Name: Song of the Dark Phoenix
Author: Drunk i Helpless

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At the dawn of the Shang dynasty, the first divine oracle descended from the heavens. It foretold that the dynasty would fall after six hundred years. From then on, every Shang king had to enter the underground palace before his coronation and have the prophecy carved into his bones. They were not kings, but prisoners chosen for the role.

When Yin Xin ascended the throne and offered sacrifices to Heaven, the Heavenly Dao delivered another oracle: the Shang dynasty would fall because of Xin! Yin Xin refused to accept it. He would fight his way into Heaven and drag down the god who had written the prophecy.

His only wife was named Shi E. She was the Shang queen, a God of War who never laid down her armor. When she was fourteen, she met Yin Xin amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He asked her name; she wiped the blood from her face and smiled brightly. Two swords forged in the same fire stood side by side from then on.

During Yin Xin’s rule, he favored commoners and slaves and abolished slavery. As a result, he incurred the wrath of the aristocracy, who joined forces with Xibo Hou Ji Yong and, backed by the Heavenly Dao, marched against the Shang.

At You Terrace in Chaoge, Yin Xin clasped Shi E’s hand and asked the question that had endured for three thousand years

Can Heaven be killed?

In the end, Emperor Xin and Shi E transformed into a black bird and soared into the sky.

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At the beginning of the founding of the Great Shang Dynasty, the first oracle came from heaven, predicting the death of the Great Shang Dynasty after six hundred years. From then on, every Shang king had to go to the underground palace to carve this prophecy into his bones before ascending the throne. They are not kings, they are chosen prisoners. Yin Xin succeeded to the throne and offered sacrifices to heaven, but heaven sent down an oracle, and the great Shang Dynasty was destroyed by Xin! Yin Xin refused. He wants to go to heaven and drag down the god who wrote the oracle. His only wife is Jiuwu, the queen of Dashang and the God of War who never takes off her armor. When she was fourteen years old, she met Yin Xin in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain. He asked her what her name was, and she wiped the blood on her face and smiled brightly. Two swords born from the same fire, side by side from now on. During Yin Xin's reign, civilian slaves were reused and slavery was abolished. Therefore, he offended the Xungui Group and joined forces with Xibo Hou Ji Yong. He also had Tiandao as his backer to attack the big merchants. On the star-catching stage in Chaoge City, Yin Xin held Jie Wu's hand tightly and asked the question that spanned three thousand years - God, can you kill me? In the end, Di Xin and Ji Wu turned into black birds and soared into the sky. According to the prophecy, there will be no emperor after Emperor Xin, and future generations will only dare to call themselves emperors. The bone slowly lowered and hovered three feet above Di Xin's head. The dark red words on the bones shone brightly, separated from the bone surface, twisted and reorganized in the air, and turned into a line of large characters that everyone could understand, but would rather never understand: The Great Shang Dynasty perished and was destroyed by Xin. Six words. The words are like blood, like knives, and like the most vicious curse, branded in everyone's eyes and engraved deep into everyone's soul.
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