When Fang Xiu descended upon the Mountain and Sea Realm again, he discovered that the East China Sea and the South China Sea, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, had undergone tremendous changes.
The Dragon Palace of the East China Sea and the Mermaid Kingdom of the South China Sea started a battle for the gods of the four seas. The Mermaid Kingdom of the South China Sea opened a sea market and managed thousands of islands in the South China Sea, making the entire South China Sea prosperous. A large number of alien races and monsters from South Continent, as well as cultivators from East Continent all went to the South China Sea.
Every year, he either participates in the opening of the Mermaid Kingdom's sea market, or goes out to sea for training. The rich ocean has more resources than the land, and there are many more ruins that have never been discovered and explored.
The East China Sea Dragon Palace then set its sights on Dongzhou. All the major counties along the coast of the Dapan Dynasty in Dongzhou began to believe in the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Fishermen going out to sea would enshrine the Dragon King's statue on their boats.
Thousands of demon soldiers and generals, as well as dragon sons and grandsons from the East China Sea Dragon Palace quietly entered Dongzhou along the mouth of the Great River and the Li River, and gradually spread to the southern area with numerous rivers and lakes.
The statue of the Dragon God became even more popular in the counties along the coast, and some temples that originally shrines to the Dragon God, the master of rivers, gradually replaced the original statue with a Golden Dragon God wearing an imperial robe.
Every household worships the Dragon God, and Dragon King Temples are built one after another. Every day, you can see groups of believers coming to the Dragon King Temple to pray and worship. The incense is so popular that it even exceeds the Confucian Temple and Changyue Emperor's incense.
The belief in the East China Sea Dragon God quickly spread along the rivers into the counties, occupying the two counties of Yongdi, Luoyang County, Shaojiang County, Tengdi Shaodi, etc., a total of seven or eight counties.
It occupies the most fertile and prosperous area in the south, and its influence covers millions of households in the coastal areas. All fishermen who go out to sea or on rivers pray to the name of the East China Sea Dragon God.
At first, the major counties in the south did not notice it. This place was far away from the center of Dapan. When the disciples of the Tianshi sect monitored it, they just thought that these water gods had changed their statues, and the major water dragon gods were still in power. No gods had fallen or been removed from the list, so they did not care.
By the time the belief in the Dragon God became widespread, the entire seven southern counties had become the territory of the East China Sea Dragon God. Millions of believers, as well as a large number of gods and water lords, He Bo, had been thrown into the East China Sea Dragon Palace.
The government officials and gods of all counties and prefectures have been controlled by the belief in the East China Sea Dragon God. Even the major sects of cultivation have joined in, not to mention that the believers of the Dragon King Temple are spread all over the place, and have become a powerful force that is difficult to get rid of.
The entire south, from the Shinto system, government, to the common people, has fallen into the control of the Dragon King Temple and the East China Sea Dragon Palace. Any movement will cause chaos throughout the south. The situation has completely gone beyond Dapan's control.
Da Pan issued a ban, listing the Dragon King Temple of the East China Sea Dragon King as an obscene sacrifice, prohibiting worship and offerings, and suppressing the belief in the Dragon King Temple. Although some Dragon King Temples were destroyed, believers in the dragon god were arrested.
But it still had no effect in private, and many places ignored the court's ban and still openly worshipped the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
The Tianshi sect also lost control of the south. Disciples died mysteriously one after another, and even a third-level true disciple disappeared inexplicably. It seemed as if the south had turned into a forbidden area, and people from the Tianshi sect were forbidden to cross the river.
The Dapan Dynasty sent officials from Yangjing to investigate events in the south, but as soon as they crossed the river and entered Tengdi, they disappeared without a trace and no news was heard from them. The large-scale replacement of the chief officials of the counties in the south also had no effect.
On the surface, no one knew that those people had already defected to the Dragon King Temple and the East China Sea Dragon Palace. No one could tell whether those people were loyal to the imperial court or to Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea. It was also unclear whether the common people in the millions of counties in the south believed in the Dragon King of the East China Sea or the water god Hezhu.
And those water gods and river lords are all extremely powerful gods, and they are even connected with various sects in the world of the living and major gods in the world of the dead. No one dares to touch them easily. This is not like the first generation of Heavenly Master who sorted out the order of heaven and earth, nor is it like the beginning when there were only two or three gods like cats and fishes.
Even if Dapan has millions of elite soldiers and many powerful men, the whole south is now prosperous and peaceful, with no signs of rebellion. Having elite soldiers and powerful generals is of no use.
"Is this the territory of Da Pan, or the island of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea?" Emperor Da Pan, who was later called Emperor Pan Lie, shouted in anger in the court.
The conflict between the Dapan Dynasty and the East China Sea Dragon Palace broke out completely.
The entire southern area was plunged into chaos. No war broke out, but the fighting and struggling in secret were even more brutal, and the entire south fell into corruption.
But at this time, the information coming from the Mermaid Kingdom broke the situation.
The East China Sea Dragon Palace and the East China Sea Dragon King Ao Hong could no longer sit still. The mermaid queen Yuchang connected thousands of islands in the South China Sea and perfected the reincarnation order. Billions of creatures in the South China Sea also became more prosperous because of the mermaid queen Yuchang.
In contrast, although the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea moved into Shanhai Dongzhou and received a large amount of incense and vows, as well as the loyalty of a large number of water gods, there was still no change in the East China Sea. Without the recognition of heaven and earth, naturally no merit from heaven and earth could be bestowed upon the Dragon King Ao Hong of the East China Sea.
A large number of island owners and water gods in the South China Sea reported their achievements to Yin Tianzi City, who then passed them on to Yin Tianzi, the lord of the underworld. Their merits were recognized by Yin Tianzi of the underworld, and with his approval, they were conferred the title of Nanming Jellyfish Yuanjun.
After death, he will be in the water palace of Nanming Yuanjun, with a status equivalent to that of the emperor of the underworld.
The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea once again provoked a war against the Mermaid Kingdom in the South China Sea. During this period, the Dragon King Ao Hong went to the South China Sea in person and wanted to kill Yu Chang, the queen of the Mermaid Kingdom. As long as her soul was scattered and her true spirit disappeared, the throne of the deity Nanming Jellyfish Yuanjun would naturally choose another master.
Millions of demon soldiers and generals started a war in the sea. Huge waves were raised on the sea. The sea was dyed red with blood. Dragons roared and thundered in the sky. Mermaids froze the world above the sea.
After the great battle, all the creatures in the East China Sea and the South China Sea were devastated, the mutilated corpses of the demon soldiers and generals stretched for thousands of miles, and the bodies of the mermaids and dragons were devoured by fish and shrimp.
The East China Sea Dragon King Ao Hong and the Mermaid Queen Yu Chang fought a fierce battle, and both were injured. The East China Sea Dragon King Ao Hong turned into two dragon claws that were cut off, and his dragon horns broke. The Mermaid Queen's cultivation was not as good as Dragon King Ao Hong's, and she was seriously injured in this battle. She passed away not long after returning.
A wisp of soul was thrown into the underworld and became the Nanming Jellyfish Yuanjun of the Nanming Sea in the underworld.
On his way back home, Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, was attacked by the Dapan Dynasty over the sea.
The contemporary Heavenly Master Zhang Yuzhen, the previous high priest Xuanyuan Chi of the Xuanyuan Kingdom who had long been in seclusion from the world, and the Director of the Dapan Imperial Observatory Zhuang Shou, three great men who had entered the fourth level of the realm of immortality, led many cultivators to attack the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea during the period of great war between the East China Sea and the South China Sea before the return of Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
The three of them ambushed in front of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea and attacked Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
Ao Hong, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, was furious and killed the director of the Imperial Observatory, Zhuang Shou. He then exploded his dragon ball, severely injuring Xuanyuan Chi and Zhang Yuzhen, and fled to the depths of the East China Sea.
Zhang Yuzhen, the current Tianshi Sect's Tianshi master, died in the East China Sea before he could return to Dongzhou, and his spirit reincarnated.
The previous high priest of Xuanyuan Kingdom, Xuanyuan Chi, returned with the treasures looted from the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. However, he also brought back a treasure that could be called the supreme treasure, the Fetus of God and Demon.
Ever since news of the demon's art of immortality spread from Youdu Fairy Island, the entire mountain and sea world has been searching for the existence of the fetus of gods and demons.
Because the most critical link is to have a fetus of a god or demon with pure blood of a god or demon, purify its own blood and transform into an immortal body. If there is no real immortal fetus of a god or demon, you can also look for a fetus of a celestial demon with purer blood to reincarnate, but this choice is equivalent to cutting off the future path.
For some unknown reason, Xuanyuan Chi did not keep the fetus of the god or demon. Instead, he presented this fetus of the god or demon, which could be cultivated into an immortal body of the god or demon, to the emperor of Dapan.
Emperor Panlie died soon afterwards, and his young son succeeded him. At this time, the Dapan Dynasty had begun to decline.
So when Fang Xiu entered the Mountain and Sea Realm, the entire sea had changed its appearance. The owner of the South China Sea was replaced, and the position of the Queen was succeeded by the niece of the previous Queen.
Ao Hong, who self-destructed the dragon ball, escaped and entered the deepest part of the East China Sea. He rebuilt the East China Sea Dragon Palace in the abyss, but its power and influence had declined to the limit. Even a large number of aquatic creatures that originally belonged to the East China Sea Dragon Palace were eyeing its position.
Fang Xiuxing was walking on the surface of the East China Sea. The entire East China Sea was out of the control of the dragon clan and fell into complete chaos. Big demons and evil monsters occupied one side and chaos broke out on the sea.
Fang Xiu closed his eyes and took a look: "The fetus of the gods and demons? Is the first immortal body of the demon path going to appear?"
Then Fang Xiu raised his head and looked into the distance: "Da Pan was founded more than 400 years ago, but it has only been passed down for six generations, and it has begun to decline?"
"Has it reached another critical historical juncture?"
Fang Xiu's body turned into smoke and dissipated in the East China Sea, heading towards Dongzhou.
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