Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 195: Heaven's Destruction of the Shang Dynasty
"The Great Shang Dynasty has been passed down to this day, and it must not perish in our hands."

Huang Feihu sighed helplessly.

For the sake of the Shang Dynasty, he was willing to give in, and was also willing to persuade other ministers to give in. He only hoped that Emperor Xin could also consider the Shang Dynasty and not do such a thing that would alienate people.

As they were talking, the two had already arrived in Chaoge.

This was Ao Bing's first visit to Chaoge. It was indeed extraordinary. It was tens of millions of miles in circumference and tens of thousands of feet high, as big as an ancient sacred mountain. It sat above the earth, like a god or demon overlooking the world, exuding a terrifying majesty.

It seems that the city of Chaoge was not built for humans, but more like it was built for gods, the city of gods!
Above the city of Chaoge, in the void that mortals cannot see, countless fortunes gathered and turned into layers of dark clouds, penetrating through the thirty-six layers of the void and extending into the chaos.

And in the chaos, a huge black divine bird can be vaguely seen. It looks like a swallow, but also like a black phoenix.

This is the totem of the Shang Dynasty, the Xuanniao!

The black bird of destiny descended to give birth to the Shang Dynasty, so the fortune beast of the Shang Dynasty was the image of the black bird. Its power penetrated the thirty-six layers of the void and went straight into the chaos. From this, we can see that its strength is comparable to that of a quasi-saint.

The Xuanniao here is not just the son of the phoenix, but also the image of Emperor Ku, one of the Five Emperors.

Emperor Ku was the great-grandson of Emperor Huangdi, grandson of Emperor Shaohao, nephew of Emperor Zhuanxu, father of Emperor Yao, and the common ancestor of Shang and Zhou.

Emperor Ku had three sons, namely Emperor Yao, Qi, the founder of Shang, and Hou Ji, the founder of Zhou.

Emperor Shaohao used the phoenix as his totem, and Emperor Ku, as his grandson, naturally inherited this. The Shang and Zhou ancestors, as descendants of Emperor Ku, also inherited this.

Therefore, the Shang Dynasty used the black bird as its totem, and the Zhou Dynasty used the phoenix as its totem.

But their totem, although it is the image of the Phoenix Clan, is not from the Phoenix Clan. Instead, it is based on the Phoenix image of Emperor Shaohao, and then perfected by Emperor Ku.

This also leads to the fact that the Xuanniao Dharma Image of Shang and the Phoenix Dharma Image of Zhou are actually stronger than the first generation Xuanniao and the second generation Phoenix.

Among the Five Emperors, only the Phoenix Ancestor could surpass them. The others, even the sons of the Phoenix Ancestor, were far inferior. The phoenix dharma forms cultivated by the Five Emperors were naturally second only to the Phoenix Ancestor, and their descendants could not compare.

The luck and appearance of the Great Shang Dynasty is comparable to that of a quasi-saint, and with the Nine Cauldrons in hand, it can be regarded as the hegemon of the prehistoric world. Therefore, apart from the saintly tradition and the heavenly court, few forces dare to provoke the Great Shang Dynasty.

"I wonder how many people this divine city can accommodate, tens of billions, or hundreds of billions..."

In front of Chaoge City, Ao Bing was deeply shocked and couldn't help but sigh.

"No one really knows this, and there is no way to quantify it. All we can say is that there are countless mortals in Chaoge City, and the number of cultivators should be around tens of millions."

Huang Feihu thought about it and replied.

It was true that Chaoge City belonged to Emperor Xin, but the creatures in it did not belong entirely to him, only partially. The vast majority of the rest belonged to the nobles of all sizes in the city.

The nobles had their own fiefdoms and military units, and could even appoint officials and promulgate laws on their own. It was like a country within a country.

Emperor Xin could only give them orders but could not interfere with their internal operations, so he naturally could not do things like counting the population.

Of course, there is no need to do so. There are at least tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions of people in Chaoge City, but it is meaningless. Because most of these people are slaves, not people, but livestock and wealth. The only people who can be considered human are the descendants of nobles, about 10 million people, and most of them are monks.

Emperor Xin only needed to count the population of monks. They were free from productive activities and had enough energy to practice. Moreover, matters such as conscription, taxation, and food supply all originated from them.

The spiritual fields and resources of the Shang Dynasty were also under their control. Slaves were driven by them to farm, hunt, fish, and pick fruits...

The harvest does not belong to oneself, but is for the nobles to cultivate. Working hard for a year, but not enough to make a living, is not just talk.

The prehistoric world is too vast, and there are people everywhere. As long as you don't have an identity, you will be a slave if you are caught. Therefore, slaves are consumables, and there is no need to care about their feelings and safety. If they die or get injured, just replace them with a new batch.

In the city of Chaoge, a large number of slaves were killed or injured every day. At the same time, a large number of slaves were transported in from all over the place in an endless stream.

There is no point in counting their numbers because the value they create is limited, they cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, and they are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

Their main purpose is to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and the gods and spirits of the four directions. Especially during the four seasons and eight festivals, at least hundreds of millions of mortals are sacrificed at this time of year.

Emperor Yu was furious and put the gods in the Shang Dynasty on the list. This was the reason. After absorbing the essence of so many people, even if he protected the human race, he still had to pay a price.

At the same time, the signs of the Shang Dynasty's demise were also related to overly frequent sacrifices.

Not only during the four seasons and eight festivals, but also on ordinary days, whether good or bad things happen, sacrifices must be made. The frequency is so high that it consumes too much vitality of the human race.

Moreover, those slaves must have harbored resentment as they were sacrificed alive. Over time, these resentments accumulated more and more, and were enough to give rise to a disaster that would destroy the Shang Dynasty.

Even if Ao Bing were to analyze it, the demise of the Shang Dynasty was inevitable. It could not keep up with the development of the times and was bound to be eliminated. Therefore, the Shang Dynasty was replaced by the more civilized Zhou Dynasty.

The Zhou Dynasty supported the abolition of the human sacrifice system, so compared with the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was undoubtedly more favored by the human race.

Of course, the Zhou Dynasty also had problems, as it only abolished human sacrifice, not the system of burying people alive with the dead. But even so, it was still a huge improvement over the Shang Dynasty.

"Alas, it is difficult to save the Shang Dynasty. The human sacrifice system must be abolished, and the living sacrifice system must also be abolished. Only in this way can the prosperity of the Shang Dynasty be extended."

"Otherwise, even if Tongtian Lake is revived, the Shang Dynasty will be destroyed by the backlash of the human race's luck."

With a sweep of his mind, Ao Bing saw the miserable plight of the slaves in Chaoge City and suddenly realized that it was not Yuanshi Tianzun who was going to destroy the Shang Dynasty, but the destiny of the human race.

The nobles, princes, kings, and immortals and gods cannot hear the cries of these slaves, but the destiny of the human race can hear it, and the laws of heaven, earth, and humanity can also hear it.

Slaves are also human beings. When they were sacrificed alive, they must have cursed the Shang Dynasty in their last moments.

If one person cursed, the destiny of the human race would remain indifferent, but what about the curses of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people? Not only the destiny of the human race must respond, but humanity must also respond, and give Da Shang a retribution.

This is the will of Heaven and the will of the people. It is God's will to destroy the Shang Dynasty!
If the Shang Dynasty cannot be reformed, the human sacrifice system cannot be abolished, and the slaves' resentment cannot be alleviated, then no matter who helps the Shang Dynasty, they will be going against the will of heaven and are doomed to have a bad end.

No wonder the Jiejiao, which was clearly the strongest in the previous life, was defeated so miserably. How could it not be miserable when going against the will of heaven?
(End of this chapter)