Wu Shattered Star River

Heavenly Court, the Hall of Universal Brightness!

A group of Celestial Emperors and Emperor-level experts gathered here. After learning about the appearance of the Evil Clan in the Great Flame World, the Jade Emperor had already dispatched the Longevity Celestial Emperor and Jiang Henshui with two other Celestial Emperors to investigate.

Many departments in the Heavenly Court became busy, with a large number of military intelligence personnel being dispatched to monitor the entire Heavenly Court, checking whether any Evil Clans had descended in other places. At the same time, they were investigating how the Evil Clan had descended.

The Divine Clan was unaware of the situation. The Heavenly Court's surveillance had always been very strict, making it impossible for the Evil Clan to open a passage without being discovered for a long time.

Therefore, at this moment, a group of experts within the Heavenly Court were very puzzled. How exactly did the Evil Clan descend?

The group of experts were noisy and chaotic, clearly somewhat panicked. The Evil Clan was different from other races; this race was too strong. Once they descended, it would be a calamity for all living beings.

If the Evil Clan descended on the Heavenly Court on a large scale, then the Heavenly Court might be destroyed, and everyone would be finished.

The Jade Emperor sat above with a blank expression. Discussion was meaningless at this moment. Everyone gathered here was actually to obtain the latest news.

A day later, the latest news arrived.

No other places were found to have Evil Clan descending, but there was bad news: a large number of scouts searched the vicinity of the Great Flame World and did not find any passages through which the Evil Clan descended.

In other words, these Evil Clans descended suddenly, and it was unknown how they descended!

Since the Evil Clan could descend out of nowhere once, then they could descend out of nowhere countless times!

In addition, two waves of the Evil Clan had appeared on the Divine Clan's side, causing the Jade Emperor and all the experts to feel heavy in their hearts.

"Your Majesty!"

Lü Qiuyu couldn't help but say, "I think we can execute the 'Kindling Plan' now. We can start executing it first. If we can quell the chaos in the end, we can let those elites come out."

The Taiyi Daoist slightly nodded and said, "That makes sense. I second the proposal."

The Jade Emperor thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Lü Qiuyu and said, "Alright, begin executing the plan. You are fully responsible for this matter, and it must be kept absolutely secret!"

The higher-ups of the Heavenly Court all knew that there was a 'Kindling Plan'. This plan had existed for a long time.

Back when the Divine Clan and the Demonic Clan fought to the Heavenly Court, it had actually been activated, transferring a portion of the people inside. Later, because the Divine Clan and the Demonic Clan retreated, some of the elite seeds were transferred out again.

Although they knew about this plan, many experts actually didn't know where to transfer to. This was a top secret of the Heavenly Court, and even some Celestial Emperors didn't know.

They only knew to transfer to a Lesser Thousand World, and the Heavenly Court had been managing that Lesser Thousand World for many years.

Transferring to a Lesser Thousand World was a last resort.

Back then, the Evil Clan was hunted down by the Ancient God Clan and ultimately had no choice but to escape into the Lesser Thousand World. After so many years of accumulation, the Evil Clan became powerful again before they actively attacked the Greater Thousand World.

Lü Qiuyu went down to make arrangements, and the remaining experts continued to wait for news here.

Another half day passed, and news came back from the Azure Emperor. He didn't want to lead the army to retreat immediately and prepared to wait and see.

Now that the Divine Clan was in great chaos, with Divine Sky Asking and the others not on the front lines, and the Violet Sublime Celestial Emperor had already withdrawn, if he led the army to retreat, the Myriad Buddha Hall would launch a fierce attack, and the Divine Clan's battle lines would completely collapse. The battle lines that had been built for many years would be broken, and the Divine Clan would not be far from destruction.

Moreover, so many troops had to be evacuated, which would take time. It wasn't something that could be done with a simple order; it required planning and coordination.

The Jade Emperor understood this principle and nodded in agreement.

News had already come back from the Longevity Celestial Emperor and Jiang Henshui: the Evil Clan army had been defeated, and more than half of the Evil Clan had been killed.

However, the Great Evil Lord and several Evil Lords had all escaped, and the remaining Evil Clan had scattered. Jiang Henshui requested that more experts and troops be sent over to encircle and suppress them.

The Jade Emperor quickly mobilized more than twenty Emperor-level experts and hundreds of King-level experts to go over. The Jade Emperor ordered that all Evil Clan soldiers be slaughtered, leaving none alive.

Three more days passed, and another piece of bad news came back—an Evil Clan army had appeared in the Land of Eternal Night.

"It's over..."

After receiving the news, the faces of countless experts in the Hall of Universal Brightness turned pale.

If the Evil Clan appeared on the side of the Divine Clan and the Heavenly Court, it might be a coincidence, but the Evil Clan also appeared in the Land of Eternal Night, which was definitely not a coincidence.

The fact proved that the Evil Clan could descend at will without needing to open a space passage.

The Jade Emperor no longer hesitated and directly sent a message to the Azure Emperor, asking him to find a way to withdraw all the troops and experts.

The Evil Clan would definitely continue to descend, and now they couldn't care about the Divine Clan anymore. Everyone should take care of themselves and leave it to fate.

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Divine Transport World.

After receiving the news, the Azure Emperor sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Notify the Divine Clan and let them mobilize the Supreme Divine Emperors to come and take charge. I can only help them guard for another month at most. Our troops and experts will gradually withdraw."

There were still three Supreme Divine Emperors from the Divine Clan stationed here. After receiving the news, they were all panicked.

But they knew there was nothing they could do. The situation had now evolved to this point, and they knew that the Azure Emperor was out of options and had to return to the Heavenly Court.

It was impossible to help a friend outside while one's own house was on fire, right?

Several Supreme Divine Emperors immediately sent a message back to Divine King Mountain, asking the Divine Lord to send more experts and troops to prevent the Myriad Buddha Hall from launching a surprise attack and the battle lines here from being breached.

"By the way..."

The Azure Emperor suddenly remembered something and called Yunhe Immortal King over to ask, "Is there any activity on the side of the Myriad Buddha Hall?"

Yunhe Immortal King said, "There's nothing going on. They haven't attacked recently, only organized one small-scale attack."

"I'm not talking about the battlefield!"

The Azure Emperor said, "I mean, on the territory of the Myriad Buddha Hall, have they had any Evil Clan descend?"

Yunhe Immortal King pondered for a moment and shook his head, "We haven't received any news yet. Recently, we've been watching the Heavenly Court, the Divine Clan, and the Land of Eternal Night. The informants on the side of the Myriad Buddha Hall haven't sent any news."

"You send a message to Heavenly Demon!"

The Azure Emperor ordered, "Let him send a message to the secret agents on the side of the Myriad Buddha Hall and investigate with all their might to see if there are any Evil Clan descending in the Myriad Buddha Hall."

Yunhe Immortal King's heart stirred, and he asked, "Azure Emperor, do you suspect that the Evil Clan's descent was orchestrated by the Myriad Buddha Hall?"

"Yes!"

The Azure Emperor nodded and said, "Isn't the Evil Clan on the side of the Holy Buddha World trying to open a passage? For so many years, the Tathagata hasn't sealed it. Either there's something wrong with that passage, or... the Tathagata is playing tricks."

Yunhe Immortal King pondered for a moment and felt that the Azure Emperor's deduction made sense.

So many days had passed, and the Divine Clan, the Heavenly Court, and the Land of Eternal Night had all discovered the Evil Clan, but there was no news from the Myriad Buddha Hall.

If it was really confirmed that there were no Evil Clan on the side of the Myriad Buddha Hall, then it was very likely that the Buddha was playing tricks.

Yunhe Immortal King thought for a moment and said, "Azure Emperor, why don't you pass your deduction to His Majesty? Ask His Majesty to summon the Heavenly Mystery Daoist and have him divine it?"

"Alright!"

The Azure Emperor waved his hand, and Yunhe Immortal King went down to send the message.

"Tathagata!"

The Azure Emperor turned his gaze to the north, his eyes turning cold as he said, "If it's really you playing tricks, then you're playing with fire. If you're not careful, the entire Greater Thousand World may be burned down, and you yourselves will be finished."