Free Web NovelChapter 344: Chapter 340: A Conspiracy of Gods, an Elaborate Killing Plot
"It’s you..."
"Eternal Hunt?!"
The other divine consciousnesses were instantly alarmed.
This was immediately followed by a sense of revulsion.
Because...
This divine consciousness that had so suddenly appeared was none other than... the Eternal Hunting God!
After all, while this major god of the Northern Territory was powerful, his reputation among the other deities was far from good... In fact, one could say it was utterly infamous!
This wasn’t because the Eternal Hunting God had a flawed personality or was socially inept despite living for several millennia... In fact, for a time, the Eternal Hunting God had been quite prestigious.
If that were not the case, he would never have become one of the three major gods of the Northern Territory, deeply revered by his followers.
The problem was...
Several years ago.
This major god of the Northern Territory, in order to resist the world’s drain and compensate for his own loss of Divine Power, had actually ordered his vassal city-state, Tewa Kan City, to attack and completely blood-sacrifice three city-states left defenseless after their patron gods had fallen!
Such an act, no matter how it was whitewashed or concealed, could not possibly fail to inspire disgust and fear, could it?
"Greetings."
The divine consciousness of Eternal Hunt was indifferent.
He ignored the vaguely hostile postures of the other gods.
He glanced around and, paying them no mind, stated his purpose.
"Everyone."
"Join me and slay the descendant of the Old Divine Blood!"
The Eternal Hunting God’s goal was, shockingly, to rally the other gods to besiege and kill Su Ye!
"Hah..."
"Sorry, but that’s impossible."
In response,
the other gods either sneered in contempt or flatly refused.
In short, they had little interest in the Eternal Hunting God’s proposal.
’Are you kidding me?!’
’Does he think we’re fools?’
After all, under the current circumstances, with the Southern Deities descending upon the world, the only way for any of them to act was through an incarnation!
Refining each incarnation required a god’s true self to splinter off a piece of its divinity and expend a massive amount of Divine Power!
Among the gods of the Northern Territory today,
aside from the three major gods, most deities could only maintain a single incarnation to serve as their trump card.
If this incarnation were to descend rashly and be severely wounded—or even destroyed—by a powerful enemy, the repercussions for the god’s true self would be immense!
They might even end up like the God of Rock Ridge, forced to seal their divine kingdoms and enter a deep slumber.
The gods were unwilling to take on something so incredibly risky for such a meager reward!
Besides...
Right now,
these gods were preparing for a major event.
They simply had no time to spare for the descendant of the Old Divine Blood.
"Eternal Hunt, deal with your personal vendetta yourself."
"Please leave... We have other important matters to attend to."
Among the many divine consciousnesses,
a pale cyan one, which seemed to be the leader at the center of the group, responded.
"Cyan Rong!"
The Eternal Hunt’s divine consciousness turned solemn, its attitude growing serious.
The being represented by this pale cyan divine consciousness was none other than another of the major gods of the Northern Territory!
The Cyan Rong God!
He who presides over the divinity of [Life]!
However...
Even the Cyan Rong God could not sway the will of Eternal Hunt!
"Important matters?"
"Hah... Did you really think I don’t know what you’re planning?"
"You’re just planning to fight over the Divine Status left behind by the God of Mist Forest!"
"Hmph..."
Hearing this, the Cyan Rong God snorted coldly.
However, he did not refute the claim.
"That is correct. So... please leave!"
Plotting to take the Mist Forest Divine Status!
This was not to say that the God of Mist Forest’s Divine Status was particularly powerful.
Even though this deity was quite ancient, having existed since the era of the Second Divine Court,
as a major god of the Northern Territory, the Cyan Rong God’s own Divine Status was in no way inferior—in fact, it might even be superior!
However, the Mist Forest Divine Status had a unique advantage!
"According to my divine senses, the God of Mist Forest’s divine office is now vacant."
"This means one thing—he has fallen!"
"And when a god falls, most of the sin accumulated within their Divine Status will be washed away..."
A debt is wiped clean upon death.
A god’s sin is also a form of ’debt’ owed to the world.
By the same logic, after a god falls, this sin... while not disappearing entirely, is at least greatly reduced!
At this time, if one could replace their own sin-tainted old Divine Status with this relatively pure one, they could significantly alleviate their own situation!
Of course, this method also came with many harsh restrictions.
For example, after a god falls, their divine kingdom would, in all likelihood, be torn apart by the World Primordial Force!
A collapsed region of chaotic space would form at the divine kingdom’s original location... This is how many of the forbidden zones in the Boundless Celestial Realm, filled with spatial turbulence and rifts, came to be!
Even gods had to be wary of these forbidden zones.
These zones were most dangerous as they formed... At that time, even major gods had to avoid the brunt of it, let alone enter one to retrieve a masterless Divine Status.
—It was pure suicide!
And even if one were lucky enough to obtain the Divine Status, there were still restrictions on replacing one’s own.
The divine offices of both parties had to have a certain degree of commonality for the replacement to be possible!
But now...
These two extremely harsh conditions were both perfectly met by the Cyan Rong God!
For him, this was perhaps the only chance to escape the entanglement of sinful power and reverse his current predicament!
For this, he had not hesitated to make numerous promises.
For example, he promised not to take any of the spoils from the Mist Forest Divine Kingdom aside from the Divine Status, and also to provide Divine Power for the other gods after the replacement was complete.
By doing so, he had roped in several other gods to ensure he secured the Mist Forest Divine Status!
Therefore, the Cyan Rong God had absolutely no interest in the Eternal Hunting God’s proposal, which would only create unnecessary complications!
...
But.
Just then.
The Eternal Hunting God spoke with profound meaning.
"If you want to vie for the Mist Forest Divine Status, you should be even more inclined to agree to my proposal."
"Otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what?"
"Are you threatening us?" the Cyan Rong God said coldly.
"How would I dare?" The Eternal Hunting God chuckled.
"How could I possibly threaten all of you on my own?"
