Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Looking at the silent Chonghou Hu and the others, Chonghou Baigui sighed inwardly. He knew that he was asking too much of them. He thought he was prepared, but he didn't expect the Northern Marquisate to hold out for so long. The three vassal states of the southeast, west and south had not made a move. At this point, how could he not see their intentions? They just wanted the Northern Marquisate and the Great Shang Imperial Court to suffer mutual destruction, so that they could be the ones to stalk the cicada from behind.

Even if Chonghou Baigui knew now, he couldn't back down. If he hadn't shown up, the Great Shang Imperial Court might have let the Northern Marquis Kingdom off the hook. After all, although Golden Immortals are powerful, they are still not quite capable of rebelling. However, as long as his ancestor, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, hadn't perished, the Northern Marquis Kingdom, especially the Chonghou clan, wouldn't have its true foundation touched. It wouldn't be impossible for them to make a comeback.

Therefore, the three lords of the southeast, west and south are now using an open strategy. Unless Marquis Chong, Bai Gui, is willing to give up the Chong clan, he can only resist.

After discussing and agreeing on a plan to deal with the Northern Marquisate, Chen Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would never have come along; it was just too much trouble.

Fang Hui rushed in as soon as he settled in, saying that people from Huoyun Cave were requesting an audience. Chen Fusheng frowned. He knew that he had absolutely no connection with Huoyun Cave. Apart from being from the human race, he had never met the Three Sovereigns, and he had only met the Five Emperors once in Chaoge this time.

Do you know who the visitor is?

"It's a little girl, she's called 'Girl'!"

"Nüwa?" Chen Fusheng raised an eyebrow. The name was all too familiar. He knew that in his previous life, he had studied the story of Jingwei filling the sea, and Jingwei was none other than Nüwa, one of the three sovereigns of the human race.

The daughter of the Emperor came to see him. Although Chen Fusheng did not know why, he still asked Fang Hui to invite her in.

Following behind Fang Hui, the girl couldn't help but recall her father Shennong's instructions: "Be sure to be polite and greet him as a senior." In fact, Shennong meant well, fearing that the girl might not know Chen Fusheng's status. In the entire prehistoric world, apart from saints, even quasi-saints dared not underestimate Chen Fusheng. Not to mention his rapidly improving cultivation, the mere fact that he was backed by Yuanshi Tianzun and that he himself was a master weapon refiner was enough for any quasi-saint to treat him as an equal. Moreover, given Chen Fusheng's cultivation speed, it probably wouldn't be long before they became fellow cultivators.

Originally, someone else was supposed to come and invite Chen Fusheng, but most of the Great Luo Golden Immortals from Huoyun Cave had been exiled to the Great Shang Imperial Court, and the remaining disciples were simply too weak. In the end, they had no choice but to send Nvwa on this trip. Although Nvwa was only a Golden Immortal herself, as the daughter of the Earth Emperor, she at least had a respectable reputation.

The girl glanced at Chen Fusheng, her mind reeling. Apart from his youth, she couldn't sense anything else from him, only that he was unfathomable, just like when she saw her own father, Shennong.

She bowed to Chen Fusheng and said, "The girl from Huoyun Cave greets the Immortal Lord."

"No need for formalities, get up! Speaking of which, you are the daughter of Shennong, so we are of the same generation. You can call me Senior Brother Chen from now on," the girl said politely, but Chen Fusheng did not take it seriously. He smiled and used his magic to help the girl up, asking, "May I ask what brings you here today, Junior Sister?"

The girl's descending body was suddenly stopped, as if there was a mountain peak below her. She tried to test it but there was no reaction. Startled, she slowly stood up and said to Chen Fusheng, "Then I will call you Senior Brother Chen. I came here because my father and my uncle asked me to invite you to Huoyun Cave!"

Chen Fusheng's heart stirred. He glanced at the girl, somewhat puzzled. Huoyun Cave was originally the cave dwelling of Huoyun Daoren in ancient times. After Huoyun Daoren perished, it became the ancestral land of the human race and is now a gathering place for many powerful human beings.

There are three holy emperors in Huoyun Cave: Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, Earthly Emperor Shennong, and Human Emperor Xuanyuan!

The Three Sovereigns reside in the Fire Cloud Cave year-round to help the entire human race suppress its fortune, ensuring its prosperity and longevity.

Chen Fusheng thought for a moment and finally nodded in agreement. In any case, the Northern Marquisate had Guang Chengzi and Randeng Daoren, plus Xuanyuan Ming and Yin Laozu, which was enough to deal with Chonghou Baigui. There was nothing wrong with him staying here, so he might as well go and meet the three emperors of the human race.

"Go tell your senior uncle that I have to go to Huoyun Cave for some business, and tell him not to worry," Chen Fusheng instructed Fang Hui before leaving with Nuwa.

The speed of a Great Luo Golden Immortal is extremely fast. Even with Chen Fusheng carrying the girl, his cultivation level was still a notch faster than Guang Chengzi's. They arrived at the Fire Cloud Cave in no time and followed the girl inside. In the center sat a figure with two horns on his head; to his left, another figure wore a leaf-covered robe and a tiger/leopard skin around his waist; to his right, another figure wore imperial robes. The one in the center with two horns was none other than Fuxi, the Heavenly Emperor, one of the Three Sovereigns of the Human Race.

Emperor Fuxi was a demon in his previous life and is now a human. However, since he regained his cultivation, he has awakened his memories of his previous life, and his current body is affected by them.

Actually, while it's said that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors suppressed the destiny, given the current destiny of the human race, there's no need for suppression at all. In reality, it's a mutually beneficial relationship, but more so than the other way around. It's not that they're helping the human race, but rather that the human race is helping them.

The relationship between the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the human race is actually like what Chen Fusheng described in his previous life: after Nezha died, his soul had nowhere to rest, so Taiyi Zhenren had Nezha build a Nezha Temple, and then relied on people's incense offerings to help Nezha regain his physical body.

Nezha is now only a soul, but with human offerings, he can regain his physical body, demonstrating the powerful effect of human offerings. To regain his physical body, Nezha must do good deeds to please people, so that they will offer him incense.

Therefore, humans are the ones that gods must flatter and fawn over.

Even though the Three Sovereigns helped the human race suppress their destiny, it was merely an attempt to curry favor with them and gain their support. The human race simply gave them a chance to suppress their destiny; otherwise, what difference would it make who suppressed it? Besides, they had no right to suppress the human race's destiny.

Let alone them, even the sages value humanity so much because of the flourishing fortune of humanity. It is said that sages are powerful. For example, Nuwa wanted to kill King Zhou because he wrote a lewd poem, but when she reached the sky above Chaoge City, she was stopped by Wen Zhong. With Wen Zhong's cultivation at the Xuanxian realm, he could not stop Nuwa, let alone a Golden Immortal. However, Nuwa was still held back because Wen Zhong possessed the fortune of humanity, and King Zhou also had the Golden Dragon of Fortune within him, so she could not kill King Zhou.

The mere presence of Wen Zhong's fortune and the golden dragon of fortune on King Zhou's body rendered the sage Nuwa helpless against King Zhou. How much power do the Three Sovereigns of Huoyun Cave have to help the human race suppress their fortune?

Just as the Jade Emperor, as the Heavenly Emperor, possesses immense power and a long lifespan, what does the life or death of humanity have to do with him? Why would he still appoint the Dragon Clan as righteous gods who control clouds and rain to help humanity? Isn't it all for the sake of the operation of the Three Realms and the fortune of the human race?

Perhaps a single human being is insignificant in the eyes of the gods, but the human race as a whole is an enormous force that cannot be ignored! The human race's destiny doesn't need anyone to suppress it; it depends on itself. Those high and mighty gods, on the contrary, should be the ones currying favor with humans to obtain the offerings they desire.

In fact, all the gods and immortals in the Three Realms are trying their best to help humanity in exchange for the fortune of the human race. This also proves that humanity's fortune does not need anyone to suppress it; on the contrary, it is the gods and immortals who worry about their own fortune and then try every means to serve the entire human race in order to gain some fortune themselves.

The way gods obtain fortune is through human offerings of incense, just like the God of Wealth cult.

Therefore, it's laughable to say that the Three Sovereigns were suppressing the human race's fortune in the Fire Cloud Cave; they had no right to do so. However, Chen Fusheng wasn't particularly averse to it. After all, everyone in the world is driven by self-interest; there's no such thing as love or hate without a reason. Mutual protection and assistance are only possible when there's mutual benefit.