From the Valkyrie to the Endless

The many people who came to worship the gods lined up on their own in an orderly manner.

With hope in his eyes, the boy followed the team. Soon it was his turn. When he looked down and saw the pot, his heart was shocked.

There was no rice in the pot, just a slightly turbid soup with a bitter taste. The bowl was pitifully small, but only as big as a fist and could be finished in one gulp.

The young man frowned slightly, feeling a little disappointed, but still filled a bowl. He had been walking for a whole day and had not had time to drink a sip of water. He was already hungry and thirsty, so some food was better than nothing.

As the medicine and soup went down his throat, an extremely obvious feeling of fullness rose up along with the heat. For a moment, the young man almost felt drowsy. He had not experienced this feeling of being full for several months.

There was a flash of excitement in the boy's eyes, and he was instantly filled with gratitude. It was obvious that this pot of soup was extraordinary and was truly a generous gift from the goddess.

Now, he at least saw hope of survival.

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Inside the city lord's palace.

An oil lamp was burning in the quiet study.

Behind the desk, Shen Qing closed a file, stood up and stretched his muscles.

After briefly sorting out the information in the City Lord's Mansion, she already had a basic understanding.

There are forty-seven gods recorded in the entire Haoyin City, including one fourth-level god, nine third-level gods, and the rest are second-level gods. As for the first-level gods, even their spirits cannot be manifested and have not yet been qualified, so they are not included in the calculation.

Summoning all these gods to come and see her is still a rather troublesome matter...

As soon as this thought came to my mind, there was a sudden flash of light outside the window, as bright as day.

Shen Qing immediately pushed the door and came into the courtyard. A stream of light came from the sky and stopped above the City Lord's Mansion. The huge scroll slowly unfolded, emitting a faint golden glow, dispelling the night. The words on it were clearly visible for thousands of miles.

The moment he saw this scroll, Shen Qing's expression changed slightly: "God Summoning Order?!"

She had read many books in the library of Haoyin City, among which there were records about this summoning order.

This is an imperial order from the Central Dynasty, issued by the Holy King, to summon all the gods of high rank for a meeting.

After taking a quick look at the contents on the scroll, Shen Qing felt mixed emotions of joy and worry.

This time, the gathering was initiated by the gods, not the Holy King Jiuyou. The gathering was held in Longgu City, which was close to the border of Middle-earth. According to the God List, except for the dead Rain God, the remaining eight gods would be present at the gathering.

Undoubtedly, this is an unprecedented grand event, which is exactly what makes Shen Qing a little worried. A divine general is too powerful and her true colors will be easily discovered.

What made her happy was that for this gathering, gods from all over the place had to gather in their respective city lord’s mansions first. Only the controller of the city could participate in this grand event with the city lord’s seal as proof.

In this way, Shen Qing would not have to notify the gods under his command one by one, saving a lot of time and energy.

Moreover, she could take this opportunity to bring these gods under her command, or make them disappear directly, and completely control the millions of people in Haoyin City under her control.

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Soon after the summons was issued, the City Lord's Mansion became lively.

One god after another arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, waiting for arrangements. After all, Shen Qing was the one who held the seal now, and with the arrangement of the God Summoning Order, they had no choice but to obey.

Moreover, the news that the two fourth-level gods had attacked Shen Qing had already reached the ears of many gods. Now that Shen Qing is still there and even controls Haoyin City, the two gods have disappeared.

With this example, Shen Qing's strength no longer needs to be proven.

One day later, all forty-seven gods recorded in the book were in place, without a single one absent.

This is mostly due to the summons.

Shen Qing met with these gods directly in the City Lord's Mansion and began to discuss some details about the gathering.

"God of the Twelve Moon, please first talk about the future of our Haoyin City and your plans after meeting the God General."

Soon, a god started asking questions with a serious expression.

"future?"

Shen Qing chuckled and did not comment on the future mentioned by the god.

In her eyes, there is no future in this era.

Doesn’t she know whether these gods exist in the future and whether the person in front of her has a future?

These gods before him, including the Holy King sitting high on the altar in the imperial capital, are nothing more than the difference between dying early or late.

The future is in her hands.

In fact, except for some extremely important wars or the acceptance of believers, the gods will not intervene in ordinary wars. Instead, the gods will use their own private armies to fight against each other.

The combat effectiveness of these private armies is quite strong, and there are many powerful monks among them. They are no different from the city defense forces of Haoyin City.

The eight divine generals were preparing to intervene in this feast in the Southern Territory, so they might naturally have brought their private armies with them.

(End of this chapter)

138. Chapter 138: The Gate of the Gods, Snow God General (to be revised)

138.

2023-08-01

"From now on, please find out the number of all demons and obscene worshippers in the territory and report to me."

Shen Qing glanced at the gods, held up the city lord's seal, and gave orders in a deep voice.

The conference on the God Summoning Order will be held in March, so Shen Qing still has some time to make himself stronger.

The most direct method is to rely on the sundial to deduce the future, and Shen Qing needs a lot of energy.

After hearing Shen Qing's words, more than forty gods looked at each other with flickering eyes.

"May I ask God, why do you need the location of these demons?"

A burly man with a strong build asked the question. His muscular upper body was bare, spiritual patterns were wrapped around his bronze skin, and his facial features were strong.

The cultivation level of this deity is the strongest in the field, much higher than Shen Qing. He has reached the late fourth level and is revered as the 'Red Gold God'.

In this chaos that is about to begin, if he has some luck, he may be able to enter the fifth level.

Among this group of gods, the Red Gold God obviously had some prestige. When he spoke, all the gods' eyes were on him.

Shen Qing took a glance and saw the details of the spiritual pattern on his body. It was a spiritual pattern related to the law of gold. Due to the limitations of Shen Qing's current attainments in spiritual patterns, the specific effect of the spiritual pattern when it was activated was still unclear.

"I will clear out all the demons in the territory of Haoyin City. Those who conceal the truth, those who collude with the evil, and those who harm the people under my rule will all be killed."

Shen Qing's tone was very light, but to the ears of the gods, it was like thunder, causing many people to change their expressions instantly.

"If someone has colluded with the demons before and now confesses, I can let him go and forgive his past mistakes, and give him a way out."

After Shen Qing added one more sentence, he stopped talking, closed his eyes, and waited for a response from below.

"God of the Twelve Months, there are too many demons and obscene sacrifices in the territory under the jurisdiction of Haoyin City. It is difficult to count them in a short period of time. Now we are about to convene a divine meeting. Otherwise, should we postpone this matter for later?"

The Red Gold God frowned slightly and tried to dissuade him, trying to brush it off.

In his opinion, it was normal for a new official to want to do something in December, as he had just become the lord of Haoyin City.

After the divine meeting, this momentum will naturally fade away. When he integrates the believers and enters the fifth level, Haoyin City will naturally be his.

"After we finish this matter, we can talk about the divine meeting."

Shen Qing was not moved at all, without even raising his eyelids, and said calmly: "Your future is decided by me. Before this gathering, I will push this matter through to the end. Those who pretend to obey but actually disobey will not be allowed to attend this divine meeting."

After saying this, before the Red Gold God Lord could speak again, Shen Qing stood up and looked at him coldly:

"I will give you full authority to do this. I will only give you half a month. After half a month, I want to get the information of all the monsters. If you fail to complete it, I will kill you as a sacrifice before going to Dragon Bone City."

After these words were spoken, the hall fell silent, and all the gods' eyes fell on Shen Qing and the Red Gold God.

They did not expect that Shen Qing would be so direct, without any mercy, and even unwilling to maintain superficial decency, and give orders in such a tough attitude.

As the atmosphere became increasingly tense, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Red Gold Divine Lord remained expressionless and bowed, "I accept your command."

Shen Qing didn't say anything more, he just stood up and left. The many gods in the hall also left the City Lord's Mansion one after another.

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More than two hundred miles west of Haoyin City, inside a temple, more than forty gods gathered again, without a single one missing.

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, they came here again at the call of the Red Gold God.

Shen Qing's order this time has threatened all their gods.

Having been in office for such a long time, they had already become familiar with the neighboring demons and even had frequent exchanges with them.

Although the central dynasty had strict orders prohibiting gods from having any involvement with demons.

However, except for the gods in the city, it is normal for the gods in the deserted villages and towns to be massacred if they have no contact with demons.

In the wilderness, demons and evil spirits are far more intimidating than gods.

In order to protect themselves, it is inevitable that they will have some dealings with demons over time.

Moreover, because of the existence of demons, people's faith and vows will become more refined when they see their companions being devoured by demons from time to time.

This is a good thing for the gods, as they complement each other.

But now that Shen Qing had just taken office as the city lord, he had taken such drastic measures, which really made them feel a little uneasy.

"This December is too arrogant and doesn't take the Lord of God seriously at all."

"That's right. If she hadn't held the city lord's seal and could control the formations in the city, we could have taken her down and taught her the difference between respect and inferiority!"

Several third-rank gods spoke one after another, indignant, but their words were intended to overtly or covertly stir up a dispute between Lord Chijin and Shen Qing.

In this regard, the Red Gold Lord's expression remained calm until the noise in the temple gradually died down. He then spoke, glancing at the gods who had spoken first, and spoke in a cold tone with a warning:

"Don't play these tricks in front of me. I have my own plans for December."

December humiliated him in public, which was the greatest humiliation he had ever experienced, but at this moment he had no way to do anything about December.

With the city lord's seal in hand, December could suppress him with just a wave of his hand. He had no other choice but to obey the order.

After he finished speaking, the spiritual patterns on the body of the Red Gold God flashed, and a golden altar appeared in the empty temple.

Then, he slowly walked to the table, took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from thin air, and said in a deep voice: