Longevity by Picking up Attributes in the Battlefield

Chapter 1201: Chapter 516: Breakthrough in Progress! Heavenly Soldiers and Generals Surround Huaguo Mountain! (2)

Although in terms of the number of peak powerhouses, the Qin Court may still lag slightly behind the Heavenly Court, every one of these breakthrough experts of the Qin Court is completely under Qin’s control; they move as a single whole.

Whereas within the Heavenly Court, factions are everywhere, all kinds of forces check and balance each other, making it hard to form true combined strength.

”Your Majesty.”

Wen Zhong stepped forward, his tone tinged with worry as he said, ”This time, should our Heavenly Court make some preparations?”

The gazes of all the Immortals and Gods converged, all falling upon the Jade Emperor.

”When soldiers come, generals block them; when water floods, earth will dam it.”

The Jade Emperor took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, ”Since the Qin Court dares to act in such a manner, our Heavenly Court will absolutely not cower or retreat.”

Then.

The Jade Emperor swept his eyes over the Immortals and Gods in the hall: ”Dou Department, Fire Department, Thunder Department, Water Department, all Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are to enter standby. Once any sign of the Qin Court advancing west is discovered, immediately deploy troops and confront the Qin Court.”

The Jade Emperor’s voice echoed through the Palace of the Polestar, carrying an unquestionable majesty.

Other than this, the Jade Emperor truly could not think of any better method.

In this complex situation, he could only use such a hard-line posture to uphold the dignity and authority of the Heavenly Court.

”Your Majesty is wise.”

All the Immortals and Gods shouted in unison, their voices uniform and sonorous.

Yet.

Within this orderly chanting, many of the Immortals and Gods were perhaps only comforting themselves.

”Also, immediately issue a decree, ordering The Immortal of Colossal Spirit to swiftly descend to the Lower Realm and seize the Demon Monkey Sun Wukong.”

”This matter brooks no delay; it must not be put off.” the Jade Emperor added.

The Jade Emperor calculated silently in his heart: while the Qin Court is currently absorbed in internal breakthroughs and has no attention to spare, this is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the Heavenly Court to send troops.

If they move now, they may be able to avoid a frontal clash with the Qin Court and smoothly achieve their objective.

Such a fine opportunity naturally must not be missed lightly.

As for what exactly the Qin Court is doing at this moment, the Jade Emperor no longer has the leisure to care, nor the power to interfere.

Besides, to directly send troops to pressure the Qin Court?

That is something not even worth thinking about.

The Qin Court of today is utterly different from the past; when facing Qin, the Heavenly Court truly has no strategy to employ.

Use Divine Power against the Qin Court?

Attempt to bring down heavenly disasters and human calamities, or unleash plagues and catastrophes?

These methods might still have worked on ordinary mortals in the past.

But against the Qin Court of today, they are completely impossible to realize. Because Qin possesses the Nine Provinces Barrier; all the State Governors and Prefectural Governors can wield Heavenly Fortune, making the lands under their control enjoy timely wind and rain, untouched by Divine Power.

As for plagues, the Qin Court also has a thorough response system; the Heavenly Court’s plague Divine Power is simply unable to step even Half-step into the Qin Court.

Before the Human Dao Power, the Heavenly Court’s authority and Divine Power have been weakened far, far too much.

The Qin’s breakthrough feast continued on.

Even with the powerful blessing of Heavenly Fortune, this was destined to be a process that would consume considerable time.

After all!

Qin is no longer that ordinary Mortal Kingdom of the past, still less some common Cultivation Sect.

Today, the Qin’s Cultivators, the moment they break through, are all stepping beyond the Immortal Realm, becoming experts above the Great Ability Realm.

Every breakthrough demands long accumulation and tempering, time to stabilize their Realm and enhance their Strength.

Meanwhile, above the East Sea, at Huaguo Mountain.

Roar!

A tremendous boom, as if heaven and earth were collapsing.

An incomparably gigantic Heavenly Gate abruptly appeared in the Void where Huaguo Mountain lay.

This Heavenly Gate was none other than the South Heavenly Gate.

It possessed the power to shuttle through the Void and descend upon any place in the Primordial World.

As the Heavenly Gate slowly opened, a violent halo of light flared forth; within the radiance, a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals surged out like a raging tide, instantly sealing Huaguo Mountain so tightly not even water could leak out.

Endless killing intent from weapons and war, like a black storm, swept across all of Huaguo Mountain in an instant.

Under this endless killing aura.

It was as if it foretold that a cruel war was about to erupt.

”Great King, something’s wrong.”

A Demon King rushed into Shuilian Cave, his expression panicked, his voice filled with boundless terror: ”The Heavenly Soldiers... the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have surrounded our Huaguo Mountain.”

”And there are so many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, you can’t see the end of them at a glance.”

”Heavenly Soldiers and Generals are just Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, what are you panicking for?” Sun Wukong sat upon his throne, leisurely playing with the Jingu Bang in his hand, casually glancing at the Demon King delivering the report, his tone carrying undisguised disdain.

Right now, he feared neither Heaven nor earth.

”Great King.”

The Demon King knelt on the ground, his voice trembling as he said, ”These are Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, they’re the elite of the Heavenly Court.”

”In their eyes, our Demon Clan are nothing but ants, prey they can hunt and kill as they please.”

”Once they catch you, death might actually be the lightest punishment.”

”If you don’t die, then they’ll definitely flay you and rip out your tendons, they’ll even forcibly draw out your Spiritual Charm.”

”Great King... what are we supposed to do?”

That Demon King’s face was filled with terror, his body constantly trembling, as if he could already see the miserable ending that awaited them.

As his words fell, more and more Demon Kings, like startled birds, hurriedly rushed into the Shuilian Cave.

Every Demon King’s face was written full of fear—that was a deep, bone‑rooted fear of the Heavenly Court.

In their hearts, the Heavenly Court was an unbeatable colossus, possessing the power to destroy everything.

Before the Heavenly Court, they were nothing but ants.

Sun Wukong swept a glance over these panic‑stricken Demon Kings, his brows faintly furrowing as he said, annoyed, ”What are you all so scared of? Really losing Old Sun’s face.”

These Demon Kings were all trusted aides of Huaguo Mountain.

For them to be called Demon Kings, each one possessed Strength at the Golden Immortal level; in the eyes of ordinary Cultivators, they counted as powerful figures in their own right.

Yet in front of truly great powers, this Strength of theirs was as insignificant as ants, not worth mentioning at all.

And the Heavenly Court was without question the greatest power in this world.

For the sake of seizing Spiritual Charm and refining flesh and blood into Dan, the Heavenly Court could be said to stop at nothing.

Aside from the Human Race that once lived on the Eastern Continent, the various Departments of the Heavenly Court would even regularly ”clean up” all places except the Northern Continent and Western Continent.

This so‑called cleanup was in truth done under the banner of subduing demons and vanquishing devils, while they roamed everywhere capturing the Demon Clan, extracting their Spiritual Charm for use in Alchemy and medicine.

These operations, almost every ten years, would be carried out on a massive scale once.

Under the Heavenly Court’s purges, the Demon Clan that managed to survive were pitifully few.

However, in the last near‑hundred years, this kind of cruel extermination campaign had temporarily ceased.

All of it was because of Qin’s forceful rise.

The emergence of Qin caused the Heavenly Court to lose its former Peak status, to lose that invincible might that once swept across Heaven and earth.

”Great King.”

One Demon King plucked up his courage, stepped forward, and said, ”You don’t understand how formidable the Heavenly Court is.”

”For countless years, our Demon Clan has always been the target of the Heavenly Court’s cleansing.”

”Almost every ten or twenty years, the Heavenly Court would dispatch Heavenly Soldiers and Generals down to the Lower Realm to hunt our Demon Clan, refining us into Dan and medicine, extracting our Spiritual Charm.”

”Any Demon Clan that has taken human form, once marked by the Heavenly Court, almost has no chance of survival.”

”That’s right, Great King,” another Demon King chimed in, ”those Demon Clan who were taken away met extremely tragic ends.”

”Some were flayed alive, some had their tendons drawn and bones taken, after their Spiritual Charm was extracted, only an empty shell remained.”

”Under the Heavenly Court’s oppression, our Demon Clan has been struggling on the brink of death for far, far too long.”

The group of Demon Kings all opened their mouths, pouring out to Sun Wukong the various atrocities of the Heavenly Court, their tone filled with deep terror and hatred toward the Heavenly Court.

”But Old Sun’s been out and about for so many years now—why hasn’t I seen the Heavenly Court doing any cleansing?” Sun Wukong scratched his head in puzzlement and asked.

”Great King.”

A Demon King with relatively broad knowledge stepped forward to explain, ”The Heavenly Court’s cleansing operations against our Demon Clan have already been halted for a hundred years.”

”The reason behind this seems to be the appearance of the Qin Court.”

”In the past, every ten years the Heavenly Court would launch a large‑scale purge against our Demon Clan, capturing us.”

”But because of the appearance of the Qin Court, the Heavenly Court grew wary.”

”Moreover, the Qin Court’s deterrence has also formed a certain restraint on the Heavenly Court.”

”The closer it is to Qin Court Territory, the safer it is for our Demon Clan.”

”So the Heavenly Court doesn’t dare act recklessly.”

”Our Huaguo Mountain isn’t far from Aolai State of the Qin Court, so the Heavenly Court probably doesn’t dare to rashly provoke us.”

”But in other places, it’s hard to say.”

”Yet today, these Heavenly Soldiers and Generals have actually marched right up to our Huaguo Mountain.”

”Qin Court, huh?”

Sun Wukong nodded. Just hearing Qin spoken of by the Demon Clan stirred a sense of intimacy in his heart.

After all, deep down Sun Wukong had always believed himself to be a man of Qin.

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