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

They had actually thought about this choice long ago, but they just couldn't make a decision for a long time. The gods had been thinking of trying to persuade the Jade Emperor first.

Soon, all the powerful beings belonging to the God-Ming faction left.

After a moment of contemplation, the deity took a deep breath and went once again to the Jade Emperor's residence.

As the deity returned to the presence of the God Emperor and the Jade Pool Goddess, the Jade Emperor understood from the deity's resolute gaze that the deity had made a decision. How could anything that happened within the divine race be kept from him?

Moreover, the gods had no intention of hiding anything; it was practically aboveboard.

"It seems you have come to your senses." The Jade Emperor rarely showed his son a smile of satisfaction.

He had actually been waiting for this day. Ever since their gods secretly carried out that thing, he had been thinking about what to do if they failed. Now he had that escape route.

"Father, Mother, your son cannot watch the divine race perish. Even a one in ten chance of annihilation is unacceptable, let alone the current situation. Your son has no choice but to rebel." The god knelt before the Jade Emperor and the Goddess of Yaochi, and after saying that he was going to rebel, he solemnly kowtowed to them several times.

The Jade Emperor chuckled.

"Go, take your people, leave the gods, leave the Heavenly Court, seek your allies, and then defeat me, defeat us remnants," the Jade Emperor laughed.

The god slowly stood up.

"I know, Father, Mother, take care. Next time we meet, we will only be enemies," the deity said sadly, and then left without further hesitation.

After the gods left, the Jade Emperor suddenly burst into laughter.

"Haha, this is my son. He can't be indecisive. The future of the gods is in your hands."

The so-called remnants of the divine race are the group of gods who split off from the divine ancestor. This group of gods is almost entirely on the radical side, and it is impossible to rely on them.

Starting with the second generation of gods, because they didn't have as much of Pangu's lingering will within them, their arrogance hadn't yet transcended life and death.

After the deity returned, he did not immediately begin to act, because all of this required preparation. Only after everything was ready could he make the announcement.

Yao Xi had just settled Ye Liuyun down when she received the deity's decision.

"This? You made a decision so quickly?" Yao Xi was very surprised.

"What's wrong?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

Yao Xi turned around blankly and looked at Ye Liuyun.

“You don’t need to stay here anymore. I’ll send you away from the Heavenly Court. My brother has already decided that he will lead the conservative gods to break away from the old gods in three days,” Yao Xi murmured.

Ye Liuyun was stunned when she heard this. She hadn't expected that just saying a few provocative things would lead to such a decision from the gods.

So Yao Xi escorted Ye Liuyun away from the Heavenly Court and sent him back to the Holy Spirit State. She also told Ye Liuyun that they would be able to see their actions in three days.

Ye Liuyun stared blankly at Yao Xi as she left, feeling as if someone was helping her all along. It all went too smoothly. According to her previous thinking, even if the gods were to make a choice, it would probably take them several months or even years to prepare.

The atmosphere within the Divine Race suddenly became calm, and Yang Zhao had already arrived at the Divine Race's prison where those who violated the race's rules were held.

The prisons of this divine race are basically floating islands. Yang Zhao's mother is the Jade Emperor's sister. Of course, the Jade Emperor has many brothers and sisters. They are all divine races that split off from a single force. The Jade Emperor and his sister, Shen Lian, belong to the same divine ancestor's soul that split into Yin and Yang.

In fact, Shen Lian was imprisoned voluntarily, probably to protect Yang Zhao.

“Mother, you will be free soon.” Yang Zhao arrived on the island and went directly to a woman in a golden dress who was bound by golden chains.

This woman was clearly bound here by the power of Heaven's Dao, not by ordinary power.

Shen Lian was an extremely beautiful woman, exuding an aura of nobility that rivaled even that of the Jade Emperor.

"Alas! Has the God Clan finally come to this?" Shen Lian seemed to already know what her son and his companions were about to do.

“Mother, we’ll leave this corrupt god race in three days. After we resolve this matter, we’ll no longer concern ourselves with anything related to the god race, okay?” Yang Zhao said with a smile, holding his mother’s hand.

But Shen Lian shook her head at Yang Zhao.

“Son, your mother is also the old god you speak of, do you understand? If the old god does not die, the new god will not be established. Don’t worry about me. Our generation of gods has accumulated too much unseen and intangible karma. Everyone says that the karma of the gods does not deepen, but that’s all a lie. It’s just that others can’t see it.” Shen Lian sighed to the sky.

Yang Zhao stared blankly at his mother's relieved smile, because he suddenly remembered that his mother was also an ancient god.

"Mother, you..." Yang Zhao still wanted to try.

Shen Lian interrupted Yang Zhao again.

"Go, do what you should do. In this great calamity, none of us, the first generation of gods, have been able to escape. If we had a choice, do you think those old guys would be so stubborn? It's because no matter whether they retreat or advance, we must disappear. Only in this way can the gods be reborn."

In the end, Yang Zhao left with a resentful and angry expression, still believing that it was the Jade Emperor's fault.

Not long after Yang Zhao left, the Jade Emperor arrived.

"Alas! Sister, it seems you knew everything all along," the Jade Emperor said helplessly, looking at his sister.

He had originally planned to have Yang Zhao take Shen Lian away, but unexpectedly, Shen Lian had no intention of doing so.

“You and I are yin and yang, two sides of the same force. How could I not know what you’re thinking? Brother, our feud is finally coming to an end.” Shen Lian looked as if she had let go of everything.

In fact, Shen Lian was the first among the gods to awaken to the truth, or rather, the first to understand what their divine race truly was.

Their divine race was not formed from the ordinary lingering resentment of Pangu, but from Pangu's negative emotions.

So, while their divine race may appear noble, they are actually something that this world has absolutely no need for.

Many of the first-generation Protoss were well aware of this, but simply refused to accept it.

"Since there's no other choice, let's take a gamble. I'm completely relieved now, at least my descendants can continue to inherit everything from the divine race," the Jade Emperor said with a faint smile.

Looking at Ye Liuyun, he had already returned to the Chaos God Cult and immediately told Ye Qingxue and Lin Qingyou about the situation of the God Clan.

They were utterly shocked to learn that the Protoss were going to split.

"If that's the case, it seems I can break through in three days," Lin Qingyou said with a smile.

"Just watch, it turns out that the gods themselves will ultimately defeat them. I just hope that these so-called new gods won't inherit their fathers' obsession with power," Ye Liuyun sighed.

Three days later, a majestic yet subdued voice resounded within the divine race.

"I, the Crown Prince of the Divine Race, hereby declare that I am breaking away from the Old Divine Race and establishing a New Divine Race. All second-generation Divine Race members who are willing to join me shall leave the Old Divine Race and the Heavenly Court today."

The sound echoed throughout the Celestial Realm. It was very sudden, and many of the first-generation gods were greatly surprised, because they had no idea that the Crown Prince God was going to rebel.

"How dare you, God! What are you doing?" The Purple Extreme Heavenly King and others appeared immediately. They certainly couldn't watch the divine race split at this crucial moment.

In an instant, more than twenty Celestial Kings surrounded the Celestial Palace Island where the gods resided.

But at that moment, from all corners of the Celestial Realm, beams of divine light shot into the sky, and divine might surged forth.

"I, Yang Zhao, am willing to follow the Crown Prince of the Gods and establish a new divine race."

Yang Zhao descended from the sky, carrying a terrifying aura, and stood before the Purple Extreme Heavenly King and the others.

"It's you? You bastard of the gods, how dare you rebel against the gods?" The faces of Ziji Tianwang and the others were extremely ugly when they saw Yang Zhao.

Yang Zhao snorted coldly, and the next moment, more than a dozen second-generation Immortal Kings arrived above the floating island where the gods were located.

"Purple Heavenly King, the Divine Race is not just your Divine Race, but the Divine Race of all members of the Divine Race. You're insane, we're not," Shen Yan sneered.

More and more gods responded to the divine will, and soon at least a third of the gods will follow the divine will and separate from them.

This was undoubtedly the most terrifying rebellion in the world of the gods. Soon, a great war broke out in the divine realm, leaving it riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.

Finally, the Jade Emperor gave the order, which allowed the gods and other second-generation deities to be released from the Heavenly Realm.

But at the same time, the place where the divine egg in the Celestial Realm was sleeping suddenly absorbed a large amount of karmic power.

"Haha, this is wonderful! The gods are indeed burdened with more karma than any other race. The Heavenly Venerable of my gods is about to be born!" The Crimson Lotus Immortal King laughed wildly as he looked at the gradually saturating divine egg before him.

After the gods left the Heavenly Court, they also informed the immortals of the five great heavenly realms, roughly meaning that they were severing ties with the current old god race and revealing a great secret of the god race to the public.

That is, the old gods, led by the Jade Emperor, are creating a Heavenly Venerable, a new Heavenly Venerable who can control the Pangu Great World. Once this Heavenly Venerable is born, all the heavens and myriad worlds will become slaves of the old gods.

Once this news came out, it caused quite a stir. No race could accept the old gods' approach. Creating a Celestial Venerable was simply impossible. At most, they could create a Celestial Venerable's body through luck, but the Celestial Venerable's will could never exist.

However, the gods told them that the Jade Emperor and his people had already devised a way to replace the consciousness of this new Heavenly Venerable. Therefore, it was more accurate to say that the first generation of gods wanted to control the body of the Heavenly Venerable than to say that they created the Heavenly Venerable.

"Good heavens, so this is the ultimate goal of the gods. If he succeeds, the myriad realms will truly become the gods' backyard." Qiu Niu and the other members of the dragon race were also terrified when they heard this news.

They had some guesses before, but weren't quite sure. Now, they understand everything.

Even the gods themselves didn't know that the split of their second-generation divine race was also part of the creation of the Celestial Venerable, and that their goal had been achieved.

Chapter 1005 Doing as one pleases, without going against one's true nature

The divine race split into two. After the new divine race broke away from the old divine race, it took the initiative to call on all races in the immortal realm to attack the old divine race.

This left many powerful clans and the various Heavenly Emperors completely baffled, as they felt there was some kind of conspiracy involved.

However, since they already knew that the Jade Emperor wanted to use merit and karma to create the body of Pangu Heavenly Venerable to rule the Pangu Great World, they had no choice even if there was a conspiracy.

Moreover, this gave the four Heavenly Emperors of the four Heavenly Realms a legitimate reason to launch a full-scale attack on the Heavenly Court of the Gods. After the Immortal Realm was born under the power of the Heavenly Venerable, the Heavenly Venerable said that if any Heavenly Realm dared to overthrow the Immortal Realm and rule the Pangu Great World, all the immortals could punish it.

This is to prevent the so-called abuse of public power for private gain. Just imagine what the consequences would be if the Pangu Great World became the possession of one person or one clan.

The consequence is simple: they can do whatever they want, even against the laws of nature, because no one or any force can stop them.

If the gods were a benevolent race, concerned for all races and world stability, then so be it. But the perceptions the gods have displayed in recent years can only be described with one word: "domineering."

For a large world, tyranny is essentially selfishness. Do you think a race with such strong selfishness can treat every race or immortal fairly?

The gods are currently the most powerful force in the immortal realm, but they no longer take any race other than the gods seriously. Even the Heavenly Venerables find it difficult to restrain them. This already means that once they control all the heavens and myriad realms, it will be no less than the end of the world.

After the Old Gods descended to the mortal realm, they directly occupied the entire Holy Spirit Continent. Since the Holy Spirit Continent was located directly below the Central Heaven Realm, it was the most direct route for them to attack the Central Heaven Court.

"This is really too sudden. What kind of medicine is the God Clan up to? I can't understand it at all!" Ye Liuyun was currently talking to Ye Qingxue in the Chaos Temple.

While the current split within the Protoss race is indeed the outcome he desired, it's too direct, as if they had always planned to do so.

“Mom, isn’t this exactly the result you wanted to see? Now, the combined power of the God Clan has been divided up by at least half, or at least a third. Moreover, they have loudly proclaimed that they will unite with the major forces of the Immortal Realm to destroy the Old God Clan. I think there may have been a split within the God Clan long ago. Your trip this time has only strengthened their resolve,” Ye Qingxue said.

After a moment of silence, Ye Liuyun stood up.

"I'm going to the encampment of Shenming and the others. I heard they're currently stationed in Wanfa City. I need to see what they're up to." After saying goodbye to Ye Qingxue, Ye Liuyun left and headed to Wanfa City.

At this moment, in the temple of Wanfa City, the gods were sitting with Yang Zhao and a group of powerful Immortal Kings. Their divine race needed to unite with other forces to attack the other gods, as their small number of people was not enough, because they knew very well that the strength of the divine race was far greater than they had imagined.

"Your Highness, do you think the various races of the Immortal Realm will respond to the call of our new God Race?" an Immortal King asked with a worried expression, because since they announced the conspiracy of the Old God Race, no force in the Immortal Realm has shown up to form an alliance with them.

The gods knew what the people were worried about, but they had no way out.

"Whether or not any forces are willing to help us is irrelevant. What we need to do is resolutely sever ties with the old gods. If they are unwilling to take action, we will do it ourselves. Two days from now, Yang Zhao, we will attack the Heavenly Court on time," the god declared resolutely.

Yang Zhao nodded without hesitation.

“No problem. I’m willing to be the vanguard in this attack on the old God Clan’s Heavenly Court. I’ve long wanted to wreak havoc on the God Clan’s Heavenly Court again.” Yang Zhao’s eyes shone with fearless conviction.

The exceptionally handsome God-Flame Immortal King standing to the side also rose and spoke.

“I will fight alongside Brother Yang Zhao. Hmph! Those old gods only have a few real skills, besides relying on their seniority. I am not afraid of them.”

Seeing that Yang Zhao and Shen Yan both looked very eager to fight, the other Immortal Kings also expressed their willingness to fight.

In reality, given the current situation, it's impossible for them to regret their actions; their dignity doesn't allow them to back down.

Meanwhile, in the Fallen Immortal Valley of the Central Heaven Realm, Sun Yuan sat in a certain place in the valley, deep in thought with his eyes closed. He naturally already knew everything that had happened in the Heavenly Court.

"Interesting. What's going on with the gods? I didn't expect the Three-Eyed One to betray the gods. But no matter what you're up to, I, Old Sun, will definitely attack the Heavenly Court before you. No one can compete with me for first place." Sun Yuan muttered to himself before taking out the pill that Ye Liuyun had given him.

After hesitating for a moment while looking at the pill in his hand, Sun Yuan finally swallowed it. As the pill entered his body, it was as if Sun Yuan's consciousness suddenly left his body. His consciousness flew out of his physical body, traveled through time and space, and finally arrived at the gate of an ordinary, even very rough and simple mountain.

This place is like a barren mountain with nothing but a dilapidated wooden sign hanging at the simple entrance.

"Where...where am I? How did I get here?" Sun Yuan looked around in shock.

That's right, this is where Sun Yuan's dream begins, the Celestial Immortal Sect, which means that's where Sun Yuan's sect is located.

"Little monkey, now that you're here, why don't you come in?"

Just as Sun Yuan was feeling lost, a familiar voice came from inside the mountain gate.

Upon hearing this voice, Sun Yuan's face immediately lit up with excitement. Without saying a word, he quickly ran into the mountain gate and proceeded up the steps.

They quickly climbed the steps and arrived at the outside of an ancient Taoist temple. Everything here was exactly the same as the Taoist temple in Sun Yuan's memory, as if it had never disappeared.

"It's exactly the same as when I came here. Could it be that this Celestial Immortal Sect has always been here and never disappeared? But why can't I find it when I want to?" Sun Yuan muttered to himself.

Sun Yuan walked forward with excitement, but as he stepped into the Taoist temple gate, a very free and unrestrained voice rang out from the side.

"Ah! The greatest things in life are fine wine and beautiful women. If I could taste all the world's finest wines and see all the most beautiful women in the world, that would be true freedom and true life."

Sun Yuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a drunken young man in white robes slumped over a stone table, drinking and talking to himself.

For some reason, Sun Yuan felt a sense of familiarity when he looked at the young man in front of him—a sense of pursuing freedom and being unrestrained.

Although the person in front of him was human, Sun Yuan felt that the other person looked a lot like him.

After observing the other party for a moment, Sun Yuan strolled into the main hall of the Taoist temple. Upon arriving there, he saw an old Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly wisdom sitting there. There were no statues of gods here, and he sat there as if he were the main god worshipped here.