Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Countless monarchs have committed countless foolish acts in their pursuit of immortality. In the end, however, it was all just a mirage, a fleeting illusion, and nothing but emptiness.

Now, with this rule established by Emperor Xin, the pursuit of immortality is no longer just empty talk. It even directly points out a path to immortality for all subsequent rulers.

That is to strive to be a qualified ruler. If you can do that, you will be able to enter the Fire Cloud Cave and live forever.

This also prevented those monarchs who sought immortality from doing foolish things. After all, that would be tantamount to cutting off their own path to immortality.

Just as Di Xin established this rule, Bi Gan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty's establishment of this rule is enough to inspire future rulers to work hard and govern well."

"However, there is one matter that Your Majesty must decide. Should the new dynasty established by Wu Geng continue to use the name Shang, or should it establish a different name?"

Upon hearing this, Di Xin frowned. He naturally hoped that his son would continue the Shang dynasty. However, he also felt that this wouldn't work, since the Shang dynasty was now a holy dynasty of the human race.

If his son were to continue using the name of the Great Shang Dynasty, it was inevitable that in a future generation, the throne would be usurped by someone else. At that point, would the Great Shang Dynasty have truly perished, or would it have survived?

To prevent such a thing from happening, Emperor Xin ultimately decided to have Wu Geng establish a new dynasty, thus ending the Shang dynasty's reign.

After Emperor Xin made his decision, everyone began to discuss what the new name of the country should be. After a heated discussion, the new name of the country was finally decided to be Xuan.

Wu Geng became the first ruler of the Xuan Dynasty and was taken in by Emperor Xin, where he began to be involved in state affairs.

After all, Emperor Xin couldn't simply hand over the heavy responsibility to his son. There naturally had to be a transition period, which Emperor Xin set for ten years.

In other words, ten years later, Emperor Xin will lead all the former ministers of the Shang Dynasty to Huoyun Cave.

During these ten years, all the ministers of the Shang Dynasty who went to Huoyun Cave were to cultivate ministers who could succeed Wu Geng.

After everything was agreed upon, Emperor Xin ordered his men to bring Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya into the Nine-Room Palace. However, the two were in a very sorry state.

Di Xin spoke without hesitation to Ji Fa: "Ji Fa was originally the son of the Marquis of Xibo. For his own selfish reasons, he colluded with the three sects of Xuanmen, attempting to gain personal benefits by betraying the human race."

“Such scum of humanity must not be tolerated. The entire Ji clan shall be exterminated, including their souls. Those who follow Ji Fa shall have their entire clan exterminated.”

As soon as Di Xin finished speaking, someone subdued Ji Fa. And, as Di Xin had ordered, his entire clan was exterminated.

Finally, Di Xin's gaze fell on Jiang Ziya, and he said, "Jiang Ziya, you were originally a member of the human race, but because you joined the Chan Sect, you forgot the roots of the human race."

"Logically speaking, I should have executed your entire clan, including your soul, just like Ji Fa did. But considering that you are destined to be a god, and that your destiny is not yet fulfilled."

"Today I will show you leniency and let you go to the Investiture of the Gods first. After that, you shall commit suicide at the Investiture Platform."

Jiang Ziya was extremely grateful, after all, he hadn't suffered the same fate as Ji Fa, whose soul and body had been completely destroyed. He even had the chance to claim a divine position on the Investiture of the Gods, which was a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune for him.

As for whether he would dare to go to Wanshou Mountain after the investiture of the gods and seek Zhen Yuanzi's protection, unless Jiang Ziya is stupid, he would absolutely not do that.

Leaving aside whether he could actually escape to Wanshou Mountain under the noses of the Daoist disciples, even if he did return, would Zhen Yuanzi really protect him?

Jiang Ziya was no fool; he naturally understood the advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, he headed directly towards Qishan.

Arriving at the Investiture Platform, Jiang Ziya let out a long breath. He then stepped onto the platform and addressed Bai Jian, "Bai Jian, the God of Blessings, lead all the true spirits to the platform to receive their titles." Bai Jian acknowledged and began to wave the Soul-Guiding Banner, guiding the true spirits listed on the Investiture List one after another to the platform.

The first to arrive before Jiang Ziya was Zhen Yuanzi's evil corpse incarnation. Jiang Ziya immediately bestowed upon Zhen Yuanzi's evil corpse incarnation the title of Doumu of the Kan Palace, responsible for commanding the 84,000 stars and constellations.

Then came the Daoist Ran Deng and the Daoist Maitreya. The Daoist Ran Deng was bestowed the title of Great Emperor of the North Pole of the Central Heaven by Jiang Ziya. The Daoist Maitreya was bestowed the title of Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole.

Subsequently, the main disciples of the Chan and Jie sects were also conferred important divine positions, mostly as the six main gods.

This inevitably filled everyone with immense gratitude towards Jiang Ziya. After bowing to Jiang Ziya, they all went to the Heavenly Court to report to the Jade Emperor.

Those who were subsequently appointed were all divine soldiers and generals from the Six Heavenly Gods. In the blink of an eye, three hundred and sixty-three had already been appointed.

Jiang Ziya then appointed 84,000 stars and constellations to serve in the Heavenly Court.

Seeing that Jiang Ziya remained silent, Bai Jian couldn't help but ask, "Jiang Ziya, there are still two 365 righteous gods missing. Why haven't you appointed them yet?"

Jiang Ziya looked at Bai Jian and then said, "You have rendered meritorious service in guarding the Conferred God Platform, so you should naturally have a divine position. As for the last divine position, it will be reserved for me, Jiang Ziya, myself."

Bai Jian looked at the only two remaining divine positions on the Investiture of the Gods: one was the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, the Heavenly Emperor of the East, and the other was the Broom Star.

Without even asking, Bai Jian knew that the jinx was definitely meant for him. So he simply spoke up.

"I, Bai Jian, will go to Huoyun Cave to cultivate. I will not be on the Investiture of the Gods list." After saying this, he threw down the Soul-Guiding Banner and left the Investiture of the Gods platform.

Just as Bai Jian left, Jiang Ziya's wife, Jiang Ma Shi, arrived at the foot of the Investiture Platform. She then smashed her head against the platform, ending her life.

Then, Jiang Ma's spirit appeared on the Investiture Platform and said to Jiang Ziya, "I have heard that after the Investiture of the Gods, you will have to commit suicide at the Investiture Platform."

“We were husband and wife, and I couldn’t let you die alone while I lived. So I killed myself by crashing into the Investiture of the Gods platform before you did.”

"After you take your own life, we, as husband and wife, will go to the Netherworld together for reincarnation. That way, our time as husband and wife will not have been in vain."

Jiang Ziya never expected that his wife would be willing to die with him. So he simply raised the God-Slaying Whip and spoke to Jiang Ma Shi.

"Jiang Ma is hereby conferred the title of Broom Star by the mandate of Heaven."

Immediately, a golden light appeared around Jiang Ma's body, granting her godhood.

This left Jiang Ziya unsure whether to be happy or worried. She wanted to ask Jiang Ziya why he had bestowed upon her the title of god.

Jiang Ziya had already raised the God-Slaying Whip and was about to smash it down on the top of his head.

The next moment, Jiang Ziya's true spirit appeared on the Investiture of the Gods platform and spoke directly.

"Jiang Ziya is hereby appointed as the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, the Heavenly Supreme and Benevolent Sage, and given oversight of the Thirty-Three Heavens." (End of Chapter)