Chapter 220: The Shameless Guardian of the Rice

At the same time.

The Taixuan Imperial Dynasty took this opportunity to lay down defensive array bases at Yanhu Mountain, resulting in the completion of the second defensive line against the Dashang Dynasty.

The Great Array formed a defensive line, finally allowing the anxious Taixuan Imperial Lord Yin He to heave a sigh of relief.

However.

Although the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty's second defensive line was successfully established, it also offended the Mount Tai Prefecture because of it.

Sure enough.

Several decades after the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty's defensive Great Array was successfully deployed.

The Mount Tai Prefecture Mountain God Department's Great God of Qishan declared:

The Mount Tai Prefecture and the Mountain God Department officially join the war of Qi Luck among the dynasties, assisting the Dashang Dynasty in its cause of unification.

At the same time.

The Dashang Dynasty also declared: Taixuan is devoid of the Rice and holds the gods in contempt; we hereby raise ten trillion troops to crusade against this rebellious dynasty!

For a time, the people of the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty were in a state of panic.

Yin He, unwilling to sit and wait for death, immediately raised one trillion troops to garrison the first defensive line, led by twelve First Divine Generals.

Another twenty-plus billion Heavenly Gods and Great Heavenly Gods were stationed at the second defensive line, maintaining the operation of the many Great Arrays while also participating in the Taixuan celestial patrol.

The third defensive line is also the final line of defense for the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty's national borders.

This defensive line is manned entirely by True Gods and those in the Main God Realm, as well as the Human Race in the True Immortal Realm and Golden Immortal Realm.

Among them,

There are eighty million human cultivators entirely in the True Immortal Realm, five million human cultivators in the Golden Immortal Realm, over ten thousand in the Taiyi Realm, and dozens in the Daluo Realm.

And this was merely a small portion of the reinforcements supported by the Dazhou Dynasty from the Shouyang Mountain region.

From this, one can catch a glimpse of the whole and conclude that the Dazhou Dynasty's general strength is truly not to be underestimated.

Although the three defensive lines of the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty's border are guarded by heavy troops, they can only delay the Dashang Dynasty for a short time and are not enough to completely block the pace of the Dashang Dynasty's advance.

Taixuan Imperial Lord Yin He, as well as the upper and lower echelons of Taixuan, naturally know this.

They are gambling! Gambling that the Dazhou Dynasty can solve the Dayu Dynasty in the Shouyang Mountain region first, and then send troops to support Taixuan on a large scale.

As for the Divine Xia Dynasty in the Yellow River Basin, it is naturally being dealt with by the Twelve Dynasties Alliance.

After all.

Whether it is the Dashang Dynasty supported by the God Race or the Dazhou Dynasty supported by the Mysterious Gate, neither wishes for the Divine Xia Dynasty to unify the Yellow River Basin before they have decided the outcome between themselves.

Therefore.

Within that Twelve Dynasties Alliance, there will inevitably be secret support from both factions.

Merely to delay the progress of the former hegemon, the Divine Xia Dynasty.

As for the Long Dynasty and the Jiang Dynasty.

In the eyes of the Dashang Dynasty, Dazhou Dynasty, and Divine Xia Dynasty, those are merely peripheral areas of the Human Race's living space; how could they compare to the Central Plains regions of the Yellow River Basin, the Shouyang Mountain region, and the East Sea Coast.

Another hundred years passed.

The Dashang Dynasty's ten trillion troops split into eighteen routes, each led by a peak First Divine General.

They fought for several decades in the main territories of the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty's first defensive line, such as Tianyuan, Haibin, and Tongyun Pass.

Finally, in the one hundred and something-th year, they broke the Great Array of the first defensive line.

In an instant.

The ten trillion troops of the Dashang Dynasty surged toward every gap in the Great Array like a tide, and the Taixuan army, now numbering less than a trillion, could not block them.

Thus, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat for several hundred years, with countless casualties, eventually ending in a crushing defeat for the Taixuan army.

The few remaining First Divine Generals at the head could only retreat to the second defensive line with less than one hundred billion remnants, joining the army of the second defensive line to jointly resist the invasion of the Dashang Dynasty.

At the same time.

In the distant Yellow River Basin, Ji Yang of the Dazhou Dynasty also raised twelve trillion troops, pressing toward the borders of the Dayu Dynasty.

However.

Unlike the Taixuan Emperor, the Dayu Dynasty has the support of the Star God Lineage, and in terms of military force, it is far more formidable than the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty.

Therefore.

Facing the twelve trillion troops of the Dazhou Dynasty, the Dayu Dynasty relied on the Star Array and Starlight Array provided by the Star God Race to steadily keep the Dazhou forces outside its borders.

Not only that.

The Dayu Dynasty also has three trillion troops; such military strength is enough to contend with the Dazhou Dynasty for a long time.

And in the Divine Xia Dynasty of the Yellow River Basin.

Seeing that both Dashang and Dazhou had already raised their armies, they were naturally unwilling to fall behind and immediately raised twenty trillion troops, splitting them into twelve routes, each led by ten First Divine Generals, to attack the Twelve Dynasties Alliance.

As the dynasty descended from the previous Human Emperor, the Divine Xia Dynasty, although it did not receive large-scale support from the God Race and the Mysterious Gate.

But relying solely on its own foundation, the Divine Xia Dynasty is still no weaker than Dashang and Dazhou.

Now, in the eastern Human Race territory.

There is a great war in three Human Race regions, while two Human Race regions watch from the sidelines.

Each dynasty takes the sole Heavenly Dynasty as its starting point, and the disputes never cease.

Of course.

Among this, there are also Great Immortals of the Mysterious Gate and Great Gods of the Divine Court secretly confronting and challenging each other.

The two sides play a game of chess, with the dynasty armies below and the various gods and immortals fighting fiercely above.

Because the high-level officials of both sides have an agreement, the forces of immortals and gods cannot personally enter the field to interfere in the human battlefield, only provide funding.

Star God World.

That is, the Star God World.

As the Main God World of the Star God Lineage and the main world of the Infinite God King Star, Xingchen Laozu, the Star God World has long since ascended to a peak Middle Thousand World.

At this moment.

Because Xingchen Laozu transformed his body into the myriad stars of the Multiverse, all matters of the Pantheon System are discussed and decided by the group of Supreme Gods of the Star God Race.

Star God Palace.

Sixty-four Supreme Gods are gathered in the great hall.

Among them, the Star God Race occupies a small half, while the remaining half are all God Race members of the Pantheon System.

"Star Lord Ziwei, Guangchengzi of the Mysterious Gate is issuing a challenge in the region of Shouyang Mountain. Shall we accept the battle?"

Star Lord Pojun asked at this time. Unlike the three Star Lords Pojun, Qisha, and Tanlang who joined the Star God Race halfway, Star Lord Ziwei is different.

He is the second-generation Star Lord Ziwei.

The first-generation Star Lord Ziwei was slaughtered by Donghuang Taiyi when the Demon Court was still in existence.

Therefore, when the Divine Court took charge, the second-generation Star Lord Ziwei was born to meet the needs of the times.

With the guidance of Xingchen Laozu, Star Lord Ziwei caught up from behind, surpassing a group of top-tier Star Gods to become one of the strongest Star Gods at present.

Consequently, his strength has long since reached the peak of the Supreme Gods.

In particular, his Ziwei Emperor Qi is exceptionally powerful.

Therefore.

Although the Pantheon System is managed by the consensus of the Supreme Gods of the various Star God clans, the decisions are actually made by Star Lord Ziwei.

This is also the will established by Xingchen Laozu after he transformed his body into the myriad stars.

In all matters of the Royal Court, Star Lord Ziwei is the primary authority, the various Star Lords are secondary, and the other God Races are tertiary.

Upon hearing this, Star Lord Ziwei looked around calmly.

Seeing the eager expressions of the group of Supreme Gods, he understood the situation, but outwardly he still asked in a deep voice.

"Regarding the challenge from the Mysterious Gate, what do you all think?"

As the most bellicose Star Lord, Star Lord Tanlang immediately stood up impatiently and said.

"Star Lord Ziwei, is there still a need to discuss this? With the likes of those weaklings under Guangchengzi, why should we fear them? I propose, if they want to fight, let's fight!"

"I second that!"

Seeing this, Star Lord Qisha also echoed.

Seeing this, the other Star Lords and God Lords evaluated the strength of the Chan Sect against their own Star God Lineage, and they also echoed one after another.

Fight, they must fight.

But it depends on who is on the other side and who exactly is there! If the other side only consists of people from Guangchengzi's lineage, then their Star God Race alone could crush them.

However.

In large-scale battles between immortals and gods, the Twelve Golden Immortals (Quasi-Saints) of the Chan Sect always act together.

Although.

The second and third-generation disciples of the Mysterious Gate Three Teachings have each established many schools and sects.

But this does not mean that there is no connection between them.

Especially the members of the Chan Sect, who are famous for being short-tempered and arrogant.

It is simply a case of hitting the small ones, provoking the big ones, and then summoning the old ones.

Therefore, it is fine to agree to a battle with the disciples of Guangchengzi's lineage, but one must guard against the shameless protectors who might emerge from the shadows.

Being besieged and losing face is a small matter, but if one falls and it affects the plans of the Divine Court, then that is a major issue.

One must know.

They have struggled against that shameless person for so many years, and they have already experienced his style of protecting his own.

There were a few times.

If it weren't for the fact that they were under the sky and had the protection of the God Race's Cangtian and Qingtian Dadi, he would have truly found an opportunity to wipe out a God Race Royal Court.

Thinking of this, Star Lord Ziwei immediately said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, although our Divine Court's Great Emperors have an agreement with the Saints of the Mysterious Gate that the Great Emperors and Saints cannot intervene in the conflict between immortals and gods, the many Quasi-Saints under their protection cannot be ignored!"

Star Lord Ziwei paused, then continued.

"Behind the Dayu Dynasty, there is only our Star Royal Court lineage, and there are only sixty-four Supreme Gods comparable to the Quasi-Saint realm, while the Chan Sect of the Mysterious Gate has over a hundred."

"Even if we exclude the Supreme Gods who need to guard various places and worlds, the Royal Court can only mobilize twenty-four Supreme Gods."

Star Lord Pojun said.

"But even so, our Royal Court is not without the strength to fight!"

"That is correct."

Star Lord Taibai also echoed at this time.

"You must know that although it is easier for the Mysterious Gate to attain the Proof of Rice as Quasi-Saints than it is for our God Race to attain the Supreme God realm due to Innate Spiritual Treasures, they succeed because of Innate Spiritual Treasures and fail because of them. Due to the quality of the spiritual treasures, their cultivation speed after attaining the Proof of Rice as Quasi-Saints is far slower than ours!"

"With the nine peak Supreme Gods our Royal Court currently has, it is enough to rival thirty Quasi-Saints of their Chan Sect!"

The gods nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

Indeed.

Although it is slightly harder for their God Race to attain the Proof of Rice as Supreme Gods compared to the Mysterious Gate's Proof of Rice as Quasi-Saints.

But the difference is.

Because of the various Creation God worlds, their God Race can intuitively comprehend the Three Thousand Laws.

Therefore.

On the path of the Supreme God, their God Race finds it difficult at first and easy later.

Coupled with the fact that the God Race itself possesses a large number of Divine Artifacts, their combat power within the same realm is not at all weaker than that of Quasi-Saints holding Innate Spiritual Treasures.

For a Peak Supreme God or a peak Quasi-Saint of the Mysterious Gate, possessing a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure is one thing, but if they lack a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, they would likely only be suppressed by the God Race.

As for the quantity of top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, it goes without saying that for the entire Primordial World, it is absolutely pitifully small! Thinking of this.

Star Lord Ziwei returned to his senses from deep thought, then his expression turned solemn, and he said gravely.

"Since that is the case, then I, along with Pojun, Qisha, Tanlang, Taibai, Yinghuo, Shulan... and twenty-four other supreme gods, plus one thousand Great Luo Gods, shall meet with the Chan Sect's chief disciple, Guangchengzi, in the region of Shouyang Mountain!"

He paused, then looked at the two late-stage Supreme God star gods, Suixing and Zhenxing.

"Taisui, Zhenyu."

"Great Star Lord!" Upon hearing this, the two immediately stood up and responded solemnly in a loud voice.

"After we depart for the appointment, the affairs of the various realms of the Royal Court shall be left to you to manage!"

"Very well!"

Seeing this, Star Lord Ziwei could not help but laugh with satisfaction.

"Hahaha~ Rise!"

Following that, his figure transformed directly into a streak of purple divine radiance, vanishing into thin air within the Star God Realm.

Along with him went twenty-three other Supreme Gods, as well as over a thousand battle-hardened Great Luo Gods from among the ten thousand Great Luo Gods waiting outside the hall.

(End of this chapter)