The Great Emperor Zhuling of Antarctica stopped before the human world.
He stood on a mountain outside the capital of the human dynasty, looking at the prosperous city in the distance, the hustle and bustle of the world, and a very solemn and dignified look gradually emerged on his rough face. Finally, he looked at this furnace of destiny in the world with a look of astonishment on his face, and said slowly -
"Such an atmosphere, such an aura."
"It is true, humanity should prevail, humanity should prevail!"
In the eyes of Emperor Zhu Ling at this moment, the destiny of the world was burning like a big furnace. The destinies of countless people in this world came together to form an extremely fiery posture, magnificent and magnificent, extremely beautiful, which seemed enough to burn everything.
Although it is not a great grade, it is also the imperial realm transformed from the innate.
Emperor Zhuling can certainly get a glimpse of the current destiny of the world.
This made Zhu Ling, who was originally in high spirits and ready to look for the unlucky Tai Shang Xuan Wei, stop and watch. He knew the location of Tai Shang Xuan Wei from the Great Justice of Tianshuyuan. He was murderous when he came down from the sky, but now looking at the prosperous atmosphere of the world, he hesitated and said to himself:
"Although I can find Tai Shang Xuan Wei in here, he is not an easy opponent. Even I cannot defeat him with just one or two moves. We will definitely fight in the capital, and if we fight, it will definitely disrupt the order of the world and affect the destiny of the world."
As an innate god, Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole has always maintained an attitude of equality and contempt for all acquired creatures.
I don't care about the death of all living things.
The reason for my hesitation at this moment is just because of one reason.
"If Queen Wa saw this... she would be sad."
Emperor Zhu Ling fell silent.
He planned to fight with Taishang Xuanwei because he felt that he, as a fellow innate creature, had been insulted because Donghua the Great had been stepped on on his back and beheaded.
But this is the ethnic group created by Queen Wa after all, and it is the creation that Queen Wa was willing to protect at the risk of her life. And it is unknown how much time has passed before the human race has such a chance to rise. In order to vent her anger, she destroyed the opportunity for the descendants of Queen Wa to rise.
Zhu Ling really couldn't bring himself to do it.
In fact, in his heart, he was always regretting and blaming himself for not being able to save Queen Wa back then. At this moment, the willfulness and fighting spirit in his heart gradually disappeared.
Thinking of the gentle and beautiful goddess, Zhu Ling sighed, and finally suppressed his violent fighting spirit that was like a raging fire.
This is what Queen Wa is like. Even though she has fallen for several eons, she is still like the wind blowing across the water, leaving ripples in the lake of his heart.
Hatred is like fire, which will eventually be extinguished by water.
Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole was silent for a moment, then that arrogant look reappeared on his face. He pulled up his sleeves and said coldly, "Forget it, Taishang Xuanwei, Zhenwu **Devil."
"You have already achieved immortality. Our feud has already been formed. There will be plenty of time for us to fight in the next thousand or ten thousand years. There is no need to cause the human race to lose the opportunity because of this fight!"
Originally, he was about to leave immediately, but when Emperor Zhuling of the South Pole looked at this human city, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind -
Anyway, I'm here.
Just stay in the human world and see.
But it does not mean that I intend to protect the descendants of Queen Nuwa and help them reach the pinnacle of fortune!
It is definitely not my intention to protect the human world!
A mere acquired creature!
Even if they are the descendants of Queen Nuwa, it is absolutely impossible for them to let me come here in person to guard them.
But now that I'm here...
Emperor Zhuling of Antarctica convinced himself.
With a cold snort, he raised his chin slightly and walked step by step into the city of the human world.
…
Inside the treasury room, Old Green Ox yawned and sat beside the desk. A little Taoist boy on one side was holding a volume of ancient Taoist canon, nodding his head and dozing off while reading. Inside the yard, the ordinary-looking Taoist Master Ran Deng, who was wearing a Taoist robe, was sweeping the floor slowly with a deep aura. Qi Wuhuo was flipping through the Taoist canon.
If you look at it from the surface, this is just an ordinary and deserted government office that couldn't be more ordinary.
If you look at it from the surface.
Old Qingniu curled his lips, glanced at the crowd in front of him, and looked at the little head popping out of a small alley on the side.
“Here we go again.”
"Where did the Dragon Girl come from..."
The young Taoist over there raised his eyes, glanced ahead, saw the Little Dragon Girl who was conscientiously scouting the area, turned a page of the Taoist scripture, smiled gently and said, "Don't worry about her."
The old blue ox yawned and said, "Okay, okay, you have the final say."
"A young dragon that hasn't even become an immortal can't really stir up the slightest bit of trouble in the current human capital."
Qi Wuhuo didn't say anything.
The Dragon King of Jing River wanted him to look after and protect this little girl. Instead of "catching" her in to read the Taoist scriptures, letting her live her life easily outside was also a form of protection. During this period of time, it seemed that she had discovered this challenging goal of his. The little dragon girl had given up the rest of the "touching the wallet" activities and focused on scouting the surrounding area.
He was very excited, just like a child who found an interesting toy.
Qi Wuhuo retracted his gaze, glanced at the people sweeping beside him, and began to read the classic story of the Taoist Master Ran Deng. The young Taoist didn't know whether his old friend was doing the right thing by [abandoning Buddhism for Taoism] at this moment, whether it was right or not, whether practicing Taoism could give him the answer that the Seventeen Veins of Buddhism had never given him.
Did he really come out?
Or is it just a jump from one confused obsession to another confused obsession?
In the end, will one [abandon Buddhism and cultivate Taoism], and then [abandon Taoism and attain Buddhahood]; or will one continue to move forward on the Great Road and attain a state of freedom?
The young Taoist seemed to understand something.
Randang had reached the Bodhisattva realm seventeen times, and then abandoned his efforts and started over again. This naturally represented a great character and tenacity, but it also represented a huge obsession and perseverance that no one could match. Now that he had turned to cultivating the Tao, he had reached the Earthly Immortal realm again. This huge obsession had already turned into a [difficulty] that had never been seen before and would never be repeated.
I'm afraid that the difficulties that Lu Dongbin had experienced in seclusion for a thousand years before could not be compared with the difficulties that Randeng is facing now.
Once he overcomes this difficulty, no matter what choice he makes, his cultivation will surely improve greatly.
Will it be within this sixty years?
"Could this be considered a ritual..."
Qi Wuhuo shook his head, retracted his gaze, continued to look at the Taoist treasure, and continued to practice [Human Qi].
The branches outside the window have also sprouted.
Spring is approaching.
After he defeated the Nalanda Monastery and drove away all the Buddhas, the name of Shangqing Dongxuan Zhenjun had begun to spread in the heavenly realm, and the Buddhas were unwilling to test the sword of Taishang Xuanwei with their own heads. As a result, the human world entered a period of peace.
Qi Wuhuo just practiced breathing exercises every day and read the Taoist scriptures and classics in the storage room.
Try to repair the "Secret Record of Destiny" left by Xuan Zhen.
Life was neither hurried nor slow, and gradually one was contaminated by the mundane worldly atmosphere. The weather was getting warmer day by day, and the fragrance of flowers could be smelled in the city. On both sides of the river that spanned the capital, willow trees had sprouted tender buds that swayed in the wind, looking fresh and lovely.
Apart from the occasional news that King Weiwu Li Zhai had captured a minister and launched a large-scale killing war, and that King Qin Li Weifeng was in charge of people's livelihood, was kind to the people, and exempted taxes, which became the topic of conversation among the people, life in the capital had almost returned to its normal track.
The general trend of the world is like a rolling river and will never be diverted by people's will.
Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
The Taoist sat on the second floor of the teahouse, standing by the window and watching the people coming and going outside.
Since the last time he parted with Li Zhai, he has only been walking in the world of mortals, gradually forgetting all those matters of fate.
During these three months, Buddhism seemed to have ceased its activities and finally gave up. No more Bodhisattvas or Buddhas came to the world.
Qi Wuhuo changed his Taoist robe into a plain cloth and tied his hair with a wooden hairpin. He no longer stuck to the Taoist hairpin and looked no different from a gentle scholar. A Taoist of seventeen years old, in this era, was already stuck between the age where he could still be called a teenager and the age where he would be called a young man when passing by certain romantic places.
Holding a cup of tea, listening to people's after-dinner conversation, the bitter aroma of the tea surprised him a little.
"Li Zhai's recent condition doesn't seem to be very good..."
The Shenwu Dynasty lasted for eight thousand years, but those aristocratic families had already existed before the rise of the Shenwu Dynasty. A thousand-year dynasty and ten-thousand-year aristocratic families, these aristocratic families relied on in-laws and master-disciple relationships to have complex connections, and their influence involved the entire court and the people.
For example, in this capital city, a person might be born and delivered in the Wang family's clinic; learn to read and write in the private school established by the Wang family, wear clothes made of cloth woven in the Wang family's weaving workshop, and then live in the house built by the Wang family, earn money by working in the Wang family's restaurant or teahouse, and keep it in the Wang family's bank.
Even if he died, he would choose a coffin from the Wang family's shop which had been run for hundreds of years.
Then I bought a funeral clothes at Wang’s Funeral Clothing Store.
从生到死，都被巨大的世家笼罩着，而威武王李翟此刻便是拔出一把剑来，要把这世家斩断，让百姓苍生可以喘一口气来，俗话说，百足之虫，死而不僵，李翟气势汹汹，沛然难当，可是这些庞大无比的世家却也不会坐而等死。
齐无惑端着茶，听到了人们谈论诸事，手指轻轻敲击桌面，若有所思。
世家反对。
盘根错节的宗族也颇多怨恨。
朝堂之中诸官员虽然表面上臣服，但是心下也有怨气。
就是百姓都是认为秦王李威凤是好人，而威武王李翟，总是下手太狠辣，总也是杀杀杀的，就难免给人一种好杀暴戾的感觉，三个月的时间，威武王的屠刀提起来，就不曾放下过。
民间风评已经开始从一开始的天下名将，清君侧的义军，变成了借着机会回转京城的暴君，是草菅人命的独裁者，百姓口中的言语，其实并不在意着是对还是错，他们只是单纯地在口头上谈论而已，过足了瘾，也就足够了。
流言便是这样诞生出来的。
但是在这个时候，流言也具备有一种巨大的力量，这就是大势，而那边谈论的百姓忽而压低了声音，神神秘秘地开口道：“现在这样每天都有人被威武王杀死，听说啊，姑娘家可不能单独出来，要不然会被威武王的麾下直接拉走送入他的府邸里面啊。”
“嘶——真的？”
“那咱们怎么办啊？这神武朝怎么办？”
“嘿，这法子不是很简单了吗？”
“这远在天边，近了就在京城里面，哼，威武王这暴君畏惧天下人之言，将先皇软禁，又有秦王贤良，这两位者，皆是天下之贤明君子也，都有能力坐在皇位上，力挽狂澜！”
道人的眸子闪过一丝神光，看着那遥远的摘星楼。
“是世家宗族……”
“李翟啊，你要走的路，实在是太难了。”
而在这个时候，人间世家宗族找到了秦王李威凤，乃详述主张，言道今日之局势至此，威武王的大势都已经散开来，道：“民众，愚钝也，可以与其享成，不可与其谋事，今威武王乃与民共谋事也，时间日长，四月之久而杀戮不绝。”
“百姓皆厌其杀戮。”
“素来知时事事务者为俊杰，以秦王之贤达，足以乘势而起，也以此为君！”
“吾等愿为驱使！”
看着眼前那世家使者的诚恳之心，秦王李威凤按着剑，脸上神色渐渐隐幽，年轻的脸庞上浮现出了一丝丝向往和挣扎之色，那世家子弟却又趋身劝说道：“秦王您的父亲本来就是太子，不过是被之前的人皇陷害，才背负骂名，也失去了皇位。”
“您现在不是背叛，只是取回您自己的东西罢了。”
“是吗？”
“是取回我自己的东西……”
李威凤的脸上浮现出了挣扎之色，浮现出了贪慕之色，只是就在这个时候，门外忽而传来了一阵阵声音，道：“嗯？郡主？郡主您不能进来……啊？！”在一声声惊呼当中，门被推开来，身穿白衣，黑发如墨的美丽女子入内。
她脚上只是穿着罗袜，白色的袖袍翻卷着如同落下九天的白云，腰间佩戴着剑，袖袍之中似乎还裹挟着春日的风，发丝里面混杂着花瓣，她就这样堂堂皇皇地走进来，在秦王惊愕和那世家使者眼底惊艳当中，拔出了掌中的剑。
剑光凌厉，锋芒毕露，一下朝着前面刺出，锋利的剑锋瞬间刺入了使者的心口，而后自后背洞穿出来，一瞬间的血腥气混杂着剑锋的寒气，扑打在了李威凤的脸上，让后者的神色一下凝滞住，那种升腾起来的野心也一下湮灭了。
“你……”
世家使者捂着心口跌跌撞撞往后退了几步，坐在地上，心口和嘴里都咕嘟咕嘟冒出鲜血，伸出手指颤抖着指着身前女子，最终生机散尽，这一幕兔起鹘落，冲突激烈无比，李威凤一瞬失神，女子罗袜踏着鲜血起身靠近，抬起手掌。
袖袍猛烈的拂动了一下。
啪！！！
极为用力的手掌打在了李威凤的脸上。
似乎是打算要把他一下子打醒似的！
李威凤朝着后面一下坐倒，抬起头看着眼前的姐姐，李琼玉收回手掌来，眸子大而幽黑，注视着他，道：
“汝欲让世家重活耶？！”
“汝欲杀兄长乎？！”
李威凤大口喘息，看着那世家子弟，脸上浮现出挣扎之色，最终握拳重重砸在地上，拳锋迸裂出伤口，鲜血一滴一滴地落下，似乎和一尊看不到的强敌厮杀一场似的，脸上苍白无比，道：“多谢阿姐……”
李琼玉看着自己的弟弟压下了那种，面临至高无上的权位本能浮现出的渴望和贪婪，道：“控制住自己的野心。”
“它是你的一部分，不要被它吞噬。”
“嗯……”
李威凤压制住自己心中的野心，只是忽而想到了什么，道：“世家打算和我们联手，破了七哥的气机，我们拒绝了的话……”
李琼玉也转身看向那摘星楼，她一身白衣白裙，黑发如瀑，双足罗袜，踏在了血色之中，却如同血海上绽放的莲花，自有一股说不出的风采，道：“还有，四哥……”
李晖，前代太子，也是前代的人皇！
某种程度上，若是要反李翟，最大的机会，而他也是被李翟亲自软禁的，他有足够的契机和足够的理由去反李翟。
就连李威凤他们都前来联系，那么李翟，他们又怎么可能放弃？！
李威凤道：“要立刻去告知七哥……”
李琼玉看着那高耸地似乎要冲向天阙的摘星楼，脸上神色复杂，轻声道：
“来不及了……”
……
“汝等，要吾反吾那弟弟？”
摘星楼之中，颓唐的李晖看着眼前出现的一行数人，他的眼中有一丝丝的兴趣，浑浊的视线扫过眼前诸人，他们当中，有世家，有权贵，有宗室，也有僧人，李晖看到了，在摘星楼的门口，先前忠勇的人族战将已经战死。
在刚刚，被这权贵和僧人扭断了脖子。
而现在，这些世家开口，道：“是，我等已经有族中弟子不惜赴死，引威武王李翟短暂离开了皇城，此刻是陛下您的最大机会。”
“将我的弟弟引走？分量不够的话，引不走他，但是以他的实力，引走也只是短暂地引开罢了，时间一长，必然会死于李翟的剑下，你们舍得？”
那世家男子道：“既然是为我家族抚养长大，得到了数不清的好处和栽培，那么为了家族的繁荣兴盛去死，也是理所当然，别无所求了。”
李晖看到这男子脸上没有丝毫的悲伤，只觉得本该如此模样，忽而更为真切地明白了，什么叫做万年世家，他们为了自己的家族可以付出一切，且觉得这一切都是正当的，如此千年万年积累优势，如同垄断了前方道路，寻常出身的百姓，再不可能有晋升之机。
于是农夫百代为农夫，商人的孩子也是商人。
千秋百代，皆如此。
那世家子弟道：“我等已为陛下准备了法器，可令您的声音传遍整个京城，家中亦有甲胄，兵戈，您振臂一呼，我等皆愿景从，攀附龙鳞，冲天而起，反抗李翟之暴行，大可以帮助陛下您重返宝座，小也可以借助我等之力，裂土分疆，得一王侯国位，以图后来！”
那僧人双手合十，道：“贫僧奉【无量寿智光明佛】的法旨，也来相助陛下。”
周围世家荀贵们早已经有所准备了，他们一下取出来了一黄袍，就这样披在了李晖的身上，李晖看着这些荀贵和世家，自他们的眼中看出来了两点，看出来了对于这一段时间的恐惧，以及对于未来的渴求。
如果自己拒绝的话，他们或许会杀了自己吧。
平日里臣服如同猫儿般的世家，一旦发现情势威胁到了自己世家和宗族的存续的时候，就会癫狂起来。
披着黄袍的李晖提着剑，忽而笑起来，道：“扶着朕起来。”
世家子弟皆大喜，于是一左一右搀扶着李晖起身，李晖一步一步走在了摘星楼前面延伸出来的部分，看着外面繁华无比的人间京城，这些大世家在整个城池里面准备的大阵法皆打开来，于是李晖的声音就可以在整个城池内部响起，传递到每一个人的耳边。
在那世家子弟高声报出了李晖的诸人皇尊名之后。
百姓都惊动了。
不敢相信之前被软禁囚禁的人皇再度出现了，而后，在这三四个月的大势逼迫下，在这潜藏在各处的，几大世界的暗子推波助澜之下，他们都觉得李晖是一位名主，都齐齐走上街道，欢呼起来。
“人皇！人皇！！！”
Li Zhai's army killed several future young masters of the noble families at this time, and quickly guessed the choices of these noble families. When they rode back to the capital on horseback, they heard Li Hui's voice coming from left to right, from the sky, and from all directions. He said slowly and calmly: "My subjects, I am your emperor and I will issue an order today."
"Today, the governance of the country is such that people's grievances cannot be redressed, and officials' cunning cannot be restrained; but manpower is used lightly, and the palace is repaired, and people come and go without restraint, and their moods are excessive..."
The young man from the noble family next to him had already handed over a written manifesto, and Li Hui began to read it.
As the voice fell, the faces of the soldiers who followed Li Zhai suddenly changed. At this moment, Li Zhai's soldiers who were in the palace realized something was wrong and rushed towards the palace together. In the streets and alleys, private soldiers secretly raised by noble families rushed out, willing to risk their lives to stop these warriors and nobles. It was difficult to form a formation in the street fighting, and the power of the soldiers was greatly weakened.
For a moment, it was impossible to rush into the palace!
The family generals and private soldiers of the aristocratic families who tried to stop them were all from families whose fathers and brothers grew up in these aristocratic families, eating the family's food and wearing the family's clothes. They shared the same fate and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of such interests. However, Li Zhai was at the city gate and it was difficult for him to return to the Zhaixing Tower in an instant.
In front were the incited people, cheering and blocking Li Zhai's horse.
Blood was still dripping from the edge of Li Zhai's sword. His warhorse had once trampled through countless castles and crushed powerful enemies, but now facing the people he swore to protect, it was difficult for him to charge. All the people heard Li Hui's words, and then, under the influence and instigation of the aristocratic families' spies, they cheered like a wave.
Qi Wuhuo looked at the Zhaixing Tower and discovered——
In that dim place, a pure aura of humanity suddenly rose up.
Li Zhai's expression was complicated.
The common people were bewitched and coerced into shouting, while the rest of the noble families, princes, and clan members all had smiles on their faces.
Time seems to freeze at this moment.
Li Hui took a half step forward and suddenly shouted, uttering the final words that would turn everything around:
"What I said before was all my fault!!!"
The sound was like thunder sweeping across the sky, causing the people to pause. The shouting stopped for a moment, and it was terrifyingly quiet. Li Zhai looked up suddenly, and the hearts of the people from the noble families suddenly stopped, but they inexplicably felt a sense of panic. Li Hui ignored the members of the noble families who rushed towards him and said, "The Li family, the Zheng family, and the Wang family all have rebellious intentions!"
"And all the Buddhas!"
"You are forcing me to spread rumors!"
"Want to divide the world and the land!!!"
"Mighty King Li Zhai, I hereby decree that you kill them all!"
The head of the Wang family grabbed Li Hui's collar tightly.
“What are you talking about?!!”
How dare he?!
How dare he say that at this time?!
He doesn't want to live anymore? He doesn't want to live anymore?!
The head of the Wang family lowered his voice and said angrily:
"Do you want to die?!"
Even though he was extremely angry, he did not dare to kill Li Hui now.
This was supposed to be the last struggle of the thousand-year-old family.
If they killed him, it would certainly prove their rebellion. The reputation of their thousand-year-old family would be tarnished by the death of a human emperor, and all the things they had done before to overthrow Li Zhai would come back to haunt them. They would not be able to withstand the double impact.
Li Hui looked at him, and the patriarch of the Wang family saw a hint of burning passion in the eyes of the deposed Human Emperor. Then Li Hui grabbed the wrist of the patriarch of the Wang family with his backhand. At this moment, a short and strong burst of humanitarian luck suddenly erupted from the body of the deposed Human Emperor.
"Death, so what?"
"I have discussed this with Prime Minister Zhai over the past three months, and I have thought it through. I am not worthy of being the emperor, but..."
"If I can take your ten thousand year old family with me to die together, that's fine!"
"What?!"
Li Hui shouted: "Li Zhai, the Shenwu Nine Provinces must not be divided!"
He suddenly stepped back.
The head of the Wang family was stunned for a moment, and suddenly attacked, shattering Li Hui's internal organs.
But this Human Emperor whose cultivation was abolished actually had such tremendous power, his eyes were blazing. The head of the Wang family looked into his eyes and saw countless houses behind him. His eyes were bright and blazing, as if there were thousands of people behind him. It was as if at this moment, he finally lived up to the title of those two words.
Li Hui, who was coughing up blood, suddenly grabbed him and fell backwards.
A violent storm arose.
The world is upside down.
His body fell from the highest point of the Zhaixing Tower together with the head of the Wang family. The people watched this scene silently, watching the figure falling like a star.
As the Human Emperor fell, he looked at the few lights that were lit up in the human world and the upside-down cities and houses, which were like a galaxy.
ah……
I see.
Pick the stars, pick the stars...
The stars in this world of mortals are what we want to pick.
Li Hui closed his eyes.
Die with the family.