Before the canonization of the gods, the status of the emperor on earth was very high, and he was known as the "king of people".
How high is the status of the king of man? In the Fengshen World, there are three Heavenly Dao Saints who live in simplicity, known as the Three Holy Emperors of Huoyun Cave, they are the Yellow Emperor, Fuxi and Yan Emperor, all of whom were once "human kings".
In the primeval period, the human king even stood shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Emperor, one was the lord of the human world, the other was the lord of the divine realm, and the two sides were unified and competed.
Even in the Yin Shang period, when the King of Lu was the king of people, the king of people still had a very high status.
After the canonization of the gods, especially during the journey to the west, the gods and immortals were all high up in the sky, and they could look down on the beings in the netherworld, even if they were the kings of a country, they had to be respectful in front of the gods, and even bow and pray. No matter how low the status of a heavenly immortal, it is also a natural ruler of the high mortal world.
On the other hand, during the Yin Shang period, even a faint and unscrupulous human king like the King of Yin could also make the Great Luo Jinxian bow down to his subjects.
What level of immortal is the Great Luo Golden Immortal? There was only one rank behind the Heavenly Dao Sage, and above the Great Luo Golden Immortal was the Heavenly Dao Sage. What is a Heavenly Path Sage? The top god at the top of the Cultivation Immortal Chain possessed boundless mana to destroy the heavens and recreate Qiankun, typically represented by the Taishang Laojun, the Yuan Shi Tianzun and the Tongtian Sect Lord.
The Great Luo Jinxian was placed in the Journey to the West period, at least a high-level deity like marshal of the canopy, can you imagine that the marshal of the canopy was subordinate to the mortal emperor?
Wen Zhong, who can be praised as a first-class earth immortal and has reached the level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, is loyal to the King of Lu, and eventually martyred for the King of Lu and died on the battlefield.
In fact, in addition to Wen Zhong, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, there was also a quasi-saint under the command of King Huan.
What is quasi-sainthood? Cultivation was above the Great Luo Golden Immortal, but it had not yet reached the level of saint cultivation, but it was only one step away from the transcendent sainthood, and it was also one of the few top gods in the Three Realms.
Kong Xuan was a quasi-saint, but like Wen Zhong, he was loyal to king Huan. The King of Lu appointed him as a marshal and asked him to lead an army to conquer Xiqi, and when Kong Xuan received the will, he was no different from other mortal ministers, and he also knelt down to receive the holy will, which showed his loyalty to the King of Lu and the high status of the King of Lu.
But as you know, the King of Sui was the last generation of kings, and after the gods were canonized, the rulers of the human world were no longer called human kings, but demoted to the son of heaven, and no longer had the lofty status of making the gods and immortals subservient.
There is an interesting view that after the outbreak of the Battle of the Gods, Xiqi reached some kind of deal with the Heavenly Court.
We know that the purpose of the battle of the gods is to use the way of war to let the cultivators die in the face of robbery, so that Jiang Ziya can preside over the gods and recruit talents for the Heavenly Court Group.
When Yuan Shi Tianzun planned the battle of the gods, it coincided with the Xiqi cutting, so the battle of the gods was bound to the battle of the gods. However, the success or failure of the great cause of sealing the gods has little to do with the success or failure of the Xiqi Dynasty, after all, the purpose of the Yuanshi Tianzun is to seal the gods, and as long as the number of robbers meets the standard, the canonization ceremony can be initiated.
Since this is the case, is it necessary for Yuan Shi Tianzun to support Xiqi? He could completely sit back and watch the success or failure, and as soon as he saw someone who should be robbed, he could immediately introduce his soul into the Fengshen Platform.
But as you know, the Battle of The Fallen ended in the victory of Xiqi, and the victory of Xiqi was due to the support of Yuan Shi Tianzun. Why did Yuan Shi Tianzun support Xiqi?
The truth may be that Xiqi made a deal with tianting, and tianting persuaded Yuan Shi Tianzun to support Xiqi and assist Xiqi in destroying Yin Shang, and after Xiqi became the ruler of the world, as a regime supported by tianting, it was natural to accept the rule of tianting.
Since after the canonization of the gods, the mortal imperial court accepted the rule of the heavenly court, and naturally could no longer compete with the heavenly court, so the mortal emperor could no longer be called the king of man, and was renamed the Son of Heaven, which means the son of heaven and the ruler sent by heaven to the human world.