God of Pets

Chapter 711 The Heavenly King Emerges from Seclusion
Xiantian King City.

Several core members of the Ji family gathered in the council hall, their faces showing some worry.

It was no easy feat for the Primordial Royal City to establish itself within the Great Cave Heaven. Over the years, it had repelled countless attacks from the Mysterious Spirits in order to ensure that the Primordial Royal City remained intact.

In recent decades, the development of the Innate Royal City has reached a bottleneck. If it wants to expand outward, it must take over the Evil God Mountain.

The mysterious spirit on Evil God Mountain, "Heavenly Eye Evil God," possesses immense power, so much so that even King Ji Tian was helpless against it.

Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of mysterious spirits on that Evil God Mountain, many of whom possess strange and mysterious laws. In particular, the seven strange mysterious spirits under the command of the Heavenly Eye Evil God are all individuals with bizarre supernatural powers.

The Evil God Mountain frequently attacks the Innate Royal City, causing some damage each time. In the end, the city can only temporarily resist the many secret spirits of the Evil God Mountain by relying on the protection of the city's defensive shield and the Secret Law Array, allowing them to retreat.

However, this cannot continue. Now, the Evil God Mountain has made a comeback and laid countless secret traps outside the Innate Royal City. Even cultivators with the Nine Awakenings will soon die if they leave the city.

Now they can only rely on the city's defensive shield and the secret law array to protect the Innate Royal City. However, because Ji Tianwang has not come out this time, he has not been able to retaliate against Evil God Mountain. Evil God Mountain has been slow to retreat and has been constantly breaking through the secret law array of the Innate Royal City and bombarding the city's defensive shield.

If this continues, the Primordial Royal City probably won't last much longer.

"Has the Heavenly King not emerged from seclusion yet?" Ji Lingshang frowned deeply.

More than a year ago, Ji Changsheng's temperament began to change, and in the last few months, the changes have become even more pronounced.

In the past, Ji Tiansheng did everything personally and was very concerned about the affairs of the Xiantian Royal City. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he loved the people like his own children, and he was deeply loved by the people of the Xiantian Royal City.

But nowadays, Ji Changsheng lives a secluded life, almost like a socially anxious shut-in.

Especially in the last two months, they haven't seen Ji Changsheng at all. Every time they went to find him, they were stopped and told that he was in seclusion.

Now, facing a life-or-death crisis, he is still reluctant to leave seclusion.

They had tried to contact him many times before, but Ji Changsheng had never given them a response, and they had never even seen Ji Changsheng.

As Ji Jiuying watched the rivers of lightning outside the city flow continuously toward the Innate Royal City, almost submerging the entire city in liquid lightning, her expression grew increasingly grim.

Although the Primordial Royal City is protected by a series of secret arrays, many of the secrets have lost their effectiveness due to the constant breaking of the secret spirits of the Evil God Mountain. The closer the River of Lightning is to the Primordial Royal City, the less of the remaining secrets in the secret array are left.

Once the Secret Law Array is completely destroyed, Ji Jiuying and the others truly do not know how long the city's defensive shield can withstand the river of lightning.

"This concerns the lives of 160,000 people in the city. We must get him out of seclusion this time, no matter what," Ji Jiuying said through gritted teeth.

“That’s right, this time we must ask the Heavenly King to come out of seclusion.” Ji Lingshang also became determined.

The group went to the temple where Ji Changsheng was in seclusion again, but the temple doors were still tightly closed, with only a mute man guarding the door, indicating that they could not go in.

They had been here many times and were very experienced. They knew they couldn't get anything out of a mute person, so there was no need to pay any attention to him.

"Heavenly King, the Evil God Mountain has besieged the city for half a month, and it's almost completely broken through the Secret Law Array. The Heavenly Eye Evil God's River of Lightning is right above the city. Once the city falls, our Ji family's efforts over thousands of years will be in vain. Are you really going to just stand by and watch?" Ji Lingshang said to the gate, his words dripping with grief. "Changsheng, I've watched you grow up. I know you're not the kind of person who doesn't care about the lives of others. From a young age, you've cared about the world and aspired to serve the country and its people. I know you must have your reasons for not coming out now. But now our Innate Royal City is in dire straits. If you don't come out soon, I'm afraid everyone will die here." Ji Jiuying also pleaded the dire situation.

Seeing that there was still no movement from inside the gate, Ji Jiuying knelt down immediately: "Changsheng, Second Uncle begs you, the Xiantian Royal City cannot be lost!"

Many of the veteran officials knelt down and pleaded with Ji Jiuying.

“You don’t need to do this… I have some things I need to think about… Please don’t bother me anymore… With me here, the Innate Royal City won’t be destroyed… You can rest assured… Don’t disturb me anymore…” A faint, ethereal voice finally came from the tightly closed door.

“But if the city falls, even Your Majesty alone will not be able to contend with the Evil God Mountain, and our hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians will have no one to rely on…” the old minister Wen Santai said worriedly.

"These are just some beasts from Evil God Mountain. I can destroy them with a flick of my hand. You don't need to bother yourselves. Just do your own thing. I'll say it one last time: don't bother me anymore. I have many things to think about and haven't figured them out yet..." In the end, the voice was almost talking to itself and wasn't speaking to them at all.

Wen Santai and the others could not believe it. Although they had relied on Ji Changsheng to suppress the Heavenly Eye Evil God in the past, it was not easy for Ji Changsheng to defeat the Heavenly Eye Evil God. Moreover, the Heavenly Eye Evil God had so many terrifying secret spirits under his command.

They've been locked in a standoff here for so many years, yet they've never gained the upper hand.

Now that Ji Changsheng says he can destroy Evil God Mountain with a flick of his hand, how can they possibly believe him?

If it were possible to destroy it, wouldn't the Evil God Mountain have been destroyed long ago? Why would it have waited until now?
They didn't believe it and wanted to say something more to Ji Tianwang, but no matter what they said, Ji Tianwang inside the house stopped responding.

"Chang Sheng... why have you become like this... this isn't you..." Ji Jiuying was filled with grief and indignation, his beard trembling, as if he was disappointed in his son.

But inside the gate, there was still no response; it was as silent as an empty valley.

"Fine, you won't come out, huh? Then I'll smash my head against your door and force you out. You're the Heavenly King, you can't disregard the lives of everyone in this city. If you're going to die, let this old man die first." Ji Jiuying said, and then rammed his head against the temple gate.

He exerted tremendous force, but he didn't use any protective energy. The temple's materials were incredibly hard, and if he crashed into it, his head would probably be smashed open.

Just as Ji Jiuying was about to crash into the gate, the temple gate opened automatically, and a sigh came from inside: "I have already said that I will take care of everything, so why do you have to do this?"

"Your Majesty, this is the legacy our Ji family has built over thousands of years; we cannot let it be lost!" Ji Jiuying knelt before the door and said.

There was no sound from inside the door. Only a green figure flew out from the temple. It was Ji Changsheng, the Heavenly King Ji, who was wearing a green robe, with his hair loose, and was so handsome that he seemed inhuman. He floated in mid-air as if he were a celestial being banished from heaven.

When everyone saw Ji Changsheng's appearance, they were slightly taken aback and almost didn't recognize him.

Although Ji Changsheng was once known for his unparalleled elegance and was considered a gem among men, he was not as handsome as this.

Moreover, Ji Changsheng used to be extremely particular about etiquette and rules, and was always impeccably dressed with his hair meticulously styled. He had never had a companion with such disheveled hair before.

Although he did indeed appear ethereal and otherworldly, unlike any other man, his appearance and demeanor were vastly different from the Ji Changsheng of the past. How could they not be astonished?

(End of this chapter)