Chapter 111: Earth Emperor
Chapter 111: Earth Emperor
On Phoenix Roost Mountain, a graceful and dignified goddess smiled as she gazed toward the human tribe’s direction.
The establishment of the ancestral shrine was certainly beneficial to the human race, but the one who gained the most was her, the Earth Mother Goddess worshipped by humans.
“This move unintentionally helped you!”
Beside her, another Innate Dao Lord sighed slightly.
“Sometimes you plant a flower and it doesn’t bloom, but a willow you casually plant grows into shade!”
Ordinary Innate Dao Lords might not know, but the two siblings clearly understood that a great war was destined to occur in the future of the Primordial World.
With the great calamity, many ghosts and monsters would surely appear.
The establishment of the human ancestral shrine could not only preserve part of the human race’s vitality, but also, with the emergence of numerous heroic spirits in the future, greatly enhance the human race’s own strength, indirectly contributing to Phoenix Roost Mountain’s fortune and power.
Nüwa and Fuxi sighed inwardly. The two Innate Dao Lords did not consider other aspects.
The Mystic Gate Immortal Path had not yet been established, making it even harder to imagine that Lin Yuan was planning for a future Divine Immortal Tradition.
“By the way, elder brother, now that you’ve returned to Phoenix Roost Mountain, have you figured out the plans of the Witch God Lineage?”
“Are they still thinking of fulfilling the great vow of the Earth Sovereign Lineage?”
Nüwa wore a somewhat sneering expression.
Earth Emperor Yuejian was a peerless existence no weaker than the former Heavenly Emperor Cangli Shi. One of these two had opened up the Innate God Dao, causing the divine demon lineage to flourish in the chaotic Primordial World.
Later, this Heavenly Emperor established the great work of the Heavenly Court.
The Primordial Heavenly Court, along with the present Nine Heavens—Central Jun Heaven, Eastern Cang Heaven, Northeast Bian Heaven, Northern Xuan Heaven, Northwest You Heaven, Western Hao Heaven, Southwest Zhu Heaven, and Southern Yan Heaven—were all built by Heavenly Emperor Cangli Shi!
The Nine Heavens were the homeland of many Innate Great Deities and Primordial Ancient Deities.
It was here that Cangli Shi unified the gods, leading numerous divine demons to establish the now mainstream Path of Turbid Sha and Divine Demons.
Heavenly Emperor Cangli Shi’s past might went without saying. Had he not been ambushed by several ancient divine demons at the moment of attaining Primordial Unity, resulting in a mishap, he might have ultimately achieved Primordial Origin.
Earth Emperor Yuejian was a Primordial Ancient Deity within the Heavenly Court. His rise was even more difficult than the Heavenly Emperor’s, becoming the second emperor among numerous powerful Primordial Ancient Deities and Innate Great Deities.
Earth Emperor Yuejian knew deep down that his cultivation was inferior to the Heavenly Emperor’s, so he prepared in advance, made the Earth Emperor’s great vow, organized the chaos, separated the mountains and great marshes, and personally opened up the Netherworld, perfecting the Primordial World.
He made over 129,600 great vows. Compared to the Heavenly Emperor’s forceful attempt at Primordial Origin, his methods were even more advanced!
However, at that time, Pangu Primordial Origin Heavenly King had just undergone Dao transformation, with part of his Primordial Spirit scattering and falling into the Netherworld. Combined with the Netherworld, it gave birth to an extremely terrifying existence, becoming the Earth Emperor’s Dao rival.
The separation of earth into Yin and Yang was the Primordial Chaos Tribulation that accompanied the emergence of the Netherworld and the Earth Emperor’s attainment of Primordial Origin.
At the moment of attaining the Dao, coinciding with the birth of this Lesser Pangu, the Earth Emperor had to resist the tribulation of attaining the Dao while also dealing with the Lesser Pangu who possessed the heritage of the great god Pangu. In the end, he exhausted his strength and died, pulling the Lesser Pangu into Dao transformation with him, thereby fulfilling the Primordial Netherworld.
The Earth Emperor underwent Dao transformation, but left behind a rich legacy.
Coinciding with the emergence of Human Emperor Jiutou Shi, who successfully opened up numerous Great Thousand Worlds and Small Thousand Worlds, the rise of the Human Emperor was another matter.
But after the Earth Emperor’s Dao transformation, he left many valuable things for some successors.
Strictly speaking, among the many Earth Emperor disciples in the Earth Emperor Palace at that time, the siblings Nüwa and Fuxi were not considered capable, and their origins were completely inferior to Goddess Houtu, who was born from the heritage of the Primordial Heavenly King.
Had the Earth Emperor’s Dao transformation not been so hasty, they might not have been able to inherit part of his legacy!
Yet, thinking of that Goddess Houtu, the goddess still felt a lingering anger.
Back in the Earth Emperor Palace, she was thoroughly overshadowed by that noble-born Goddess Houtu.
Now, the other party had already inherited the position of Netherworld Dao Mother left by the Earth Emperor and was still competing with her for the Earth Mother position. This was intolerable!
“Yes, and no.”
Fuxi’s expression was somewhat subtle. He looked at the goddess beside him and smiled.
“You would never imagine that the Twelve Ancestral Witches have now established a plan called the Twelve Primordial Palaces on top of the Earth Emperor’s great vow!”
“The Twelve Primordial Palaces are spread across the Primordial World, echoing the Heavenly Court’s Nine Heavens from afar, stabilizing the Primordial land. Each of the Twelve Palaces is like a key position of the Human Ancestor’s aperture, corresponding to the Twelve Ancestral Witches respectively. Once achieved, the twelve Innate Dao Lords occupying the Primordial Palaces would not only be able to gather most of Pangu Primordial Spirit, but also fulfill part of the Earth Emperor’s great vow!”
“Of course, your old rival would, in one step, also obtain the Earth Mother status. With the two Innate Dao Mother statuses combined, she would firmly secure the Earth Emperor position!”
Speaking to this point, Dao Lord Fuxi could not help but show a hint of admiration.
The Twelve Primordial Palaces secretly aligned with the earth’s fortune. If successful, not only would the Witch Clan’s fortune change greatly, but that Goddess Houtu might really seize the Innate Dao Mother status of Earth Mother and, in one step, achieve the dignity of Earth Emperor.
“Besides the twelve main palaces, there are also thirty-six subsidiary Primordial Palaces and seventy-two Ancestral Vein Primordial Palaces. According to that one’s plan, they are likely meant to accommodate other Innate Dao Lords of the Witch Clan or to win over Innate Dao Lords from other Divine Demon Dharma Lineages.”
“Good, what a Houtu, what a Twelve Primordial Palaces plan. Truly ambitious! But if she wants this goddess’s Earth Mother status, she’ll have to see if she really has the ability!”
A cold smile lingered on Nüwa’s jade-like face, though her heart was mostly filled with shock and anger.
Once the other party’s scheme succeeded, she might really be stripped of her Earth Mother status!
What would become of her if she lost the Earth Mother status?
Struggles over the Great Dao were always life-and-death. Even if Goddess Houtu did not attack her, she would surely become a prisoner in the future. The best outcome would be falling into the other’s hands, becoming a caged golden canary.
Nüwa looked at her elder brother before her. “Brother, I’ll need you to make a trip to the Heavenly Court for me regarding this matter!”
“Of course.”
Dao Lord Fuxi nodded gently.
If the Witch God Lineage wanted to grow stronger, the interests of the Demon God Lineage and other Divine Demon Dharma Lineages would certainly suffer. The many Innate Dao Lords in the Heavenly Court would never stand by idly.
After a slight pause, Nüwa’s expression shifted as she remembered the ancestral shrine method she had lightly considered earlier.
To some extent, Lin Yuan could be considered as founding his own lineage.
The ghosts and deities born in those ancestral shrines could rely on the power of the Netherworld to form a separate lineage of ghosts and deities.
If this lineage of ghosts and deities grew strong, it would likely earn him a position as an Imperial Monarch, perhaps even a chance to become an Innate Dao Lord.
Of course, most importantly, the ghost and deity method created by Lin Yuan could undermine the Netherworld’s foundation. She would be more than happy to cause some trouble for that one!
Also, the previously unnoticed Earth Immortal Method could now be used to consolidate her own Earth Mother foundation.
“Additionally, brother, please order some human tribes near Qixia Mountain to widely establish ancestral shrines. Also, ask other Subordinate Deities of the earth deity lineage to study the mysteries of the Earth Immortal talisman summons. Houtu wants to seize my Primordial World Earth Mother position? Then this goddess will see how she plans to undermine my foundation!”