The Young Master Offers His Head

With limited positions in Heavenly Court, many Heavenly Gods remained on Earth to oversee certain areas on behalf of Heavenly Court. Therefore, while it was not common for Heavenly Gods on Earth to lead rebellions, it was not uncommon either.

It wasn't just Jiang Lan who showed great care for the Human Race; other Heavenly Gods occasionally developed feelings for races similar to themselves, sharing their glory and their loss.

"Which Heavenly Gods is leading this rebellion?"

Bai Qiuran asked.

"It is the Shibi Corpse Kingdom Shibi Corpse God Kingdom."

One of the Heavenly Gods replied, "His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor sent him to oversee the Shibi Corpse Kingdom, but he later came to believe that he was a member of the Shibi Corpse Kingdom."

How strong is Shibi Corpse?

"Not even comparable to the Heavenly Ninth Division Rank of True Gods."

"Understood."

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"Let's go then."

Without much preamble, Bai Qiuran mustered his troops and led them to surround the several countries that had rebelled.

Although the kingdoms of this era were vast, most of them were Wilderness. It was sufficient to surround inhabited settlements, and not much manpower was required.

After the encirclement was completed, Bai Qiuran gave orders to his soldiers.

"For now, just stay there and wait for my orders before proceeding."

"I will obey the decree of the Supreme God."

The Divine General their heads in agreement, but soon someone raised an objection.

"I don't understand, Commander. Why don't you continue the attack? The people of the Shibi Corpse Kingdom, the Giant Kingdom, and the Rainbow Kingdom are nothing but insects to us."

"Even though they are insects, you can still get bitten if you're not careful. Can you guarantee that you won't suffer any casualties if a fight breaks out? What's more, the other side has the Heavenly Gods Shibi Corpse."

Bai Qiuran feigned a pained expression, saying, "I'm doing this all for your own good," and replied, "Once war breaks out, countless lives will be lost. But if I can persuade Shibi Corpse to surrender and submit to the Heavenly Emperor once more, or even capture the leader of the rebels and leave the three kingdoms to serve the Heavenly Emperor again, thus redeeming themselves through meritorious service, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

The Divine General thought about it and felt that what Bai Qiuran said made a lot of sense, but something seemed off.

But seeing Bai Qiuran's sincere expression as a leader, as if saying "Big Brother is doing this for you all," they felt it inappropriate to disobey Bai Qiuran, so they all said, "The Commander is benevolent; we will do as the Commander wishes."

Several nations used a mountain in the Shibi Corpse Kingdom as their stronghold, and their people and Warriors mostly gathered there.

After Bai Qiuran instructed his subordinates to maintain the siege, he entered the deep mountains of the Shibi Corpse Kingdom alone and arrived at the Shibi Corpse Kingdom's stronghold.

Upon seeing Bai Qiuran arrive alone, the Warriors at the Shibi Corpse Kingdom stronghold were terrified. Although Bai Qiuran appeared much shorter than them, they understood that the strength of Heavenly Gods could not be simply judged by physical size.

A being a thousand feet tall might just be a proportionally enlarged Giant, but someone of short stature might be able to manipulate natural phenomena and possess terrifying power.

"Bring your Chief out to me."

Standing below the stronghold, Bai Qiuran put on an arrogant air and shouted.

Upon seeing this, the Warriors of the Shibi Corpse Clan and the Rainbow Clan stationed at the stronghold quickly turned around and went back into the stronghold, presumably to report the situation.

A moment later, the massive wooden door of the stronghold was released from the ground, and the towering Heavenly Gods, Shibi Corpse, slowly walked out from inside the door.

Aside from being a bit taller, the Heavenly Gods Shibi Corpse had the same physical characteristics as the other Shibi Corpse Kingdom people. His upper body was humanoid, but he had a pair of white dog ears, while his lower body was that of a beast with six legs, four horse hooves, and two dog paws.

Two blue snakes were coiled around his ears, and he carried a Long Spear Refined Iron. He approached Bai Qiuran and looked down at him.

"Are you the Heavenly Gods Shibi Corpse?"

Bai Qiuran looked up at him and asked.

"That's me."

Shibi Corpse lowered his head and said, "An unfamiliar face. Are you the commander-in-chief sent by the Heavenly Emperor to attack us this time?"

"Yes, I'm new here."

Bai Qiuran introduced himself, "The Heavenly Emperor has appointed me to oversee the eastern lands."

"Ha, one of the Four Directional Divine Generals?"

Upon hearing the name Bai Qiuran mentioned, a relieved expression appeared on Shibi Corpse's face.

"It seems that the Heavenly Emperor is truly determined to exterminate us all. Just because we refused the offerings of a few higher-ranking Heavenly Gods, our kingdoms are about to face annihilation. Are Heavenly Gods living beings, but we lower-level creatures are not?"

He brandished his iron spear, glared at Bai Qiuran, and roared, "I Shibi Corpse, admit I am no match for you, but don't think you'll get away with this! Since the Heavenly Emperor doesn't intend to let us go, then our entire clan will fight to the very last moment!"

Bai Qiuran looked into the depths of the stronghold, where Warriors from the three races of the Giant Kingdom, the Shibi Corpse Kingdom, and the Rainbow Kingdom were also looking at him with righteous indignation.

He glanced at it for a moment, then deliberately sneered, "Shibi Corpse Heavenly Gods, you'd better think this through. Once war breaks out, under the watchful eyes of the two Divine General, Heavenly Hearing and Earthly Sight, your people will surely be wiped out. On the contrary, if you surrender, I can even petition the Heavenly Emperor to spare the lives of the remaining members of your three clans."

"What a joke! Surrender and you'll spare my life? Do you really think I'm stupid? I've seen firsthand how the wings of the Gonggong, and Previous Generation of Previous Generation Heavenly Emperor, were slowly clipped."

Shibi Corpse sneered, "Rather than let my people become the Heavenly Emperor's beasts, I'd rather let them die standing with me. Besides, how many of my people can those two good-for-nothings, Earthly Sight and Heavenly Hearing, possibly capture? Let alone anything else, they can't even see or hear this stronghold of mine."

"So, the Heavenly Hearing and Earthly Sight isn't as omnipotent as I thought?"

Bai Qiuran asked.

"Although they are called the eyes and ears of the Heavenly Emperor, they are ultimately not born from the Heavenly Emperor's body. Do you think, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's personality, he would allow them to see and hear everything?"

Shibi Corpse sneered.

Bai Qiuran, and just to be on the safe side, he released his inner True Qi, enveloping the entire stronghold Fortress. Then he said, "I don't know much about Eastern Emperor Taiyi's personality; I've never even met him. But after learning that you want to deal with him, I have an idea."

"Um?"

Shibi Corpse glanced at Bai Qiuran, then sneered, "Heh, so you also disapprove of the Heavenly Emperor's actions? One of the Four Directional Divine Generals of the Heavenly Ninth Division Rank, how ironic."

"Of course I can't stand it. Everyone says I'm Heavenly Gods, but I think I'm just a human being."

Bai Qiuran and said, "That's why I want to lend you a hand."

Shibi Corpse clearly wasn't going to believe Bai Qiuran so easily. He took a step back and said warily, "Tell me your thoughts first."

"Can."

Bai Qiuran looked at him and slowly said, "Shibi Corpse, to save your people, I need your head."