This could not be blamed on Queen Mother of Yaochi.
Who was going to tell the Jade Emperor he was unworthy!
Before the arrival of the Eternal God, the Jade Emperor had been controlled by the old immortals of the heavens and Lingshan Tathagata.
He practically bowed to everyone he met.
But to enhance his own majesty—
He directly sacrificed his own sister, causing his powerful nephew Yang Jian to hate him.
The more he did it, the more the Queen Mother despised him.
A man trying to prove his cruelty and majesty by sacrificing a woman—
The more he did it, the more it only proved his own inadequacy.
"Why are heavenly immortals forbidden from marrying mortals?"
"Don't you think your brother-in-law is inadequate!"
He made a personal decree out of spite.
Although his majesty was nominally established, the children of those great gods had no intention of following him.
Then the Eternal Religion arrived.
The Jade Emperor panicked and tried to mend ties with Yang Jian. The results were naturally surprisingly good.
Others saw his relationship with Yang Jian—
It was merely a thin thread to Yang Jian, and yet… After a brief reconciliation, the Jade Emperor wanted more. For example, with the prestige of the Hengshen Sect—
He would completely control the heavenly court.
For this, he did not hesitate to sacrifice Chang'e, whom he had been watching for centuries, to the gods.
This time, however, the cart overturned.
Yang Jian wanted him to join the religious sect and promised him an official position in the future—
It was even possible for him to manage the world on Yang Jian's behalf.
But the Jade Emperor flew into a rage.
He had lowered himself, bent his pride, and allowed himself to join the cult—
"I am his uncle!"
Yet his narrow-mindedness began to cause trouble.
Constant petty acts of sabotage—pulling heavenly soldiers from their posts.
In many places, people could no longer make a living.
Now that gods rampaged across the land, not many truly believed in the Jade Emperor anymore.
The former Sihailong clan—
Now under the command of the gods, they were also insolently disobedient to heavenly management.
Even when the Jade Emperor asked them to retrieve pearls from the East Sea and present them to his maidservant—
He was slapped in the face every time.
Grievances accumulated gradually, leading to the situation today.
Wang Lingguan sighed silently in his heart as he watched the immortals continuously departing from Nantian Gate.
Loyalty or betrayal—
It was a difficult choice.
There was no doubt that choosing loyalty meant death, while betrayal offered a better tomorrow.
But His Majesty had been kind to him.
He could not betray that original kindness.
Standing before Changming Hall, Wang Lingguan sighed silently. He drew the fairy sword from his waist and chose to take his own life.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the immortal world.
The Barefoot Immortal and his group were secretly discussing today's affairs.
"What do you think? The Queen Mother took Yaochi away. This might break the backbone of the Jade Emperor!"
"It's too cold-blooded… Kneeling before life is nothing shameful. There is at least a way to survive. Have you heard the latest news?
The Earth Immortal Ancestor joined the Eternal Religion and became a priest. Good people turn to ash when monsters attack for thousands of miles.
How impressive was that move by Jin Yuanzi!"
"Hah… What are you even saying? Let's talk about Kong Xuan from Nanzhan Trizhou instead—she's a goddess predestined by the gods, with an unbeatable Law of Fire.
Countless monsters will submit before her!
What courage, how powerful.
I heard that Demon King Peng in Shituoling is her younger brother, and he also serves the cult as an errand-runner."
"This… we've digressed, haven't we? We're supposed to be discussing our own retreat!"
"What retreat? There are only two choices right now. The first is to join the Eternal God, the second is to join Demon Buddha Tathagata."
"Is there even a place for us in these three realms?"
Faced with the Birthday Star's question, everyone fell silent.
After a moment, Fu Xing sighed: "Joining the cult is already decided. The news about Master Yang Jian—before he joined Demon Buddha Tathagata's subordinates, corpses and insects would appear in their heads.
Do you think it's better to become a worm, or to become a dog of God's religion?"
Although his words were crude—
They hit the point.
Become a dog of the gods?
No one was happy about it. After all, they were all veteran gods.
What they sought was comfort.
Did they have a choice now?
No!
"If you want to go, go now. Otherwise, when the idiot Jade Emperor wakes up, we won't be able to leave even if we want to!"
"Fine, that's it. Let's go…"
Another group of gods departed.
The Star of the Twenty-Eight Constellations watched as the Three Stars of Fu Lu Shou, Yue Lao, and the others all left.
They left as well.
It wasn't easy to find a backer these days.
Someone had taken the lead in surrendering, after all.
In less than six hours.
Heaven had become an empty shell.
Fairies, cranes—
Everything that could be taken was taken.
Only an empty High Heaven Hall and an icy corpse remained.
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