In "The Romance of the Gods", many saints appeared, such as the Three Emperors of the Human Race, Empress Nuwa, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Master Tongtian, Patriarch Hongjun, etc. Among these saints, In addition, there are two powerful saints, namely the Lord of Heaven, God Haotian, and his wife, Queen Mother of Yaochi.
Before Jiang Ziya canonized the gods, Heaven had long existed. In the Heavenly Court, there are not only the Emperor of Heaven, but also many gods. For example, Ao Bing, the third prince of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, who was killed by Nezha. The original work clearly mentions that he has been granted the title of Heavenly Court, including Patrolling Yaksha, Dragon King of the East China Sea, etc. They are all immortals who have been canonized by heaven.
Since there are gods in heaven, why does God Haotian still launch a war to confer gods?
Two reasons are clearly mentioned in the book:
First, God Haotian wants the twelve golden immortals to bow their heads;
Second, the twelve The Golden Immortal has failed in his practice and needs to survive the killing calamity;
In other words, the reason why there is an action to confer gods is because God Haotian wants the Twelve Golden Immortals to become his vassals, but the Twelve Golden Immortals claim to be their own. It was Yuanshi Tianzun who refused to go to work in the heaven. This caused Haotian God to be furious. In order to appease Haotian God's anger and leave the twelve golden immortals at the same time, Yuanshi Tianzun, Laozi and others conspired to confer gods.
I want to take advantage of the Shang and Zhou wars to hold a heavenly job recruitment fair and select the best from all forces in the world to serve in heaven. In this way, the Twelve Golden Immortals can continue to remain free, and the Heavenly Court can be enriched, giving the Haotian God face.
In order to ensure the smooth launch of the canonization of gods operation, under the planning of Patriarch Hongjun, saints from the three religions signed the list of canonization of gods together in Biyou Palace.
Some people suggested that God Haotian wanted to expand the power of heaven. Hongjun's ancestor Yuanshi Tianzun and others immediately surrendered to their orders and worked very hard to organize the god-conferring operation. So, can it be considered that God Haotian is more powerful than Yuanshi Tianzun or even Ancestor Hongjun?
In fact, it is not difficult to determine the strength between the two.
First of all, God Haotian hopes that the Twelve Golden Immortals will become vassals. However, the Twelve Golden Immortals are just disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun. They dare to openly reject God Haotian’s request. This shows that the Twelve Golden Immortals are relying on them. , comparing the two can at least show that the power of Yuanshi Tianzun is not weaker than that of Haotian God, and is even stronger.
As for Yuanshi Tianzun’s master, Patriarch Hongjun, there is no need to mention it.
Furthermore, if we look closely at the original work, we can find that several saints in the Fengshen world were born from heaven and earth. For example, when Laozi Yuanshi Tianzun appeared on the stage, he clearly mentioned that the two of them were born as early as the period of chaos. And they were the first to create the world of gods.
In other words, before the world of Fengshen was opened, I, Yuanshi Tianzun, had already cultivated into a saint and was extremely powerful. As for God Haotian, he evolved from the world of Fengshen after the world of Fengshen was opened, and later became a saint and became the Emperor of Heaven.
To put it simply, Laozi Yuanshi Tianzun is an innate saint, and Haotian God is an acquired saint. Empress Nuwa, Fuxi, Huangdi, etc. are also acquired saints.
As for the ancestor Hongjun, he has lived for an unknown number of years. When Hongjun appeared on the stage, there was a poem describing that he had already cultivated the Wuji Dao in the emperor's era, which was earlier than the era of chaos, and became The honor of one religion. According to the popular point of view nowadays, Laozi Yuanshi Tianzun is an alien god with the ability to open up a world. Besides the world of gods, there are many big and small worlds. The strength of ancestor Hongjun is also outstanding in many worlds. At the top.
God Haotian cannot even compare with Yuanshi Tianzun and Lao Tzu, so how can he compare with Patriarch Hongjun?
As for Patriarch Hongjun wanting to help God Haotian carry out the Conferring Gods operation, that is because the real mastermind of the Conferring Gods movement is Patriarch Hongjun.
At that time, there were four forces in the Eastern World of Fengshen, namely the Chanjiao force headed by Yuanshi Tianzun, the Jiejiao force headed by Tongtian Cult Leader, the Heavenly Court forces headed by Haotian God, and Among the four forces of the Human Race, the Humane Taoist Forces headed by the Three Emperors, the Jiejiao Sect is the strongest, followed by the Chan Sect, followed by the Heavenly Court Force, and the Humane Taoist Sect is the weakest.
There is only one saint in Jiejiao, Master Tongtian, but he possesses the Four Swords of Zhuxian, and he is enough to fight against any saint. The second senior brother, Yuanshi Tianzun, entered the field many years earlier, but his combat power was far inferior to Tongtian. There were two battles between the Zhuxian Formation and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and Yuanshi Tianzun was beaten into a dog by the leader of Tongtian Cult.
Also, there are many strong men and women under Jie Jiao’s sect, including many quasi-sages, who are known as the Ten Thousand Immortals coming to court.
Three Xiao Empresses, Taoist Duobao, Jin Ling Holy Mother and others all have the powerful ability to challenge the saints. Like the Yunxiao Empress who possesses the Hunyuan Golden Dou, she is not afraid of Yuanshi Tianzun and openly sets up the Yellow River Formation. , challenging Yuxu Palace.
The so-called golden immortals under Yuanshi Tianzun's sect are just like ants to Yunxiao Empress, being captured with just a wave of her hand. Empress Yunxiao slapped the twelve golden immortals with her hands, completely destroying their cultivation and reducing them to mortals.
At that time, the Jiejiao family was enough to fight against the three families. The power in the world of Fengshen has been seriously imbalanced.
If Empress Yunxiao, Taoist Duobao, Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit, and others become saints, then the power of Jiejiao will inevitably escape the control of ancestor Hongjun and no one will be able to contain it.
Because of this, Patriarch Hongjun just planned the Conferring God List operation. On the surface, he wanted to help Heaven deal with the Chan Cult, but in fact, he asked his second disciple Yuanshi Tianzun to preside over the Conferring God List and deal with the Intercept Cult.
In the end, after the Battle of the Gods, none of the twelve golden immortals were killed, and they were still at ease. However, the disciples of Jie Jiao were almost wiped out. Most of the 365 righteous gods on the list of gods came from Jie Jiao. Xiaoban is one of the most famous ministers and generals in the world.
There are very few disciples of the Immortal family who come from the Chan Sect.
Ancestor Hongjun’s intention to suppress Jiejiao and maintain the balance of power in the world of gods is very obvious.