Li Chen kept his word. Soon, in his guise as Hu Ze's Avatar, he issued another summons, calling forth officially recognized deities listed in the Great Qian Dynasty's registers.
The facts were indeed as he had said. These ordinary deities possessed only Core Formation cultivation and strength, with the weakest even as low as the Foundation Establishment Realm. They were guardians of minor mountains and rivers, along with Heavenly Soldiers who protected nobles and the imperial family.
Their status and strength left them utterly incapable of resisting Hu Ze's summons. The Imperial Edict Hu Ze had requested held a status comparable to an Ink Treasure personally inscribed by a Primordial Spirit Great Power. Within the Deification System, its effects were even greater than those of a genuine Primordial Spirit Great Power's Ink Treasure. After a round of testing, he successfully established contact with over thirty thousand Orthodox Gods without even expending many offerings. For a short time, he could use the resonance of these connections to summon them again whenever he wished.
Li Chen issued further summons, bringing the total to a full hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and establishing divine connections with them.
This sacrificial rite took three full days and nights to complete. When Hu Ze descended from the altar, Nie Chen, who had long been waiting below, approached with visible anxiety and reported, "Great General, an urgent message has arrived from the front. The rebels' vanguard is here."
"Do not panic. It is only their vanguard," Hu Ze said calmly.
"But they are slaughtering civilians around the Sacred Capital. They seem to be collecting Blood Essence, preparing to use the same old trick and summon War Lord Huang," Nie Chen said.
Hu Ze's Avatar snorted coldly and said in displeasure, "A dignified Orthodox God of Great Qian, yet