Rabbit Must Die-Chapter 658 - 257 Dongji_1

Upon hearing this, Wenqu Star Monarch’s eyebrows shot up!

Seeing this, the Kitchen God and Lu Ban thought to themselves that this was not good. Just as they were about to step forward to intervene, it was already too late.

They only heard Wenqu Star Monarch take a step forward and shout, "Emperor Gouchen, I know you come from the Demon Clan. Gouchen has always been in charge of the demons of Heaven and Earth, but don’t forget, the Heavenly Court is ultimately the court of the human race! The position you hold is also because of the Heavenly Court of the human race. If the Heavenly Court collapses, you might as well not be able to hold onto your position. If the Demon Court makes a comeback, do you think they will care for you as kin just because you share the same ancestry?"

"Insolence!" Emperor Gouchen, upon hearing this, flew into a rage, abruptly stood up, and released a powerful aura with a bang, suppressing everything around!

Wenqu Star Monarch was directly forced to kneel on the ground.

However, full of unyielding pride, Wenqu Star Monarch was not at all afraid but instead turned back to look at the other gods and angrily rebuked, "I know all of you are aware of this matter, but don’t forget, you are Heavenly Gods! Your True Spirits are still on the Investiture of the Gods. If the Heavenly Court collapses and someone else takes control of the Investiture of the Gods, you will all lose your freedom just the same! The Jade Emperor is benevolent, the demons are cruel, what exactly are you all thinking?"

The gods bowed their heads, none daring to meet Wenqu Star Monarch’s gaze.

Wenqu Star Monarch suddenly turned around, stared at Emperor Gouchen, and declared, "Don’t try to intimidate me, life and death are predestined, and I have never cared about this life of mine! If I could dig out my heart to prove my loyalty in the past, naturally today I can also use death to affirm the Heavenly Dao!"

Emperor Gouchen clenched his fists tightly, about to say something.

Emperor Ziwei said indifferently, "I think Wenqu Star Monarch makes sense."

On hearing this, Emperor Gouchen abruptly looked towards Emperor Ziwei.

Emperor Ziwei smiled and said, "Between Heaven and Earth, it’s always been one game of chess, and those who play are always the few, not you or me. Fuxi abstained from this matter and does not emerge from his seclusion. However, my father had also divined the sixty-four hexagrams of Fuxi... Having nothing much to do these years, I have followed the divination method my father used back then and have also divined the sixty-four hexagrams, figuring out some things. Would you, my friend Gouchen, like to know?"

Emperor Gouchen asked, "What have you figured out?"

"Why do you ask me when you know it in your heart?" Emperor Ziwei looked at Emperor Gouchen with a chuckle.

Gouchen said nothing, his gaze shifting to the others.

At this moment, from the quietly standing former Jie Cult disciples, one person stepped forward, a vertical eye in the center of his forehead, dignified without anger.

It was none other than Puhua Thunder Venerable of Nine Supreme Heavens, also the only Heavenly Venerable among the three hundred and sixty-five deified beings from the Investiture of the Gods era—the serious Wen Zhong!

Wen Zhong stepped forward and said, "Emperor Ziwei, the Jade Emperor is in seclusion, and Gouchen is in charge of all affairs of the Heavenly Court. Since it’s already been decided before, according to the laws of Heaven, you have no right to interfere with any decisions by Emperor Gouchen."

Emperor Ziwei frowned.

Then God of Fortune Zhao Gongming stepped forward and said, "The Heavenly Venerable is absolutely right; the Heavenly Court has its laws, and if there is any doubt, we can consult the laws of Heaven."

Lady Sanxiao, Huode Star Monarch Luo Xuan, Northern Purple Qi Venerable, Gold Spirit Saintess of Five Evil Stars, and others came forward, agreeing, "God of Fortune speaks truly, the Heavenly Court is not a mob; respecting the law is all that’s needed."

"This is wrong!" The Pagoda-bearing Heavenly Lord stepped forward, wanting to speak in support of Emperor Ziwei.

However, as soon as he began to speak, even more disciples from the Jie Cult began to speak out.

During the great Investiture War, almost all disciples of the Jie Cult were annihilated, those who were not captured to become mounts were all here.

The disciples of Interpretation Religion and Xifang Cult combined didn’t even match a third of the Jie Cult.

For a time, being rebuked by the Jie Cult disciples was truly depressing; they might be feeling resentment towards Jiang Ziya for the first time for enshrining so many disciples of the Jie Cult as gods.

Because the Jie Cult disciples didn’t debate with you at all, they only withdrew; with the Jade Emperor absent, Gouchen took charge and respected the law.

The disciples of the Interpretation Religion used the changes in heaven and earth as a pretext to start their arguments.

In no time, Lingxiao Hall descended into chaos; some gods even began to sneakily make their moves against each other, clutching at hearts, grabbing butts, scratching armpits... Aside from not causing injuries, all manner of petty actions were ceaseless...

Emperor Gouchen and Emperor Ziwei above were staring at each other, neither willing to submit to the other.

Just then, a thunderous noise came from the entrance!

Everyone instinctively turned their heads to look, and saw a person clad in black armor, holding a great sword with both hands, standing motionless at the gate of Lingxiao Hall, like a stone statue!

The person was none other than Zunwu!

Zunwu announced word for word, "Emperor Qinghua of the East has arrived!"

Upon these words, everyone became solemn.

Emperor Gouchen subconsciously sat down in his seat and fell silent.

Emperor Ziwei heaved a sigh of relief as if relieved of a heavy burden and also retreated to one side. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The rest of the crowd promptly shut their mouths and stood in place obediently, not daring to utter a sound. For a moment, the entire Lingxiao Hall was engulfed in silence. Everyone’s gaze turned toward the entrance, respectfully awaiting the arrival of the third Overlord.

Because everyone was well aware that Emperor Qinghua of the East was not a latecomer like Gouchen, nor was he the type that ascended to heaven and became an emperor as an imperial offspring like Ziwei; both of them lacked sufficient heritage. But Emperor Qinghua of the East was different; he was an ever-present entity of the land, whose position remained firm as a mountain through several changes of heaven and earth.

Emperor Qinghua of the East, also known as Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerable, was the leader of the Nine Stars in ancient times, ruling over the North and Hell. The karma that others found terrifying could be easily played with in his hands... Even his mount, the Nine-headed Lion Nine Spirits Yuan Saint, could roar to open the gates of the nine layers of Hell, that is, the deepest Hell Gate, leading directly to the Bloody Nether Sea!

No one in the world had seen Emperor Qinghua of the East take action, but neither did anyone dare to challenge his dignity.

As a cyan silhouette entered Lingxiao Hall, the figure was incredibly ethereal. One could discern only a humanoid shape, but not the appearance of the person within. One couldn’t even make out what clothes he wore...

Nevertheless, everyone bowed in unison.

The figure arrived in front of Gouchen and stood still, staring straight at him.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Gouchen said, "Emperor Qinghua of the East, please take a seat."

But the cyan figure remained motionless, continuing to look at him.

Seeing this, everyone drew in a sharp breath, especially the disciples of the Jie Cult who felt a sense of an impending storm. They knew that the arrival of Emperor Qinghua of the East this time was likely to cause trouble.

A quarter of an hour later, Emperor Gouchen could no longer stand it and with a somewhat hoarse voice said, "Overlord, why do you not take a seat?"

The cyan figure still did not move and kept looking at him.

Finally, Emperor Gouchen gritted his teeth and abruptly stood up!

The hearts of the gods below quivered as they thought, "It’s over, trouble is brewing!"

As a result, Emperor Gouchen said to everyone, "Let us end here for today, adjourned."

Having said that, Emperor Gouchen left himself.