"The mortal world must not be without an Emperor!"
Ian Song's expression suddenly darkened, making Lord Venus tense up. He quickly added, "The human emperor is known as the Son of Heaven, and is usually a reincarnation of a certain celestial from the Heavenly Court. Once his merit is complete, he will return to Heaven.
According to Heaven's plan, the Ming Dynasty was supposed to be followed by the Chen Dynasty, still ruled by the Yanhuang people. But because the Zhu emperor wanted the Zhu dynasty to last forever, he ordered Bowen Liu to sever the Heaven-Pillar, cutting off the link between the mortal world and Heaven. As a result, the Later Jin seized the throne. If he hadn't been so stubborn, this great land wouldn't have fallen into Later Jin's hands. Now that the connection between Heaven and the mortal world has been restored, Heaven naturally wants to set things right and follow its ordained route!"
"Hmph!" Ian Song sneered. "The modern world has already deviated from Heaven's plan by a hundred thousand miles. How do you expect to set things right? Besides, in the current situation, there's no way an emperor will ever appear in Yanhuang again!"
"Heaven's rules cannot be changed!" Lord Venus shook his head.
"If Heaven's rules can't be changed, then what if I sever the Heaven-Pillar again?" Ian Song sneered.
"Absolutely not!"
Lord Venus hurriedly said, "The Heaven-Pillar must not be severed! If you do, you'll be entangled in karmic backlash. Back then, Bowen Liu was also a reincarnated star-lord from Heaven, but he defied the heavens and cut the Heaven-Pillar, so karma clung to him. After death, he could never regain his star-lord status. Now he's suppressed somewhere in Heaven, unable to reincarnate for ten thousand years—his fate is truly miserable!"
"Why should I fear karma?" Ian Song scoffed. Although his current strength still can't match Erlang Shen, Sun Wukong, or the Buddha, once he traverses another world, he'll surely become an Immortal.
By then, with all kinds of divine powers, maybe he'll be able to stir up chaos in Heaven himself.
Lord Venus said gravely, "Brother Song, I'm not trying to scare you. Normal karma is nothing for your cultivation, but the karma from severing the Heaven-Pillar is immense. If you provoke it, bad luck will cling to you, and even if you possess overwhelming power, you could meet an untimely death!"
Ian Song wasn't so easily frightened and mocked:
"After all that talk, you're just trying to persuade me to follow those so-called bullshit Heavenly rules!"
Lord Venus gave an awkward smile. "How about I report the mortal world's situation to the Jade Emperor... Maybe he'll change his mind?"
Ian Song looked at Lord Venus with a half-smile, sneering, "Heh! Don't think I don't know. The so-called Jade Emperor, to put it nicely, is the leader of all immortals; to put it bluntly, he's just a puppet. He doesn't have the guts to defy Heaven's rules!"
The mother of Erlang Shen is his own younger sister, and Erlang Shen's sister, the Third Saint Mother, is his niece. But after they broke Heaven's rules, did the Jade Emperor, as their brother and uncle, show any mercy?
It's not that he didn't want to show mercy, but he's just the executor of Heaven's rules and simply can't go against them.
Hearing Ian Song say this, Lord Venus's face became a bit ugly, but he didn't know how to refute him.
Ian Song waved his hand, "Alright, let's drop the subject. I've gathered all the revived minor gods for you. Go meet them, and once you're done, head back to Heaven."
"Thank you, Brother Song!" Lord Venus said gratefully. "By the way, please keep today's events a secret!"
Just then, Cici's expression changed slightly.
Five Eight-Winged Angels were flying swiftly toward the castle from the sky.
Two-Winged Angels are equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators; Four-Winged Angels to Golden Core; Six-Winged Angels to Nascent Soul; Eight-Winged Angels to Out-of-Body.
Cici wasn't worried about the arrival of these five Eight-Winged Angels, because her strength surpassed Soul-Split cultivators. Handling a few Out-of-Body-level angels was no problem.
"Whoosh!"
In a flash, Cici appeared above the castle, looking down at the five Eight-Winged Angels with contempt. She lazily said, "You five birdmen came here to die?"
"You heretic caused the destruction of the Church of the Holy Light. The Lord is furious and sent us to eliminate you!"
The leading Eight-Winged Angel drew a silver longsword from his waist and pointed it at Cici, shouting coldly.
"Hehe, just you few? I'm afraid that's not enough!"
Cici chuckled lightly, not taking them seriously at all.
"Heretic, die!"
One of the Eight-Winged Angels roared in anger, flapped his wings, and charged at Cici.
"Get lost!"
Cici snorted coldly and elegantly slapped out a palm. A powerful force swept out, sending the Eight-Winged Angel flying hundreds of meters.
"Don't hold back against heretics—everyone attack together!"
The leading Eight-Winged Angel pointed his sword and led the other three to attack.
"Boom boom boom!"
The sky shook as if a giant drum were struck. Cici switched from palm to fist, facing the four Eight-Winged Angels without pressure, forcing them to retreat repeatedly.
"Hehe, if that's all you've got, then you'll all be staying here today!"
Cici laughed lightly and put more force into her punches.
"Bang!"
One Eight-Winged Angel was sent flying, spitting blood repeatedly.
At the same time, she twisted her body and knocked away another Eight-Winged Angel who tried to sneak attack her.
Then, with two consecutive kicks—bang bang—the remaining two Eight-Winged Angels were also sent flying.
"With the God of Light on my side, I'll stake everything against this heretic!"
The first Eight-Winged Angel who was sent flying shouted and charged at Cici again with his sword.
"Foolish!"
Cici spat out the word, her face full of mockery, then pointed out with a finger.
"Clang!"
Her slender jade finger landed precisely on the angel's sword, but instead of knocking it away, the sword erupted with light. At that moment, the Eight-Winged Angel sprouted two more pairs of wings.
"Die, heretic!"
The angel's handsome face twisted into a grim smile as he swung his sword again.
"Bang!"
With a muffled groan, Cici was slashed out of the air, crashing heavily into the castle wall. Amid thunderous rumbling, most of the castle collapsed.
"I was careless. The opponent turned out to be a Twelve-Winged Angel!"
Cici gave a bitter smile.