The Old Gods

Chapter 1059 Survival or Death
"Has the Jade Emperor finally set out on his campaign?" Chang Ying murmured solemnly.

"The momentum is unprecedented!" Yan Chou said in a deep voice, a terrifying scene flashing through his mind.

The vanguard of the Jade Venerables was an overwhelming wave of white jade, their formation relatively dispersed, filling the space between heaven and earth.

The rear troops, on the other hand, were still protected by solid white jade walls!

Countless jade-like minions were piled up in layers, making it hard to imagine how thick this wall was.

The problem is very serious!
The Jade Venerable's minions in the Heavenly Realm are still manageable for the gods of the Burning Gate, but who knows how many Jade Venerables themselves are hidden inside the "White Jade City Wall"?

This is the scariest thing!

Chang Ying pondered, "It will take them some time to fly over. You should go and report to Madam first. Oh, and thank you for helping Yan Tian travel over there."

Don't send it directly, to avoid misunderstandings.

For the past month and a half, teleportation arrays have been activated frequently near various sacred mountains.

Those who fell from the formation were all Jade Venerable's lackeys.

In all four directions of the celestial realm, there are soldiers like Yan Chou who carry out missions.

Yan Chou was located in the northwest, Qiang Xiu went to the southwest, Yan Shuangzi was demolishing walls in the northeast, and Huangfu Zhao was causing trouble in the southeast.

Each one has maximum mobility!
"Hmm." Yan Chou tilted his body and disappeared into the distance.

Chang Ying stared at the spot where Yan Tian had disappeared, lost in thought.

Perhaps it was because the Burning Gate had developed a method to deal with the enemy that the Jade Venerable Clan had no choice but to go to war.

Is it possible?
The Burning Gate has been on its mission for a month and a half! It is undeniable that the soldiers from all sides are becoming increasingly adept at their work, and the speed at which they are demolishing the walls has skyrocketed.

But if the Jade Venerable Clan wanted to cut their losses, they shouldn't have waited more than a month, right?

More likely, the Jade Emperor completed a certain plan before setting off with the army.

Thinking about this, Chang Ying felt even heavier.

"Huh? Why did he leave?" Just then, Si Xianxian flew back at top speed and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

There's no point in her staying on the battlefield.

After all, it was General Yan who threw Jade Venerable minions into the Three Northwest Mountains. Now that he has appeared here, it naturally means that no more Jade Venerable minions will be thrown near the sacred mountains.

"Yingying? Say something!" Si Xianxian was extremely anxious and flew to Chang Ying's side.

Another advantage of being transformed into a divine sculpture is that everyone has a similar body size.

Under the human body, Si Xianxian was a little over 1.7 meters tall, which was indeed tall, but she was not tall enough in front of Chang Ying, and it was difficult for her to put her arm around the "female savage".

Now, the Mad Immortal Goddess put his arm around Chang Ying Goddess's shoulder and shook her vigorously.

Chang Ying finally came to her senses, but then looked up at the dim sky in the northwest, her stone eyes filled with complex emotions, and slowly said:
"A battle of life and death is about to begin."

Si Xianxian's eyes widened slightly.

The final battle?

Has this day finally come?

Deng Yutang, who had ridden his horse down to the mountaintop, silently put Niu Zhengzheng down. Both of them heard Chang Ying's words.

For a moment, a solemn atmosphere enveloped the sacred mountain.

"Everyone, listen up!" Chang Ying, as expected of the leader of the sacred mountain appointed by the decision-making level of the Burning Gate, sensed that something was wrong and immediately said, "Make as many god and demon minions as possible."

"Let's form ranks and set up defenses!"

At the same time, at the Fairy Jade Mountain.

Yan Chou arrived and was surprised to find that both the Evil Shadow Protector and the Spear Decay were reporting their missions at the mountain peak.

These two gods and demons, like himself, should have been carrying out missions in the borderlands.

But now.
"Madam." With a heavy heart, Yan Chou walked to the left front of the Immortal Jasmine statue and bowed respectfully.

He then discovered that there were many soldiers in their celestial physical bodies here, apparently also there to report on the situation and follow orders.

Jiang Ruyi frowned slightly, looking at Yan Tianjiang, who was wearing an imperial robe:

"On your side, has the Jade Emperor's army also moved?"

"Yes, Madam!"

"Have you seen the Jade Venerable himself?" Jiang Ruyi asked again.

“No!” Yan Chou immediately shook his head. “The Jade Venerable’s lackeys have built a city wall and are advancing rapidly. I don’t know if the Jade Venerable himself is among them.”

Jiang Ruyi remained silent, her enormous stone fingers gently twirling the tiny gourd with the fiery phoenix pattern.

The issue is definitely not whether it exists or not.

It's not about how much!
Atop the sacred mountain, all was silent.

The soldiers remained silent, not daring to utter a sound.

The guards Tian Tian and Yi Ren behind them looked worried, while only the guard Xuan Shuang had an indifferent expression, just like Madam Ranmen.

After a long silence, Jiang Ruyi finally spoke: "Return to your respective areas and notify the three sacred mountains within your domain to look after each other. Everything should be carried out according to the previously established plan."

"Yes!"

"Yes!" the group responded in unison.

“If it becomes truly difficult to resist,” Jiang Ruyi pondered, then added, “you will be allowed to evacuate if necessary, and regroup your forces in different areas.”

Let us work together to protect a sacred mountain within our domain, and firmly safeguard the first, second, and third heavens!

Remember, destroy the mountain peaks and ensure the cloud vortex closes before evacuating.

Yan Chou sighed heavily.

When the Burning Gate rose to power and overthrew the rule of gods and demons, it plundered, attacked, besieged, infiltrated, and subverted. Eventually, it grew into a colossal beast that crushed all the gods and demons head-on.

The process was indeed extremely dangerous!

But looking back on that journey, it was undoubtedly exhilarating.

Under the leadership of the sect leader, the Burning Sect swept away the decaying stones like autumn leaves in the wind.

Now, it is Ranmen's turn to rule the Three Realms.

Facing Yu Zun again, the Burning Sect seemed to have reverted to its state when it first rose to prominence, falling into an absolute disadvantage once more.

What kind of person was Lady Ranmen?

Despite her ruthlessness, she uttered the words "evacuation permitted," an order that naturally reflected her assessment of the overall situation.

"Protect the sacred mountain as much as possible before the sect leader emerges from seclusion," Jiang Ruyi commanded.

Within each of the four regions, holding at least one sacred mountain was the bare minimum she could accept. The Heavenly Battlefield absolutely could not be lost!

There are too few sacred mountains, too few mountains to support the heavens, and the celestial realm will gradually collapse.

Once the buffer zone is lost, the Jade Venerable Clan will be able to descend directly to the mortal realm, and the Burning Gate Gods will completely lose their base.

Most importantly, Lu Ran's struggles all along will come to a failed end.

Jiang Ruyi didn't care about anything else.

This is the only thing that absolutely cannot be done!

"If you are not capable enough to defend your respective sacred mountains, then join forces and do your best to ensure your survival until he returns." Jiang Ruyi's eyes were icy as she swept over the kneeling gods at her feet.

The undisguisedly cold words deeply pierced the hearts of the soldiers.

"Go." Jiang Ruyi said casually, and a huge afterimage flew out of her body, quickly forming a physical body, which landed on Shi's hand.

The tiny Heavenly Realm body burrowed into the even smaller Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd, and also entered a world rich in energy.

The Phoenix Pattern Gourd, as a top-tier magical artifact to aid in cultivation, is always filled with divine power.

There will also be wisps of holy spirit energy emerging.

However, at this moment, the gourd contained the aura of the Holy Spirit, with an astonishing concentration. In terms of size, it was comparable to the power of a lower-level deity.

It's truly astonishing.

"Wow~"

A delicate little phoenix, woven from golden and fiery lines, quietly appeared and danced around the woman in the phoenix robe.

Jiang Ruyi raised her hand, and the little one obediently flew into her palm, followed by a childish voice:
"Mommy's here!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruyi's expression softened slightly: "Keep your voice down, don't disturb him."

"Hmm." Little Phoenix lowered its head and pecked her palm.

With her phoenix robe fluttering lightly, the woman slowly descended downwards.

The thick, persistent mist, under Little Blazing Phoenix's control, spread out to both sides.

Jiang Ruyi's view became increasingly expansive, and she saw several stone sculptures at the Divine Power Lake below.

Ghostly Eyes, Thorn Rose, Ice Rose, Bamboo and Wood Demon
They all come from the Gods and Demons Sculpture Garden, and they all possess divine positions.

At this moment, the gods and demons were channeling their primordial energy into a statue of a goddess dressed in a magnificent long dress, mysterious and elegant—Wangquan!
Unfortunately, although the statue of the God of Forgetfulness appears bright and beautiful on the surface, it is actually decayed and dilapidated.

Of the primordial energy sent by other stone sculptures, after it merged into her stone body, at most only two or three tenths could be truly retained for her own use.

Thankfully, this is Little Phoenix's territory.

The energy wasted by the Forgotten Spring can be partially recovered by the Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd, minimizing the loss.

"Whoosh~" Jiang Ruyi stood steadily in mid-air.

From the palm of the Forgotten Spring God Sculpture, hordes of Heavenly Realm Forgotten Spring minions kept emerging, and as soon as they were born, they were pierced through the skulls and cleaved in two by divine weapons.

Every now and then, a beautiful woman's head would fly high into the air.

The scene was cruel and bloody.

Lu Ran remained motionless, standing quietly.

His attention was clearly not on the real world, but on the spiritual world within the sculpture garden.

Jiang Ruyi watched this scene silently, and personally realized how hard the Immortal Sheep had worked.

This killing has been going on for nearly a month and a half.

Moreover, this was done with the active cooperation of the deity Wangquan.

The Immortal Sheep secretly collected energy bit by bit, eventually creating the entire God and Demon Sculpture Garden.

What an enormous amount of work this is!

There was no other way; the stone sculptures in the sculpture park had to be made using the souls of believers and henchmen from various sects.

Therefore, Wangquan needs to constantly create minions, and Lu Ran needs to constantly absorb the souls of the dead, and then use the souls of the dead imbued with the aura of Wangquan to create his own stone sculptures.

Lu Ran had also considered having Wang Quan build an evil nest, but according to Wang Quan, that would consume even more energy.

Why not make it yourself? You can also save money that way.

"Lu Ran," Jiang Ruyi murmured to herself.

The situation in the celestial realm has changed.

This time, the Jade Venerable Clan seems to have made thorough preparations. It remains to be seen whether the Burning Gate can withstand her attack.

陆燃
Jiang Ruyi slowly landed beside the statue of the Forgotten Spring, gazing at the fearsome figure in her palm.

A moment later, she finally couldn't resist and flew towards the center of her palm.

One after another, divine weapons and the henchmen of the Forgotten Spring made way, allowing the woman to fly to the side of the young man in the imperial robe. They watched as she picked up his hand and gently rubbed her cheek against the back of his hand.

Move carefully.

The scene was heartwarming, yet it also felt a little humiliating.

"What?" A hoarse voice suddenly came, bringing with it a chilling cold.

Jiang Ruyi's delicate body trembled, and she gripped his hand tightly, trying her best to adjust her state. She looked up at him and said, "The Jade Venerable Clan has come to attack."

"Now."

“Yes, they are attacking from all directions and are advancing towards our sacred mountain,” Jiang Ruyi said softly.

Lu Ran remained silent, and the hand that she had been holding beside her face moved gently, stroking her fair and charming cheek with the back of his hand.

Jiang Ruyi closed her eyes.

Perhaps because she knew just how dire the situation was and how tragic the outcome might be, she showed no divine demeanor at this moment, greedily savoring the moment.

If the Burning Gate can withstand this attack, then we can discuss the next defensive plan, or even explore how to launch a counterattack.

If you can't resist
Jiang Ruyi pursed her lips tightly.

Even on his deathbed, he could recall those moments of tenderness.

Less pain.

Brothers, one update today.

During this period, Yu should carefully organize all the clues left in the chapters and all the minor factors that could affect the battle before launching this great war.

(End of this chapter)