“He really must be having trouble sleeping.” Jiang Lan couldn’t help but smile, her eyes narrowing.

Although he and the Arctic Holy Emperor "Jiang Fan" are brothers, Jiang Fan's actions regarding the Life God King and Jiang Li went too far.

If the former can be explained by the struggle between the local royal family and the ascendants, the latter is really not the behavior a father should have!

Jiang Fan's behavior is far too selfish and selfish, even worse than selling his daughter!

Therefore, even if Jiang Lan couldn't snatch it herself, she would still stop Jiang Fan from getting it this time when Tianzun Mountain descended!

Whether it's revenge or pettiness, Jiang Lan doesn't care about anything else; she just wants Jiang Fan to taste the bitter fruit of his actions.

"The Azure Heaven Seal has already fallen into Cao Ya's hands. As for the next one, the Earth Seal..." The Death God King sneered, "Jiang Fan will definitely be tossing and turning, worrying about us, and will have to ask the Carefree Heavenly Venerable for help!"

"However, we will not do that!"

Glancing at the newlyweds who were toasting, the Death God King did not intend for Hou Feiqiang to acknowledge the Carefree Celestial Venerable as his biological father.

They're all gods now, so they deserve the respect they're due.

Besides, this is Hou Fei's family matter. Qin Yu and Jiang Lan might be able to say something, but what right does she, an outsider, have to say anything? No matter how it ends, it's Hou Fei's own choice.

"According to the news, the Heavenly Venerable Mountain has descended to earth, and each Heavenly Venerable will have one opportunity to make a move."

"The Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable's promise has been given to Jiang Fan. As for the Carefree Celestial Venerable, there's still no news. As for the Floating Feather Celestial Venerable... we're not familiar with him at all—probably no one in the entire God Realm is familiar with this Celestial Venerable!—so there's no need to mention him further."

Yi Feng, the God King, also harbored deep hostility towards Jiang Fan.

For him, Jiang Lan, and the God of Death, the competition for the Heavenly Venerable Treasure was only a secondary matter, something to be done incidentally. The most important thing was to thwart the plans of Jiang Fan and the Northwest Thunder Punishment City!

“We can’t possibly invite the Celestial Venerable of Leisure, but outsiders… well, they won’t think that way, and they’ll inevitably get restless,” Jiang Lan said.

"Hmm." Cao Ya drank his wine, thinking to himself that he was quite looking forward to the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable's move.

With his combat prowess, killing a Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable wouldn't be a problem.

Even considering Lin Meng's presence, they could still beat Lei Fa Tian Zun to a pulp.

"Sigh." Cao Ya sighed softly to himself.

He didn't recognize Lin Meng here. The one he was familiar with was Lin Lei from "Panlong".

"Fortunately, Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable was not an independently cultivated Celestial Venerable, and his domineering and arrogant personality is not the kind of person that Lin Lei... well, Lin Meng values."

"Although he has become the controller and has multiple eras, I believe that Lin Meng's character will not change!"

"If it weren't for the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable, who was destined to hold the position of Heavenly Venerable for two generations, which was unchangeable... At the beginning of the creation of the world, Lin Meng would definitely have chosen one person from among the other first generation members of the royal family to serve as the first Heavenly Venerable of the Lin Meng Universe!"

"There's no other way. Thunder Punishment City bears a heavy responsibility. Without a Heavenly Venerable to oversee it, things could easily go wrong."

The eight royal families of the divine realm are, in fact, responsible for the operation of eight fundamental elements.

The seven cities—the Arctic Snow City, the Antarctic Mirror City, the Eastern Golden Mountain, and the Western Flaming Mountain—only affect one realm of gods.

However, the Northwest Thunder Punishment City manages the Heavenly Tribulations, not only in the God Realm, but also in countless lower planes, where all kinds of tribulations and ascensions are under its control.

Even though the rules of heaven and earth are here and cannot be manipulated, with the authority of Thunder Punishment City, making slight adjustments, such as reducing the cruelty of the calamity by three or two, is an easy matter.

Otherwise, why is Thunder Punishment City the strongest among the eight royal families?

It wasn't just because of the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable; the very power and responsibility of this royal family destined countless cultivators to serve them.

Therefore, from the perspective of the stability and development of the divine realm, Thunder Punishment City must have a Celestial Venerable!

But this person doesn't necessarily have to be the current one.

Over the course of two generations, the royal family of Thunder Punishment City, including all direct and collateral branches, numbered in the tens of thousands!

However, the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable only cares about his branch.

It should be noted that each royal family has at least two or three members in the first generation.

“The current Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable ‘Zhou An’ has a controversial style of doing things, and is arrogant and conceited.”

"His existence is merely to suppress the order of Thunder Punishment City before Zhou Qing rises to power."

Cao Ya understood that Zhou Qing, a member of a collateral branch of Thunder Punishment City who had been discriminated against and ostracized by the direct line, was the first strong person in the Linmeng Universe to prove himself as a Heavenly Venerable!

Similarly, only when Lei Fa City is managed by Zhou Qing can it truly get on the right track.

Instead of the current situation, where Thunder Punishment City acts recklessly, even other royal families are quite dissatisfied.

Cao Ya figured that as long as he didn't blow up Thunder Punishment Celestial "Zhou An" on the spot, he should be fine.

Of course, try not to take the initiative and let Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable "Zhou An" go down first.

In this way, no matter how he tries to fight back, it will all be Zhou An's own fault.

Any potential problems were avoided.

"Given Zhou An's personality, even if he does nothing, he'll still try to suppress me!"

"And what chance do the Arctic Holy Emperor and the Northwest Holy Emperor have against me?"

Cao Ya was also very confident because of his overall combat strength and his understanding of Lin Meng.

He was determined to seize the Houtu Seal!

He is still stuck on the level of "time acceleration" and has not yet grasped the concept of "time stillness".

The final step, "time reversal," is far from accurate.

Of course, his "time acceleration" can already be done millions of times!

If he were to go to a lower plane, he could wipe out an entire starry sky in an instant with a wave of his hand.

None of it was deliberate destruction, but rather it naturally disappeared with the passage of time.

Although there were some hiccups, Hou Fei's wedding proceeded normally overall.

"What? Is that really true?"

However, when the major powers received the news afterward, they were all secretly alarmed.

That Misty City has such a relationship with the Carefree Celestial Venerable?

The Asura God King, the Blood Demon Queen, the Eastern Holy Emperor, and others are alright. Although they have concerns, they are not particularly worried, since they all have a decent relationship with Misty City.

Even when faced with a Heavenly Venerable's treasure, a fight is inevitable, but it will only be a simple competition, not a complete enmity.

Only the Arctic Snow City and the Northwest Thunder Punishment City have completely changed color.

"Damn it! That monkey, not only did he become a god-king, but he's also the offspring of the carefree Celestial Venerable in the mortal realm?"

Inside the Arctic Snow City, the Arctic Holy Emperor "Jiang Fan" looked extremely annoyed.

After mastering "space manipulation," traversing various worlds becomes a trivial matter.

However, the god-kings rarely acted in this way; they preferred to stay in the divine realm and cultivate diligently, waiting for the opportunity presented by the Heavenly Venerable.

The Celestial Venerables have reached their peak, and because of the vast territory of the Divine Realm, they can see everything at a glance. No matter what dangerous place, desperate situation, or ruin or cave, none of them are enough to threaten the Celestial Venerables, nor can they tempt them to have the idea of ​​exploring.

Therefore, the Celestial Venerables spend most of their time traveling in lower planes.

The power levels in the lower planes are indeed not high enough, but each world has its own unique characteristics, making them incredibly diverse. For the Celestial Venerable, this is a unique experience.

In this situation, it is quite common for Celestial Venerables to have offspring in certain lower planes.

In any case, in the Stellar Transformation universe, achieving immortality is extremely easy.

Of course, it is quite rare for descendants of such lower realms to ascend to the realm of gods.

"Brother Jiang Fan, why the rush?" At this moment, the divine sense of the Northwest Holy Emperor spread to Snowdrift City.

"With my father here, even if the Celestial Venerable of Leisure were to intervene, I would have nothing to fear!"

The Northwest Holy Emperor's voice was filled with pride.

"Even among the three Heavenly Venerables, there are differences in strength."

The Arctic Holy Emperor "Jiang Fan" was suddenly moved.

As one of the first beings in the divine realm, he naturally knew all the secrets of the divine realm.

They even had some understanding of the situation between the Heavenly Venerables.

Putting everything else aside, the Feathered Celestial Venerable is definitely the strongest! Next is the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable. The Carefree Celestial Venerable, who was fortunate enough to succeed at the end of the last epoch, should be considered the last of the three Celestial Venerables.

As long as the Celestial Venerable Piaoyu doesn't intervene, with the Celestial Venerable Leifa protecting him, who is he afraid of?

"This time, we must be even more vigilant against the God-King of Misty City." The Northwest Holy Emperor's voice became solemn.

Thinking of how terrifying Cao Ya, the Holy Emperor of the North Pole, also felt his eyelids twitch.

"If this attempt fails again, then Cao Ya will have obtained two fragments of the Celestial Venerable's Seal..."

"Isn't he practically guaranteed a spot as a Celestial Venerable in this round?"

The Arctic Holy Emperor's face darkened; this was something he absolutely could not accept!

He had to "sell" his daughter to get the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable's promise. If he failed in the end, he would be spitting blood!

After all, within Jiang Li's body lies the "Tears of a Meteor," a remnant of the God of Life.

Whoever can cultivate with Jiang Li, obtain the "Meteor Tear", and then refine it will have a great chance to advance to the God King level!

Otherwise, why would Jiang Li's marriage proposal event have caused such a stir back then? It was precisely because it almost represented a God-King position that it caused such a sensation in the God Realm!

With the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable present, it's virtually impossible for Thunder Punishment City to obtain a spot at Celestial Venerable Mountain.

Even the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable dared not assist Thunder Punishment City, otherwise, the Floating Feather Celestial Venerable would take action.

Therefore, using this action to help Zhou Xian become a God King and increase the foundation of Thunder Punishment City is not a bad idea.

Therefore, even though Qin Yu had brought out a top-tier Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the Arctic Holy Emperor still did not choose Qin Yu, but instead chose Zhou Xian!

Furthermore, Qin Yu has clearly stated that the second "Meteor Tear" is on him, and he will not rely on the "Meteor Tear" to become a king. Instead, he will give the "Meteor Tear" to Jiang Li. In this way, even if Jiang Li's comprehension and accumulation are somewhat inferior to other upper-level gods, having two "Meteor Tears" in hand will make up for his shortcomings, and he will still have a great chance of becoming a god-king!

Simply put, Qin Yu was willing to help Jiang Li achieve his goals rather than obtain the "Meteor Tear" to achieve his own! Zhou Xian, on the other hand, was definitely the latter. He had been cultivating for two eras and was stuck at the Upper Heavenly God realm, and not even a powerful one. If he missed the opportunity of the "Meteor Tear," he would never be able to break through to the God King realm in his lifetime!

Clearly, Jiang Li is a "big medicine" in Zhou Xian's eyes!

As for what will happen to Jiang Li later... Zhou Xiancai doesn't care as long as he becomes king!

At most, they will refrain from abusing them out of respect for the Holy Emperor of the Arctic.

However, even with Qin Yu and Zhou Xian's attitudes so clearly different, the Arctic Holy Emperor still abandoned his own daughter Jiang Li for the sake of his path to Heavenly Venerable!

In particular, Jiang Li and Qin Yu are mutually in love!

It's not that there's anything wrong with pursuing the Heavenly Venerable realm, but the methods of the Arctic Holy Emperor and his cruel nature inevitably make the God King despise him.

Perhaps the Holy Emperor of the North Pole believed that once he became a Celestial Venerable, any criticism would disappear and be replaced by awe.

But here's the question: can he really succeed?

Just thinking about that scene sent a chill down the spine of the Arctic Holy Emperor, Jiang Fan.

"I don't want to... become a laughingstock among the god-kings!"

The face of the Arctic Holy Emperor was almost completely distorted.

"Cao Ya, you forced me to do this!" The Arctic Holy Emperor's expression was cold.

He made his decision: at the moment the Houtu Seal was born, he would entrust the Northwest Holy Emperor to invite the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable!

He was unwilling to wait any longer. When the Manifestation of Ten Thousand People actually appeared in the world, who knew what kind of changes might occur!

"I will go and inform my father immediately." The Northwest Holy Emperor's divine sense quickly departed.

The Holy Emperor of the North Pole sat on his throne, where sunlight streamed in, casting an unpredictable and distorted light.

...

No one knows about this conversation in the Arctic snow-covered city.

All the gods and kings were eager to obtain the Seal of Houtu.

Of course, there are also some champions who, fearing the intensity of the battles and knowing their own inadequacy, simply choose not to participate.

However, after Hou Fei got married in Misty City, Qin Yu and Jiang Li's second son was born and named "Qin Shuang".

Unlike her eldest son Qin Si, Qin Shuang's aptitude was extremely poor.

Everyone felt a pang of regret; both her parents were God-Kings, yet Qin Shuang...

"well."

Qin Yu and Jiang Li, as parents, were naturally heartbroken.

But they are all god-kings, and they have the ability to protect Qin Shuang and allow her to live peacefully in the god realm.

"Whether he can become a lower-level god is a question," Jiang Lan sighed.

This is all thanks to Qin Shuang's god-king parents, who carefully taught her and nurtured her with all sorts of rare and precious materials!

Otherwise, if Qin Shuang had been born in the mortal realm, it would be questionable whether she could have ascended to the immortal, demon, or monster realm; in any case, the divine realm was definitely out of the question.

The princes examined Qin Shuang's qualifications and all shook their heads in disapproval.

"It's not easy to become a superior god," said God King Yi Feng.

"Shuang'er..." Tears welled up in Jiang Li's eyes.

"With us here, not to mention high-level gods, even mid-level and low-level gods can live well in this divine realm," Qin Yu said in a deep voice. "Furthermore, the divine realm is vast, with countless gods, but how many are truly celestial beings? One in ten thousand!"

"In the mortal realm, the realm of immortals, demons, and monsters, there are countless beings who cannot even touch the edge of the divine realm and cannot ascend! They are not even gods!"

Hou Fei and Hei Yu both nodded.

The God of Death felt the same way.

As ascendants, they have seen and heard countless heartbreaking events.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic."

Suddenly, Cao Ya chuckled softly and said, "No one can say for sure what Qin Shuang's future holds!"

"I think Qin Shuang is quite promising."

Everyone was taken aback.

They carefully examined the infant Qin Shuang, but no matter how they looked at her, they couldn't find anything particularly outstanding about her.

Could it be that all those god-kings misjudged him?

Even Qin Yu and Jiang Li seemed taken aback.

"Brother Cao Ya, you're not just trying to comfort us, are you?" Qin Yu asked somewhat nervously.

just in case……

Brother Cao Ya's cultivation is different from theirs; perhaps he truly has some different understandings?

"You'll find out in the future," Cao Ya said with a smile.

Qin Shuang is a person whose fate is unpredictable.

Even the controllers of Hongmeng cannot predict the course of such a person's life.

Without opportunities, one might really spend their whole life wallowing in the mud.

But it's obvious that with god-king parents, Qin Shuang would never lack resources!

That unpredictable destiny is about to come into play.

In comparison, his elder brother Qin Si, as well as other kings including Hou Fei, Hei Yu, Jiang Li, Jiang Lan, Yi Feng God King, and Death God King, have basically reached the God King realm, which is their limit.

The probability of reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm is practically zero.

Forget about becoming the controller!

Qin Shuang, on the other hand, has the potential to become a frontline controller.

Of course, if things don't go well, Qin Shuang will be inferior to everyone else.

Higher ceiling, lower floor!

“Brother Yu…” Jiang Li suddenly tugged at Qin Yu’s sleeve.

With just a glance, Qin Yu understood Jiang Li's thoughts.

After a slight hesitation, for the sake of his youngest son, Qin Yu no longer hesitated, bowed to Cao Ya, and said, "Brother Cao, I am willing to offer a first-class Primordial Spiritual Treasure as a gift, and earnestly request that you accept Qin Shuang as your disciple!"