Chapter 451: The Three-Headed Divine Flood Dragon Descended to the Mortal Realm
The Heavenly Court of this era was not as united as it had been under Dijun, when everyone belonged to the Demon Race and was bound by the Demon-Summoning Banner.
Now, the Heavenly Court included the Dragon Race, the Iron-Eating Beast Clan, the Witch Race, the Demon Race, the Ghost Race, and beings from many other races. Nor was there anything like the Demon-Summoning Banner or the Investiture of the Gods List to restrain them.
But!
Although there were many races, there were also conflicts between them. The most obvious was between the Witch Race and the Demon Race. The Witch Race supported Gungun, while the Demon Race supported Ao Yue, yet Gungun and Ao Yue had their fortunes linked. With other powers watching from the sidelines as well, neither the witches nor the demons dared act recklessly, however much they disliked each other.
The disciples of Renjiao, the Expounding Teaching, Jiejiao, and the Western Religion were much the same.
Everything had reached a perfect balance-so balanced that even if Haotian returned, he would find no opening to interfere.
At most, he could probably only command a few minor immortals he had personally promoted. Anything else was wishful thinking.
Naturally, he could never be content with that. He was the Jade Emperor, after all, and the lord of the Heavenly Court. How could he accept such a situation?
So he was bound to stir up trouble.
There was nothing Gungun could do about that. It could not share its power with Haotian. Even if it were willing, the Witch Race and the Western Religion that supported it would never agree. On Ao Yue's side, regardless of what Ao Yue himself thought, the Dragon Race and the Demon Race