Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1558: One Thousand and Twenty-Eight Aliens Return_2

In the past, the Human Race and Saints were both responsible for Heaven and Earth; but once the Human King submitted to the Saints, the Human Race became the responsibility of the Saints. With Saints added between Heaven and Earth, the status of the Human Race directly declined by a rank.

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This is the reason why the Saint of Taiqing supported the Martial Sovereign; he wanted to firmly hold the Human Race in his own hands, and from then on, the selection of the Human King would be decided solely by him.

As for the Human Race, they should just honestly accept the rule; and as for becoming a Human King, they shouldn’t even entertain such thoughts anymore.

And as for the Human Emperor, that’s even more out of reach. Under the administration of the Mystic Sect, the Human Race will never have another Human Emperor; there will only be a Taoist Master or a Mystic Sovereign.

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By the time the Martial Sovereign and the experts of the different tribes arrived near Shouyang Mountain, the place had transformed drastically compared to when Jiang Chen had come before.

At some point, a majestic Divine Palace had appeared atop the towering Shouyang Mountain. It was constructed entirely from the most precious Innate Purple Gold, with dragons and phoenixes carved into its walls, depicting the images of all the mythical creatures between Heaven and Earth, and even the figures of Innate Divine Demons appeared faintly visible.

Upon entering the great hall, one could see that within the vast hall, statues of deities lifelike and splendid stood erect, each radiating a divine light, supremely dignified as if incarnations of the Great Dao.

At the center of all the statues were three even larger deities, guarded as if by all other gods, representing the center of Heaven and Earth, the origin of the cosmos.

The three statues, one old and one young on the sides, with a dignified middle-aged man in the center, were unmistakably the Sanqing.

The Saint of Taiqing, as the eldest among the Sanqing, is second only to the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign according to the myths and legends passed down in the world. Not daring to claim primacy over all under Heaven, thus the Saint of Taiqing is ranked second among the Sanqing.

The Sanqing are one, even though they have long since parted ways and their relationship has become very strained. Still, the Saint of Taiqing and the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign stubbornly cling to this belief.

Therefore, whenever the Saint of Taiqing and the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign handle affairs, especially those with benefits involved, they would always bring along the Upper Qing Saints, regardless of whether they agree or not.

This time is no exception. The Saint of Taiqing and the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign are officially entering the scene, prepared to seize control over the Human race. Such a great opportunity to snatch the fate of the Human Race, how could they possibly forget their third brother? They don’t even care whether he agrees or not and have brought him along directly.

"Is this Shouyang Mountain?"

"As expected of the Taoist Field of a Saint, it truly lives up to its reputation. With ten thousand daos manifesting between Heaven and Earth, and the primordial qi of Chaos pervading, I have a feeling that cultivating here would make stepping into the Dao Venerable Realm even easier than during the Ancient Era." freewёbnoνel.com

Many experts from the different tribes were visiting Shouyang Mountain for the first time, and upon seeing the grandeur of the Saint’s Taoist Field, they couldn’t help but express their amazement repeatedly.

At this moment, they resembled a group of country bumpkins visiting the imperial palace for the first time; everything they saw astounded them.

"These statues represent the Great Divine Transcendents of the Mystic Sect who once aided the Human Race; at the same time, they are also our backing."

"Today, you experts of the different tribes will rejoin the Human Race under the witness of these Great Divine Transcendents."

The Martial Sovereign introduced the different tribes’ experts as they entered the great hall.

His words, no doubt, carried a hint of showing off, implying: Look, all these Great Divine Transcendents are our support. With so many Great Divine Transcendents backing us, how could our great cause possibly fail?

"So many?"

Hearing what the Martial Sovereign said, the experts of the different tribes were startled despite having been prepared.

A rough count revealed at least a hundred statues before them, and all of these were Great Divine Transcendents supporting them. Doesn’t this mean that they had the backing of a hundred Great Divine Transcendents, in addition to two Saints!

Meanwhile, the Human Race only had one Saint, Empress Nuwa!

As for Great Divine Transcendents, the Human Race had even fewer, and even with the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns included, the Human Race had no more than a dozen Great Divine Transcendents.

A dozen versus a hundred, the advantage clearly lies with us!

We’ve got this secured!

After confirming the background of Martial Sovereign, the masters from the foreign branch had no further concerns, believing that their allegiance to Martial Sovereign was the right choice, and that they would surely reap huge benefits in the future.

"Has everyone arrived?"

At this time, the master of the Law Divine Palace came out and asked Martial Sovereign.

The master of the Law Divine Palace, Law Venerable, and the master of the Martial Divine Palace, Martial Sovereign, were two prodigies of the Human Race; however, the eras of their rise to power were different. Law Venerable rose during the early Ancient Times, while Martial Sovereign followed after him.

It has to be said, both were formidable. After the Battle Against Heaven concluded, with the main combat faction of the Human Race declining, they joined forces and directly took control of most of the Human Race’s power, becoming the uncrowned kings of the Human Race and leading them for a long time.

It can be said that the Human Race’s weakness in the later Ancient Times owes a large part of the responsibility to them.

Even if their stance had issues, it had to be admitted that they truly were the outstanding figures of their time. If they had wholeheartedly worked for the Human Race, the Human Race today would surely present a different picture.

"Elder brother, everyone has arrived; are you ready on your end?" Martial Sovereign stepped forward politely and greeted Law Venerable.

Both were prodigies cultivated by Mystic Sect, hence they had always addressed each other as brothers.

Both being powerholders of the past Human Race, both being prodigies of the Human Race, both being Quasi-Saint powerhouses cultivated by Mystic Sect, and with Law Venerable’s rise clearly preceding that of Martial Sovereign, it was still Martial Sovereign that Mystic Sect chose as the candidate for Human King, not Law Venerable.

Had it been someone else, they would surely feel indignant, but Law Venerable did not. Because he knew that he was indeed not as competent as Martial Sovereign.

Initially, Mystic Sect had indeed chosen him as the candidate, but alas, due to his limited abilities, he was never able to lead the Human Race. In the end, with no other options, Mystic Sect had to cultivate another Martial Sovereign.

The opportunity had been given to Law Venerable; it was he himself who failed to seize it, so naturally, it wasn’t right to blame Mystic Sect.

Law Venerable was very self-aware; seeing that he could not surpass Martial Sovereign, he did not compete and contentedly became his assistant, fully supporting him.

His conduct led many of the Human Race masters who had been paying attention to him to be quite disappointed. They had thought that Law Venerable would fight with Martial Sovereign for the position of Human King. But in the end, it turned out to be... this.

"Everything is ready, we can begin," Law Venerable said, nodding his head.

The more powerful the entity, the simpler the ritual.

Complex rituals result from cultivators being too weak, incapable of connecting directly with Heaven and Earth, hence the need to perform a series of complicated rituals to communicate with Heaven and Earth.

But the strong can connect directly with the channels of Heaven and Earth, thus there is no need for rituals.

This time, as the foreign branch returned to the Human Race, the weakest among those present was an Innate Taoist Master, all extremely powerful existences. Naturally, whatever rituals could be simplified were simplified, and they were exceedingly straightforward.

The crowd gathered under the statues of the Sanqing, in front of them a dossier table with a square seal placed on top, which was the Kongtong Seal, a treasure of the Human Race.

The return ceremony for the foreign branch was very simple; the only requirement was for each clan’s elder ancestors to imprint their own seal on the Kongtong Seal. Afterward, the Kongtong Seal would revive, bypassing the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns, and directly shake the fate of the Human Race.

Next, all the elder ancestors of each clan just needed to willingly open up their own fate and merge it into the Human Race’s fate, and thus they would be considered to have returned to the Human Race.

Indeed very simple, but that was mainly due to the Kongtong Seal. If not for this treasure, just with their own power, could they shake the fate of the Human Race?

It could be said that without the Kongtong Seal, unless the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns agreed, the foreign branch would have no hopes of returning to the Human Race.

First, they worshipped the Sanqing, and then all the Great Divine Transcendents in the hall were also worshiped in turn.

Finally, following the requirements, the elder ancestors of the foreign branch stepped forward one by one, imprinting their own seals onto the Kongtong Seal, and then released their fate, waiting for the arrival of the Human Race fate.

"Just like that, we can return to the Human Race? This is also..."

Within the foreign branch, some strong figures asked doubtfully.

This return ceremony seemed too simple, leaving them feeling as if they were merely playing house, too unreal.