Journey to the West: From the Primordial Era

The ancient land of China, Qingzhou in the east of the Shang Dynasty.

Qingzhou, Linzi.

The catastrophe breaks out, humanity changes, and there is a killing calamity between heaven and man... When the killing calamity comes, no one can escape, no matter whether it is immortals or ordinary people. In the future, Linzi, Qingzhou can raise a million troops in advance, so that when the catastrophe breaks out, it can seize the initiative.

"There are still not enough people!"

While Qin Hua himself was upgrading the formation in the Honghuang Sea, he also controlled his divine clone Xuankong to come out and look at the formed army, and sighed with some dissatisfaction.

Under normal circumstances, it is already a remarkable thing to be able to build a big city, gather millions of people, and control a territory within a few years.

Especially among the two hundred princes in the east, there are only a few forces that can compare with Linzi.

After learning about the current situation in Linzi, Chaoge and the princes of various towns in the east could not help but admire the capabilities of the Xuan clan, especially Chaoge. Xuankong's reputation for being good at governing, magnanimous, and promoting talents in an unconventional way had spread.

Even the nobles in Chaoge, who looked down on the princes in the border towns and thought they were superior to others because they lived in the human race's royal city, had to face up to Xuankong's abilities.

The achievements that many people admired were nothing in Qin Hua's eyes.

The total population of Qingzhou and Linzi is not even as much as that of Dong Lu, and the population and power of Dong Lu cannot be compared with Xiqi, which occupies the western land.

In the original timeline, Jiang Ziya came down the mountain to assist Xiqi and led an army to attack the Shang Dynasty. The process was not smooth sailing. Xiqi first endured thirty-six expeditions and waited for the attack.

Only after relying on the local defense of Xiqi and exhausting the elite troops and important officials of the Shang Dynasty did they dare to take the initiative to attack. However, they suffered repeated defeats when attacking major checkpoints.

Apart from anything else, when Jiang Ziya gathered the princes in Mengjin and was approaching Chaoge, he encountered the strongman star god Wu Wenhua and was attacked at night. As a result, the entire army was defeated and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were lost.

If it weren't for Xiqi's strong foundation and the fact that it quickly recruited hundreds of thousands of troops to reinforce, the armies of the princes would most likely have been completely defeated by this attack.

The Shang Dynasty is the orthodox human race and has ruled the Nine Provinces for thousands of years. It has a profound foundation. If it were not for the attack on Xiqi in waves, just like the Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather.

Instead, he should take a serious attitude, gather some of his strength and then attack with all his strength. Even if Xiqi has the assistance of the Chan sect, the difficulty of overthrowing the rule of the Shang Dynasty will increase tenfold!

Even with Xiqi's strength, they suffered repeated defeats in their attacks on Da Shang. Then with the strength of Qingzhou and Linzi, let alone repeated defeats, just one failure would shake their foundation.

Qin Hua controls the million-strong army that Xuan Kong has recruited in Linzi. If, like Xiqi in the original timeline, they are subjected to repeated attacks by the Shang Dynasty, it won't take long for them to be completely wiped out.

A million-strong army is just a tiny number compared to the billions of lives being killed in the catastrophe.

"Without an army of three million and a population that can replenish the troops at any time, the limit of Qingzhou is to replace Donglu and become the Duke of Dongbo. As for attacking Dashang and becoming the new dynasty of the human race, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream!"

It was good that Xuandu, the chief disciple of the Renjiao, expressed his support for Qingzhou. But he was an external force, and no matter how strong he was, it was useless. It was impossible to ask Xuandu to take action without any problem. It was just that with Xuandu's signboard, the power of the Xuan clan would not be blatantly swallowed up by the Shang Dynasty nobles.

If Qingzhou himself does not work hard, even with the support of his eldest disciple Xuandu, it will be difficult for him to achieve great things.

"Chief, most of the Dongyi tribes in Linzi have been wiped out by me. Except for some Dongyi people who fled to the mountains, most of them have become slaves..."

"If the elders of the tribe want to increase the population, they can only plunder the Dongyi tribes outside Linzi!"

Li Jing said.

Qin Hua controlled Xuan Kong's body and shook his head, smiling faintly: "General, what you said is right, but there is one thing I missed, that is, in addition to plundering the Dongyi tribe, we can also plunder the men in other princes' territories..."

"Especially, Dong Lu Mengzhou, which also occupies the Jiuyi land, and Jishan Yuanzhou, the center of the Dongyi land!" Qin Hua analyzed.

The reason why Xiqi was able to dominate the West was not only because Xibohou Jichang had a good administration, but also because Jichang's father Jili had repeatedly attacked the major Yi countries in the west and the princes who were dissatisfied with Xiqi.

Every time it defeated an enemy, Xiqi would relocate its people and seize its land. Over hundreds of years, it grew from an ordinary vassal state in the West to the overlord of the West. Even the Shang Dynasty had to recognize Xiqi's status.

Qin Hua wanted to develop Qingzhou and Linzi step by step, but he no longer had the time.

The future succession of Emperor Xin to the throne means that the killing calamity between heaven and man will break out completely in no time.

He could only adopt the strategy used by Xiqi in its original development. He not only had to vigorously attack the Yi vassal states, but also had to find ways to obtain resources for growth from other vassal states in the east.

Of course, he couldn't be as violent as Ji Li...

"Seizing the people from other territories? Chief, this is not right. If Chaoge issues an order to reprimand us, or directly sends people to interfere, how can we stop them?"

When Li Jing heard this, he frowned and reminded.

Qin Hua glanced at him and smiled faintly: "General, you are too worried. As long as we give Chaoge a reasonable reason, they will not send people to interfere, unless we do it too obviously."

For the Shang Dynasty, although it was a prosperous period at that time, there were also many hidden dangers.

One is the rebellion of Yuan Futong in Beihai, which has been suppressed by the troops led by Wen Taishi and will be put down sooner or later.

The second is that the power of the vassal states in the four border areas has been continuously increasing, and there has been a hidden danger that is difficult to eliminate.

In the beginning, the Shang Dynasty divided the states into various vassal states and established marquisates in all directions on the borders in order to use these states as shields to resist the invasion of the barbarians from all directions.

And now, apart from the Jiuli people in the south who were entrenched in the Shiwan Mountains and were constantly engaged in a tug-of-war with the Nanbohou, the Guifang Kingdom in the north and the Quanrong Kingdom in the west were both subdued by the Xibohou and Beibohou.

The Dongyi in the east were also annihilated some time ago by the Shang Dynasty's eastern expedition army and the princes of various eastern towns.

However, after pacifying the barbarians in the east, west and north, the Shang Dynasty did not gain the greatest benefit.

Apart from some spoils of war, the land, people and slaves all went to the vassal states in the border towns.

Xiqi absorbed a large number of land and people from several Quanrong countries, which established Xiqi's hegemony in one fell swoop. In the north, the reason why Yuan Futong became powerful was that he absorbed a large number of Guifang tribes...

If we infer from normal circumstances, after the Dongyi were defeated, the land and slaves left behind would be given to Dong Bohou to get the largest share, thus further enhancing the power of Dong Lu.

Dong Lu and Xiqi, once they become powerful, will become a hidden danger to the Shang Dynasty.

After all, when the Great Xia Dynasty was still in existence, Shang was just a small vassal state in the east. King Jie of Xia was tyrannical, which gave Shang the opportunity to rise and become the Great Shang.

In the eyes of the successive emperors of the Shang Dynasty, in addition to the barbarians in all directions, the princes in the four directions of the border also need to be carefully guarded against.

"For the Shang Dynasty, Donglu and Xiqi are the only ones worth guarding against. The power of Qingzhou is not taken seriously by Chaoge for the time being. If Qingzhou can play a role in restraining Donglu, even if Qingzhou does something out of the ordinary, Chaoge is very likely to sit back and do nothing!"

Qin Hua’s mind was filled with thoughts.

At that time, I can let my apprentice come to the Eastern Xuan Clan. Helping Xuandu would mean that I owe him a favor. After all, Xuandu supports the Xuan Clan, and Qin Hua controls the entire Xuan Clan tribe. With my own apprentice coming to support, the resources of Taiqing Palace can be sent here continuously.

Developing the Xuan clan does not necessarily mean seizing the Shang Dynasty, but rather having a consolidated rear base and occupying the entire East.

Qin Hua's goal is to prolong the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods. He is in seclusion to comprehend the Great Dao. It will take time for his soul to merge into the Great Dao. As long as the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods slowly sinks into the quagmire and the saints of the prehistoric heavenly way focus on the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods, that will be enough.

As long as they did not blatantly send troops to attack Dong Lu, cause some friction with some princes who were dependent on Dong Lu, and plunder some people, ironware and slaves, they were all trivial matters.

"There is also the title of Dongbo Hou... In fact, this title is just an empty title for Qingzhou. In the future, Qingzhou will seize the opportunity to raise an army and establish itself as a king. No matter how great the title of Dongbo Hou is, it is not as great as the title of king!"

However, Qin Hua couldn't express his thoughts to others.

The civil and military officials of Qingzhou, including his own son, as well as the high-ranking officials of the Xuan Clan in the Eastern Continent, all believed that the Shang Dynasty was at its peak and could not be made an enemy. They believed that Qin Hua's greatest ambition was to become the Marquis of Dongbo.

After all, not everyone is like Qin Hua, who knows that the dynasty, which is currently at its peak, will soon be rebelled by all the princes and will perish step by step.

But it doesn’t matter. In his previous life, Cao Mengde said that his biggest wish was to serve as the General Who Conquers the West of the Han Dynasty, but in the end he became the King of Wei.

Qin Hua's original intention of establishing the Xuan Clan was to delay the great catastrophe of the Conferred Gods. After occupying the entire East, he could establish a Chinese dynasty and support Xiqi or Da Shang. Wouldn't it be Qin Hua who had the final say?

Qin Hua’s two divine clones both have purpose.

Xuan Kong’s current mission is to delay the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, control the Xuan clan, and expand it to the entire East.

Another divine fetus incarnation, Zhang Jun, converted to Western religion, and then after the great catastrophe of Journey to the West began, Zhang Jun's divine fetus clone came into play.

"The clan leader has made the decision, and I will follow his orders!"

Li Jing didn't understand Chaoge's mentality, but he believed that the clan leader would not act rashly. The master had already made a plan, so as a general, he could only obey orders.

Qin Hua nodded and said, "Don't rush this matter. When you return, send someone to spread the news that Dong Bohou sent assassins to kill my son Xuanzong."

"Then bring an army of 200,000, pass through Jishan Yuanzhou, and attack Mengzhou in Donglu. The focus of this expedition is not to capture cities and plunder land, but to capture the people of Mengzhou!"

"Dong Bohou sent assassins to kill Prince Xuanzong?"

Li Jing was stunned for a moment and did not immediately accept the order.

Qin Hua said calmly, "The Qi Refiner who attacked my son in Baihu Ridge before was instigated by Donglu! Donglu sent assassins, so Qingzhou will naturally fight back."

When Li Jing heard this, he realized that the conflict between Donglu and Qingzhou had reached the point of life and death, and that assassins were being sent to kill each other!

"The general understands!"

He took a deep breath and bowed to accept the order.

Afterwards, Qin Hua stopped talking about political affairs and casually asked about Li Jing's situation, wanting to know the information about his master, Master Du'e.

True Man Du'e was a rare and powerful person who achieved the status of Taiyi Golden Immortal as a casual cultivator.

According to the information in Qin Hua's memory, Master Du'e later converted to Buddhism from Taoism, attained the Bodhisattva status of Western Buddhism, and became Lingji Bodhisattva, one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas.

The eight great Bodhisattvas of the Western religion all have the strength of Taiyi Golden Immortals or Daluo Golden Immortals.

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The realms in the prehistoric world are divided into: Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, spirit transformation, fusion, Dasheng, earth immortal, celestial immortal, true immortal, mysterious immortal, Taiyi Xuan immortal, golden immortal, Taiyi golden immortal, Daluo golden immortal, quasi-sage, heavenly saint (Hunyuan Daluo golden immortal), Wuji Daluo golden immortal!

Qin Hua comprehended the great Dao, so his realm was at the level of a half-step Hongmeng Saint.

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In addition to Li Jing, Master Du'e also has Zheng Lun as his disciple. If Zheng Lun can be brought in through Li Jing, he and Chen Qi will form a perfect combination...

Even if Zheng Lun cannot be won over, he still needs to get to know Master Du'e first. He might even need to borrow the Wind-Fixing Pearl from him in the future.

However, Li Jing's talents were limited. He did not learn any secret magical powers from Master Du'e. He only knew some five-element spells. After going down the mountain, he never received any letters from his master.

Qin Hua was not surprised by this. He had no shortage of supernatural powers, but he lacked talents and the civil and military officials to help him manage them.

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