Chapter 3228: Clash with Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord
"Blazing Sun Clan? What minor clan is that? A mere small clan’s deity dares to speak of 'face' before me, the Heavenly Son?"
Zhang Ruochen’s voice was loud, brimming with arrogance, showing no respect for Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord at all.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s face could not hold up. With so many deities present, being humiliated like this was no different from a slap across the face—stinging and burning. A dignified Heavenly Lord, when had he ever suffered such disgrace?
"The Blazing Sun Clan is the eleventh clan of the Hell Realm, one of the lower four clans," Xiao Yang Wang said, his posture straight and his voice firm, his eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
Zhang Ruochen said, "I’ve never heard of any eleventh clan. I, the Heavenly Son, can’t be bothered to argue with a backwater minor clan like yours. Get out of my way!"
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s face flushed red, and a chill appeared in his eyes.
For the Blazing Sun Clan to establish a foothold in the Hell Realm, they needed to both build alliances and avoid appearing too weak, or else they would only end up being bullied in the future.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord shed his earlier mild demeanor, divine light radiating from his body as he declared passionately, "Our clan’s ancestor, Four Suns Heavenly Lord, is one of the Twenty Heavens, having survived ten Eon Calamities. We are no minor clan."
Zhang Ruochen finally turned his gaze to Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord, scrutinizing him seriously.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord felt a sense of pride. In the end, he had to invoke the ancestor to intimidate the other party.
"That’s not right. I recall that Four Suns Heavenly Lord is the ancestor of the Blazing Sun Civilization in the Heavenly Court, with cultivation indeed unfathomable. But how did the Blazing Sun Civilization become the first minor clan of the Hell Realm?"
Zhang Ruochen seemed to realize something, muttering to himself, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. A figure as grand as Four Suns Heavenly Lord couldn’t possibly be a coward who fears death and defected to the Hell Realm, could he?"
Many Hell Realm deities present began to laugh.
Especially the undead clans, who watched with a look of amusement. They harbored great resentment toward the Blazing Sun Clan being listed as the eleventh clan. But since it was a decision made by the Twenty Heavens, they could only restrain themselves and try not to ostracize them.
The deities of the Blazing Sun Civilization glared with fury, and if not for their fear of Gong Shang’s formidable power, they would have attacked already.
Gong Shang’s pursuit and killing of Golden Jade Heavenly God to death still carried great deterrence.
The deities of the seven minor clans from Hundred Clans Royal City, who had been following behind Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord, now felt disgraced. If even Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord suffered such humiliation, what position would they hold in the Hell Realm? They might become slave clans in the future.
How could Gong Shang truly not know about Four Suns Heavenly Lord and the Blazing Sun Clan joining the Hell Realm? He was clearly humiliating them deliberately.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s face had turned cold and grim to the extreme.
In the past, Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord was an unattainable titan in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, and only by relying on the Moon God could he fend off Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s attacks. But now, Zhang Ruochen met his gaze directly, without a trace of fear.
So what if he was an ancient god who had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years? He had caught up from behind.
This universe must have a place for him.
"What’s wrong with you? If I, the Heavenly Son, have offended you in any way, I ask the Heavenly Lord to forgive me," Zhang Ruochen said.
Ghost Lord and the mentalist deity Qian Qian, dressed in a phoenix crown and wedding robe, walked out of the Ghost Emperor’s Mansion.
Before they arrived, laughter preceded them.
"Gong Heavenly Son, you haven’t been back for a hundred thousand years. Many major events have happened in the Hell Realm. It’s only natural you don’t know that the Blazing Sun Clan has joined the Hell Realm."
Ghost Lord’s gaze fell on Zhang Ruochen with a smile, a strange glint flashing across his face.
Zhang Ruochen temporarily let go of Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord, noticing the fleeting, subtle expression on Ghost Lord’s face. He was secretly alarmed. Could this old fellow also be an old acquaintance of Gong Shang, seeing through some clues?
Zhang Ruochen said, "Whatever has happened, today I, the Heavenly Son, have come to the Eastern Ghost Emperor’s Mansion to investigate the Quantity Organization. Who dares to stop me?"
As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen strode majestically up the steps.
On the steps, before the mansion gate, deities stepped back one after another.
"Today is my seven hundred thousandth birthday, and many guests have come. If the Gong Heavenly Son has come to offer congratulations, I welcome him with open arms. But if he has come to cause trouble, then don’t blame me for not opening the gates of the Eastern Ghost Emperor’s Mansion to you."
Xue Changjin walked out with a group of ghost clan deities from the Eastern Ghost Emperor’s Mansion, all releasing their divine aura, glaring at Zhang Ruochen, who was about to force his way in.
The frost on Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s face finally melted, revealing a hint of a smile.
It seemed Gong Shang wasn’t so powerful that no one in the Hell Realm dared to provoke him.
Zhang Ruochen sneered, "With so many major incidents happening one after another in Fengdu Ghost City, you still have the mood to celebrate your birthday? It seems you are indeed, as Golden Jade Heavenly God said, also a Quantity Envoy."
These words were like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
None of the deities present could remain calm.
"Gong Heavenly Son, you cannot speak such nonsense! Slander and false accusation are also capital offenses," said a great god from the Eastern Ghost Emperor’s Mansion, his tone heavy, unafraid of Gong Shang.
Xue Changjin remained very composed, his authority radiating invisibly, and said, "In the past hundred years, how many deities have died unjustly because of the three words 'Quantity Organization'? This has become a tool for the Quantity Organization to kill gods and create chaos. Gong Heavenly Son, be careful with your words!"
Zhang Ruochen said, "The one causing chaos in Fengdu Ghost City was Golden Jade Heavenly God. I pursued him to the outer reaches, captured him, and used every means to extract the confession that you are his accomplice. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stop him from self-destructing his divine source, nearly dying with him."
"Today, I come here wounded to eliminate the enemy and cleanse Fengdu Ghost City, lest it be further plagued by the Quantity Organization."
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord said, "Who knows if you have ulterior motives?"
Zhang Ruochen could no longer hold back and said, "I recall now that Zhao Wu of the Central Ghost Emperor’s Mansion is also a member of the Quantity Organization. It is said that you have a deep friendship with him. It seems you are also highly suspicious!"
"You’re spouting blood! How could I, a Heavenly Lord, possibly be a member of the Quantity Organization?"
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord was truly unable to contain himself. Divine flames ignited on his body, forming a massive fireball, causing the weaker lower-level gods and false gods present to retreat.
"What? You want to fight?"
Zhang Ruochen released a Netherworld City from his body, colliding with the divine flame fireball, knocking Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord back several steps.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s golden hair turned into a blazing red-gold, all standing on end. He threw a punch, as if it could pierce space and shatter the Netherworld City.
Under Zhang Ruochen’s relentless provocation, Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord had reached a point where he had no choice but to strike.
If he didn’t act now, the Blazing Sun Clan would only suffer bullying and ridicule in the Hell Realm from now on.
"Haha! A mere Heavenly Lord of a minor clan dares to act presumptuously before me, the Heavenly Son?"
Zhang Ruochen surged with death divine light and dark divine qi, summoning a vast number of fist path rule divine patterns, and threw a punch.
"Boom!"
The two fists collided.
Powerful divine energy waves spread outward. Fortunately, the divine formation here was activated, and the deities present released their rule divine patterns, suppressing the outward force.
After seven consecutive clashes, Zhang Ruochen blasted Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord back.
"Ancestor of the Nether Gods!"
Zhang Ruochen’s voice carried a mental attack, and at the same time, a towering, ferocious figure of the Nether Ancestor appeared, pressing a palm down toward Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord.
Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord’s face darkened. He drew circles with his hands, raising his divine realm world.
Two blazing suns revolved within the divine realm world—his two Star Soul Divine Thrones, enormous and a thousand times heavier than ordinary stars.
"Boom!"
The ground beneath Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord cracked, and the underground divine formation struggled to withstand such a powerful impact of divine force.
Xue Changjin remained relatively calm, but anyone could see the anger burning within him.
Ghost Lord curled the corner of his mouth, transmitting a divine thought to Xue Changjin: "This Gong Shang has some issues."
Xue Changjin, guilty at heart and unsure how to counterattack, asked, "What makes you say that?"
"As far as I know, Gong Shang’s personality is aloof and unrestrained. Why would such a person wear half a mask? That bone mask is quite interesting," Ghost Lord said.
Xue Changjin stared at the half bone mask on Zhang Ruochen’s face, discerning some clues. The more he thought, the more suspicious he became.
"Whoosh!"
He swung his hand like a blade, slashing out a beam of light dozens of feet long.
The blade light severed the arm of the Nether Ancestor’s shadow, separating Zhang Ruochen and Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord.
"Stop!"
The next moment, Xue Changjin appeared between the two deities, his powerful Soul-Stop Realm cultivation erupting. Rule divine patterns spread beneath his feet, evolving into a divine realm world, dividing Zhang Ruochen and Blazing Sun Heavenly Lord to opposite ends of the world.
(End of this chapter)