Four-Armed Divine Emperor

Asuma couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He knew who El was talking about and hadn't wanted to mention it, but since he'd been asked, he couldn't hide it. He said, "Yes. Originally, the gods had some debate about whether to use such a method that undermined our dignity, almost like flattery, to win over mortals. But Xirig said in the council that of all the futures he'd seen, only this way would give us a chance of success. That's how the debate was resolved."

"Does he know that you are here with me now?" Al suddenly asked another scary question.

Asuma said quickly, "I have never revealed to anyone that I am Your Majesty's vassal, not even to Xirig."

"Hmm..." Al pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "So, you didn't tell him, but he might have guessed it himself, right?"

Asuma didn't know how to respond, so he just said, "I'm not sure."

Al didn't care about it. He raised his hand and patted Asuma's shoulder.

"That's fine. Just finish this first, and then... you can go meet your friend. Whether he knew about this or not, it doesn't matter. You can tell him everything. And by the way... you can also ask him for advice."

El was also somewhat curious about this ancient god who might be the only one who had glimpsed his existence. If the other party was willing to serve him, he would not hesitate to accept him. It all depended on what the other party chose.

Asuma understood what El meant. He was trying to recruit him. This proposal tempted him. After all, he had a good relationship with Xirig, and it was Xirig who had revealed the information about El. However, he had to be cautious about such things. "Your Majesty, what should we do if Xirig refuses, or even... tells on us?"

Al looked at him again in surprise.

"What else can we do? Just do it this way."

He seemed to have guessed Asuma's concerns, so he casually said to comfort her, "Don't worry, you won't die anyway."

But it feels like a perfunctory, empty promise... But does Asuma have any other choice but to believe it and accept it?

Seeing that Al was already very impatient, he didn't dare to stay any longer. He could only bow and leave in a hurry. He was nervous all the way and went straight to the place Al told him.

The Golden Pagoda is a very famous landmark building in Chang'an. It was built by the regent Taiko, the first to convert to "Brahma and Zen" after a monk from India preached here. Later, it gradually became a place for nobles and common people to pray and worship. Except for a few times when it is closed to the public, there are always crowds of people most of the time of the year, even at night.

Asuma secretly wondered what means El had used to ensure the conflict erupted at this precise location. Besides him, there was another deity in Chang'an Jing at this time: the mid-ranking Old God of the Sky, a "native deity" from the Eastern Continent. Her name was "Ame no Omiya," the "Great Sun Woman Supreme," a goddess from the southern archipelago of the Eastern Continent.

When she was in the outer realm, she had asked Asma for his essence and blood to create descendants of gods. According to the agreement, both sides would get half of the gods. Asma himself slept outside the queen's sealed amber every day and was not interested in expanding his followers because his strength was just like that. There was no point in working hard to train his followers. So in the end, Asma gave it all to her and exchanged it for other resources. The relationship between the two sides was pretty good.

Asma also had some understanding of this "Goddess of the Sun". The power of the laws she controlled was related to light and the "sun". The sun-moon-like stars in the world of Il were within the crystal wall system, not individual stars. It involved the elements of distance and space, and the goddess had some expertise in this area.

The opponent's power is far superior to Asuma's, and because he is a "local god", the entire shogunate has great respect for him after his arrival. At this time, his human incarnation is sitting in Tiangong, the highest sacrificial site of the shogunate of all generations, accepting people's offerings and worship. His "divine power" perception can radiate to the entire Chang'an City, and Asuma can also vaguely feel this.

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El was able to do all this without them even noticing. His power was truly terrifying...

Chapter 174: Thousand Worlds Tower

Asuma left Izumi Prefecture and headed towards the golden pagoda.

The official name of the Golden Pagoda is the Thousand Realms Pagoda, which is taken from the meaning of "Three Thousand Worlds" in Sanskrit Buddhism. It is said to have a thousand layers inside and outside. Each layer you go up means a higher level of merit and practice. The way to go up to a higher level is either to make a donation or for the monks to take the initiative to lift you to the "upper realm". The latter are either powerful people with prominent status or people among the mortals who are considered "meritorious" by the monks. If the general public wants to raise their status in the pagoda, they can only do so through years of donations, worship, participation in Dharma meetings, and service to the monks.

In order to expand their business, Brahman monks, under the leadership of a "great and holy monk", petitioned the regent Taiko, who was worried about the difficult government situation at the time, declaring that for the welfare of the people of the world and for the long-term stability of the shogunate, Brahman monks should chant scriptures day and night in the Thousand Worlds Pagoda, sacrifice to the dead of the world, and pray for the people of the world.

Taiko was overjoyed at the time, thinking that this was a great achievement in civil administration, so he solemnly convened a water and land assembly, and asked the Brahma monks to "bless the world" in the Thousand Worlds Pagoda and announce it to the world, which was equivalent to another kind of offering to the monks.

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The monks opened up the shogunate's civil registry, so that in theory, all the shogunate's subjects had their names recorded in the Thousand Worlds Tower. As a result, the influence of the Thousand Worlds Tower grew, and it soon became a world-class landmark "wonder" famous both at home and abroad.

If ordinary people in the shogunate were lucky enough to become rich and rise in social class, they would have to go to the pagoda to offer sacrifices and make donations to express their gratitude. After all, the monks had been "praying" for them from birth to death. Their achievements today might have been due to this blessing from heaven!

If you don't burn incense and burn vegetarian food, there will definitely be people gossiping, criticizing your shallow morals and being "ungrateful". Over time, this has become a customary "tradition", almost tied to ancestor worship. If a person lives in a remote and backward area, it would be fine, but if he is an ordinary citizen in the city, who can wear all kinds of clothes, save money, and travel far, if he doesn't go to the Thousand Worlds Pagoda to burn incense and offer sacrifices once, his life cannot be called "dutiful"!

In this way, the Thousand Realms Pagoda is bustling with people every day, every month, every year. That is like describing the streets and alleys outside the Buddhist temple. After climbing the 800 steps and entering the Buddhist temple, you can only see crowds of people, one row after another. Even when the shogunate army is at war, there may not be such a dense flow of people in the army formation. The pilgrims are constantly worshipping and offering sacrifices. Even though the temple has specially arranged magic to exhaust smoke and ventilation, the inside and outside of the temple are often shrouded in smoke from incense. When the incense around the Thousand Realms Pagoda was at its peak, it is said that even the shogunate officials could smell the incense from the Thousand Realms Pagoda when they went to court. However, the people of Chang'an certainly did not think this was "air pollution". Instead, they regarded it as a special landscape in the capital. Outsiders had no chance to smell and see it every day!

Even though it was almost midnight, the number of people around the Thousand Worlds Tower did not decrease at all.

Only in key places such as transportation hubs, people would avoid those wearing long robes and holding scepters out of awe, leaving a certain amount of space around them.

They were not shogunate officials, but members of the "Old Heavenly Priests" who came from a higher level and from foreign lands. They had power greater than all local dignitaries and bureaucrats, and this power came from strength.

Without exception, they are all descendants of the gods, their agents, and "shepherd" preachers who spread the glory of the gods.

Before, they were followed by many followers, carrying a large number of magic books that were considered "forbidden" by past standards, and then distributed them to people on the streets. As long as mortals passed by, they would just stuff the books into their hands and take them back, just like flyers, and no one was allowed to refuse. As for what you think, they don't care at all.

Because probably no one can accurately say that no mortal can resist the temptation of having the possibility of mastering extraordinary powers.

Naturally, they did not dare to open it in public, because this would undoubtedly confirm their guilt as violators of the law, but seeing that everyone and their neighbors were forced to take these things, they did not dare to abandon them in the market, because the "Old Sky Priests" would also punish them severely. Compared with the White Tower that they had already left, it was obvious that the "Old Sky" hanging over the heads of the Orientals posed a much greater direct threat.

They can only take it home. After taking it home, can these ordinary people who generally have some knowledge and talent but no greater room for advancement, who have spent their whole lives trying to make a name for themselves, to move up the social ladder, and even to be slaves of the powerful, resist the desire in their hearts and not secretly open it and take a look or two?

As long as you do this, it will be the same as some other things, the only difference is zero times and countless times...

Now, because they control the printing machines and manpower of the mortal world, the old forces can use a simpler way to carry out their work of "overthrowing the White Tower Binding Era", so this method, which is actually more of a formality than other means, has been abandoned.

During this time, many people appeared in Chang'an, whose attire alone indicated they were either wealthy or noble. They were out for fun, enjoying themselves, and playing around with the world. No one knew their identities, but no one could afford to offend them either...

Now, these "law enforcers" who represent the old world have the greater role of making people subtly accept the reality that "times have changed", and they will also pay attention to public security and screen outstanding talents.

If the wealthy and low-status people mentioned above violate public order and morality, these law enforcers will act quickly to resolve such troubles before the impact of the incident spreads, so as to avoid a decline in the public's inclination towards the old ways.

It must be said that their existence also played a role in strengthening the public security of Kyoto. At this sensitive juncture, even the dandies who had committed evil and domineering deeds in the past would be warned by their elders to spend their time and energy mainly in the mansion, and not go to the city or the alley, so as to avoid causing trouble and accidentally bumping into some noble person from the "old world".

Before the return of the Outer Realm gods, the exiles were undoubtedly barbarians, demons, and tyrants in the eyes of the people. They were the paupers who lost the last world war, public enemies of the world whose names were infamous and whose deeds were despised and cursed by millions of people.

But after the grand return of the "Gods of the Old World" and the White Tower abandoned the land and fled, there was no doubt that before the light of the Nine-Ring White Tower dispelled the "Long Night of the Old Days", they were the rightful masters of this land. No one would question or oppose their rule, at least... on the surface.

Chapter 175: The Body of God

Asuma, disguised as an ordinary person, followed El's instructions and came to the outskirts of the Thousand Worlds Tower, one of the iconic buildings in Chang'an Jing.

He was worried about coming

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It was too "coincidental" to arouse suspicion, so he didn't dare to run here at full speed, because he didn't have a suitable reason. If the Council of Gods wanted to investigate the matter later, he would have a hard time explaining it. But he didn't expect that El's power far exceeded his imagination.

When people arrive, things will happen.

Asma entered the "Monk Temple Square" belonging to the Thousand Worlds Tower. At first, he didn't see any movement, so he calmed down and pretended to stroll around. It was not until he leisurely stepped into the inner square that something strange happened.

Asuma sensed a strong wave of magical power and looked up at the sky.

I saw a "crack" faintly emerging above the night sky. Because it was midnight, even though the ground was still brightly lit, the ancient lights were no match for the modern light pollution, and the sky was still dark. Ordinary people could not see this "crack in the sky" unless they had excellent night vision and observed carefully.

But Asuma could sense it easily.

And soon, even bigger changes occurred.

Suddenly, a sharp noise mixed with the whistling of strong winds and the collision of huge objects came out from the crack in the sky about three or four hundred meters above the ground. Then it expanded rapidly and began to crack in all directions.

This noise was enough to attract the attention of the mortals still moving on the ground. Some people stopped and looked around and at the sky, curiously looking for the source of the strange sound.

As Asma was thinking, he suddenly came up with a "bold" guess, so he secretly prepared himself. Sure enough, in the next moment, those strange cracks that appeared in the "air" suddenly shattered, and violent elemental turbulence gushed out from it, turning into the constituent elements of various material planes such as water, electricity, fire, stone, and wind, erupting outward, like a barrel of explosives stuffed with various elements exploding in the sky. The sky was filled with dazzling fireworks, so shining and brilliant that it instantly attracted the attention of countless people.

Space turbulence, chaos elements!

The element of chaos is also the purest elemental power. To be more precise, it is the most primitive and chaotic form of "magic". It is the "one" that evolved everything at the beginning of the world.

Just like a constantly stirred whirlpool, the chaotic elements, due to their chaotic and disordered nature, constantly collide with each other in the crystal wall. A part of them settles down first and becomes ordered elements, which becomes the prototype of the later material world.

After the world was born and the laws of nature evolved, these cornerstones that built everything were blocked outside the material world they themselves composed of, because their chaos and disorder were an incompatible opposition to the orderly material world, and they could only continue to wrap it outside the material world.

All matter from the inside out will be "eroded" and assimilated by chaotic elements, including humans themselves. They will be assimilated by the disordered elements into the original chaotic and disordered form of all matter. For intelligent life, this is no different from death, and the most terrifying kind. Not even a corpse or soul will be left.

When chaotic elements enter the material world, they will be assimilated by orderly rules and decomposed into various ordered substances. The most common case is various common elements.

Earth, water, fire, wind, electricity, etc.

In the White Tower system, there is an eight-ring magic called "Chaos Torrent", which temporarily opens a door connecting the inside of the material world to the outside, allowing those disordered and "restless" chaos elements to pour in from the channel and turn into a torrent to impact everything in front of it.

This move can not only attack the enemy with mixed elements at the same time, but also because it takes a process for the chaotic elements to be assimilated into basic elements by the rules of the material world. Although it is very short, it is not zero, so this impact also comes with some characteristics of the chaotic elements, which can break magic and destroy things. The disordered chaotic elements will exert their own characteristics on the basic elements they come into contact with before that moment, even if they will be decomposed by the rules of the world in the next moment, and transform them into their original matter.

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For example, if this attack hits a person, even if they are immune to the various elemental damage caused by the Chaos Element being transformed into basic elements, they will definitely not be able to withstand the "true damage" brought by the Chaos Element's transformation and will be decomposed into various mineral elements, water, air...

Such a big commotion, how did El arrange it... Asuma was surprised, such a commotion was equivalent to the "Chaos Torrent" of a seventh-ring mage.

The elements shining all over the sky may be like watching fireworks for the extraordinary people, but for the mortals on the ground, if they are not careful, it will be a disaster.

Asuma was lucky enough to have a sudden inspiration and had quietly unleashed his magic power before the incident occurred. He initially used his magic power as a screen to cover the building for protection. Now that he had determined the form of the danger, he simply turned it around and turned the magic cover into an upward package, covering the decomposed basic elements, and then used his magic power to transform them, making them disappear silently.

As for the "assimilation" threat of the chaos elements themselves, there is actually no need to be afraid of it at such a long distance. Moreover, as long as Asuma has enough magic power, theoretically he can continue to use magic power to resist the transformation of the chaos elements, which is equivalent to creating a protective shield on his body surface. As long as the magic power is not exhausted, he will not be afraid of being threatened by real damage from the chaos elements.

As one of the "Twenty-Four Old Gods", even if Asma is ranked at the bottom, his strength is still among the top in the entire Il world. Not to mention a Chaos Torrent, even the same

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When facing ten close-range attacks... he wouldn't be stupid enough to take them with his face unless there was a reason he had to confront them head-on.

Having already started, Asuma no longer concealed himself. He flew into the sky, and since he had done it, he might as well do it completely. He gave orders to the "law enforcers" of the divine blood clan who were on duty, asking them to be responsible for maintaining order, evacuating the crowd, and leading mortals out of the monastery. At the same time, he showed off his "body of the god" - actually an incarnation of pure magic power, not the kind that was made for immediate use. It took a lot of effort to polish and perfect it, and it was almost no different from his second body.

Except for the gods, the favorites of heaven in the past, it is almost impossible for mortals to do this. Only those who were born in ancient times and had almost no rivals in the universe could have enough time and leisure to do such thankless tasks simply to show off their power and strengthen their divinity. People nowadays basically do not have the capital because the input and effort are too disproportionate.

Asma flew into the air, his body radiating light that illuminated all directions. His divine body was in the form of a half-human, half-beast with a bow and arrow on his back, a spear in his hand, and a scimitar on his waist. He was a totem image worshipped by his former tribe, "the god of mountains, hunting, and all nature." When Asma awakened his power and embarked on that great path, his compatriots regarded him as the "incarnation" of the totem god, who was originally just a false image. Asma also believed and accepted this. Over time, he got used to this half-human, half-beast image because "this is him."

Chapter 176: The Ministry of Truth and the War of the Descendants of God

"God!"

"The gods have descended!"

The citizens in the temple shouted in surprise, and some devout and frightened people knelt down and kowtowed to the gods in the sky.

Regardless of whether they believed in the "Old Heaven" in their hearts, it was obvious that Asma had just displayed his divine power to block the restless "earth, water, fire and wind" in the sky and save the mortals on earth, so it was not difficult to pay him a visit.

What's more, when the "devout believers" kneel down, most people will follow suit. Those who are still standing will stand out from the crowd and be arrested and questioned by the shogunate's criminal department, right?

Asuma, who did all this, didn't know whether what he did was "right" or not, but he thought it shouldn't be wrong to rescue some mortals?

If divided according to the famous nine-square grid, Asma's camp should belong to the orderly neutral or absolute neutral type. Whether to save people depends on his mood, and whether to do "evil" also depends on his mood. He advises people to just do good deeds and have good intentions, do the things in front of them well, and not think about what is behind them.

While enjoying the lap pillow of the mentally abnormal beautiful lady, El, who was observing the whole scene with his psychic perspective, uttered a comfortable murmur, turned over in Hara Yoshimitsu's arms, and buried his face in the warm and slightly moist beauty's nest.

"mother......"

He called out softly, but Yiguang was very encouraged and responded repeatedly: "Yes, mother, yes, mother is here, mother is here..."

The consciousness of the young man in my arms seemed to gradually fade away, and he fell asleep. Before he fell asleep, he called out softly:

"mom......"

I don’t know if he is still called Yoshimitsu.

......

Asuma, who didn't know that he had actually passed the test called "Leadership's Secret Inspection", frowned and looked at the two parties that rushed out of the space rift in a panic after the "Chaos Torrent".

He had protected the people on the side that was at a disadvantage in both numbers and strength behind him, and in front of him was a group of extraordinary people wearing blue and white robes with the "All-Seeing Eye" printed on them.

"Six seven-rings and two eight-rings?"

"The Ministry of Truth..."

Although Asma was a small figure among the gods and had no say in anything, he would never neglect the fundamental issues concerning his enemies. From the blue and white robes and the symbol of the All-Seeing Eye, he knew that the group of "rebels" before him was none other than a feared organization in the Nine-Ring White Tower, a notorious department that was said to have "captured, imprisoned, and killed more mages than those killed by the Old Enemies in the War of the Ancients" since the War of the Ancients.

As the name suggests, this is a department responsible for upholding the laws of the White Tower, or rather, the "truth of the world." It combines the mages' law enforcement, intelligence, and security responsibilities, like a combination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the "White Tower Ideology Department." While powerful, in times of peace, it's limited...

However, in today's precarious situation, the rise and expansion of this powerful department is obviously unstoppable. The mages are all smart people. After all, there should be no stupid ones who can learn. The authority of the Ministry of Truth began to expand rapidly after the "Rome" incident. Many mages who have been confirmed to be "loyal, reliable and capable" have been transferred into it, and they are specifically responsible for handling internal problems.

Like this time.

A spy from the old days actually turned an Atlantean "Mage King" against the king!

This was like another cut to the skin of the White Tower, which had already stretched to the extreme!

If this matter is not settled with a thunderous blow, it will undoubtedly be another heavy blow to the authority of the White Tower. Even the members of the Holy Gate who are most committed to "prudence and prudence" and who are most likely to be "invincible" can no longer maintain their previous position in the face of such provocation and aggression.

The idea of ​​"Drag it out, the advantage is mine!" is what prompted the White Tower to respond to the serious threat. It was very strange, and even judged by ordinary people, it could be said to be "cowardly".

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The main factor of "daring to fight".

Especially the "disciples of the Saints" who dominated the White Tower, in order to strengthen their own authority, infinitely strengthened and praised the achievements and abilities of the first generation of sages, and eventually made them believe it without a doubt. The mages really believed:

As long as the sages who are exploring outside the domain receive the news and return to Il, they will surely have an overwhelming advantage over the defeated enemies they have defeated for thousands of years.

But even so, it does not mean that we can allow the enemy to be so arrogant and domineering before this.

So after discovering the flaw, the White Tower, with one of the few high efficiency since the Roman Rebellion, directly sent two eighth-ring mages - powerful men who were respected as "King of Law" in one of the largest empires in the world like Alan - to lead the team to capture the spies and traitors who had infiltrated.

This old team that went to infiltrate Atlantis was led by a very powerful leader, a direct descendant of Titan Areg, one of the three second-in-commands of the [War Giants], and a special descendant who was "true inside and different outside", that is, his physical appearance inherited from the non-primary bloodline, but his inner bloodline mainly inherited the special descendant of the War Giant Areg.