"Bang!"
A body shot from afar and landed at Wu Xiang’s feet.
She looked down. It was something from the Forbidden Tower.
She sent a surge of spiritual energy, and the thing immediately turned to dust.
Walking further in, the entire God Realm was in chaos. She observed for a while and realized there were three factions fighting.
The few gods remaining in the God Realm fought alongside mortals who had ascended as immortals. The Demon Lord Chen Yuan led his elite subordinates. And then there were the monsters that had escaped the Forbidden Tower. The people of the God Realm fought both the demons and the monsters from the Forbidden Tower. Chen Yuan seemed to be helping against the Forbidden Tower monsters but was greatly annoyed by these gods. The things from the Forbidden Tower attacked anyone they saw.
It was quite a scene.
Wu Xiang walked in. The simple clothes and human mask on her body gradually vanished. The outer layer of her being shed, revealing her original form. Her attire also transformed into magnificent ceremonial robes.
Upon seeing her, the combatants were visibly surprised. Some of the creatures from the Forbidden Tower even began to flee. But since they had already escaped, they would either be sealed back or perish. How could she let them run?
With a wave of her hand, a surge of spiritual energy knocked over a demon that had flown far away. An invisible spiritual net enveloped countless demons. As the net tightened, the demons within were annihilated into dust.
The Heavenly Realm’s forces were greatly emboldened. They regrouped and fought against the demons, soon defeating them overwhelmingly. Some ran, some died, and others were captured.
The ordinary gods went to clean up the aftermath. Wu Xiang, along with some of the descended gods and Chen Yuan, followed her into the Divine Palace.
One of the high goddesses harbored extreme resentment towards Chen Yuan and spoke with a sharp tongue: "Demon Lord, this is the God Realm. Do not treat it as your home, coming and going as you please."
Chen Yuan smirked triumphantly, "Are you going to strike me?"
The high goddess was about to act when she saw the person in front suddenly turn. A surge of spiritual energy struck Chen Yuan’s chest, forcing him back several steps, almost toppling him.
Chen Yuan, having barely stabilized himself, laughed, "After all, I helped you just now. Is this how you treat your benefactors?"
Wu Xiang regarded him with cold eyes.
If this man hadn't caused trouble, Rong Jin would not have had her soul scattered into three thousand worlds, nor would she have had to descend to search for her, which in turn allowed the creatures from the Forbidden Tower to escape.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Chen Yuan grinned like a fox, "I was once the God of War of the Heavenly Realm. This is my old home; can't I come back for a visit?"
"Don't spout nonsense!" the female high goddess retorted fiercely.
"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask her. I was once on equal footing with your Chen, your God of War."
"But you degraded yourself, falling into demonhood, and are therefore unfit to return here and tarnish the purity of the God Realm."
Chen Yuan laughed in anger, "The position of Demon God was bestowed upon me by Zhu Lin. Besides, hasn't she also stayed in the Demon Realm for tens of thousands of years? If anyone is to tarnish the purity of the God Realm, it shouldn't be me."
"What right do you have to compare yourself to the former Divine Venerable?"
"I am indeed unworthy to compare with her, but I was once one of the people here. In terms of age and strength, I am superior to all of you. Aren't you..."
"Have you said enough?" Wu Xiang asked, her face darkening. "Do you think this is a marketplace? Chen Yuan, since you are from the Demon Realm, do not loiter here. I haven't settled the score for what happened last time. Since I'm busy now and don't have time to deal with you, get out!"
Chen Yuan remained shamelessly persistent, "I can leave, but there's someone I want the Divine Venerable to give me."
"Who?"
"It's a little fairy who serves ink in this high goddess's palace, not a major figure."
He pointed at the female high goddess who had just spoken. Wu Xiang immediately understood why she had been so hostile towards Chen Yuan.
This high goddess was of the Wood element. Her palace was filled with spiritual flowers and grasses. The fairies were mostly transformed from these plants. A little fairy that she had painstakingly raised and transformed was like her own child.
Who would be happy if a demon coveted the child they had painstakingly raised?
"The people in Mu Yuan High Goddess's palace are not something I can give you."
"Then I'm not leaving."
Wu Xiang's beautiful eyes widened, "I will strike you down."
Chen Yuan adopted a rogue-like demeanor, "It doesn't matter. You can't kill me anyway. I'll come back after I've recovered."
"It seems you want to return to the Forbidden Tower."
This completely subdued Chen Yuan. He remembered when he was young and arrogant, defying Zhu Lin, and doing… unsavory things, he was imprisoned there for so long. These two mother and daughter were indeed quite similar.
"I committed no crime. Even as Divine Venerable, you don't have this right, do you? You're even more overbearing and rude than your own mother."
Wu Xiang was unmoved, "Get out."
Seeing that the situation was completely against him and that this young girl was unreasonable, Chen Yuan had no choice but to give up and slink away.
Wu Xiang intended to go to the Forbidden Tower, but she was stopped by people from the God Realm, who said they had something to discuss with her.
She frowned, "What is it?"
"Divine Venerable," said a high god with eyes devoid of emotion, overly calm, "Recently, many people in the God Realm have formed romantic relationships with mortals, and even more so with demons. This is a disgrace to the God Realm. After discussing with other high gods, we believe that it should be strictly prohibited. The paths of gods and demons, gods and mortals are separate. This action will undoubtedly have endless consequences."
Wu Xiang: "..." She really wanted to ask if these people were bored.
They managed everything from heaven and earth to people's love lives, were they all matchmakers?
However, she had personally said that emotional entanglements among immortals could destabilize the Three Realms, and there were indeed future troubles.
"The saying in the mortal world, 'too many chickens lay no eggs,' and 'too many people cause trouble,' is truly wise. In the past, there were only a few people in the entire Nine Heavens, and there weren't so many messy affairs. Anyone who wished to fall in love with a mortal would have their divine status removed and be sent to the lower realms. They could return when they no longer wished to be in love."
The crowd felt as if they had been subtly criticized.
"Divine Venerable is enlightened."
Finally sending them away, Wu Xiang immediately went to the Forbidden Tower.
This tower stood atop the peak of the gods and had nine floors. Each floor contained different entities. Most were ancient demons and monsters that had survived since antiquity. They had committed all sorts of evil during the proliferation of the human race, which led to their imprisonment.
Chen Yuan had also been imprisoned here in the past for this reason.
The entrance to the Forbidden Tower was only on the first floor. There were doors on all four sides, but each door had a golden seal that circulated with light. Some seals had always been there, while others had been reinforced by her last time.
After a circuitous walk, Wu Xiang saw two doors without seals. Even without seals, ordinary demons and monsters could not escape from within.
Of course, those imprisoned inside were no mere weaklings.
She pushed open one of the doors and entered. The interior of the tower was extremely spacious. There were naturally no monsters here, otherwise, they would have already escaped.
After she entered, she approached a wall. A blue seal appeared on the wall, resembling a small door.
As Wu Xiang surveyed her surroundings, a large, crimson head suddenly emerged from the small door, its protruding eyes fixed on Wu Xiang. "Little girl, little girl, where do you come from?"