Chapter 100 King Wu creates the States The evil spirits, Fei Lian and E Lai, were canonized as gods that invariably bring about unsuccess and misfortune. Ziya recommended to King Wu to reward subjected lands to his generals, officials, and relatives. However Li Jing along with his three sons, Thunder-quaker, Wei Hu and Yang Bliss, came to court to inform that they did not desire positions and wealth. They, for preference, asked to be liberated from service. Later the four ones also became gods. Also Jinzha, Muzha, and Nezha resolved to leave King Wu. All the seven ones gave priority to return to a life as in meditative seclusion. But before they left, King Wu feasted them. To reach a decision about the enfeoffment, King Wu talked about with Ziya and a Duke of Zhou. In the following day King Wu enfeoffed many nobles, including Jiang Ziya. All the leaders of the individual states were named. King Wu designated seventy-two lords, each one received a title and feoff. They showed their gratitude and proceeded to their states. At Mount Western Foothills Ziya was enfeoffed. In addition, he was conferred on the symbols of authority for his supervision over the other lords, which were a white banner and a yellow hatchet. Five years later, Mount Western Foothills had become a strong, flourishing and passive state.
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The Ten Crux Battle Formation The Ten Crux17 Battle Formation is a set of ten fictional and unpractical battle formations employed by the Sky Lords of Golden Crab Isle. This is truly known as the Grand Old Master's trump card during his campaign against Jiang Ziya.
Sky Extinguishing Battle Formation Sky Lord Qin — Within Lord Qin's battle formation, the forces of Sky, Earth, and Man are all combined as one. The straight must be mixed with the foul within this process. Due to the immense intensity of this formation, any mortal that is to enter will be immediately turned into nothing more than ash.
Earth Quaking Battle Formation Sky Lord Zhou — Within Lord Zhou's battle formation, laws of geomancy and physics are employed. All varied forces such as fire, wind, and so forth, are invested into a single flag. Whenever the flag may wave, great fire and wind will spew forth. Any individual that may enter this formation will be burned alive and nothing more.
Howling–Gales Battle Formation Sky Lord Teng — Within Lord Teng's battle formation, the wind plays a major role. Whenever the wind is to howl, thousands of knives and daggers will appear from all directions; not even the thickest of armor could withstand the sharpness.
Frozen–Glacier Battle Formation Sky Lord Yuan — Within Lord Yuan's battle formation, glacial ice is present. On top of this "glacial ice" lays mountains of knives and swords guided by thousands of lightning bolts. Of course, survival is of little probability upon the entering of this formation.
Golden–Light Battle Formation Sky Lady Luminous Glow — Within Lady Luminous Glow's battle formation, many giant mirrors will be fashioned atop poles. The great rays of the sun are harnessed on the surface of these mirrors and can be controlled by turning the poles angles. The heat is greater than imaginable, and thus death is inevitable.
17. The original translation writes "crucible" instead of "crux."
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Blood–Curdling Battle Formation Sky Lord Sun — Within Lord Sun's battle formation, fierce wind plays the primary role. While combining fierce winds with black sand, it is utterly impossible for any individual to escape the formation. While inside, their blood will continuously curdle until imminent death.
Blazing–Flame Battle Formation Sky Lord White — Within Lord White's battle formation, the Thunder Fire, Rock Fire, and the Triple Whammy Fire are the three main forces of fire. Killing radiation and heat will be present within this blazing–fame formation, and thus not even the most durable of individuals could survive.
Plummeting–Soul Battle Formation Sky Lord Yao — Within Lord Yao's battle formation, a straw effigy is present and truly needed. By bowing before his effigy, any specific individuals' soul can be stolen while their spirit is strangled. Certain death is obvious through this formation indeed.
Crimson–Water Battle Formation Sky Lord Zhong — Within Lord Zhong's battle formation, a giant trigram platform is present. Within this platform, there are three magic gourds containing varied deadly fluid to burn away any unfortunate individual that happened to enter the formation.
Scarlet–Sand Battle Formation Sky Lord Wang — Within Lord Wang's battle formation, great illusion is present. While the individual is seemingly walking across blood–red sand, they are truly walking across millions of tiny knives — as small as each grain of sand.