Two months later, Yinglong submitted a petition to Su Yun, saying, "Now heroes have risen up. The rebellious Emperor Feng has stationed troops in the old world, coveting the new world. Wars have been going on for years, and the people are living in misery. The evil emperor has gathered the remnants on the sky ship, training his troops, and intends to target the imperial court. The rebellious emperor is committing treason, and the rebellious immortals have descended on our world. The people of our world, the strong ones are slaves, the weak ones are minced meat, the beautiful ones are concubines, and the ugly ones are maids. Alas, the new world has the beauty of 72 caves and heavens, but there is no hero to stop it!
"The Holy Emperor rose from humble beginnings, and when he was young, he had great ambitions. He killed the messengers of the Rebellious Emperor, chased the corpse of the Evil Emperor, connected with the Fairy Queen in the east at Gou Chen, and with Ziwei in the north at the North Pole, and attacked the invaders in the west. This is truly a great feat that only the Holy Emperor can accomplish. Now the young dragon has submitted a petition, requesting that the Holy Emperor ascend the throne, and become the pearl of the righteous men of the New Territory, and the candlelight in the dark night without the stars and the moon."
Su Yun looked at the table and could not help but get furious. He slammed the table and shouted, "The demon dragon wants to put me in an unjust situation! Although I, Su, have been the master of the imperial court since I was a child, I have no intention of becoming emperor! The demon dragon actually figured out my intentions and wanted me to become emperor for his own benefit, but he wanted to roast me on the fire! If you were not my brother, I would have killed you without mercy!"
The table was smashed to pieces.
Su Yun was still furious, and said to Prince Yu and Penghao standing on his left and right: "Whoever dares to say he wants to be emperor again, I will kill him!"
Upon hearing this, Yinglong was filled with grief and indignation, and shouted, "I hate that the world has no master, and I am going on a hunger strike to show it to you!"
So he went on a hunger strike.
A few days later, Bai Ze submitted a memorial, saying that the world had been in chaos for a long time, and the people were living in misery. There were many righteous men in the 72 caves, but they each started a rebellion and were suppressed by the rebellious emperor Feng. The sparks of resistance against the rebellious emperor were about to be suppressed. There were also righteous men who wanted to revolt, but they had no leader. If the Holy Emperor did not become emperor, it would be a trap for the people of the world.
Bai Ze's book is written with earnest words, describing the sufferings of different places, and is so emotional that it can bring people to tears.
Su Yun read the list and was silent for a long time. He said sadly, "Although I have compassion for the world, my adoptive father, Emperor Zhao, was born from Emperor Jue's flesh and blood. How can I be emperor while my adoptive father is still alive? Let's put this matter aside for now."
Bai Ze sighed and left, shaking his head, saying, "If the Holy Emperor does not claim to be the emperor, we will not be able to send troops properly. Every moment, countless people will die tragically. If we, the warriors, follow Your Majesty, if we can quell the chaos in the world, we can also be given titles for our wives and children, and gain fame for the rest of our lives. But now that the Holy Emperor is hesitant, I am afraid that the righteous men will have nowhere to vent their passion."
As soon as he said this, the defenders of the twelve immortal cities, including the imperial capital, wrote letters and petitions one after another. The petitions from Zuo Songyan and Qiu Shuijing were quite powerful, but the petitions from the two number one immortals, Fang Zhuzhi and Shi Weiran, pushed the matter to a more intense stage.
The two of them are the first immortals in the Seventh Immortal Realm, with extremely high reputations. Their personal advice to the emperor has a huge influence!
After Fang Zhuzhi and Shi Weiran submitted the petition, Su Yun was still a little hesitant, so Sang Tianjun led Jing Qiuye, Song Tianjun, Shui Yinghui and other veterans from the Sixth Immortal Realm to submit a petition to persuade Su Yun to take another step forward.
There were also old gods such as Lingji who advised him, "If you don't claim to be an emperor, who knows how many people in the world will claim to be emperors and call themselves kings, which will only cause more chaos!"
Su Yun was still a little hesitant, so the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother came with a letter, jointly persuading him to ascend the throne.
Su Yun reluctantly said, "It is not that I want to be the emperor, but I am forced by current events and you all to take the throne temporarily. If the world is peaceful in the future, I will follow the example of the ancient sage emperor and choose another wise ruler to abdicate. I have no intention of becoming an emperor. I just want to have a few acres of idle land in a beautiful place and live a carefree life."
Everyone praised the Holy Emperor for his wisdom.
Su Yun then ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. People called him Emperor Yun, also known as Emperor Yuntian, to distinguish him from the Immortal Emperor. The reign was called Yuanchu.
After Emperor Yun was established, he also named an empress. Yu Qingluo was called the Qingluo Emperor and Empress, and Qingluo Goddess.
Su Yun then ordered Bai Ze to draft an official system. Bai Ze then drafted an official system based on the official systems of Yuan Shuo and Xian Ting.
This official system had gone through the refinement of Yuan Shuo and took into account the structure of the Immortal Court, so it was extremely mature. When it was promoted, some people were happy while others were worried.
Su Yun also promoted people's livelihood and promoted official education.
Seeing that he was determined to promote Yuan Shuo's official school system, Bai Ze said, "Your Majesty, are you going to cut yourself off from other cave heavens and other worlds? Official schools are meant to eradicate private schools. No other cave heaven is as open-minded as Yuan Shuo. Most of these cave heavens are private schools of aristocratic families. A more noble one is a private school of a sect. Even the Emperor's throne cave heaven of the exiled immortal is a private school. Your Majesty's promotion of official schools will inevitably infringe on the interests of other cave heavens' aristocratic families. I'm afraid these aristocratic families would rather surrender to the Immortal Court than follow Your Majesty."
Su Yun had traveled to various caves and naturally knew that what he said was true.
Yuan Shuo combined official and private education, with official schools as the main focus and private schools as the supplement. Qiu Shuijing once worked as a private school teacher.
Overseas in the West, both official and private learning were carried out, but the new learning was mixed with theology, making it easy to be fooled.
The Emperor's Cave is a private school that has evolved to its extreme, with aristocratic families ruling the country and only the Chai family left.
Tianfu is another typical example of aristocratic family rule. There are many aristocratic families there. The family is the imperial power, ruling a vast territory, which is many times larger than Yuanshuo. There are private schools within the family, which pass on advanced skills and supernatural powers to maintain the ruling status.
In other caves, some are ruled by sects, some are ruled by families. The better ones, like Wenchang Cave, are ruled by sage schools. The saints left their respective heritages there, and the world is ruled by the academy. However, it is not much better than the sects ruling the world.
Su Yun saw the drawbacks of these cave worlds, so he learned from his mistakes and decided to promote official education to give spiritualists from poor families a fair opportunity.
"I also know that promoting official education will inevitably infringe on the interests of the worldly clans, but what is the purpose of our uprising and raising the banner of rebellion?"
Su Yun said to Bai Ze earnestly, "Is it for your own power and ambition? If so, what is the difference between me and Di Feng and Di Jue? And what is the difference between you and the Heavenly Sovereigns and Immortal Sovereigns of the Immortal Court?"
Bai Ze frowned and was about to persuade him, but Su Yun shook his head and said, "Die Yun Dynasty wants to change the world, make unfairness and injustice fair and just, and give equality to everyone, instead of continuing the past. If there is no change from the past, I will not be the Emperor of Heaven, whoever wants to be the Emperor can do it. This is my philosophy, and it is also the philosophy of our dynasty. It cannot be changed and cannot be questioned!"
Bai Ze sighed, "I'm just afraid that the external resistance is too great. After all, our power is still weak now. If the other clans in the cave heavens support us, we can quickly increase our strength and power."
Su Yun smiled and said, "Emperor Feng implemented tyranny, slaughtering, suppressing and enslaving people everywhere; I implement benevolent governance, preaching, teaching, loving myself and others. Emperor Feng made the people ignorant; I enlightened the people so that they knew and acted accordingly. Emperor Feng imposed heavy taxes and levied heavy levies, plundering the people's wealth for his own benefit; I opened up the people's livelihood, reduced taxes and levies, and created more wealth for the people. In the long run, the people's hearts will be with me. If you compromise now, it will be too late to regret in the future."
Bai Ze thought about it again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, if you keep doing this, I'm afraid it will take a long time to accomplish. Whether it's Emperor Feng or the Evil Emperor, it's impossible for them to give us so much time."
Su Yun was silent for a long time, and then said, "What is there to fear when justice is at stake? Will the God King follow me?"
Bai Ze said: "At the beginning of the uprising, I was ready to sacrifice my life. It is my honor to follow Your Majesty."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
In the winter of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Changsheng started an uprising in the South Pole Cave Heaven and attacked the Houtu Cave Heaven from the west. Su Yun ordered the Empress Qingluo to stay in the imperial capital, and he led the troops in person. He captured six of the twelve fairy cities, namely Dongting, Pengli, Hongze, Zhenze, Lingji, and Yanwu. He led an army of 100,000 and claimed to be a million fairies and demons. He marched out of the imperial court to the west to conquer the Shaofu Cave Heaven.
He left behind the gateway to the western border, Cangwu Immortal City, and all the troops in Cangwu Immortal City remained unmoved, still leaving it to Shi Weiran to guard.
Emperor Shi was attacked from both sides and had to split his troops into two groups, one to fight against Su Yun and the other to fight against Emperor Changsheng Xiao Changsheng. At the same time, he sent envoys to the Immortal Court for help.
The Immortal Court ordered the Three Dukes and Four Guards to lead elite troops to provide support. However, the cave heaven controlled by the Three Dukes and Four Guards was still far away from the Houtu Cave Heaven, so the Three Dukes and Four Guards sent out vanguard troops to provide support to both places.
After hearing the news, Master Emperor said to his soldiers, "Su Ni left the imperial court and attacked with Shao Fu. He is a young leader who blindly claimed to be an emperor. He has no knowledge of military affairs and is not worth worrying about. The imperial court army can still defend the city, but taking the initiative to attack is courting death. Only Xiao Changsheng is an emperor as famous as me. If we can't stop him, we will be destroyed soon!"
Emperor Shi then personally led his people to fight against Emperor Changsheng, while the rear was left to the three Heavenly Lords under his command, Luo Yutang, Feng Xiaoxiao and Yu Xiaoxiao, to deal with Su Yun.
Because Shaofu Cave was the first stop in the attack on the imperial court, it had long since become a natural moat with the Great Wall and fortifications everywhere, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Shaofu Cave is rich in black iron, which is an excellent material for refining immortal weapons. When Emperor Shi attacked the imperial court, he enslaved the people of Shaofu Cave, mined black iron ore, and piled it up to build a Great Wall.
This section of the Great Wall is covered with red rust, so it is also called the Rusty Pass. There are seals everywhere, and there are many cannons and crossbows on the wall. It is difficult for gods to cross. Anyone who dares to fly over the wall will be shot.
The crossbow was so powerful that even a large ship could be pierced by it.
Luo Yutang, Feng Xiaoxiao, and Yu Xiaoxiao, the three Heavenly Monarchs, came to the Rusty Pass and looked towards the direction of the Imperial Court. Yu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "The Emperor ordered us to just defend the city and not attack. He underestimated us. This pass, even if the Emperor came to attack it personally, I'm afraid it would be difficult to capture."
Feng Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "How can we kill Su Ni and gain merit without coming out of seclusion?"
Luo Yutang was mature and steady after all, and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy. We just need to defend the Rusty Pass. We don't seek merit, but we hope to avoid mistakes. We can counterattack after the reinforcements of the Three Dukes and Four Guards arrive. Moreover, the vanguard of the Three Dukes and Four Guards is already ahead, and they will arrive here in a few days by using the Immortal Scroll Grand Ceremony."
Tianjun Yu Xiaoxiao was somewhat dissatisfied and said, "Su Ni is entrenched in the imperial court, but his foundation is too shallow. Without any heavy weapons, how can he attack the city? When the emperor attacked the imperial court, we all saw it. If it weren't for the bell, the imperial court would have fallen into our hands long ago!"
Luo Yutang was a little hesitant.
Feng Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Su Ni does have a treasure, but he needs to use it to protect the imperial court. He cannot use the sword formation diagram. Other treasures are few and far between. How heavy is the Rusty Pass? There are many bans. He claims to have a million immortals, but I'm afraid there are only 30,000 or 50,000 of them. They will all die just by climbing the city wall!"
Luo Yutang hesitated and said, "Let's wait for his army to arrive first. If we really don't have the strength to fight, then we will go out and make merit. If we have some strength to fight, then we will be credited for defending the Rusty Pass."
As he was speaking, a glow appeared in the distance, which was a fairy light.
The three Heavenly Lords and hundreds of thousands of guards at the Rusty Pass looked hurriedly, and saw thick smoke rising up in the distance mixed with immortal light. Looking from afar, they could vaguely see six tall and mighty old gods striding towards them.
The body of the old god was much taller than Rusty Pass. Beside each of the old gods, there was a huge fairy city floating, and in each fairy city there were 10,000 to 20,000 fairy gods.
Those immortal cities, the entire cities are changing, the buildings are moving, the runes are activated, and they are transformed into war forms, transforming into six giant immortal weapons, flying towards this side, consuming a large number of immortal weapons and gathering power!
The faces of the three Heavenly Lords changed drastically, feeling that the might of the six immortal cities was increasing in a straight line, and soon the might reached an incredible level!
A heavy weapon is a weapon second only to a treasure. Even an emperor like Master Dijun, who rules over countless galaxies and worlds, does not have the ability to own many heavy weapons.
Refining a heavy weapon is extremely difficult, so the three emperors judged that the imperial court had at most one or two heavy weapons.
However, what appeared before them now were six powerful weapons!
"boom!"
The sky in front of Rust Pass suddenly exploded, and the power of the six immortal cities burst out and poured out, destroying all the space in front and plowing the earth into six gullies that were dozens of miles deep and dozens of miles wide!
The power to destroy the world blasts towards Rust Pass!
Amidst the collapse of heaven and the crack of earth, six huge holes were blasted through the Rusty Pass!
Su Yun stood on the tower, his eyes bright, and issued an order: "Clear out the bandits in Guanzhong, capture the city as soon as possible, and conquer Houtu!"
The six immortal cities drove into the Rust Pass and suddenly landed with a loud bang. Countless legs and feet grew out from under the immortal cities. They were all steel torrents, supporting the immortal cities and rolling forward!