fynovel Chapter 115 Five Emperors Rule the World
Chapter 115 Five Emperors Rule the World
Chapter 115: The Five Emperors' Reign (Part 1)
Maitreya came to the Ten Thousand Mountains and took Zhuanxu, the first of the Five Emperors, under his tutelage. After Zhuanxu had mastered his studies, Maitreya personally visited the Holy Temple of the Human Race. With the Holy Temple's permission, Zhuanxu left the Ten Thousand Mountains and traveled to the north.
After arriving in the north, Zhuanxu, leveraging Xuanyuan's reputation, gained the respect of many human tribes. Zhuanxu traveled among the humans for thirty years, his prestige steadily increasing. Maitreya also used the influence of the Western religion among the humans to proclaim Zhuanxu as the future human emperor. This garnered Zhuanxu the support of many human tribes, especially the northern tribes. After their failed attempt to seize the throne from Xuanyuan, although the Jiuli tribe hadn't retaliated against the northern tribes, they had been constantly marginalized. They were eager to change their situation, and Zhuanxu's appearance gave them hope.
With the support of the northern tribes, Zhuanxu's confidence grew, and he used the north as his base to continuously enhance his influence among the human race.
Fifty years later, Zhuanxu arrived at the human temple surrounded by the leaders of various human tribes. Although Chiyou was very unwilling, he had no choice but to accept it.
After Zhuanxu became the supreme ruler of the human race, he personally came to Pengcheng to govern. However, Pengcheng was, after all, the stronghold of the Jiuli tribe. The eastern tribes, led by the Jiuli tribe, often paid lip service to Zhuanxu's decrees, which greatly troubled Zhuanxu.
After learning of Zhuanxu's troubles, Maitreya advised him to move the capital away from Pengcheng, away from the eastern core, and get rid of the interference of the eastern tribes.
Soon, Zhuanxu established a new capital city near the human race's sacred temple, named Chendu. With the support of the human race's sacred temple, the eastern tribes had no choice but to agree, even if they were unwilling. However, soon, Zhuanxu did something that caused a great uproar among the eastern tribes.
After gradually gaining control of the human race, Zhuanxu remembered the Youxiong tribe still in the Ten Thousand Mountains. So, despite Maitreya's objections, Zhuanxu insisted on releasing the Youxiong tribe out of the Ten Thousand Mountains. The moment the Youxiong tribe left the Ten Thousand Mountains, the entire eastern tribes were enraged.
In order to defeat the Youxiong tribe, the eastern tribes paid a huge price and finally drove the Youxiong tribe to the Ten Thousand Mountains. But how could Zhuanxu release the Youxiong tribe with just a word?
Thus, led by the Jiuli tribe, the eastern tribes united to launch a rebellion and attack Chendu. Faced with the rebellion of the eastern tribes, Zhuanxu was initially confident, but gradually he realized that his forces were no match for the rebels. Zhuanxu began to panic and hurriedly asked Maitreya for advice.
Maitreya gave Zhuanxu an idea, suggesting that Zhuanxu go and ask for Princess Jiufeng of the Jiuli tribe to form a marriage alliance with the Jiuli tribe and quell the war between the two sides.
But now that the two sides are at loggerheads, how could the Jiuli tribe possibly agree? So Maitreya came to the human race's holy temple and asked Emperor Fuxi to act as matchmaker. Originally, Fuxi didn't want to get involved in such a mess, but since it concerned the stability of the human race, Fuxi had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to Chiyou. At first, Chiyou was stern and resolute, but the four ancestors of the human race and Shennong didn't want to see the human race continue to be in chaos, so they persuaded Chiyou. In the end, Chiyou agreed, but he also had conditions: as long as Jiufeng gave birth to a son, the position of chief of the Youxiong tribe would belong to Jiufeng's son. If he didn't agree, then he could wait for the Jiuli tribe's army to invade Chendu.
Ultimately, Zhuanxu agreed to Chiyou's conditions. With the mediation of the Human Race Temple, the two sides finally reached a consensus, ended the war, and Zhuanxu married Jiufeng, the princess of the Jiuli tribe. He also decreed that the position of chief of the Youxiong tribe would belong to Jiufeng's descendant.
In addition, the Jiuli tribe demanded autonomy from the eastern tribes. They were nominally under the command of Chen Du, but they would obey orders but not commands, maintaining their independence. In order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, Zhuanxu had no choice but to agree. The eastern tribes, with the Jiuli tribe as their leader, were collectively known as the Dongyi tribes.
And so, the wedding of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng was held in Chendu. To show its importance, a group of high-ranking members of the human race attended. What the human race did not expect was that the wedding of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng would actually cause the human race's Holy Mother Nuwa to descend.
Nuwa was able to appear because of the grand wedding of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng, which was one of the three marriages between heaven, earth, and man, namely the earth marriage, because Jiufeng possessed the bloodline of the Wu tribe.
Nuwa's appearance made the wedding of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng even more important to the human race. After witnessing the wedding of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng, Fuxi originally intended to have a good talk with Nuwa, but Hongjun ordered Nuwa to return to the Nuwa Palace immediately. In the end, Fuxi was unable to fulfill his wish.
After Zhuanxu and Jiufeng's grand wedding, the war among humans finally came to a complete end. Moreover, because of Jiufeng's presence, the Dongyi tribes began to implement Zhuanxu's decrees, leaving Zhuanxu with no further concerns.
A century later, Zhuanxu felt that he had accomplished his mission, so he found a successor named Shaohao among the human race and passed on the position of the supreme ruler of the human race to Shaohao.
Then, surrounded by the leaders of various human tribes, Zhuanxu arrived at the human holy temple. After praying to heaven and earth, he officially became the Human Emperor and the first of the Five Emperors. Because the merits of the Five Emperors were not as great as those of the Three Sovereigns, Zhuanxu did not advance to the Quasi-Saint realm. He only reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm before stopping, which greatly disappointed Zhuanxu.
Maitreya, as the teacher of the Human Emperor, also gained merit, but not as much as the teachers of the Three Sovereigns. Therefore, Maitreya did not break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal as he wished, but only advanced to the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal. This greatly disappointed Jieyin and Zhunti. Fortunately, Jieyin and Zhunti later designated Maitreya as the first disciple of the Western Sect. With the blessing of the Western Sect's fortune, Maitreya eventually became the first Great Luo Golden Immortal disciple of the Western Sect.
Shao Hao, the successor of Zhuanxu, was the great-grandson of Xuanyuan. He was taken in by Duobao Daoren, a disciple of the Jie Sect, as soon as he was born and was carefully taught. Under Duobao's guidance, Shao Hao grew up rapidly and was known for his benevolence and virtue. He was highly praised by the human race. It was for this reason that Zhuanxu chose to pass on the position of the common ruler of the human race to him.
Shao Hao was a wise and virtuous man, and his succession as the ruler of the human race was widely expected. As soon as he became the ruler of the human race, his first task was to personally go to the east to ease the conflict with the Dongyi tribe, stabilize the human-witch tribe, and encourage intermarriage between ordinary human tribes and the human-witch tribe. After all, with the precedent of Zhuanxu and Jiufeng, the human-witch tribe was not too resistant to combining with ordinary human tribes.
Human-shamans are the product of the union of humans and shamans. Because they are not pure human, they have always only intermarried within their own race. Shao Hao's move also promoted the great integration of the human race, so that the Dongyi tribes did not rebel again during Shao Hao's reign.
Shao Hao ruled the human race for a hundred years, correcting some of the shortcomings of the later period of Zhuanxu's reign. The human race developed steadily, and the population grew rapidly. Furthermore, Shao Hao upheld the doctrines of the Lingjiao sect and cared for the weak, earning the praise of the entire human race.
When he felt that he could no longer lead the human race to progress, Shao Hao decisively chose to abdicate and pass on the position of the common ruler of the human race to Yao. After attaining the status of human emperor in the human race's holy temple and absorbing merit, Shao Hao's realm also reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
As Shaohao's teacher, Duobao also gained a lot of merit, but this merit was not as great as that of the Three Sovereigns, and even less than that of Zhuanxu. Fortunately, Duobao once helped Chiyou fight for the throne of Taihuang. After Chiyou attained enlightenment, Duobao also gained some merit. With these two merits, Duobao successfully broke through to the early stage of Da Luo Jinxian.
Yao, the third of the Five Emperors, was born into the Tao Tang tribe of the human race. From a young age, he was taken in by Gui Ling, a disciple of the Jie Sect. Originally, according to Tongtian's plan, the four teachers of the human emperor that the Jie Sect would obtain belonged to Kong Xuan, Jinpeng, Duobao, and Yunxiao. The first three were Tongtian's most valued disciples, and the last one was Tongtian's most beloved disciple. However, because Jinpeng assisted Chiyou in seizing the throne of Taihuang, the Jie Sect also gained a teacher of the human emperor, which gave Gui Ling the opportunity.