Chapter 291: Qishan Conferred God, Tongtian Dark Chess
Qishan.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Laozi came together, first making his true spirit manifest, and then using the power of incense and burning candles to create a divine body for him.

"teacher!"

Jiang Ziya saluted quickly.

Yuanshi Tianzun looked helpless and sighed, "It seems that you are not blessed enough after all. If you cannot become an immortal, just be a god! Ji Zhou has replaced the Shang Dynasty, and the Conferred God Killing Tribulation has also come to an end. You only need to confer the title of the gods to put an end to this tribulation!"

Afterwards, a stream of light sank into Jiang Ziya's brow. It was the arrangement of the gods in the List of Gods after Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Laozi discussed it.

Jiang Ziya took out the Investiture of the Gods and showed it to Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Laozi: "Teacher, and uncle-master, in addition to the gods that have been canonized by the Emperor of Heaven and the fallen creatures on the Investiture of the Gods, there are still seven vacancies! I wonder how to arrange these seven gods?"

Yuanshi Tianzun took a look and said, "Then let's deify the body! Among the three generations of disciples, aren't the names of Yang Jian, Han Dulong, Xue Ehu and Yang Ren also on the list of deities?"

At the beginning, under Han Yi's plan, Shen Gongbao filled in the names of all the disciples of the Chan sect except for Randeng, Cihang and a few others on the List of Gods.

Now, there are only five disciples of the Chan sect whose names are on the List of Conferred Gods but who have not died. They are four third-generation disciples and Huang Long, a second-generation disciple!
The third generation of disciples were accepted because they were meant to be a relief for the disaster, so Yuanshi Tianzun would not feel sad if they were on the list.

But, seeing so many second-generation disciples on the list, Cihang and others were going to be arranged to go to the West, and the huge Chan sect was left with only Huanglong Zhenren as the lone disciple... Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help but feel heartbroken!
Although he didn't like Huanglong Zhenren very much, in order to continue the orthodox teachings of the Chan sect, he had to leave someone to guard the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain after he left Honghuang.

Therefore, even though Huanglong Zhenren's name was included in the List of Deities, Yuanshi Tianzun had no intention of letting Jiang Ziya confer the title of deity to him.

Soon, the five saints Tongtian, Duobao Tathagata, Jieyin, Zhunti, Houtu, and the Emperor Haotian also descended on Mount Qishan.

They are here to watch the fun!

However, if the orthodox sect's deification is too biased, they don't mind filing a complaint with the Taoist Patriarch.

Haotian spoke first: "Brother Yuanshi, I wonder how you plan to distribute the positions on the list? You won't be particularly partial to the disciples of the Chan Sect on the list, right?"

Yuanshi Tianzun looked extremely ugly.

Taiqing Laozi looked at Tongtian Jiaozhu and said with a smile: "Back then, when we were in Zixiao Palace, didn't Junior Brother Tongtian say that for the sake of balance in heaven, he was only willing to fill half of the god position? Now, the Jiejiao disciples have too much power, so we naturally have to let the Chanjiao disciples take the appropriate position to balance it out!"

"As far as I know, the leaders of the four divisions in the Heavenly Palace, the Division of Fighting, the Division of Fire, and the Division of Plague, have all been occupied by disciples of Jiejiao, and Junior Brother Haotian has even appointed four Heavenly Masters!"

"Therefore, I feel that there is nothing wrong with favoring the disciples of the Chan Sect in the matter of conferring the gods!"

"I wonder what Junior Brother Haotian thinks?"

Haotian talked about fairness, while Taiqing Laozi talked about balance. The two were like tit-for-tat, and neither was willing to give in on this matter.

After hearing what Taiqing Laozi said, Yuanshi Tianzun said directly: "Since the teacher has entrusted the matter of conferring gods to me, I have the right to make the final decision. If you feel that I am too partial to the disciples of the Chan Sect, you can go to the teacher and complain!"

The saints were about to leave the prehistoric world, so he naturally wouldn't have any concerns. Even if the Taoist thought he was biased, it would have been settled by then.

"Zi Ya, be deified!"

Yuanshi Tianzun immediately issued orders.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ziya immediately said, "I am following the order of the Supreme Yuanshi to confer upon Bai Jian the title of the 365th Pure and Righteous God of the Eight Tribes!"

This Bai Jian was a general under Xuanyuan. He died under the command of Chi You and his remaining soul fell into the North Sea. He was then detained by Jiang Ziya to build and guard the Conferred God Platform.

Now, the first one to be deified was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to thank Jiang Ziya.

After conferring the title on Bai Jian, Jiang Ziya began to confer titles on disciples of the Chan Sect: "Chan Sect Nanji, as a disciple of the saint, has a deep source of blessings and profound Taoism. He should be the Nanji Changsheng Emperor of the Six Imperial Palaces in the Heavenly Court! Chan Sect Taiyi, with boundless magical powers and infinite merits, should be the Dongji Qinghua Emperor of the Six Imperial Palaces in the Heavenly Court!"

Jiang Ziya’s words were followed by actions. After he finished speaking, the figures of Nanji and Taiyi appeared on the Conferred God Platform, and then they condensed into divine bodies.

"Appoint Guangchengzi as the Emperor of Six Heavens Cave Abyss!"

"Appoint Chi Jingzi as the Six-wave Heavenly Lord!"

"I confer the title of Master of Kehansi on Yunzhongzi!"

……

It has to be said that when a saint no longer cares about his face, it is really helpless. At the instruction of Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Laozi, Jiang Ziya conferred titles on the second-generation disciples of the Chan sect in one breath, and then began to confer titles on several fallen outer disciples of the Ren sect and the third-generation disciples of the Chan sect!

Moreover, the canonized gods were basically either emperors or true gods. Even Yang Jian, a third-generation disciple of the Chan sect, was given the title of Qingyuan Miaodao True God.

Tuxingsun was given the title of Tufu Star God!
Nezha was given the title of Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly!

……

After conferring titles on the disciples of the orthodox sect and the outer disciples of the human sect, Jiang Ziya began to confer titles on several fallen great demon gods and several Asuras sent by the Brahmanism... and only after doing all this did he begin to confer titles on the disciples of the evil sect who died in this catastrophe, as well as some generals who died in the war between the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

In the blink of an eye, the only one who had not been canonized as a god was the Taoist Lu Ya, who looked murderous. However, at this time, there were only four gods left on the list of gods, namely, Emperor Gou Chen, the Star Lord of Mars, the Star Lord of Rahu, and the General of the East Sea Dividing Water!

"Imperial decree to confer upon Lu Ya the title of Gou Chen..."

"Wait a minute!" Before Jiang Ziya could finish his words, he was interrupted by Tong Tian Jiaozhu: "I'm afraid Lu Ya's fate is not suitable for the position of Emperor Gou Chen!"

It has to be said that Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun had a very clever plan. They wanted to use Taoist Lu Ya to occupy the position of Emperor Gou Chen of the Six Imperials.

As a Chaos Demon God who has fallen into the calamity of losing himself, and being of the same generation as Daoist Ancestor Hongjun, his strength is more than enough to be a Six Imperial Emperor.

Yuanshi Tianzun smiled and said, "Tongtian, are you planning to leave this throne to your disciple? Although he is related to the Star Lord Gou Chen, he is only at the Golden Immortal level now. How can he sit on the throne of the Great Lord Gou Chen?"

"Isn't Taiyi just a Golden Immortal?" Tongtian Patriarch asked, "Then why can he sit on the position of the Great Emperor of East Pole Qinghua?"

Seeing Yuanshi Tianzun's malicious eyes, Tongtian Jiaozhu suddenly laughed and said, "Of course, Han Yi's cultivation is indeed inferior to Lu Ya Daoist, but I didn't say that Han Yi should be the Emperor Gou Chen! You might as well take a look at the existences whose names are written on the Conferred God List but have not been canonized yet!"

"Ok?"

Yuanshi Tianzun snatched the Conferred God List from Jiang Ziya's hand, only to see that there were still two names that had not been canonized, one was the True Man Huanglong of the Chan Sect, and the other was...

"Yu Chen!"

Seeing this name, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help but frown, and then looked at Tongtian Jiaozhu with an unfriendly face.

He knew that Yuchen Daojun, like Shangqing Emperor and Lingbao Tianzun, were all incarnations of the three corpses of Tongtian Jiaozhu, so he naturally knew the meaning of this name.

Tongtian Sect Master laughed and said, "As the incarnation of a saint, he must be qualified to be the Great Emperor Gou Chen, right?"

This was his plan!
Because of the connection between the fates, "Yu Chen" can refer to both Yu Chen Taoist Lord and Han Yi's Taoist name, and the two can be switched at any time.

When signing the List of Conferred Gods in Zixiao Palace for the first time, Master Tongtian was particularly careful and filled in the name "Yu Chen".

The shadow of the six stars of Gou Chen appeared behind Tong Tian Jiaozhu, and he smiled confidently, "The fate of this poor monk and my disciple has long been bound together! If I die, he will be the new Tong Tian Jiaozhu! But at the same time, he has the fate of Gou Chen, which means that I also have the fate of Gou Chen!"

"how?"

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, don't you think that a saint incarnation with the fate of Gou Chen is more suitable to be the Gou Chen Emperor than the Lu Ya you favored?"

The incarnation of a saint embodies some of the saint's great principles. His strength is far beyond that of ordinary ancestor-level figures. It is not an exaggeration to call him a sub-saint.

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun sneered and said, "The teacher has decreed that after the deification, the saints cannot enter the Three Realms! Tongtian, do you want to disobey the teacher's decree?"

"Teacher said that saints cannot enter the Three Realms, but he didn't say that the saint's incarnation cannot be left in the Three Realms?" Tongtian pointed at Taiqing Laozi and said with a smile: "Didn't you see that fellow Taoist Taiqing also put the name of his incarnation on the List of Gods! Are you going to let the incarnation serve as a god in the Heavenly Court to refine pills?"

Yuanshi Tianzun took a closer look and indeed discovered the name of Taiqing Laozi's incarnation. Taishang Laojun had been annihilated by the heavenly punishment sent down by the Heaven, and then Taiqing Laozi created another incarnation... However, the name he filled in on the List of Gods was not the pseudonym he had commonly used before, but - Li Er!
Taiqing Laozi has many aliases. In addition to the three corpse incarnations he killed and the magical power of transforming into the Three Pure Ones in one breath, there is also the Taishang 81 transformations that he used to travel through the heavens.

The eighty-one transformations of Taishang represent eighty-one Daluo Dao fruits, and also represent eighty-one identities.

"You're awesome!"

Yuanshi Tianzun snorted coldly, tacitly agreeing to Tongtian Jiaozhu's incarnation as Emperor Gouchen, and then filled in the name of Xuhuang Daojun.

Both Taiqing Laozi and Tongtian Jiaozhu left an incarnation in the prehistoric world, so naturally he also had to leave an incarnation to ensure the continuation of the orthodox teachings of the Chan sect.

"Imperially confer the title of Yuchen Daojun as the Great Emperor of Gouchen!"

"Appoint Xuhuang Daojun as Luohou Xingjun!"

"Appoint Lu Ya as the Star Lord of Mars!"

Jiang Ziya re-ennobled the deity according to Yuanshi Tianzun's wishes, and then respectfully said: "Teacher, there is another General of the East Sea!"

Tongtian Patriarch laughed and said, "Isn't Huang Long's name still on the Conferred God List? By the way, you, Jiang Ziya, seem to have not been canonized as a god yet!"

He turned his head and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun: "Daoyou, do you want Huanglong to be on the list, or do you want Jiang Ziya to be the General of the East China Sea?"

"As a member of the dragon clan, Huang Long is good at controlling water. He is more than qualified to be the General of Water Dividing in the East China Sea!"

"However, Jiang Ziya has worked so hard to become a god, and now he has fallen and is on the list. It would be unreasonable for you not to give him a godhood!"

When Yuanshi Tianzun heard this, he was stunned.

He considered other disciples, but did not consider conferring a deity status on Jiang Ziya.

Because, according to his original plan, Jiang Ziya only needed to be responsible for conferring the gods and did not need to be on the list!

(End of this chapter)