Shennong Dao Master

Chapter 1845 - 10: Rewards Arrived, Second Origin Perfected

[Xuanhuang Past · Forty-Six][...Ever since Ji Hong’s Ascension was shattered by that Black Rain, the new Human Emperor of Great Zhou was succeeded by Ji Hong’s fourth son, Ji Jin. Just as I had predicted, after Ji Hai took the throne, Great Zhou quickly began to decline.]

[In less than twenty short years, three of the Nineteen States were actually lost already!]

[I had warned Ji Hong long ago that his consort doted on this son far too much, raising him into a perverse temperament; the reverent gentleness he showed in public was all an act.]

[Even right up to before his Ascension, I kept reminding him: Ji Jin is not a good choice... He can’t even summon the Emperor Sword, can’t so much as flip through the Book of Heaven’s Mandate, can’t put on the Five Emperors Armor... and this is called a Human Emperor?]

[...Watching Great Zhou continually slide downhill, besieged by the joint assault of the Southern Barbarians and the Sects, I planned to step in and save this country. Though it was no longer the original Great Zhou, it was still, after all, Great Zhou.]

[Even though I discovered someone was spying on me, and the House of Epoch might not be safe, I still intended to do so.]

[However, a miracle happened. Ji Hong’s fourteenth Princess, Ji Luoheng, actually gained the recognition of the Emperor Sword, and then successfully passed the Dragon King’s trial. She allied with the three Academic Palaces and the Dragon Court, and in a palace coup, drove her elder brother off to recuperate in seclusion within the Dragon Court.]

[Hahaha, back then I merely had Xiao Yue slip a few casual books into her bedchamber, and she actually learned all my Divine Skills, and even discovered the tunnel the Grand Minister of Agriculture had sealed up back then, and found me.]

[Such a clever little girl! No, I should now address her as Her Majesty the Empress!]

[Great Zhou welcomed its first Empress!]

[After Ji Luoheng came here, she addressed me as Ancestor, and asked me about the old affairs of the Emperor Wu Period, as well as the methods of Ascension.]

[I told her of the feats accomplished back then by Emperor Wu and the Grand Minister of Agriculture; after listening, she too yearned greatly for the world outside.]

[Just like Ji Hong, she invited me to help her Ascend together, to pursue the footsteps of her forebears.]

[This time, I was somewhat moved.]

[...]

Wang Tianzhi wrote up to this point and suddenly felt a bit tired. He didn’t know why, but ever since more than a hundred years ago, he had always had this feeling.

Whenever he recalled the events of his youth, a sense of exhaustion would arise.

Could it be that he had grown old? That his Lifespan was nearing its end?

It shouldn’t be. Let alone that he resided within the House of Epoch, even his intrinsic Lifespan should have been enough to sustain him for a long time yet.

Why, then?

Wang Tianzhi lay on the bed, staring blankly at the stars above.

He began to divine the possibility of Ascending together with Ji Luoheng, to see whether they could avoid that Black Rain.

As time passed, the stars in the sky grew increasingly blurry, and Wang Tianzhi slowly sank into a dream.

"Wang Tianzhi~"

"Wang Tianzhi~ it’s me!"

Wang Tianzhi felt someone calling him. He discovered that he was in a pure white space, with no distinction of up, down, left, or right, and a familiar voice echoing over and over.

"Who? Who is speaking?"

"Wang Tianzhi~ hurry and remember, remember~"

The voice still resounded, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity surged in his heart. He kept feeling that this was someone he knew very well.

At last, unable to resist his curiosity, Wang Tianzhi took the initiative to let his Karma Soul radiate energy; omnipresent Cause and Effect Lines pursued the source of the voice.

In a certain instant, a flood of memories surged forth in Wang Tianzhi’s mind.

Ji Si’s Time Dream Return Technique had finally taken effect.

The past and the future resonated, and a familiar figure appeared before Wang Tianzhi.

"Ji Si? Mr. Ji? Is that you?"

"It’s me." Ji Si’s figure nodded slightly. "Lord Wang, long time no see."

"Have you come back to fetch me? Your Majesty, and the Grand Minister of Agriculture, are they all right?" Wang Tianzhi asked hoarsely.

"Lord Wang, please recall carefully. The answers to your questions all lie within history."

In the dream, Wang Tianzhi closed his eyes, and very quickly received all the information Ji Si transmitted.

It was a very long span of time—more than four thousand six hundred years—encompassing scene after scene of Da Zhou Emperor Wu’s experiences after departing from the Xuanhuang Realm and flying out of the Desolate Domain.

Wang Tianzhi watched for a long time, from a third-person vantage.

In the end, the image froze in an exquisite private room, where Cloud Sky Dao, Liu Tianning, Zhao Xing, Emperor Wu, and Ji Si were all present.

"Lord Wang, we have not perished, but have instead found a firm footing in the universe."

"Now, keep your movements synchronized with mine, and I’ll let you converse with the Grand Minister of Agriculture."

"Y-yes." Wang Tianzhi came back to himself and subconsciously straightened his robes. "I am ready."

......

Within the independent cultivation space of the Jia Chen Fourteen Passes.

Ji Si, who had kept his eyes closed all along, suddenly opened the eye at the center of his forehead.

The Eye of Heavenly Destiny—this was the Dual Magic Great Divine Power Ji Si had created himself.

When his eye opened, a white-robed figure appeared within it—it was Wang Tianzhi. At the same time, a dim light shone from the eye, reflecting Zhao Xing’s gaze into it as well.

"Wang Tianzhi pays respects to the Grand Minister of Agriculture!!!"

Zhao Xing quickly crouched down to help Wang Tianzhi up, saying with some emotion, "Brother, do not perform such a great rite. His Majesty and I failed to come pick you up on time—what sort of Grand Minister of Agriculture does that make me?"

"Brother Wang, you have worked hard. It is I who should be asking your forgiveness. The universe is perilous beyond measure; we have our reasons we cannot help but come home. I hope you can understand."

Wang Tianzhi’s eyes brimmed with hot tears as he shook his head again and again. "Grand Minister of Agriculture, I have not worked hard, not at all..."

Watching this scene, Ji Si was deeply moved as well, but he had no choice but to interrupt: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, Lord Wang, my Eye of Heavenly Destiny cannot last much longer. We must quickly explain the situation to Lord Wang..."

"All right." Zhao Xing said, "Brother Wang, we are currently working on a way to return. At present..."