In the ancient times, the Creator was the most powerful being. Apart from the ancient gods born from eggs and the ancient gods born from the Dao, all other ancient gods were worshipped by the Creator and were born one after another.
Such as the Heavenly Emperor, the Earth God, the Four Ancient Gods, and the Ancient Gods of the Celestial Stars.
At that time, the Supreme Emperor was the strongest, ruling the entire universe. He attained enlightenment through divine consciousness and was incredibly powerful.
Below the Supreme Emperor are three Divine Kings, in order: Boyang, Gongyun, and Shujun.
Now, Boyang is dead, Gong Yun has become Gong Tianzun, and Shujun is still a big-headed baby, not yet grown up, not as powerful as he was in ancient times, but he also belongs to Yan Kang.
However, due to the final battle of the ancient times, the God King Shujun led the Creator to attack the ancient gods, but ultimately suffered a crushing defeat, which almost wiped out the Creator race. Therefore, although the God King Shujun has been resurrected, he is ignored by the surviving Creators.
They showed neither respect nor the same hostility they displayed towards the Emperor Tai.
It's pretty much an attitude of ignoring them.
The new creator god-king is Lang Wan, who leads the remaining creators. In order to have a living space, they are forced to form an alliance with Wuyou Township and Yankang to fight against the Heavenly Court.
She is also at the Celestial Venerable level.
"I will not betray my allies," said the God-King Langwan calmly, thinking to himself that the current Creator was beyond repair and could only go down a dark path.
Moreover, with the presence of the Kaihuang of Wuyou Township, the Mutianzun of Yankang, the Caoyatianzun, as well as the Yuetianzun and Youtianzun, the Langwan God King believed that his side was not without a chance of victory.
"The Heavenly Emperor stands in Xuandu, blessed by the Heavenly Dao, with obvious geographical advantages. He is essentially the Great Heavenly Court. I'm afraid your Heavenly Court will find it difficult to break through Xuandu and kill the Heavenly Emperor!" said the Divine King Langwan, spreading his divine sense and visualizing various supernatural powers, which shone brightly in the sky and caused the Milky Way to ripple, as he faced off against Consort Yantian head-on.
"Sizzle~~"
Consort Yan did not use the divine artifact, the Heavenly Venerable. The power of her true self, the Law of Returning to Nothingness, was terrifying, capable of dissolving all things and even shattering the Great Dao. With its activation, it was enough to deal with the God King Langwan.
"You can't understand the power of the Heavenly Court, Lord Langwan. With a massive army pressing in, the Heavenly Court's Ten Guards are all top-tier troops. Even the weakest soldiers are at the Jade Capital Realm, and the stronger ones are at the Lingxiao Realm. They are also led by experts from the Emperor's Throne. Together, they can stand up to the Heavenly Venerable!" Consort Yan Tian said with a faint smile.
The Heavenly Court's Ten Guards, in the vast Xuandu, can only be resisted by the Heavenly Emperor. Other forces may be able to defend in the short term, but they are destined to be unable to resist for a long time.
But can the power of Heaven withstand the remaining Heavenly Venerables...?
Yan Tianfei thought it was very risky!
The Celestial Venerables possess numerous trump cards. Even within Xuandu, with the Heavenly Dao's blessing and the Heavenly Duke's combat power comparable to the Great Heavenly Court, if multiple Celestial Venerables were to mobilize, and the divine artifact, the Celestial Venerable, were to be revived...
The fate of the Heavenly Emperor was also predetermined; he was destined to die.
Furthermore, figures like Haotian Zun have likely already surpassed the limits of what people perceive as the Heavenly Venerables, and have initially reached the Great Heavenly Court, though they have not yet achieved the perfection of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces and Seventy-Two Treasure Halls.
The Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces constitute the Great Heavenly Court, but this is not perfect. If there were seventy-two additional treasure halls guarding and complementing the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces, that would be the most perfect Great Heavenly Court!
The former is a five-star high-level, and the latter is a five-star peak.
Converting to the Dao Realm system, that's the difference between the 36th and 40th levels of the Dao Realm.
The Dao Realm system has thirty-six heavens, which is considered the attainment of Dao and the ability to enter the ultimate void. Then, at the thirty-seventh heaven, Dao trees can grow, at the thirty-eighth heaven, Dao flowers bloom, at the thirty-ninth heaven, Dao fruits are borne, and at the fortieth heaven, it is the level of a Dao Palace.
This corresponds precisely to the ordinary Great Heavenly Court, and the gradual emergence of the Seventy-Two Treasure Halls, culminating in the most perfect and peak Great Heavenly Court!
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"My path leads to the Void, but it is also the Great Heavenly Court. If I succeed in cultivating it, I can also attain the Dao through power and leave my mark on the ultimate void!"
"In this day and age, the stronger you are, the better!"
"Although I am a Celestial Venerable, I am still slightly inferior to the likes of Haotian Venerable and Kaihuang."
Consort Yan Tian felt heavy-hearted, but her actions were ruthless and decisive. With a hum, the Law of Return to Nothingness annihilated the divine consciousness of the God King Lang Wan, and her magical power pierced through, shattering all the visualized divine abilities.
However, even the God-King Langwan was not easy to deal with; he visualized a world and pressed it down.
A creator god-king and a goddess of the void engaged in a fierce battle on the Milky Way. Their divine power surged, causing the Milky Way to tremble three times.
But the Heavenly Army, stretching for countless miles, continued its march, heading towards Xuandu in a mighty and imposing manner!
Banners fluttered, countless gods were present, and all the heavens that passed by submitted, daring not to make a move, for to do so would mean the destruction of their realms!
The Moon Celestial Venerable, the Langwan Divine King, and the Kaihuang Emperor could not truly stop the Ten Celestial Venerables.
In terms of the number of powerful individuals at each level, the Heavenly Court holds a clear advantage.
Meanwhile, You Tianzun, who had long resided in Youdu and transformed into countless old men of the underworld, traversing the myriad realms and guiding souls, also appeared here and took away Xu Tianzun.
"Hey, one is the Benevolent Sage King personally appointed by Tu Bo, and the other is Tu Bo's daughter. This battle is going to be interesting," the Ancestral God King chuckled.
However, You Tianzun is one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables of Longhan. He has made great contributions to the heavens in terms of cultivation realm. In this respect, Xu Tianzun is not as good as You Tianzun.
“You Tianzun, you are trapped in Youdu and have long been outdated. Even if you are the Dragon Han Nine Heavens Venerable, you are not as good as me.” Xu Tianzun said. As the daughter of Tu Bo, she stood in the camp of the Heavenly Court, just like the Ancestral God King, the son of the Heavenly Duke, who longed to kill his father and seize his power.
Everyone knows that after Xuandu and Tiangong, it will be Youdu and Tubo's turn.
You Tianzun was not good with words, so he did not answer Xu Tianzun or engage in a verbal battle with him. Instead, he silently retrieved his billions of avatars and supreme primordial spirit, which shone brightly and illuminated all the worlds!
"Hmm?" Venerable Xu was shocked. Venerable You's primordial spirit was so strong that it was beyond compare. It was simply the strongest primordial spirit in history!
The Void Celestial Venerable found the situation troublesome and had no choice but to invoke the divine artifact, the Celestial Imperial Venerable.
"The Nine Heavenly Venerables of Dragon Han are indeed all extraordinary," praised the Divine Emperor Langxuan. He sensed the Dao Fruit he had obtained and felt slightly reassured.
No matter how strong the primordial spirit of the Netherworld Venerable was, he did not achieve enlightenment.
The Dao Fruit, however, can only be cultivated at the thirty-ninth level of the Dao Realm.
Although it wasn't the Great Dao he comprehended himself, Emperor Langxuan believed that he had gained control of that Dao Fruit, resulting in a significant increase in his strength. Among the Heavenly Venerables, he was not weak and could be ranked among the top few.
"Moon Celestial Venerable, Kaihuang, Langwan Divine King, and You Celestial Venerable have all appeared, but have been intercepted by Fire Celestial Venerable, Hao Celestial Venerable, Yan Celestial Consort, and Xu Celestial Venerable respectively, making it difficult for them to intervene in the Xuandu Battle. The few remaining members of the Shepherd Celestial Venerable are not enough to influence the battle situation," Hong Celestial Venerable said calmly.
"There's still Cao Ya left, as well as Tu Bo of Youdu and Tian Gong of Xuandu—Tu Bo is restricted by the Great Dao of Youdu and it's basically impossible for him to appear in Xuandu—in fact, we only need to consider how to deal with Cao Ya and Tian Gong, who is in Xuandu and has the power to control the Heavenly Dao," Qiang Tianfei said with a smile.
“But we still have six Heavenly Venerables…” said Stone Heavenly Venerable.
"It's only because Xiaotianzun isn't here, otherwise..." Ancestral God King sneered, "The Heavenly Court is so powerful that even if the five major forces of Yankang, Wuyouxiang, the Creator, Youdu, and Xuandu were to unite, they would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, extremely weak and destined for extinction."
"What ancient gods and emperors? The Vermilion Bird has already been killed by the Fire Celestial Venerable in the ancestral land. The remaining Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Azure Dragon are also not worth fearing. They are not true Celestial Venerables, at most minor Celestial Venerables. We don't even need to take action. The four great emperors of the four directions are enough to deal with them," said the Langxuan Divine Emperor indifferently.
Of the four ancient gods, Xuanwu, Baihu, and Qinglong are still alive, but Zhuque, who could be reborn through Nirvana, is dead. Although his remnant soul has been reincarnated, he has a different life and is unwilling to awaken to his past life to become the Southern Emperor Zhuque.
The Four Great Emperors—the Azure Emperor of the East, the Crimson Emperor of the South, the White Emperor of the West, and the Black Emperor of the North—are several supreme emperors appointed by the Heavenly Court. They appeared specifically to deal with the Four Ancient God Emperors and each has multiple heavenly palaces. Although they are not as powerful as the other Heavenly Venerables, they are still qualified to be called "Minor Heavenly Venerables."
This is the foundation of the Heavenly Court. From top to bottom, the various realms, such as the Heavenly Venerable, the Emperor's Throne, Lingxiao, and the Jade Capital, are all the most abundant among all the heavens!
The strongest force, ruling over all realms, the Heavenly Court's strength is truly well-deserved.
Otherwise, why would Cao Ya and his ilk have needed to lie low and openly show their submission to the Heavenly Court?
The Heavenly Court is truly too powerful!
"The Heavenly Army has stormed Xuandu..."
In a corner of the Milky Way, Cao Ya appeared out of thin air, observing the battle between several Heavenly Venerables. He then looked at the six Heavenly Venerables in the army, whose auras were so powerful that they soared into the sky, crushing the ages. Countless cultivators from all the heavens submitted to him, their expressions filled with awe.
“Xuandu belongs to the gods, who have always been high above, looking down on all realms. If the acquired races want to rise, not only should demigods be killed, but ancient gods should also die!”
"Currently, it is because the Heavenly Court is powerful that the acquired races and the ancient gods have no choice but to unite."
To be honest, Cao Ya had absolutely no liking for either ancient gods or demigods.
Despite conflicts between the races, they were still able to unite against the threats of the ancient gods and demigods, thus maintaining their living space.
Moreover, even if they don't like each other, they still acknowledge each other's existence.
But the ancient gods and demigods are different; they do not believe that acquired races are equal to themselves.
It's just rations!
Before the rise of demigods, both acquired races and demigod races were merely food for the ancient gods, indulging in blood sacrifices with cruelty and bloodshed.
Later, the ancient god Heavenly Emperor was tricked and harmed. The leaders of the demigods, such as Haotian Zun and Langxuan Shenhuang, relied on traitors like Huotian Zun to defeat Yuntian Zun and the others, making the demigod race the new rulers, continuing to oppress the acquired races, and also suppressing the ancient gods.
Therefore, the acquired races were able to temporarily set aside their old grudges and ally with the ancient gods to fight against the Heavenly Court.
However, Cao Ya believes that the acquired races must defeat the demigod races and ancient gods in order to truly seize enough living space and abundant resources.
This is a struggle for survival, not a matter of right or wrong, but only of perspective.
Cao Ya is human, a member of an acquired race, so his stance is quite clear.
Demigods and ancient gods are enemies!
Therefore, when the Heavenly Court attacked Xuandu, he was happy to see the gods of Xuandu and the Heavenly Court's army fight to the death in large numbers.
Basically, it can be said that each of these gods is stained with the blood of their acquired race.
"Since the Heavenly Emperor is actively seeking death without prior consultation... if the Heavenly Emperor, as the leader of Xuandu, doesn't care, why should we care?"
"Demigods and ancient gods should all be wiped out!"
When it's time to be ruthless, Cao Ya can be more ruthless than anyone else.
Although they are allies, if Heaven doesn't care about its allies, why should it care about their friendship?
The heavens no longer even care about Xuandu!
Before acting recklessly, the Heavenly Emperor could not have been unaware of the consequences of his actions. The Xuandu deities would be attacked by the Heavenly Army, suffering heavy casualties, and possibly even being wiped out!
Without consulting anyone, Heaven itself carried out its strategy.
It's all to break free from the limitations of the ancient god's body!
Cao Ya thought to himself, "If the Heavenly Emperor is going to die, then so be it. But if I could drag one or two Heavenly Venerables down with me to die, that would be the best thing."
"My combat strength, although it is at the peak of the five-star high level, almost reaching the peak of the five-star level, comparable to the complete Great Heavenly Court... However, the word 'almost' also indicates my situation. It is not yet at the level of the perfect Great Heavenly Court, not as good as the Dao Palace of the fortieth heaven, and at most at the level of the Dao Flower of the thirty-eighth heaven and the Dao Fruit of the thirty-ninth heaven."
"The Heavenly Emperor is in Xuandu, blessed by the favorable terrain, the Heavenly Dao is boiling and fully revived, and is injected into the Heavenly Emperor's body, making his divine power magnificent... Hmm, even if there is still a gap between him and me, it is extremely small, just the distance between the thirty-sixth or thirty-seventh level of the Dao Realm and the thirty-eighth or thirty-ninth level."
"The Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court each possess nearly thirty-six Heavenly Palaces, plus numerous treasure halls—possibly thirty to fifty treasure halls in total!"
"Well, by that logic, those Celestial Venerables have almost declared that they have reached the five-star high level in terms of magical power."
"Even with my understanding of the Dao realm, it's slightly lacking."
"But with the divine artifact, the Heavenly Venerable, deployed, the two combined are enough to make up for this deficiency."
"I'm not afraid of one or two Celestial Venerables, but if four or five of them come out together, plus the Divine Artifact Celestial Venerable... Damn it, if I'm not careful, I'm doomed!"
Out of consideration, Cao Ya did not rush to take action. He watched as the Heavenly Army arrived outside Xuandu, read out the imperial edict, and then launched the war.
Even the heavens themselves didn't care about Xuandu's life or death, so Cao Ya was naturally even more composed.
By simply showing up here and offering assistance, they have already fulfilled their duty as allies.
"When the Heavenly Emperor has involved many Heavenly Venerables... that will be the time for me to appear..." Cao Ya thought to himself.
He couldn't possibly defeat the six Celestial Venerables in a direct confrontation.
To attack rashly will only cost you your life.
"boom!!"
The Heavenly Emperor possesses a majestic body, controls the Heavenly Dao, and wields immense magical power, clearly at the level of the Great Heavenly Court!
“As expected, it’s a five-star high-level…” Cao Ya’s eyes flickered slightly.
At this moment, the Heavenly Emperor is equivalent to a five-star high-level being; even a single Heavenly Venerable would probably be no match for him.
But the Heavenly Court still has six Heavenly Venerables!
If you include their respective divine artifacts, the Heavenly Venerable, their combat power will only be more terrifying!
It should be known that the divine artifact, the Heavenly Venerable, is one of the greatest achievements of the Heavenly Court's research over millions of years!
In addition, the benevolent-looking Hongtian Venerable is the reincarnation of a fragment of the Heavenly Duke's soul, and his understanding of the Heavenly Dao is unparalleled in the world!
When Hong Tianzun made his move, every strike hit the weak points of the Heavenly Dao. Even the Ancestral God King, who was the son of the Heavenly Duke, felt his eyes twitch and guessed Hong Tianzun's true identity.
"Damn it, I can't let that old bastard get there first! The Xuandu Heavenly Dao must be mine!"
"Otherwise, why should we compete with Haotianzun and the others?!"
The Ancestral God King, enraged, used the divine artifact, the Heavenly Venerable, which caused multiple heavenly palaces to appear. His unparalleled magical power clashed head-on with the towering Heavenly Duke, shaking the entire Xuandu.
At this moment, the proud gods of Xuandu suddenly became terrified.
Death, which seemed to have nothing to do with them, now seemed to have truly come!
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