Chapter 833: Taibai Jinxing

"Taibai Jinxing Li Zhanggeng, it really is you."

Li Xin had charged all the way, breaking through the obstructions of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and arrived at the Liu family manor. At this moment, the members of the Liu family had already been brought to the back gate, intending to leave.

Li Xin had also discovered this and was just about to prepare to pursue and kill them.

As a result, he was intercepted by a white-haired youth.

Seeing this person, Li Xin immediately recalled the Great Qin's introductions to some of the experts of the Heavenly Court.

"As a member of the human race, you do not think of serving the human race, but instead act as a dog for the Heavenly Court. You are all traitors to the race."

"You deserve to die!"

Taibai Jinxing, Li Zhanggeng, was a figure from the late Investiture of the Gods period. He was a human cultivator who became an immortal during the Investiture of the Gods period, but at that time, he did not participate in the great war.

After the Investiture of the Gods ended, his cultivation reached the Heavenly Immortal realm. He was valued by the Heavenly Court, promoted to the Heavenly Realm, and subsequently served the Jade Emperor ever since.

Being human himself, although it was said to be through bitter cultivation, Li Zhanggeng was at least from a major clan; the genes of human political infighting were carved into his bones.

In the Heavenly Court, relying on his ability for political maneuvering, he passed through many trials and became the Jade Emperor's confidant. Under the Jade Emperor's support, his cultivation reached the Golden Core realm in just a few tens of thousands of years.

One must know that since Li Zhanggeng did not participate in the Investiture of the Gods war, he naturally could not obtain the merit and luck of the victors after the war.

Even so, his cultivation caught up to the likes of Leizhenzi, which shows just how much of a price the Jade Emperor paid for him.

It was true that he was human, but Li Zhanggeng could naturally feel how the Jade Emperor treated him.

Therefore, he naturally had to offer his loyalty to the Jade Emperor. As for what would happen to the human race, that was not something he could concern himself with.

Moreover, over these years, under the protection of the Heavenly Court, hadn't the human race still been living quite well?

Why go and destroy this hard-won situation between the human and divine realms? If the Great Qin really succeeded, the Heavenly Court would be unwilling and would certainly think of every possible way to destroy the human race.

The Great Qin might be strong for a time, but could it be strong for an eternity?

Once the Great Qin grew weak, the backlash from the Heavenly Court would arrive, and the human race would likely suffer even more.

Therefore, in Li Zhanggeng's eyes, it was the Great Qin that was disregarding the situation. Now that the human race was the hegemon of the Earth Immortal World, the Great Qin, as a dynasty, should just manage itself well, and then a few thousand years later, the dynasty would experience the next one.

Isn't that quite good?

By holding onto a portion of the human race's luck, wouldn't it also protect the Jiuzhou from interference by outside demon races?

The Jiuzhou were protected by the Nine Cauldrons, which could indeed deter demons, monsters, and ghosts, but true great demons—such as those Demon Gods and Demon Kings—were not unable to enter the Jiuzhou.

The luck of the Nine Cauldrons exerted no small suppression on these Demon Kings and Demon Gods, but their strength remained very powerful. Once they erupted, the damage to the human race would still be significant.

And these Demon Kings and Demon Gods were all consciously blocked outside the Southern Continent by the Heavenly Court.

As an immortal of the Heavenly Court, Li Zhanggeng was very clear about this point, so he did not feel that he had betrayed the human race.

The Great Qin also could not completely represent the human race.

The Great Qin had great ambition and wanted to take back the human race's luck; this was fundamentally impossible. If they really let the human race do it, neither the Heavenly Court nor the Buddhist Sect would agree.

In the end, they might even pull the human race down from its position as the hegemon of the Earth Immortal World; this was not impossible.

In the ancient era, the Primordial World had ten thousand races; the human race was born later and had a shorter history, so there was no need to even mention their strength.

The reason the human race was able to become the hegemon of the Primordial World was also because those great supernatural beings had pushed them up together.

After all, the Witch and Demon tribes were too strong. Once they became the hegemons of the Primordial World, the strength of the high-level members of the Witch and Demon tribes would become even more powerful, posing a greater threat to those great supernatural beings.

But the human race was different. The human race itself was very weak and had no strong experts. Pushing them to the position of hegemon of the Primordial World and sharing the luck of the human race together was the best choice.

Now that the human race wanted to resist, then for those great supernatural beings, it went without saying that they would certainly suppress them.

As the Jade Emperor's confidant, Li Zhanggeng was very clear that just because those great supernatural beings had already gone into seclusion did not mean they would not stand out.

Once these great supernatural beings stood out, he did not think the Great Qin had any power to resist, even if the Great Qin had the support of the Witch tribe behind it.

But so what? The Witch tribe of those years was so powerful, yet weren't they still calculated to death?

Now that only a few kittens remained, on what grounds could they resist these great supernatural beings? That Lady of the Difu was indeed very powerful.

The Difu was even more formidable, but it was impossible for the Lady to take action personally.

Therefore, in Li Zhanggeng's eyes, the Great Qin had absolutely no chance of winning. For the sake of that Emperor of the Great Qin's ambition, if a great war really broke out, the ones suffering casualties in the end would still be the elites of the human race.

Li Zhanggeng's mind was filled with a thousand thoughts.

However, in the next second, feeling a cold glint, he reacted instantly, shifting his figure to dodge Li Xin's attack.

"Traitor to the race!"

"Die!"

Li Xin's bronze sword struck again.

Seeing this, Li Zhanggeng felt a slight anger in his heart. He had tolerated him repeatedly, yet this fellow was actually pushing his luck, truly thinking that he was afraid of him.

One must know that when he attained the Dao, the Great Qin did not even exist yet.

The other party did not show even a shred of respect for him, a senior.

The other party's strength was very strong, but he had not been idling away his time all these years either.

He, Taibai Jinxing, was not merely a civil official. When the Heavenly Court campaigned in all directions over these years, he had also accompanied the army.

Especially in some sub-worlds or small thousand worlds, where some demons were very difficult to deal with, he had personally gone to the battlefield to slay them.

In terms of combat experience, he was not a bit less than Li Xin and the others; in fact, he had even more.

After all, when the Heavenly Court campaigned in those small thousand worlds, the great wars would often last for hundreds or thousands of years. The Heavenly Court's strength had been constantly rising over these years, which was also due to conquering numerous small thousand worlds and integrating them into the Heavenly Realm, greatly enhancing the Heavenly Court's luck.

He had also enjoyed quite a bit of luck during these repeated battles.

It was precisely because of this that his strength could improve so quickly.

Otherwise, if he really had to rely on his own cultivation, how could it be possible to reach the Golden Core realm in just a few tens of thousands of years?

Back then, those twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect—which one of them didn't spend hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer, to cultivate to the Golden Core realm?

One must know that in the ancient era, cultivation was certainly easier than it was now.

After all, at that time, there was still innate spiritual energy, and in blessed lands and grotto-heavens, one could still perceive the laws of heaven and earth. Now, apart from a few grotto-heavens, there was still innate spiritual energy, but elsewhere, acquired spiritual energy was becoming increasingly scarce.

The world of today was becoming increasingly difficult for cultivation.

Especially for loose cultivators.

The reason Li Xin and the others could improve their strength so quickly was entirely due to the Great Qin's luck. With the Great Qin's luck flourishing, these high-level officials of the Great Qin naturally had the advantage of being close to the water to get the moon first.

But they were bound too deeply to the Great Qin. Once the Great Qin declined and was destroyed, the backlash these people would receive would also be extremely strong.

By then, it would be very difficult for any of them to escape. ===== CHAPTER 834 =====