At this time, the sun was in the west, setting under the mountains in the distance.
As the sun's light disappeared, the sky and the earth quickly darkened.
The streets and alleys of Kyoto City were lit up with lights.
Dusk falls, covering the city of Kyoto and Kyushu.
Across the vast land, the night lights of more than 8,000 cities turned on, and tens of thousands of newly built villages and towns also turned on their lights.
In the night sky, the crescent moon has become the largest light source, surrounded by countless stars, and the stars surround the moon.
Xu Xiulian looked at the mysterious moon, the Milky Way, and more and more stars, and said: "Humans have their own way of survival, and gods have their own way of survival. Their ways are different."
Li Xiang was silent for a long time, but he shook his head, "The divine way, the human way, the ghost way, the demon way...the three thousand ways, although they are different, I feel that these ways will eventually converge somewhere."
He also raised his head and looked towards the Milky Way.
"The light of the Milky Way does not come from the stars, but from the water splashed by the long river of time."
"The intersection of three thousand avenues may be in the long river of time."
Xu Xiulian looked at the Milky Way and was in a daze. After a long time, she finally said, "You can see farther than me."
Li Xiang hummed and continued, "There are all kinds of gods in that river, and the source of power of some of the gods is the power of faith of all living things."
"So for Kyushu, although there is a huge gap between humans and gods, there may be important connections."
Xu Xiulian thought for a while and asked: "Is it incense or merit?"
"I don't know. People in Kyushu seem to have no faith, or they have too much faith." Li Xiang was also confused and looked to the west. "The power of faith is more obvious in several divine realms in the west."
Xu Xiulian suddenly asked, "What are you worried about?"
Li Xiang was silent for a moment, and then said what he was thinking, "I am not very confident about the upcoming battle of the gods."
Xu Xiulian had never seen her son show such an expression before, and comforted, "Behind you, there are atavists, gods, yin gods and 400 million people. All of us stand with you."
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The night is like water.
The moonlight passed through the window and fell diagonally into the house.
Li Xiang asked Nie Zhuyin to bring pen, ink and paper and practice calligraphy in the room.
Nie Yunzhu's clothes were thin and he was coy and refused to leave.
As Li Xiang thought, a burst of divine power surged out and swept the woman nicknamed Zhuye Qing out.
I still remember that when Zhang Sanfeng returned to his ancestor Zhang Sanfeng in Yangcheng two years ago, this pretty woman was a little greedy for his body.
She didn't expect that she would become the god of war to conquer the country. She still had such thoughts.
Li Xiang shook his head, leaving these chaotic thoughts behind, and wrote with peace of mind.
Practicing calligraphy is a time-consuming effort, but Li Xiang doesn't have that much time.
I had only been writing for two hours when there was a knock on the door and Xu Wencheng's voice sounded outside, "Master, the elders are here to invite me."
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Kyoto City, Council Hall of the Elder Council.
On the huge conference table.
The atmosphere is no longer as gloomy and depressing as before, or tense.
The elders leaned back in their chairs, looking relaxed.
"Mr. Zhang Ge, how are the preparations at the celebration site?"
Elder Li Ge, who was in charge of the six southern states, asked.
Mr. Zhang Ge was based in the capital and was the main person in charge of organizing this ceremony.
"Everything is ready," Zhang Ge said with a haggard face, but could not hide his joy. "The ceremony is mainly divided into three stages: the first stage is the summary of the Northern Expedition, the second stage is the entrance ceremony of the two gods of war, and the third stage is the entrance ceremony of the two gods of war.
The third stage is to reward based on merit.”
Elder Zhang tapped the table with his finger, and when the secretary came in, he respectfully placed the documents in front of each elder.
The elders looked through it casually and made no comments.
Elder Li Ge sighed, "Who would have thought that such an important matter as the new God of War entering the palace would be handled by our Elder Council."
The God of War and the Ge Laohui, one is in charge of Kyushu's security and military, and the other is in charge of resources and people's livelihood, they are the two highest authorities in Kyushu.
Except during wartime, the War God Temple and the Ge Laohui had almost no interaction.
"At the Temple of War, two gods of war entered the temple at one time. This is the first time in a hundred years."
Zhao Ge, who is in charge of the five southeastern states, is an old woman in her nineties, sipping tea and sighing.
Qian Ge next to him said, "Wang Po has always had the strength to return to his ancestors for the fifth time. It took him ten years into the Demon Realm to break through the barrier of life and death. To be honest, it's a bit late."
Several elders turned to look at Mr. Wangge.
Although Wang Po is an orphan, he is a collateral descendant of the Wang family.
This time, Mr. Wang Ge did not change the topic carelessly, but said bluntly, "If he had entered the fifth level early, how could those demon kings let him kill people in the demon realm?"
The elders were all startled.
Mr. Wang Ge chuckled, "That boy Wang Po deliberately suppressed his realm and delayed the time of his fifth return to his ancestors in order to kill more demon kings and demon emperors."
"You can actually forcibly suppress the compatibility," Mr. Zhao Ge sighed. "Wang War God is worthy of being the most talented person in the past fifty years!"
Mr. Wang Ge shook his head, "In the past, it was true, but now that Tongzhou Prefecture has a little Taoist Fellow Li, Wang Po's talent is not enough."
Mr. Zhao Ge said: "That little Taoist friend is not comparable to ordinary people. He has dual identities as Emperor of Heaven and Son of Yin. In time, we old immortals and those in the Temple of War will probably attack him.
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Hearing this, several pavilion elders sighed.
But no one has any feelings of rejection, but instead has some yearning and expectation.
Mr. Zhang Ge said: "Actually, the reason why Fellow Daoist Li entered the Temple of War this time and created such a huge momentum was because of the instructions of God of War Zhou."
Several pavilion elders were a little surprised.
Mr. Zhang Ge was silent for a long time, and after he had piqued the curiosity of these old guys, he slowly said, "Hand over."
As soon as these words came out, the huge conference room fell into silence.
The elders looked at each other.
Mr. Qian Ge frowned, "That's not true. Zhou War God's combat power is unparalleled. Although he is over a hundred years old, he is still at his peak in terms of combat power and wisdom."
"That's right," Mr. Zhao Ge took over, "Zhou War God is the Dinghai Shenzhen of Kyushu. Only he can make the 40 million people of Kyushu work together."
"Although Li Xiang is strong, he is still just a young man in his early twenties."
"Without thirty or fifty years of hard work, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold such a big job!"
The elders simply did not believe what Mr. Zhang said.
When they had said enough, Mr. Zhang Ge slowly said, "Everyone, times have changed."
Several pavilion elders were stunned.
Zhang Gelao knocked on the desktop and called up the map.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Kyushu's territory had advanced tens of thousands of kilometers northward.
Zhang Ge Lao pointed to the north of the border and asked: "Have you ever been here before?"
The elders shook their heads.
Let alone such a far away place, they have never even been to the northern border.
Because the northern border is the territory occupied by the Demon Alliance.
"After the Northern Expedition, our army entered the depths of the Demon Realm and headed north, where there was already a vast ice field."
"Although it is a bitter and cold place, there are still some monsters living there."
"Thousands of elite troops were mobilized from the army, and they continued to march north with supplies."
"It took more than a month, passed through the vast ice field, and lost more than 800 people before reaching the end of the ice field."
"It was an extremely cold place with temperatures over 80 degrees below zero!"
"Under the ice sheet, the sea water is not frozen."
"In that sea of ice, our people discovered something..."
Having said this, Zhang Gelao paused, a look of fear flashed in his eyes, and he considered his words.
