Chapter 2732: Reenactment of the Chaos of Reality

"I've already drawn up a supply list; with the news we got today, another few dozen items might need to be added to it." He Lingchuan wasn't one to stand on ceremony either. "We still have a chance. The Demon Emperor has already seen through the Spirit Void Saint Venerable's intentions and is also trying every means to buy time. The open and covert struggle between Spirit Void City and the Heavenly Palace might be just as brutal as the war on the Panlong Wasteland. But no matter what action the Demon Emperor takes, we also have to rely on ourselves to survive these coming months, and then——"

Then, perhaps we can welcome the dawn of hope.

Zhong Shengguang nodded. "I will lay out the stakes to Lingshan and request reinforcements. Both the frontline battles and the behind-enemy-lines missions need more experts."

From now on, the battles at Panlong concern whether the Heavenly Demons can descend to the mortal realm, and they concern the fate of the billions of living beings in the world. With such a fierce and tumultuous war, if Lingshan does not throw itself in wholeheartedly, how can it answer to the common people under heaven?

Wen Daolun was displeased. "The news of the Great Square Vase in Panlong City was also leaked by Lingshan, wasn't it? Can it work together with us wholeheartedly?"

"Different times, different circumstances." He Lingchuan couldn't very well say directly that the informant was Qianhuan; this wasn't intelligence he should know, and he couldn't produce evidence. "If——"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Shengguang suddenly spoke up:

"The one who leaked this secret is True Person Qianhuan."

"What!" Wen Daolun and He Lingchuan were both shocked.

Wen Daolun: "How could it be him?"

The shameless villain who betrayed Panlong was actually one of Lingshan's highest helmsmen?!

He Lingchuan's first reaction was: "How did you know?"

Zhong Shengguang's face was impassive. "A few days ago, Xin Yi sent a secret letter, frankly admitting it was Qianhuan's doing."

Wen Daolun didn't understand: "Why would True Person Qianhuan do this?"

On the matter of opposing the Heavenly Demons, shouldn't Lingshan and Panlong stand on a united front?

Zhong Shengguang shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

He Lingchuan "speculated": "Perhaps it's because Panlong has never been willing to obey meekly? And the force Lingshan hopes to support is just like Between Between Between Beijia under the Heavenly Demon's control?"

In his heart, though, he thought: At least there are still one or two things that follow the vein of real history.

In real history, the news of True Person Qianhuan's leak was also secretly told to Zhong Shengguang by Xin Yi — who later became the Mou Emperor — only by then Panlong was already beyond saving, and Zhong Shengguang ultimately committed suicide in resentment.

"It seems Lingshan's internal divisions are also very large. This is a good thing for us; it shows we can win more support." At this moment Zhong Shengguang was quite objective. "We'll have to guard against True Person Qianhuan from now on."

Outside, the sound of rain gradually rose, turning from a drip-drip-patter into a crackling downpour.

The night of the Imperial Nectar Rain opened.

……

From this night on, it rained every night.

The Imperial Nectar Rain came to visit the mortal world almost every night; sometimes it was a torrential downpour, sometimes a continuous drizzle — in short, people could no longer see the stars or the moon.

He Lingchuan spent every day racking his brains over the war on the wasteland, often not even having the time to take a sip of water; it was truly hard to spare a thought for anything else. On top of that, his information sources in the Panlong world were not as rich as in reality. Only after witnessing these days of consecutive Imperial Nectar Rain did he recall that some time ago he seemed to have heard there was a major upheaval in the heavenly realm.

The heavenly realm of the Panlong world also fell into chaos from time to time; he had never taken it to heart. But judging by the trend of this Imperial Nectar Rain, quite a few gods up there must have died.

The great outbreaks of Imperial Nectar Rain used to play out in reality every few days; now the Panlong world has started too?

He Lingchuan sent Wen Daolun to inquire in detail. It turned out the heavenly realm had already been awash with blood and gore for several months. The cause was the successive deaths of over a dozen important gods of the Spirit Void faction. The Spirit Void faction immediately launched a war of revenge, which dragged in many forces, and the snowball of hatred grew rapidly.

In addition, the Spirit Void Saint Venerable announced that the Descent of the Myriad Gods, prepared for three thousand years in the heavenly realm, was about to set off. The Spirit Void faction released "Name Tallies" in advance — these were actually identification tokens personally crafted by the Spirit Void Saint Venerable; whoever obtained one had the qualification to descend!

A total of twenty-three thousand Name Tallies were issued — meaning only twenty-three thousand Heavenly Demons could descend!

At this time there were still over seventy thousand Heavenly Demons in the heavenly realm; the selection rate was less than one-third.

The moment the news came out, the heavenly realm boiled over; public sentiment was furious.

But the Spirit Void Saint Venerable's answer was both objective and cold-blooded:

He had never promised to bring all the heavenly gods down to the mortal realm!

Even though the Great Square Vase was made from fragments of the Heavenly Net Star as raw material and refined through the joint efforts of countless great powers, its carrying capacity was limited after all; it could not help all eighty thousand heavenly gods cross the Two Realms' Barrier.

The quick-witted heavenly gods began to think: with a "Name Tally" in hand, they could descend when the time came, right?

What if they didn't have one? Snatch one.

No one wanted to be left behind in the heavens, to remain in that world that had lost its vitality.

Thus, amid a chorus of curses and grumbling, the heavenly realm began a new round of unprecedentedly savage bloodshed!

The order the Spirit Void Saint Venerable had spent thousands of years building, he shattered with his own hands.

Hearing this, He Lingchuan discovered that the Spirit Void Saint Venerable of the Panlong world was even more iron-blooded and autocratic than the one in reality. The one in reality had long maintained a pretense of fairness and still needed to win hearts; the Spirit Void Saint Venerable in the Panlong world had far fewer scruples.

Perhaps it was because the crisis caused by the Demon Emperor Between Between Between Beijia came suddenly, forcing him to accelerate the timetable; or perhaps because his method of descending to the mortal realm in the Panlong world was simpler — he only needed to use the Great Square Vase to achieve his goal.

In reality, the Great Square Vase belonged to the Nine Nether Great Emperor; Between Between Between Beijia and the other gods couldn't handle him and could only gnaw on the hard bone of research.

It can be said that the existence of the Nine Nether Great Emperor and Cang Yan greatly delayed the timetable for the Heavenly Demons' descent.

The great chaos in the heavenly realm showed no end in sight, so the descent of the Imperial Nectar Rain had only just begun; the mortal world would have to enjoy the grace of rain and dew for a long time yet.

When the spiritual rain fell on one's body, fatigue would dissipate. For the Panlong soldiers this was timely rain; the military camp was rare in seeing everyone beaming with smiles, but He Lingchuan's gaze remained heavy.

The Spirit Void Saint Venerable had already shown his hand; he would lead the gods down to the mortal realm soon.

How to descend? Naturally by seizing Panlong's Great Square Vase!

The Spirit Void Saint Venerable is famous for his good reputation; both in heaven and the mortal world they say he does not speak falsehoods. That he can make such a public claim shows he is very confident about conquering Panlong and obtaining the Great Square Vase, and that he is certain this goal can be accomplished in the near future!

Look at the "Name Tallies" he created — their fundamental purpose is to incite the heavenly gods to kill each other wildly, causing the concentration of spiritual Qi in the mortal world to rise sharply in a short time.

The current spiritual Qi concentration in the weather is equivalent to about seventy percent of the real world. Cultivators' upper limits have risen significantly; immortals can barely still take action, but they suffer more restrictions than in reality — many powerful magic treasures and divine abilities cannot be used, and large-capacity storage spaces cannot be accessed either.

True Immortals still have to remain in seclusion.