Wuyong (乌庸, Wūyōng) is an ancient kingdom from two thousand years ago. It was made up of seven fortress cities, ruled over by the Crown Prince of Wuyong.[1]
It has now fallen into ruins after being engulfed by a volcanic eruption. It is now known as Tonglu Mountain, which holds The Kiln situated within the old imperial capital.[1]
History[]
The ancient Kingdom of Wuyong was as prosperous as the Kingdom of Xianle. Both crown princes were born during the celestial phase of the Ominous Star. The Crown Prince of Wuyong ascended as a God and was worshipped by the people.
One day, the Crown Prince foresaw the future of his kingdom in a dream. He dreamed that Wuyong became a sea of fire due to the volcano eruption, thus he started thinking of ways he could save his people. For the people of Wuyong, their solution was to invade other kingdoms to take over their land to have their people move in.
The Crown Prince was against this method, but the Kingdom of Wuyong still dispatched troops and went against his orders. The troops of Wuyong slaughtered many, including the citizens of the other kingdoms. When the Crown Prince found out, he descended and punished the soldiers. This angered the nobles, which lead them to vandalize and burn down his temples.[2]
Heaven Crossing Bridge[]
The Crown Prince withstood it and told the people Wuyong should never invade others. He then requested the people to abandon war and wait for him to build the Heaven Crossing Bridge. His idea was to build a bridge to bring his people up into the heavens for temporary shelter. The gods in heaven opposed his idea, and they refused to aid him.
To construct the bridge, he required an enormous amount of time and spiritual power, hence he could not be distracted by anything else. He was not able to listen and resolve the prayers of his believers. The other heavenly officials took advantage of this situation by making use of the peoples' dissatisfaction and resentment against the Crown Prince to lure them into becoming their believers. This resulted in the Crown Prince losing devotees, which made his powers weaker as well.[2]
His four vassals decided to relay the consequences of this matter to the people of Wuyong. Most people thought that the Crown Prince was being overbearing, as they were free to believe in whatever they wanted to believe in. When the Crown Prince learned about this, he stopped his vassals. He did not want to forcefully keep believers as he felt that they wouldn't believe in him wholeheartedly.[3]
Three years later, the volcano was about to erupt. When news broke out, the people of Wuyong swarmed the bridge while the Crown Prince was supporting it. During the past years, the Crown Prince kept losing believers and his powers were no longer as strong as before. As the swarming crowd grew, the Crown Prince struggled to support the bridge.
His four vassals tried to direct the people orderly, but everyone was panicking as the volcano was about to erupt and their lives were in danger. There were even people who got trampled to death by the crowd. The bridge ended up collapsing and the millions of people on the bridge were dropped into the sea of fire, burnt to ashes right before the Crown Prince's eyes.[3]
Fall of Wuyong[]
He was cast from heaven back into the mortal realm, no longer a god. The people ended up hating the Crown Prince, cursing him as a failure. The volcano continued to erupt unceasingly and Wuyong continued to be in a state of crisis. The people suffered from starvation and injuries, so the Heavenly Officials once again lent aid and gave them some food or medicine for survival.[3]
One day, the Crown Prince found a way to pacify the volcano; sacrificing the living.[3]
His solution was to use fiends and criminals as the sacrifice for pacifying the fires of volcano's fury. His vassals were against this and three out of the four left the Crown Prince. After this, he never mentioned the method again, even though he did sacrifice the lives of common people, as well as his three vassals who had tried to stop him.[4]
Yet in front of the public, he simply conducted a ritual near the volcano. As the volcano started to calm due to the sacrifice, the people believed it was him and the ritual who tamed it, and they started to worship him again and his cultivation became successful again.[3]
Soon, the volcano erupted once again. This time, the entire Kingdom of Wuyong was completely buried. The Crown Prince proceeded to kill every Heavenly Official that was in the Heavenly Court at the time and completely eradicated Wuyong's existence from history.[4]
Citizens[]
| Name | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jun Wu | Crown Prince | Imprisoned |
| Mei Nianqing | Crown Prince's vassal | Active |
| Three unnamed vassals | Crown Prince's vassals | Deceased |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novel, Book 3, Chapter 150: Panic Left and Right; East or West Undecided II
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 217: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 218: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering II
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 219: Hundred Years of Pain; Thousand Years of Suffering III