Water Palace

  It seems that the gods of the Heavenly Ford, who had been cooped up on those small islands in the Eastern Ocean for too long, upon hearing the news of the emergence of a new continent, almost all flocked out to catch wind of it.

  Only those ancient gods who had long since retreated, and the great gods who did not reside in the mortal realm, did not participate in this war of aggression. The Tianjin gods who set foot on the Central Plains were, without exception, mid-to-lower-level figures living in the mortal realm.

  One's own family knows one's own affairs. These Tianjin gods, who are as good as dead, know best in their hearts that apart from having a large number of people, they have no comparison with the three famous great gods, Tensho, Getsurei and Hayanokoto, in terms of high-end combat power. Therefore, they also dare not be too arrogant. On the eve of this expedition, they specially invited the three sacred treasures as the divine body to offer sacrifices from various shrines on the eastern islands to boost their morale.

  Kusanagi no Tsurugi, Yata no Kagami, and Yasakani no Magatama are collectively known as the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan, each possessing unimaginable power.

  It goes without saying that the gods in charge of these three divine artifacts also received a substantial share. Similar to the beautiful job of looting the Dragon Palace and Water Mansion, where they didn't have to work hard but still got a lot of benefits, how could they be left out?

  In the Water Palace, which had been occupied for a short time, everything in sight was a mess of cups and plates, with colors flowing everywhere. Everyone knew that Da Jiang Long Jun Ao Ping was a lustful ghost who couldn't get enough of women, and the maids he chose were naturally not bad-looking. Now, these delicate and tender beauties in the Water Palace had all been turned into playthings by those lecherous Tianjin gods, stripped bare like little lambs. The defenseless girls could only let out painful moans as they were ravished by these shameless foreign deities.

  Outside, the sound of movement came from the Water Temple, and Da Jiang Long Jun's anger rose to the point where even his hair and beard stood on end. If he hadn't known that his own cultivation was too weak, and that these two disciples under him were not worthy of being seen on the battlefield, he would have charged in long ago to fight the Tianjin gods to the death.

  "Hahaha, good wine! Good wine! Cheers!"

  The Eastern Divine System is a collection of lust and slaughter, deeply worshiping the strong and despising the weak. Although they are called gods, they have no mercy or kindness in their hearts, and their behavior is more similar to that of demons who act on impulse.

  That book, "Kojiki", written by a mortal from the East, records the glorious history of our tribe's gods, but its content is so obscene that it can be considered a pornographic publication, and it's absolutely hardcore.

  The Tianjin gods broke into the underwater palace that originally belonged to Long Jun Ao Ping, which was decorated with gold and jade, and immediately began to indulge in the sumptuous feast and fine wine. In their excitement, they revealed their true forms one by one. These guys had pockets full of stolen treasures, and after drinking too much, they could no longer restrain their desires, roughly pushing down the captured water palace maidservants and starting a collective...

  "Knock knock knock——"

  "It's no good, the enemy is attacking!"

  Just then, a stirring drumbeat came from outside, affected by the river water, the drumbeat sounded very strange, so at first, none of the Tianjin gods realized that danger was approaching. Until a low-ranking god who planned to go to the Water Gate to fight a guerrilla war discovered the enemy's footprint nearby, he shouted loudly and ran towards the main hall, and the Tianjin gods who were indulging in wine and lust finally woke up from their dream.

  "Where is the enemy? Where?"

  A high-ranking Tianjin god pulled out his shriveled and ugly thing from the beautiful body of a female pearl spirit under him, shamelessly exposing his lower body and shouting loudly in front of everyone.

  The Tianjin god with a twisted face due to tension and fear said hastily:

  "Outside, everywhere is... Ah!"

  "Whoosh!" This was a crossbow bolt that flew faster than the speed of sound, and in an instant it pierced the chest of the unlucky guy blocking the door. On top of this gleaming sharp arrowhead, a faint blue flame was dancing joyfully, almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Just a moment later, a drop of silvery white blood slid down the arrow shaft, falling silently to the ground, and the Tianjin god, with eyes wide open in an expression of utter disbelief, fell to the ground dead.

  At this time, the few Tianjin gods who were still indulging in wild revelry inside the Water Temple Palace finally heard the mournful and sharp sound of breaking through the air when the crossbow arrow flew after being dizzy and confused.

  "Charge! Get up and charge!"

  In the midst of chaos, stimulated by the threat of death, the Tianjin gods quickly switched from a relaxed resting state to a combat state, they disheveled and waved various weapons, shouting towards the entrance of the Dragon Palace.

  Since the invasion of this vast and fertile land, the Tianjin gods have never been defeated on the front lines. Those spiritually strong but physically weak resisters along the coast all became the laughing stock of their boasts. Although the Tianjin gods were ambushed and appeared to be in a state of confusion, they still confidently believed that as long as they took action, they could immediately quell any signs of resistance.

  Lin Xuyuan saw Tianjin God rushing out of the Water Mansion from a distance, like a swarm of bees, without any organization, action or cover, let alone formation, simply a group of thorough mountain bandits.

  Lin Xu couldn't help but sneer twice, thinking that he had overestimated his opponent. He turned to face Da Jiang Long Jun Ao Ping and said:

  "Brother Ao, I thought these foreign gods would be somewhat extraordinary, but now it seems they're really stupid! Zhang Xin, prepare the crossbow array!"

  Before the start of this war, Lin Xu temporarily added "Broken Shattered Divine Light" to the crossbow arrows used by his subordinates. This divine technique is a special technique against external heavenly demons. As for the concept of external domain, it mainly refers to supernatural beings that are not accepted by the heaven and earth consciousness of this piece of land. Due to the short time of fusion between different pieces of land, to some extent, the Tianjin God at this moment can also be considered an external guest, so they cannot escape the additional damage of "Broken Shattered Divine Light".

  The Yin soldiers who were originally not qualified to fight against the gods, due to the extra lethal power of their weapons, barely qualified to join this battle.

  "Po Sha Shen Guang" is not omnipotent, when encountering a god with abilities stronger than Lin Xu's, they can easily cancel out the additional damage of "Po Sha Shen Guang" on the crossbow arrow with just one move.

  If it weren't for the "broken halo light", the power of small things like crossbow arrows against gods would be equivalent to a mortal being pricked by an embroidery needle.

  These invading Tianjin gods, originally they were not of high social status in Dongying, and did not even have the qualifications to live in the heavenly realm of Gaotianyuan, could only stay in the mortal world. How many people are stronger than Lin Xu? Thus, these invaders who rushed out of the water mansion met a dense hail of arrows and a tragic outcome was inevitable.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang——"

  As the muffled sounds of shooting continued in a string, dense and impenetrable arrows poured down like locusts, Tianjin God, who had rushed out of the Water Mansion earlier, dodged but was shot and let out miserable cries one after another, dead and wounded piled up without waiting to be said.

  The clever ones among the Tianjin gods saw that things were not going well and immediately sounded the retreat. They rushed out quickly, but their movements were even more agile when they retreated. Those Tianjin gods who had charged forward recklessly were beaten back by a single blow, and the several golden pillars decorated with beautiful patterns in front of the main gate became their scapegoats. In the blink of an eye, these pillars were filled from top to bottom with countless crossbow arrows shaking at the tail, already densely packed to almost obscure the golden base color of the pillars.

  Looking at these enemies who are far from being as strong as expected, and whose brains don't seem to be working very well either. Lin Xu was both puzzled and found it somewhat inconceivable, turned around and said to Da Jiang Long Jun Ao Ping:

  "Is Long Jun being beaten by these guys until he can't even return home? They don't seem to have any skills at all!"

  Dajiang Longjun Ao Ping also witnessed these hateful enemies, and the miserable appearance of being shot with arrows at the Water Gate. Ao Ping felt even more humiliated.

  Indeed, Lin Xu is not entirely wrong. Given these guys' poor performance, it's probably not an exaggeration to describe them as "trash". The key question is, what kind of goods should Ao Ping be considered, who lost to these trash before?

  At this point, Ao Ping's gaze at the Water Palace was filled with resentment. His mood was extremely depressed. Can't these enemies have a bit of dignity? Where did that powerful combat strength from before go to?

  Facing Lin Xu's questioning, Ao Ping still somewhat unwillingly said:

  "......Their few treasures are quite formidable."

  Now, Ao Ping, who couldn't bear to lose face, even began to hope that these Tianjin gods occupying his own water mansion would show some spirit and not continue to drag him down in Lin Xu's eyes.

  Anyway, this time Ao Ping's face was lost big, his sadness index has evolved from the initial stage of cup shape to tea table shape.

  Gods are existences that are completely different from humans, and human knowledge and common sense cannot cover the realm of gods. If one insists on making explanations and guesses about this, a new version of "blind men touching an elephant" will inevitably be born, so there is a proverb that says, "When humans think, God laughs."

  Divine position, divine status, and divine occupation are three similar terms that can easily confuse an outsider.

  The rules of the Tao are too obscure and profound, not inferior to those of the Immortal Path. Moreover, the Tao itself has great differences, even for those beings whose lifespan is longer than that of heaven and earth, who do not dare say they have thoroughly understood all the secrets of the Tao.

  Strictly speaking, among the three, the divine position is perhaps the easiest for outsiders to understand and also the most confusing. For example, Lin Xu's inherited divine position of Huo Mountain God is mainly a mixture of guardian, Huo Mountain, land, and other fragmented divine positions that are currently unclear in their affiliation. The real puzzle lies in the fact that there is no theory that can perfectly explain how these chaotic divine positions are pieced together to form a divine position, and even more so, it is difficult to decipher the profound mystery of how they constitute rules. In short, the various puzzles related to divine positions are filled with an inexplicable sense of wonder.

  The concept of godhood is something that can be explained simply or complexly. The most straightforward explanation is that godhood is a benchmark indicating that an individual possesses abilities beyond the ordinary.

  Similar to the Seven Great Sages, these powerful demon gods, although they do not possess the divine authority and divine duties of orthodox deities, their supernatural powers seem to have touched a certain boundary in the depths of the universe, thus the Seven Great Sages gloriously ascended to the position of "demon god".