Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16213 The Situation

Suddenly, Xu Ying realized that their grudges with the Creation God Cult seemed less important. The conflict between the Creation God Cult and those aristocratic families was actually deepening. However, Xu Ying was very clear that the conflict between the Creation God Cult and those aristocratic families was instigated by someone. He knew about the power of shadow, and from what he knew, no aristocratic family in the Divine Kingdom had ever used similar energy. In fact, not only those aristocratic families, but no one in the Divine Kingdom had ever used this energy. So, where this energy came from, who was using it, and which faction this person belonged to, they had no idea.

Xu Ying and the others are now very curious and want to know who is plotting against the Creation God Cult, which seems to be quite busy right now.

Soon the battle between the aristocratic families and the Creation God Cult began. Both sides knew each other well, they knew where the other's businesses were, and they knew where to strike to hurt the other more. So their battle was fierce. However, they all adhered to an agreement that they would not fight inside the city, but only outside the city.

Seeing that the two sides were fighting fiercely and it seemed like they had nothing to do with it, Xu Ying was at a loss for words. However, he felt this was an opportunity. Right now, everyone's attention was focused on the aristocratic families and the Creation God Sect, and they wouldn't notice what was happening at the other sects. Their goal would be achieved. But before that, he had to do one thing: he had to take advantage of the struggle between the Creation God Sect and the various aristocratic families to seize more territory. At this time, the Creation God Sect's attention wouldn't be on them, and they might not care if they seized some territory. So Xu Ying and his group also accelerated their offensive. They built temples in several cities at the same time and then waited to engage in a duel with the Creation God Sect.

However, something unexpected happened to Xu Ying and the others. The Creation God Sect did not engage in any more duels with the Myriad Laws God Sect. As long as the Myriad Laws God Sect built a temple in that city, their people would automatically withdraw. It was clear that the Creation God Sect was now focusing all its energy on dealing with those powerful families and had no intention of dealing with the Myriad Laws God Sect anymore.

Upon seeing this situation, Xu Ying immediately sped up, and in a short time, temples of myriad laws were built in multiple cities. By the time the people of the Creation God Cult finally realized what was happening, they discovered that the Myriad Laws Cult had already built thousands of temples, meaning that thousands of cities had fallen into the hands of the Myriad Laws Cult.

The Creation God Sect was now in a hurry, but they hadn't resolved the issues with those aristocratic families, and they didn't want to fight on two fronts. They were well aware that if they were to engage in a wager with the Myriad Laws God Sect at this time, the Myriad Laws God Sect might directly intensify their attacks and no longer care about the wager. At that point, they would be in real trouble.

Because they did not want to fight on two fronts, the Creation God Sect took a ruthless approach. They first reduced their strength and ceded more than a hundred cities. Xu Ying and his group did not attack again, but instead built the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws in these cities.

At this point, the Creation God Sect no longer needed to concern itself with the Myriad Laws God Sect. Instead, it focused all its efforts on attacking the Zhang and Hua families, among others, who had attacked them the most fiercely. Although they also paid a considerable price, they also inflicted heavy losses on the Zhang and Hua families, finally weakening these families who had attacked them the most and making them afraid to attack again. The other families, fearing that the Creation God Sect would also attack them relentlessly, stopped their attacks altogether. The Creation God Sect suffered the greatest losses in this battle. Not only did the Myriad Laws God Sect seize nearly a thousand cities in one fell swoop, but many of their assets were also seized by the various powerful families. However, regardless of the circumstances, the Creation God Sect managed to retain most of its assets and territory. Under the combined attack of the various powerful families and the Myriad Laws God Sect, they were still able to achieve this much, which was quite remarkable.

However, Xu Ying noticed something else: the people of the Creation God Cult did not seem to be using the avatar of the Creation God. This puzzled him greatly. He didn't understand why the people of the Creation God Cult didn't use the avatar of the Creation God. If they had used the avatar of the Creation God, their losses might have been much smaller.

Regardless of the reason, the Creation God Sect suffered a great loss this time. Their losses were substantial, and they were truly weakened. However, this also revealed the Creation God Sect's strength to everyone. Although they were defeated, their combat power was still formidable. They were able to withstand attacks from so many powerful families simultaneously and nearly cripple the Zhang and Hua families. The Creation God Sect's strength was indeed formidable. Everyone also knew that it was best not to provoke them at this time, as they were in a foul mood, and provoking them now might result in a fierce attack.

Gongliang Juewen had been keeping a close eye on the situation in the Divine Kingdom. When he saw that the conflict between the Creation God Sect and the various aristocratic families had ceased, he wasn't particularly concerned. This operation had been quite successful. The Zhang family, the Hua family, and several other major families had suffered heavy losses and would need a long time to recover. The Creation God Sect, which had suffered even greater losses, had also been greatly affected in terms of strength. Most importantly, they had lost a large amount of territory, which had been silently swallowed up by the Myriad Laws God Sect. However, the Myriad Laws God Sect seemed to be unable to launch any further attacks and was now managing those territories. In Gongliang Juewen's view, this was perfectly normal; it would be abnormal if the Myriad Laws God Sect didn't do this.

For a period afterward, the Divine Kingdom Continent seemed to suddenly become quiet. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect was managing its newly acquired territory, the Creation Divine Sect was recovering its strength, and while the aristocratic families gained some benefits, they also suffered significant losses and were no longer able to attack the Creation Divine Sect. It could be said that all the destabilizing factors in the Divine Kingdom had now been stabilized, and the sudden peace and quiet was quite unsettling for the people of the Divine Kingdom. Gongliang Juewen was actually quite satisfied with the performance of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. Although most of the cities they occupied were ceded to them by the Creation Divine Sect—in other words, they had acquired those cities through a clever scheme—they had nonetheless occupied so many cities and now possessed the ability to threaten the Creation Divine Sect.

The strength of the Creation God Cult was weakened, the strength of the aristocratic families was weakened, and the strength of the Myriad Laws God Cult was strengthened. However, they were unable to completely digest the territory they had acquired in a short period of time, which was exactly the effect that Gongliang Juewen wanted to achieve.

Gongliang Juewen then turned his attention to those sects. Zhang Wei was right; what Gongliang Juewen feared most was not the aristocratic families, nor the Creation God Sect, nor the Myriad Laws God Sect, but those sects. Some of these sects had existed for longer than the Divine Kingdom itself. They had profound foundations and had even helped the Gongliang family establish the Divine Kingdom in the beginning. Because of this contribution, those sects were initially very arrogant, even able to influence the court. If they were allowed to continue developing like this, those sects would likely become de facto rulers, while the Gongliang family, the royal family, would have to act according to the sects' wishes.

However, the Gongliang family also produced a strongman, Gongliang Juewen. From the first day after taking office, Gongliang Juewen targeted those sects, finding various reasons to contact major forces to deal with them. After years of suppression, he finally reduced the sects' influence in the court to the lowest level. The sects no longer had anyone in the court, and his suppression was effective.

However, those sects still had their foundations, and no one dared to offend them easily, let alone push them to the brink of ruin. Even so, Gongliang Juewen was still uneasy. He had to devote at least half of his energy to those sects, just to monitor them and not give them any chance to turn things around.

Gongliang Juewen originally thought that when the Creation God Sect fought with those aristocratic families, those sects would also get involved, and at that time, the losses of those sects would probably not be small either.

However, to his surprise, the sects did not participate in this matter. They remained bystanders, which was somewhat unexpected for Gongliang Juewen. He did not expect that the people from those sects could restrain themselves and not be blinded by profit. They restrained their desires, which was the most terrifying thing.

Desire is a terrifying thing. You might think you won't be controlled by it, but very few people can actually escape its control. Gongliang Juewen never expected that people from those sects could do it. The fact that all of them could do it means that their thoughts have been unified within those sects, which is the most terrifying thing.

Why was Gongliang Juewen able to continuously suppress those sects? Because although those sects were an alliance, everyone in that alliance had their own selfish motives, and no one was truly willing to risk their lives for others. Therefore, he was able to use various means to continuously suppress those sects, causing their power to shrink further and further.

However, if those sects were to form an alliance and achieve internal ideological unity, it would be extremely dangerous. Once they achieved ideological unity, those sects could unite and act together. If that were to happen, Gongliang Juewen's position as emperor would likely be precarious.

That's why, after dealing with the matters of the aristocratic families and the Myriad Laws Sect, Gongliang Juewen turned his attention directly to those sects. He wanted to see what those sects were up to.

He discovered that those sects had been unusually well-behaved lately. They didn't seem very interested in the affairs of the Creation God Cult and those aristocratic families. They continued to live their own lives, which surprised Gongliang Juewen. He really didn't expect those sects to react this way. He wanted to see if those sects had really given up this opportunity and would no longer concern themselves with the affairs of the Divine Kingdom.