Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Chapter 394: Chapter 181: The Open Stratagem and the Netherworld Scheme_1

“Human and divine co-governance?”

Even before this, Shen Yuan had heard about the turmoil in the Netherworld from Bull Head, so his heart already had some expectations.

Yet even so, upon hearing the term ‘human and divine co-governance’, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but look startled.

The era of human and divine co-governance dates back to Ancient Times when many innate deities existed.

At that time, the Human Clan established itself with the human path, and many innate deities, realizing that the orthodox human path was the overwhelming trend of heaven and earth, did not dare to obstruct it and thus proposed the concept of human and divine co-governance to the Human Clan.

On the surface, human and divine co-governance is the joint governance of the world by humans and deities, but the reality is far from simple.

Many innate deities possess power that transcends that of humans, authority that could shake the rules of the world; how could such beings willingly share power with humans?

In the first few hundred years, the innate deities used the momentum of the human path to nurture and strengthen their authority, while they themselves ascended to higher realms under the worship and sacrifice of billions from the Human Clan.

With their power growing stronger, the innate deities began to be dissatisfied with the status quo, and their clans started to openly enslave the Human Clan, acting wantonly under their own authority.

Merely due to a failed sacrifice that angered an innate deity, a thousand miles could be parched, with no rain for three years.

Because their authority involved pestilence, they would unleash plagues every few decades to reap the lives of a million from the Human Clan.

All of this was because, within human and divine co-governance, deities held absolute power, and the so-called co-governance was nothing more than a lie to borrow the momentum of the human path.

The era of human and divine co-governance lasted for ten thousand years, and in those last few thousand years, the so-called co-governance was left with nothing but a false shell.

Countless individuals of the Human Clan were seen by the innate deities as cattle and sheep for the slaughter, and many chose to resist only to be met with even more brutal and bloody suppression.

Finally, after the Human Clan’s resistance persisted for thousands of years, the Mortal Emperor found an opportunity to unite with the Heavenly Court, sweep away all innate deities in the Primal Chaos Realm, and plunder their Divinity Path Origin to forge the foundation of the Incense Offering Divinity Path.

From then on, the Incense Offering Divinity Path became the mainstream in the Divinity Path, as it could leverage the faith of incense offerings to check the gods; with incense offering deities thus restricted, they naturally could not act wantonly.

Over the long passage of time, human and divine co-governance became a distant legend.

And now, with the turmoil in the Netherworld, someone has actually brought up the notion of human and divine co-governance.

The original system of the Netherworld City God was primarily based on the Yang World, with the Netherworld governing only the malicious spirits that plagued the mortal realm, sustained by the Yang World’s incense offering sacrifices.

One to maintain the Yin World, one to stabilize the Yang World—harmonious coexistence between the two was the order of the Netherworld.

However, a Netherworld City God with power, once involved in the Yang World, would inevitably take a dominant position. At that time, both incense and the authority of the Yang World would be in the hands of the Netherworld City God, and the calamity of human and divine co-governance would inevitably recur.

One can imagine the insidious intentions of those behind the scene in the Netherworld.

Shen Yuan’s expression became slightly more serious as he got up from his cultivation room; with a single step, he drifted down from the second floor.

He looked at Xue Mingzhi, who had an alarmed expression. With a light wave of his wide sleeves, the Origin-purifying Xuanzhen Qi wafted between them, the invisible ripple soothing Xue Mingzhi’s emotions.

Only then did Shen Yuan ask in a deep voice,

“What exactly has been the response from Great Xia’s Imperial Court and the various grotto heavens blessed lands?”

The era of human and divine co-governance is a very distant one, and ordinary people would find it difficult to know its secrets; Shen Yuan also learned some information from before traversing the vast stretches of time.

But for the grotto heavens blessed lands with their long traditions, and the Great Xia’s Imperial Court that succeeded the throne of the Mortal Emperor, there must be relevant records.

These powerful forces definitely could not ignore the hidden dangers behind human and divine co-governance.

Xue Mingzhi’s emotional turmoil had calmed down, and upon hearing Shen Yuan’s question, he responded with an ugly look on his face,

“To report to the master, based on the information I’ve obtained, Great Xia’s Imperial Court had sent messengers to the major grotto heavens blessed lands several days ago.”

“However, most of the messengers did not even enter the gates of the grotto heavens blessed lands, and more than a dozen messengers were directly turned away.”

“The few grotto heavens blessed lands that responded more favorably also found various reasons to decline, expressing that this was a matter of the Netherworld and it was inconvenient for the grotto heavens blessed lands, as the Yang World’s sects, to intervene.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“The only ones willing to support Tai Province were a few sects under the control of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.”

His words paused slightly, and Xue Mingzhi spoke indignantly,

“These so-called grotto heavens blessed lands are sanctimonious on the surface, starting wars with each other for the sake of competing interests.”

“Yet, when it comes to critical moments involving powerful forces such as the Netherworld, they choose to stand by, abandoning Tai Province completely!

The so-called sacred lands of sects are just so!”

Compared to Xue Mingzhi’s indignation, Shen Yuan’s expression was much calmer; the reaction of the various grotto heavens blessed lands hadn’t surprised him.

He shook his head slightly and slowly asked Xue Mingzhi,

“Do you know why these grotto heavens blessed lands are unwilling to assist Great Xia’s Imperial Court?”

Xue Mingzhi was slightly startled, and said with some confusion,

“Is it not that the grotto heavens blessed lands fear the Netherworld and worry that getting involved with matters of the Netherworld might affect themselves?”

“Of course not!”

“If you really think that’s the case, then you’re oversimplifying the grotto heavens blessed lands.”

Shen Yuan’s voice was indifferent as he looked deeply towards the direction of the Imperial Capital.

“Human and divine co-governance once caused great calamity in the Ancient Times and nearly led to the destruction of the entire Human Clan.”

“Among the grotto heavens blessed lands, there are those who are selfish, and there are also true cultivators who are concerned for the world; those true cultivators who hold the world in their hearts would never allow the world of human and divine co-governance to reappear among men.