Honghuang: Starting from the Enlightenment of the Great Emperor Dongyue

Chapter 3: Ghost Tribe Phoenix Traces
Ten thousand years, in the ancient times, is just a blink of an eye, passing in a flash.

Once upon a time, the Dragon, Phoenix and Qilin tribes were at their peak, but now they have long become forgotten history.

For thousands of years, Taicang devoted himself to cultivation and comprehended the ultimate truth of heaven and earth. Day after day, year after year, the way of the gods in his heart gradually became clearer and more perfect.

In the dark, he felt a vast will of heaven and earth blessing him, as if heaven and earth recognized the path he took and the way of the gods he created.

This great power is the heavenly and earthly karma position of the newly born Shinto master of heaven and earth.

At the same time, the power of the Taoist master's karma allowed him to successfully cross the bottleneck between the God Lord and the Emperor, which was like a natural chasm.

Not only that, with the help of the [Map of Mountains, Rivers and States·Book of Heaven], Taicang's own understanding of the laws of thunder, wood, and earth have also been continuously deduced over the past ten thousand years. Now it has become a natural result, and only a suitable opportunity is needed to truly prove the realm of the Great Emperor through the laws.

Taicang slowly opened his eyes, and two rays of light pierced through the void.

He stood up and stood on the top of Mount Tai, his long robe fluttering in the wind. He looked down at the devastated land, a cold look in his eyes.

The prosperity of the former Longhan era has long since disappeared. The world is dead silent, the spiritual energy is exhausted, the mountains and rivers are broken, and there are ruins everywhere, a scene of doomsday.

Looking around, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The bloody aura filled the air between heaven and earth and lingered for a long time.

Countless resentful souls and regrets floated between heaven and earth, making bursts of ghostly howling sounds, which was creepy.

"Is this the world after the catastrophe?" Taicang couldn't help but ask himself.

These resentful souls and regrets are all transformed from the creatures that died in the first catastrophe of Longhan.

Because their hearts are filled with resentment and unwillingness, they cannot dissipate between heaven and earth, and can only wander in the world and suffer torture.

Taicang's gaze fell on the resentment that was constantly gathering.

"The ghost tribe was born..."

Among these wronged souls, there are many powerful ones at the level of God Lord. The remaining resentment or obsession lingers for a long time. They continuously absorb the evil energy of heaven and earth and the yin energy of the earth, and gradually condense into powerful ghost kings.

The Ghost King gained intelligence and continuously released ghost energy, turning large areas into ghost dens.

In the ghost den, the air was filled with gloomy and sinister spirits, with ghosts crying and wolves howling, absorbing the residual souls from all around.

Under the influence of ghost energy, these residual souls began a new transformation and transformed into a completely new race.

Taicang stood quietly on Mount Tai, observing all this.

It is clear that the birth of the ghost clan is not accidental, but the result of the self-improvement of heaven and earth, and is part of the operation of the way of heaven.

The ancient world experienced a long period of killing, with wronged souls and blood filling the sky and earth. This was the breeding ground for the ghost clan.

Since the conditions are in place, the emergence of the ghost clan is inevitable, and no force can stop it.

The world was silent, the mountain wind was howling, stirring up waves of blood.

Suddenly, a weak fluctuation of the law of fire came from the foot of Mount Tai, attracting Taicang's attention.

The fluctuation was extremely subtle, like a thin flame, swaying in the evil wind, yet persisting stubbornly.

Taicang's mind moved, his gaze penetrated layers of space, and finally stopped at a deep valley at the foot of Mount Tai.

Deep in the valley, the rocks were charred and the trees were withered.

Yet, in this deadly place, the Law of Fire was as weak as a candle in the wind, ready to go out at any moment. That faint Law of Fire was the power of the Phoenix bloodline.

Although it is weak, it contains the rich vitality of the Phoenix clan's rebirth.

"Huh? That's..." Taicang's eyes fixed, a hint of surprise on his face, "True blood of the Phoenix lineage?"

I saw a huge red-gold phoenix curled up on the ground, emitting faint flames all over its body, and it looked extremely weak.

"Phoenix Clan..."

Taicang had a lot of thoughts in his mind and a long look in his eyes.

“Maybe it’s a good choice.”

Although the divine path has gained the recognition of heaven and earth, Taicang is in the position of the Taoist master, but he has no one under his command. He is all alone and is just a commander without troops.

If you want to compete with the Xuanmen led by Hongjun for the power of heaven and earth in the future, you must have enough powerful and numerous gods to help you.

Now that Longhan has passed, Hongjun is about to merge with the Dao, become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, and control the ancient world.

In the next tens of thousands of years, Taicang thought it would be difficult for him to reach Hongjun's level.

After all, he was born one kalpa later than Hongjun, and his foundation was very different.

Moreover, now that a new "destiny" may have been born, will they choose to be disciples of a saint, or will they choose to follow the path of a weak god?

Taicang smiled faintly, the balance had actually begun to tilt.

In contrast, the three dominant races that once dominated the ancient world, although they suffered heavy losses in the first catastrophe of Longhan and were burdened with karma, their foundation was still deep, and a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

The cruelty of the Longhan catastrophe brought the three tribes down from the clouds and shattered the pride in their hearts.

Compared with those newly born races that carry the "destiny", the three tribes have experienced the baptism of catastrophe, witnessed the rise and fall, shed their youthful arrogance, become more mature and stable, and know how to judge the situation better.

They once stood at the top of the world, overlooking all living beings, but eventually fell from the altar. This sense of gap made them eager more than anyone else to return to the top and reclaim the glory that belonged to them.

There was a hint of nostalgia in Taicang's eyes, as if he felt the same way.

Moreover, the way of gods is different from the Xuanmen which focuses on personal cultivation. It has an advantage that the three tribes cannot refuse. That is, the way of gods pays more attention to the maintenance of the order of heaven and earth and the welfare of the people, and can gain merit.

The core of the way of gods created by Taicang is "the unity of gods and Tao", that is, gods are closely connected with the way of heaven and earth, and together they maintain the balance of heaven and earth.

These gods each have their own duties, guarding the stability of heaven and earth, and protecting the peace of all living beings from invasion by evil forces from outside the domain.

In return, heaven and earth will grant them merit.

For the three tribes that are now burdened with huge karma and were once the overlords of heaven and earth, merit is a fatal temptation and the best way to wash away their sins and regain their destiny.

Perhaps these merits will not be immediate and will take a long time to accumulate, but as long as we persist, one day the karma of the three tribes will be washed away and they will regain their former glory.

For the three tribes that once stood at the top of the world, time is exactly what they have the most.

They have a long lifespan, enough to support them in completing this long journey of redemption.

Thinking of this, Taicang had already made up his mind. He flashed and turned into a dazzling streak of light, cutting through the sky and disappearing on the spot.

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