However, he stubbornly pretended to be stupid in court, and was still seen as a tyrannical and incompetent ruler by his ministers.
Secretly, Yang Guang had already trained 10,000 eunuchs who had reached the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm. All of them had mastered the "Sunflower Manual," possessed extraordinary skills, and moved like ghosts. They were also extremely loyal to him.
Moreover, he also built a huge secret base, where he secretly cultivated many talents, teaching them both literature and martial arts, in preparation for the future.
He had almost finished collecting the materials for forging the Holy Court, and was just waiting for the right time to change the situation and create a new era.
However, Yang Guang did not intend to ascend to heaven. Instead, he wanted to focus on managing the Tang Dynasty world and gradually elevate it into a great world.
After roughly guessing Yang Guang's plan, Xiao Ning chuckled and could only offer him moral encouragement. Let's wait and see; what if he succeeds?
...
My gaze shifted downwards, and there was the fourth group member: Dongfang Bubai!
He bestowed titles upon the gods, established a divine court, and appointed himself King of all gods.
She already had three righteous gods under her command. In addition to Feng Qingyang, the Sword God of Mount Hua, she also used a large number of pills to raise her younger sister Yilin to the Innate Realm and then conferred upon her the title of Earth Goddess.
As long as one's feet are firmly planted on the ground, one is inherently invincible, which is enough to make up for Yilin's lack of combat strength.
The last deity was Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
This is the result of a compromise between divine authority and imperial authority.
The Divine Court resides high above the nine heavens, and the emperor, having received his mandate from Heaven, naturally accepts the leadership of the gods.
Not only did they honor the Divine Court as the state religion, but they also built temples throughout the land, requiring nationwide sacrifices every year, with incense burning continuously.
In return, Dongfang Bubai provided elixirs to elevate Zhengde to the Innate Realm, and then bestowed upon him the title of Human Emperor and God, granting him a lifespan of ten thousand years.
A win-win situation!
With the support of Yilin and Zhengde, Dongfang Bai's cultivation level advanced to the Grandmaster realm. He also mastered the divine laws of Mount Hua, Sword Dao, Earth, and Imperial Power, making him ridiculously strong.
Today, martial arts are flourishing throughout the Ming Dynasty, and the vital energy of heaven and earth is gradually recovering; everything is developing in a positive direction.
If one day the world is upgraded to a small chiliocosm, a medium chiliocosm, or even a great chiliocosm.
Therefore, Dongfang Bai, as the King of All Gods, might become a big shot in all the heavens and myriad realms.
...
Then came the last member of the first group, Little Dragon Girl, a lifelong shut-in.
Ever since she unleashed her power, forcefully killing Huo Du and Darba outside the ancient tomb in the back of Zhongnan Mountain, and causing thousands of evil cultivators to sever one of their arms.
The entire Zhongnan Mountain became a forbidden area for martial arts practitioners, and no one dared to act recklessly there. Even the Quanzhen Sect benefited from this.
After that day, Xiaolongnu left the Ancient Tomb, found her senior sister Li Mochou, knocked her unconscious without saying a word, and took her back to the Ancient Tomb.
After a series of physical altercations, verbal exchanges, and threats and inducements, Li Mochou fully realized her mistakes and decided to start anew and reform herself.
Little Dragon Girl didn't care whether she changed or not, as long as she didn't cause trouble for her. As for causing havoc in the martial arts world? What did that have to do with me, Little Dragon Girl?
Spending every day happily holed up in the ancient tomb, my cultivation level is rising rapidly. Is there anything more comfortable in the world than this?
No!
Of course, since she has no ambition or strong desire for cultivation, she is only at the Grandmaster level now, but even so, she is already the number one in the world.
She simply never travels the martial arts world, so her reputation remains unknown.
...
The first five members who joined the group have all made progress, and they will likely receive a large amount of source energy when the year-end earnings are settled.
Next up were the second batch of five group members.
Zhang Jiao, Zhang Ye, Fire Cloud Evil God, Zhao Ling'er, Bi Yao.
The world Zhang Jiao inhabits is neither a typical historical world set in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, nor any film or television world that Xiao Ning is familiar with.
In terms of world level, this is a primary minor world, which is higher than the world level of most group members.
In terms of cultivation, Zhang Jiao, who has reached the Tongxuan Realm, is already a peerless figure in the world, with few who can compare to him.
In terms of power, the Taiping Dao sect had hundreds of thousands of followers, spread across eight provinces. Zhang Jiao, as its leader, was also a very important figure in the world, and his every move influenced the course of events.
Logically speaking, he should be quite satisfied.
However, when he learned that his rebellion against Heaven had failed and that he would die and his soul would perish, Zhang Jiao could no longer laugh.
Unlike the small world of history, the heavens in this world are a conscious God.
Since Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, started his rebellion by slaying a white snake, and then ascended the throne in Dingtao Sishui, thus establishing the Han Dynasty, the imperial aura of the Son of Heaven has been considered the heaven of this world.
The sky over this world became the sky of the Liu family, the sky of the Han emperor and the feudal lords, but not the sky of ordinary people.
Generation after generation of kings, nobles, and generals, after their deaths, had their souls return to the heavens, infinitely enhancing the power of the Divine Dragon of Fortune.
Its tentacles reach every corner of the world, and wherever a rebel appears, he will surely face a devastating blow from the Dragon of Fortune.
Back then, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang successfully deceived the Divine Dragon of Destiny by using deceptive tactics, replacing the Han Dynasty with the Xin Dynasty, and the Divine Dragon of Destiny suffered a devastating blow.
Later, the Divine Dragon of Fortune found Liu Xiu, a member of a collateral branch of the Liu family, and secretly helped him grow, betting the fate of the Liu family on him, ultimately leading to the successful restoration of the Han dynasty.
Although Liu's Divine Dragon had suffered a severe blow, it has once again become the ruler of this world.