Many, many years ago, what Shang Yijiang liked to think about most was the two empires.
The Ming Kingdom and the Great Shang Kingdom.
He was convinced for no reason that there must be a silent secret. He closed his eyes and drowsed in a special place, waiting in silence for the day when the promise of time would be revealed.
Shang Yijiang believed that he would be the promised person who would unlock the mystery.
Just like destiny will allow him to hold the supreme power.
Everything should be achieved.
Shang Yijiang always remembers that vague afternoon.
When he touched the tripod for the first time, a cold and refreshing feeling came from the beautiful patterns, which deeply pierced Shang Yijiang's heart.
At that moment, Shang Yijiang knew that an idea sprouted in his mind, an idea that he couldn't get rid of.
He should be the one holding the imperial cauldron.
Unfortunately, Baoding showed that his talent was only average.
This means that within the Shang clan, which pays special attention to cultivation and talent, he is destined to be just a review, the title of a chapter, only suitable for summarizing the stories that happened in the same period, rather than forming a legend of an era, or even writing an era.
Not even qualified to change the past or influence the future.
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He didn't understand how the nameless and powerless cauldron he came into contact with for the first time ignited his desire for fame and power.
He didn't want to understand either.
He just remembered how that afternoon, the clan elders holding the treasure tripod judged the fate of each clan child. The unshakable authority and aloof dignity of the elder are so charming...
It was just a test within the Shang clan to review the talents of young disciples, but it caused a young man to fall into the sea of desire and never look back.
Some people are looking for themselves in the twists and turns, while some people are determined to long for it in a shocking moment.
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Destiny is always so mysterious. All it takes is an opportunity for Tiangang to turn upside down and Earth Evil to come to the world.
By chance and a coincidental experience, Shang Yijiang met a group of people in the southern part of northern Xinjiang. A group of monks whom they had never seen before and heard for the first time.
They have their own cultivation system, which is a set of cultivation rules that are very different from the Dahuang cultivation system. Just at the first sight of them, Shang Yijiang knew that these were not monks from the Great Wilderness, even though their makeup and clothes were the same as those of the Great Wilderness monks.
They are very interested in Shang Yijiang. Not only did he show Shang Yijiang that he was no less powerful than the Supreme Emperor of the Shang Kingdom, he also opened the door to another world for Shang Yijiang.
Later, Shang Yijiang learned that those monks were all in the Taiyi realm.
Faced with the disparity in strength between Yunni and Yunni, the first thing that arose in Shang Yijiang's heart was irritability and suffocation. There was no trace of panic.
He is jealous, angry, and hates those guys who are far more powerful than him. Those ghost-like guys.
The brief contact was like a fatal blow between peerless magic weapons, deciding the outcome as early as the first moment.
One of the leading men threw a broken piece of porcelain with exquisite patterns to Shang Yijiang, and said in a dry voice, "Come on, be my lion tamer."
Shang Yijiang knew that this ordinary piece of porcelain represented an unknown transaction.
As for the outsider status of this group of monks with vain temperaments and arrogant manners in front of them, it is clear that this is destined to be a dangerous transaction.
The word "Li Ling Zhi Fa" is not suitable to describe Shang Yijiang. The moment he took the porcelain piece, Shang Yijiang was extremely sober. He was convinced that he was walking into a trap.
Knowing this, Shang Yijiang still accepted the porcelain piece with the other party's spiritual power.
"What do you want?" Shang Yijiang said straight to the point.
"If you want something, you must first give something. - I will satisfy your desires first." After saying this, the leading man did not leave a foreign land like a stranger. Instead, he stood up and stopped to watch Shang Yijiang leave.
Shang Yijiang always felt that he would see this group of monks again. But the moment he took the porcelain piece, he didn't want to have any contact with those weird guys.
So he turned around and strode away. It wasn't until he was a hundred steps forward that he remembered that he could fly away with his cultivation.
In this way, Shang Yijiang ended his trial trip.
As an underappreciated descendant of the Shang royal family, he freely chose to go to the northern and southern lands for trials. Just as his freedom is limited only to the northern frontier and the southern land. ——The rich lands in the south and the political powerhouses in the north are not prepared for people like him.
Returning to the capital of the Shang Kingdom at that time, Shang Yijiang was keenly aware that a storm was coming.
Just like those dynasties in the past, the emperors at the beginning of the dynasty often had a vision of enlightenment, great talents and great ambitions, and there were even situations where the emperor of the country was the supreme emperor. ——This is not a contradiction. The most typical example is Qin Emperor Ying Zheng.
In a country established by monks, under the Great Wilderness Cultivation System, the emperor is often the most suitable person to manage the country, and he will have a good level of cultivation. But it is by no means the highest level of cultivation.
The Supreme Emperor is the strongest one who can guarantee victory over all parties. He is the holder of the highest power.
After a few generations, the dynasty will always enter and fall into a situation where the crisis is overhanging or the situation is deeply entrenched.
If you want to govern and control the country, you must achieve effective governance and establish a feasible system.
And this system will always be vertical and longitudinal.
In this system, families and monks with sufficient power will stand at the top or high-level of this vertical system.
For monks, realm and strength are the best and most direct rights.
Before the Ming Dynasty, although the Ningding realm could be reached, it was still like a delicate flower in the rain and was extremely unstable. Most of the Ningding realms have not exceeded three stars, which is the early stage of Ningding.
This resulted in the fact that there was no absolute gap in realm between the Supreme Emperor and his ministers' families and the powerful local families.
After all, the initial stage of Condensing Cauldron can be glimpsed at the peak of enlightenment. Even if the risk is high.
Therefore, the Supreme Emperor needs to continue to practice to ensure that he can securely sit on the throne and enjoy the resources. As for other aristocratic families and powerful sects, the strong men in their clans will continue to practice, hoping to stand in a high position in the ruling system.
Even replacing the largest family in the country. ——Royalty.
Personal strength will protect the family, and a strong family will easily create a strong person. Just like Wang Mang and Yang Jian, they are the best combination of individuals and families. They all achieved the goal of replacing them.
Before the Supreme Sermon, the cultivation path in the Ningding Realm was far from stable.
Cultivation has become a very risky thing.
But the Supreme Emperor had to practice. Even aristocratic families can always have more than one strong person to take this gamble.
Although there is often not only one Supreme Emperor. ——But the royal family is just a family.
There is more than one aristocratic family in the world.
That's what rights are.
When you stand at the top of your rule, countless people will spy on you and attack you secretly. They may even work together to overthrow you.
Such a highest position destined to suffer curses and suffering has never been lost.
For the Supreme Emperor, the middle period of the dynasty was actually the time when things were most likely to go wrong in his cultivation.
If the Supreme Emperor makes a mistake, the strength of the royal family will naturally decline. The crises of the past and the shortcomings of today will also be revealed.
At this time, the royal family is either in ruins or in despair.
Either the remaining emperors and the supreme emperor will use their wisdom and efforts to stabilize all parties. Then came the short-lived but inevitable "Zhongxing" rule.
This is pretty much the fate of most dynasties. It's just like a person growing up from a child to a young adult, and then slowly growing old.
Not much has changed. Even more lackluster.
Of course, there were also some short-lived dynasties that were hastily established and then collapsed in troubled times. Like the two Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Most of these dynasties are families that have not yet gained enough advantages and have hurriedly reached the top. The downturn in family strength and maximum combat power has led to the decline of royal power and the expansion of the power of aristocratic families.
Otherwise, how can "the king and the horse share the world"? Do you really think that the emperor is willing to share the world with his ministers? It’s not because of the different weights of rights.
Shang Yijiang, who returned to the capital, suddenly discovered that although history does not repeat itself, it definitely rhymes.
At this time, the Shang Dynasty had reached its mid-term. Even, the end.
Some people died, but not completely...
