"Fang Ming..."
At this moment, the last trace of affection the Hundred Flowers Fairy held for Fang Ming had vanished.
...
The year the Human Race ascended to the Ninth Heaven, annihilated the Demon Court, and occupied the Heavenly Court, with Fang Ming as the Heavenly Emperor.
History had turned a new page; the Human Sovereign Era became a thing of the past, and the Heavenly Emperor Era began.
That year was the first year of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
According to the Heavenly Court historian Cangjie's records.
Year One of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
The Human Heavenly Court repelled the Wu Clan, and the Wu Clan voluntarily withdrew from the struggle for dominance over the Great Desolation.
The Human Race, in name, unified the Great Desolation World.
Year Two of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
The Heavenly Emperor wielded the Heavenly Net, unleashing numerous calamities upon the Great Desolation, slaying many demons, and the Immortals and Gods of the Chan Sect, and the Buddhas of the Western Sect.
In the same year, the two leaders of the Western Sect grew furious, Yuanshi Tianzun went mad, and Tongtian Jiaozhu fled into chaos.
Year Three of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
The two leaders of the Western Sect and Yuanshi Tianzun invited the Grand Pure Sage to come out of seclusion. The Grand Pure Sage was hailed as a savior by all beings in the Great Desolation, yet the Heavenly Emperor calmly defeated him.
The Nine Heavens Sealing Saint Pillar emerged, completely sealing the Grand Pure Sage. The Grand Pure Sage's expression was forever frozen, his thoughts forever solidified, sealed within the pillar to suppress him for immeasurable kalpas.
In the same year, the three Sages fled into chaos, and the Heavenly Emperor pursued them into the chaos.
Year Forty of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
After thirty-seven years of battling in chaos, the Heavenly Emperor returned to the Great Desolation World.
The Heavenly Emperor took out the Nine Heavens Sealing Saint Pillar. Many powerful Human Race figures saw that the five Sages of the Heavenly Dao were sealed within.
Whether it was the two leaders of the Western Sect, or the leaders of the Chan, Ren, and Jie Sects, the five Sages of the Heavenly Dao were all sealed within.
The Heavenly Emperor declared that he could suppress the five Sages of the Heavenly Dao until three hundred billion years later, before the immeasurable kalpas, and they would not be released.
Thus.
The Great Desolation World officially entered the era of no Saints.
It also entered the era of the end of Immortals and Buddhas, and all beings in the Great Desolation could no longer resist the rule of the Human Heavenly Court.
Year Fifty of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
The Human Ancestor Zi Yi Shi inquired about the Heavenly Emperor's specific plans for the old forces of the Great Desolation.
The Heavenly Emperor informed him of the detailed plan to sweep across the universe and eradicate all external enemies.
Many powerful Human Race figures heeded his words.
At this time, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, a Great Luo of the Human Race, due to her excessive compassion, was incited by the old forces of the demon race. During a court assembly, she questioned the Heavenly Emperor, stating that the Heavenly Emperor was too cruel and that the Great Desolation should be ruled by virtue, not by punishment.
The Heavenly Emperor did not reply.
The three Human Ancestors rebuked the Hundred Flowers Fairy for being soft-hearted and having a woman's narrow view, forgetting her Human Race origins and sympathizing with the demon race.
Although the Hundred Flowers Fairy outwardly admitted her mistake, she never believed she was wrong in her heart.
That night.
In her cave dwelling, many flower demons came to visit the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
Influenced by the flower demons, the Hundred Flowers Fairy actually adopted their suggestions, proposing a decree to seek talent, treat all races kindly, and treat them equally – such forgetful theories.
The Great Luo experts of the Human Race, upon receiving this news, reported it to the Heavenly Emperor.
The Heavenly Emperor issued an edict to slay many flower demons, preventing them from inciting the Hundred Flowers Fairy again.
The Great Luo experts of the Human Race received the decree and slew many flower demons.
In the same year.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy was excluded from the core decision-making circle of the Human Race, no longer a high-ranking official of the Human Race.
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In later generations, unofficial histories recorded that the Hundred Flowers Fairy was excluded from the core decision-making circle of the Human Race. Although nominally not demoted, she was effectively demoted.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy deeply resented Fang Ming and thereafter ceased to participate in any of the Human Race's affairs, living only in her cave dwelling.
Fang Ming, clad in a silver-white tight-fitting suit, went to the Hundred Flowers Cave dwelling in the guise of a mere Human Race youth.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy refused to see him, keeping her doors shut.
Fang Ming employed various means, including begging, crying, and apologizing, abandoning all pretense, which stirred the Hundred Flowers Fairy's emotions once more.
Fang Ming was highly skilled in stratagem and manipulation. Even though his body was flawless and untouched by the Hundred Flowers Fairy, their interactions remained at the level of holding hands. In just three thousand years, with only thirty-two visits, he deeply moved the Hundred Flowers Fairy.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy admitted her past mistakes.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy forgave Fang Ming.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy deeply understood Fang Ming's hardships.
Through Fang Ming's various teachings, the Hundred Flowers Fairy also profoundly realized that she was a Human Race member, not a member of all races, and must always stand from the Human Race's perspective.
In the eighth year of the Heavenly Emperor Era, the Hundred Flowers Fairy returned to the core decision-making circle of the Human Race, and from then on, she always reminded herself that she was Human, not of all races.
This unofficial history, due to its excessive defamation of the Heavenly Emperor's image, was classified as a forbidden book by many powerful Human Race figures and was banned from circulation throughout the Great Desolation World. Violators were immediately imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
The Human Heavenly Court declared this unofficial history to be purely fictional and absolutely untrue, and successfully found the author of this unofficial history, sending him to the Heavenly Prison.
Among the Human Race, countless admirers of the Heavenly Emperor vehemently denied this passage of unofficial history, and strongly suspected that the Hundred Flowers Fairy, out of love turned to hatred, deliberately fabricated it to tarnish the Heavenly Emperor's image.
How could the Heavenly Emperor, so perfect and so great, be as ruthless and heartless as depicted in this unofficial history, using all sorts of psychological tactics to deceive the Hundred Flowers Fairy and reshape her personality and worldview?
It must have been deliberately fabricated by the Hundred Flowers Fairy, with the intention of slandering the Heavenly Emperor's image and showcasing her own innocence...
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Year One Hundred of the Heavenly Emperor Era.
The Human Heavenly Court began preparations for full mobilization, to execute the Heavenly Emperor's plan.
The great war commenced, the first step being to rally their righteousness, to have a just cause.
"A detailed account of the ten heinous crimes of the Buddhas of the Western Sect. Ten thousand years after the birth of the Human Race, the two leaders of the Western Sect plundered a large number of people from three thousand tribes and transported them back to the Western lands."
"First crime: Numerous Buddhas, Arhats, and Bodhisattvas of the Western Sect forced many humans to kneel sincerely in temples for over five hours daily, to refine faith beads and incense beads, and to improve their cultivation..."
"...Second crime..."
"..."
"The ten crimes listed above, each one, demonstrates the cruel and evil nature of the Western Sect..."
- "Heavenly Court Times," Issue 362.
Upon the release of this issue of the Times, whether it was the humans who had suffered under the Western Sect in the past, or the new generation of humans born in the last twenty thousand years, all were filled with righteous indignation, wishing they could immediately storm the Western Sect and wash it clean of its Buddhas and Arhats.
"I want to join the Human Race Legion!"
A newly born human, only eight thousand years old, was stirred and immediately wished to join the legion.
"The Buddhas of the Western Sect deserve to die!"
A human who had lived through the era of three thousand tribes, now over a hundred thousand years old, although he had not personally experienced the mental control of the Buddhas of the Western Sect, became extremely enraged after reading this Times.
He also wished to immediately join the Human Race Legion and storm the Western Sect!
"The Immortals and Gods of the Chan Sect forced humans to farm... The lineage of the Grand Pure Sect passed down the Golden Elixir Dao, controlling humans..."
"The ten thousand demons of the Jie Sect were all corrupt and depraved. Among them was a demon named Ma Yuan, who had personally consumed fifty million human hearts..."
"Ma Yuan, a mere early-stage Xuan Immortal demon, took pleasure in consuming human hearts, and cruelly took the lives of fifty million humans..."