Chapter 91: Four generations of the Sword Sect and two ups and downs
In fact, Zhang Xueyao said a very simple truth, which can be simply attributed to the rise of the Sword Sect.
The original Sanqing Dazhen of Daomen was honored as the Three Dao Monarchs in the future, ranking above the patriarchs and living below the Dao Ancestors, and the Sword Sect Patriarch was the Shangqing Dazhen and the Shangqing Dao Jun.
If the Sword Sect is divided into four eras, it can be roughly divided into the original Shangqing Daojun era, the most prosperous Shangguan Xianchen era, the Gongsun Zhongmou era that survived in the cracks, and the Xu Beiyou era that is beginning to show hope for Zhongxing.
The era of the Shangqing Daojun began from the Shangqing Daojun Lizong to Xu Lin, which lasted for nearly a thousand years, although it lasted for an extremely long time, but the Sword Sect during this period of time generally maintained an unchanged situation, that is, it was located on the 36 islands of the East China Sea, and was committed to the development of the foundation in the country.
By the time Xu Lin was the sect master, Weiguo was already in the bag of the Sword Sect, and most of the children of the five great families of Weiguo were disciples of the Sword Sect, and the two were one. After having enough capital, Xu Lin naturally had the idea of looking at the Central Plains, so the Sword Sect joined forces with the Daomen, which was also unwilling to be in the southeast corner of An, and began to secretly plan the layout, and the Demon Suppression Hall and the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall began to develop and grow at that time.
It can be said that Xu Lin is an important transition to the Shangguan Xianchen era in the era of Shangqing Daojun, at this time, the Sword Sect is not quick for a while, the action is restrained, and the goal is clear, just like today's Ghost King Palace, the shot is to seek, and even the Daomen can be regarded as a snake, so it soon became a rising star that made other sects fearful, but at that time, the Sword Sect only hoped to have its own voice in the world, not like the Daomen's thousand-year revival plan. Therefore, at this time, there was not much conflict between the Sword Sect and the Daomen.
It's just that after the status was suddenly raised, great changes took place within the Sword Sect, and the Shaozhuang faction led by Shangguan Xianchen began to rise, they opposed Xu Lin's conservatism, and eagerly wanted to fight for a place in the Central Plains. The result of this battle was Xu Lin's death, Shangguan Xianchen was officially promoted to the sect master of the Sword Sect, and the Sword Sect began to enter the heyday of Shangguan Xianchen.
In all fairness, Shangguan Xianchen was indeed blameless in terms of sword path, but as the sect master of the Sword Sect, this was not necessarily the case.
After the self-righteous Shangguan Xianchen became the sect leader of the Sword Sect, he immediately abandoned Xu Lin's strategy of "slowly drawing it", and said the bold words that would move the world in the future, "With the three-foot green peak, the world should be rampant", which led to Shangguan Xianchen crossing the sea and landing on the shore to slaughter the Dragon City and other several sects, and the Sword Sect at this time changed from accumulating strength to heart to the world.
But Shangguan Xianchen's practice of wanting to get a piece of the Central Plains by force was naturally opposed by Daomen, and after killing the master of the Molun Temple and the head of the Xuanjiao, the Sword Sect and the Daomen, the "black hands" who hid behind the scenes and calculated others, finally turned against them, Shangguan Xianchen fought against the Daomen Sect Sect Zichen, and the Sword Sect was defeated by the hands of the Daomen for the first time, so there was an agreement that Shangguan Xianchen was not allowed to set foot in the Central Plains for half a step within 20 years.
Twenty years later, Shangguan Xianchen went to the Eastern Capital at the invitation of Emperor Zheng Shenzong to quell Xiao Yu's rebellion, and at this time, Daomen was on Xiao Yu's side, and Sword Sect and Daomen were once again on opposite sides.
So there was the change of the Taimiao that shook the world, when the Emperor of Dazheng Shenzong led the civil and military officials to worship their ancestors in the Taimiao, the Xiao father and son launched the Taimiao Revolution with the support of the Daomen, and the Sword Sect of the Dazheng royal family and the Daomen who supported the Xiao family fought directly, Shangguan Xianchen slashed three peak masters with a single sword, and finally lost to the head of the Daomen, and it was also the second time that the Sword Sect was defeated by the hands of the Daomen.
At this time, although the Sword Sect lost twice in a row, it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and looking at the Sword Sect up and down, it seemed that Shangguan Xianchen was bent on going his own way, but in fact, it was the Sword Sect that chose Shangguan Xianchen.
It is precisely because of this will of the Sword Sect that after two consecutive failures, the Sword Sect still did not choose to stop, but chose not to hit the south wall and not look back.
If the first two encounters between Daomen and the Sword Sect could only be regarded as small-scale local battles, then the next third confrontation was an all-out war and would not stop fighting.
After the old master of the Dao Sect Sect Zichen ascended, Shangguan Xianchen also stepped into the Flying Ascension Realm, but he chose not to ascend for the time being, but chose to look at the world as a living immortal, claiming that one person is half of the Sword Sect, and even the Dao Sect, which had experienced a rebellion against the Qingchen Sect and had a great loss of vitality, had to temporarily avoid the edge.
The Sword Sect thus reached the pinnacle.
But even so, in front of Xiao Yu and Daomen, who came with the general trend, Shangguan Xianchen was still alone.
Manpower was invincible for the number of days, Shangguan Xianchen carried the heavenly tribulation, but failed to carry the sword of Emperor Xiao's Son of Heaven, and finally died.
Gambling is the only way to get it, but more often than not, gambling also means that losing once is bankrupt.
After the death of Shangguan Xianchen, the Sword Sect lost all the games, the defense of the country and the Thirty-six Islands were lost, and the third confrontation between the Sword Sect and the Daomen ended in a complete defeat for the Sword Sect. At this point, the era of Shangguan Xianchen ended, and the Daomen "traitor" Sword Sect was completely exterminated.
After the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the contradictions between the Daomen and the imperial court were gradually revealed, and the Daomen was confident that the Sword Sect had been completely eradicated, and the remaining little sin was not to be worried, so they no longer paid attention to the Sword Sect, but transferred their energy to the imperial court.
However, Ling Daomen never expected that at this time, Gongsun Zhongmou, the "remnant of the Sword Sect", was like a seed, which had quietly taken root and sprouted between the gap between the confrontation between the two mountains of the imperial court and the Daomen, and was still growing tenaciously.
As a result, the Sword Sect entered the era of revival of Gongsun Zhongmou.
In terms of kendo cultivation, Gongsun Zhongmou is not as good as Shangguan Xianchen, but if it is about the way of combining vertical and horizontal power schemes, Shangguan Xianchen is not as far away as his own disciple.
When Gongsun Zhongmou escaped from Biyou Island, he had almost nothing, but he relied on his own strength to make the Sword Sect appear in the sight of the Daomen and the imperial court again.
Compared with the previous Sword Sect, the Sword Sect at this time was like a Junzi Orchid, when the seeds broke through the soil, it converged all the sharpness and anger of the Sword Sect in the past, leaving only a faint fragrance.
Gongsun Zhongmou is thus known as "no one in the world knows the king", compared with the domineering words that Shangguan Xianchen once said, Gongsun Zhongmou's words are much more plain.
so that I have a three-foot cone, and I can have the place where no one knows today.
The Gongsun Zhongmou era lasted for fifty years, creating a new Sword Sect, until the Battle of Biyou Island, Gongsun Zhongmou died in battle, thus the end of the Gongsun Zhongmou era, and his death prequel was located in Xu Beiyou, which made the Sword Sect enter the fourth era, which is now the Zhongxing era of Xu Beiyou.
Of course, it is still too early to talk about the word Zhongxing, Xu Beiyou is more of an inheritance of the legacy left by Gongsun Zhongmou, rather than independent development, but with the Taoist workshop in the hands of the Sword Sect, the Sword Sect already has a bit of Zhongxing.
Between the era of Gongsun Zhongmou and the era of Xu Beiyou, there was also a transitional figure, that is, Zhang Xueyao.
It's just that the handover process between Xu Beiyou and Zhang Xueyao is not as bloody as that between Shangguan Xianchen and Xu Lin, and there have been roughly three things, namely Murong Xuanyin's entry into Jiangdu, When Taiyi rescued the bitter Tianzun into the Jiangdu, and Zhang Zhaonu entered the Jiangdu, and when Murong Xuanyin entered the Jiangdu, Xu Beiyou was just a spectator, and Zhang Xueyao was in charge of all the big and small affairs.
Xu Beiyou's concept is not the same as that of his master Gongsun Zhongmou, and it is even more different from his ancestor Shangguan Xianchen, but it coincides with his ancestor Xu Lin.
Shangguan Xianchen used force, too rigid and folded, Xu Beiyou did not have this capital, so it was very different.
Gongsun Zhongmou's attempt to find a balance between the imperial court and the Daomen was in vain, and when he wanted to completely attach himself to the imperial court, it was too late, so it was not the same.
Xu Beiyou is going to take a path that completely borrows the power of the imperial court.
As it stands, his trip to the imperial capital must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.