693: The elixir is not enough, import some goods

While the Lingxiao Palace was filled with joy and harmony, Jiang Ziya, who had walked to Kunlun Mountain, was so enraged his liver was about to explode.

Although he had left the Lingxiao Palace, he was still using a Magical Artifact to monitor the battle at the peak of the Haotian Pagoda.

Upon seeing Yang Jian's betrayal, he immediately sent a voice transmission to the Heavenly Emperor, requesting the use of the investiture of the gods to suppress Yang Jian.

However... the Heavenly Emperor read it but did not reply!!!

"They've rebelled! They've rebelled!"

"They've made their move openly!"

On Kunlun Mountain, Jiang Ziya stomped his foot in anger.

He could now confirm that the Heavenly Emperor and the gods of the Heavenly Court were simply waiting for the Human Emperor to take his place!

Their goal was to overthrow all the rules established since the investiture of the gods!

How could this be allowed?!

If you don't acknowledge the investiture of the gods, then my God-Beating Whip will be useless, won't it?

Also, for the Investiture of the Gods Chess Game, I, Jiang Ziya, am the primary executor!

Whether the Human Emperor would become an enemy of the Heavenly Court after taking his place was unknown, but he certainly wouldn't let him off easily!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ziya quickened his pace.

The Heavenly Court was no longer pretending.

He had to see his Revered Master as soon as possible and ask for his authorization to use the investiture of the gods to suppress Yang Jian.

Otherwise... not to mention Li Jing, even Nezha would not be Yang Jian's opponent!

If this battle were lost, the Human Emperor would collect the last Divine Artifact and could immediately take his place.

By then, the Heavenly Court would surely guide him to tear up the investiture of the gods, completely severing his Karma!

Just as Jiang Ziya was anxious, a hearty voice came from the sky.

"Ziya, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time~"

Jiang Ziya was startled and looked ahead.

He saw a short, round-foreheaded elder riding on a crane.

"Senior Brother Arctic?"

Jiang Ziya immediately recognized the newcomer.

This short elder was also a Disciple of the Heavenly Venerate, the Arctic Immortal.

His status in the Chan School, though not as high as the Twelve Golden Immortals, was much higher than his own.

Jiang Ziya stepped forward and bowed.

The Arctic Immortal slightly raised his hand and said, "You've come to see Revered Master, haven't you?"

Jiang Ziya nodded and said, "The Heavenly Court has betrayed us. I have specifically come to ask Revered Master for authorization to use the investiture of the gods to suppress the immortal gods, and, if possible, for a few more Senior Brothers to accompany me to slay the Evil Emperor."

The Arctic Immortal shook his head with a smile and said, "Revered Master has already foreseen this, but he has gone into seclusion. He specifically ordered me to wait here and provide you with assistance."

With that, he raised his hand, summoning a scroll radiating with precious light.

"The investiture of the gods!"

Jiang Ziya was overjoyed.

Indeed, his own sect was powerful!

"Excellent. We will now suppress Yang Jian's power, and then quickly head to the peak of the Haotian Pagoda. If we delay any longer, I fear that Qin Yang will take his place."

The Arctic Immortal, however, waved his hand and said, "I have already suppressed Yang Jian. We are not in a hurry to go to the Haotian Pagoda. We should first go to Qin Yang's lair."

"To Qin Yang's lair?"

The Arctic Immortal nodded and said, "The Heavenly Court's attitude is ambiguous, so we will offer them a 'pledge of allegiance' on their behalf. I will, in the name of the Heavenly Court, cleanse the Human Emperor's subjects. This way..."

"Qin Yang and the Heavenly Court will be irreconcilable!"

Jiang Ziya slapped his thigh, exclaiming that his Senior Brother's plan was brilliant.

In fact, he had thought of this method before, and even implemented it.

The previous release of Lion Camel Ridge was meant to cause a rift between Qin Yang and the Heavenly Court.

Who knew that before Qin Yang even made a move, the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge were eliminated.

From this, it could be seen that the Empire under the Evil Emperor was not so easy to deal with.

Now, with the Arctic Immortal willing to act, the outcome might be different.

"As long as Qin Yang and the Heavenly Court fall out, even if the Heavenly Emperor is extremely unwilling, he will have to eliminate this menace."

"Senior Brother's action is a great act of Karma!"

Jiang Ziya was excited and bowed deeply to the Arctic Immortal.

The Arctic Immortal, as if in a hurry, rode his crane into the distance, turning back to say, "Karma is not something I dare claim, but my Immortal Pills have been running low recently. I need to get some more stock."

"Senior Brother's Immortal Pills are also for the Disciples of the Chan School, so it is still Karma."

Jiang Ziya said with a fawning smile, quickly following him... At the peak of the Haotian Pagoda, brilliant lights shone.

Li Jing against Yang Jian.

Nezha against Qin Yang.

Giant Spirit God against the Four Heavenly Kings.

One hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers against a million Imperial Guards.

These four "battle zones" were all fighting with the intensity of heaven and earth collapsing.

Divine light pierced the sky, and flames swept across the eight directions.

Amidst their fierce battle, the immortals completely disregarded the Haotian Pagoda's capacity to withstand the damage.

The Haotian Pagoda might be able to withstand it, but the ninety-nine layers of worlds built within it were struggling to hold up.

At this moment, every layer of the Heroic Divine Realm showed varying degrees of cracks.

Demons from the Secret Realm surged out of the fissures, like a natural disaster, sweeping across Empires, kingdoms, and villages.

The current Heroic Divine Realm no longer had heroes.

Adventurers could only rely on themselves to resist the tide of demons.

The death toll was rising, and the world's structure was crumbling.

Adventurers called out the names of gods, but no god responded.

Under this catastrophe, the so-called "gods" were also helpless.

"What the hell are they doing up there?! Tearing down the house?"

In the Heroic Divine Realm, on the Mount of Gods.

Akatosh and other gods, by Qin Yang's order, guarded below the tower's peak.

At this moment, they were all trembling, lamenting that they were unworthy of being called gods.

Only those existences at the peak of the world could truly be called gods!

"No wonder the God Emperor didn't let us participate in the battle."

"This scale of conflict already surpasses the duels between main gods."

Zenithar, the God of Creation, said with lingering fear.

To study the power of Creation, he had observed many worlds.

On rare occasions, he had also witnessed battles between two main gods.

Those were clashes of Law against Law. Each collision of a main god would cause cracks in the planar structure, leading to its collapse into nothingness, very similar to the current situation.

Zenithar had once seen a vast void space.

There was not a single plane there, nor any matter, like a void in the sea.

That was the battlefield where multiple main gods had fought, where everything had collapsed to zero. No matter how brilliant a civilization, in that battle, no trace was left, including the participating gods.

"If they keep fighting like this, this world, and even us, will not be preserved. We must do something."

Zenithar said to Akatosh.

Akatosh sighed and said, "What 'we'? Just say 'me.' Am I not the only one here with a civil engineering background?"

"If there's anything that needs to be done, we can help." The Goddess of Stars, Enya, stepped forward and said.

Akatosh looked around, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Including me, there are eight gods present. I can temporarily distribute Divine Authority to you all. Each of you go to one layer of the world and stabilize the spatial structure."

"But this world has ten layers. We are still short one god," Zenithar asked.

"Don't worry about the hundredth layer."

Akatosh glanced at the distant remains of the Time Elder, a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes, and said, "Anyway, this world won't need the Mount of Gods anymore in the future."