Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 147 The Choice!

"Junior Brother Ziya, according to Master's instructions, Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, is the one destined by Heaven, and Xiqi is the key to the conferment of gods on behalf of Heaven."

"Now you remain in Chaoge, preparing to assist the Human Emperor, but you have chosen the wrong person!" Jade Cauldron Immortal said in a deep voice.

After the Heavenly Court conferred the title of Ziwei Emperor upon Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, disciples of the Chan Sect gradually came to Xiqi to assist him.

It is not hard to see from this that the Chan Sect has placed its bets on Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, in this great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods.

As one of the key figures in the Investiture of the Gods, and a crucial figure in bestowing titles upon the gods on behalf of Heaven, Jiang Ziya was naturally not left unattended by the Chan Sect.

Sure enough, the Chan Sect sent Jade Cauldron Immortal to Chaoge, intending to send Jiang Ziya to Xiqi to assist Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo.

"Senior Brother Yu Ding, you must know this. Under the rule of the current Human Emperor, even mortals live in peace and prosperity."

The fact that the people of Xiqi disobeyed the emperor's orders is the real rebellion, and the Marquis of Xibo's attempt to overthrow the human race is already obvious.

"As the lineage of sages, our Chan Sect should uphold the righteous path of heaven and earth. How can we associate with rebels and attempt to disrupt the orthodoxy of the human race?" Jiang Ziya said in a deep voice.

"Junior Brother Ziya, you have been deceived. The current Human Emperor appears to be a holy emperor in the world, but he is actually a great evil in the Investiture of the Gods!"

"Our Chan Sect aims to assist Xiqi in using the righteous to punish the wicked, to uphold the righteous path of heaven and earth, and to help humanity move towards a better future!" Master Yuding said in a deep voice.

Jiang Ziya's expression was solemn. He couldn't help but recall Jiang Heng's words from back then: what should he do when the Chan Sect clashed with the human race?

"If the current emperor is truly evil, why did our teacher take him as a disciple in the first place? I heard that the Sage of Heaven also had the idea of ​​taking him as a disciple."

"Could even a sage make a mistake? If you ask me, the current emperor is truly the chosen one!" Jiang Ziya said in a deep voice.

Yu Ding Zhenren remained silent. How could he know so much about the affairs of the human race? He only knew that the order from Yuanshi Tianzun was that the disciples of the Chan Sect should help Xiqi.

Originally, it was thought that as long as the order from Yuanshi Tianzun was passed on, Jiang Ziya would obediently follow him to Xiqi to assist Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo.

Who would have thought that Jiang Ziya would have so many ideas, and yet he spoke them so logically that Yu Ding Zhenren could hardly refute them.

With a sigh, Master Yuding could only bite the bullet and say, "How could I possibly guess what my teacher is thinking!"

But now your teacher has indeed given the order for you to go to Xiqi to assist Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo. Ziya! Do you dare to disobey your teacher's orders?

Jiang Ziya was slightly taken aback. His worst fears had come true. Faced with the same choice, Jiang Ziya had already given his answer.

"I, Jiang Ziya, am of mediocre talent. The reason I have been able to cultivate in Kunlun Mountain for decades is entirely because my teacher values ​​me and I will never forget his kindness in imparting knowledge and teaching me."

But I, Jiang Ziya, was already a human before I became a disciple of the Chan Sect. To bring peace to the human race for all eternity is my lifelong wish.

"For the sake of the future of humanity, please forgive Ziya for being unable to follow his teacher's arrangements and go to Xiqi to assist the traitorous Marquis Ji Chang!" Jiang Ziya said in a deep voice.

This time, Jiang Ziya recalled his past decisions and what he had seen and heard around the current emperor over the years, and he became more resolute than ever before.

"Jiang Ziya, you, you actually disobeyed your teacher's orders! This is an act of betraying your master and ancestors!" said Jade Cauldron Immortal angrily.

"When Ziya has fulfilled his lifelong wish, he will definitely go to Yuxu Palace to personally apologize to his teacher. At that time, whether to kill or punish him, he will naturally obey his teacher's orders!" Jiang Ziya said.

"You! You! You! You're really something! I'll report this to our teacher. You'd better watch yourself!" Master Yuding sighed and said.

"Brother Yu Ding, wait a moment!" Jiang Ziya suddenly said.

Master Yu Ding was slightly taken aback, thinking that Jiang Ziya had changed his mind. He turned around and saw Jiang Ziya take out a yellow notice and an iron whip and hand them to him.

"This is the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip. Jiang Ziya has failed his teacher's trust and is no longer able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of bestowing titles upon the gods on behalf of Heaven."

"Please, Senior Brother Yuding, take these two treasures back so that our teacher can choose another suitable candidate!" Jiang Ziya said firmly.

Yu Ding Zhenren gave Jiang Ziya a deep look and returned the two treasures used to bestow divine titles, which was enough to show Jiang Ziya's attitude.

Master Yu Ding understood that the protagonist destined to bestow divine titles on behalf of Heaven no longer belonged to their Chan Sect from this moment on.

In fact, even Yu Ding Zhenren did not understand Yuanshi Tianzun's intentions. From the current perspective, the contemporary human emperor had the advantage.

Even if Xiqi is destined by Heaven and should prosper, its power is still far inferior to that of the current Emperor.

Even with the assistance of the Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect, it would be virtually impossible for Xiqi to defeat the currently powerful Shang Dynasty.

However, since this was the order of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, even if the disciples of the Chan Sect, such as Jade Cauldron True Man, had many questions, they could only obey it.

"Yang Jian, you will come with me to Xiqi. You are destined to be a key human in the Investiture of the Gods, and it is fitting that you assist Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo."

Before leaving Chaoge City, Master Yuding found his disciple Yang Jian and prepared to take him to Xiqi.

But to Yu Ding Zhenren's complete surprise, Yang Jian immediately knelt down and said with a firm expression:

"Please forgive me, Master. That Human Emperor has done me a great favor. During the Investiture of the Gods, I will never help others to deal with him!"

Master Yu Ding was instantly enraged. He had just suffered a setback with Jiang Ziya and failed to complete the task assigned by Yuanshi Tianzun. Now, even his disciple was refusing his arrangements.

"Yang Jian, have you forgotten who saved your life? And who taught you all these skills? How dare you disobey your master's orders now?" Master Yu Ding said in a deep voice.

"My master not only saved my life, but also passed on his skills to me. I would never forget that. If I had not been forced to do so, I would not have dared to disobey my master's orders!" Yang Jian said, kneeling on the ground.

"Fine! I'd like to see what your compelling reason is!" Master Yuding said in a deep voice.

"The Human Emperor once helped me refine the bloodline belonging to my mother, which not only made me a complete human, but also gave me infinite possibilities for the future."

"The Human Emperor even imparted to me unparalleled cultivation techniques, allowing my cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds in a short period of time!" Yang Jian said, while completely focusing on his cultivation.

A powerful aura erupted from Yang Jian, and Jade Cauldron Immortal stared at him in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

As Yang Jian's master, how could Yu Ding Zhenren not know that when Yang Jian had just descended the mountain after completing his studies, he was only at the Taiyi Xuanxian level?

Yang Jian's talent was already extraordinary enough to have reached the cultivation level of a Taiyi Xuanxian in such a short time, and Yu Ding Zhenren was proud to have such a disciple for a long time.

However, judging from Yang Jian's current cultivation level, he has already entered the Golden Immortal realm, and not just any ordinary Golden Immortal.

In Yu Ding Zhenren's perception, Yang Jian's cultivation level was actually a notch higher than his own. Moreover, Yang Jian's aura was incredibly powerful.

The feeling was as if if he were to fight Yang Jian, he would be defeated by Yang Jian in an instant.

But how could that be? How long has it been since Yang Jian descended the mountain? At most, it's only been a few decades.

Could Yang Jian really have broken through from the Taiyi Xuanxian realm to the Jinxian realm in just a few decades? No matter how extraordinary his talent, he couldn't possibly have such a cultivation speed.

As for Master Yu Ding, a disciple of a sage and one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, he had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years before achieving his current Golden Immortal cultivation.

Compared to Yang Jian, Yu Ding Zhenren's cultivation of hundreds of thousands of years seemed like a complete joke.

"This? You mean that the Human Emperor helped you refine your mother's bloodline and taught you a peerless martial arts technique?"

"Is that why you were able to break through from the Taiyi Xuanxian realm to the Jinxian realm in such a short time?" Jade Cauldron Master asked in utter astonishment.

"That's right. The Human Emperor not only helped me refine my mother's bloodline, but also completely changed my physique, giving me the supreme divine body of the human race, the Chaos Body!"

"Since then, I have been practicing the cultivation techniques taught by the Human Emperor, and my cultivation level has been advancing by leaps and bounds every day!" Yang Jian nodded in reply.

"A chaotic body? Let me see it!" Jade Cauldron Immortal said in a deep voice.

Yang Jian dared not be negligent and displayed the various powerful aspects of the Chaos Body in front of Jade Cauldron Immortal.

"Incredible! Such a powerful physique is simply a miracle of nature itself! How did they manage to do it?!"

Master Yu Ding's eyes were filled with shock; the power of the Chaos Body far exceeded Master Yu Ding's expectations.

Master Yu Ding even believed that Yang Jian, who was still a Golden Immortal, could fight against a Grand Luo Golden Immortal with his Chaos Body.

Such a powerful physique is simply unheard of. And the Human Emperor who helped Yang Jian condense the Chaos Body used methods that were even more astonishing.

"Master, now you know why I cannot go to Xiqi, right? With such a great favor, how could I help others to fight against the Human Emperor?"

"Besides, if I want to rescue my mother and seek revenge on the Jade Emperor Haotian in the future, I will definitely need the help of the Human Emperor!" Yang Jian said in a deep voice.

Yang Jian was watching the battle between Jiang Heng and the Jade Emperor Haotian. When he saw the Jade Emperor Haotian being beaten like a dead dog by Jiang Heng, Yang Jian felt a surge of satisfaction.

Yang Jian had no doubt whatsoever about whether Jiang Heng could help him rescue his mother, so how could he possibly help others deal with Jiang Heng?

"Alas! It's all fate! Since that's the case, you'd better take care of yourself, and I won't say anything more!" Master Yuding said helplessly.

Master Yu Ding was mostly concerned about his exceptionally talented disciple, and he knew what Yang Jian was carrying.

Currently, the Heavenly Court is also helping Xiqi, and many of its experts have already descended to the mortal realm. If Yang Jian were to learn of this, things would likely become even worse.

Given the deep-seated hatred between Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor Haotian, if Yang Jian knew about this matter, he would absolutely not have joined forces with the Heavenly Court.

Although the order from Yuanshi Tianzun was important, Yu Ding Zhenren could not bear to see his disciple suffer such hardships, and in the end he had no choice but to give up.

When Yu Ding Zhenren left Chaoge City, although he retrieved the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip, he also caused the Chan Sect to lose two key figures in the Investiture of the Gods calamity.

Whether Yuanshi Tianzun will find someone else to represent Jiang Ziya in the matter of bestowing titles upon the gods is still uncertain.

However, for the Chan Sect, losing two key figures of destiny will make it more difficult for them to push forward the Investiture of the Gods.

Meanwhile, Nezha, another protagonist of destiny in the Investiture of the Gods, after decades of arduous cultivation, also reached the realm of Golden Immortal.

Like Yang Jian, Jiang Heng also helped Nezha acquire the supreme physique of the innate Dao body and holy embryo, and even enabled him to cultivate the "Beginningless Scripture".

In terms of both talent and cultivation techniques, Nezha is in no way inferior to Yang Jian today.

After achieving success in his cultivation, Nezha did not forget his promise and soon set off from Chentang Pass to Chaoge to help Jiang Heng.

In this way, all three main protagonists of destiny in the Investiture of the Gods have gathered under Jiang Heng's command.

While not to say that he is invincible in the Investiture of the Gods, Jiang Heng has completely seized control of the Investiture of the Gods.

However, to the surprise of all parties, after the battle with the Jade Emperor Haotian, Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor, completely disappeared from the public eye.

There was no imperial edict declaring Xiqi a rebel, thus preventing the feudal lords from rising up against Xiqi.

Contrary to what many powerful figures had predicted, they did not gather the strongest human warriors and swiftly raze Xiqi to the ground with overwhelming force.

To date, Xiqi has not raised the banner of rebellion, and nominally, it remains one of the four major vassal states of the Shang Dynasty.

The Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect, for reasons unknown, have fallen into complete silence, much like the Great Shang Dynasty.

The human race's situation is becoming increasingly bizarre, making it impossible for many powerful beings in the primordial world to see the future clearly.

Under these circumstances, the Jie Sect, which had been waiting for the great war to break out, gradually became restless.

Since the last time Fairy Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming visited Chaoge City, the Jie Sect has sent disciples to the Great Shang Dynasty.

The Jie Sect already had many disciples serving as officials among the human race, so having even more disciples hidden within the army would naturally go unnoticed.

The Jie Sect originally planned to wait for the outbreak of a major war, at which point its disciples would launch a large-scale attack to help the Shang Dynasty quickly quell the internal strife.

In this way, not only could the Jie Sect demonstrate its sincerity to the Shang Dynasty, but it could also further deepen the connection between the Jie Sect and the Shang Dynasty.

Most importantly, during the great battle, the Jie Sect could take the opportunity to teach the Chan Sect a lesson, or even put the Chan Sect disciples on the Investiture of the Gods list.

If this were truly the case, it would be a win-win-win situation, and it must be said that the Jie Sect's plan was indeed quite clever.

However, both the Shang Dynasty and Xiqi fell silent, and a great battle seemed to vanish without a trace.

Those Jiejiao disciples who had been so aggressive and ready to teach the Chanjiao disciples a lesson were now completely dumbfounded.

Before the great war even began, these disciples of the Jie Sect naturally became mere figureheads. More importantly, the Jie Sect itself had lost sight of its future.

Neither the Shang Dynasty nor Xiqi knew about the Jie Sect's plans, nor could they predict how the future situation would develop.

In the midst of the Investiture of the Gods, such a situation would naturally be extremely fatal, and the Jie Sect would naturally have to find a way to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)