Zhang Wuji declared to the Tianyuan human race and the entire Tianyuan continent that the vast land he had previously occupied in the name of the Wudang Sect would become the territory of the future Ming Dynasty.
The more than 20 million people living on the land of the Ming Dynasty will henceforth be the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Taoism will be the state religion of the Ming Dynasty and will circulate within its territory. Any other religion will not be allowed to spread within the Ming Dynasty without official permission.
If any religious sect spreads within the territory of the Ming Dynasty without being recorded by the government, that sect will be regarded as a heretical sect by the Ming Dynasty.
Any cult members discovered within the territory of the Ming Dynasty were to be killed without mercy; in extremely serious cases, the punishment could even be the extermination of nine generations of one's family.
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Chapter 102 Fuxi's Words (Fifth Update, Seeking Rewards and Recommendations)
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Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Taoism and the patriarch of the Wudang School, will become the first national preceptor of the Ming Dynasty.
As the first national advisor of the Ming Dynasty and the grandmaster of Zhang Wuji, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng held the most exalted position in the Ming Dynasty.
If someone were to succeed Zhang Sanfeng as the Grand Preceptor of the Ming Dynasty in the future, although his status would not be as high as Zhang Sanfeng's, he would still be the second most important person in the Ming Dynasty after the reigning emperor.
From now on, any living being from outside the Ming Dynasty who wishes to enter the Ming Dynasty must undergo inspection by the guards at various border passes of the Ming Dynasty.
If any living being enters the territory of the Ming Dynasty without prior notification, or forcibly crosses the border of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has the right to kill it on the spot.
In addition, Zhang Wuji informed the various tribes of Tianyuan about the establishment of the Great Ming Dynasty, including that the people of the Great Ming Dynasty would not be allowed to be harmed by anyone, and expressed his willingness to establish friendly relations with the various tribes of Tianyuan.
After the news of Zhang Wuji establishing the Ming Dynasty spread, people began to question his actions of separating the Ming Dynasty and its more than 20 million inhabitants from the Holy City of Humanity.
The Human Emperor Shennong and all the high-ranking members of the Human Race in the Holy City were furious at Zhang Wuji's actions of splitting the Human Race. Enraged, the Holy City of the Human Race dispatched a large army to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Since the distance between the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the territory ruled by the Holy City of Humanity was not far, the Holy City of Humanity did not choose to use the teleportation array, but instead sent its army directly from the border of Humanity toward the Ming Dynasty.
After the arrival of the army from the Holy City of Humanity, the Ming Dynasty reacted swiftly. The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Wuji, personally led a million-strong army to the border of the Ming Dynasty to prepare to resist the attack on the Ming Dynasty's territory by the army from the Holy City of Humanity.
Faced with the massive army of tens of millions dispatched by the Holy City of Humanity, the mere million-strong army of Bloodbath City appeared utterly vulnerable.
Out of caution, the commander of the human holy city army did not underestimate the army of the Ming Dynasty. He first sent 200,000 troops to test the Ming Dynasty's army.
Faced with an attack of 200,000 troops, Zhang Wuji, the commander of the Ming Dynasty's million-strong army, did not panic. He only dispatched 100,000 troops to meet the enemy.
Of the 100,000 troops dispatched by Zhang Wuji, 50,000 were elite troops supported by Bloodbath City, while the remaining 50,000 were troops formed before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, with disciples of the Wudang Sect as the backbone.
As Zhang Wuji expected, his 100,000-strong army, relying on its powerful battle formation, successfully defeated the enemy's 200,000-strong army after suffering 10,000 casualties.
After the 200,000-strong army of the human holy city was defeated by the 100,000-strong army of the Ming Dynasty, only half of the soldiers escaped back under the pursuit of the 100,000-strong Ming army.
After several days of standoff and probing, the commander of the human holy city army finally issued the order for a full-scale attack.
Of the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the 100,000 elite troops supported by Bloodbath City, there were only 100,000 troops composed of Wudang disciples as the backbone, which could be called elite.
Under the attack of the human holy city's army, the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty began to be defeated one after another. If it weren't for the 200,000 elite troops holding the line, the Ming Dynasty's army would probably have been completely defeated by the army from the human holy city.
Because they had been fighting on the front lines and enduring the enemy's fiercest attacks, the Ming Dynasty's 200,000 elite troops had suffered more than half casualties in just a few days.
During this period, Zhang Wuji had been trying to organize the strongest men in the Ming Dynasty to attack the enemy's army.
The leader of the human holy city army, who had long anticipated Zhang Wuji's actions, had prepared a response well in advance.
After the Ming Dynasty's powerful warriors entered the battlefield, they not only failed to provide any assistance to the Ming army, but also suffered heavy casualties in the enemy's ambush.
With the Ming Dynasty on the verge of defeat, Zhang Wuji had no choice but to use the trump card he had obtained from Zhang Sanfeng in order to successfully rebuild the Ming Dynasty in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
Just as the army of the Holy City of Humanity was about to launch a general offensive against the army of the Ming Dynasty under the command of their leader, the guardian beast of Wudang Mountain, the peerless demon Xiaoyue Tianlang, descended.
Faced with the Howling Moon Wolf, an unparalleled demon that had already survived nine heavenly tribulations, the powerful figures from the human holy city had no way to deal with it.
Perhaps because of something Zhang Sanfeng had said to him, Xiaoyue Tianlang did not attack immediately after arriving on the battlefield, but instead released his incredibly powerful aura.
Under the oppressive power of the Howling Moon Wolf, the human army of nearly ten million was completely crushed to the ground, with only a few strong individuals struggling to hold on.
After Howling Moon Wolf slowly withdrew the slight pressure he had released, the powerful figures of the Human Holy City, seeing that the situation was hopeless, had no choice but to issue an order for a full retreat.
After the army of the Holy City of Humanity retreated, Emperor Shennong went to Fire Cloud Valley, where the strongest of the human race gathered, to seek help from Fuxi, the first leader of the human race and now the high priest of the human race who worships the god Haotian.
After Shennong arrived at Huoyun Valley, Fuxi not only did not help the Holy City of Humanity, but also ordered that the few super strong humans who had passed the ninth heavenly tribulation and were cultivating in Huoyun Valley be prohibited from leaving Huoyun Valley to help the Holy City of Humanity defeat the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield.
Fuxi answered Shennong's request for help with the question.
"All the human powerhouses who worship the God Haotian in Fire Cloud Valley will never easily take action unless the human race is facing a life-or-death crisis."
"Furthermore, all the human powerhouses in Fire Cloud Valley have sworn an oath to the God Haotian that they would never harm any human.
Left with no other choice, Shennong had to leave the ancestral home of the human race, Fire Cloud Valley, and returned to the holy city of the human race with very mixed feelings.
When Shennong left Huoyun Valley, Fuxi said something that touched the deepest part of his heart.
"Do you still remember the oath you swore to the Heavenly God when you were young? Do you still understand why I entrusted you with the position of leader of the human race?"
“Think carefully about what you have done over the years. Have you been completely blinded by power?”
"Now that you have reached the end of your life, can you still proudly say that you are about to return to the embrace of the Heavenly God?"
After saying these words, Fuxi turned and left. Watching Fuxi's figure gradually disappear, Shennong left dejectedly.
After returning to the Holy City of Humanity, Shennong spent a day and a night alone in his secluded chamber where he used to be in seclusion, and then reappeared in the Human Emperor's Palace with a determined expression.