The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

The God King unfurled his robes, and the God of Knowledge was aghast at what he saw in that instant. Before he could utter a word, he was expelled from the Source Sea.

In an instant, his back was drenched in cold sweat. The Source Sea appeared calm, but it was actually the most dangerous place in the entire universe.

Even gods were essentially trespassers relative to the Source Sea. He had just displayed too much excitement, which could have triggered the Source Sea's cleansing protocols.

Fortunately, the God King had not forgotten this and promptly sent him out.

The God of Knowledge calmed down for a moment and prepared to return to persuade his father, but he discovered that the coordinates he had always used to find the God King were no longer effective.

In other words, unless the God King made changes on his end, he would not be able to find him even if he went to the Source Sea again.

"Father… is this your way of strengthening my resolve to continue on this path?"

The God of Knowledge looked increasingly weary. He knew what he should do at this moment, what he had to accomplish.

But emotionally, he did not want to be the so-called leader, nor was he curious about the truth of the entire universe.

Wouldn't it be easy enough to simply let everyone exist eternally, unconsciously?

Many of the thoughts hidden in Naline's heart, her so-called awakening, were actually reflections of the Creator's inner self.

The God of Knowledge had been granted the most powerful abilities and the highest leadership by the God King, but he only wanted to be the assistant beside the God King, supporting him in battle.

That was how it had been when they first left the nascent plane, building their own divine kingdom with great ambition and launching wars to overthrow the ancient beings who had established the order of the universe.

Those were dangerous but happy and fulfilling days.

They awakened in war, and six other younger siblings joined them, and they eliminated one dominator after another.

As the war with the gods ended, the God King turned his gaze to the Source Sea, beginning to contemplate what lay beyond the box and how to escape the constraints of this universe.

The God of Knowledge became the last and most powerful leader of the divine faction in this universe.

This life has continued until now, and they are regarded by the newly rising mortals of the universe as the old order, shackles that must be broken.

But do you know that we have always been striving forward, not indulging in the past, and creating a new era?

Your current path of resistance is just a replica of our past classics.

Is it simply because we never became dragon slayers, allowing this universe to sink into an eternal cycle, that you resent us in the name of reformers?

How ridiculous and naive.

You have no idea what you have lost or what you are about to lose!

Ignorant and short-sighted ants!

I will firmly continue on the path chosen by Father.

"The Qing Teng Empire… soon you will see what true gods are, and let me see how powerful the final test left by the Creator is!"

The God of Knowledge looked into the endless void, the weariness in his eyes gradually fading, slowly igniting a raging fighting spirit.

The feeling that he could complete his father's mission by simply pushing forward all the way was over. Next would be a more exciting game.

He was ready. Chess players across the table, have you understood the true goal of this game?

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In Conqueror's Canyon, the Empire's Second Fleet and other fleets shuttled back and forth, transforming the territory of a powerful god.

They knew that the avatars of gods were observing them, and they also noticed that the divine kingdom of the God of Nature was moving in this direction, but they were not alarmed.

Killing the Goddess of War would only alert the other six gods, putting the threat of mortals on the table, and the subsequent war pressure they would face would be even greater.

But this was a step that had to be taken.

Only by confronting them head-on could they know the strength of the methods they possessed and obtain more resources.

Rats hiding in the gutter could escape human pursuit and not be exterminated, but they would not have enough space and resources to truly defeat humans and occupy the entire world.

So the people of the Empire stood up. Killing the Goddess of War was actually a signal, representing that the war between mortals and gods had truly begun and entered the next stage.

The Empire had extra contingency plans for how intense the reaction of the Six Gods would be.

Of course, suppressing their anger and observing, waiting for someone to kick the iron plate, was also within their expectations.

This battle exposed themselves, but the Empire also verified that the technology and weapons they mastered could pose a sufficiently strong threat to the gods, and they were full of confidence for the next war.

Gods ultimately had to parasitize on believers and could not exist independently. Their strength also corresponded to their lack of independence.

In this way, believers were the weakness. This was how wars between gods had always been conducted, and the Empire also followed suit, but the methods used were more diverse and more extreme.

Because in the past, the battles between gods were to compete for believers, but the Empire could directly destroy believers and destroy the foundation of faith.

Because the Empire did not need believers, they had more diverse tactical options.

Gods could not think from the perspective of believers, but the Empire could, because they were also mortals, understood the joys, sorrows, food, clothing, housing, and transportation of mortals, and knew how to win them over to their side.

This was what the Tianming Army was doing. After these years of development, they had sorted out a very mature system, which would be promoted as the standard answer to more planes.

In the past, the Tianming Army only targeted the Church of the Goddess of War for destruction, regarding it as a personal feud. The other churches had always existed peacefully. Although they also opposed the Tianming Army, they had never received an order from the gods to kill them, so there was room for negotiation and buffer between the two sides.

Now, the Goddess of War had fallen, and the Tianming Army's main enemy had disappeared. Next, they would treat all churches equally, and might even restore the entire plane.

Those forces had been continuing and suppressing, but in order to cooperate with the Empire's overall situation, they had not launched. Now, in order to share the Empire's pressure, the operation to ignite the flames of war among all the gods' believers was about to begin.

The Imperial Fleet would no longer just defeat but not occupy. The stage of disguising as mosquitoes had ended. In the next all-out war, the Empire would become a true predator, showing its claws that had been sharpened for a long time to the gods.

While the gods were still watching and hesitating, the Empire was racing against time to prepare for the next stage of the battle.

In the Eternal Night World, the next step in the plane's upgrade was that as soon as there was any disturbance or the situation did not allow it, the Wandering Plane Plan would be launched immediately. It was only waiting for the Eternal Night Empress to press the button.

The surface was a carnival, but in reality, they were preparing for exile.

And Conqueror's Canyon was conducting a carnival on another level, a feast for magicians.

"Oh, studying powerful divine power during the day and directly building a divine kingdom at night, I'm so happy I feel like I'm dreaming!"

Frankenstein, Lydia, Hall, Newton, and almost all the well-known and unknown powerful magicians in the Empire who specialized in research, followed the warships or private teleportation channels to Conqueror's Canyon, and were immediately attracted by the unique environment here.

Although it had been destroyed and was full of devastation, its unique environment was still different from any material plane. It was a very good reference material and also a material for transformation:

This place would be transformed into an Imperial military fortress to resist the Six Gods, relying on the resentment of countless past believers towards the gods to launch a war against the gods.

Chapter 268: The God of Nature is Up, The God of Nature is Gone

Under the gaze of the gods, the Qing Teng Empire was transforming Conqueror's Canyon.

From now on, this place would be called the Godslayer Fortress, in memory of the Empire's first victory against the gods' camp.

In the eyes of the gods, this could be called blatant provocation. Naming it showed blasphemy towards the gods.

The God of Nature couldn't help but control her avatar on the spot, leading an army of a million Holy Spirits to charge directly.

That was the "Wrath of Nature" Legion, well-known throughout the multiverse, all pure-blooded elves, with unparalleled pure faith, infinitely loyal to their Lord, and having experienced tens of thousands of years of time and testing.

In the past wars of the Seven Gods against other gods, the Wrath of Nature Legion had made countless military exploits, reaching the depths of hell and the bottomless abyss.

In these years, the Seven Gods swept across the material plane, and the Wrath of Nature didn't even need to be mobilized. The main church alone could solve most problems, and they had been conserving their strength all along.

Now, the dispatch of this legion showed that the God of Nature was truly angry, intending to directly dismantle the fortress built on the legacy of the Goddess of War.

"We can't stand idly by either."

The other gods didn't stand by either, sending various blessings to the Wrath of Nature Legion, arming them to the teeth.

This was god-level enhancement. Even arming a pig could fight against a legendary powerhouse, let alone a legion that was already incredibly powerful and experienced in combat.

"Amnacher!"

Her roar resounded through the starry sky, and the expressions of her believers were fanatical.

It was time to offer loyalty to their Lord!

What greeted them was a barrage even denser than a rainstorm.

In order to escort the construction of the Godslayer Fortress, except for the Eternal Night returning to the City of Mysteries, all the remaining fleets and all the strategic fortresses were stationed outside the Godslayer Fortress.

Although this place was still a large construction site, due to the infection of the faith virus, this space was no longer the home field of the gods, but a battlefield full of disgust for the gods, providing them with various negative buffs and supporting mortals in resisting the gods.

That was the last wish of the believers who had died and were still alive.

The so-called virus referred to the effect on the gods. For mortals, this could be called the will of their ancestors. Such a war was to inherit their wishes and issue a fearless roar to the gods who oppressed mortals.

The God of Nature transformed into a tree spirit, her body reaching a height of a hundred meters, holding a shield woven from black vines, and standing at the forefront of the Wrath of Nature Legion.

This was her highest-configuration avatar, consuming countless faith power.

But she didn't even get close to the edge of the Godslayer Fortress. She intended to cover the charging legion, but was blown to pieces by the enemy's long-range strikes.

The enemy's arrows and magic could actually turn?

The God of Nature still hadn't reacted to what was happening on the battlefield, unable to believe that her most elite legion, which she had painstakingly accumulated, had fallen on the way to charge without even touching the enemy's clothes.

She was furious, regarding mortals as equal enemies, and used the specifications for dealing with gods, but she still didn't face the enemy squarely, understand the intelligence, and think about and analyze the means possessed by the Qing Teng Empire.

In terms of controlled energy, the Wrath of Nature Legion might not be able to dismantle the Godslayer Fortress, but with her cover, rushing in to destroy the construction and delay the Empire's transformation was a goal that could be achieved as a bottom line.

But the God of Nature didn't consider that the enemy was now using a large number of guided weapons. Even magic had added more turning and self-aiming small runes to increase the hit rate.

The God of Nature still intercepted the Qing Teng Empire's long-range strikes according to the past ideas of intercepting arrows and catapults, according to straight lines or parabolic trajectories, using divine power, so the efficiency was extremely low.

Every missile could flexibly change phase, evade and maneuver according to her interception, and there were various methods to obscure and conceal her perception.

In addition, the entire Godslayer Fortress had once been the divine kingdom of the Goddess of War, shrouding the nearby area, strengthening the Empire's fleet, and supplying abundant energy.

You must know that from the Eternal Night World to Conqueror's Canyon, until the fall of the Goddess of War, the Empire's fleet had not fired a few shots. Relying only on the Eternal Night Empress and the Twilight of the Twelve Gods, Tebella had already been solved, and now the ammunition base was very sufficient.

So the God of Nature's outdated experience was accurately struck by the Empire's current weapons.

Although the Wrath of Nature was powerful, almost all of them were legendary-level powerhouses with combat experience, and they had equipment, divine blessings, and other blessings. They were invincible in any material world...

But what could be done? The enemy completely dared not engage him in close combat. Directly outside the line of sight, this super legion, which was arranged in a dense formation and wanted to come up to "bayonet fight", was reimbursed.

Because this round of concentrated fire was too dense and too rapid, the God of Nature only had time to realize that the intelligence was wrong, and the followers who were charging behind him with fanatical emotions were gone.

That lonely tree man, hundreds of meters high, became a laughable witness under the brilliant light of fireworks.

"It seems that if our main bodies are not present to launch a true divine kingdom war, we can no longer solve these mortals."

The God of Music, Sylvie, said faintly, her beautiful voice seemed to be the final note of a tragic epic.

It was filled with too many emotions and too much vicissitude.

Unknowingly, the mortals who could only be used as humanoid walking faith harvesters, raised like lambs, could actually provoke them and, on the front battlefield, block the gods halfway.

The God of Nature didn't charge again. The Empire's attacks released terrifying light and heat, but calmed her down.

With only one avatar, charging into the divine kingdom was a waste of faith power.

She retreated to the side of the remaining five gods. Her already clumsy words, at this time, did not know what to say.

No matter how impulsive she was, it was impossible for her to really risk her life for these mortals and turn herself into Tebella the Second.

To put it bluntly, gods are a group of parasites who are arrogant and proud on the surface, but are actually more afraid of death than mortals. No matter how wild they are outside, their main bodies are all nestled in their own divine kingdoms, praying for eternal existence.

The God of Nature impulsively pulled over the divine kingdom because she felt that she could easily crush these ants with her shot.

The result was that they discovered the tortoise shell on the enemy was too hard, and it even had poisonous thorns. Rushing forward rashly would likely result in getting pricked, so they decided not to charge.

Long-term planning, long-term planning.

She knew she wasn't good at thinking, so she honestly calmed down, waiting for the God of Knowledge to return from the Source Sea and give them new strategies.

The God-Slaying Fortress did not pursue, watching the God of Nature leave.

Simply eliminating an avatar of a god is meaningless. The empire hasn't finalized its next phase of attack, so conserving energy to build the God-Slaying Fortress, honing it into the sharpest point in the eyes of the six gods, is the top priority.

Thus, after a fleeting probe that evaporated a million legions, both sides returned to a state of confrontation, as if nothing had happened.

Only the God of Nature suffered heavy losses, her core legions, cultivated for tens of thousands of years, destroyed in an instant.

The God of the Sea suggested, "Execute the boss's order and seal off this area to prevent mortals from causing us more damage."

The God of Hope nodded, "That's right, as long as we seal these mortals here, we can exhaust them to death with our accumulated resources."

The five gods nodded together. Mortals had indeed come up with some unexpected tricks, mastering weapons that could threaten their existence, but they had only just stepped into the endless planes.

Perhaps in local tactics, the Green Vine Empire does have some small tricks against the gods, but this level of war is not about momentary gains or losses. In the end, it is a contest of resources, and whoever runs out first will die.

And they have been leading for tens of thousands of years, already occupying more than 80% of the universe's resources, an overwhelmingly huge advantage.