606: Gods have no gender, their appearance is determined by the heart

Countless people fled towards the direction of the lightning tribulation.

When an innate deity is born, the tribulation they face is not a tribulation at all, but a celebration of heaven and earth; perhaps they can also benefit from it.

In the sky, countless streaks of light flashed by, with people flying on swords, piloting flying boats, and riding divine beast carriages, all heading in one direction.

Soon, everyone arrived and stopped before a large formation.

"Feng Sheng, you lost. Why aren't you getting lost?" Jian Yang said coldly.

"Hmph!" Feng Sheng scoffed, unmoved.

After ten thousand years of battle, he had indeed lost by half a step, but he was not dead, so it didn't count as a loss.

Ru Yu Divine Maiden was crucial to his path to enlightenment; he could not possibly give her up.

"Fellow Daoist Feng Sheng, going back on your word is not the act of a gentleman." Tian Yin's voice contained immense imperial majesty, and a phenomenon erupted with a roar.

A colossal imperial Dharma image pierced through the heavens and earth, with billions of living beings prostrating themselves in worship, as if it were a Heavenly Emperor suppressing the universe.

"Tian Yin, are you talking about yourself?" Feng Sheng sneered.

He had lost to Jian Yang by half a step, but wasn't Tian Yin in the same situation?

His physical body had even been blown apart by the two of them working together.

"If not for the two of you ganging up on me in a sneak attack, how could I have been defeated?" Tian Yin's face turned grim.

Among the three, he was the most severely injured.

But if they were to fight fairly, he, Tian Yin, was not weaker than anyone.

He had to make that clear here.

Tian Yin could see that none of the three of them wanted to withdraw; now it just depended on who Ru Yu Divine Maiden would ultimately choose to leave with.

If she chose him, then all would be well.

If not… a murderous glint flashed in Tian Yin's eyes.

What he couldn't get, no one else would either.

"Two defeated opponents, I advise you to gracefully retreat." Jian Yang's voice echoed through the heavens and earth, "Even if Ru Yu Divine Maiden were to choose, she would choose me."

"Heh, a bunch of fools. Little do they know, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it."

Zhao Xu, hidden in the void, had a mocking look in his eyes and a cynical smile playing on his lips.

Before anything was even certain, the three of them had already fought for ten thousand years, each sustaining injuries.

As for him, he only needed to remain hidden behind the scenes and take Ru Yu Divine Maiden away at the crucial moment.

As for whether Ru Yu Divine Maiden was willing to go with him, Zhao Xu wasn't worried in the slightest.

Ru Yu Divine Maiden was an innate deity, supremely noble and born free. How could she tolerate being contended for like an item by three men?

It was likely Ru Yu Divine Maiden wanted to kill all three of them.

He only needed to wait for Ru Yu Divine Maiden to be defeated, then step in as a hero to save the beauty. Would Ru Yu Divine Maiden not be overflowing with gratitude towards him?

Thinking of the three being played in the palm of his hand, Zhao Xu's eyes showed a look of self-satisfaction… "Ru Yu Divine Maiden?"

"What Ru Yu Divine Maiden?"

Inside the innate great formation, a giant egg was covered in great dao divine runes, exuding an aura that transcended all paths.

Gu Qing had perfectly advanced to the seventh level of the Divine Emperor Realm, becoming extraordinary and sacred, reaching the pinnacle of sublimation.

Just as he was about to break out of his shell, he heard the name Ru Yu Divine Maiden, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

"Ru Yu Divine Maiden is you, Host." Youmeng's gentle, magnetic voice carried a hint of teasing.

"???"

Gu Qing suddenly got goosebumps all over his body.

"I'm a man… Wait, do you mean that the divine maiden I refined is Ru Yu Divine Maiden?"

"That's right! They came to marry Ru Yu Divine Maiden, which means you, Host. Are you happy, Host? Surprised?"

"…"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing's eyes widened in anger, and his stomach churned.

This was the most horrifying joke he had ever heard.

Rage surged from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

"Hoo!"

Gu Qing took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that this divine maiden had so many suitors before she was even born?"

It was truly disgusting.

As a straight man, being sought after in marriage by a group of men, even knowing it was a misunderstanding, Gu Qing's heart couldn't help but go wild.

He wanted to punch the world into oblivion.

"What if I had told you?"

"If I had told you, would you not have refined the divine maiden?" Youmeng retorted.

"…That's impossible."

How could Gu Qing not eat the fat meat delivered to his mouth?

"So, Host, you deserve this tribulation." Youmeng stifled a laugh.

"…Then can this identity still be used?"

"If you had told me earlier, I definitely wouldn't have taken on her identity." Gu Qing was filled with resentment.

"Host, your perspective is too narrow."

Youmeng said leisurely, "Deities are noble beings born from the natural gestation of heaven and earth, innate Dao Seeds. The Dao has no gender; everything arises from the heart."

"Therefore, Host's identity can still be used and will not have any impact."

No impact, my foot!

Gu Qing naturally knew that deities had no gender, and appearance was born from the heart, but the prerequisite was that others didn't perceive him as female.

This identity absolutely could not be kept.

After breaking out of the shell, he would immediately refine Ru Yu Divine Maiden's destiny.

Gu Qing calmed his emotions, extended his divine sense, and collected the white jade tree, as well as the innate spirit crystals, exotic flowers and plants, and all valuable treasures buried deep underground, into his Boundless Space.

Even this innate great formation was dismantled, and its formation artifacts were stored in the Boundless Space.

After all, it was an innate great formation, comparable in value to an Innate Spirit Treasure.

Although he wasn't lacking in this, if he encountered it, he couldn't miss it.

Rumble!

The moment the great formation shattered, everyone fixed their gaze and saw the great dao divine runes on the giant egg. Everyone's pupils constricted in shock, staring incredulously at the giant egg.

"Is this… great dao divine runes of the seventh realm?"

"How can this be?"

The crowd confirmed again and again, looking repeatedly, observing and deducing the extraordinary and sacred aura emanating from the giant egg several times, finally having to accept this fact.

This Ru Yu Divine Maiden, who was about to be born, was a deity of the seventh realm.

Tian Yin and the other two slowly shook their heads, their minds greatly shaken, completely bewildered.

According to calculations by those behind them, Ru Yu Divine Maiden was only of the third realm. Even if there was some discrepancy, it shouldn't be this significant.

After all, the third realm and the seventh realm were deities of completely different heavens.

The seventh realm was known as extraordinary and sacred; all below the Saint were ants.

A single glance could obliterate all living beings below the seventh realm.

Had they found the wrong person?

Was this giant egg not Ru Yu Divine Maiden at all, but another Divine Venerable?

The three immediately took out a divine jade.

This was a magic treasure specifically used to sense Ru Yu Divine Maiden's aura.

Zhao Xu also took out his magic treasure for sensing Ru Yu Divine Maiden.

Seeing their magic treasures light up, consistent with the aura on the giant egg, turbulent waves surged in the hearts of the four.

It really was Ru Yu Divine Maiden.

Then… did they still have a chance to marry Ru Yu Divine Maiden?

Tian Yin and the other two were only frustrated for a moment before being swept away by immense joy.

What if she was of the seventh realm?

They were successors of twelve-star forces.

If the seventh to ninth realms were extraordinary and sacred, then the tenth to twelfth realms were the Heavenly Dao Realm, transcending all paths.

There was a fundamental difference between the two, a gap like heaven and earth.

They only needed to bring out their sects, and it would be enough to deter Ru Yu Divine Maiden.

The more noble and extraordinary Ru Yu Divine Maiden was, the greater the help she would be to them.

"So that's it."

"No wonder Master was so certain that Ru Yu Divine Maiden would definitely help me rise rapidly."

The three were ecstatic, looking at the giant egg, their excitement hard to suppress.

Being of the seventh realm upon birth indicated that Ru Yu Divine Maiden had the potential of a Master God.

Even if she couldn't achieve the Master God Dao later, breaking through to the Heavenly Dao Realm would absolutely be no problem.

Zhao Xu looked at the giant egg, then at Tian Yin and the other two, pondered for a moment, and a slow smile spread across his lips.

"Ru Yu Divine Maiden definitely wouldn't dare offend the Celestial Venerable Dynasty, Heavenly Sword Sect, and Heavenly Wind Sect. In the end, she can only escape, but where can she escape to? She can't escape."

Since Ru Yu Divine Maiden had already exposed her aura, as long as a Heavenly Dao Realm expert made a move, they would definitely be able to deduce her location.

So, in the end, it still had to rely on him.

He could take Ru Yu Divine Maiden to his old man's great formation to isolate Heavenly Dao Realm deductions.

He would essentially be saving Ru Yu Divine Maiden's life, owing her a life-saving grace.

Later, when Ru Yu Divine Maiden prospered, he could also benefit from it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu smiled charmingly: "The old man truly has uncanny foresight. This trip was not in vain."