Chapter 2520

These two pieces of intelligence, the Nether Heaven must have gathered them long ago, only lacking a good opportunity to act.

A good hand must be played as a bomb; timing is too important. Without a good opportunity, better not to play at all.

Coincidentally, the great battle in Yujing City broke out.

When Nether Heaven learned that He Lingchuan might personally attend the battle, perhaps he had already silently gone through his contingency plans several times.

After He Lingchuan reaped the fruits of victory, the celestial realm once again erupted in uproar, and Nether Heaven deemed the timing ripe.

It cannot always be that He alone suffers loss in He Lingchuan's hands; this time, it should be the gods' turn to taste salt and bland.

Unintentionally, He Lingchuan and Nether Heaven coordinated in this major affair.

The God Pudian also said: "Five hours ago, the celestial realm convened an alliance meeting. I heard that various major powers questioned the Holy Lord of Lingxu on the meeting, asking whether the list was true and why the number of divine descent bodies they could produce was far below estimates."

The Holy Lord of Lingxu initially announced a vision: our side could produce over thirteen thousand divine descent bodies; after reserving nine thousand for the Lingxu multitude, there remained over four thousand that could be taken out and distributed to the bigwigs of various major powers.

Now, from over four thousand shrunk to four hundred, the bigwigs are also unhappy, feeling insulted.

The Blood Demon could not help but laugh: "Whether the list is true or not—should the Holy Lord of Lingxu admit it or deny it?"

If he admits it, will more gods on the list be killed?

If he denies it, the gods listed will not even have time to rejoice before discovering their joy was in vain; what then will be their attitude toward the Holy Lord of Lingxu?

"I heard a saying: the Holy Lord of Lingxu said this list is not definite, and moreover, it is merely the first batch."

He Lingchuan tapped his fingertips on the table a few times and praised: "Experienced!"

The Holy Lord of Lingxu, as expected of the leader of the Lingxu multitude—the celestial realm's greatest evil force for thousands of years—this response could be called exemplary. He neither admits nor denies, while using vision planning to make up for current shortcomings.

In short, painting a pie.

He said this is merely the first batch; the implication is that there may be a second batch, third batch later—you other gods should strive to compete for them.

It both eases the imminent contradiction and stabilizes the expectations of other gods, leaves room for imagination, and still encourages the gods to continue competing for the remaining slots.

Such a seasoned leader as the Holy Lord of Lingxu must surely understand the principle that "haste makes waste."

As for whether there truly is a second or third batch of lists afterward, who knows?

"Thank you for the information." He Lingchuan stood up and stretched, "Any other news?"

"None for now."

He Lingchuan took out five Punishing Dragon Pillars, wrapped them twice around the incense, and as soon as he placed them on the table, they vanished.

He opened the doors and windows; the smoke and mist drifted away completely.

The God Pudian left.

The village was empty of people; He Lingchuan walked down the street and stretched.

Sunlight shone on him, revealing no golden or red threads, indicating that Pudian God had not cast "Divine Gaze" upon him.

The gods all know they cannot keep up with him and will not attempt this again.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror snorted: "Pudian God, this lackey, came running to report news!"

"These are already public secrets in the celestial realm; if he doesn't report, other gods will leak it. Rather than this, he might as well earn five more Punishing Dragon Pillars."

The Blood Demon laughed: "The Holy Lord of Lingxu is now overwhelmed, wishing he could chop Nether Heaven to pieces?"

"He Chuanhua said, Nether Heaven may not be in a hurry to descend to the mortal realm. It seems this saying holds some truth."

"Is he perhaps plotting something else?"

"Certainly." He Lingchuan never underestimated Nether Heaven: "Returning to the mortal realm is the paramount affair of the celestial realm for three thousand years; I never thought before that a major god would not be eager to descend. Hmm, what exactly is the reason?"

If Nether Heaven truly does not want to take the first direct flight, then for now, he and He Lingchuan will not erupt into fundamental, intense conflict—temporarily, well.

Moreover, it has taken a stand against the Lingxu multitude...

But He Lingchuan does not lightly wish to take this risk.

The logic that an enemy's enemy is a friend is far too simplistic.

He also said: "Nether Heaven going all out, forcing the Holy Lord of Lingxu into such a sorry state, may not necessarily be a bad thing for the mortal realm."

The Soul-Capturing Mirror wondered: "Isn't this good? Internal chaos in the Lingxu multitude means they must first fight to the death among themselves; the Holy Lord's prestige has also declined; outside, a host of major gods line up to cause them trouble. What harm does this do to us?"

He Lingchuan sighed: "I ask you, could the Holy Lord of Lingxu possibly abandon the divine descent plan?"

Blood Demon, Soul-Capturing Mirror: "No!"

This is the collective aspiration of the demons for thousands of years; if the Holy Lord of Lingxu dares to abandon it, the true immortals need not act—first, the demons themselves could not let him off.

What is "the people's will"? It is that if you dare to defy the masses' wishes, you will die without a burial place.

"An unavoidable task, now suddenly met with such great interference and obstruction—if it were you, what would you do?"

Mirror: "Find a scapegoat, yield the position with clasped hands."

Blood Demon: "With the force of thunder too swift to cover one's ears, quickly finish it off; the result can be calculated later!"

He Lingchuan snapped his fingers: "What I fear is just this. Given the Holy Lord of Lingxu's responsibility and nature, the Mirror's approach, he would not adopt."

Blood Demon: "Then use mine."

"I'll give an example. The Holy Lord of Lingxu intends to steadily advance and complete the divine descent plan step by step, which originally might have taken fifteen years; now he must finish it within five years, for time waits for no one."

The Mirror gave a long oh: "List!"

"He initially painted a pie for the celestial realm—thirteen thousand divine descent bodies, hehe! This pie is even bigger than He Lingchuan's; he shook his head, 'Even if the gods don't believe it, they cannot produce counter-evidence.' Now it's good—Nether Heaven has thrown the evidence in his face, and the gods have all seen it. The Holy Lord of Lingxu absolutely cannot produce thirteen thousand divine descent bodies; I think three thousand would already be enough to rebuke him; this matter will eventually drag on. So his best way to resolve this is to descend to the mortal realm as soon as possible!"

"They themselves descend! Fling those nitpicking gods into the heavens." The Blood Demon understood: "Anyway, we never intended to bring them down."

He Lingchuan's face grew heavy: "If the Holy Lord of Lingxu truly thinks this way, the heavenly and earthly catastrophe will be greatly advanced, far faster than my previous judgment!"

Now even the Blood Demon fell silent for a long while before saying: "Nether Heaven acting against the Holy Lord of Lingxu—how could this still be bad news for us?"

In the celestial realm, they fight to the death, yet why is it the mortal realm that suffers misfortune?

"Not entirely bad." He Lingchuan always views issues dialectically: "Putting it positively, the Holy Lord of Lingxu wanting to advance his descent is also a helpless move. If he could advance, why didn't he do so earlier?"

"Unprepared?"

"Exactly. Such a major plan being disrupted is certainly not good for him either." He Lingchuan pondered, "The most obvious point is that the number of demons he can bring back to the mortal realm will be far fewer than originally planned."