As Kikyo said—what was the end for herself?
Was it to remain in this country on the verge of collapse, waiting for the end of her life? Or to choose a new beginning?
Unless one was a fool, the correct judgment was obvious.
One more thing: when she'd been young, she'd still harbored yearnings for what might happen with the Great Dog Demon. But he'd liked humans, not her. So those budding feelings had been extinguished hundreds of years ago.
Back then, when the Great Dog Demon had fought the Dragon Bone Spirit and chosen death, she hadn't chosen to stop him. Even when he died, she'd never shed a single tear.
The Tengu Clan was born proud—aristocrats among the youkai of this world. Even at the level of gods, this showed how transcendent Immortal Fairy Lingyue's status was.
One could imagine that her partner would have to be her equal at minimum—definitely not inferior.
When Sesshomaru had come by last time, he'd already pointed this out. Though Immortal Fairy Lingyue had been angry at first, she'd been moved after calming down.
But then she'd thought again—how could the supreme god look favorably upon her?
Until yesterday, when the kingfisher representing the god had come to ask her intentions.
The Eternal Religion rarely persecuted believers. All of Lingyue's subordinates had already joined the faith, yet she alone had hesitated.
"You can call me anything—sister works fine. After all, if you're willing to become a goddess of God, then we'll be more intimate than sisters."
Seeing that Lingyue was complying, Kikyo said with a smile.
"In the Eternal Shrine, it surely isn't so easy, right? I think going there will impose restrictions..."
"Who told you that?"
"Isn't that the case?"
Immortal Fairy Lingyue tilted her head and asked. The god was so magnificent—he must protect his dignity. The shrine must be very serious.
Kikyo chuckled, then shook her head. "You really do overthink things. We do have some rules in the shrine, such as not fighting at will, but the god doesn't care about other matters."
"Is that so?"
Immortal Fairy Lingyue hadn't expected the divine palace to be so relaxed.
Kikyo continued, "Also, in the shrine, we basically just wait for the god's arrangements for attending him. Other things, like studying and combat training, actually depend on our own wishes. The god wants us to maintain ourselves rather than become goddesses with rigid thoughts. For example, there are three factions: the Dark God System, the Light God System, and the Life God System. My divine power belongs to purification and light, and since I don't like fighting, I chose the Light God System."
"Then where would I be assigned?"
Immortal Fairy Lingyue's eyes lit up as she couldn't help but ask. This was completely different from her impression. Where was this realm of the gods? It was a paradise for women!
How wonderful!
Kikyo smiled. "It depends on your choice. If you like studying life, you can join the Life God System. There's no hard standard. If you like fighting and studying curses, you can join the Dark God System. As for our Light God System, according to the Lord God, we're the 'Salted Fish Faction.'"
The Salted Fish Faction—that was the Light God System. On ordinary days, their combat effectiveness was the weakest. Basically, they couldn't compete in palace intrigue.
Immortal Fairy Lingyue thought for a moment and made her decision.
"I think I should join the Dark System. I was once a female warrior skilled in conquest."
Before, the world hadn't been as peaceful as now. Youkai had fought everywhere—for territory, for treasures. If you didn't fight, you'd be considered a coward, and not only would you not be spared, you'd attract even more battles.
Over time, Immortal Fairy Lingyue had once been called the Slaughter Demon Girl.
"Well then, let's head back now. Only the last piece of territory is needed for promotion."
"All right."
The two smiled at each other. Then Lingyue gave her orders and simultaneously informed all the youkai of the Western Youkai Kingdom of her decision.
Everyone prayed silently for her. It truly hadn't been easy maintaining the Youkai Kingdom as a woman, coupled with the absence of family bonds. Living like that had been painful.
"See the Demon Queen off to the Divine Realm!"
"See the Demon Queen off to the Divine Realm!"
"See the Demon Queen off to the Divine Realm!"
Amidst the blessings of the multitude of demons, Immortal Fairy Lingyue sighed softly and followed Kikyo to the City of Maple.
At this time, the Inuyasha World was ready for a grand sacrifice. Ten thousand temples, plus various offerings and several goddesses—quite a lot had been prepared.
Even the indigenous gods of this world had turned to believe in the Eternal God. Otherwise, they would have been eliminated.
The sun blazed like fire. On the altar, several preparatory goddesses knelt after bathing in incense, preparing to welcome the god's arrival.
Kagome and Coral were a bit nervous. The two held hands, their fingers cold.
On the other hand, Tongzi and Lingyue were very calm.
"Great God of Eternity, I am your preacher Xiao Feng. This time our world's faith has reached the goal. I pray that your gaze will descend..."
Within the Divine Realm, Liu Che was using his divine power to connect the seal, ready to initiate the Divine Battle.
Twenty Creation Gods acted together. In the Divine Realm, within the most chaotic and treacherous sea region, one side of the invisible world was frozen.
These twenty powerful forces had not only frozen this Chaos Sea but also isolated the world.
"We're ready. We're about to open the Divine Realm. We'll fix the entrance, then send believers in."
"Proceed."
Everyone nodded in unison. Liu Che's clone also arrived here.
Only then did he understand why twenty Creation Gods were needed to take action.
The Chaos Sea here was a massive opening flowing from the upper realm. It could not only crush divine power but also disrupt the laws of this space. Without powerful support, freezing it would be absolutely impossible.
As for the Divine Realm world below—it made him extremely tempted.
The divine power fluctuations inside were very obvious. Just by sensing them, one could tell there were many treasures within. After all, to have survived so long under the scouring of the Chaos Sea, the original owner must have been a major figure back in the day!
At that moment, Xiao Luan came over and said, "The higher-ups have given an order to let your people go first. So after the world opening appears, don't worry about anything—just grab whatever you see."
Liu Che was directly shocked. With so many people here, they were giving him all the benefits?
Seeing his surprise, Xiao Luan explained, "They haven't fully appreciated your potential yet and want to sell you a favor. Otherwise, those old-guard Creation Gods won't be able to grab much anyway."
"Oh, that's fine then. I won't hold back..."
Liu Che displayed a mischievous smile. As for Xiao Feng's world promotion, he'd noticed that too. However, since the world opening had just begun, he could only ask her to wait a while.
With the continuous injection of divine power, space and time gradually began to stabilize, and the entrance to the world suddenly opened.
Liu Che grinned wickedly and said, "Since you're giving me face, I won't be polite. My believers—go forth and fight!!!"
The entrance to the Divine Realm suddenly opened, appearing directly at the entrance to these ruins.
Then a densely packed mechanical army flew out—numbering about three hundred million. Following them were nearly three billion mechas.
This steel army moved at tremendous speed, completing the deployment in just twenty seconds.
Then came Liu Che's seven gods. The captivating goddesses, wearing battle armor and wielding artifacts, rushed into the ruins.
Among them, Tiamat didn't forget to shout enthusiastically, "Come on, take everything back..."
Good grief—as if afraid others wouldn't know what they were doing.
Here, Kaguya and Yao Yao both nodded, simultaneously using Space Divine Arts to open directional portals. From the Divine Star, one billion beasts followed Ao Qian and rushed in.
This still wasn't the end. Then came the priests—Orochimaru, Li Shimin, Tanjiro, Sam, Rin Tohsaka...
Each led their own forces and charged in. Added up from start to finish, there were an estimated five billion believers.
The Creation Gods fell into stunned silence. Even Xiao Luan, the woman who was ostensibly Liu Che's representative, couldn't help but let her mouth fall open.
This number of believers was excessive!! Absolutely criminal.
The first to react was the Creation God of the Light System.
"Damn it... Liu Che, you're not playing fair! Wait for our followers!"
After the others snapped out of it, they quickly released their gods and believers.
Shit. If this continued, they wouldn't even get any scraps.
They'd thought Liu Che would just symbolically deploy some gods and maybe a few million miscellaneous troops at most. Instead, this bastard had unleashed billions of believers.
No wonder he'd suppressed a Creation God while still at the Main God stage—who knew how vast his divine power was?
The eighteen gods' believers combined totaled only two billion.
They were different from Liu Che. Those below god level didn't need to be sent out anyway—they'd just be cannon fodder.
Everyone maintained the stability of the entrance while beginning to compete to penetrate with their consciousness, wanting to see how things were going.
As it turned out, they nearly vomited blood.
Liu Che's group of believers were shameless to the extreme. Those responsible for combat, those for transportation, those for securing areas—everything was organized.
Basically, the gods crushed their way through, the mechanical army handled transportation, and the beasts secured the perimeter.
Heaven knew where he'd cultivated so many beasts. The weakest was five-star level.
And those who belonged to the gods—don't be fooled by their long, charming appearances. They were incredibly vicious in combat.
One god tried to steal some spoils and was nearly kicked to death by a horned goddess.
Damn... she looked so cute, yet her strikes were so brutal!
Hundreds of gods at the entrance were being constantly plundered. Seeing this, the Creation Gods hurriedly ordered their own gods:
"Hurry to the depths! Don't fight over scraps at the entrance. How can you compete with these gods? What a bunch of pig-brains!"
The reminded gods suddenly realized their error and quickly turned their spearheads, flying toward the depths.