Investiture of the Gods: I am Bigan, the Master of Conspiracy

Chapter 139: Laying out a plan for the Journey to the West, plotting against the Heavenly Dao and destiny!

Soon, Venus entered Biyou Palace and was overjoyed to see Yin Ziyu there: "Since the High Priest is here, then this humble immortal need not go to the Southern Frontier!"

Yin Ziyu laughed and said, "Oh, could it be that Venus is also looking for me?"

Venus cupped his hands and said, "That's right. The High Priest is now renowned throughout the Three Realms and is a great sage of the human race with great merit. After paying my respects to Sect Leader Jinling, I will go and pay my respects to him!"

The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit then asked, "May I ask what business the Venus has with me?"

Chang Gengxing hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Sect Leader Jinling, a thousand years later, when the peaches of immortality ripen again, the Great Heavenly Venerable Haotian and the Great Heavenly Venerable Yaochi are preparing to hold the Yaochi Grand Gathering, inviting great gods from all directions of the Three Realms. Naturally, they will come to invite the great immortals of the Jie Sect and the sages of the human race. The Great Heavenly Venerable's original intention was to establish the Five Elders of the Five Directions under the position of the Great Heavenly Venerable, to be those of great prestige in the Three Realms. Now that Sect Leader Jinling governs the East Sea, the Great Heavenly Venerable believes that Sect Leader Jinling should be the Holy Emperor of the East, while the High Priest should take over the South!"

After hearing this, the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit first looked at Yin Ziyu, waiting for his opinion.

The Golden Spirit Mother originally followed Yin Ziyu with the aim of protecting him. Even now, as the leader of the Jie Sect, she still wanted to wait for Yin Ziyu's opinion.

Yin Ziyu possessed countless ingenious schemes and always gained the upper hand, making him a top-tier succubus who won the trust and support of the Jie Sect members.

What is a succubus? It is someone who, through her own charm, attracts many people to follow her to the death and entrust their own path to her.

Just like Liu Bang, the first succubus of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, the second succubus, and Liu Bei, the third succubus.

Now, Yin Ziyu has undergone the baptism of a great calamity. The Golden Spirit Mother personally witnessed the scene where Yin Ziyu, with only the cultivation level of Taiyi Golden Immortal, was plotting the sinking ship plan in the primordial world with the sage.

Even now, a single willow branch, capable of discerning the hearts of all beings, can cause the mighty Chan Sect to crumble in an instant.

He can be described as courageous, resourceful, and possessing a grand vision. He is generous in distributing resources, living up to the boundless Dao in his heart. His personal charisma is at its peak, and he has expressed to the Jie Sect his ambition to unify the primordial world and unify strategies during this great calamity.

It can be said that at this time, in the Three Realms, although it was an era of order where heroes rose up, the Southeast Group of Yin Ziyu had already taken shape under Yin Ziyu's charisma.

With a long-term vision and a grand perspective, he can plan the rise and fall of fortunes and is generous in allocating them. When Yin Ziyu asked Jin Ling to throw away the Ten Continents, Jin Ling did so without hesitation, precisely because she had witnessed Yin Ziyu's ability to make fortunes return even after they had been scattered.

The goddess Luo, Mi Fei, became famous throughout the Three Realms for her oath to the Luo River, and Yun Xiao became famous throughout the Three Realms for her five captures and five releases. These were all directly assigned by Yin Ziyu, as they were originally unknown.

Yin Ziyu nodded in response to the gaze of the Golden Spirit Mother.

The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit looked at Venus and said, "In that case, this humble Taoist will certainly keep the appointment on time!"

Yin Ziyu then said, "Thank you for the invitation, Great Celestial Venerable. We will certainly attend the Peach Banquet on time!"

Upon hearing this, Venus bowed deeply and said, "In that case, this humble immortal will eagerly await the arrival of all the great immortals."

After exchanging pleasantries, Venus took his leave.

Watching Venus depart, the Golden Spirit Mother asked, "Ziyu, is Haotian also plotting something using this opportunity?"

Yin Ziyu looked at the Heavenly Court and said, "No matter what, Haotian is the rightful Great Heavenly Venerable, holding the reins of the Heavenly Court, but he is completely like a puppet. If this continues, how can he possibly achieve the Great Dao? Now that the Chan Sect and the East Sea have been defeated, Haotian will inevitably be tempted. It is only natural that he would use this opportunity to plot against us. The Five Elders of the Five Directions are simply using this opportunity to divide the power of the Chan Sect, so we should go. Furthermore, no matter what, Haotian holds the reins of the Great Dao. Cooperating with Haotian is more beneficial than harmful to us, especially since we also have the great fortune borrowed from the Supreme Lord!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately nodded in agreement!

Yunxiao asked, "What is the connection between this and fortune?"

Yin Ziyu looked at everyone and suddenly said solemnly, "Everyone, although we have the ambition to achieve the Primordial Chaos, how can we take away the hopes of all living beings? The Way of the Intercepting Sect teaches without discrimination and should give all living beings a chance to live. My Way requires seeking the brightness of one's own heart. Although the current fortune of the Three Realms can allow one person to attain the Dao, one person achieving the Primordial Chaos is enough to deprive all living beings in the Three Realms, and even all living beings in the myriad realms, of their path to ascension and trap them in eternal reincarnation. How can we achieve the Primordial Chaos in this way? Fortune has a fixed number; how can we go against our own Way by achieving the Primordial Chaos for our own sake!"

Upon hearing Yin Ziyu's words, everyone was surprised and immediately became convinced of his superiority.

Upon hearing this, the Holy Mother Jinling was filled with emotion and immediately said, "Ziyu is right. The way of our Jie Sect is to teach without discrimination. We do not take people's background as the basis for accepting disciples. As long as they are free from karmic burdens, they can seek a way out for themselves and also for all beings in the Three Realms with low backgrounds. If we seek only our own Hunyuan, how is that different from the Chan Sect seeking fortune and using the human race as pasture?"

Bixiao immediately asked, "If that's the case, then it means we're going to use the immense fortune that the Heavenly Court is suppressing?"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "Having obtained the righteousness of the Heavenly Court, I now have the identity to scheme for this destiny. No matter what, I have made my mark. The road ahead is long, but I will continue to seek!"

At this point, the essence of all parties in the Three Realms is that those with low starting points are like ants, who will not only have no chance of rising but will also be forced to kneel and worship them.

Those who are not top-tier followers, even dragons, are only at the bottom of the Chan Sect. Their luck is not allocated to them, and they can forget about spiritual treasures.

As for the Human Religion, forget about entering to enjoy its fortune. The Western Religion itself doesn't have much fortune, and it depends on your achievements in the Three Realms and how it recruits Eastern talents.

However, the Eastern Humans spread the belief in reincarnation, using it to induce them to believe in Him.

As for those rogue cultivators, they don't have much luck to begin with, so they naturally tend to give their limited luck to good followers to strengthen their own power.

Basically, those with low starting points can only see hope for advancement with Yin Ziyu and the Jie Sect.

Whether one seeks to unite the three realms or attain the Dao of Hunyuan, the first requirement is to uphold one's own Dao, for this is one's foundation.

When a powerful group takes shape, it aims to influence all living beings in the Three Realms. First, it must determine what kind of path it uses to influence them.

Nowadays, all parties in the Three Realms will prevent any Primordial Being from appearing, because the appearance of a Primordial Being will inevitably cause the Three Realms to lose their vitality. Anyone who shows such a tendency must be suppressed by the combined forces.

Therefore, the best solution is to use the immense fortune from the Heavenly Dao that the Heavenly Court is suppressing.

After hearing this, the Golden Spirit Mother nodded: "What Ziyu said is very true. Haotian's desire to seize power is indeed an opportunity!"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "The path to Hunyuan is long, but all our choices today pave the way for the future. Today's choices determine future opportunities. No matter what, the Heavenly Court is the place of righteousness. The Heavenly Emperor wants to compete with the Chan Sect for the power of the Heavenly Court, which is an opportunity for us. The Five Elders of the Five Directions are below the Heavenly Emperor, so why not take them?" At that moment, the Golden Spirit Mother looked at everyone and said: "In that case, let's follow Ziyu's plan!"

Yin Ziyu knew that the future great calamity would be the Journey to the West, but he did not point it out. However, this plan was to rely on the future Journey to the West to carry out.

The original Journey to the West ended like a farce.

However, the impact was on the path of faith, which swept across the three realms in an instant, and from then on, the cultivation mode of the three realms became a struggle for faith.

Faith contains both fortune and willpower; the combination of the two has indeed changed the cultivation model of the primordial world.

The fusion of innate Heavenly Dao fortune and the origin of Heavenly Dao is called Heavenly Dao Merit. The fusion of the fortune of top-tier spiritual veins like Penglai and Kunlun with innate spiritual energy is called Earthly Dao Merit. And the fusion of the willpower of all beings with the reputation of all beings is Human Dao Merit.

Originally, the witch and demon races were unteachable, as were the Shang people. The reason they were unteachable was that the price of gaining their faith was extremely high.

The Zhou people were teachable, meaning they could be herded.

The original cultivation model in the prehistoric world required both planning for reputation and fortune and seeking spiritual veins. However, after the Journey to the West, one only needed to control the mortals in a certain area to attract a flood of faith, and one would have both the power of will and fortune.

This allows one to attract a vast amount of faith at a very low cost.

Because mortals don't need you to give up your luck, or to pass on your skills or teachings. All you need to do is control all the rights of mortals, such as the right to mate, the right to reproduce, the right to wealth, and the right to bring rain. So, mortals will make offerings to pray for rain to survive, to achieve fame and success, to continue their lineage, and to seek marriage for sexual satisfaction. It can be said that all of this comes at no cost.

However, in this way, it seems that all living beings have a chance, but in fact, the chances are all with the great gods. Only the great gods can control these rights of mortals, and release them little by little.

Ordinary minor immortals and demons can only serve as guardian spirits for ordinary mortal families, seeking a little faith, which only prolongs their lives but cannot elevate their cultivation level.

The faith in the great god will sweep across countless dimensions.
Why was the Shang Dynasty destined to perish? Because the Shang Dynasty's destiny was controlled by the human emperor, while the immortals and gods could not control the rights of the human race. Originally, these things were not important to the human race.

The emperor bestowed the rights that originally belonged to the human race upon the Heavenly Court, which was then controlled by the Chan Sect. After the rights were redistributed, the human race lost its cultivation and could only pursue food, drink, beauty, and status.

In this way, one can continuously obtain faith.

In the original Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect and the Yin Shang Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat, and even the East Sea was completely seized by the Chan Sect. Although the three great masters betrayed their sects, it did not affect the overall structure of the Three Realms.

Those rogue cultivators still had no chance to rise to prominence, so the Journey to the West unfolded like a farce, completing the pattern of faith sweeping across the three realms.

As long as the Shang Dynasty and the Jie Sect remain intact, this path will not perish. Furthermore, because the Shang Dynasty and the Jie Sect took the fall, all these powerful rogue cultivators were drawn into the fray, resulting in the current situation where powerful figures rise up across the three realms.

It is better for powerful forces to rise together than for one or two to dominate.

With powerful figures rising up, for ordinary people, there was no way to rise above their circumstances here. They could go to other places, but they all needed talented people to compete for the destiny of the Three Realms. The original order after the Investiture of the Gods was an extremely suffocating one.

With powerful figures rising up, the Heavenly Court needs to pay an extremely high price to maintain its supreme status; otherwise, the Heavenly Court will become like the Zhou emperor.

Therefore, Heaven needs to use its fortune to grant the Heavenly Court the power to suppress the Three Realms.

If the Heavenly Court continues to lack fortune, its rules will become a laughing stock, its authority will be completely lost, and the path of faith will be unable to become the mainstream in the Three Realms, leading to the complete collapse of the Heavenly Dao.

This primordial world cannot be destroyed until the time for its annihilation. If it is, the Great Dao can awaken and destroy all the saints and the Heavenly Dao, and chaos will return to a singularity.

Yin Ziyu naturally understood all of this, and with that in mind, the future of the Journey to the West was certainly full of potential.

The Journey to the West will naturally occur; it is an inevitable trend. There will also be those destined to face this calamity. However, the process has undergone many changes, and now we are in a chaotic situation where heroes are rising up. It all depends on the planning of various parties in the Journey to the West.

Then, the Golden Spirit Mother asked Yin Ziyu, "Ziyu, regardless of the circumstances, our sect and the Yin Shang share a common destiny. Will the Yin Shang attack Zhou in the future and regain control over the human race?"

Yin Ziyu pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "I could destroy Zhou because of me, but now the human race is spread across the myriad realms, and 80% of them are descendants of Xuanyuan. There is no need to rule them again. Furthermore, going against the general trend, even if we complete the conquest, we will have to share the fortune if our path remains unchanged. This is poison!"

The members of the Jie Sect nodded in agreement with Yin Ziyu's words. It was unnecessary to occupy the Xuanyuan lineage here and then share its fortune.

The Golden Spirit Mother nodded in agreement: "Indeed, the fortune of the Xuanyuan lineage has already been offered to the Heavenly Court, yet the Yin Shang dynasty is expected to enjoy it. This is truly poison! The only solution is to allow the non-Xuanyuan lineages to multiply!"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "That's right. It is precisely to allow the non-Xuanyuan lineage to thrive in the Southern Frontier and to make the Great Shang a place of great fortune. Now it is no longer the primordial world, and the human race has been scattered across the myriad realms. Only when the Great Shang's fortune rises can it represent the human race, while the Xuanyuan lineage can simply be left as a place for immortals and gods to graze. Once, Zhuanxu wanted to sever the connection between heaven and earth and exterminate other races of the human race, and now this can be considered karma! This is also their choice."

Upon hearing Yin Ziyu's words, the Golden Spirit Mother burst into laughter: "Hahahaha. That's excellent. Let the human race outside of the Great Shang Dynasty rise and fall as they please. Once the Great Shang Dynasty's fortune improves and enough human cultivators who can shake the Three Realms appear, then the Great Shang Dynasty will still represent the human race, while the Xuanyuan lineage will become the pasture of immortals and gods. That's what they've been pursuing!"

Upon hearing this, Yunxiao and the others couldn't help but smile.

Such a situation is truly mysterious. The higher the Shang Dynasty's achievements and the greater its fortune, the more it will represent the human race of the Three Realms. The Xuanyuan lineage, having surrendered its fortune, will also forever lose its fortune and naturally become a pasture.

Then, they will also lose their voice as representatives of the human race.

Yunxiao then asked, "Ziyu, now that the Human Emperor is gone, does Ziyu wish to become the Human Emperor?"

Yin Ziyu shook his head: "Now that I am the Human Emperor, there is no need for it. The Human Emperor's Sword is broken. Besides, the title of Emperor is just a title. I can continue to manage the fortune of the Human Race as the High Priest!"

Golden Spirit Mother nodded: "That's good. The High Priest actually controls the human race, so he doesn't need to worry about other mundane affairs. If an emperor is established in the future, he will be under the High Priest!"

For Yin Ziyu, titles and such are irrelevant, and the title of Human Emperor is no longer necessary. To be Human Emperor, one must be responsible for all humankind, including the Xuanyuan lineage. The limited fortune is not enough for the direct descendants, so one can simply let the non-Xuanyuan lineage grow and then eliminate them.

(End of this chapter)