abnabooks Chapter 2306 The God's Two Plans
Chapter 2306 The God's Two Plans
Chapter 2306 The God's Two Plans
Over the years, the fact that the Mu Kingdom was able to develop and live a stable life during the war was inseparable from Cang Yan's support.
The world is in turmoil right now, and if Bega is even slightly careless or slow, he could be left behind.
So the Demon Emperor had to focus on his cultivation while also managing state affairs, so he had no time to fight foreign wars.
Since it wouldn't cooperate, the gods had to find a solution themselves.
However, the war against Mu in recent years has also strengthened the Demon Emperor's authority in the army to an unprecedented degree. In particular, he replaced many generals of the Heavenly Palace faction under the pretext of war, thus greatly increasing his control over the Lingxu army.
He Lingchuan had used this tactic before when he was developing a new city in the Yao Kingdom. He successfully helped the Yao King consolidate power and sideline Qingyang.
Afterwards, Qingyang also conducted a detailed review of the incident and wrote it down meticulously in the intelligence left for the Demon Emperor, praising it as an "excellent strategy" and recommending it to the Emperor.
True leaders need to use "projects" to consolidate power.
Whether the project itself has any practical effect is another matter. But only when those in power have projects can they allocate resources, and only then will their subordinates work diligently. If the project He Lingchuan found for the Yao King was the expansion of a new city, then the project the Demon Emperor found for himself was naturally the "War against Mou"!
Ultimately, the direct ruler of this country is still the Demon Emperor, not the Heavenly Palace!
Just like the Yao Kingdom back then, it was King Yao, not Qingyang, who truly managed the affairs of the state and distributed the benefits.
After several years of war, the Heavenly Palace's influence over the Lingxu Army has greatly weakened, forcing it to resort to other means, such as inducing Huang Mingsheng to disobey military orders, in order to achieve its goal of starting a war.
This touched the Demon Emperor's sore spot!
Starting a war is easy, but cleaning up the mess is difficult. The Heavenly Palace acted so impulsively because it was certain that the Demon Emperor would have to clean up its mess and wipe its butt.
Unfortunately, the Demon Emperor couldn't openly turn against it, which was truly frustrating.
Nie Xiaolou did not respond. Over the years since he became the Grand Preceptor of the Azure Palace, he had gradually come to understand the Demon Emperor's temperament and knew when to speak up and when to keep quiet.
The Emperor has his own plans.
As expected, the Demon Emperor stopped there and asked instead, "Is there any news about those two celestial gods?"
The moment this question was raised, Nie Xiaolou felt a chill run down his spine.
The Heavenly Palace's complete divine descent experiment has been successful. When the Demon Emperor learned of this, he appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he was furious.
This information was not given by the Heavenly Palace, but rather obtained from other gods.
Such a groundbreaking event, yet Lingxu City failed to obtain any firsthand intelligence!
In other words, before the complete divine descent was successfully completed, the Heavenly Palace kept the progress of the experiment a secret from Lingxu City, and did so very well.
The two officials in charge of secretly spying on the Heavenly Palace's secrets were immediately dismissed and investigated.
In the eyes of the Demon Emperor, this was an unforgivable crime!
Du Yun's mastermind is already old and frail, spending more time in a coma than in a daze. How could he possibly outmaneuver the Demon Emperor's subordinates?
Over the past decade, the conflict between the Heavenly Palace and the Demon Emperor has intensified. However, as the Demon Emperor's governing methods have become increasingly flexible, the Heavenly Palace would have long been at a disadvantage in the struggle between the two sides if it weren't for the assistance of the Frost Leaf National Preceptor.
The Demon Emperor was methodically and systematically consolidating his power when, unexpectedly, the Heavenly Serpent turned the tables and launched a massive attack!
The complete divine descent has been successful, so how far away is the large-scale collective divine descent of the gods?
This explosive news was enough to completely disrupt the Demon Emperor's plans.
Nie Xiaolou said, "After helping the Fu Kingdom finish the war, both gods headed northwest. Our people in the Heavenly Palace were unable to find out their specific destination, but some strange phenomena have appeared in Baisha Bay and near Dunhe in the Shen Kingdom, which may indicate that the god Wuyao is passing by."
"What do you think?"
Nie Xiaolou hesitated for a moment before saying, "I suspect their target might be the Panlong Desert?"
"After the destruction of Panlong City, the Great Square Pot is no longer obtainable. What are the gods planning to do now?"
“For a true god to return to the mortal realm, he needs an incomparably powerful physical body, or… a large pot.” Nie Xiaolou said in a low voice, “We do not yet know what kind of physical body the Holy Venerable Lingxu needs to descend to the mortal realm. Perhaps the best way is to follow the example of Mitian back then.”
Mitian's method was to store most of his divine power in a large jar, then choose a suitable physical body to descend to the mortal realm. After all, for top-tier demons like them, where could they find a perfect body that could contain them completely?
The Heavenly Demon always had two plans: either obtain the Great Pot or create a demon puppet to descend into the world.
Obtaining the Great Pot was indeed not easy, but was it really that easy to create a divine body that the Holy Venerable Lingxu could use?
So why not get both sets together?
"The Heavenly Palace's last attempt to send Du Yun to investigate the secrets of the Great Fanghu failed because the Nine Nether Emperor interfered. Now, the Nine Nether Emperor is thousands of miles away, but the Panlong Desert cannot run away. Furthermore, we have received news that all the strange phenomena in the Panlong Desert have disappeared, the ghost soldiers who used to patrol the desert have stopped appearing, and the ancient city of Panlong has fallen silent. Perhaps something has changed with the Great Fanghu again, but the Holy Venerable Lingxu still believes that it is necessary to try again."
"Perhaps, Venerable Lingxu has come up with a new plan?" the Demon Emperor pondered. "Keep a close eye on the Panlong Desert."
"Yes."
The Demon Emperor lightly tapped the pillar with his curved claws: "Have Cang Yan and the Mu Kingdom heard the news of the successful complete divine descent?"
“There are no secrets that stay hidden forever,” Nie Xiaolou smiled. “The secret of the Fu Kingdom’s Pulu Islands having a large-scale demon puppet experimental field was spread several months ago. In addition, the news that the Fu Kingdom won the battlefield by relying on divine intervention has spread, and those who are interested can naturally make the connection. According to our intelligence, many unfamiliar faces have recently arrived at the Pulu Islands.”
The Demon Emperor's eyes softened slightly, and he said "good" twice.
As for how the secret of the Pulau Islands was leaked, well, that's not important.
"Didn't Cang Yan and Mu Guo take it upon themselves to fight against the Heavenly Demon?" The Demon Emperor exhaled a breath of icy mist. "I want to see if they can remain unmoved by the news of the successful complete divine descent."
It didn't like this news either.
I really dislike it.
"The Merfolk are reporting today that the skin used by the God Wuyao was that of their warrior Zhongsun Xuan! Ten years ago, Zhongsun Xuan disappeared while fighting against the sea tribe of the Mu Kingdom. His people thought he had died a heroic death, but little did they know that he had been captured by the Heavenly Palace and turned into a skin!"
Being nurtured by the Heavenly Palace into a divine body is an unparalleled honor for minor nobles and commoners; however, the Merfolk are the old noble families of Bega for generations, and they know very well that a "divine body" is just another way of saying a god's skin, something that will be used up and then go bad.
Moreover, Cang Yan and the Mu Kingdom had long since spread the deeds of the gods throughout the world. The common people of Bega might still be kept in the dark, but the upper class and nobles were becoming increasingly aware of the true nature of the gods.
(End of this chapter)