Chapter 432

The changes in Great Qin put increasing pressure on the High Priest; he knew that he could not integrate the power of the Divine Court on his own.

Those gods were accustomed to being lazy, and each was extremely arrogant; it was impossible for them to allow anyone to ride on their heads.

Even he could not do it, unless he could break through to the Heaven-Human Unity realm and suppress everything with powerful force, just like Lord Divine Emperor back in the day.

Using powerful force to suppress those who were unconvinced and making other gods submit under Lord Divine Emperor's hand.

Unfortunately, he did not have that strength; even though his cultivation had reached the peak of the Three Flowers realm, there were several others in the Divine Court who were not inferior to him.

And among them were those who were extremely hostile toward him, who would be even less likely to allow him to integrate the Divine Court.

He understood this point, so he had always been anxious, and even regarding the rescue of Jiuying, he had secretly let the Azure Bird send people over.

Because he knew that if he brought it up, other gods might even secretly obstruct it.

However, the Azure Bird did not have much trust in him either, and only sent the two gods, Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise; as a result, not only did they fail to save Jiuying, but they also sacrificed the two gods.

He knew that this was the Great Qin Empire beginning to defeat them one by one, yet he was powerless; even though he clearly knew this was Great Qin's scheme, there was nothing he could do.

Therefore, in his heart, he was also hoping that Lord Divine Emperor could return soon; with Lord Divine Emperor's prestige, he would inevitably be able to integrate the Divine Court, and even those gods who had left the Eastern World could be summoned back.

By that time, the strength of the Divine Court would inevitably increase significantly.

"Lord Divine Emperor!"

Watching the statue, as the human approached, it suddenly shone brightly, and blinding golden flames instantly enveloped that human.

In an instant, the human's body began to burn, and the golden flames also caused the statue to suddenly shrink, transforming into a golden orb.

"Ah~"

Ji Ying was covered in fire, being burned by the golden flames, with endless pain as if his soul were being incinerated.

He wanted to extinguish it, but these golden flames swarmed toward him, and even his soul began to burn along with him.

This pain of tearing apart the Divine Emperor also filled Ji Ying with terror.

What exactly was this?

He had been tricked; all of this was a conspiracy, yet he had no strength left to resist.

As his divine soul was burned, he gradually sank into endless darkness; all around was silent darkness, without a single glimmer of light, making him even more terrified.

He wanted to scream, but he could not make a sound.

"Lord Divine Emperor, is it you?"

Seeing these golden flames, the High Priest's eyes revealed an expression of excitement; he was very familiar with these golden flames, as they were Lord Divine Emperor's innate divine ability, which he had not seen for over ten thousand years.

At this moment, seeing these golden flames, his eyes were faintly filled with tears.

"Lord Divine Emperor, you are finally returning."

After ten thousand years of waiting, the High Priest also felt exhausted; he had been working hard to maintain the operation of the Divine Court, hoping that when Lord Divine Emperor returned, the power of the Divine Court would still be there.

For this, he had poured out too much of his heart's blood.

But as Great Qin recovered and rose, becoming increasingly powerful, he felt he was no longer up to the task.

He felt that Great Qin was about to take action against the Divine Court, yet many gods in the Divine Court were indifferent, firmly believing that no matter how powerful Great Qin was, could they really reach their lair?

The Divine Court was established in the Kunlun Divine Mountain, which was not a place covered by Great Qin's luck.

Great Qin's army could not possibly arrive, and they cared even less about those few people from Great Qin.

Their Divine Court might not have as many people as Great Qin, but in terms of top-tier experts, they far exceeded Great Qin.

Even if this co-lord of Great Qin had great strength, his strength would drop significantly once he left Great Qin, so they were not afraid at all.

Regarding the High Priest's worries, they mostly scoffed, and some gods even thought that this was the High Priest trying to seize power.

They became even more resistant.

How could such a situation not leave the High Priest feeling disheartened?

However, at this moment, all the gloom in his heart had been swept away; as long as he waited for Lord Divine Emperor to return, everything from before could be ended.

He waited, quietly waiting.

Yet at this moment, outside the underground palace, a massive battle was taking place.

"Lord Wu'an, three more gods have arrived; you must be careful."

The one passing information to Bai Qi was Su Fan, and this news came from Xunzi, who was hiding and waiting on the outskirts, on the only path the Divine Court would take to reach Tanggu.

Or rather, he was intercepting or ambushing the gods who were fleeing.

But this time, three gods arrived at once, and Xunzi naturally did not take action.

After all, although his cultivation was decent, he was no match for three gods of the same realm alone.

It must be said that apart from those military generals, ordinary transcendent humans were truly not necessarily a match for gods of the same realm.

It was not that the human race was incapable, but that the gods had lived for too long and had ample time to increase their means.

And how many years did human cultivators have? Most cultivators were just practicing, so where would they find the time to practice other divine abilities?

But the gods were different; those in the Three Flowers realm could almost live as long as heaven and earth.

At worst, they could return to their origin, reshape it, and live again; as long as heaven and earth did not perish, and the earth did not perish, it was very difficult for them to be destroyed.

Of course, if their origin was destroyed, then they would naturally perish.

They had enough time to cultivate various divine abilities to an extremely high level, and naturally, their combat power was also extremely strong.

Human cultivators could use other means to resist, the best of which was the luck of humanity.

Because the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of antiquity had conquered the world, making humanity the master, humanity was the most powerful and could suppress the other two paths.

Facing gods, the human race also had means, but it was not easy to utilize the luck of a human dynasty.

First, one must have the luck of a powerful dynasty; dynasty luck was not infinite, and using it to fight was equivalent to consuming it.

Once too much luck was consumed, the dynasty would decline.

This was a double-edged sword.

Furthermore, not just anyone could borrow dynasty luck.

Among the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Daoists found it almost impossible to borrow it because they were reclusive and rarely had causal links with the dynasty, and thus could not borrow the dynasty's luck.

Unless it was the ruler of the dynasty mobilizing and bestowing it.

But generally, no dynasty ruler would do such a thing.

Additionally, dynasty luck had its limits; the further away you were from the dynasty, the less power you could borrow.

Xunzi was a great elder of the Legalist school and could borrow the power of Great Qin, but this place was not close to Great Qin's territory, so the power he could borrow was not great.