Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

The Goddess of Yaochi already knew about the situation on the other side of the Boundary Sea, but she still insisted on holding on, which clearly showed that their divine race had other backup plans.

As the three Heavenly Emperors made their move, three terrifying forces struck the Heavenly Court of the Gods, but were blocked by a powerful defensive barrier. The Heavenly Court of the Gods trembled violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment. The gods inside were terrified, and even the Immortal Kings could only rely on the protective formation of the Heavenly Court for defense.

This formation is not only the Heavenly Court's own defensive formation, but it is also reinforced by the strongest defensive formation of the God Clan. The core of this formation is the Divine Ancestor Sword in the hands of the Goddess of Yaochi.

The reason why Donghuang didn't bring this thing was that he knew that even if he brought it, he wouldn't be able to defeat Donghuang. It was better to leave it in the hands of Yaochi Goddess to defend the main camp.

Looking at the border sea, the situation there has become extremely intense.

Immortals kept falling into the Boundary Sea and disappearing. The Celestial Immortals of the Divine Race had already come ashore, but it was impossible for them to break through the defenses of the Eastern Heavenly Realm.

Those immortals who originally just wanted to watch the show, after realizing that most of the gods' power had been intercepted, also joined the battlefield to kill the gods' heavenly soldiers and generals.

"Master, aren't we going to make a move?" the black bull asked.

He felt that at this point, they should be able to get involved.

However, Ye Liuyun felt that something was not quite right.

"Don't rush, let me see what the gods are up to. They clearly have no chance of breaking through the Eastern Heaven Realm, yet they still refuse to withdraw and insist on fighting to the death with the Eastern Heaven Realm here. This is very abnormal." While Ye Liuyun was happy to have so many powerful figures come to help, he also sensed a hint of conspiracy.

After a moment of thought, Ye Liuyun slowly closed his eyes.

"Hey, Bead, help me take a look. What are the gods up to? I have a bad feeling about this," Ye Liuyun said.

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's voice, the Heavenly Pearl truly unleashed its power. Golden light began to appear between Ye Liuyun's brows, and it seemed as if Ye Liuyun had grown a third eye.

Under the gaze of this third eye, Ye Liuyun discovered that the world seemed quite different. To put it another way, it was as if she could see the very origin of the Great Dao in the world. Under the observation of her third eye, all the immortals had become energy bodies, or rather, carriers of some kind of Great Dao.

The stronger an immortal's cultivation, the more and more abundant the power of the Great Dao they bear. Especially those Immortal Kings, they can almost be said to have merged with the Great Dao of this world.

However, at this moment, this area was radiating an extremely powerful dark red energy, which flowed out from the bodies of those immortals.

"Karmic power? Such a massive amount of karmic power? That's impossible. When karmic power is concentrated to a certain extent, wouldn't it be directly visible to people? Why is such concentrated karmic power here invisible?" Ye Liuyun was confused.

Using the power of the Sealing Heaven Pearl, she continued to explore the area and then discovered that all the karmic power seemed to flow into the Boundary Sea, and something in the Boundary Sea seemed to be absorbing this karmic power in large quantities.

"An array? There's someone beneath the Boundary Sea?" Ye Liuyun quickly discovered a massive array within the Boundary Sea, along with a figure radiating karmic power sitting cross-legged at the center of the array, absorbing this immense karmic power.

"They hid it so well. I understand now. The reason the gods didn't retreat was that they wanted to use this place to absorb the karmic power emanating from the immortals. But what do the gods need so much karmic power for?" Ye Liuyun wondered.

Just as Ye Liuyun was confused, the Heaven-Sealing Pearl released its power again. This time, a picture appeared directly in Ye Liuyun's mind. She saw a golden egg that was absorbing merit and karma at the same time. At the same time, she clearly saw a life growing inside the egg.

Just as Ye Liuyun was about to investigate, the Heaven-Sealing Pearl stopped releasing its power, and the image disappeared.

However, Ye Liuyun roughly understood what was going on: the mysterious person beneath the Boundary Sea was absorbing karmic power so that the egg could absorb it.

Upon learning of this, Ye Liuyun immediately closed his eyes and contacted Wen Qin.

“Sister Wenqin, someone in the Boundary Sea has set up an array to secretly devour the large amount of karma generated in this area. The God Clan knows they can't conquer the Eastern Heaven Realm, but they are not retreating. They are probably plotting something. Quickly inform the Eastern Emperor or Senior Moon Goddess and tell them to be on their guard.”

Wen Qin, who was fighting the enemy, instinctively glanced at the unfathomable Boundary Sea below after hearing these words.

"Secretly collecting karmic obstacles? Could it be the Red Lotus Cult's doing? Are the gods connected with the Red Lotus Cult?" After a moment of thought, Wen Qin decisively relayed the message to the Moon Goddess who was in charge of the Eastern Heavenly Court.

Since Donghuang is not currently in the present world, Wenqin is unable to contact him.

Upon hearing this news, the Moon Goddess frowned and decisively left the Eastern Heavenly Court, appearing above the Boundary Sea.

The sudden appearance of the Moon Goddess caused the expressions of the powerful gods to change.

However, the Moon Goddess did not attack them. Instead, she took out a primordial spiritual treasure, which was also a mirror, and shone it down into the Boundary Sea.

The mirror emitted an extremely dazzling divine light, which actually pierced through the darkness of the Boundary Sea. Soon, she saw an array deep within the Boundary Sea, and a black-robed man sitting cross-legged in the center of the array.

"As expected? This is the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Formation. Those guys from the Crimson Lotus Sect are actually secretly absorbing karma." The Moon Goddess's expression changed, and she decisively flew into the Boundary Sea to attack the black-robed man.

The man in black robes changed his expression after sensing the approaching force above him.

"I've been discovered? There's nothing I can do about it." The woman in black robes was somewhat helpless. Without a second thought, she decisively fled.

As soon as the man in black left, the formation slowly dissipated.

"He ran away?" After arriving in this area, the Moon Goddess frowned again upon seeing that the man in black robes was gone.

As the man in black robes fled, the Jade Emperor, who was fighting the Eastern Emperor in the Void, changed her expression. It seemed that she already knew that their theft of the power of karma had been discovered.

"Eastern Emperor, you Eastern Heaven Realm have won today, but don't be too happy yet." The Jade Emperor left these words and departed, no longer willing to fight the Eastern Emperor.

Donghuang was taken aback when he saw this, and then he heard the voice of the Moon Goddess.

"Senior brother, the gods seem to be plotting something. Their goal doesn't seem to be to fight to the death with our Eastern Heaven Realm, but rather to take the opportunity to collect karmic power..."

Upon hearing this, Donghuang immediately left the Void Land.

As soon as the Jade Emperor returned to the top of the Boundary Sea, he decisively issued an order.

"retreat."

As soon as the voice was uttered, the Celestial Kings of the Divine Race immediately broke free from their enemies and turned to leave.

In short, those who could escape have already done so. As for the Celestial Immortals and Golden Immortals who had reached the edge of the Eastern Heavenly Realm's boundary sea, the Jade Emperor seemed to abandon them without hesitation. Most of these people were not members of the Divine Race; they were just people the Jade Emperor had recently recruited from the Central Heavenly Realm—in short, cannon fodder.

They are not members of their divine race, so the divine race doesn't care how many die. Besides, it seems that the divine race deliberately sent them here to die. There are millions of celestial immortals. If they all die here, how much karmic power will be generated?

"Where do you think you're going?" Those who were slow to run were basically killed on the spot.

However, when Donghuang returned, he immediately ordered everyone to stop.

"The gods have been defeated; those who surrender will not be killed."

The divine soldiers and generals who had arrived on the other side changed their expressions as they watched the divine warriors retreat. They suddenly realized that they were just cannon fodder sent by the divine race.

So they all laid down their weapons and stopped fighting. They had no choice; if they didn't surrender, they would only be slaughtered.

In a short time, a large number of heavenly soldiers and generals surrendered.

As for the Celestial Kings of the Eastern Heaven Realm and those who came to their aid, they did not pursue them, because they also found the matter very strange.

The Celestial Kings of the Divine Race who were fighting them didn't seem to have any intention of fighting to the death. Instead, they seemed to be deliberately stalling for time to make the battle last longer.

"What are the gods up to? They've made such a big fuss to attack the Eastern Heaven Realm, but they're not going all out. I have a feeling there's a conspiracy going on," the Nine Swords Immortal King said, puzzled.

Their intuition must be correct.

Looking at the Celestial Court of the Divine Race, although it was teetering on the brink of collapse under the siege of the three Immortal Emperors and many Immortal Kings, it was not breached.

"Oh no! The Jade Emperor and the Divine Army have returned. It seems that our fellow Daoists in the Eastern Heaven have already repelled the Divine Army. We should retreat quickly too." The Heavenly Emperors and Immortal Kings of the three Heavenly Realms reacted swiftly and decisively left. They wouldn't wait for the Jade Emperor and the others to return.

When the Goddess of Yaochi saw the enemy retreat, her expression was more worried than pleased, because their true purpose was to absorb a large amount of karmic burden through divine war, but this was far from the time they had planned for their retreat.

"What's going on? Has someone seen through our plan? Who is it? Could it be?" The Goddess of Yaochi thought quickly and soon realized it was Ye Liuyun.

The reason they wanted to take back the Heaven-Sealing Pearl was because the Heaven-Sealing Pearl knew all the secrets of their divine race, which was one of the reasons why they were unwilling to hand the pearl over to outsiders.

According to their understanding, even if Ye Liuyun took the bead, she couldn't possibly master the power of the Sealing Heaven Bead so quickly. After all, she was just a minor Earth Immortal, and even if she reached the Golden Immortal level, she wouldn't be able to master the power of the Sealing Heaven Bead.

But now it seems they miscalculated.

As Ye Liuyun watched the gods retreat, he immediately closed his eyes and told Donghuang what he had seen.

After hearing this, Donghuang's expression changed, and he then addressed the Immortal Kings and reinforcements from various races present.

"Gentlemen, on behalf of the Eastern Heavenly Realm, I thank you all. However, it seems the Divine Race is doing something terrible. Please come with me to the Heavenly Court for a discussion."

After saying this, Donghuang disappeared. The powerful Immortal Kings did not leave directly, but followed Donghuang to the Eastern Heavenly Court. The Immortal Lords did the same. At the same time, Ye Liuyun also disappeared into thin air.

Clearly, she was also taken to the Eastern Heavenly Court.

Chapter 994 Big Trouble

Inside the Eastern Heavenly Court.

"Monkey, what are you doing in the Immortal Realm?" Ye Liuyun couldn't wait to run towards Sun Yuan as soon as he arrived at the Eastern Heavenly Court.

Sun Yuan was also taken aback when he saw Ye Liuyun.

"Hey? It's you, you brat! What are you doing here?" Sun Yuan was stunned. Although he knew Ye Liuyun was in the Immortal Realm, he didn't expect to run into her here.

Ye Liuyun smiled awkwardly and whispered a few words in Sun Yuan's ear. When Sun Yuan learned that Ye Liuyun was the real culprit who triggered the gods' attack on the Eastern Heaven Realm, he was speechless.

"You little brat, wherever you go, trouble is bound to happen. You didn't have enough trouble in the lower realm, so you've come to the upper realm to cause trouble. You're even better at causing trouble than I, Old Sun," Sun Yuan complained.

As they were talking, Donghuang appeared.

"Everyone, I just learned that the gods seem to be doing something terrible. Due to the rules, my Eastern Heavenly Court cannot go to the gods' Heavenly Court. I'm afraid we will have to rely on you all," the Eastern Emperor said.

This statement immediately drew everyone's attention.

"Something terrible? What do you mean?" Qiuniu asked doubtfully.

Donghuang glanced at Ye Liuyun, then said in a deep voice.

"You should all be very clear about the origin of the God Race. The God Race is a race born after the God Ancestor splits apart. It is somewhat similar to the race you belong to, but the God Race can be said to be the race closest to the Heavenly Dao in the Pangu Great World."

Qiuniu and his companions knew this all too well.

"Yes, they were formed from a remnant of the ancestral god Pangu's will after Pangu transformed into the heavens and earth. The God Ancestor believed himself to be the incarnation of Pangu and wanted to represent Pangu in controlling the Pangu Great World. In the end, he angered the Heavenly Venerable, who then divided him into countless beings, creating the first batch of gods," Qiuniu said.

Those powerful beings who are slightly older than the gods are very clear about the origins of the gods, so there is no need for Qiuniu to explain.

“That’s right. While we were fighting them, the gods secretly absorbed a large amount of karmic energy from the battlefield. I have received reliable information that the gods seem to be using the power of fortune and karmic energy to create something. What do you all think about that needs to be created with merit and karma?” Donghuang asked.

As soon as Donghuang uttered those words, Sun Yuan and the others immediately narrowed their eyes, and the Immortal Kings in the hall began to lower their heads in deep thought.

Because they all know very well that the forces of karma and merit are not as simple as they seem on the surface; they encompass everything in the current world. And what is the most important thing in a world? It is actually destiny.

This fortune is omnipresent, concerning the fate and karma of all living beings. No living being born in this world can escape the control of fortune.

Even Immortal Emperors and Ancient Gods cannot control this power, because it can be said to be the life force of the current world.

There's a saying that goes something like this: when the fortunes of a world come to an end, it signifies the end of that world.

"No way? The gods want to gather the fortune of the Pangu Great World to create some kind of life form?" Qiuniu and Donghuang, who were the longest-lived among them, must know something that Sun Yuan and the others didn't.

The reason they refer to it as some kind of life form is because they are not yet sure whether the gods are secretly doing what they imagine, and if so, it would be terrifying.

"This? If this is true, it seems we can't stop it, right? With the strength of the gods, even if we gather all the power of the four heavens to attack, we might not be able to break through the Heavenly Court. You know, they've been using the Heavenly Court as a shield for their gods," Qiuniu said.

In other words, if they want to deal with the gods, they must first deal with the gods' Heavenly Court. Think about it, even three Immortal Emperors couldn't break through the Central Heavenly Court, so adding them would probably be meaningless.

However, Donghuang smiled and looked at Sun Yuan.

“Originally, I felt there was no way to help, but the appearance of Fellow Daoist Sun Yuan gave me a glimmer of hope,” Donghuang said with a smile.

The other Celestial Kings also immediately turned their attention to Sun Yuan.

They seemed to understand something.

"Oh, I understand. You want Fellow Daoist Sun Yuan to challenge for the position of Immortal Emperor in the Central Heaven Realm, to snatch the position from the God Clan first, so that they lose the protection of the Heavenly Dao power of the Central Heaven Realm, and then unite with the three Heavenly Realms to attack the God Clan?" Qiu Niu understood.

Why is it only Sun Yuan who can challenge the Celestial Emperors here? Because according to the rules, only Celestial Kings born in their respective Celestial Realms can challenge the Celestial Emperors of the Five Great Celestial Realms.

Here, only Sun Yuan has attained enlightenment in the Central Heaven Realm and has already reached the level of a half-step Immortal Emperor. The Central Heaven Realm cannot find anyone more suitable than Sun Yuan.

But Sun Yuan was in a dilemma.

"It's easy to say, but that old Jade Emperor is incredibly cunning. I'm afraid I won't even get close to him before I'm exhausted by the Celestial Kings of the God Clan, and then this guy will slap me out of Heaven." Sun Yuan said with a rather helpless expression.

This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved right now. Only by solving this problem can we possibly solve the Protoss problem.

To put it bluntly, Sun Wukong's strength was insufficient; he wasn't strong enough to directly storm the Jade Emperor's Palace and challenge the Jade Emperor.

Just then, Ye Liuyun asked a question.

"Is there no way for the monkey to directly break through to the Immortal Emperor realm?"

As soon as Ye Liuyun spoke, he immediately attracted the attention of all the Celestial Kings. Qiu Niu and the others immediately turned their attention to Ye Liuyun. When they saw that Ye Liuyun was just a minor Celestial Immortal, they were all puzzled. There were only Celestial Kings here, so why was there a minor Celestial Immortal here?

Most importantly, she actually dared to call the once invincible demon king Sun Yuan a monkey. A celestial being calling Sun Yuan, who was at the level of a half-step immortal emperor, a monkey, do you think that shouldn't be surprising to them?

"Hey, who is this little girl?" Qiuniu asked.

Upon seeing this, Donghuang quickly introduced Ye Liuyun.

"Oh, this little girl is called Ye Liuyun. Speaking of which, the attack on the Eastern Heaven Realm by the gods was all because of her," the Eastern Emperor said with a smile.

That's astonishing.

"What? Because of her? No way! The gods are so arrogant, how could they go to such lengths to deal with a mere celestial being?" Qiu Niu and the others were confused.

Donghuang also looked helpless.

"Because the God Clan's creation treasure, the Heaven-Sealing Pearl, was accidentally obtained by this girl, do you think the God Clan wouldn't fight desperately?" Donghuang revealed the true reason why the God Clan attacked the Eastern Heaven Realm.

Upon hearing this, Qiuniu and the others suddenly realized that this unassuming little girl was no ordinary person. Since the beginning of time, there have been very few beings that have been recognized by the Primordial Treasure; they are mostly innate beings.