Chapter 191: Suppressing the Divine Court to Death

As time passed, once the expansion speed of the Universe stabilized, Yangmei Laozu and Xingchen Laozu also ceased the conversion of the Universe's primordial force.

Enveloped by the boundless merit of the Great Rice, they slowly fell into a deep slumber.

The six thousand Innate Gods were the same.

Outside the Universe Great Thousand.

Gu Zhangqing, Hongjun, and the host of Creation Gods and Heavenly Rice Saints only gradually withdrew their divine power when they could no longer perceive the changes within the Universe Great Thousand World.

At this moment.

The Universe Great Thousand had taken shape, and there was no need for them to maintain it from the outside.

The fact that they could not sense the situation inside was the best proof.

After all.

As a Great Thousand World that possessed a Chaos Demon God at the Hunyuan Daluo Peak Realm, it was perfectly normal that they could no longer sense the situation within.

Just as the Creation Gods of the Divine Court were gathering toward Gu Zhangqing.

Hongjun, however, brought the host of Heavenly Rice Saints before Gu Zhangqing and the others.

"Fellow Daoist, a gathering at Zixiao Palace?"

"Very well!" Gu Zhangqing nodded and replied with a smile.

The opening of the Universe Great Thousand World was a great success, and Gu Zhangqing felt quite good about it.

Therefore, even without Yang Mei as an intermediary, Gu Zhangqing would not give Hongjun a cold shoulder for no reason.

After all, the two represented the two camps of the Primordial World, and any move could potentially trigger a Primordial Calamity.

Zixiao Palace.

Gu Zhangqing and the Divine Court Creation Gods were on the right, while Hongjun and the Heavenly Rice Saints were on the left.

At the head above sat Gu Zhangqing and Hongjun.

After both sides were seated, Hongjun calmly swept his gaze over the Creation Gods of the Divine Court.

"Fellow Daoist has impressive means; the Heaven-ordained decline of the Divine Rice was forcefully brought back to life by you!"

Hearing this, the Creation Gods on the Divine Court side smiled faintly, whereas the Heavenly Rice Saints, particularly those on the side of Taishang Laozi, looked at the Divine Court with cold indifference.

Regarding this.

Gu Zhangqing just smiled indifferently.

It is strange to say.

Although Hongjun emerged more than half a Great Calamity before him, they were both peak figures of the Primordial World, standing at the pinnacle of the Primordial World for countless Great Eras.

Yet, they had never before discussed matters so amicably between the Immortal Rice and the Divine Rice.

Even knowing that a great battle was inevitable in the future, neither Gu Zhangqing nor Hongjun wanted to cause chaos at this time.

After all.

At this moment, the Immeasurable Calamity was still far off.

The time for the Immortal-Divine War had not yet come.

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun also has impressive means; that Robbery Rice of yours makes this Emperor quite envious~!" Gu Zhangqing said with a smile.

Hearing this, even the Rice Ancestor Hongjun, with his excellent will and state of mind, felt his pupils shrink slightly for an instant.

Even if it was only for a fraction of a second, Gu Zhangqing still detected the change in Hongjun.

Regarding this.

Gu Zhangqing could not help but smile slightly again.

The Robbery Rice! It meant replacing the Pangu Rice with the Immortal Rice, and replacing all the Daos of the Primordial World with the Immortal Rice to become the mainstream of the current age.

It was also the Immortal Rice swallowing the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

If the time before the Xiongsou the Great Calamity was the era of the Chaos Demon God Rice.

Then before the Dragon-Han First Tribulation was the first emergence of the Pangu Rice.

Back then, the Dragon-Han Three Clans, as descendants of Pangu who transformed into all things, practiced the Bloodline Rice of Pangu.

However, due to the rise of the Immortal and Demon Daos, the Divine Rice and the Bloodline Rice of the myriad clans gradually declined.

Although the Three Clans were destroyed by the Demon Rice, who could say there was no shadow of the Immortal Rice in it? After the decline of the Bloodline Rice of the Innate Three Clans and the myriad clans, the Divine Rice also declined as the gods turned to specialize in the Immortal Rice.

By the time the second path of the Pangu Rice—the Witch Rice—emerged, Hongjun had already made the Immortal Rice flourish, preaching to all living beings. While gaining the Qi Luck of the myriad clans, he also caused the myriad clans of that time to completely embrace the Immortal Rice, thereby causing the myriad clans to shorten their time for ascent, causing the opportunity for the Witch Rice to flourish to die in the womb before it even began.

Only after Gu Zhangqing attained the Rice did he understand the reasons for Hongjun's actions from the Dragon-Han First Tribulation period to his current Heda with the Heavenly Rice.

In the end, Hongjun's goal was nothing more than to replace the Heavenly Rice and become the master of the world! Hongjun looked calmly at the smiling Gu Zhangqing, feeling wary in his heart while secretly pondering Gu Zhangqing's purpose.

There is no one who has attained the Rice who does not understand their own ultimate Rice.

Just like how he wanted to replace the Heavenly Rice and become the master of the Primordial World.

Or like Yangmei Laozu, who wanted to apply the Rice of others to the space of All Heavens.

Or like the three of the Pangu Three Pure Ones, who each had their own ultimate Rice.

Even the Creation Gods within the Divine Court were the same.

The Purification of Heavens by the Light God Yewenhua; the Infection of Heavens by the Dark God Samuyi; the Body Transformation into Sentient Beings by the Heavenly Dragon God Zhulong—all these, Hongjun could see at a glance.

But only Gu Zhangqing was an existence he could never see through.

Behind him, it seemed as if a mystery was shrouded, making it difficult for him to explore.

Regarding this, Hongjun had always found it quite difficult to understand.

However.

Although he could not know Gu Zhangqing's ultimate goal, Hongjun did know the Innate Divine Rice he practiced.

Therefore.

For him, as long as it was in the Divine Rice region, suppressing the Divine Court to death was the right thing to do! "This poor Daoist's is but a minor path, incomparable to Fellow Daoist's divine powers!"

Speaking of this, Hongjun looked into Gu Zhangqing's eyes and asked calmly, "I wonder if you, fellow Daoist, have any arrangements regarding the Universe Great Thousand?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Heavenly Rice Saints and Creation Gods below in the great hall all looked toward the two of them.

Regarding the matter of the Universe Great Thousand, some of them had long anticipated it, yet they also did not know what use there was in opening up another world.

After all.

To them, the Primordial World was already the only Top Great Thousand Universe in Chaos.

Although the God Realm, Heavenly Realm, Underworld, Demon Realm, and so on were also Great Thousand Worlds.

Yet they knew deeply.

These Great Thousand Worlds could not compare to the vast Primordial World at all, not even by one ten-thousandth.

Even the Universe Great Thousand opened up by gathering all the gods and saints could not compare to the Primordial World.

Therefore.

They truly did not know why Gu Zhangqing, Hongjun, and that Great God Yang Mei would attach such importance to the Universe Great Thousand.

"Arrangements?"

Gu Zhangqing smiled upon hearing this: "Fellow Daoist, you jest. With fellow Daoist Yang Mei here, what arrangements could I, the Emperor, possibly have?"

Hongjun shook his head.

"You and I both know that once the Universe Great Thousand finishes evolving, it will certainly be no worse than the Primordial World. Since that is the case, the Universe Great Thousand must surely contain a new path of the righteous Rice!"

Speaking of this, Hongjun paused, then said thoughtfully: "After this time, Great God Yang Mei will surely be able to break through to the Primordial Infinite Realm, right?"

Gu Zhangqing's eyes narrowed slightly; he looked at Hongjun Daozu calmly, then smiled indifferently.

"If it truly reaches that point, then fellow Daoist Yang Mei should indeed be congratulated!"

This was a matter of vision.

The vision of Hongjun and Yang Mei was still limited to this Chaos World, while he had long since set his sights on the entire real Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Even if Yang Mei eventually achieved the Proof of Rice for the Primordial Infinite Realm, it would still be beneath him, the Founder God! Therefore, Gu Zhangqing was not worried about this.

And seeing that Gu Zhangqing did not care, Hongjun was also quite surprised internally.

After all, the relationship between Yang Mei and him, Hongjun, could be described as being of the same path, whereas Gu Zhangqing was not among them.

If Yang Mei succeeded in his Proof of Rice, then the Qi Luck of their Immortal Rice would certainly rise greatly as a result.

Perhaps it could even suppress the Divine Rice by a large margin, becoming the number one Rice in the Primordial World at that time.

(End of this chapter)