Absolute protagonist

Ye City, the granary of the Great Zhou army.

This place has been rich since ancient times, and is known as a money bag in the world, with extremely developed commerce. Therefore, there are many palaces, temples, and the most famous temples are full of incense and people every day.

However, since Chu Si came and issued a series of decrees, especially the religious management regulations, the atmosphere of Ye City has changed. The religious management regulations stipulate that all gods who have temples and statues must report to the government. Otherwise, they will be regarded as demons, evil gods, false gods, and their temples will be closed and incense will be banned. Even the reported temples must abide by certain secular regulations, such as the incense money collected and the land under their names will have an upper limit, and they must not incite the people to disrupt the government, etc.

After such a toss, 90% of the palaces, temples and temples in Ye City were closed. As for those who did not cooperate violently, it was just a matter of opening mountains and destroying temples. The temples that were originally prosperous in incense gradually became sparsely populated. Many devout believers had conflicts with the government because of this.

After learning about these situations, many immortals and gods in the heavens were even more furious. Among them, Shangli Xianjun, who claimed that he had ascended not long ago and had some understanding of the human world, volunteered to teach the instigator a lesson.

So, while secretly supporting the coalition of princes, he persuaded other immortals and gods to let the temple priests who were expelled from many temples connect the devout believers in Chusi's territory and make trouble in the rear.

This is not difficult.

Any hobby or belief that has been persisted for many years, it is not easy to give up suddenly one day, including praying to gods and Buddhas.

Suddenly the temple was banned, and those who were used to going to burn incense every few days felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness. Under the connection of people with intentions, they came together unknowingly and formed a loose group that they themselves did not realize. In addition, the people behind the scenes occasionally gave some small favors to attract them to stay, and then subtly guided these people to exchange "these years of praying to God and Buddha", and complained about the prince's actions of closing the temple... Unknowingly, more and more people like him.

Seeing that most of the devout believers had gathered together, they regretted the closure of the temple every day, and felt that the matter had fermented enough. The desire to rebuild the temple and the resentment of a certain prince had also brewed enough, so the well-prepared temple keeper came out. He also brought a brand new statue.

Looking at these familiar people, many of them were devout believers, and some of them donated incense money for many years that was almost equal to their entire fortune - which also made the temple keeper grow a good body - the temple keeper couldn't help but burst into tears and was very excited, as if he had met a long-lost relative.

He described the hardships and difficulties since the temple was sealed with true feelings, and seriously condemned the cruel and inhumane behavior of a certain prince. Finally, he indignantly incited the crowd: "... The prince has no benevolence and no virtue, does not respect the gods, and does not follow the teachings of his ancestors. He should be punished by heaven, how can he be a king?!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a thunder in the sky, and the light rose brilliantly in the temple that had long been sealed. The clay and wooden statues seemed to come alive in the blink of an eye, and a sacred will descended.

However, those people who claimed to be devout believers of the gods, who were still regretting the closure of the temple and complaining about the prince's inhumanity just a quarter of an hour ago, were shocked. Instead of the surprise of the gods appearing on their faces, they were full of panic.

Then, they fled without hesitation.

Some people shouted: "There are monsters making trouble!"

Temple keeper: "...?"

God's will: "???"

...Isn't this a group of fake believers? !

"What's so strange?" At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, elegant, soothing, and casual.

A figure walked over slowly but quickly on the opposite side of the street not far away. He was wearing black clothes, black hair, and dark pupils. The young man had a calm expression and a slight smile on his lips.

"... After all, a god who has never responded to his believers, whose temple was sealed and was cast into the ranks of false gods, suddenly appeared again. It seems more reasonable that it is a god coming to the world or a spirit?"

As he spoke, he stared at the statue quietly, with a kind of majesty that made people unable to look at it directly.

The will of the god on the statue couldn't help but tremble: "It's you, you deceived these fools?!"

... Otherwise, how could he, a dignified god in heaven, be mistaken for a low-class thing like a spirit?

"How can it be called a lie? I just put forward a reasonable guess." Chu Si said in a playful tone, shaking his head, "To be honest, if how to cleverly persuade (brainwash) others is also a science, you are at most at the level of a student, but I am at least the top scholar of six essays, and I can even be called the master of this way, which is enough to be recorded in history."

... So, it is impossible to play the evil cult under his nose. He can brainwash the leaders of the evil cult in minutes.

An unknown god: "..."

... Why is this tone a little proud for some reason? !

Coincidentally, in addition to this place, other gods also showed various miracles, trying to incite the people in various ways. However, the results were not satisfactory.

Many people just heard the temple keeper's nonsense that "worshipping the gods and Buddhas sincerely will bring good weather and good harvests every year", and left as if nothing had happened, as if they had just heard a story - well, it is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a group of practitioners have developed some scientific and spiritual farming methods and breeding techniques, as well as improved grain seeds and farm tools... They don't understand what it is, they just know that all these policies are very beneficial to them, and if they don't go early, maybe all the good things will be taken away.

As for what these temple keeper said, just listen to it. It's not that they didn't worship Buddha devoutly in the past, and they fought hard when the temple was closed, but so what? Once the days before and after the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are compared, even a country tenant who can't read a single word will know what to choose.

They acted as if they couldn't forget the temple and even complained about a certain prince. In fact, it was like a child whose parents confiscated all the candies because of cavities caused by eating too much candy. This complaint was actually a disguised closeness, without any malicious intention.

If someone wanted to use their complaints to deal with Chu Si, it could only be said to be a daydream.

The immortals and gods in the heavens who secretly observed the progress were once again confused.

They thought that the temple was closed and the statues were toppled. These mortals lost their sustenance and were mostly in dire straits. They regarded the prince Zhou who forcibly opened the mountain and destroyed the temple as an enemy. They would be grateful and excited as long as the gods appeared to save the world.

Then, they naturally gave the believers some small spells. The spies arranged by the princes incited them in this way. This group of fools who had long been dissatisfied with reality suddenly gained power and naturally set off unrest.

They never expected that the plan would not be able to proceed after the first step. Listening to the flattery of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from the inside out of these fools' words, I know that relying on them to disrupt the rear of the Great Zhou is really too much!

...So, where are the devout believers? Who cried as if their parents had died when they opened the mountain and destroyed the temple and almost fought to the death? Who had been secretly dissatisfied and attempted to overthrow the rule of the cruel Crown Prince? Fake! All fake!! A bunch of liars!!!

After being released by Emperor Ziwei, many immortals and gods who used the water mirror technique to secretly spy on the human world were looking at the backs of those people who were mercilessly leaving in disbelief. They looked like poor little people who were deceived by scumbags and thrown away after being used. They were all very bad_(:3∠)_.

It can only be said that the information of the immortals and gods is outdated. The speed of time in heaven and on earth is too different. Based on the time they spent discussing the plan in heaven, the people who were initially dissatisfied with Chu Si's political orders had already completely returned to the heart of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince during this period of time.

——Compared to personality charm and brainwashing skills, these gods and Chu Si are simply not in the same league. Unknowingly, their believers have been conquered by Chu Si and completely abandoned. Even if the temple is no longer banned, I am afraid they will not receive much incense and faith.

The coalition camp was silent.

The princes stared at the Marquis of Qi with strange expressions.

Not long ago, they all received intelligence sent by the spies. Obviously, the plan that the Marquis of Qi vowed to make before not only failed, but also made many people see how popular the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou was.

The Marquis of Qi coughed awkwardly. He was not upset about this failure. He was still full of confidence: "Don't worry, everyone. The gods have already made arrangements."

Not to mention, the immortals and gods in the heavens claim to be superior to the human world. Even if they are annoyed by Chu Si's behavior of cutting down mountains and destroying temples, they can't come in person and fight with bare arms just to deal with a mortal prince. This is too cheap for them; even if there are immortals who are so angry with Chu Si that they don't care about their image at all, it is not so easy to come down from heaven to the human world.

The spiritual energy in heaven is rich, while the spiritual energy in the human world is thin. Coming from heaven to the human world is like climbing out of the water, which is definitely not a good feeling.

Therefore, if there is a plan in the human world, the immortals in heaven often choose the descendants of their own Taoism who stay in the human world to complete it. This is what those people call immortal fate.

Now Chu Si's behavior has aroused public anger, and a large number of immortals have contacted the descendants of Taoism in the human world, asking those guys who are practicing in the mountains to come out as soon as possible to assist the princes' coalition to flatten the world.

A few days later, above the city where the princes' coalition was located, the sky was vast and boundless. Not long after, a small dot appeared in the sky, followed by more and more dense small dots.

Rays of light broke through the clouds, like stars appearing in the world. In the whistling wind, rainbow lights fell from the sky. One by one, immortal cultivators of different shapes landed in the prepared empty training ground, looking down at the crowd around them.

"My fellow immortals..."

The princes were all overjoyed, and greeted them with joy, completely putting their hearts back in their stomachs.

These are all true disciples of immortals and gods, and they may all become immortals in the future. How can mortals compete with them? Even if the prince Zhou is popular among the people, what can he do in front of the power of immortals and gods?

Instead of worrying about this war that must be won, they might as well think about how to distribute the results after the victory? This huge Nine Provinces, after all, needs a master of the world.

Thinking they had secured victory, they inevitably had many little thoughts in their minds, and their eyes flickered when they looked at each other, especially Marquis Qi. The others were most wary of him, the lucky guy who was favored by the immortal. As they exchanged glances with each other, they had already secretly set a big goal to target him in the future.

However, the development of the matter once again exceeded their expectations. The cruel truth was like a cold slap in their face, which made their faces swollen.

The Great Zhou army directly set up a special military formation that had never been seen before. The hundreds of thousands of troops were connected by their luck. The terrifying military force was like a raging and boiling flame, and the blood rushed into the sky.

The invisible and intangible Great Zhou national destiny was woven into a fine silk net, covering the army. Those immortal cultivators just approached and felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

Those who chose to retreat from their hearts were fine, but those immortal cultivators who had to attack the military formation without knowing their lives were like moths that hit a spider web, and like wax figures that met fire, and screamed from the soul.

With the help of the military formation method and fighting skills created by Chu Si, and the blessing of the rising Great Zhou national destiny, a group of mortals who only practiced martial arts actually killed the top immortal cultivators in the whole world.

...

Until the army was completely defeated and the original coalition camp was turned into a prisoner camp, the princes still looked like they couldn't recover. All the original fantasies were shattered in a minute, and their lives were in danger. Their eyes were all focused on the face of the Marquis of Qi.

...If the other party hadn't torn up the peace agreement and vowed to win, they wouldn't be so miserable now.

Looking at the Marquis of Qi who also fell to the ground and doubted his life, everyone sneered at themselves.

...Knowing that the Marquis of Qi was the most unreliable, how could they believe the other party's lies? This time they really believed his lies!

Sitting on the ground with lifeless eyes, the Marquis of Qi didn't notice the malicious eyes from all directions. He was stunned for a long time, and then he looked up at the sky and laughed miserably from the deepest part of his heart: "...The immortals and gods have misled me!"

Soon, sensing that all the Taoist sects in the mortal world had been destroyed, and not a single fish escaped, the heavens were silent.

Under the questioning gazes of many immortals and gods, Shangli Xianjun's face was gloomy.

...He had taken the initiative before and assured the gods that he would easily solve the problem, so that the mortals in the human world would respectfully reopen the temples and build statues. However, now, not only did the sealed temples fail to reopen, but even the Taoist traditions of many immortals and gods in the human world were completely destroyed.

He felt as if he had been deeply provoked.

...What happened?

Shangli Xianjun's face turned cold, and as the starlight rippled around him, one strange water curtain after another rippled in the air, and the twisted vortex slowly unfolded.

"No hurry, I have one last..."

He was stunned halfway through his words.

The transparent water curtain showed the scene of the human world. In just a short moment in the heaven, the human world has been unified? !

The water curtain rippled in circles, revealing a tall altar.

On the altar where successive emperors ascended the throne and worshiped heaven and earth, the young man stood straight, wearing only a solemn black crown. His handsome face was always calm and confident, and his eyes were full of absolute confidence as if he had the world in his hands.

Across the two worlds, his eyes seemed to penetrate the water curtain and look at the immortals in heaven who were watching this scene from afar.

The immortals sneered.

——According to the tradition of the emperor's succession, the next step should be to worship the gods of heaven and earth, and confirm the legitimacy of the emperor's position in this way. That is the so-called "imperial power granted by heaven." They just need to make a little strange phenomenon at will...

Boom!

The originally clear sky was suddenly filled with dark clouds, dazzling lightning flashed in the sea of ​​clouds, and thunder roared, striking down in the direction of the altar. The thin figure of the young man was shrouded in it.

"Ah!!!"

Someone screamed in the crowd of onlookers.

The next moment, the young man on the altar raised his head calmly and looked at the rolling thunder.

The time around him seemed to slow down in an instant, so slow that every movement of his was so clear, even the arc of his lips was impressive.

With a calm smile, he raised his hand and drew out the Yue Yaojian sword, and cut off the thunder in the sky with one sword.

"Clang——"

The long sword sound was still echoing between heaven and earth. This chilling sword intent actually caused many immortals and gods in the fairy palace to subconsciously want to retreat. It seemed that the sword light had penetrated the layers of water curtains in front of them and came towards them.

"Okay, the ceremony continues." The young man's calm voice came faintly through the water curtain.

"I am not the Son of Heaven, but the Emperor of Man." He announced to the three realms in a calm voice, "From today on, the ancient system will be restored. The human race will only worship ancestors, not gods. Only respect heaven and earth, not immortals and gods."