The Ancient Temple is located in the Ancient Mountain in the northern wilderness of Dongzhou. It is a bitter and cold place with freezing weather and frozen ground. In the past, various tribes of barbarians lived here. As the ancient Rong royal court unified the entire northern wilderness, humans and barbarians intermarried, and a new ethnic group gradually rose up, replacing the barbarians and taking control of the northern wilderness. They were called the Rong tribe.
The Ancient Temple was built by the ancient god of the wilderness, and it was also the belief of the ancient Darong royal court. Since the fall of the Darong royal court and the chaos in the Northern Wilderness, the Ancient Temple has gradually declined and is no longer as prosperous as before.
Only generation after generation of shaman priests guard the ancient temple, live in this sparsely populated plateau, and guard the beliefs and gods passed down from generation to generation.
It was not until a thousand years later that they finally saw the ancient gods return.
Throughout the Northern Wilderness, all the Rong tribes rushed to the Ancient Wilderness Mountain to pay homage to the ancient God of Ancient Wilderness. On the long, frosty mountain roads, one could see long queues of people.
However, all the people who came here did not even see the Ancient God. They only saw the ancient witch in the Ancient Temple and left satisfied.
On the top of the steep and precipitous mountain covered with snow and ice, a guest dressed in a black robe arrived one day. He had a proud and aloof figure, and a rugged face. At first glance, it was obvious that he had a naturally superior attitude, not the kind of attitude that comes from being in a high position, but the kind that essentially looks down on all mortal beings.
This is something that ordinary mortals do not have, and it also means that his origin is not simple.
With snow all over the sky and strong wind howling, the man in black robe stood alone in front of the ancient temple, waiting to be summoned.
The temple is simple and tall, like a primitive relic left over from the ancient barbaric era. The wizards sitting cross-legged and chanting scriptures in the main hall have wizard patterns on their faces and their clothes are extremely simple and plain.
He saw one of the old men walking outside, down the long ancient steps, and immediately bowed.
"Dragon King Ao Shen wants to see Lord Chang! Please let me go up so I can see Lord Chang!"
"Xiaolong has something important to ask of you!"
The witch of the ancient temple performed a greeting that was only used in the ancient times of the wilderness, and asked, "Excuse me, I wonder where this Dragon King of yours is from."
"I have only heard of the Dragon King Fu Guang of the East China Sea, but never of the Dragon King Ao Shen!"
The black-robed man's expression suddenly became extremely ugly, not because the question from the witch of the ancient temple in front of him embarrassed him, but because it reminded him of his own humiliation and past: "I am the previous generation of the East China Sea Dragon King, a descendant of the ancient dragon mother Qingli, and the son of the East China Sea Dragon King Ao Hong."
"It was because Fu Guang took advantage of my youth and took away my East Sea, banishing me to the North Sea."
The witch of the ancient temple instantly knew who the man in front of him was. It was the young Dragon King who was expelled from the East China Sea during a major incident in the past. Now, more than a hundred years have passed, and the former dragon has also emerged with a majestic posture, shedding its dragon body and transforming into a black dragon.
Although he knew that the man in front of him had an extraordinary origin, and even said that no one who had come here before in the entire Northern Wilderness could compare to the noble origin and prominent status of the black-robed Dragon King in front of him, this was a clan whose bloodline could be traced back to the barbaric era and had ruled the entire East China Sea since then.
But he still stood in front of him: "The Divine Lord has just finished his tribulation, and is now in seclusion to comprehend the great Dao of heaven and earth, and has not yet come out."
"Please come again next time, Dragon King!"
There was no way the man in black robe was willing to leave. He came all the way from the depths of the North Sea to Dongzhou because he had heard that the upper realm wanted to appoint him the God of the Four Seas, to rule over and manage all creatures in the four seas, and to grant him the power over rain, thunder, floods, tides, tsunamis and so on.
This is a true deity from the upper realm, a deity who monitors order on the human world on behalf of the ancient heaven. He is by no means comparable to any ordinary god on earth or on a mountain.
According to rumors, the two gods, Chang De and Zhang Heming, ascended to heaven and met Taibai Xingjun, who guarded the way to immortality. These two gods were already listed in the immortal books, but because their merits and virtues were not yet fulfilled and their calamities were not over, they came down to the mortal world again to accumulate merits.
At the same time, he was sent down by the Star Lord of Heaven to look for people who are qualified to become the God of the Four Seas. Now, within the Four Seas, a number of ambitious big monsters and celestial monster families are ready to make a move, and each of them is watching these four who can directly ascend to the immortal status of gods.
The inheritance of the South China Sea Mermaid Kingdom has never been interrupted for more than two thousand years, and can be traced back to the ancient barbaric period. Nowadays, most of the people in this world who are qualified to become immortals have causal connections with the South China Sea Mermaid Kingdom. It can be said that this throne is as stable as Mount Tai and no one can take it away.
Fu Jia, the current dragon girl of the East China Sea Dragon Palace, has a niece who actually worships the Taoist priest of Fengdu as her master. This immortal king is so famous that no one can be found in the whole mountain and sea world who dares to go against him. His former enemies are either dead or suppressed by him. He has been dominating the mortal world for thousands of years without being defeated.
As for the remaining two immortal positions of North Sea and West Sea, no one knows how many people are eyeing them. Although Ao Shen comes from a distinguished family, he can now be said to be a tiger in the plain and a dragon in shallow water. Everything has been taken away by the current Dragon King of the East China Sea, Fu Guang. He has nothing but a title.
The only one who could compete was his sister, who, because of their old friendship, got the news early enough and was the first to come to this ancient god from the North Sea before anyone else.
How could he be willing to leave? Suddenly, Ao Shen knelt down on the ground and shouted loudly: "Ao Shen, a descendant of the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, wants to see Lord Chang. The little dragon has come all the way here just to worship Lord Chang."
"I hope Lord Chang will accept me as his disciple, considering that the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea has been passed down for thousands of years and has benefited all the creatures in the East China Sea."
"We, the Dragon Palace Ao family, will never forget the great kindness of Lord Chang, and are willing to serve Lord Chang!"
At this point, Ao Shen no longer cared about anything. He crawled on the ground, crying and shouting loudly, alarming the entire ancient temple.
This scene made the ancient witch who had been practicing in the mountains for many years feel a little overwhelmed. He bowed and gave advice again and again. Many witches and priests who were chanting scriptures in the hall also saw it.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from the highest point of the ancient temple, on the cliff on the back mountain. The voice echoed throughout the entire mountain, as if it came from all directions.
"Let him in!"
Also in the West Sea, the entire vast sea area was also in turmoil at this moment. Many years ago, a seal that was originally sealed in the forbidden sea was suddenly released.
The remains of a sacred mountain left over from ancient times appeared in the world. Among the gods and demons that could only be seen in ancient myths and inscriptions on the relics, a candle dragon was born from the divine womb.
He called himself Zhu Jiuyin, holding an unknown treasure left over from ancient times. He turned the entire West Sea upside down, to the point where no one could control it.
The original shipping routes to South Continent and West Continent were completely cut off. Countless ships of various powers and dynasties capsized in the West Sea and were caught up in this disaster.
A bloody storm broke out over the sea, and frantic fighting and struggle broke out around the forbidden sea.
For this reason, the three major Buddhist pure lands in Dongzhou were also alarmed. Several golden bodies of Buddhist arhats were dispatched, but they were unable to subdue the candle dragon, and instead they were defeated in the West Sea.
Finally, the golden body of the Bodhisattva from Guanyin Mountain arrived at the West Sea's Forbidden Storm Sea and blocked it in the ruins of the sacred mountain, preventing it from coming out. The entire Forbidden Storm Sea was pierced, and the sea water rolled up the sky and the earth, rolling up huge waves.
Finally, Zhu Jiuyin and Buddhism reached a compromise, and Buddhism made every effort to push Zhu Jiuyin to the throne of the Dragon God of the West Sea.