Chapter 289 Xuanyuan is the master of the world

When Shennong said this, many tribal leaders, especially Chi You, felt a sudden sinking in their hearts, and vaguely thought of a very scary guess.

Xuanyuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward, raised his head and said loudly to Shennong: "Head of the clan, His Majesty the Emperor of the Earth, Xuanyuan is here."

The reason why Xuanyuan called Shennong the Emperor of Earth was because Shennong became the common leader of the human race by virtue of his contribution in spreading rice, and Fuxi called himself the Emperor of Heaven. Heaven and earth are one, and rice grows on the earth, so Shennong is also called the Emperor of Earth.

The reason why he called Shennong the chief was because Shennong was not only the chief of the Lieshan tribe, but also the chief of the human race, which was equivalent to the chief of all people. Everyone should respect Shennong as they respect their parents. When Shennong descended on a tribe, the chief of that tribe would be Shennong.

This is the power and authority of the common leader of the human race.

The human race respects one master, and today this master is Shennong.

It is precisely because the common leader of the human race enjoys such great honor that countless tribal chiefs pursue this position like crazy.

However, it is not so easy to become the leader of the human race. Even the current leader of the human race cannot decide who will be the next leader of the human race. He must summon all the tribal leaders to discuss and choose someone who is respected by everyone.

The next person must make a contribution that shocks the world, moves the gods and ghosts, and convinces everyone, in order to truly become the leader of the human race.

For example, Fuxi created the art of animal husbandry and the Eight Trigrams, and Shennong spread rice.

These two things have greatly promoted the development of the human race, which has convinced everyone and made them willing to respect each other as the common leader of the human race.
Otherwise, in the Emperor's era, Fuxi would have randomly selected someone other than Shennong to be the common leader of the human race. While Fuxi was in power, perhaps these people would not object. But after Fuxi left the human race, I am afraid that this common leader of the human race would be immediately overthrown by others because he did not obtain the position in a legitimate way and was not worthy of the position.

It’s just that during the era of the Heavenly Emperor, Shennong spread rice and completely suppressed everyone’s ambitions. But in this era of the Earthly Emperor, no one can do what Shennong did. Naturally, everyone’s hearts are unsettled, knowing that the next choice of Shennong is the most critical vote.

But when Shennong called out Xuanyuan, they felt very dissatisfied.

Xuanyuan was indeed born with precocious wisdom, and he also had immortals guide him through cultivation and attained enlightenment, but if he became the leader of the human race based on all these alone, they really couldn't accept it.

What's more, being born with precocious intelligence is not a rare thing. In the Lieshan tribe, there was Nuwa, the daughter of Shennong, who was born with precocious intelligence, and so was Chiyou. Since everyone is equal, why can Xuanyuan bully them?

But out of respect for Shennong, even Chiyou, who was usually the most unruly, remained silent and waited secretly for Shennong's decision.

Seeing Xuanyuan standing up, Shennong took a careful look at him and saw that Xuanyuan was eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, a high nose bridge, and he exuded an imperial aura that awe-inspiring all around. Although he was only the head of a clan, even he could not ignore this natural and strong imperial aura.

"It seems that Yuanshi Tianzun did not just randomly choose someone to be the leader of the human race. This Xuanyuan was born with such a strong aura of an emperor. I wonder who is the reincarnation of this god?"

Shennong was a little curious when he saw this, but then he changed his mind and said, "Well, after all this, I will go to Huoyun Cave to manage the destiny of the human race. It doesn't matter to me who Xuanyuan is reincarnated."

Having made up his mind, Shennong said calmly, "His Majesty the Emperor once said, 'There are fifty great ways, and forty-nine of them. There is always a ray of hope lingering by the side.' It is precisely because of this escape that a pool of stagnant water has become running water. I have been in office for more than forty-eight years now. My contribution is not as good as Fuxi, so I cannot sit on the throne for the full forty-nine. After nine days, I will abdicate the throne of the common leader of the human race to Xuanyuan. All clan leaders must respect Xuanyuan as much as they respect me."

Different from the situation when Fuxi gave way to Shennong, Shennong's words immediately caused a huge uproar among these clan leaders.

Even though they had expected it, they still cannot accept it today.

The first one to speak out in opposition was Chi You, but he did not do it in person. Instead, he asked his nine sworn brothers to oppose. But everyone knew that these nine sworn brothers only followed Chi You's lead, and their words were equivalent to Chi You's words, and their opposition was equivalent to Chi You's opposition.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable! What kind of contribution did Xuanyuan make? How could he be the leader of the human race?"

"My Lord, when the Emperor abdicated the throne of the human race to you, the entire human race was blessed by your grace and all of them were submissive and dissatisfied. However, Xuanyuan is just a young boy. It is a blessing from heaven that he can lead a clan. How can he lead the entire human race?"

"Please think twice, Patriarch Dihuang! If you want us to continue to serve as the co-leader, we will accept it wholeheartedly. But if you want to give it to Xuanyuan, please forgive us for not being able to accept it!"

The nine Jiuli tribe leaders echoed each other's words, and every word they wrote expressed their opposition to Xuanyuan becoming the leader of the human race.

Among the human race today, the Youxiong Tribe and the Jiuli Tribe are the most powerful. The opposition of the Jiuli Tribe naturally brought about opposition from many tribes that were vassal states of the Jiuli Tribe. A closer look revealed that among the many clan leaders present, 30% of them were actually closer to the Jiuli Tribe.

Thirty percent is already a considerable number. It should be noted that more clan leaders hold a neutral position, neither opposing nor supporting, which can be said to be occupying the middle position.

But just as there were those who opposed Xuanyuan, there were naturally also those who supported Xuanyuan. Especially when Shennong appointed Xuanyuan as the common leader of the human race, it immediately touched the hearts of many clan leaders who were standing in a neutral position.

Some people spoke out in support of Shennong's decision. A closer look revealed that 50% of them supported it. Excluding the 30% who supported the Jiuli tribe, only 20% of the tribe leaders were in the middle.

Chi You saw all the actions of these clan leaders at a glance and his eyelids twitched slightly. According to his speculation, 50% of the clan leaders should stand in the middle position, but now there are 30% less. It can be seen why Shennong's actions touched people's hearts.

Shennong sat on the high platform, waiting for these people to make noise. After the noise died down, he slowly said, "No need to make noise. The next leader of the human race will be Xuanyuan. I will abdicate soon. You can go down first, and Xuanyuan will stay."

Chi You was the first to leave in anger, while some clan leaders left happily. After all, they were dependent on Xuanyuan, and when Xuanyuan became the leader of the human race, their lives would naturally become better.

After all the clan leaders had left, Shennong took Xuanyuan into a secret room. Xuanyuan stayed inside for a while and received some instructions from Shennong before leaving with a heavy heart.

It was because Shennong had said to him: "Your becoming the leader of the human race is a destiny locked in by heaven, but people have luck and destiny is hard to predict. You haven't made a great contribution to convince others, so many changes will happen in the dark. I recently observed the sky at night and saw the star Gou Chen flashing in the sky in the west. The star Gou Chen is the star of war. After you become the leader of the human race, you will definitely encounter a huge war. Be careful."

Xuanyuan had no choice but to believe Shennong's words, which made him feel very confused.

This confusion lasted until he met Guangchengzi, and then he was relieved a little. Seeing Xuanyuan's heavy face, Guangchengzi couldn't help asking: "Disciple, what's wrong with you?"

Xuanyuan sighed and told Guangchengzi what Shennong had said. Guangchengzi also felt a lot of pressure after hearing it.

After all, he was not completely ignorant. He knew that Shennong was the reincarnation of Hongyun and was about to give up his throne. He was afraid that he had already awakened all the memories and power of his past life. A great innate god issued a warning, and he had to be on high alert.

"It seems that when the critical moment comes, I will have to ask the deputy leader and my fellow disciples to join me in facing the disaster."

However, although Guangchengzi was feeling heavy-hearted, he still had a smile on his face and comforted Xuanyuan with a few words, which put the young clan leader at ease.

Nine days later, Shennong stood on the high platform where Fuxi once stood, and announced to everyone that he would abdicate the position of the leader of the human race to Xuanyuan. As soon as he finished speaking, clear sounds rang out in the sky.

I saw a divine phoenix with a green body emerging from the sky, holding a juicy green Taoist fruit in its mouth. The sky was filled with auspicious clouds and auspicious colors, and it was vast and vigorous, cleansing the nine heavens and ten earths. Countless living beings could see this scene.

In front of everyone, a huge sacred tree broke through the ground, and in the blink of an eye it grew into a green tree that was a thousand feet high. From the tree came faint bursts of giggling like the crying of a baby, and deep in the leaves, there were spiritual fruits like babies hanging on the branches, and the crying and laughing sounds were made by these spiritual fruits.

Seeing the big tree appear, tears flashed in Shennong's eyes, and the green divine phoenix stood on the big tree. The Tao fruit in his mouth fell and fell directly into Shennong's body, completely making up for the origin he lacked.

An overwhelming force rose up from Shennong's body and rushed straight to the Heaven, causing the six rulers of Heaven to have a premonition that the last emperor was about to be born.

Shennong's previously decayed skin and flesh quickly regained its firmness, his snow-white hair turned dark again, his eyes became exceptionally bright, and the ginseng fruit tree shrank rapidly and finally fell into Shennong's hands, letting him know Zhen Yuanzi's intentions.

"Brother Dao, you have been so kind to me, I really don't know how to repay you!"

Shennong let out a long sigh, and the ginseng fruit tree in his hand shook slightly. Lines of wood energy burst out and immediately helped him lock onto the sixth heavenly realm, condensing a trace of Shennong's breath on it.

Lord Haotian, Queen Mother of the West, Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole in Zhongtian, Emperor Tianhuang of the Upper Palace in Gou Chen, Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole, Emperor Taihao Qing, a total of six rulers of the Heavenly Court left their respective Taoist palaces and came outside the Heavenly Court to welcome the last emperor.

Shennong opened his mouth and sang: "Donghua Changle Realm, Dongji Miaoyan Palace; Qibao Fangqian Forest, Nine-color Lotus Seat; Taiqing Daode Zun, Incarnation of Lingbao Pill; Catastrophe and Mercy, the Gate of Nectar of the Universe."

Every time Shennong sang a line, he took a few steps up to heaven. When he sang the last line, he arrived outside the Heavenly Palace, bowed to the six rulers of the Heavenly Palace, and said, "The Great Emperor Qinghua of the East Pole greets the Lord of Heaven, the Queen Mother of the Yaochi, the Great Emperor Qingtai, the Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole of the Central Sky, and the Great Emperor Tianhuang of the Upper Palace of Gouchen."

Haotian Emperor, Yaochi Queen Mother, Taihao Qingdi, Zhongtian Beiji Ziwei Emperor, and Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang Emperor all returned the greeting and said in unison: "Greetings to Dongji Qinghua Emperor."

From then on, with the addition of Hou Tu Huang Di Ji who was suppressed in the lawless land, the Six Emperors of Heaven have been complete. With the addition of Queen Mother of the West and Taihao Qingdi, the Heaven at this time is no less inferior to the former demon Heaven.

Of course, this is excluding Nuwa and Hou Tu.

The only difference from the demon clan’s heaven is that nowadays everyone in heaven fights on their own, with Lord Haotian and Queen Mother Yaochi relying on each other.

Taihao Qingdi, Zhongtian Beiji Ziwei Emperor, and Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang Emperor advanced and retreated together and shared weal and woe.

As for the Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole and the Great Emperor Qinghua of the East Pole, although they were both disciples of the Three Pure Ones, they were just acquaintances with each other and had almost no communication. They just barely fought the enemy together.

The demon clan is headed by Emperor Jun of Heaven. Neither Fuxi nor Nuwa will resist Emperor Jun's orders. Of course, Emperor Jun will not be stupid enough to provoke these two.

But in today's Heaven, although the nominal ruler is Lord Haotian, almost no one except Queen Mother Queen will obey his orders. Naturally, there is more than enough overall, but less than in reality.

Lord Haotian naturally knew all of this, and when he saw that the last Yu was also completed, he felt even more upset.

"But it's not like I don't have a chance to be the next one. The leader of the human race is the Supreme Human Emperor, who has been entrusted with the destiny of killing and war. Only then will I step forward!"

"If I gain a little bit of human luck, and even make the entire human race worship me, the Lord of Heaven, would I still be afraid that I can't oppress these people? I really don't believe that those saints will personally come forward to fight for their interests. It's still unknown who will win!"

Although these Heavenly Lords were smiling at each other constantly, they all knew that it was just an illusion. The tension underneath would only grow stronger, and one day, it would completely explode!

The human race was naturally alarmed by Shennong's changes, but with the example given by Fuxi earlier, they naturally calmed down after a while.

It's just that the ordinary human race has calmed down, while the undercurrents among those large tribes have become more and more turbulent. They are almost all waiting to see whether Xuanyuan can take advantage of the situation and completely establish his position as the common leader of the human race; or whether he will be completely defeated by the Jiuli tribe and finally become an emperor for half a day.

In order to temporarily pause for this minute, Xuanyuan set an example and took the lead in establishing the sacrificial system.

In addition to the statues of Nuwa, Hengming Sect Leader and the three ancestors of the human race, Xuanyuan personally carved the statues of Fuxi and Shennong, erected stone tablets in front of them, engraved their great achievements, and gave them honorific titles.

Fuxi's title was the Green Emperor, and after considering for a long time, Xuanyuan decided to give Shennong the title of Yan Emperor, while he called himself the Yellow Emperor.

Because of the turbulence of the Jiuli tribe, the Youxiong tribe could not defeat the Youjiao tribe even if it merged with the Youjiao tribe. The Lieshan tribe also began to decline after Shennong left. Xuanyuan saw the opportunity and proposed that the two tribes merge with each other and abandon the name of their tribes. The new tribe was called the Yanhuang tribe.

After the new chief of Lieshan tribe thought for a long time, they agreed to Xuanyuan's proposal. From then on, Youxiong tribe and Lieshan tribe merged and were collectively called Yanhuang tribe.

With the addition of the Lieshan tribe, the Yanhuang tribe was not only not weaker than the Jiuli tribe, but became even stronger.

(End of this chapter)