Chapter 1,358 The Curtain Draws Down
After Huo Yao entered the palace, she was quickly favored by Shi Quan with her outstanding skills and stunning appearance.
From then on, there was a person who could truly compete with Zhao Xian'er in the Great Xia Palace.
Because Huo Yao is not like Zhao Xianer, she uses various means to confuse Shi Quan, making Shi Quan more and more fond of her.
At Huo Yao's request, Shi Quan began to collect rare treasures from all over the world and indulged in sex with Huo Yao.
Not only that, Huo Yao also repeatedly encouraged Shi Quan to kill loyal ministers, but Shi Quan actually obeyed.
In order to enjoy better things, Shi Quan began to increase taxes and build the Sun, Moon and Star Pavilion, which continued to consume national power and made people resentful.
Huo Yao also continued to draft for Shi Quan. Whenever he heard that any official or general had an outstanding daughter, he would force them all to the palace. All officials dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
Sixth year.
Shi Quan and Huo Yao's innocence finally had a negative impact.
The daughter of Zhao Wuhou of the Great Shang Dynasty was elected to the palace, but she died tragically in the palace for unknown reasons. Soon after, he announced that he was leaving the Great Shang Dynasty and wanted to attack Huo Yao.
The departure of Marquis Zhao Wu was like a fuse. More and more princes began to break away from the Great Shang Dynasty, some supported their own troops, and some simply joined the Great Xia Dynasty.
Also in this year, the Shang Army and the Xia Army had a large-scale confrontation in the Wilderness of Jiulu, with both sides dispatching millions of troops.
And this battle ended with the defeat of the merchant army.
This was the first such defeat since the war between the Great Shang Dynasty and the Great Xia Dynasty.
At this time, the people of the two countries did not know that it was this battle that changed the fate of the two countries. From this battle, the Great Shang Dynasty began to fall into a disadvantage.
Later generations will regard this battle as a turning point in the war between the Great Shang Dynasty and the Great Xia Dynasty.
In the seventh year, under Shi Quan's wrong instructions, a group of disciples led by Jing Tianjun, a second-generation disciple of Qianjiao and an expert in the Dharma Realm, fell into the trap of the Great Xia Dynasty and all died.
For the first time, there was a conflict between Qianjiao and the royal family of the Shang Dynasty.
But what the world doesn't know is that Lin Mu used the origin of the heaven to condense an Immortal List, and absorbed the souls of the masters of the Palm Realm into the Immortal List, preventing them from being sucked away by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
The first batch of masters appeared on the Immortal List.
In the eighth year, Shi Quan made another mistake. This time, a master of the original religion died, and the losses were heavy. Two masters of the Dharma Realm, thirteen masters of the disaster, and hundreds of masters of destiny died.
At the end of the same year, Shi Quan was not stupid this time, but the information from the Dashang Dynasty was leaked, and the Soul Clan also lost two Dharma Realm masters.
In the next two years, more and more masters from the Qianjiao, Yuanjiao, Soul Clan and Blood Sea were killed on the battlefields of Xia and Shang.
The death of these masters was either due to Shi Quan's wrong decision-making or intelligence leakage.
Not to mention other masters, eighty-nine Dharma Realm masters have fallen.
Even though the early period of the Great Xia Dynasty was very tragic, the number of fallen Dharma Realm masters was only fifty-three, which was far less dead than the Great Shang Dynasty.
After the changes in the past few years, the gap between Qianjiao and other forces and the Great Shang Dynasty has become wider and wider. Many masters of the two religions are no longer willing to come out to aid the Great Shang Dynasty.
In the eleventh year, the Great Shang Dynasty began to completely collapse.
This situation was something that no one had ever thought of before.
The Shang Dynasty, which was at its peak, was expected by everyone before the battle began, but after eleven years of the battle, it was actually reduced to this situation.
The battle is going on at the front, but the conflicts between the Qianjiao, Yuanjiao, Soul Clan, Blood Sea and other forces behind the throne and the royal power are getting deeper and deeper.
Because Shi Quan is a disciple of the Qian Sect, the deputy leader of the Qian Sect, Patriarch Bai He, directly criticized Shi Quan and wanted Shi Quan to take the Zen throne and pass the throne to a "virtuous person".
However, the Shiquan now is no longer the Shiquan before.
After these eleven years of war between the two countries, the fate of the entire Great Shang Dynasty and the four top forces have blessed him, allowing his practice to progress by leaps and bounds without any bottlenecks.
Today, Shi Quan has understood the way of the emperor and has become a master of creation, with a large number of followers under his command.
It is simply impossible for Patriarch Bai He to want Shi Quan to step down.
The Great Shang Dynasty fell into internal and external troubles.
Also in this year, King Peacock Ming, who had always been neutral, sent several capable disciples to help the Daxia Dynasty.
In the twelfth year, 30% of the territory of the Shang Dynasty was lost.
In the thirteenth year, 70% of the territory of the Great Shang Dynasty was lost, and nearly 80% of the entire Dongxiao China fell into the hands of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Looking back at the Great Shang Dynasty, it is already a candle in the wind. Compared with the situation in the two countries thirteen years ago, it is completely reversed.
The fourteenth year is an epoch-making year.
Zhao Xianer took the elite troops he had conquered over the years and left the Great Shang Dynasty to join the Great Xia Dynasty.
Not long after, Qingfeng Ancestor, the third disciple of the Qianjiao generation and a master of creation realm, died due to leaked information.
Another month passed, and the ancestor of Fire Spirit, a master of the original creation realm, died.
Five months later, the fifth elder of the Flame Soul Clan and the sixth elder of the Ice Soul Clan died.
Eight months later, the ancestor of the King Demon, a master of the Blood Sea Creation Realm, died.
The deaths of these five Creation Realm masters caused the four major forces to completely break with the Great Shang Dynasty, abandon the Great Shang Dynasty, and no longer support the Great Shang Dynasty with soldiers and soldiers.
At the end of the year, the Xia Dynasty came to the Shang capital to pick up stars. Shi Quan and Huo Yao burned themselves to death in the Sun Moon Star Pavilion.
The fourteen-year-long battle to seize the emperor has since come to an end. The Great Shang Dynasty has unified Dongxiao China, and the fortunes of Taiyi Palace, Buddhism, Yaozu and Mingjiao have greatly increased.
On the other hand, Qianjiao, Yuanjiao, Soul Clan and Blood Sea have lost five Creation Realm masters, 216 Dharma Realm masters, thousands of Meteor Tribulation masters, and even more Destiny masters in these fourteen years. Calculated in tens of thousands.
Careful people have calculated that in this battle to seize the emperor, a total of 365 masters of the Dharma Realm fell from all forces in the two countries.
Xia Capital, Yongle City.
Jinting Mountain.
The great Shang Emperor Shi Quan, who was already dead in the hearts of the world, appears here.
Zhao Xian'er, who parted ways with him, did not have any dislike on his face at this time, smiling and holding Shi Quan's hand.
What's even more incredible is that the Great Xia Emperor Yunfeng is standing opposite Shiquan.
"Third senior brother, where is the master?"
Shi Quan said calmly.
"Master has been waiting inside for a long time. Come with me."
Yunfeng's face was filled with gentleness.
The three of them went into the mountains and met Lin Mu fishing there by a stream.
Xia Sheng and Mingzhi were also with Lin Mu.
Seeing Shi Quan coming, Lin Mu put down his fishing rod, turned to look at him, and said happily: "I've wronged you."
Hearing this "I've wronged you", Shi Quan actually felt a little sour in his heart. He forced a smile on his face and said: "Master, I am not at a loss. With the help of the luck of the Shang Dynasty, I broke through many bottlenecks and achieved the level of cultivation I have now."
Lin Mu secretly sighed. Before this, he also didn't expect that a chess piece he inadvertently planted back then would have such a big effect.
Initially, he asked Shi Quan and Zhao Xianer to join Taixuanzong just to subvert Taixuanzong.
But later things changed and he kept changing his mind.
