invitation.

You did not stand on ceremony and followed behind him inside.