The first year of the Ganyun calendar.
December 20th.
With the announcement of the palace examination rankings, the first imperial examination officially ended.
The ranking of one hundred and eighty people began to spread to the counties.
It is undeniable that even Ye Yinlong, who is ranked 180th, has wisdom and talents far beyond others.
Except for the top ten in the palace examination and twenty people with unique talents who are given other important positions by the court, the remaining 150 people will be demoted to various counties.
However, the imperial court would try its best to respect their wishes and assign them to the counties of their choice.
Therefore, the governors of the thirty-six counties also tried every means to bring these people to their counties.
He even gave away concubines and daughters.
If these people can become successful or make great achievements in the future, their status as county magistrates will also rise with them, and there is a possibility that they will be able to make further progress.
The twenty-seven people outside the top three have been divided up, and half of them have entered the cabinet.
Zhao Kuo, ranked third on the list, received the emperor’s initiation and entered the realm of emptiness in one step. He was then granted the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, a third-rank official.
The second on the list, Jia Yu, received the emperor's initiation and entered the realm of emptiness in one step. He was then appointed as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, a third-rank official.
The fifth person on the list, Cangsheng, was summoned by the emperor. A day had passed and no news came out.
Deep in the palace.
Li Yun sat high on the dragon throne, tapping his index finger continuously, his eyes fixed on the fifth person below.
The young man below was wearing coarse linen clothes, his skin was dark, and his figure was a little thin, but his eyes were bright and he was not affected by Li Yun's momentum at all.
In his eyes, all beings are equal.
"Should I call you the Fifth Common Man, or... the Four Extreme Heavenly Dao?"
Li Yun spoke slowly, a hint of caution in his voice.
He felt something was wrong with this man when the palace examination began. He felt a sense of familiarity with him.
It seemed like I had felt his presence somewhere before.
But somehow I just can't grasp this feeling.
Until I saw his answer sheet.
He suddenly thought of the divine thought that was still waiting for him in the Plains of the Fallen Gods.
There is actually an air of common origin between me and this person.
The fifth person smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty, the Heavenly Dao is dead. If the four poles do not unite as one, there will never be a new Heavenly Dao born!"
Li Yun said in a deep voice: "You are formed by the thoughts of all living beings. When the four poles become one, that is when you will become the new Heavenly Dao. Am I right?"
"Your Majesty is right!"
"Then why did you appear in Dagan and participate in the imperial examination in Dagan?"
The fifth person sighed.
"Your Majesty is the only one among the four poles that I cannot see through. You are also the one who has the greatest hope of uniting the four poles. I come here to seek refuge with Your Majesty in order to speed up this process!"
“But to be honest, I have been here for 100,000 years. Originally, I was waiting for the return of the only god in the Four Poles, but I didn’t expect that I would wait for His Majesty first!”
Li Yun did not say more on this topic, but asked:
"Can you tell me about the cause of the fall of the previous Heavenly Dao, and the split of the Four Poles a hundred thousand years ago!"
The Fifth Cangsheng's expression remained unchanged, as if everything in the world was insignificant to him.
"Four hundred thousand years ago, a god suddenly appeared outside the Four Poles. Without a word, he wanted to break into the Four Poles. As the Heavenly Dao of the Four Poles, he would naturally not allow him to enter. This was enough to destroy the Four Poles!"
"The two sides started a fierce battle, which lasted for three months. Your Majesty should be able to guess the final result. Both sides perished!"
"During the battle, a drop of divine blood mixed with a wisp of Heaven's will fell into the Four Poles, and formed the Falling God Plain!"
"The gods can die, but the world will not perish, and the way of heaven will not be destroyed. After hundreds of thousands of years of absorbing the thoughts of all living beings, the new way of heaven is about to take shape, but there is one step left. Another god has come across the galaxy and wants to destroy the four poles!"
"The New Heavenly Dao wants to stop it, but it has not yet become the Heavenly Dao. It is vulnerable in front of God."
“But in the end, for some unknown reason, that god-level figure gave up the idea of destroying the world and instead used his divine power to separate the four poles. He then sat in the starry sky and overlooked the four poles for 30,000 years!”
"Seventy thousand years ago, a common sword came across space and beheaded this god in the starry sky."
When he said this, there was a slight fluctuation in the eyes of the Fifth Cangsheng.
Killing a god with an ordinary sword is unimaginable even if it is the new Heavenly Dao.
Li Yun listened the entire time without saying a word.
He now finally knows the biggest secret of this four-polar world.
That ordinary sword was also the god-slaying sword in his hand.
Li Yun asked again: "Can you cross the Sea of Nothingness from the East Desert to the other poles?"
The fifth person nodded.
"Yes! I was born from the thoughts of the common people. The other four poles are naturally considered the common people of the four poles. All living beings are the way of heaven, and all living beings are the fifth common people!"
"Originally, there was a strong man in the Western Territory who was at the peak of the Saint Realm. If the four extremes were not distinguished, he would have had the greatest hope of becoming a Divine Realm person. Unfortunately, an accident occurred when he crossed to the East, wasting 90,000 years. Otherwise, if he had arrived here earlier, it would not be impossible for him to enter the Divine Realm."
Li Yun frowned.
He thought of Fang Xiang’s inheritance.
No wonder this kid has such great luck.
"You are the way of heaven. If you join the Great Gan, you have to be subordinate to this emperor. Doesn't that go against your conscience?"
Li Yun said suddenly.
The fifth person shook his head.
"The world is divided into big and small, and the way of heaven is also divided into different levels. The world will never be promoted because of the way of heaven, but the world will be promoted because of the birth of the strongest. This is also an opportunity of the way of heaven!"
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