I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 492 This is a matter of gratitude and resentment.
Upon hearing Zhang Wang's question, Qianliyan took a deep breath and then quickly replied:

"That underworld that's in the textbooks, the one with the 'Paradise' label, the one they use as a typical example every time they divide the underworld into different planes!"

"Oh? Tell me more!"

Upon hearing that it was the underworld, the tense expression on Zhang Wang's face immediately disappeared, replaced by a look of intense joy.

If he were to lose a plane during his term, even just half a plane, it would be a stain. While it wouldn't necessarily affect his future career, it would certainly be a blow to his otherwise illustrious resume.

Now that I hear it's the underworld in the Elysium system, all that's left is to have fun.

After all, the conflict between the Blissful Realm and the Heavenly Court Realm is known throughout the entire Heavenly Realm.

As the saying goes, rivals are enemies. The cultural backgrounds of the two planes that the Bliss system and the Heavenly Court system require are highly overlapping, so their relationship is naturally not good.

This isn't like the Celestial Court and Star God systems. Although their needs overlap in planes, their divine power is highly interchangeable, and their divine positions are complementary. Believing in the Celestial Court doesn't preclude believing in the Star Gods as well. In other words, they have a foundation for joint development. It's a relationship where each is intertwined with the other, and there's no question of one being indispensable to the other.

However, the Pure Land system is different because it has its own "Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss." This concept of a Buddhist kingdom conflicts with the Heavenly Court, which leads to situations where the Heavenly Court and the Pure Land compete for faith.

Fair competition is fine, but the Bliss faction always likes to play dirty tricks. For example, the Underworld Demiplane that is in textbooks is actually one of the dirty tricks of the Bliss faction more than ten years ago.

They bought a loss-making underworld plane from a branch of the classical Heavenly Court, and somehow managed to revive it. Now that it's revive, the Heavenly Court won't be so shameless as to take it back.

But who knew that the Blissful Alliance would disregard martial ethics and take this plane to the Federal Conference to apply for arbitration, claiming that the Heavenly Court was not good at managing the Underworld and that the relevant planes of the Underworld should be handed over to the Blissful Alliance for management.

The passage of this proposal means that when other pantheons acquire Eastern-style necromantic planes, they will prioritize trading them with the Elysian pantheon.

Although it may seem like a job that belongs to the most capable, the problem is that the underworld is not an independent building!

The Heavenly Court's business philosophy is not simply to develop the Underworld, but to use the Underworld to make multiple interconnected planes flow. This is like a public construction project that is destined not to make money but must be built. To use a modern everyday world analogy, it's like the Blissful Kingdom using the fact that the buses operated by the Heavenly Court are not profitable as an excuse to turn all buses into private ones. Isn't that outrageous?
Putting aside how the Blissful Kingdom makes a profit from buses, the Heavenly Court would be in trouble without buses!
Fortunately, the Heavenly Court can also salvage planes on its own or exchange them with other pantheons in private, but this means they have to pay a higher price!
Now that the underworld has finally exploded, how could he not be happy?

Seeing the boss smile, Thousand-Mile Eyes also smiled, but just as he was about to speak, he hesitated for a moment and glanced back slightly.

Although Zhang Wang was a second-generation heir, the strict requirements of wearing armor meant he could still understand these hints. He immediately made a fist, opening a sealing barrier, and then heard the Thousand-Mile Eye say:
"It's said that it was a Star Official who was behind this, just a few minutes ago, so the specifics are still under investigation. But what's certain is that Ksitigarbha sent down a wisp of divine thought and suffered a great loss. He probably intended to salvage his avatar, but ended up losing even his divine thought. Not only was his divine thought destroyed, but his physical body was also cursed by a Star God. It seems to be the 'Seven Luminaries Calamity,' but the intensity isn't high."

"Star Official? One of our people?" Zhang Wang finally understood why the Thousand-Mile Eye had silenced him. The Thousand-Mile Eye simply shook his head and said:

"I don't know. At least our family hasn't had any new talents who simultaneously meet the criteria of being able to descend to the mortal realm and defeat the divine will of Ksitigarbha recently. The other families shouldn't have any potential talents either, and there haven't been any increases in divine positions recently. I wonder if they're being secretly cultivated. But judging from Ksitigarbha's reaction, it's probably the work of the celestial beings." "Interesting. Could it be a hero? No, heroes' actions are all registered; they can't be hidden. But sending such a promising talent out like this...is there some serious illness involved?"

Zhang Wang was already a little confused.

The Ksitigarbha who is in charge of the resources of the underworld is a veteran powerhouse of the Blissful Realm. Even a wisp of his divine thought is something that ordinary gods of the heavens cannot deal with. To put it more directly, even though he is currently a candidate for the Jade Emperor, he may not be able to defeat the divine thought avatar on the other party's home turf before he truly obtains the divine position.

However, the fact that the divine position has not increased means that the other party could not have completed the armor-wearing process. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, this "culprit" is definitely a monster whose talent, strength, and experience far surpass his!

A flicker of jealousy crossed his mind, but it quickly transformed into curiosity and a sense of wonder. After a moment's thought, he said:

"Have your men gather relevant information first. As long as the Blissful Faction doesn't make any major moves, let's hold off. I'm going to ask my dad about the situation. If they really aren't on the register... tsk tsk!"

"Understood!" Thousand-Mile Eye was one of Zhang Wang's carefully cultivated protégés. Hearing Zhang Wang deliberately mention his father, he immediately understood. Seeing his younger brother's intelligence, Zhang Wang waved his hand to remove the barrier, signaling him to go and do his work. After Thousand-Mile Eye left, he muttered to himself:

"No matter who it is, if they can snatch back the quota from the underworld, I have to lend a hand!"

Zhang Wang stood up, a hint of excitement in his eyes. The Jade Emperor needed political achievements to don his armor, and they had to be significant ones. Normally, he would have to stay in this position for decades, but now, as long as he could secure this quota, his armor-donning ceremony would definitely be much faster!

With that thought in mind, he didn't delay any longer. Leaving behind a divine clone to continue handling government affairs, he transformed into a streak of rainbow light and disappeared from the office building called Lingxiao Palace...

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"Dad! Daddy!"

While fishing, Zhang Xun flicked his hand, and the fish that had already taken the bait immediately broke free. Due to the need for armor, all the major and minor government affairs of the Eastern Heavenly Court were left to the reserve soldiers who needed to wear armor, while he, as a high-end combatant who had already donned armor, could enjoy a leisurely daily life.

Unfortunately, his son was quite a handful. He glanced at the slightly deformed fishhook, sighed, and turned to his impetuous son, saying helplessly:

"Aren't you at work? Why are you out here again? Do you know how many people are vying for the position of Jade Emperor? If you don't want it, I'll give you the position of Marshal Tianpeng, and you can go have your fun!"

"Wait! It's important! This is really important!"

Zhang Wang's face darkened as soon as he heard the name Marshal Tianpeng. His lineage of gods belonged to the Journey to the West lineage, and to be the Marshal Tianpeng in armor meant being a pig's head!
(End of this chapter)