Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1792 Punishment
Venus hurriedly returned to the Heavenly Court, and without taking a break, immediately reported to the Jade Emperor the insect infestation he had witnessed.

Ignoring his past relationship with Baihu, he bluntly stated, "Your Majesty, this old minister believes that this insect infestation is not a matter of a day or two, and Baihu Divine Lord should be punished for concealing and failing to report it."

The old man handed over a jade talisman, and the phoenix scanned it with its divine sense, quickly reviewing the scene he had seen inside the Heavenly Pillar.

The number of insects was enormous. Horizontally, they had gnawed away at the entire area of ​​Lion Camel Ridge, which was definitely within a radius of eight hundred li. Vertically, the situation was even more serious, with countless insects swarming about, enough to trigger her trypophobia.

This scene truly deserves the description of being shocking.

Phoenix became determined to replace the guards of the primordial border.

It is utterly absurd to entrust the safety of the primordial frontier to a single living being.

Does this White Tiger not know the consequences of the Heavenly Pillar being eaten by insects? He obviously does, but he doesn't care. Anyway, the Primordial Heavenly Court can't dismiss him, much less kill him. If they kill him, who will do this unfortunate job?
Venus subtly suggested that the insect infestation had a long history. Judging from the implication, Phoenix guessed that the appearance of these insects could be traced back to the time of Haotian, or even earlier.

The White Tiger God Lord is known for his ruthlessness and for his strong fighting power. He is not afraid of Haotian, and even if the pillar of heaven collapses, Haotian will not be able to do anything to him.

But he didn't expect that Deng Chanyu could attain sainthood. Between two evils, he chose the lesser. It was better for her to be arrested and punished than for the pillar of heaven to collapse and the saint to be furious. That's why he went to invade the pillar of heaven in the south and bullied and provoked the Vermilion Bird several times, detonating the bomb of the insect infestation ahead of time.

In just a few breaths, Phoenix had figured out the whole story.

“This fellow is truly despicable. He’s trying to be clever, thinking the Heavenly Court wouldn’t dare to touch him? My dear minister, make another trip to the Western Heavenly Pillar, with my imperial edict, to bring back the supervising soldier. At the same time, convey my decree to have Master Ge guard the border and deal with the insect infestation.”

With Venus's abilities, he certainly couldn't defeat the White Tiger Soldier. Phoenix also gave him a talisman. If the White Tiger Soldier dared to resist, he could simply activate the talisman and capture him.

Venus received the decree and, disregarding his fatigue, made his third trip to Tianzhu in the far west.

Knowing he couldn't fight city hall, the White Tiger guard made no attempt to resist and obediently followed them back to Heaven.

Around the same time, the Grand Master who went to investigate the other three Heavenly Pillars also sent back news.

Insect infestations of varying degrees were found on the Eastern and Northern Heavenly Pillars, but no trace of insects was found on the Southern Heavenly Pillar guarded by the Vermilion Bird.

This has no necessary connection with whether Zhuque is diligent or not. Rather, it is because the Nanming Li Fire is excellent at burning these strange insects. It doesn't matter what you are or where you come from. The flames that are constantly escaping can burn the insect eggs to death. Once the insect eggs are gone, there will naturally be no more insects.

Phoenix conveyed the same order, summoning the three divine lords to the Heavenly Court to resolve the historical issue of the four divine lords by taking advantage of the insect infestation. Their original tasks and the task of eliminating the insect infestation would be handed over to the four great celestial masters.

She had seen the worms inside the Heavenly Pillar. To put it scientifically, these things were the offspring of the parasites that once lived on the Divine Turtle after experiencing the mutations at the edge of the primordial world. From the perspective of the primordial world, they were the product of the turbid primordial energy mixed with some chaotic spiritual energy, and possibly some other substances, which were too mixed.

She didn't detect any trace of the Chaos God, but the primordial aura was strong, clearly originating from within the primordial world. This matter could be left to Nezha to handle.

No matter how powerful an insect is, it's still an insect.

The Heavenly Court is perfectly capable of handling the insect infestation; there's no need for the mighty Heavenly Emperor to deal with such a trivial matter. The White Tiger Supervisor was the first to be brought back to the Heavenly Court.

Phoenix was meeting this Western God Lord who was in charge of killing for the first time. This guy had both merits and demerits. In the prehistoric world, merits and demerits are balanced. She did not make things too difficult for White Tiger. She just said that she had to gather the four God Lords tomorrow and had important matters to discuss with him. After that, she told White Tiger to go to his own residence to rest.

The four great deities all have residences in the Heavenly Court, although they may not have lived there for more than a few days, but the living conditions are still quite good.

Zhuque had just returned to Tiannan when she was summoned back. Instead of being annoyed, she resembled Yuan Feng in her exuberant manner and went straight to the gate of Baihu Jianbing's residence to provoke him.

The White Tiger Guardian was furious, but he could only endure it.

The next day.

The four divine lords of the heavens, namely Qiulong, who succeeded Mengzhang, Xuanwu, who had provided much help to the phoenix in its early days, Zhuque, and Baihu, gathered together and entered the Tongming Hall after receiving the order to pay their respects.

Phoenix sat on the throne and gestured for the four divine lords to take their seats.

She said, “I am of shallow virtue and lack of talent. I have inherited the trust of the Jade Emperor and accepted the throne of the Heavenly Emperor. I am always trembling with fear, for fear of making any mistakes that would damage the wisdom of the Jade Emperor.” This was the beginning of a pointless opening statement.

Then she looked at the Four Gods and said, “I know of your hard work. I have often thought of a way to achieve the best of both worlds, to reward your merits and relieve your calamities. Unfortunately, you have doubts and are unwilling to speak the truth. This is all because of my lack of virtue.”

As if they had rehearsed, the dragon, the white tiger, and the black tortoise immediately bowed, indicating that it was all their fault and had nothing to do with your virtue. You are a virtuous person, and we are the ones who lack virtue.

Zhuque was completely bewildered, but fortunately she was indeed smarter than Yuanfeng. Seeing that the three people next to her had all bowed, she followed suit and apologized as well.

The phoenix looked at the white tiger, making this ruthless god tremble.

"The Divine Lord of Military Supervision had a heart-to-heart talk with me yesterday. He believed that the strength of one person was too weak, and that only by combining the strength of everyone could we maintain the stability and order of the primordial world. The Divine Lord's insight is profound, and I wholeheartedly agree."

What's going on? Baihu didn't know when he had said those words, but in the current situation, he could only vaguely admit it.

"Your Majesty's decree shall be obeyed."

Phoenix also thought about it for a long time last night. It would be too rash to entrust such a heavy responsibility to one person. The idea of ​​extracting the power of the White Tiger and pouring it into another person's body so that he could continue to guard the border was not advisable. The human heart is the most fickle and greedy. Today's loyal minister may become a treacherous minister in a hundred or a thousand years.

The Guardians created through the empowerment and transfer of power by the Council of Tirisfal are a good example; no matter how high one's moral standards are, one cannot escape selfishness.

She has no intention of repeating the old mistakes.

She described her new method: "I plan to divide the area under the jurisdiction of the Divine Lord of Military Supervision into 3600 sectors, select 3600 virtuous and righteous people, each holding a portion of the Divine Lord's power, to guard the borders of the primordial wilderness and eliminate all kinds of demons and evil spirits."

(End of this chapter)