Chapter 267 Catastrophe

"This talisman...can actually improve a person's energy, blood, strength, speed, and even mental will?"

"Ancestor, what exactly did you comprehend in the God of War Temple, and why is it so different from the God of War Zhenwu of those Shenwu Venerables?"

Xu Yang began to draw a talisman for himself, and Su Shaoqing also touched his body, carefully feeling the effect of the Six Ding Liujia protective spell.

Liuding Liujia, a divine curse for body protection, has many magical effects. It can enhance the body's qi and blood, enhance the soul and spirit, and can also form a curse to protect against external evil. After receiving this blessing, even a weak body can use it with bare hands. Fight demons.

As a warrior, Su Shaoqing felt this more clearly, so he was even more surprised.

All martial arts in this world come from the God of War, and there is no other true method.

Regardless of the three religious traditions or the Holy Land Demon Sect, all they practice are martial arts, and there is no such thing as magic. Even those monks and Taoists who talk about the gods are practicing the martial arts in the God of War catalogue.

The Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures can only cultivate one's moral character and have no real power at all. The magic spells, talismans and the like are deceiving gods and ghosts. No one will believe them except those stupid villagers and women.

But now...

Su Shaoqing put a hand on his chest, feeling the power of the talisman and not knowing how to express his feelings at the moment.

The Ancestral Emperor deserves to be the Ancestral Emperor. While others practice martial arts, he cultivates immortality, just like in the past. Other alchemy warriors only have 500 lifespans, and will die if they don't ascend. He has been in power for 800 years, but he is still in the prime of life, and now he is dead. When he was resurrected, he had lived for nearly 16,000 years.

Although those rebellious ministers and traitors took the lead and usurped the inheritance of the God of War before the Ancestral Emperor woke up, usurping the kingdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but with the Ancestral Emperor's methods, he will surely be able to correct the chaos in the future and revive the ancestral foundation...

"What are you thinking about?"

A whisper interrupted his thoughts.

Su Shaoqing woke up with a start and looked back, only to see Xu Yang dressed neatly and seemed to have finished drawing the talisman. He was sitting on the stone platform carved out by the sword energy, looking at her calmly.

"No, it's nothing."

Su Shaoqing shook his head and said hurriedly: "Is it because he was surprised by the power of this talisman that the ancestors actually realized such immortal methods in the Temple of War?"

"It's just a Taoist spell, not an immortal method."

Xu Yang shook his head and did not dwell too much on this topic. He asked directly: "Tell me, what happened in the years after my death, and what the world is like now."

Because the soul search failed before, if you want to know about the situation in this life, you can only ask Su Shaoqing, an insider.

Hearing his question, Su Shaoqing also remembered the situation at this time, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he knelt down directly: "We, the descendants of the future generations, are unfilial and failed to maintain the inheritance of our ancestors. Please punish us!"

Xu Yang looked calm and calm: "Tell me what's going on."

The words are calm.

Why calm?

Because it is reasonable and expected.

There is no eternal banquet in the world, and there is no eternal dynasty in the world.

Although he ruled the world for eight hundred years, unified the world, and made all the seas peaceful. He wiped out all the three religions and Taoist traditions of those false Taoism and false Buddhas, as well as a bunch of cows, ghosts, and snakes. He also established a mature and complete legal system that was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. But this At most, it can only prolong life, but it cannot change the outcome of the demise of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After all, times have changed and people's hearts have changed.

When he was here, he not only had absolute personal force, but also absolute group power.

With his skills and characteristics as a teacher, he has cultivated a large number of loyal and capable disciples by example, and they have closely united around him, so that his decrees and his will can be implemented from top to bottom.

No aristocratic family, no matter how powerful the place, can compete with him. Coupled with the implementation of laws, the establishment of a system, the top and bottom results, and the popular support, only in this way can the country maintain its power and remain prosperous for eight hundred years.

But what happens after he dies?

A series of problems were inevitably exposed.

No one has the absolute force and authority to cultivate a loyal power group, implement the king's will, maintain the country's laws, and ensure the stability and cleanliness of the system.

Power is from top to bottom, and also from bottom to top. Without the support of a strong and loyal power group, the ninety-five-year-old emperor is just a mascot in the deep palace.

If the upper levels are powerless, the lower levels will be in chaos. Bullying and concealing the superiors will become the norm. In addition, people are selfish and selfish, making disputes between monarchs and ministers, party disputes, and numerous interest disputes become the norm in the court...

How can it not be destroyed if it develops like this?

Don't talk about laws or systems. No matter how good the laws or systems are, if no one maintains them or implements them, they will be in vain.

Even though he had left behind an heir, had righteousness in hand, and had a just name, he could not stop this man's heart from being so angry.

Therefore, the demise of the Great Zhou Dynasty was expected and not surprising.

Compared with the fall of the dynasty, Xu Yang was more curious about one thing.

That is the development of technology.

History is a spiral. Unless there is a civilizational fault, no matter how dynasties change, technological development will only move forward and cannot go backwards. Even if there are some twists and turns along the way, it will be corrected by the overall ecology in the end. Such as Chinese history books.

So, here comes the question.

In order to enter the void, he moved the war temple with an uncertain location. While promoting the progress of martial arts, he also vigorously developed technology.

When he finally left, the Great Zhou Dynasty had completed modern industrialization. Even space satellites had been put into space, not to mention fighter aircraft and aircraft carriers. Otherwise, it would be difficult to unify the world and make all the seas level.

With such a technological system as the foundation, after more than 10,000 years of development, even if a super civilization cannot evolve, we shouldn't go back, right?

But now...

The previous group of people, including Su Shaoqing, were all dressed in ancient costumes, and the weapons they used were cold weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds. No one took out a machine gun, and no one resisted the bombardment of rockets. There was no trace of modernity. The shadow of technology.

what's the situation?

How did these people destroy the technological system he established?

Is there any irreconcilable conflict between practicing martial arts and promoting technology?

Or do they have more advanced technological productivity?

Xu Yang was filled with doubts, confusion and curiosity.

After he left, what kind of fun did these people do?

"The descendants are unfilial!"

Regarding this, Su Shaoqing also had a complicated face, and spoke in a deep voice about the changes of more than ten thousand years.

"Back then, my ancestor, you entered the Temple of War and did not leave for a long time. A hundred years later, the Temple of War moved into space and appeared in various places in the world. Although the court strictly monitored it, it was inevitable that someone would enter it by chance and see the bodies of you and Guangchengzi."

"After that, the news that you passed away at the end of your life and was enthroned in the Temple of War began to spread, causing people's hearts everywhere to fluctuate, and there was a hint of rebellion."

"Although thanks to the legal system and the efforts of the ancestors of each family to maintain it, the situation was barely suppressed, but the people's hearts were so fierce that it was really unbearable. The court had to make compromises and changed many of the national policies you formulated back then, and gave in to the family. Be powerful and divide the world..."

"But since ancient times, people's hearts have been weak, and those people are like wolves and tigers, greedy and unsatisfied. They share the interests of the country and want to go further, become bigger and stronger, control local areas, and wantonly embezzle the foundation of the country."

"The family is powerful and the place is self-respecting. There is also chaos in the court. Various factions are fighting each other. The same parties are fighting against each other. The families are at odds with each other and even attack each other. In addition, the warriors are powerful and armed with sharp weapons and are eager to kill. Chaos everywhere Continuously, the mountains and rivers are declining, and the dust and smoke are getting louder..."

"In the end, 800 years after you, the ancestor emperor, left, the Great Zhou Dynasty fell apart. Nine rebel kings attacked the capital. Thirty-six Dan Bao masters jointly attacked Tianwu Peak. The last generation of Martial Emperors were buried with them..."

"The Great Zhou Dynasty has just collapsed, and only we and others are left, lingering on!"

Su Shaoqing said sadly and looked at Xu Yang, but he was calm.

"Then what?"

"..."

The calm question made Su Shaoqing fall into silence.

There may be various external reasons for the demise of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the root cause is internal problems.

If it weren't for the fact that these descendants were unfilial and had their own selfish motives, causing internal rifts and trying to work together to defeat differences, how could the foundation of Tianwu and the power of the Zhou Dynasty disappear in eight hundred years?

Did the ancestor emperor also encounter such a result back then?

That's why I feel so calm at this moment, because everything is already expected.

"What's past is past. Everyone has their own destiny. Don't force it. Just focus on the present."

Seeing her like this, Xu Yang also gave some explanation.

Su Shaoqing came back to her senses, faced his calm gaze, and nodded heavily: "Shaoqing understands."

"As long as you know."

Xu Yang smiled: "What happens next?"

"after?"

Shu Shaoqing organized his words and narrated it again.

"After the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty, our hidden branches changed their names and went dormant. The power of the world went through reincarnations again, rising and falling. Because the warriors were strong and unruly, the war continued. The subsequent dynasties were unable to unify the world, and all parties were divided and divided into kings..."

"Another three thousand years passed like this, and martial arts became the mainstream again. Temples of war appeared frequently, and warriors continued to enter them. They studied the forty-nine catalogs of the gods of war, and studied various earth-shattering magical skills from them. They gradually surpassed the martial arts that had stopped being deduced. Sutra, and created a realm above Baodan."

"It has been like this for five thousand years. The nine great masters entered the Temple of War together. In the end, they didn't know what they understood. They actually fought in the Temple of War and each took away a copy of the God of War's catalogue."

"The God of War Catalog?"

Xu Yang raised his eyebrows: "They took the God of War catalog out of the God of War Temple?"

"That's right!"

Su Shaoqing nodded: "Each of the nine great masters took away a copy of the God of War catalog. After bringing it back, they understood the true martial arts of the God of War. They deduced the realm of martial arts to the realm of divine martial arts. The power of warriors is comparable to that of gods and demons. The world is like this Entering a new era, known in history as the Era of Divine Martial Arts!"

"The Era of Divine Martial Arts?"

Xu Yang murmured and his eyes lit up: "What happens next?"

Su Shaoqing continued: "The Era of Divine Martial Arts has begun. Following the nine great masters, many more powerful warriors have entered the War Temple. They have brought out the God of War catalog one by one, and have achieved a large number of people in the Divine Bridge Realm and the Divine Martial Realm. Powerful warriors, the era of divine martial arts has reached its peak!"

"Shenqiao Realm?"

"Shenwu Realm?"

Xu Yang murmured to himself, savoring the meaning.

Su Shaoqing continued: "Finally, a thousand years after Great Saturday, hundreds of powerful divine warriors entered the Divine Martial Palace, trying to seize the last and most powerful one among the forty-nine God of War catalogs—— Shatter the void!”

"The battle between the hundreds of powerful warriors was earth-shattering. In the end, I don't know what triggered it. Hundreds of powerful warriors were wiped out in the Temple of War. The world changed dramatically, and there were all kinds of giant natural disasters, tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and droughts, and all kinds of terrifying things. The ferocious beasts and strange demons slaughtered the human race and washed the world with blood."

"As a result, the world fell into turmoil and even came to the brink of destruction!"

"..."

"A natural disaster?"

"A ferocious beast?"

"Extraordinary demon?"

"The catastrophe of world destruction?"

Regarding Su Shaoqing's narration, although Xu Yang frowned, he did not interrupt and continued to listen.

"Just when the human race is on the verge of life and death, the major forces have further penetrated the power of the War God's Catalog, and a new batch of powerful warriors have emerged to fight against strange demons, suppress ferocious beasts, and preserve the heritage of the human race."

"But this great turmoil lasted for a whole thousand years, almost destroying human civilization. All the major forces suffered heavy losses, and many powerful gods and warriors fell. Until the world changed again, and the strange demons who came from nowhere disappeared and dispersed. Only the ferocious beasts dominated by animal nature are left, and the human race can breathe again."

"Historically known as - the great catastrophe!"

"The Great Catastrophe caused a civilizational fault and a large number of scientific and technological achievements were lost. Although there are still data preserved, strange changes have occurred in the world and the vitality has become more abundant, making it difficult to restore the previous scientific and technological achievements."

"Coupled with the emergence of various heavenly and earthly treasures, the inheritance of the God of War, and the extraordinary power of martial arts, people in the world have given up on restoring technology and devoted themselves to studying the martial arts of the God of War."

"To this day, except for those powerful forces and secret inheritances that have gone through the Shenwu Era and the Great Tribulation, and have continued to this day, none of them have the technology and methods of our Great Zhou Dynasty. Instead, they have created many martial arts techniques except for the Temple of War, such as Iron Heart Castle's The Black Iron Divine Weapon, the Beggar Clan’s Dragon-Subduing Tiger Pill, the Demon Sect’s Secret Technique of Heavenly Demon…”

Su Shaoqing sighed quietly and looked at Xu Yang: "My hidden branch of the Great Zhou Dynasty also suffered heavy losses in the Qianqiu Catastrophe. After the Qianqiu Catastrophe, because there was no inheritance of the God of War, and it was tabooed by the world, all kinds of attacks continued. It’s getting worse and worse every day.”

"Fortunately, one of our ancestors was resourceful and brought your body back from the Temple of War. He then devoted all his national resources to secretly build an underground palace. He also used an exotic treasure and ice coffin to preserve your body so that it would not deteriorate and then use it again. The holy king's relics turn the skills of generations of royal warriors into essence and inject them into your body, hoping to revive you."

"When the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to be destroyed, the ancestors of my lineage knew that the underground palace was no longer safe, so they secretly stole the Xuanbing coffin and took your ancestor's body to hide in the world to avoid disaster, until today..."

Su Shaoqing's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know who discovered our identity and actually spread the news to the world, causing people from all walks of life and forces to come and slaughter all my Su family. If my father hadn't secretly built If we find the secret passage, my two brothers and I will not be able to escape with your body."