Chapter 187: Is the New Great Calamity Coming Again?

Hongjun Daozu remained calm and ripple-free as he said faintly, "The three thousand count of Innate Divine beings is a mere trifle; why must you, Shengling, dwell on it so?"

Gu Zhangqing could not agree with Hongjun Daozu's confidence.

One must know that their Divine Court was uniquely endowed, naturally possessing a great attraction for the Innate Divine beings of the Innate Divine Rice.

The batch of Innate Divine beings in Honghuang was limited, having been conceived to evolve the Law Great Rice of the Foreign Realm, and thus could not be compared to the time when the heavens and earth first opened and gods and demons were everywhere.

However.

Although the Mysterious Gate's Rice Court had indeed not gathered the three thousand count of elemental law Innate Divine beings within Honghuang.

Yet, for those of them who had attained the Proof of Rice, the three thousand count of elemental law Great Gods was truly not an issue! Hongjun Daozu said indifferently.

"Although the Rice Court has not collected three thousand elemental law Great Gods within Honghuang, the various Saints under my tutelage have found the elemental law Great Gods that the Rice Court lacked within the Shengjie they each opened."

Yangmei Laozu, on the side, saw the two arguing and felt quite a headache, so he immediately made the final decision without hesitation.

"Since that is the case, in a thousand years, after we make some preparations, we shall begin!"

"Shengling, Hongjun, then the matter of the Xianyuan Yisu Fazhe Shen Sheng shall be left to you both to distribute; I shall head to Chaos first to clear the path!"

Having said this, Yangmei Laozu no longer participated in their affairs, immediately tore open the void, stepped into it, and headed toward the depths of Chaos.

Gu Zhangqing and Hongjun were left in the silent Zixiao Palace, wordless.

After a long while.

Hongjun Daozu looked at Gu Zhangqing searchingly and said with implication.

"What you, Shengling, have done in Chaos during this time can be called earth-shattering!"

Gu Zhangqing was naturally well aware of why Hongjun Daozu would have this question at this moment.

After all.

The commotion of his true body, the Yuanyi Shijie World Tree, in Chaos was so great that even though he had used powerful divine strength to shield that patch of the Chaos domain.

It was still difficult to block the fluctuations of the Law Great Rice within it.

In that Chaos domain.

His true body, the Yuanyi Shijie World Tree, opened the Boundary Gate every moment, transmitting countless Rice rhymes.

The commotion caused by this could not be shielded by a simple Great Array.

Not to mention that Hongjun Daozu and Yangmei Laozu, who were merged with the Heavenly Rice, were peak-level Proof of Rice practitioners.

It was even more impossible to block their sensing.

"You make me laugh, it was I, the Emperor, who disturbed you!"

Gu Zhangqing smiled calmly and then said with a slight apology.

Regarding this, Hongjun Daozu did not pursue it excessively.

Although he very much wanted to know what Gu Zhangqing and the Divine Court had done in Chaos, and why it had caused such thick and vast Law Great Rice fluctuations.

But as the ancestor of a Rice, he possessed his own firm beliefs and naturally disdained to explore the secrets of others.

Of course, if what Gu Zhangqing and the Divine Court did had the slightest Cause and Effect connection with him or the Rice Court, he would certainly not give up on pursuing it.

It was just that, at present, he had not sensed any abnormal schemes.

Subsequently, the two held a detailed discussion in the Chaos Purple Heaven Palace regarding the distribution of the elemental law Great Gods, which lasted for hundreds of years.

"Since that is the case, then let us begin!"

"Good!"

After speaking, Gu Zhangqing and Hongjun Daozu moved their divine thoughts... and the six Saints of the Heavenly Rice, as well as the various Creation Gods of the Divine Court, who were countless miles away, quietly received their message.

"Come to Zixiao Palace at once to gather!"

The six Saints of the Heavenly Rice and the various Creation Gods of the Divine Court who received the message all had their expressions shift.

Then, after giving instructions to those around them, they all set off, turning into rays of holy light or divine light, and headed toward Zixiao Palace. Outside the Chaos Purple Heaven Palace.

As more than ten rays of light converged, the Proof of Rice practitioners of the Divine Court, the Rice Court, and the Western Sect revealed their figures one after another.

"Haha, Eldest Brother, Second Brother!" Perhaps having been in seclusion to comprehend the Rice for too long, Tongtian appeared quite happy to see his two elder brothers.

"Third Brother!"

Laozi and Yuanshi were quite composed, but upon seeing that the Creation Gods of the Divine Court side were also gathered here, their expressions immediately became somewhat solemn.

It was seen that.

On the Divine Court side, besides the four Creation Gods who had long attained the Proof of Rice—Qingtian Dadi, Huangtian Dadi, Cangtian Dadi, and Houtu Dadi.

There was also the new-rising Creation God, the Light God King.

Beyond that, what surprised them even more was that, besides the five gods of the Divine Court.

There were actually several more Proof of Rice practitioners in the Divine Court! Dark God King Samuyi, Heavenly Dragon God King Zhulong! The fact that these two God Kings could attain the Proof of Rice made the six Saints of the Heavenly Rice quite shocked for a moment.

While curious about what Rice they had attained, their wariness toward the Divine Court increased several times over.

For such a major event as attaining the Proof of Rice, they had not sensed the slightest trace under the law fluctuations.

This made them all think.

Now in Honghuang, in terms of the number of Proof of Rice practitioners, their Heavenly Rice Saint lineage was indeed a step below the Divine Court's Creation Gods.

Seven Saints vs. eight Creation Gods! Plus Shengling, who possessed the strength of a Proof of Rice practitioner, at seven to nine, they had to admit that their Saint lineage had lost! However, they wondered if there were other hidden Proof of Rice practitioners in their Divine Court in secret? The six Saints could not help but guess with heavy hearts.

"Teacher!"

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

After the two sides saw each other, they agreed to sit down quietly under Gu Zhangqing and Hongjun Daozu.

Seeing everyone seated, Hongjun Daozu looked at the gods and saints below indifferently.

"Summoning you all here this time is mainly to discuss the great undertaking of the Universe!"

Just as Hongjun finished speaking, Nuwa, Cangtian, and others in the venue who had some understanding of this matter all had their eyes light up.

Since the Opening of the Heavens and Splitting of the Earth, Honghuang had experienced five Great Calamities that spanned the entire Honghuang: the Xiongsou the Great Calamity, the Dragon-Han First Tribulation, the Rice-Demon Great Tribulation, the Witch-Demon Calamity, and the Immortal-God Great Tribulation.

Has the new Great Calamity arrived once again by this day? The group of Creation Gods and Heavenly Rice Saints below could not help but feel their hearts grow heavy.

Judging by the Great Calamities of the past.

Every Great Calamity in Honghuang, aside from the disaster, was accompanied by great merit! Perhaps before this, if the heavens had sent down a calamity, the Heavenly Rice Saints, who possessed six Saints, would not have been so worried.

After all, in the last Immortal-Divine Great Calamity, they, the Heavenly Rice Saints, numbered seven, while the Divine Court had only six! Although they did not achieve final victory last time, they had not lost either.

After all, at that time, no one was a true loser, and there were only two true winners.

Those were the Mysterious Gate Immortal Rice and the Divine Court's Innate Divine Rice.

But now is not like the past.

Within the Divine Court, there have appeared out of nowhere two gods, Samuyi and Zhulong, whose paths of enlightenment are unknown.

With a ratio of seven to nine, it will inevitably be much harder than before for their side, the Heavenly Rice Saints, to achieve victory in this Great Calamity! Therefore, they could not help but feel heavy-hearted because of this.

"Taiqing, manifest the worlds that you have opened up!"

Taiqing Laozi and the other Saints heard this and immediately stretched out their right hands.

They saw that in each of their hands, a silvery-white orb of light appeared.

The orbs of light floated quietly above the right hands of the six Saints, with traces of sacred radiance flashing through them from time to time.

(End of this chapter)