324: The Hidden Immortal Society was destroyed.

True God Country.

Gong Juren woke up hazily from a dream. Just as he was about to irritably hang up the phone, he saw the caller ID and jolted awake.

"God!"

"Just call me Brother Le."

"Le, Brother Le, I..." He was somewhat nervous. He pushed away the three arms draped over his body, got up, and walked to the living room.

Xu Le wasn't angry, but spoke leisurely: "Are you willing to remain high and mighty, enjoying this for another seven years, or would you rather live a plain, ordinary life in seclusion with the two girls on your bed?"

Gong Juren scratched his head: "Brother Le, I have no feelings for them."

Xu Le: "So, you intend to keep enjoying this for another seven years?"

"What happens after seven years?"

"Death. And a pretty miserable one!" Xu Le didn't hide anything.

"I..."

If it were before, Gong Juren would have made a choice without hesitation.

But after becoming the Pope, below only one god and above hundreds of millions of people, he had fallen into decadence.

The thought of no longer being able to enjoy power and status made his whole body feel like ants were crawling on it.

Xu Le watched as countless astrological signs vanished, understanding the other's choice: "One last piece of advice: secretly prepare a way to take your own life. It really will be quite miserable."

"Who wants to harm me?"

"It's meaningless. Even if I gave you a list of ten thousand names, ten thousand and one would pop up. Wasting your effort will only shorten that time instead. Enjoy yourself and don't overthink it. The more you do, the more mistakes you'll make."

"I... I'm sorry!"

"I told you the day I let you become Pope to play however you wanted. You have nothing to apologize to me for."

"Brother Le!" Gong Juren only felt a sense of desolation in his heart and took a deep breath.

Over these past three years, he had increasingly felt that Xu Le possessed vast Divine Abilities.

Once, he thought Xu Le was Professor Xu from another planet. But after conquering the Peninsula, Elephant, and other countries, he completely believed he was a god!

An omnipotent god!

...Xu Le hung up the phone and contacted the Popes of the other countries.

They didn't have Gong Juren's status; it was merely a notification—live out your remaining years well, we won't meet again.

The next day.

The Popes of the Zhenyi Cult one after another followed the divine decree, dismantling all divine statues of the god and removing all videos and audio related to the god. Anyone who disobeyed and kept private collections would be executed by hanging.

Countless believers rushed into the churches in anger. Only when the white-armored Heavenly Soldiers appeared did those believers remember the terror of the Day of God's Descent.

Bishops from various regions came forward and began to explain.

The God has already comprehended the true essence of the world, his magic power has reached a higher level, and he has become an Incarnation of all things, accompanying his believers at every moment.

divine statues, videos, and such were all narrow vessels for devotion and could not truly display the greatness of the deity.

Only then did the fanatical believers begin to obey the orders and burn their tokens of faith.

There were also believers who firmly believed the current Popes were misinterpreting God's will to usurp God's authority, and they secretly hid divine statues.

But soon, they were dragged into the Inquisition and executed by hanging... Hidden Immortal Society video conference.

Armor Immortal Lord pounded the table excitedly: "Gaga, Tang Immortal Lord, I have to say, Great Xia people understand Great Xia people best. He really only held out for three years."

The twilight on Tang Immortal Lord's Face deepened by two degrees, and his expression became increasingly solemn: "Not necessarily!"

The other Immortal Lords also began to speak: "What? Could he possibly persist any longer?"

Tang Immortal Lord shook his head: "Hard to say. But I don't recommend any actions targeted at him, and I will certainly not join in."

Armor Immortal Lord laughed loudly: "An old Great Xia proverb says, 'The older one gets, the smaller one's courage becomes.' Tang Immortal Lord, you are old!"

He had a subtext he didn't voice: You no longer deserve to possess so much territory and so much faith.

Not only Armor Immortal Lord had this thought; the other Immortal Lords felt the same way. It was just that compared to the more direct Armor Immortal Lord, they were more calculating.

Thinking of the shadow in his heart, Tang Immortal Lord fell silent and closed his mouth.

The hearts of the other Immortal Lords sank.

At this moment, the more Tang Immortal Lord argued excitedly, the more it would prove his cowardice. But he did nothing.

The crowd began to mock Tang Immortal Lord's old age, talking about the helplessness of their own relatives as they grew old, laughing loudly.

Tang Immortal Lord still didn't say a word. He planned to wait for them to finish laughing before temporarily withdrawing from the Hidden Immortal Society's weekly meetings.

He was afraid!

A flash of white light zipped across Great Strength Immortal Lord's screen.

Everyone closed their eyes.

"Great Strength Immortal Lord, you really are an old child! Even if your body is in great shape, consider the other elderly folk."

"This prank is too low-level. We're fine, but I'm afraid Tang Immortal Lord might be scared into a heart attack..."

"..."

On the surface, everyone reproached Great Strength Immortal Lord, but they were still secretly testing Tang Immortal Lord.

Great Strength Immortal Lord never appeared.

Tang Immortal Lord suddenly thought of the past. He immediately exited the video conference, threw away his phone, went out to his Maserati, and drove toward the wilderness alone.

He wanted to hide far away.

If it was just a false alarm, at worst he'd lose a little Face and some territory.

At his current age, all of that was just passing clouds.

Time slowly passed.

Half an hour later, he abandoned his car and hid in a primeval forest. He hurriedly used his Spirit Domain to travel for another ten minutes or so, finally approaching a safe house he had built himself.

Just as he pushed open the wooden door, he saw a handsome young man sitting at the table.

"16:16:16, these numbers are quite auspicious."

Tang Immortal Lord didn't hesitate for a moment and knelt on both legs: "Spare me, I am also a person of Great Xia!"

Xu Le was dumbfounded. Although he had seen future images through the Karma lines, he still couldn't help but click his tongue at this decisiveness when encountering it in person: "You are an Immortal Lord! A being with peak cultivation!"

Tang Immortal Lord didn't maintain any dignity: "I just enjoyed a bit more power; I've never done anything truly wicked."

Xu Le followed the Karma lines to check his past and found that this man was as he said. From the start of his cultivation, he had rarely fought, mostly relying on opportunism. After becoming successful, he relied on using his influence to suppress others. He had faced powerful enemies three times and had simply fled each time before throwing money around.

The personnel of the Great Xia Hidden Immortal Society were almost all loyal dogs he had trained, yet when Yamamoto Tsuruoka came to the door, he had handed them all over immediately.

Xu Le shook his head: "With power comes obligation. After you've enjoyed it, you throw the quagmire to others. Therefore, you deserve to die!"

Tang Immortal Lord was grief-stricken and indignant, his beard trembling with rage: "You... are you a good person? Japan, the Peninsula... so many patriots were almost wiped out by you."

"Oh! I've always claimed to be a Demon God, acting only for my own selfish interests. I just saw you getting into character and helped you analyze things a bit."

"Fine, fine, fine! Do you think you've got me beat?"

Tang Immortal Lord's hair and beard bristled as he summoned his ancestral spirit. A black Ancient Dragon transformed into armor to wrap around him, and his majestic Aura dispersed the clouds in the sky.

His ancestral spirit was also wrapped in purple Tribulation Qi, but it only covered half of it. His state was better than that of the previously arrogant Japanese.

"Accept the wrath of a top-tier Immortal Lord! You forced me!"

There is a type of bird that nests in a tree, neither flying nor calling for ten years. But once it flies, it soars to the heavens; once it calls, it startles the world!

He just liked to hide and slowly make his fortune, what was wrong with that? He didn't like fighting and intended to leave once he'd earned enough faith; what crime had he committed?

Why force me?

Kill!

Tang Immortal Lord mobilized the Spiritual Qi belonging to the Ancient Dragon, his violent Aura grinding the house and surrounding vegetation into dust.

Before the battle even began, the Void Realm had already been torn with several gasps, and spatial turbulence swirled in.

"So much drama?" With a thought from Xu Le, the Ghost immediately used the "Duel" Skill, pulling Tang Immortal Lord's ancestral spirit into the Duel space.

Next, a bolt of lightning struck him personally, instantly turning him into charcoal.

The Ancient Dragon in the Duel space immediately became like a deflated balloon. Most of its Spiritual Qi was taken by the Ghost, while some mysterious elements were reclaimed by the Heavenly Dao.

The last of the nine great Immortal Lords was killed, and the Hidden Immortal Society was destroyed.

"I should also completely cut these Karma lines!"

Xu Le looked at the dense web of threads. With a wave of his hand, the paper figurine "Heavenly Soldiers" scattered across the various countries of the True God all turned to dust and dissipated.