Chapter 225: The God King Court Also Has a Trick Up Its Sleeve

The next day.

Three marshals of the Dashang Dynasty, over a thousand First Divine Generals, and a grand army of twenty trillion marched west in unison, their swords pointed at Taixuan.

This time, the grand army was divided into four routes.

One route was led by Ziyou, a Supreme God of the Human God Rice from the Dashang imperial clan, commanding the Zhou Tian (three hundred and sixty-five) First Divine Generals, one hundred thousand Second-Rank Divine Generals and palace attendants, one hundred billion elite Human God Rice troops, and a five-trillion-strong army, marching west from the imperial capital toward the Taihe Mountain region.

The second route was led by the imperial court's Supreme God General Taiming, commanding a Zhou Tian number of First Divine Generals, another one hundred thousand Second-Rank Divine Generals, one hundred and twenty billion elite Human God Rice and Human Martial Rice troops, and an eight-trillion-strong army, marching from south to north toward the Taixuan Qingqiu Mountain region.

The third route was led by the former imperial Supreme God General Mu Liu, commanding a Zhou Tian number of First Divine Generals, as well as one hundred thousand Second-Rank Divine Generals, one hundred billion elite Human God Rice and Martial Rice troops, and a seven-trillion-strong army, marching from north to west toward the Taixuan Suolong Pass region.

The three routes of the grand army were imposing; for the convenience of the march, they each further divided into multiple columns to advance rapidly toward the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty.

Of course.

Along with the Dashang Dynasty, there were also the gods of the God Race hidden in the shadows.

This time, to guard against the Mysterious Gate Immortal Rice, the three God King Courts of the God Race were all mobilized, with the clear intent to annihilate every invading enemy.

Behind every route of the imperial army, there was a force of over ten thousand Great Luo Gods from the King Courts and the Pantheon System.

Among them.

The number of gods hidden in the shadows was beyond counting.

Taixuan Imperial Dynasty.

Taixuan Palace.

The current Lord of Taixuan, Yin He, looked at the intelligence reports passed up from below and was immediately so furious that he was hopping mad, roaring in the imperial court.

"Shang Zizhao!!!"

"That wretch dares to act against the imperial way; how dare he humiliate this Emperor so!!!"

Unable to quell the rage in his heart, he immediately drew a post-celestial spirit sword from the side of the imperial throne and swung it wildly and aimlessly into the void.

This caused the void of the imperial court to tremble incessantly, while the thousands of civil and military officials below all lowered their heads in silence.

"Enough!"

Just at this moment.

A majestic and solemn voice rang out in the court from thin air, the tone clearly carrying a reprimand.

Yin He furrowed his brows, just about to shout and ask who it was.

He then saw several streaks of golden divine radiance descend from the void, slowly manifesting their true forms in the great hall.

After the four figures appeared, the ministers behind were all shocked to the core upon seeing this.

"We pay our respects to the Wei Taihuang, Ancestor Jing, Ancestor Gong, and Ancestor Jian!"

Just then.

The middle-aged man at the end of the four, seeing that Yin He on the imperial dais was still in a daze, immediately shouted angrily.

"Rebellious son, why have you not yet come over to pay respects to your ancestors!"

Yin He came to his senses, looking at his imperial father with a complex expression.

He then walked down from the imperial dais respectfully, bowed, cupped his hands, and asked calmly.

"Descendant Yin He pays respects to Ancestor Jian, Ancestor Gong, and Ancestor Jing; your son He pays respects to Father Emperor."

The leader of the four, Ancestor Jian, named Yin Jian, was the uncle of Yin He's great-grandfather, currently at the Supreme God Chuji of the Divine Rice, Quasi-Saint Mid-Stage of the Immortal Rice, and Great Luo Realm of the Human Rice, plus the matter of his Fruit Position from the imperial dynasty's Qi Luck.

Combined with his spirit treasures and Divine Artifacts, his combat power could rival that of an existence at the late Quasi-Saint stage of the ancient times.

Yin Jian nodded slightly, not minding Yin He's rude behavior.

Instead, he asked indifferently.

"Now that the God Race and Dashang are attacking, do you have the confidence to repel the enemy?"

Thinking of the terrifying strength of the God Race and the Dashang Dynasty, Yin He felt lost. With such profound strength from the God Race, could the disciples of the Mysterious Gate Saints really block the God Race's advance? Regarding this.

Yin He was deeply skeptical at this moment.

It was better not to probe; one probe and he was terrified.

So the legends were true; the God Race was truly super terrifying! No wonder in the Primordial World, the God Race could always suppress the arrogant disciples of the Mysterious Gate Saints.

Thinking of this, Yin He could not help but shake his head gloomily and say.

"Reporting to Uncle Ancestor, the outcome of this battle depends on the strength supported by the Mysterious Gate. If the strength is great, perhaps Taixuan still has a glimmer of hope; if the strength is weak, then..."

Having said this much, the meaning Yin He intended to express was self-evident to everyone present.

Nodding, Yin Jian sighed.

He then looked at Yin He, and even the ministers in the court below, and said majestically.

"Before descending to the Lower Realm, the Great Ancestor He Gong said:

'If the situation is untenable, Taixuan must prioritize preserving its strength; if there is enough time, the entire dynasty must retreat in all directions toward the Tai Xuan Realm!'"

"'There is one more thing this seat will bestow upon you.'"

Having said this, Yin Jian released a restrictive barrier to the surroundings, separating the Yin Clan imperial family from the court ministers.

After doing all this, Yin Jian paused, and under Yin He's puzzled expression, he said solemnly.

"Yin He, Taixuan is not like the Great Zhou or Dashang, which have the full support of the Mysterious Gate and the God Race. If we continue to contend, regardless of the gains for our Yin Clan, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."

"Furthermore!"

"... Ancestor He Gong has already planned to align with Divine Xia, to merge into Divine Xia, and to gather the power of the ancient sages of the Human Race to fight the God Race and the Mysterious Gate with all our might!"

Once these words were spoken, Yin He was immediately stunned into a state of shock.

Merge into the Divine Xia Dynasty? To resist the God Race and the Mysterious Gate together with those old fogies from the Source of the Yellow River Ancestral Land? Is... is this really that stubborn? However...

The war with the Dashang Dynasty hadn't even begun, and you want me, the dignified Taixuan Dynasty, to turn around, abandon the Mysterious Gate, and have everyone surrender to Divine Xia? Damn it! Yin He, having regained his senses, could not help but curse inwardly.

However, seeing the four big shots like Yin Jian staring at him fixedly, Yin He felt his scalp tingle, and then, feeling unwilling, he said.

"Grand Uncle Ancestor, what if we manage to withstand the offensive of the God Race and Dashang in this battle?"

"Impossible!"

Yin Jian said decisively.

It was not that he did not want the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty to win, but that he was well aware of the might of the Divine Court's God Race.

In the era when he was born, it happened to be the middle period of the Human Dynasty era.

He remembered that at that time, he was a First-Rank Prince of the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty, and his cultivation in the Divine Rice had climbed to the Great Luo God Realm.

All his clansmen of the Yin Clan whose cultivation was at the Great Luo God Realm had once followed He Gong, the Old Ancestor, to the main world of the then Xia Dynasty to pay respects to Xia Zu Qi.

It was exactly at that time.

There, he saw an affiliated God Race under the protection of the Shanhai King Court, one of the eight King Courts of the God Race.

The Golden Lion God Beast Clan! The Golden Lion Demon Beast Clan was a native group of Honghuang, and during the Witch-Demon War, they had once joined the Demon Court.

At that time, the Golden Lion Old Ancestor was still alive, and with his cultivation at the early stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal, he could be considered to have a place in the Demon Court.

But after the Witch-Demon War, the Golden Lion Old Ancestor fell, and the backbone of the clan also fell by more than half.

Their overall strength compared to their peak period was simply less than one in ten.

The Golden Lion Demon Beast Clan also gradually declined as a result.

However, with the rise of the Divine Court and its subsequent entry into the Heavenly Realm.

Because the Golden Lion Beast Clan was proficient in the laws of the Geng Metal system and was a Demon Beast clan, they were taken under the protection of the Heavenly Dragon Great God King of the Shanhai King Court.

Now, tens of millions of years later, the Golden Lion Demon Beast Clan has also transformed into the Golden Lion God Beast Clan.

Because they often intermarried with the Thunder Lion God Beast Clan within the Shanhai Shenjie, they were one of the eighteen strongest clans among the affiliated God Beast clans of the Shanhai King Court system.

He learned.

The reason why the Golden Lion God Beast Clan appeared in the main God Realm of the Xia Dynasty at that time was because a Main God Realm Golden Lion God Beast in their clan had accidentally fallen in the Xia Dynasty.

Its natal world and natal Divine Artifact (Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure) had both disappeared. Within the world, there were even millions of innate spirits and hundreds of young-generation Golden Lion God Beast clansmen.

With such a huge loss, the Golden Lion God Beast Clan naturally dispatched a large number of experts to come to the then Xia main God Realm to demand an explanation from Xia Qi.

It was precisely at that time that Yin Jian saw the prosperity and dominance of the God Race! And this was just one such instance.

Following years of continuous attention and understanding.

He noticed.

Not to mention the Heavenly Dragon Great God King who had already achieved Proof of Rice and his own God Beast clan, the Shanhai King Court alone had thousands of affiliated clans, which was enough to compare to the sum of all the imperial dynasty forces of the Divine Rice.

Not to mention that what supports the Dashang Dynasty now is a super force composed of three God Race King Courts, dozens of large Pantheon Systems, and hundreds to thousands of small and medium-sized Pantheon Systems.

"Why?"

At this moment, Yin He asked in confusion.

"The battle between the Great Zhou and the Dayu Dynasty, although lost, the Mysterious Gate did not completely lose, right!?"

"The Mysterious Gate, relying solely on the forces belonging to a few second-generation disciples, could compare to a Star Royal Court. Now that our Taixuan has Daoism disciples, Chan Sect disciples, and Jie Sect disciples, plus other forces of the Mysterious Gate, such a force should be enough to compare to the Three God King Courts, right?"

"As long as the Mysterious Gate can hold off the God Race, our Taixuan Imperial Dynasty can completely rely on several defensive Great Arrays and the support of many Immortal clans and Alien Races to withstand the invasion of the three armies of the Dashang Dynasty!"

Yes, although this God Race invasion made him understand the strong strength of the three God Race King Courts and many Pantheon Systems.

But in the war of orthodox imperial dynasties, he had complete confidence.

The Taixuan Imperial Dynasty would certainly be able to withstand the invasion of the Dashang Dynasty! Yin Jian and several Taixuan Old Ancestors saw this and could not help but frown at it.

They were very displeased with Yin He's attitude.

They felt that in his heart, there was only his Taixuan, and no Yin Clan of Taixuan.

One must know.

Only the Yin Clan is the foundation of the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty! Without the Yin Clan, where would the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty come from? However.

At this very moment, this Yin He was actually still thinking about his throne as the Taixuan Imperial Lord! For this, he even dared to defy the orders of He Gong, the Old Ancestor, and Yin Jian, the Old Ancestor! His son was truly unwise! Thinking of this, Yin He's father, the previous generation's Taixuan Imperial Lord Yin Wei Taihuang, had a sharp look in his eyes and was just about to teach Yin He a lesson when he saw Old Ancestor Yin Jian wave his hand in front, stopping his action.

It was seen.

Yin Jian first smiled faintly, then said indifferently to Yin He.

"Yin He, do you know how much He Gong, the Old Ancestor, has sacrificed for our Yin Clan? Do you really think the strength of the three God King Courts of the God Race only consists of those three routes?"

"You don't know, you don't know anything!"

"What if this seat tells you that the three-way advance of the God Race and Dashang this time only accounts for one-tenth of the total strength of the Dashang Dynasty, and one percent of the three God King Courts of the God Race?"

"In that case, what would you do?"

"Not to mention the Star Royal Court and the Light King Court, just take the Shanhai King Court; its own clan force possesses over a hundred Supreme Gods comparable to the Quasi-Saint Realm, and in addition to its affiliated clans, there are even over two hundred. If the Supreme Gods are like this, then what about the Great Luo Gods under its protection? How many would there be?"

"No one knows this, because almost every ten thousand years, or even every thousand years, they promote one or more Great Luo Gods!"

"If it weren't for the fact that I don't know why the Shanhai King Court suddenly lost more than half of its forces recently, do you think this seat and He Gong, the Old Ancestor, would still let you agree to join the Mysterious Gate system to contain the progress of the Dashang Emperor?"

"You, who know nothing, are truly foolish beyond compare!"

"Now, immediately, at once, gather most of the Yin Clan's living strength and move toward the Divine Xia Dynasty in the Yellow River Basin. Do not disrupt the layout of He Gong, the Divine Xia Imperial Lord, and the predecessors and sages!!!"

Speaking to the end, Yin Jian said with a stern tone and expression.

Upon hearing this, Yin He trembled all over! And the thousands of civil and military officials in the hall below were completely baffled as they looked at the few people inside the array barrier.

Because of the obstruction of the array restriction barrier, they could only vaguely see the Yin Clan Old Ancestor seemingly criticizing and blaming the Taixuan Imperial Lord.

And the Taixuan Imperial Lord Yin He also seemed to have no intention of refuting.

Seeing this scene, all the civil and military ministers could not help but look at each other, not knowing what had happened inside.

"Just one King Court possesses so many Supreme Gods!? This... how is that possible! One must know, in the information sent by the Mysterious Gate, the Star Royal Court, which is also a God Race King Court, only has a few dozen Supreme Gods! And that is even after gathering the strength of its own clan and all affiliated God Race clans."

"Could it be that there is such a huge gap in strength between the God Race King Courts?" Yin He felt somewhat incredulous in his heart.

Thinking of this, Yin He looked at Yin Jian with a shocked expression.

"Grand Uncle-Ancestor, are the Shanhai King Court and the Star Royal Court not both God Race King Courts? Why is there such a huge difference between them?"

Regarding this, Yin Jian glanced at him and said with a huff.

"How would I know of such secret matters of the God Race? Perhaps this Star Royal Court also has a trick up its sleeve?"

"Right now, the Mountain and Sea Royal Court alone, based on the number of its powerhouses, is enough to rival two Chan Sects, not to mention that this time the God Race has dispatched three royal courts, among which the Light King Court is even known as the number one royal court of the God Race. In such a situation, how can the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty win?"

The Weitai Emperor, standing to the side, also chimed in at this moment.

"My imperial son, your grand-uncle is right. This matter is far less simple than you imagine. Furthermore, the situation is clear now: the Great Zhou has the Mysterious Gate behind it, the Dashang Dynasty has the Divine Court behind it, and only the Divine Xia has the main force of our Human Race behind it."

After a pause, the Weitai Emperor and Yin Jian exchanged glances with the three others, then said heavily.

"In this war for the unification of the Human Race, the victor can only be the imperial dynasty of our Human Race, and the Heavenly Dynasty can only be the Heavenly Dynasty of our Human Race!"

Speaking of this, Yin Jian and the four others could not help but recall several decades ago.

The meeting of all Human Race factions at the Source of the Yellow River in the Human Ancestral Land could not help but cause a trace of fanaticism to flash in their eyes.

After listening to the accounts of Yin Jian and the Weitai Emperor, Yin He fell silent.

A long time passed.

Yin He gave a bitter smile, then asked hoarsely.

"Then, are we still going to fight this battle against the Dashang Dynasty?" Yin Jian, the Weitai Emperor, and the others all smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"That you can think clearly makes your imperial father very gratified; sometimes, letting go is not necessarily a bad thing."

The Weitai Emperor smiled with gratification.

"Although the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty is already preparing to retreat to the Yellow River Basin and merge into the Divine Xia Dynasty, this defensive battle is still necessary to fight!"

"Indeed!"

Yin Jian took over the conversation at this point.

"In this way, send those officials and soldiers who are close to the Mysterious Gate and who practice Divine Rice methods to the front lines, then withdraw those practitioners, soldiers, and officials who are close to our Human Race side, along with their relatives and factions, toward the imperial capital. I will arrange for them to transfer to the Yellow River Basin!"

Upon hearing this, Yin He sighed inwardly for a moment, but quickly recovered and said heavily.

"He, will respectfully obey the words of Father and the Ancestor!"

He knew.

After this battle.

Regardless of whether those soldiers who went to the front lines survived or not, they would have nothing to do with the Taixuan Imperial Dynasty anymore.

In other words, the Taixuan Immortal Soldiers he had spent tens of thousands of years building would ultimately turn into floating clouds! To say it was not painful would be a lie.

But for the sake of the Yin Clan of Taixuan, for the sake of the flourishing of Human Luck, he had to do this! And he had to do it! Because whether it was the Mysterious Gate or the Divine Court, it was impossible for them to continue spending large amounts of resources to support a Taixuan Imperial Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)