Chapter 1045

He had already harvested nearly everything of value in the divine realm.

After Lin Yan left, the fire in this divine realm still raged uncontrollably.

The divine realm of a fourth-rank deity burns for a very, very long time.

Originally, the divine realm of the Star Deity Holington burned for three months before it was completely consumed.

This time, the divine realm of the Demon Soul Zunzhu will burn for at least several years, even decades, before it is utterly extinguished, and only then will the flames finally die out.

The flames that follow are like released fire attacks, but even after burning, Lin Yan still gains energy points.

This is also why Lin Yan was too lazy to guard the Demon Soul Zunzhu's divine realm himself.

As time passed, more and more deities arrived here!

This time, it was a fourth-rank divine realm that burned, so the shockwaves were extraordinarily massive.

Even after more than a decade, deities still occasionally came just to glimpse this burning divine realm!

"Lord Tianlong, I'm prepared to compensate with one hundred thousand high-grade divine stones and a large amount of divine essence, but I don't have enough divine stones—I'll probably need to sell some belongings. What about you?"

At this moment, beside this divine realm, Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng were discussing.

"I'm about the same. I hope the Flame Lord and the Eternal Night Goddess will spare us now."

Lord Tianlong said.

Beside these two lords, three other deities looked especially gloomy.

This time, during the assault on the Ten Empires of the Eternal Night Empire, the Iron Horn Empire's army was already annihilated, and even the Iron Horn Deity was dead.

Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng withdrew early, so only three deities remained here.

There were still seven deities.

Of these seven, four joined Lord Lanxu in attacking and were directly slain by Lin Yan; only these three, who did not act, remained.

But because they hesitated and withdrew too late, they'll likely have to pay more than ten times the cost of Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng just to escape!

After much deliberation, these three deities finally agreed on a compensation plan.

Each deity had nearly bled themselves dry.

"The Flame Lord has probably left. Let's go to the Elf Divine Realm. Now is the time to go—whether we face it head-on or shrink back, it's still a knife to the neck. Even if we bleed heavily, it's better than being forced to seal our divine realms and lose our domains."

One of the three deities said.

"Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng withdrew so quickly. Don't you think they might have met the Flame Lord before?"

At this moment, one deity said.

"I think it's very likely. Also, Lord Ziyun and Lord Xingluo are suspicious too. The Flame Empire lies in the northeast of the Eternal Night Empire, so the armies of the Ziyun and Xingluo Empires probably encountered the Flame Empire before—maybe even fought them!"

Another deity speculated.

Some things are easy to deduce after the fact.

After all, all the clues have surfaced; once you connect them, the truth becomes obvious.

"They're so deceitful! Lord Ziyun and Lord Xingluo must have suffered losses. Those dozen divine avatars sent down by the Eternal Night Empire? They're probably from Ziyun and Xingluo's divine lineages—and they didn't even tell us!!"

One deity exclaimed in fury.

"It's useless to blame them now. Who knew we'd be so unlucky? Sigh—we accept our fate!"

The three deities sighed endlessly.

Soon, these three deities returned to the Elf Divine Realm.

Then they saw that Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng had already arrived.

Above Lin Yan's divine realm, Lin Yan sat upon the Wang Zuo, and beside him, the Eternal Night Goddess stood quietly.

Lord Tianlong and Lord Tianfeng were bowing respectfully, speaking earnestly.

"Let's go over."

The three deities forced themselves forward.

Soon, they noticed more deities arriving one after another.

These deities had joined the ambush later and had not sent armies to attack the Eternal Night Empire.

But after weighing the pros and cons, they still decided to come personally to apologize to the Eternal Night Goddess.

Otherwise, if the Eternal Night Goddess remembered them, their future would be unbearable.

Never mind anything else—if she interfered when they tried to break through, it would be fatal.

They couldn't find a fourth-rank deity to protect them!

These deities lined up, one after another, apologizing to the Eternal Night Goddess and Lin Yan.

Each deity brought a list filled with vast amounts of compensation items.

At this moment, these deities were willing to pay dearly—each one had cut off a large chunk of flesh!

Every deity's heart was bleeding.

But none dared show such expressions.

This scene left the surrounding deities wide-eyed.

Watching the deities bow and grovel before the Flame Lord and the Eternal Night Goddess, many deities felt this trip was worth it.

"So even deities can be this humble!"

A second-rank deity thought.

"Indeed, the strong only bow to those stronger. They're arrogant only because they're powerful enough—when they meet the invincible Flame Lord, they must bow, because those who refused to bow have already vanished!" I wonder when I'll become as invincible as the Flame Lord!

Another deity thought.

"…"

At this moment, the surrounding deities felt even more deeply the overwhelming power and invincibility of the Flame Lord!

This special compensation ceremony took a long time to conclude.

These divine lords showed genuine sincerity.

Even the least among them paid over fifty thousand high-grade divine stones as compensation.

Lord Tianfeng and the Dragon Lord each compensated with more than one hundred fifty thousand high-grade divine stones' worth.

The worst off were those three divine lords, each of whom paid an amount equivalent to five hundred thousand high-grade divine stones, surrendering most of their wealth!

This time, the number of divine lords offering compensation reached over a dozen.

In the end, the total compensation in high-grade divine stones exceeded two million!

In addition, there were many rare items and some scarce divine substances.

After these divine lords submitted their compensation lists, the little elf Gashia flew out and hurled a light orb at them!

Gashia still had to add one or two more terms to their compensation plans!

Meanwhile, on the Continent of Gods, the war of the Nine Empires against the Eternal Night Capital had long since eased.

Because the churches of the Nine Empires had all received divine revelations.

Among them, four empires were rapidly withdrawing from the battlefield.

"My god has ordered: stop them!"

At this moment, a holy prince of one empire gave orders to his imperial army.

"Strange, what's happening in the Heavenly Realm?"

After giving the order, the holy prince was utterly baffled.

He didn't understand why the god of the former enemy, the Eternal Night Empire, had forbidden further attacks.

Yet the god had ordered attacks against the four empires that had been allies.

It wasn't just this one empire that received the divine command.

Including the armies of the Dragon and Tianfeng Empires, a total of five empires had received divine oracles.

Immediately, the armies of the five empires changed their targets and turned to surround and attack the four empires.

Soon, the army of the Flame Empire also joined the battle, and the entire Eternal Night Empire army poured out.

The armies of the four empires could not hold out and surrendered one after another!

These four empires belonged to the four divine lords slain by Lin Yan—Lan Xu and others!

Thus, the war of the Eternal Night Empire came to a close!

The one or two additional terms Gashia added to these divine lords' compensation plans were simple.

That is, each divine lineage must obey orders, for durations ranging from ten to one hundred years.

Additionally, the armies of the five empires that had attacked the Eternal Night Empire—excluding the four nations whose divine lords were killed and the Iron Horn Empire—must now be tasked with attacking the distant realm of the Demon Soul Zunzhu on behalf of the Flame Empire!

The Demon Soul Zunzhu has perished, but his realm is vast.

It is a massive empire surrounded by over twenty other nations.