"Once a prince, now a suffering servant, it's truly pitiful and lamentable..."

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, then moved on, without the slightest intention to lend a hand.

"It's just a pity... I still care a bit about my reputation, and in the end, I didn't initiate the Divine Enthronement."

After all, the current path of cultivation is too weak, lacking enough people of high status, and Zhong Shenxiu had no intention of replacing the protagonist, supporting cast, or even the extras by himself.

"As for Ji Fa, he indeed lives up to my choice, and he's about to give me a surprise."

Zhong Shenxiu thought secretly, commanding the carriage to enter the royal palace.

...

"Cough, cough... Teacher!"

On the throne, the Emperor of Zhou, Ji Fa, appeared pale and frail, as if he could be blown away by the wind: "The Kunlun Temple is under construction, would you be willing to oversee it, teacher?"

Nowadays, everyone knows that Da Shang's disrespect towards the deities led to its downfall, further increasing people's reverence for the divine.

Even the Great Zhou, the first thing they did after conquering the world was to immediately restart the sacrificial rites and send tribute missions to Kunlun.

However, Zhong Shenxiu saw discontent in Ji Fa's eyes.

The uniqueness and privatization of royal power naturally detest any power-sharing, and the conflict with divine authority has persisted throughout history, never ceasing.

Ji Fa clearly did not want to see the divine path dominate, but he had no way out and could only resort to superficial compliance.

He even harbored some crazy ideas in his heart.

Zhong Shenxiu said, "There's no need to oversee... How is the king's health? Having established the Foundation in Immortal Dao, my lifespan is long, far exceeding that of the Innate Gods and Demons, and can reach up to one hundred and fifty years. Why is the great king like this?"

The best thing about cultivating immortality is the ability to extend one's life.

And the Immortal Dao deduced by Zhong Shenxiu, upon reaching the Foundation Establishment realm and forging the Dao body, can live at least one hundred and fifty years!

This is a number that makes many ancestors green with envy.

But now Ji Fa looks as if he has a short-lived appearance!

"Cough, cough, it's nothing... I just made a small mistake during practice, I'll be fine in a couple of days!"

Ji Fa instinctively knocked on the table, "Teacher... I wish to build Zhou Heavenly Son Temples throughout the world to worship the fortunes of the Great Zhou and honor the ancestors of each dynasty, what do you think?"

"Hehe, finally it's here?"

Zhong Shenxiu laughed, "There's no objection to that, the Emperor can decide on his own!"

"Good!"

Ji Fa nodded, his expression somewhat indecipherable.

...

Three years later.

Major cities throughout the land were now scattered with Zhou Heavenly Son Temples, and the majesty of the Great Zhou had deeply rooted in people's hearts.

On this day, just as the sun was setting,

Zhong Shenxiu drove a bullock cart and rode alone into the palace.

"Mr. Jiang... The great king has ordered, he is unwell and does not receive outside guests."

A group of guards directly stopped Zhong Shenxiu, these past two years, Ji Fa had met Zhong Shenxiu less and less, and it was apparent to the discerning eye that Mr. Jiang had fallen out of favor, naturally inspiring people to flatter those who rose and trample those who fell.

"Hmph!"

Zhong Shenxiu snorted coldly, unleashing immense pressure that forced these guards to kneel on the ground, allowing him to drive straight in to the outside of Ji Fa's sleeping quarters.

"Disciple, won't you come out to see your master?"

Zhong Shenxiu laughed.

"Forgive me, teacher, I am at a critical moment in my cultivation and cannot leave..."

From within the sleeping quarters, Ji Fa's weak voice came out.

"Disciple, do you know that you have strayed into the wrong path?"

Zhong Shenxiu, however, did not force his way in and asked with a smile: "Cultivating only nature but not life, this is the first illness of cultivation, a myriad of tribulations, and the Yin soul cannot enter sanctity!"

With a rumbling sound!

The palace door suddenly opened, revealing Ji Fa clad in the Emperor's Crown Robe, with an extremely pale complexion: "Indeed, nothing can be hidden from teacher!"

"Our Immortal Dao emphasizes the simultaneous cultivation of nature and life, you've strayed while Refining Qi and Transforming God, supplementing your entire being's essence, energy, and blood into the Divine Soul, fearing that the end is near, why suffer so?"

Zhong Shenxiu said: "Although my Immortal Dao is not yet perfected, the true path of Refining Qi and Transforming God will certainly not disappoint you."

"I cannot wait any longer..."

Ji Fa sighed: "The six hundred years of Da Shang's foundation, all said to be destroyed are finished, I, as the Emperor of Zhou, must exhaust my efforts for the foundation of the Great Zhou... Thanks to the teacher's imparting of the Immortal Dao, I have realized an 'Immortal Technique' from it, imitating the deities, receiving the belief and incense of the world, using the power of authority and law to refine, transforming into dragon qi, and merging with the Divine Soul to become—an immortal!"

"Hmm, this Daoist Skill, based on the Immortal Dao, fuses with the Incense Fire Divine Dao..."

Zhong Shenxiu commented.

This Immortal Technique requires the Foundation Establishment realm in Immortal Dao, as those Innate Gods and Demons merely have strong bloodlines and fundamentally do not understand cultivation, let alone the Divine Soul and the like.

Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate the Immortal Law to the Foundation Establishment realm, thereby fully supplementing one's own essence and mana into the Divine Soul, leading out the primordial yang, using the Divine Soul body to refine the Incense Fire Divine Power, achieving the position of an immortal!

"Why suffer, disciple?"

Zhong Shenxiu sighed: "I too have deduced to this level, but the Incense Fire Divine Dao is toxic, causing the most harm to the flesh, if you walk the path of the immortal, death is inevitable! Moreover, the power of belief is mixed, over time, your Divine Soul becomes impure, neither human, nor god, nor ghost, how pitiful is that?"

"I have made my decision!"

Ji Fa solemnly said: "I still ask teacher to witness me becoming an immortal!"

As the words fell, the last ray of the setting sun vanished into darkness, and Ji Fa's body collapsed.

But on his body, a bright moon scattered, transforming into a Divine Soul clad in the crown robe, bowed three times to Zhong Shenxiu, then shouted: "Dragon qi return!"

Rumble!

The earth trembled, and the earth's meridians continually roared, extracting the power of the nodes of Zhou Heavenly Son Temples from various places in the wilderness, through the web of laws, arriving at the royal palace.

"Hmm, you use the Earth Element Body in combination with the power of the earth's meridian dragon qi, then through law fusion, transforming the Incense Fire Divine Dao and mixed beliefs into a purer dragon qi, merging with the Divine Soul, it's a method that merely treats symptoms rather than the root cause."

Zhong Shenxiu pouted.

Chirp chirp!

A phoenix cry suddenly echoed in the sky.

"Emperor of Zhou! Emperor of Zhou!"

From the phoenix's shadow, shouts of joy and worship suddenly came out, this is the essence manifested by the dragon qi!

Hmm, the people of this world, whether Shang or Zhou, do not see the dragon as the supreme, in contrast, Shang has the destiny of the Mystic Bird, Zhou has the auspice of the Phoenix, both see birds as supreme, thus the dragon qi, representing power, law, the belief of thousands of citizens, and their aspirations, naturally has manifestations.

In Shang and Zhou, the dragon qi is in the form of the phoenix and the mystic bird!

Ji Fa stepped forward, merging with the Five-Colored Phoenix Qi, his image instantly solidified, draped in the Five-colored Cloud Robe, wearing the Emperor's crown, his features instantly became blurred, and his lines became slender and soft.

Simultaneously, beneath the royal palace, a dragon qi blessed land between the real and unreal opened up.

"Hmm, this is equivalent to opening a small Netherworld, although it only allows the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, loyal ministers, and martyrs to enter, it's still a shelter after death, and the power of the heroic spirits can also support the Ancestor Dragon... the position of dragon qi gathered by millions, is now comparable to the Primordial Pill, and can be enhanced in the future."

Zhong Shenxiu nodded: "This is the heritage you've left for your dynasty, even at the cost of your life, Feng Xixi!"

The phoenix cry suddenly started!

The now immortal Ji Fa, or rather, Ji Fa who had restored her female form and memories, landed on the ground, looking at Zhong Shenxiu with a complex expression, unable to speak for a long time.

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