"Ji Dan? So he's from Zhou Country." Song Lin realized, this person should be the legendary Zhou Gong, the pioneer of rituals and the first saint of Huaxia.

King Wu died in the second year of his campaign against King Zhouu, and it can be said that Zhou Gong was the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty's eight-hundred-year reign.

Later generations thought Zhou Gong's rituals were outdated; Song Lin once thought so too. But during this wilderness era, having witnessed the bloody brutality of Yinn Shang and the ignorance and chaos of the commoners, he came to understand the great significance of Zhou Gong's rituals during this time.

"And you are?"

"Fish Master Song Lin, if you have no other business, you can come and fish to pass the time."

Ji Dan was still young at this time, serving in the court as a keeper of the archives, which involved taking care of the records.

"Thank you, sir."

Ji Dan bowed deeply.

He was not here voluntarily; there was also the implication of being a hostage.

The merchants were born with extraordinary Divine Skills, while the Zhou people mostly needed acquired realm cultivation, and both sides never got along.

Moreover, the Zhou had to undertake the massive task of supplying slaves, which didn't appear out of thin air. To gather sufficient slaves, they had to actively attack the surrounding barbarians or use their own people to fulfill the task quota.

Therefore, the Zhou always tolerated and secretly cultivated virtue and formed alliances with vassals.

Until King Zhouu ascended the throne, Small State Zhou had gained the strength to overthrow Great City Shang.

Of course, King Zhouu was a wise and valiant ruler, and the true test for Zhou Country was yet to come.

The two formed a friendship.

During the conversation, Song Lin's thoughts also influenced Ji Dan.

"What you've obtained, Brother Ren, is that sacrifices are too barbaric and vicious. There isn't a royal family that doesn't cultivate virtue. The abuse of punishment, chaotic royal succession, often leads to internal strife. Without distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate, accumulating evil and destroying virtue is an ominous sign."

Zhou Gong himself was very much disgusted with these immoral systems.

He believed that Emperor Xinn did everything well except that he was lawless and acted on whims. This mentality could easily bring chaos to the country and cause people to fall into plight.

"Brother Song, what do you think the world needs to stabilize?"

"Naturally, it's rituals and music."

In summary, it's the system, customs, and culture. These are the cornerstones of a civilization.

"Rituals and music?" Ji Dan's eyes lit up and he immediately fell into contemplation.

Song Lin remained solemn, refraining from making impulsive comments that might influence Ji Dan's thoughts.

Ji Dan was in the process of creating a civilization, a civilization of rituals and music. In this world where humans and divinities are indistinguishable, if Ji Dan uses this to prove his Dao, it could offer additional support to the Heavenly Court in the future.

Indeed, Song Lin planned to assist Zhou in conquering Shang.

Of course, he was not anyone's errand boy but intended to replace the God of Shang with the God of Zhou.

The future King Wu, Jiangg Ziya, Zhou Gong, and King Wen could all become powerful allies for the Heavenly Court.

Even the strong ones of Yinn Shang could be used for his own purposes.

In this way, a strong Heavenly Court could be established.

It's uncertain whether this world is the real Small Thousand World.

If it is, then the Heavenly Court he establishes in the future might be destroyed, so Song Lin needs to find a solution in advance.

The first step is to communicate with the people of the West Queen Mother Heavenly Court to borrow their power to oppose the strong ones of this realm.

Given the deep foundations of Yinn Shang, Song Lin might not be able to single-handedly fight against the Yinn Shang Emperor.

Many past kings of Shang ascended, so who knows how many strong individuals are hidden in the shadows.

Therefore, Song Lin cannot fight alone but needs to rely on the power of Zhou Country and the West Queen Mother Heavenly Court.

The urgent task is to first establish good relations with Zhou Country and then seek the West Queen Mother Heavenly Court.

While utilizing the time in this world to cultivate more Great Dao.

Preparing for the future Demon Tribulation.

At this time, Ji Dan awakened from his contemplation.

"I have a clue. Once I go back and organize it, I should be able to create a method that remains unchanged for eternity so the world can enjoy wannian of peace as well."

"Wannian unchanged? I suggest you don't think so far ahead. Cheng Tang overthrew Xia, also replacing the outdated Xia with the advanced Shang, and they did so by gaining the love of the people through Benevolence. Today, does this Benevolence suffice to sustain the world?"

"Leave future matters to future generations. If a person's virtue can educate for several hundred years, that's commendable, but are you planning to manage affairs for a millennium?"

Song Lin couldn't help but give a reminder.

It's better to leave a point of innovation for this civilization. If not now, once inherited by a stubborn old man later, it will be hard to change.

"You're absolutely right, Brother."

Hearing Song Lin's words, much of Ji Dan's enthusiasm was extinguished. Knowing that Cheng Tang's Benevolence wasn't enough to shelter his descendants, how could he expect himself to achieve that?

The twentieth year of Emperor Xinn.

In just twenty years, the empire engaged in over three thousand battles, continuously fighting and killing the surrounding barbarians. Each victorious battle involved sacrifices of numerous slaves and nobles.

On this day, King Zhouu was once again performing a sacrificial ritual to his ancestors.

The air was filled with a heavy bloody scent, and a huge tripod in front was boiling with human heads.

King Zhouu was tall and robust, standing nine feet high, with bronze skin exuding a sense of majesty and dominance.

In a red tent not far away, there was a vague figure of a graceful woman. This woman was Daji, simultaneously a demon fox and the Demon Queen of the Demon Realm.

King Zhouu was the first in history to control both the Human Clan and the Demon Clan.

Tens of thousands of captives were massacred, as King Zhouu drank human blood and then closed his eyes to comprehend, his Divine Thought resonating with the Heavenly Emperor, sensing the heavens and the earth.

This was the Yinn Shang's Cultivation Method, using sacrifices to comprehend the Great Dao and develop the ancestral divinities' bloodline.

A faint golden light emitted from his body, making him as blazing hot as the sun.

Unlike the previous Emperors, King Zhouu had grand ambitions; he wanted to comprehend the Innate Pure Yang Dao.

After a long time, King Zhouu came back to his senses, with golden eyes showing a hint of doubt.

"Why haven't I made any progress? What exactly is the reason?" King Zhouu pondered.

The progress in comprehending the Great Dao was stuck at ninety-nine percent. Where exactly was the issue?

What King Zhouu didn't know was that this realm gained someone who had achieved Pure Yang Perfection, and according to the Small Thousand World rules, the same Great Dao cannot be perfected simultaneously by two individuals.

Of course, it's not exactly the same Great Dao in different worlds.

But under Song Lin's influence, it became even more perfect, which constituted like-repelling-like, impacting King Zhouu's power performance.

In a distant procession, Song Lin witnessed this scene.

"King Zhouu is actually following my Dao. Isn't that..."

Song Lin's eyes flashed. It seemed time to prepare the campaign against Shang.

The mission in this world might be quite arduous, with tasks beyond the earth, even involving the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Immortal from the Medium Thousand World.

For Song Lin, the faster the progress, the better.

"My lord, maybe it's because of insufficient numbers."

After the subsequent day, King Zhouu enforced an even more tyrannical rule, with the court's Abnormal Soldier army waging wars everywhere. The territory of Great Shang rapidly expanded, and the number of people captured and sacrificed became countless.

The Zhou people were given even heavier burdens, and the Western Zhou People deeply hated the merchants.

Many nobles also became part of the sacrificial practices.

Although it was an honor to be sacrificed to the previous king, no one had seen the world after death. How could it not be frightening when it happened to oneself?

Song Lin quietly continued his role in the palace.

Years of diligent work earned him the position of Dining Minister, and it's worth noting that King Zhouu had quite a knack for employing talents, regardless of their backgrounds, indicative of a meritocratic approach.

Inside the residence, Song Lin awoke from his cultivation.

"This world is a Heavenly Circle and Earthly Square, so it doesn't appear to be the Real World."

After years of lurking, with Ji Dan's assistance, Song Lin gradually comprehended this world and attained some understanding of the sacrificial cultivation methods of this realm.

"I need to make a trip to Xiqi."

He planned to leave during this period, aiming to examine what King Wen's Eight Diagrams were like; it would be best if they could be integrated into his system.

Song Lin already had a draft in mind, intending to merge the Taiyi Golden Flower with this realm's Magic Skill, creating a new method for comprehending the Great Dao and perfecting the Taiyi Jinhua Technique.

"Minister, the king has issued a decree."

A subordinate suddenly visited.

When Song Lin went to the kitchen, he found new ingredients. Surprisingly, it was a person who bore some resemblance to Ji Dan.

Could it be...

"Bo Yikao?"

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