I am a fox in the prehistoric times

In the end, Xia Qi still fell, and his karma turned into boundless karmic fire after Xia Qi's death, burning Xia Qi's already corrupt soul!

When the karmic fire gradually died down, Xia Qi was left with only a remnant soul that could dissipate at any time. This remnant soul was left behind because Yu paid 70% of his own merits. Otherwise, with Xia Qi's sins, it would be unknown whether he could have a remnant soul left!

However, even if there is a remnant soul left, it will not be able to return in a short time. Dayu estimates that it will take at least a kalpa to repair this remnant soul. If any accident occurs, the time for repair may be extended for a while!

After losing 70% of the merits of being the Human Emperor, Yu's position as one of the Five Emperors was somewhat shaky. If it were not for the fact that Yu had left behind the Dinghai Shenzhen Iron in several oceans to calm the oceans near the coast and keep them in a relatively peaceful state, providing a stable living environment for many marine creatures and coastal creatures with weak cultivation, and doing merit to the Heaven, which caused the Heaven to bestow endless merits on Yu, otherwise, how could he still sit on the position of the Five Emperors after losing 70% of the merits of being the Human Emperor?

Qi couldn't say he knew everything that happened after the collapse of the Xia Dynasty's Golden Dragon, but he knew a good deal! With the Xia Dynasty as a lesson, Qi worked diligently to govern the Shang Dynasty after establishing it, wholeheartedly striving to benefit the people.

When choosing an heir, they were very selective and gave him earnest instructions, for fear that the Shang Dynasty would have a monarch as inactive or even sinful as the Xia Dynasty!

Although the Shang Dynasty also built the Taimiao like the Xia Dynasty, this Taimiao was only a place to enshrine ancestral tablets. It did not have heroic spirits like the Xia Dynasty, and there was no possibility of it surviving and perishing with the dynasty!

After all, the lessons learned from the Xia Dynasty told him that becoming a heroic spirit was only a temporary solution. Qi Ke didn't want to completely lose the chance of reincarnation just for the sake of temporary longevity!

It was precisely because of Qi's thinking that he went directly to the underworld to report after his death. He was also reborn into a good family thanks to the merits he had accumulated in this life. Generally speaking, his future is promising!

After Qi led his army to destroy the Xia Dynasty, the entire human race became peaceful and harmonious on the surface! However, secretly, those meritorious officials who followed Qi to overthrow the tyranny of the Xia Dynasty had hidden thoughts of rebellion. However, since Qi had not fallen, they did not have the courage to launch a rebellion!

Not long after Qi's death, the situation of the entire human race became chaotic again. It was not until Qi's fourteenth-generation grandson Shang Tang took power that the chaos that had plagued the human race for so many years ended!

Shang Tang knew that the human race had a vast territory. If the Shang Dynasty only sent troops to garrison there, it would likely hinder the development of the Shang Dynasty and also affect the expansion of the human race. Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Shang Tang decided to reward the ministers who had made meritorious contributions to his suppression of the rebellion with titles, and to enfeoff them all outside the borders of the Nine Provinces, so that they could go and help conquer the world and defend the rule of the Shang Dynasty.

As for the Nine Provinces, they served as private lands of the Shang Dynasty, governed personally by successive Shang monarchs. Of course, the territories conquered by the various vassal states were also nominally subordinate to the Shang Dynasty. While the Shang Dynasty did not interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal states, they were required to pay tribute to the Shang capital periodically to demonstrate the Shang Dynasty's legitimacy. If any vassal dared to disobey, they would be attacked by all the vassal states!

They had no objection to the arrangements made by Shang Tang, the monarch of the Shang Dynasty. After all, expanding territory is always a great achievement. What's more, all the territories they conquered belonged to them. In their own territory, they were the real masters!

As for paying tribute to the Shang Dynasty, in the eyes of the princes, that was not a big deal at all. After all, they were all meritorious officials who had helped Shang Tang quell the rebellion. How could they not know the true strength of the Shang Dynasty? If they really dared to have the intention of rebellion, it would be like an egg hitting a stone - overestimating their own strength!