He recounted the story, describing an exceedingly prosperous era of cultivation.

In this era, there was the Divine Realm above, and below it there were Immortals and mortals living together, with the Great Shang Court governing the world. In the Court were various Divine beings inheriting the Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern.

The people settled in this land also performed their duties, and everything was in perfect order.

"King Shang heard that I came from afar, so he hosted a banquet and asked where I came from. I told him truthfully, and when King Shang heard I had been to his homeland, he was very excited and inquired about the local customs and fiercely condemned the Zhou people for betraying trust. King Shang said they were a people of sin. I intended to ask for the reason, then the incident happened."

Daoist Qing Yang said, "The Sun turned red, scarlet, like a lump of flesh hanging in the air, causing great chaos. King Shang said that they had long discovered the anomaly in the heavens; first, the stars disappeared one by one in the night sky. At that time, he dispatched many Immortals to fly out and check outer space, none of them returned. Three days later, the Sun disappeared. Seven days later, the Moon vanished too. Following that came the Evil Transformation of the Immortals, calamity, and disaster."

He experienced that catastrophe.

King Shang, with his incredibly powerful cultivation, suppressed his own Evil Transformation and transmitted his voice across the world, commanding all Immortals to shatter their small worlds, seal themselves, and await his rescue.

He immediately conducted rituals for the Great Shang Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court, bringing forth many Ancestor Gods from the Divine Realm to hunt down those transformed Immortals.

Daoist Qing Yang, since he was not yet an Immortal, was not assimilated by the Evil Qi.

Catastrophes and disasters occurred everywhere, causing countless casualties among the Shang people, while the sky was intermittently swept by flesh and blood, as countless tentacles dropped from the air, greedily caressing the earth, sweeping away everything on the ground.

King Shang led Ancestor Gods to pacify the chaos everywhere, yet saw many surviving Shang people being gradually transformed by the Evil Qi.

Moreover, from the day the Sun and Moon vanished, the boundary between the Yin Yang Two Realms increasingly blurred, with the underworld and Mortal World merging, turning Shang people gradually into the Ghost Clan.

"The Great Shang is in turmoil, and for survival, I could only follow King Shang to flee east and west."

Daoist Qing Yang said, "King Shang himself was a great master, surrounded by many experts, among whom Wu Qi was the most powerful. But faced with this dramatic upheaval, they were also helpless, not knowing what to do."

As the experts around King Shang transformed one by one, the remaining experts, feeling hopeless for survival and hoping to leave a legacy, sealed each Immortal Artifact among the heavens and earth, hoping someday they could pass on their heritage through these artifacts.

"King Shang fought across the land and pacified the disasters everywhere, but those around him dwindled."

Daoist Qing Yang sighed, "He pondered deeply, seeking strategies, thinking till his hair quickly turned gray. I originally planned to ask Wu Qi to escort me to the sea, to leave this realm, perhaps taking some Shang people to live and prosper in another world. On the day of departure, King Shang suddenly laughed heartily, saying he figured it out. He discovered a way to save this realm."

Chen Shi's heart slightly shuddered, knowing what King Shang's method was.

"I didn't leave, and along with the surviving Great Shang clansmen began to create Despair Slope. On the day Despair Slope was completed, King Shang came to the altar; in the past, he used others as sacrificial offerings, but that day, he used himself as the offering, sacrificing his own Primordial Spirit."

Daoist Qing Yang said, "His Primordial Spirit ascended ever higher, growing larger, transforming into a supreme Divine, arriving beyond the heavens, watching over the Mortal World."

From then on, West Bull New Continent had a new Sun and Moon.

The Sun and Moon alternated, and all things grew.

Even though King Shang was powerful, he was not that powerful; he couldn't fully fend off the Evil Qi. At night, his brow's vertical eye transformed into the bright moon, and the moonlight still leaked faint traces of Evil Qi. This Evil Qi would cause inanimate objects to undergo Evil Transformation.

But fortunately, the Evil Qi wasn't too strong, and the surviving Shang people could still cope with the transformed creatures.

The successor of King Shang was his son, Ziyu, leading the remaining Shang people to live in the new world, while those Shang people who had already transformed into the Ghost Clan lived in the underworld.

Luckily Wu Qi remained, a Great Witch inheriting the Daoist skill; as long as he lived, the civilization of Great Shang wouldn't fall, and the Daoist skill of Great Shang wouldn't be lost.

"Until one day, a guest came from beyond the heavens."

Daoist Qing Yang said, "The guest claimed to be Xun Jiangmu, here to assimilate the entire world. Wu Qi, knowing he couldn't win, teamed up with the Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court was shattered, and Wu Qi died, perishing together with Xun Jiangmu. However, the strange thing is, even though Xun Jiangmu died, the Evil Qi remained. Sun, Moon, and Stars were still covered by flesh and blood. King Shang Ziyu said Xun Jiangmu might not be dead. But I planned to leave."

The Great Shang Dynasty, from prosperity to near extinction, all happened too fast and too suddenly. He witnessed this process, and his heart was filled with feelings. This experience deepened his understanding of the Dao, and he decided to return to the Eastern Continent and then achieve Harmonization and Immortality.

Just before leaving, another major event occurred.

King Shang Ziyu went to war with Despair Slope.

King Shang Ziyu isolated Despair Slope from the world, creating a bronze wall, blocking Despair Slope from entering West Bull New Continent!

After Daoist Qing Yang received the news, he went to mediate, but unexpectedly, King Shang Ziyu and the entire court perished behind the bronze wall.

Later, Daoist Qing Yang made his way to Despair Slope, but the people behind Despair Slope were no longer the faces he saw back then.

He met the Heavenly Venerate, who claimed to be a descendant of the Great Shang clan and had a pleasant conversation with him.

The Heavenly Venerate detained him, keeping him at Despair Slope. He helped the Heavenly Venerate manage various setups in Despair Slope and design Heavenly Dao City, linking Despair Slope to the Mortal World.

"Daoist Qing Yang, have you never wondered where the Great Shang civil officials and military generals who stayed in Despair Slope went?" Chen Shi suddenly asked.

Daoist Qing Yang replied, "I have thought about it. But what can I do?"

Chen Shi looked at him deeply and said, "You have long known the Heavenly Venerate is Xun Jiangmu."

Daoist Qing Yang fell silent.

Chen Shi continued, "With your assistance, the Heavenly Venerate finally walked out of Despair Slope. After defeating King Shang Ziyu, he found nothing behind the bronze wall and could not find where the Mortal World was. It was you who helped him build Heavenly Dao City, linking Despair Slope to the Mortal World."

Daoist Qing Yang's mouth moved, smiling wryly, "I am helpless too."

Chen Shi said, "With your help, the Heavenly Venerate finally walked out of Despair Slope. Since then, he began to recruit cultivation talents into Despair Slope, transforming them into his confidants. By then, there were few Shang people left, right?"

Daoist Qing Yang replied, "After King Shang Ziyu's death, the Great Shang's fate was exhausted, and the legacy was broken. Only a few Shang people cultivated, turning themselves into unrecognizable beings, becoming nearly Evil Spirits. The remaining Shang people had no one to teach them the methods of cultivation and struggled to survive in a world filled with Evil Spirits. Hundreds of years later, they were extinct."

Chen Shi asked further, "And then?"

"Later, Great Ming came, and the True King arrived too."

Daoist Qing Yang sighed, "I originally intended to warn the True King, tell him not to trust the Heavenly Venerate. But before I could say it, the Heavenly Venerate exiled me to beyond the heavens."

Lady Houtu's voice came from the front, "The Heavenly Venerate didn't kill you because you never disclosed the whereabouts of other Divine Continents."

Daoist Qing Yang lightly nodded, "He is about to restore the peak state of his previous life. The arrival of the True King and Great Ming people frustrated his intention to assimilate this land, and he could only wait for a perfect opportunity."

Chen Shi said, "This opportunity is the death of King Shang's Primordial Spirit."

Outer Heaven True God's death, Yin Yang Two Realms merged, the people destitute, Evil transformations surged, countless deaths and injuries, and more critically, the world's Evil transformations furthered the cultivation of the Heavenly Venerate!

Daoist Qing Yang said, "I don't know what happened afterward, but since I was last rescued and returned to the Mortal World, I knew the True King did not prevail over the Heavenly Venerate. He still died."

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