Chapter 115: Xuan Yuan's Scheme, Haotian Presses Down with His Foot

  Wuji was in seclusion, the human race under Xuan Yuan's rule flourished, and its strength and population were greatly enhanced. The human army began to rectify the local areas under its control on the Eastern Continent, Southern Continent, and part of the Northern Continent, either expelling or eliminating some non-human tribes that refused to submit to the human race.

  The human race was unmatched in its heyday, and all other races retreated. However, after the Human Witch War and the Human Demon War, the elite who survived had around 7 billion people left, but among them, there were less than a thousand high-level experts of the Mahayana Golden Immortal level, and most of them were still being boosted by secret methods, their actual strength was not as good as that of ordinary Mahayana Golden Immortals who progressed normally.

  About a thousand of them, the Daluo Golden Immortals with varying levels of cultivation, were assigned by Xuanyuan to the vast and desolate Honghuang Continent, appointed as Guardians, each governing a region. Although numerous, they did not stir up even the slightest ripple; tens of thousands of Taizhen Golden Immortal-level generals were then distributed around these Daluo Golden Immortal Guardians, surrounding them with tens of millions of Golden Immortals, hundreds of millions of True Immortals, and tens of billions of Heavenly Immortals, all arrayed around those with higher cultivation and greater strength. This was the origin of the great and lesser nobles that would come later.

  Xuanyuan scattered the human tribe's army in a web-like manner within the human tribe's sphere of influence, leaving only about one million loyal troops by his side. Xuanyuan's governance was forcibly executed under this pattern.

  Xuanyuan's prestige among the human race has risen dramatically in this way, surpassing Wuji, and can now be compared to the three ancestors of the human race. Moreover, many people attribute all the successes achieved by the human race to Xuanyuan, further boosting his prestige, with a trend of surpassing the three ancestors of the human race.

  Xuanyuan's actions naturally caused dissatisfaction among some people, and even the gentle and elegant Liu Mei was furious, if not for Feng Qiu's intervention, Liu Mei would have already taken action to teach this rebellious disciple a lesson.

  Phoenix Autumn Three Women were dissatisfied and angry, but he believed that after Wuji came out of the pass, Wuji would be free to deal with it. Secondly, even the three ancestors of the human race, such as Suirenshi, were not satisfied with Xuan Yuan's behavior, and although the three had already faded away from fame and fortune, they still felt dissatisfied with Xuan Yuan's intentional suppression of their prestige. What was even more excessive was that Xuan Yuan attributed all the credit to himself, downplaying Wuji's and other Shengren disciples' contributions.

  Xuanyuan's actions greatly offended the Holy Son's disciples who came to help the human race. However, at this time, the Heavenly Way was on Xuanyuan's side, and it was not easy for him to bear the consequences of his actions. Even Suiren, who had originally planned to discuss abolishing Xuanyuan's position as Emperor to appease the dissatisfaction of others towards the human race, couldn't help but sigh that Xuanyuan's momentum had already been established, and he had no choice but to stop this discussion.

  If the three ancestors of humanity really broke with Xuan Yuan, it's not that they weren't Xuan Yuan's match, but rather that their prestige in the human army couldn't be compared to Xuan Yuan's in less than a thousand years. At that time, the number of generals who obeyed the three ancestors of humanity would far exceed those who obeyed Xuan Yuan. However, as long as the two sides fought, humanity would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

  The human race, after going through hardships to obtain the position of master of heaven and earth, will have a crisis of instability. This is absolutely not what people like Suiren, who dedicated their lives to the human race, would want to see. However, they also do not want to see Xuan Yuan continue his reckless behavior, so the three can only retreat.

  The retreat of the Suiren and others made Xuan Yuan, who had been concerned about this matter, involuntarily let out a sigh of relief. Xuan Yuan naturally knew that the prestige of the three ancestors of the human tribe in the army was far beyond what he, as the Human Emperor, could match. However, since becoming the Human Emperor, the feeling of being high above others had been extremely enjoyable for Xuan Yuan.

  But every time Xuan Yuan was enjoying the beauty brought by his power, the figures of Sui Ren Shi, Xi Yi Shi, You Chao Shi, and Wu Ji appeared in front of him. The four people's status among humans made Xuan Yuan feel like he had a lump in his throat, extremely uncomfortable. At first, Xuan Yuan could still control himself, telling himself that this was not right, but as time went on, Xuan Yuan could no longer hold back.

  The four extremes in Xuan Yuan's mind were like holding a whip to drive away his own emperor, which made Xuan Yuan very unhappy. In the end, Xuan Yuan planned all this out and gambled that the three Flame Emperors would not be able to bear seeing the human race's newly obtained achievements turn to dust in an instant. The retreat of the three Flame Emperors told Xuan Yuan that he had won, that he had won the gamble.

  As Suirenshi, Xīyīshì and Yǒucháoshì retreated after enjoying the fruits of victory in the human world, it was unbelievable. However, considering some rumors circulating now, many people were dissatisfied with Xuanyuan, and some followed him to retreat into the mountains, bitterly cultivating the Tao.

  Xuanyuan believes that time will eliminate the dissatisfaction of those who are dissatisfied with themselves. As for those who have retreated to the mountains, they feel a sense of regret. However, since the human race has already reached its peak and major wars have come to an end, the demand for powerful individuals has decreased, so there is no need to rush.

  It turned out that the Haotian Emperor of the new Heavenly Court deeply felt that his own heavenly court's strength was insufficient, and he couldn't truly dominate the world. He was worried about recruiting talents at this time, when he heard the news from his subordinates, he couldn't help but burst into loud laughter, shouting: "This is indeed heaven helping me!"

  The Yaochi Holy Mother next to her has been suppressed by Huang Tian's strong momentum in recent years, and she is also careful and cautious. Generally, the affairs of the Heavenly Court are mainly based on Huang Tian's opinion, and she stands by and supports him. At this time, seeing Huang Tian receive the report from his subordinates, he was actually so happy that he couldn't help but ask: "Husband, what's going on that makes you laugh so heartily? Tell me, let me be happy too."

  Haotian could understand Xuanyuan's actions, after all, both were emperors. Haotian naturally had some understanding of Xuanyuan's thoughts. Due to Xuanyuan's limited vision, in his mind, Zhurong and others, as well as Wuji, were a huge mountain on his heart, oppressing him. And Haotian himself also had a huge mountain on his heart, that was the Six Saints of the Heavenly Way and the Supreme Ruler of the Infinite Heaven.

  Hao Tian thinks that Xuanyuan considers removing the great mountain on his head to be cutting off one of his own arms. In Hao Tian's understanding of the four, Wuji does not take the position of Human Emperor seriously. After all, the Human Emperor was established under his promotion by Taishang Shengren, which is the position of Tian Di Zhi Zhu, or perhaps Wuji doesn't care about it at all.

  The three Sui people are the kind of existence that is dedicated to the human race, indifferent to fame and fortune, and willing to sacrifice everything for the human race. When Haotian was daydreaming, he was suddenly interrupted by Yaochi Shengmu's question. Although through these years of getting along, he had already understood what kind of person Yaochi Shengmu was, but in recent years, Yaochi Shengmu under Haotian's oppression, has become more subdued and fully demonstrated the virtues of a good wife.

  Haotian did not answer the question of the Queen Mother of Yaochi, but instead handed over the jade symbol in his hand to her. After the Queen Mother of Yaochi finished reading the message inside the jade symbol, she was not a fool and naturally understood why Haotian was happy. Haotian was preparing to set his sights on the three people of Suirenshi, after all, the three were still nominally the Three Elders of the Heavenly Court.

  As for whether Suiren and others will follow Huatian's orders, it is no longer within Huatian's consideration. Huatian's move is just to win people's hearts. As long as Suiren and the other two enter the Heavenly Court, the Human Tribe's disillusioned elites will naturally know that turning to the Heavenly Court is also a way out. Haven't you seen that all three ancestors of the Human Tribe have defected to the Heavenly Court? This is exactly what Huatian wants.

  Haotian found the three Sui Ren, who were in a state of seclusion, and made his intentions clear to them. Originally, the three were unwilling, but Haotian's words about the severity of the situation and the recognition of their status even if they joined the Heavenly Court eventually won them over.

  As the three Sui Ren joined the Heavenly Court, as expected by Huang Tian, they attracted many dissatisfied individuals from the human tribe or some scattered strong cultivators to join. Huang Tian was naturally delighted about this.

  As the strength of the Human Tribe and the Heavenly Court increased, the two major forces began to rest and digest their newfound power, while the Primordial Chaos entered a rare period of tranquility.

  Time slipped away unnoticed, and the great war of ten thousand years ago was still fresh in the minds of those above the heavenly immortals, but for ordinary mortals, it was like a myth.

  Under the governance of Huangdi, the human race was thriving. However, over the course of thousands of years, the influence of the three ancestors of humanity - Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Xiong Yishi - had been deliberately suppressed by Huangdi to its lowest level.

  Xuanyuan has become the true ruler of the human race, and Xuanyuan's orders are unchangeable. All matters of the human race are decided by Xuanyuan's single word. The population of the human race has developed greatly in such a superior environment, and the population has exceeded 1 trillion.

  However, this also brings a problem that Xuan Yuan cannot avoid. With the increase in human population, nearly 90% of the 1 trillion people are ordinary people who do not practice cultivation, which will inevitably consume a large amount of food. However, the current food supply of the human race is already unable to support the consumption of this nearly 900 million people.

  Among the human race, there have been cases of people starving to death, only to be covered up by various large and small lords. With the coexistence of humans in recent years, although the military forces in their hands have not changed much, most of the governing personnel are ordinary people, and they change once every few years.

  Xuanyuan, as the co-ruler of the human tribe, after being in this position for thousands of years, had long since lost his original cleverness and became arrogant and self-conceited, becoming more self-centered. As the saying goes, "what kind of superior, what kind of subordinate", Xuanyuan's subordinates had already figured out his temper and began to only report good news and not bad news, glossing over the truth and pretending everything was peaceful.

  There is a saying: "Either explode in silence or perish in silence." The situation of people starving to death in the human world has been worsening, but it has been concealed and unreported under the tacit consent of officials at all levels. As a result, this matter has not received attention from Xuan Yuan and others.

  As time passed, the disaster finally occurred at a certain place and time, on the border of the domain, with increasingly severe consequences. Everyone understood that it was pointless to stop it anymore, there were no more rations left, and the development of things would only get bigger and bigger, shocking Xuan Yuan.