Chapter 717: Chapter 716: The Mission and Choices of a King, Temporary Withdrawal

The decision of the Northern Divine Domain to actively trigger the twilight of the gods in order to avoid war was unexpected.

However, after some reflection, Li Jing had a broad understanding of why Odin had made this decision.

Before the Northern Divine Domain, he had walked through four other divine domains.

Aside from the God Clan of the "X" domain which had only lost a God King, the "Heaven X" Divine Domain and "Xjin" Divine Domain were both hit hard with countless losses of life and substantial damage to their vitality.

Corresponding to the Heaven X Divine Domain, the Hell that he suddenly stopped attacking also suffered grave injuries under the counterattack in the Heaven X Divine Domain’s home turf. Although they had expressed their intention to surrender, the outcome was not a favourable one.

However, despite all this, the three major Divine Domains were not completely devastated.

From this, it wasn’t hard to infer that Li Jing had no intention of completely eradicating them.

To sacrifice a part of the population for tranquility after the storm and the continuation of the God Clan Civilization was a decision anyone serving as a God King could make.

It’s true that the God Kings symbolize power.

But more importantly,

They represent responsibility and obligations of being a king...

Those who become God Kings are not simple-minded, wisdom is a necessary attribute.

The destruction of the Upper Three Realms in the Eastern World was no secret for the Nine Great Divine Fields.

Suddenly,

The World Guardian appears, suppressing each Divine Domain one by one.

This is clearly the instruction of the world’s will.

The Will of the World will not excessively interfere with what happens in the Big World, and the same applies to the World Guardian, except the latter does not suffer from a backlash due to over-interference like the World will.

The difference between the two

destines the World Guardian to not only watch over the world, but also become the executor of the World Will when necessary.

To do the inconvenient and impossible tasks for the World Will

By playing the bad guy, or the executioner.

In fact,

Most of the past World Guardians have done similar things. Many choose to retreat because they were unwilling to become a blade in the hands of the world’s will, leaving their post as Guardians.

This information is hardly a secret for beings of the God King level in the Nine Great Divine Fields.

Therefore, from the moment Li Jing appeared, the Nine Great Divine Fields realized the Big World was to finally return to the right track after billions of years, he was paving the way for the comprehensive recovery of Spiritual Qi in the future Big World.

Knowing someone is paving the way.

They could easily understand that the war was inevitable, and their own sacrifices were also inevitable.

At first glance, this seems unfair.

Despite not having done anything wrong, why should they need to make sacrifices?

However, on deeper examination, the God Kings of the Nine Great Divine Fields knew the score.

The affair of the Upper Three Realms was caused by the Heaven X Divine Domain and the Xjin Divine Domain. Although the majority of the Divine Domains that did not participate may not know about it, those at the God King level know more or less about the secrets involved.

Moreover, they too had once attempted to interfere.

Involved in the destruction of the Upper Three Realms?

There weren’t any Divine Domains that stupid.

As God Kings, they know the importance of balance.

Even the Xjin Divine Domain wouldn’t have aimed to completely destroy the Upper Three Realms in the past.

They had expected to gain benefits from suppressing the Upper Three Realms. However, they never expected the Destruction Spore Group to be so terrifying, it not only destroyed everything in the Upper Three Realms but also ended up dragging the World Will into it...

In addition, the existence of the mysterious stone tablet is also something that all major divine domains want to understand.

Those who had attempted to participate in the past have provided the Xjin Divine Domain with many conveniences to prove their sincerity.

However, the Xjin Divine Domain did not play it fairly, they took the benefits but didn’t let them participate.

In summary,

None of the Nine Great Divine Fields are innocent.

Coming back to the point.

The Big World is about to return to the right track, and no one in the Eastern World’s Upper Three Realms can stand against the Nine Great Divine Fields. Everyone was well aware that they could not hold back under these circumstances.

The Eastern World is a large piece of cake, so large.

By squeezing the living space of the future Upper Three Realms, it would put them at the top of the Eastern World.

This is something they’ve thought about more than once in the past, but never achieved.

Thus, even if they knew it was impossible, they would still try.

Everyone understands the principle.

But who can put knowledge into action?

If you don’t do it, he will.

If he can do it, why can’t I?

World Will has its limits, but its existence can’t interfere too much with what usually happens, providing a loophole to exploit with a lot of operational space.

Therefore, even though they could be extremely dissatisfied or feel innocent, the Kings of Gods understand that some things are inevitable. If they were in the position of the World Will, they would do the same.

Preventing trouble before it starts.

Better to kill by mistake than to let someone escape.

This is what an administrator under a grand layout must have.

Moreover, in fact.

Diddy, they were the same throughout.

Odin made an unexpected decision, presumably considering his own situation.

Divine Domains are different from each other.

The domains of Heavenly X, Hell, and X Jin all belong to special divine domains, and they cannot be referred to as the God Clan in a strict sense.

The Angels in the Heaven X’s domain are life created by Jahveh, all led by Michael.

Mid to lower-tier angels are all created from the transformed redeemed ones.

As for Hell.

Save for a few demons like Satan and Lilith that were naturally born in the ancient times, most devils were converted from sinful souls.

Let’s not talk about X Jin’s domain.

This place is basically a huge melting pot.

A large number of demons, monsters, ghosts, and beasts in Gaotianyuan are treated as true gods and are worshiped.

Can these be called the God Clan?

No.

They can’t even be said to have a clan continuation.

The North X’s God Clan, on the other hand, is a legitimate traditional God Clan.

The clan is only so large, the death of one is an irrevocable loss.

God Clan’s reproduction is extremely difficult, often only one pure-blooded newborn is born every few hundred years.

Half-bloods are another matter.

In this aspect, the He X Clan is the same as the North X Clan.

Only Zeus, the king of gods, chose to sacrifice himself for maneuvering room, allowing his direct daughter Athena to succeed him creating chaos in the He X’s God clan for a long period of time in the future, with the goal of satisfying the Watcher of the world to back off.

Compared to Zeus.

Odin is obviously more treasured to his life.

Of course, the two families have different situations.

After all, He X’s God Clan has an Athena who has climbed Li Jing’s "tall plant", and her ascension to the position of king of gods is only a matter of time.

On the other hand, if the same situation were to happen in the North X’s God Clan, the consequence might not be chaos, but a civil war.

Leaving these aside.

The joint invasion of the Ying X’s divine domain by the two clans was "very smooth".

Nothing similar to the situation in the North X or He X’s divine domain happened. The first group of vanguard forces just finished crossing the boundaries, and the well-prepared Ying X’s divine domain had joint forces rushing to the invasion point for a blockade as soon as possible.

The decisive battle was imminent and quickly ended.

Most of the forces from the Supreme Divine Realm and the He X Divine Realm joined in.

In the face of the joint force of the two great divine realms.

The counter-attack from the Ying X’s divine realm was weak; they didn’t have a real force participating in the battle.

It would be fairer to say that the Yue X’s Divine Realm, having understood the conditions to end the event through the few Divine realms that Li Jing had passed before, chose to send out a group of "consumables" to die to relieve their high-end forces from losses.

However, the Ying X’s divine realm was somewhat smart for its own good.

Getting nothing from the North X’s divine realm, the strong ones from the Supreme Divine Realm and the He X’s divine realm were starving for opportunities.

After completely annihilating the "consumable" forces, they immediately dispersed in search of targets, not giving the "other consumables" that the Ying X’s divine realm had prepared in advance a chance or time to arrive at the landing point.

The efficiency of the joint force of the two clans was so high that few squads which were lagging behind could barely be seen at the rift entrance opened by Li Jing when he descended.

Standing in the air, Li Jing looked around.

The Ying X’s divine realm had a very exotic demeanor, filled with towering palaces all over the land.

This is to say.

The population of the Ying X’s divine realm is vast.

Considering his understanding of the Ying X Religion, this faith consists of deities as vast as a melting pot, with all types of gods in large numbers.

By comparison.

X Zen’s Divine Realm’s 8 million deities don’t even look enough...

Is it another Divine Domain where the gods are as worthless as dirt?

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed.

At a distance, Li Jing witnessed the collapse of clusters of palace-like structures. In the sky, raw God power surged as beings that looked more like Monsters or Alien Species rather than gods clashed with two squads of the Supreme God Clan.

And then... there was nothing left...

The Supreme God Clan was powerful, to say the least.

Each squad was composed of Ancestor Gods as their leaders. The Supreme God Clan members who plundered their way through five Divine Domains and survived were the elite of the elite. Those who were weak and lacked luck had all been eradicated in the previous wars.

The strongest god of this palace cluster was merely a member of the Thirteen Realms. In front of the elite squads, it was not much of a challenge.

With a single slap from the team leader who was an Ancestor God, the strongest on the other side was defeated...

They razed the palace structures to the ground and the two squads of the Supreme God Clan moved on without a moment’s hesitation. There was no intention to completely annihilate the survivors left in the palace. They continued to march on, not pausing even for a second to observe their teammates engaging in a struggle with the gods somewhere else along the path.

The strength of the Supreme God Clan is not just a measure of their fighting power, their discipline is also impeccable.

Poaching kills is unacceptable.

It can easily lead to disagreements, even grudges.

Therefore, unless their teammates call for help, they would not easily participate in other people’s battles.

The gods of the other clan do not hold themselves to the same level of respect.

But due to the absurd strength of the Supreme God Clan, they abide by this unwritten rule.

...

The raging flames of war ravaged the Divine Domain.

Very soon, enraged by the fact that the well-prepared "consumables" were not used, the two race alliance, which indiscriminately killed any god they encountered, irked the gods of the Divine Domain. Main Gods and even Ancestor Gods started to directly join the battle.

It is worth mentioning that...

The gods in the Divine Domain had a high opinion of themselves.

They were arrogant and did not take the alliance seriously, rarely joining forces with other powerful gods.

Most just fought alone, or with their own kind.

Without exception, they eventually paid the price of their lives.

Li Jing stood at the drop point, observing the war situation of the Divine Domain with a weird expression on his face, thanks to his formidable Primordial Spirit.

Less than an hour had passed since the crossing.

The gods in his Primordial Spirit coverage area had almost been wiped out by the two-race alliance.

The Divine Domain was indeed populated by a numerous amount of gods, but their battle power was....

Main gods from the Thirteen Realms could easily deem the results of a single combat after just a few rounds, which made the spectating Ancestor Gods awkward, worrying about whether they would get any chance to attack.

Li Jing shook his head and did not continue to watch. He waved his hand to tear open a spatial rift and returned directly to the Earth.

Counting the Divine Domain...

There were still five Divine Domains left that needed to be suppressed.

Considering the demeanour of the Divine Domain, it was only a matter of time before it would be completely overrun.

Currently, not only was the other god clan seriously participating in the war, but there were also the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Lilith, Gabriel and others who were on the Quasi-Sky Father level that Li Jing recruited along the way. He was no longer needed on the battlefield.

Once everything was over, he could just come back and open the door to the next Divine Domain.

Anyway, because of the activeness of spirits such as the Nameless, his remote "hanging up" did not delay the input of Essence Source.

...

Back on Earth...

Li Jing appeared directly at the entrance of Li Xi’s house, then paused for a moment.

Li Xi’s house...

Gone.

Yes.

Gone.

What was in his sight was not the familiar old broken house, but a high-rise building under construction.

?

Li Jing slowly typed a question mark.

He couldn’t be in the wrong place, it was not possible.

There was no reason for Li Xi’s old house to be demolished...

While he was in a daze, a construction worker wearing a helmet passed by and noticed him. The worker frowned and walked over.

"Sir, this is a construction site that prohibits outsiders. Please leave as soon as possible."

Li Jing turned his head at the sound of the voice, said okay, then turned and left.

Although he was an ultra-powerful entity from the Eighteenth Realm, Li Jing was still Li Jing.

Even if he was facing ordinary people, he would still maintain respect.

...

After leaving the construction site...

Li Jing stood on the side of the road and closed his eyes to release his Primordial Spirit perception.

Very soon...

He located Jiang Yini’s aura in an apartment residential area not far from the street.

Without thinking much about it, he moved in space and instantly arrived at the apartment where Jiang Yini was. He reached the corresponding floor.

Li Jing stopped and looked at the apartment’s new entrance with a frown, then raised his hand to knock.

There were two knocks. "Knock, Knock".

Soon, Jiang Yini’s voice was heard from behind the door.

"Come in."

Soon after, the door opened.

Upon seeing Li Jing, Jiang Yini paused for a moment and suddenly reprimanded him.

"So you, a faithless man, do remember to come back!?"

"..."

Li Jing.

Before he could react, Jiang Yini crossed her arms.

"You’ve been gone for three years, shouldn’t I be able to scold you a little?"

Three years?

Li Jing paused, then put his hand on his forehead.

Obviously...

The flow of time in the Divine Domain differed from Earth.

He had only been away for a little over half a month, but three years had already passed on Earth.

Damn, it’s a good thing he came back to check...

Smiling bitterly, he rubbed his temples and looked up.

"I’m sorry, it seems that the flow of time in the Divine Domain is not the same as that on Earth, I... "

Before he could finish, Jiang Yini snorted.

"What use is there in apologizing?"

Li Jing was dumbfounded, thought for a moment, then smiled apologetically.

"So, what do you suggest I do?"

Jiang Yini blinked, tilted her head and smiled.

"Let me think about it."

"Okay."

Li Jing grinned and walked into the house.

Jiang Yini didn’t say much else, she closed the door and followed him inside.

If it had been the old times on Blue Star...

If Li Jing disappeared for three years, Jiang Yini, who was already in a committed relationship with him, would certainly be anxious.

But now, things are different.

Cultivation knows no time.

Just by meditating in the Zhenyuan Tower, Jiang Yini had already spent over ten thousand years. So, three years really didn’t amount to much.

Li Jing had been gone for so long without coming back, she kind of had an idea. The place he went to had a different time flow than Earth.

Otherwise, even if he mentioned that he wasn’t sure how long he would be away before leaving, he would at least come back to check it out, or take her with him.

After welcoming Li Jing to sit down on the sofa, Jiang Yini asked.

"Have you dealt with the issues of the Nine Great Divine Fields?"

"Not yet."

Li Jing shook his head and said,

"For now, we are only at the stage of suppression. To truly assimilate them will require patience and precision. However, during this period, many problems have arisen."

Telling her this, he recounted the experiences of his half-month long journey.

...