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

Chapter 144 Counterattack Against the Open Scheme, Xiqi's Demise!
After hearing Luo Shen's question, Yin Ziyu suddenly smiled slightly: "How much of the law of cause and effect can Fellow Daoist Mi Fei control now?"

After listening, Mi Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Since the flood of Xiqi, the Oath of Luoshui has become the second oath after the Oath of Heaven, and it has given Luoshui great prestige. This time, Xuandu has taken the oath of Luoshui as its basis, which has made the law of cause and effect even more perfect. With the law I have mastered now, I can achieve 30% of it!"

At this time, everyone in the prehistoric world generally referred to themselves as "I," and Mi Fei, having followed Yin Ziyu for a long time, also referred to herself as "I" in the same way as Yin Ziyu.

Yin Ziyu's habits are both from his past life and his current life's desire to follow his heart.

After listening, Yin Ziyu pondered for a moment and said, "Thirty percent is enough. It's enough to influence many people. Now that Zhou's fortune is insufficient and it's no longer of any use to the Chan Sect, they won't waste their fortune supporting it. So, if we destroy Zhou without launching a northern expedition, the Human Sect and the Chan Sect won't mobilize their forces. This can be considered as avenging the human race! Fellow Daoist Mi Fei can use the law of cause and effect to interfere with the choices of some people and make them destroy Zhou!"

"Please advise me on how to proceed!"

Mi Fei looked at Yin Ziyu with curiosity in her eyes.

Yin Ziyu looked towards the northern frontier: "The Chong Heihu clan is despicable and shameless. They used the power of karma to repay their descendants, making their direct descendant's daughter, who was greedy and short-sighted, a key figure in the Ji family's rule. The marriage between the Chong family's first meritorious official and the Chong family was unbreakable. They then made the future crown prince mentally challenged. Because of his eldest son's marriage to the Chong family, Ji Gongdan dared not depose the crown prince. After the crown prince ascended the throne, they used the law of karma to make this woman, due to her greed and licentiousness, seize power and wreak havoc in the palace. After incurring the displeasure of the Ji family, this woman indiscriminately killed members of the Ji family, inciting the Ji family to kill the demon queen and then use karma to exterminate the entire Chong family. After inciting the Ji family's kings to kill indiscriminately and destroy the Chong family, the northern barbarians could then take advantage of the situation to invade and destroy Zhou!"

That's right, Yin Ziyu arranged the scenario of the War of the Eight Princes and the Five Barbarian Invasions for the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Mi Fei was first taken aback, then asked, "Zi Yu, I fear that if things don't go smoothly, the Chan Sect will surely interfere!"

Looking at the fortune of Xiqi, Yin Ziyu said, "This Qishan is on the verge of collapse. Obviously, the Chan Sect does not want to give up its fortune for Xiqi anymore. Fellow Daoist Mifei can use the Sacred Flame of the Human Race to mobilize the fortune to help you. If this matter is successful, it will shake the Three Realms. In the future, when Fellow Daoist Mifei attains the Great Luo Dao, she may be able to bloom at the seventh grade or above!"

"Flowers of grade seven or higher bloom!"

Upon hearing Yin Ziyu's words, Mi Fei was both shocked and delighted.

"Is it really possible to do that?"

Yin Ziyu smiled faintly and said, "Fellow Daoist Mi Fei is the daughter of Emperor Fuxi. She possesses the innate essence of the Emperor. In the future, she is destined to reach at least the fifth rank of the Great Luo Realm. With the help of the number of laws she controls and the prosperity of her fortune and reputation, she may reach at least the seventh, eighth, or even ninth rank!"

When the Nine-Rank Great Luo Flower blooms, one has the opportunity to attain the Primordial Chaos Realm.

Zhen Yuanzi, Styx, and Fuxi are all innate deities, all of whom are of the ninth rank. They have some possibility of reaching that level, but whether they can actually do so is another matter.

But regardless, these are things that need to be planned.

"Thank you, Ziyu, for giving Consort Mi such an opportunity!"

Yin Ziyu laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Mi Fei, there's no need for that. After all, Mi Fei is the young priestess of the Great Shang, and the Great Shang also needs to avenge this grudge. The Northern Expedition is against the general trend of Heaven and the general trend of all living beings in the Three Realms. It is not easy to launch a Northern Expedition now, so this is the best way to avenge ourselves. It can also improve the fortune of the Great Shang. We can use this as a plan and use the fortune to help Fellow Daoist Mi Fei perfect this plan. I'm sure the Chan Sect will never save Xiqi again!"

After all, the Chan Sect sacrificed too much of its fortune for Xiqi. It's really not worth it to save Xiqi, whose fortune and reputation are already terrible.

The Chan Sect must be calculating the economic costs here. Back then, when the Investiture of the Gods failed, they had no choice but to save him. Now that Yin Ziyu is not going to launch a northern expedition and is only seeking revenge, should they still save him?
Now, Yin Ziyu is having Mi Fei use the fortune of the Shang Dynasty as support, and use her own law of cause and effect to complete the Shang Dynasty's revenge. This is a major cause and effect between the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Although the oath made at Luoshui has been settled, Mi Fei's identity remains unaffected.

By exploiting the law of cause and effect, they plotted to bring down Xiqi under the influence of cause and effect and karma, thus demonstrating that under the will of Heaven, cause and effect are real and reasonable.

After all, in the war between Shang and Zhou, Xiqi was a traitor with a long list of sins that could not be cleared of. However, the deaths of Emperor Xin, Nuwa's forgiveness, and the southward migration of Yin Ziyu and his kinsmen completely won justice in the Three Realms.

The moment Ji Fa descended to become emperor, his karma reached its peak.

At this time, Xiqi's fortune was running low, while the Shang Dynasty's fortune was solid. Therefore, in the war of revenge, if the Chan Sect did not contribute its fortune to replenish Xiqi, Xiqi would surely perish.

Since the encirclement and suppression by the Chan and Ren sects ended in failure, the Shang dynasty should begin its defensive counterattack.

There's no need for them to go on a northern expedition to rule the vast and endless Xuanyuan lineage, to go against the general trend and the gods and immortals of the Three Realms. Getting rid of this burden now is actually the best thing to do.

Since you've gotten what you asked for and are willing to be slaves to them, don't blame the Shang Dynasty for not protecting you, and don't blame the Emperor for not protecting you.

After receiving Yin Ziyu's instructions, Mi Fei immediately began to plan using the law of cause and effect!
Yin Ziyu then instructed, "There will be a minister who petitions to retire from public life, speaking of using filial piety to govern the world; this will bring about extraordinary results in the future!"

Consort Mi was surprised and immediately asked, "Why is that?"

Yin Ziyu smiled faintly: "To deny the Zhou rites with this, to destroy its foundation, and to become a laughing stock in the Three Realms!"

Consort Mi was taken aback upon hearing this: "The Zhou rites have been passed down for tens of thousands of years, with loyalty as the foundation and rites as the guiding principle. Filial piety and brotherly love are only one aspect of them. Can this move really shake the foundation?"

"It doesn't matter. This move is nothing more than a laughing stock, showing that there is nothing else worth mentioning in this dynasty except for filial piety. When this article becomes famous throughout the Three Realms, it will be the time when loyalty, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness in Xiqi will be lost."

Indeed, this is a petition stating that the Holy Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, thereby negating the Zhou rites that are prevalent in Xiqi, such as loyalty, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.

When the script was set, and the War of the Eight Princes broke out, the entire Zhou rites became a joke in the Three Realms. As a result, the formation of the Zhou rites and the teachings of Chan Buddhism would also be highly questioned.

These things are the refinement of Confucianism, but the Confucian way comes from the Zhou rites, and the way of the Zhou rites comes from the Chan teachings. This is the evolution of this way.

After listening, Mi Fei pondered for a moment and asked, "Can the Zhou emperor be persuaded to stay?"

Yin Ziyu shook his head: "When filial piety takes precedence over loyalty, a subject can abandon his ruler out of filial piety, and a lord can disobey orders out of filial piety. Xiqi prides itself on being the orthodox ruler of rites and music, but when the time comes, it will not even be able to keep its subjects from being filial. Wouldn't it become a laughing stock in the Three Realms? If this filial piety is allowed to be amplified to an infinite degree, it will become the foundation of Xiqi. If this foundation is destroyed, Xiqi will surely perish!"

Ji Chang was once renowned throughout the prehistoric world for his virtue, while Boyi Kao was enfeoffed as the Ziwei Emperor for his loyalty and filial piety.

Now Ji Chang and Ji Fa have both fallen from grace, but Bo Yikao has not, and filial piety is the only thing Xiqi can still be proud of.

Under Yin Ziyu's arrangement, the entire plan was quickly put into action.

Meanwhile, Mi Fei was also searching for a suitable candidate in Xiqi who could cooperate with the cause and effect.

After a search, one person was chosen by Mi Fei.

"Ziyu, we have found a suitable person to submit this petition. This person is a distant relative of the Ji family, named Ji Xiaolian. As his name suggests, he values ​​filial piety above all else. He is already burdened with the karma of filial piety, and now that his mother is seriously ill, he is the most suitable!"

Yin Ziyu instantly locked onto this person, and with a thought, influenced the person's mind, and a petition was evoked in the person's heart.

With Yin Ziyu's current cultivation level, accomplishing this task would be a piece of cake.

"Very well, let's see if this cause and effect leads to him submitting his resignation!"

Under the machinations of Yin Ziyu and Mi Fei, this person quickly submitted his resignation and presented a petition at the Xiqi court assembly.

My name is Xiaolian. Since childhood, I have heard that the utmost filial piety and brotherly love can reach the divine. I firmly believe that the ruler and parents are one, and that loyalty and filial piety have the same origin.

However, my mother is now over seventy years old, her health is declining, and she is plagued by illness. I am constantly worried and distressed.

Your Majesty has promoted me to a position in the Court of Rites and Music, and I have served in the court for over thirty years.

My father fell ill in Qiyang, and medicine was ineffective. Now my mother is bedridden by the Wei River, needing to be fed morning and evening.

The physician said: "Family kindness is hard to regain, and time is running out. Hearing this, I am heartbroken and wish I could take the illness upon myself."

Your Majesty, the Holy Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and your virtuous light shines brightly, benefiting all corners of the land.

If I were to covet official rank and position and abandon my family, I would be violating the fundamental principles of the Holy Dynasty's teachings. If I were to return to my hometown to serve my family and leave the court, I would be failing Your Majesty's kindness in nurturing me.

In this dilemma between loyalty to the emperor and filial piety, I only hope that Your Majesty will have pity on my foolish sincerity and allow me to resign my post and return to my hometown so that I can fulfill my duty of filial piety.

Filial piety is a matter of course, not only a matter for my humble family, but also the foundation of our holy dynasty.

In the past, the late Crown Prince Boyi Kao was renowned throughout the world for his filial piety. Now, Your Majesty carries on the will of the late king and promotes filial piety throughout the world. It is fitting that the world observe my actions and know that the Holy Dynasty takes filial piety as its foundation and applies both rites and punishments. In this way, the way of the king will be widespread and all nations will submit.

Your humble servant is filled with fear and trepidation, and respectfully submits this memorial to report this matter.

This petition was inspired by a sudden flash of inspiration from Yin Ziyu, and it was written in a long and eloquent style.
This article elevates filial piety to the level of the Way of Heaven, binding it to the orthodox rites and music that Xiqi claimed to uphold, so that even the Zhou emperor could not deny the legitimacy of filial piety.

By linking filial piety with the way of the king, it implies that filial piety is the foundation of the holy dynasty. If the Zhou emperor refuses, it is tantamount to destroying the foundation, while agreeing means acknowledging this foundation.

This memorial immediately caused a stir in the court, leaving everyone astonished. The Zhou emperor looked at the old minister and was immediately annoyed.

At this moment, the Zhou emperor was also furious. What the hell are you?
Fine, I'll resign. Who the hell made you write this long essay? And it's so well-written that I can't help but praise it.

What does it mean to say that the Holy Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and its magnificent virtue shines upon all corners of the land?

Upon seeing this memorial, the Zhou emperor's face twisted and changed in countless ways. In the end, he chose to remain silent, then waved his hand, granting permission to proceed with the memorial.

This person was indeed a nobody, but his memorial quickly spread throughout Xiqi, especially the one about the Holy Dynasty governing the world with filial piety.

The fortune of Xiqi was already bad, and the sign of bad fortune is that good things are halved and bad things are doubled.

If this fortune continues to decline, good things will cease, while bad things will double, or even multiply countless times.

This nobody is insignificant now, but his petition will soon make him famous throughout the world.

Even the immortals and gods of the entire Three Realms knew about this petition and the Holy Dynasty's rule of the world based on filial piety. Soon, this matter became a laughing stock in the Three Realms.

However, it doesn't really matter now; it's just something to talk about.

Everyone knows that Xiqi is completely rotten, and this petition directly states that all that's left in Xiqi is filial piety.

When filial piety is constantly amplified, it becomes the sole foundation of Xiqi.

This matter quickly became a topic of conversation throughout the Three Realms, and ridicule soon became the mainstream. Only Xiao from Xiqi could speak out about it.

Meanwhile, Mi Fei continued to plot against Xiqi using the concept of cause and effect, causing the Zhou emperor to have a legitimate son, who then married into the Chong family and was made crown prince.

However, as the crown prince grew up, he became increasingly mentally impaired, but because the crown princess was the daughter of the Marquis of the North, it was difficult to depose the crown prince.

In response, the Zhou emperor prayed to the immortals of the Chan sect to help the crown prince recover.

Upon learning of this, Guang Chengzi was immediately troubled. After a quick calculation, he realized that the reason for the Crown Prince's situation was that Consort Mi was manipulating things using the law of cause and effect.

Even with the blessing of the Great Shang Dynasty's fortune, the Ji family had this foolish child because of their fortune and karma. To bring him back to normal, they must continue to send fortune to Qishan.

Just as Yin Ziyu had predicted, this outcome was essentially a clash of fortunes between the Shang Dynasty and Xiqi.

"Senior Brother Antarctic, Junior Brother Taiyi, what should we do about the matter of Xiqi? This time, Mi Fei is using the fortune of Yin Shang as her foundation and karma as her sword to try to destroy Xiqi. If we save it, Xiqi's fortune will continue to increase; if we don't save it, Xiqi's decline is inevitable!"

The Antarctic Immortal looked at Xiqi with a solemn expression and said, "This time we will save it with our destiny, and we will save it again tomorrow. Xiqi's karma is so great that it has been despised by all living beings. Saving Xiqi is like adding fuel to the fire. The fuel will not be exhausted and the fire will not be extinguished. If this continues, our sect's destiny will collapse first. Now that the Investiture of the Gods has been completed, we can let it be destroyed. What Yin Shang seeks is nothing more than revenge. Letting it return to its old capital is absolutely unacceptable for the Yin Shang's high priests!"

Guang Chengzi nodded in agreement upon hearing Nanji's words: "What Senior Brother Nanji said is exactly what I think. If Xiqi falls, then we need to find someone to replace the emperor!"

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As for Xiqi, just as Yin Ziyu said, they completely abandoned it and would not save it anymore. Seeing the Shang Dynasty gambling with its destiny, the Chan Sect was also afraid.

Fearing that they would be unable to turn back once they kept filling the gaps, the Investiture of the Gods would be caught in a dilemma, and they could not save it this time.

Once the Chan Sect chose not to save Xiqi, the fate of Xiqi became irreversible.

Twenty years later, the Zhou emperor died of illness, and the foolish crown prince ascended the throne. The empress was Mi Fei, who used the power of cause and effect to trigger the karma of Chong Hei Hu's descendants.

Chong Heihu murdered his brother to seize the throne, and even slaughtered the entire family of his beloved brother Chong Houhu. This karmic debt is immense, and can be easily triggered by the slightest karmic influence.

Following the script designed by Yin Ziyu, she began to engage in debauchery in the harem, usurped the power of the foolish emperor, and indiscriminately killed members of the Ji clan. This quickly caused panic among the Ji family members, and several feudal lords led their troops into the capital to kill the wicked empress.

Then came the infighting among the Ji family members as they fought for the throne!

This also resulted in heavy casualties among the Ji clan princes and marquises, and the fortune of the entire Xiqi was almost on the verge of collapse. In order to seek revenge, the Ji clan princes and marquises began to kill each other with the Chong family, the Marquis of the North.

The filial piety that once existed has completely disappeared at this moment. Over the years, filial piety has become the foundation, but when the kings fought each other, filial piety was gone. At this moment, the entire Qishan began to crumble!
(End of this chapter)