West Qi Allied Forces.
Yang Jian returned to the marshal's tent, approached Jiang Ziya's couch, and whispered, “Junior Martial Uncle, the morale of the allied forces has been severely hit, and three-tenths of them have already developed thoughts of retreating.”
Lei Zhenzi, who was standing by, bristled with rage and shouted, “Cowards! Who dares to think of retreating? I’ll go and bludgeon them to death with one strike.”
With that, he picked up his Golden Cudgel, ready to go out and kill.
Yang Jian glared at him and said, “Come back! If you go out and kill now, do you want the allied army’s morale to completely collapse? If you dare to act recklessly, I will have to enforce the sect rules.”
Lei Zhenzi’s expression froze, and he reluctantly retracted his Golden Cudgel.
The three major vanguard generals of the allied forces appeared to be on equal footing, but Yang Jian’s strength and status were both higher than Lei Zhenzi’s and Nezha’s.
Moreover, the Saint personally appointed Yang Jian, giving him the authority to enforce the sect rules.
Let alone Lei Zhenzi.
Even Jiang Ziya had to bow his head in the face of the sect rules.
Jiang Ziya finally let out a breath, opened his eyes, and said, “You are fellow Disciples; do not argue here. Otherwise, would it not dishearten the various lords of the world and make that Tyrant laugh?”
When he spoke the word “laugh,” he recalled Zi Shou’s final taunt, and a surge of Qi and blood rushed up again.
Yang Jian glanced at Jiang Ziya’s face, only to see that his Junior Martial Uncle’s face was now like golden paper, and his magical power was in disarray.
He knew that this was the backlash from the Innate Bagua.
After a moment of contemplation, he said, “Junior Martial Uncle, this matter must be reported to the Saint. Nezha’s situation is truly too peculiar.”
Jiang Ziya immediately objected without thinking, saying, “How can such a minor matter disturb the Saint?”
“Master has already, along with the Senior Brothers, cleared away all the final obstacles to the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. This Prime Minister only needs to conquer this small Chaoge City.”
Inform Master?
Absolutely not!
If Master knew that he couldn’t even handle such a small matter, he would not have any good outcome.
Recalling Yuanshi Tianzun’s strictness, Jiang Ziya once again firmed his resolve.
“Order the entire army to surround Chaoge City! Not even a single bird can be let through. This Prime Minister refuses to believe that that Tyrant truly dares to eat people, does he? Within two months, Chaoge City will surely fall.”
Now, he could only resort to a siege strategy.
Yang Jian silently accepted the order, pulled Lei Zhenzi out of the main tent, and said, “Junior Brother Lei Zhenzi, return to Yu Xu Palace immediately and explain everything that has happened to Senior Martial Uncle Guang Chengzi.”
Lei Zhenzi was startled and said, “Are you going to betray Junior Martial Uncle Jiang?”
Yang Jian looked at Lei Zhenzi with a helpless expression and said, “Nezha’s incident—do you think Senior Martial Uncle Taiyi won’t know about it? If Senior Martial Uncle Taiyi knows about Nezha’s incident, he will definitely inform Senior Martial Uncle Guang Chengzi.”
“Everything here will soon be known by Senior Martial Uncle. Junior Martial Uncle Jiang is temporarily confused, but we cannot be confused.”
“Nezha’s matter is no small thing; it must be reported immediately.”
Lei Zhenzi was a fierce general but lacked his own opinions. Hearing Yang Jian’s words, he immediately felt they made sense. So, with a spread of his wind and thunder wings, he flew towards Yu Xu Palace.
… …
Yu Xu Palace.
Guang Chengzi had just received news that something had happened with Immortal Master Taiyi.
He hadn’t even had time to investigate what had happened.
Then Lei Zhenzi arrived.
When he finished listening to what had transpired, he stood up in shock, his face full of disbelief, and said, “Nezha turned to King Zhou? How is that possible?”
He finally understood why something had happened with Immortal Master Taiyi.
But he would rather it be for other reasons.
Nezha turned to King Zhou?
Even if Yang Jian had turned to King Zhou, it shouldn’t have been Nezha.
Nezha, in his previous life, was Lingzhu Zi, personally refined by Master, and then refined by Junior Brother Taiyi for seven hundred years, with his own seventeen hundred killing tribulations refined into him.
Strictly speaking, Nezha was a Spirit Treasure crafted by Junior Brother Taiyi over seven hundred years for the purpose of facing the tribulation.
For a Spirit Treasure to change hands, the one who seizes it must have a Realm far superior to the original owner.
Junior Brother Taiyi, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal at the Peak, had his Spirit Treasure seized by King Zhou, that Mortal?
Is this possible?
“Could it be the remnants of the Jie Sect who acted?”
He recalled that in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, Our Lady of Wudang had fled with a portion of the Jie Sect Disciples before the Jie Sect’s complete defeat, her whereabouts unknown.
“Is it Wudang? No, without Saint Tongtian’s protection, no remnant of the Jie Sect could bear the Karma of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.”
Guang Chengzi never expected such a thing to happen when the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was just one step away from completion.
Now, Immortals and Gods cannot enter the range of Chaoge’s Luck.
No matter how many Mortal soldiers there are, they are no match for Nezha, a Heavenly Immortal Realm Peak.
Lei Zhenzi said from the side, “Junior Martial Uncle Jiang has already decided on a siege strategy. He wants the army to surround Chaoge City and wait for Chaoge to run out of food.”
Guang Chengzi snorted and said, “Jiang Shang, with the allied forces of the world’s lords, can’t even take Chaoge and has to resort to a siege strategy?”
Even if a siege could break Chaoge.
How would it break the Human King’s Heart?
If the Human King’s Heart is not broken, even if Zi Shou dies, after a few hundred years, when another Human King is born, will they gather the Human Realm’s Luck again?
The Human Realm’s Luck cannot be controlled by the Human Race anymore; it must, and can only, be controlled by the Chan Sect.
Guang Chengzi pondered for a moment, then turned and bowed deeply towards the depths of the Jade Void Palace, saying, “Master above, Disciple requests the three treasures jade scepter.”
Master was already in seclusion and could not be disturbed.
He could only make his own decision.
As his voice fell.
A Spirit Treasure with a three-colored divine light flew out from the depths of the main hall and landed in Guang Chengzi’s hand.
Guang Chengzi held the three treasures jade scepter and looked at Lei Zhenzi, saying, “This treasure was formed from the Creation Green Lotus. In those days, Master used this treasure to enlighten all the Caotou Gods in the world, allowing them to cultivate.”
“Therefore, this treasure can command all the Caotou Gods of the Great Desolation. You will give this treasure to Jiang Shang.”
Immortals and Gods cannot use magical power within Chaoge’s Luck?
No problem, let the Caotou Gods go instead.
The Caotou Gods are not in the Immortal Realm and are not true Immortals or Gods; they are minimally affected by the Human Realm’s Luck.
Guang Chengzi spoke sinisterly, “Let all the Caotou Gods in the world attack the city. Nezha has not entered the Immortal Golden Immortal Realm, and his magical power is limited. How many Caotou Gods can he block?”
“If ten thousand are not enough, then one hundred thousand! If one hundred thousand are not enough, then two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, five hundred thousand… a million!”
“Tell Jiang Shang, Chaoge City must be breached, and no other method can be used. This is destiny.”
Lei Zhenzi took a deep breath, his face solemn, and accepted the three treasures jade scepter, saying, “I receive the decree.”
… …
At the same time.
Another day had passed.
Just after the tenth hour of the night.
Zi Shou once again initiated his daily check-in.
【Congratulations, Host, for successful check-in! Check-in reward: Animate Objects into Soldiers】
【Animate Objects into Soldiers: Grade G reward. Can transform specified objects into soldiers. The higher the Spiritual Qi contained in the specified object, the stronger the transformed soldiers. However, the soldiers’ strength cannot exceed the Host’s.】
【Tip One: The number of objects animated into soldiers at one time does not exceed one hundred.】
【Tip Two: If there are those who willingly contribute magical power and vital blood to the Host, the strength of the animated soldiers can be based on one Realm lower than the contributor’s.】
Zi Shou chuckled, saying:
“Come, go dig up all the lotus roots in the lotus pond.”
It was time for Nezha to contribute some blood.