When Su Hu returned to Jizhou and heard about his daughter's outrageous behavior, he immediately beat his chest and wailed, saying: "Ancestor Cheng Tang, Su Hu has failed in his duty!"
One day, Su Daji said, "Your Majesty, I have two younger sisters of the opposite sex, both of whom are exceptionally beautiful and intelligent. They often say, 'Your Majesty is handsome and mighty, and we wish to serve you.' What does Your Majesty think?"
King Zhou laughed heartily and excitedly agreed to Consort Su's request.
Three days later, the Jade Pipa Spirit and the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit transformed into stunningly beautiful women who served King Zhou. They then indulged in singing, dancing, and revelry.
Outside the Golden Palace, King Zhou looked at the night sky adorned with stars and couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy, thinking of the "moon setting and stars sinking."
King Zhou sighed deeply, filled with helplessness.
A gust of autumn wind swept by, followed by a hearty laugh. King Zhou turned his head, looked at the newcomer calmly, and said expressionlessly, "Who goes there?"
The newcomer looked quietly at King Zhou and said, "My master ordered me to come and assist Zixin." He then took out a fruit that looked like a sleeping baby and was radiating a strong aura of Yi wood. He said, "The fruit is called ginseng. If ordinary people eat it, they can achieve immortality and attain the position of a celestial immortal."
King Zhou was overjoyed to see the visitor and asked, "May I ask who your teacher is?"
The newcomer smiled calmly and read aloud, "To display the prestige of my Divine Land and to proclaim its vastness, I am Qin Shuang, a disciple of my master."
Upon hearing this, King Zhou immediately knelt down and cried out, "Teacher, I thought you had abandoned me!"
After a while, King Zhou stood up, looked at Qin Shuang, and respectfully said, "Disciple Xin greets Senior Brother Qin Shuang," and bowed deeply.
After King Zhou ate the ginseng fruit, Qin Shuang helped him perform a cultivation exercise. Once the exercise was completed, his cultivation level had reached the early stage of the Celestial Immortal realm.
In Xiqi, Ji Chang proclaimed himself king, calling himself "King Wen," and established the state of "Zhou." King Wen of Zhou encountered a great sage on the banks of the Motu River in Xiqi, a disciple of the Chan sect and a follower of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, named Shen Gongbao. King Wen appointed Shen Gongbao as the Grand Preceptor of the Zhou Dynasty, a position of unparalleled prestige. Under King Wen's rule, Xiqi had over a hundred civil and military officials, cultivated tens of thousands of acres of land, and had a population of tens of millions. Among Xiqi's civil and military officials was the immortal Shen Gongbao. Although Shen Gongbao was merely a Qi cultivator at the Returning to Emptiness and Harmonizing with the Dao stage, in the eyes of mortals he was a great immortal, a supreme being. Under Shen Gongbao's leadership, the state grew increasingly powerful, boasting a strong army and a united populace. Seeing that Xiqi was becoming increasingly powerful under the leadership of King Wen of Zhou, but the heavens were jealous of his talent, King Wen of Zhou died of illness in Xiqi in the ninth year of his reign. Ji Fa succeeded him. Ji Fa believed that King Zhou was incompetent and immoral, and had killed his father and brother. Therefore, under the pretext of "acting on behalf of Heaven", Ji Fa led his army to attack the Shang Dynasty and began the great cause of overthrowing King Zhou.
[5 The End of the Primordial Era: The Consecration of Gods]
130 sections, 110? Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Arrow Shot at Shiji
It is said that King Wen of Zhou worked diligently to establish the Western Zhou Dynasty, but time was not on his side. He had no choice but to pass the throne to his second son, Ji Fa, hoping that Ji Fa would inherit his father's legacy, continue to revitalize the Zhou Dynasty, defeat the Shang Dynasty, establish a peaceful and prosperous country, and enable the people to live in peace and happiness, so that the common people could enjoy wealth and honor forever.
The southernmost point, the ends of the earth.
In the Heavenly Wind Sacred Hall, the Primordial Saint Heavenly Wind looked at the polite and handsome Boyi Kao and smiled happily, saying, "Boyi Kao, you have been a disciple of ours for some time now. You have extraordinary talent, although you lack great perseverance and wisdom. Originally, you would have simply disappeared as a speck of dust in history. However, I could not bear to do so, which is why I saved you and taught you immortal techniques, strategies for governing a country, and the ability to lead troops. Fortunately, your talent is good, and you have not disappointed me. Today, the time has come. Go, go down the mountain. I will have your eighth senior brother protect you." As he spoke, he summoned his eighth disciple, Duan Lang, and said calmly, "Duan Lang, a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. You have also attained the Great Luo Fruit. Go, go down the mountain, and help your junior brother conquer the world."
After being integrated and deployed by a mysterious person, the eastern prefectures established the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, with its capital at Yan, facing the Western Zhou Dynasty from afar and looking towards other lands.
A year after the establishment of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the king of Eastern Zhou revealed his honor to the world for the first time. He was none other than Bo Yikao, the eldest son of Ji Chang. After ascending the throne, Bo Yikao proclaimed himself King of Yue, officially named the country Eastern Zhou, established the capital at Yan, appointed Jiang Ziya as prime minister, and appointed Duan Lang as general, thus beginning his struggle for supremacy.
In order to unify time, on the day when the Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty and Eastern Zhou Dynasty officially divided the world into three, since the Shang Dynasty was the legitimate dynasty, the Shang Dynasty calendar was used as the standard, and from this day onwards it is called the first year of the Shang Yuan calendar.
In the first year of the Shang Dynasty's Yuan Calendar, three Daoist masters at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm arrived in Eastern Zhou. One carried a large, chilling saber, another a strangely shaped divine sword, and the last was a bewitching beauty with pink ribbons fluttering on her delicate shoulders. A thin silk robe tightly wrapped her "magnificent" body. These were none other than Zhu Yuyan, the third disciple of the Primordial Saint Nian Di Tianzun Tianfeng Sect, and Bu Jingyun, the sixth disciple, and Nie Feng, the seventh disciple. In the blink of an eye, under the leadership of these four peak Great Luo Golden Immortal masters, the once weak Eastern Zhou rapidly grew powerful. Immortals flocked to the region, civil and military officials came to serve, and common people traveled from place to place. In a short time, the name of Eastern Zhou overshadowed the legitimate Shang Dynasty and the powerful Western Zhou.
In the second year of the Shang Dynasty's Yuanli era, Wen Zhong returned to the capital in triumph. Enraged by the fragmentation of the Shang Dynasty, Wen Zhong volunteered to lead an army of 200,000 to pacify Xiqi and reclaim his lost land. King Zhou calmly looked at this veteran minister and said, "Grand Tutor Wen, I have troubled you. If you leave, who will hold the reins of Chaoge?" He then demanded, "My ministers, who is willing to lead the army in Grand Tutor Wen's place?"
With a shout, a general stepped forward and declared, "Your Majesty, this humble general Zhang Guifang is willing to lead the army into battle."
King Zhou laughed heartily and said, "I hereby appoint you as General Who Pacifies Bandits, leading an army of 200,000 to conquer Xiqi. I hope you will return victorious soon."
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