Chapter 1073: Prelude to the Divine War (Part 1)

Chapter 1073: Chapter 1073: Prelude to the Divine War (Part 1)

"It’s a pity... whether it’s divine power or divine patterns, they can only exhibit extraordinary effects in this world. Once returned to the Immortal Realm, all divine anomalies will be lost!"

Shen Mo thought regretfully. Previously, he had mastered a Sixfold Divine Rune with effects similar to "Telepathy", which was an incredible technique even in the Universal Realm...

Like the Long-Eared God before him, it is not a creature, but in essence more akin to an "ancient, immortal magic having developed sentience". Yet, by employing the effects of the Sixfold Divine Rune, he could listen to its "heart’s voice", detecting its undisguised and extremely intense "malice".

If it could be used within the Immortal Path world, it could be put to great uses in many aspects.

The simplest use would be listening to the "heart’s voice" of Immortal Path experts to determine if they harbor ill intentions.

After all, cultivators who have cultivated to a certain realm guard their thoughts extremely tightly, and not even a ripple of emotion would escape. Even though Shen Mo had mastered related magic, it was difficult to glean their inner thoughts. Nonetheless, this divine rune could directly point to their true intentions.

Moreover, it could listen to the "heart’s voice" of the environment’s rocks, dew, wind and clouds, flora, and even Spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi, thereby judging whether the small realm is benevolent or hostile, and further discern if the environment is safe.

Furthermore, it could be used like [Method Eye Candle Wisp] in alchemy, forging, formation building, and many other areas!

The other divine runes are similar; however, upon returning to the Immortal Realm, divine power and divine runes would be ineffective, only usable within the cultivation world.

With slight lamentation, Shen Mo gathered his thoughts and engraved a new Fivefold Divine Rune onto a talisman, then tossed it into the iron box beside him... inside the iron box were thin iron sheets resembling leaves, each engraved with a divine rune, including several sets of tokens with basic divine runes. They could be directly combined to form multiple divine runes, saving the step of re-engraving when needed.

As for divine runes above Layer IV, more basic divine runes are required. Engraving more tokens with basic divine runes would take up considerable space, and errors are easy during embedding, so Shen Mo would engrave an individual set and store it in an iron box!

He checked on the Long-Eared God and Self God again to ensure everything was normal, then drew a talisman from the iron box, activated it with divine power, and opened the God Realm, stepping out.

...

Shen Mo returned to the wooden house and found Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying there.

"Including the Ear Wisdom God, the nine great true gods of Qing Country and their disciples are getting restless..." Jiang Yingying spoke with a worried expression.

After two years of development, the Long-Eared God now had nearly thirty thousand worshipers under him, with over twenty thousand ordinary disciples and more than a thousand elite disciples. Due to the wild forest being situated within Qing Country’s territory, the disciples of the Long-Eared God were quite familiar with the situation in Qing Country. Most of the new disciples and worshipers were from Qing Country and scattered across various regions, while no progress had been made yet in Ji Country!

Within Qing Country were many minor fake gods, whose disciples had defected to other camps in large numbers, sacrificing much less of their primal Essence and Qi than before. Realizing the "culprit" was the Long-Eared God, they became aware quickly.

However, under the "Catastrophe of Godfall", the fake gods’ camps had few strongholders to confront Outer Zone Evil Demons, which were essentially cultivators from the Outer Realm. Coupled with their tacit agreement not to attack each other during the catastrophe, Qing Country’s fake gods were restrained in suppressing the Long-Eared God’s camp, only sending an elite force secretly to attack Swallow Village.

Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying intervened, successively killing dozens of God Path strongholders and defeating five weak fake gods, successfully repelling the invaders!

Seeing it was difficult to break Swallow Village, Qing Country’s fake gods sent troops to block several routes leading from the wild forest to the Outer Realm, with many Qing Country soldiers and fake god disciples guarding almost every exit, attempting to completely sever Swallow Village from the Outer Realm.

However, this effort proved ineffective.

The disciples and worshipers under the Long-Eared God continued to grow rapidly. Even disciples who had lost their divine power after the fall of the previous fake gods began practicing the widely spread Long-Eared God Praying Scripture without begrudging past conflicts, becoming disciples of the Long-Eared God.

Under such circumstances, not to mention the nine great true gods led by the Ear Wisdom God, even weaker fake gods and their disciples plunged into intense fury, eventually completely abandoning the tacit agreement of the Catastrophe of Godfall. A few days ago, led by the Ear Wisdom God, camps of other fake gods cooperated to gather an army of tens of thousands of God Path strongholders, invading the wild forest with the intent of flattening Long-Eared God’s headquarters at Swallow Village!

"Moreover, recently quite a few cultivators have been eyeing the Long-Eared God, killing many of our disciples. Some daring ones even sneaked near Swallow Village. Mengze and I drove away a group and captured more than ten of them, who are currently imprisoned in the dungeon. Since they, like us, have signed contracts with Senior Guan, it’s difficult to kill them directly. How should we handle them best?"

Other contracted cultivators were unaware of the true origin of Shen Mo and the other two.

They perceived the Long-Eared God’s rising momentum as that of an initially obscure fake god, considering his strength relatively weaker and easier to kill. This led them to strike against the Long-Eared God’s camp, attempting to breach the God Realm and slay the Long-Eared God!

"They are fellow cultivators, there’s no way they’d join forces with fake gods of this realm. You may reveal our identities to them, but remember to construct a barrier with divine runes during conversations to prevent fake gods like the Ear Wisdom God from eavesdropping. If they are willing to follow our lead, you may personally conduct a worship ceremony for them to become disciples of our god. If they are unwilling, continue keeping them imprisoned!"

Cultivators entering the cultivation world have all signed contracts with Guan Ling, and considering their origins from the immortal world, the likelihood of them betraying is zero, making them natural allies of Shen Mo and the others. Moreover, cultivators possess strong physical vitality and robust Essence and Qi. Once endowed with divine power to activate divine runes, they can quickly become formidable God Path strongholders. If they can be absorbed into Swallow Village, it would significantly enhance Shen Mo’s top-tier forces!

Nevertheless, these cultivators might, upon gaining divine power, decide to return immediately to the Immortal Realm after slaying a fake god or make their own plans disrupting Shen Mo’s arrangements. It is crucial to agree in advance to avoid this scenario.

"Good. I’ve understood!" Jiang Yingying nodded in agreement.

"As for the army invading the wild forest..."

Shen Mo quickly calculated the strength of his camp. If he did not appear, even if Swallow Village gathered all the disciples of the Long-Eared God, it might not withstand the God Path strongholders of the fake gods’ camp.

Moreover, the majority of elite disciples are scattered in Qing Country and Ji Country, disseminating the Praying Scripture. With only the remaining disciples in the village, they likely wouldn’t last three days, ultimately facing a siege where everyone would be slaughtered.

"I’ll go personally!"