Stellar Transformation-Chapter 557: Episode 16, - 18, 3 Heavenly Venerable
"The identities of these four individuals can be discussed later, but right now, I need to tell you about some matters concerning the Eight Divine Clans. Only by understanding the Eight Divine Clans can you better comprehend the influence these four hold," Jiang Lan said carefully.
Qin Yu listened quietly as Uncle Lan recounted the details.
"The Eight Divine Clans of the Divine World are the East Pole Huangfu Family, the West Pole Shen Tu Clan, the South Pole Duanmu Clan, the Northern Pole Jiang Family, as well as the Northeast Mu Family, the Southeast Putai Clan, the Southwest Tang Family, and the Northwest Zhou Clan."
"These Eight Divine Clans are deeply rooted, but there are only so many cities in the Divine World. As the population grows, the cities can no longer accommodate everyone, and more and more people are forced to live outside the cities. The Eight Divine Clans negotiated and then decided to hold a Divine World war every sixty billion years. Initially, the purpose of this war was to reduce the population of the Divine World," Jiang Lan explained the various secrets of the Divine World clearly.
Reduce the population?
Qin Yu was taken aback. A war every sixty billion years - compared to the lengthy lifespans of the inhabitants of the Divine World, that frequency seemed quite regular.
Qin Yu understood the predicament of the Eight Divine Clans and nodded slightly, "Right, there are only so many cities. If there are too many people, then more will have to live outside the cities. This makes control more difficult, and more bandit forces will emerge."
"At first, it was to reduce the population," Jiang Lan said with a wry smile. "But as the wars continued, the Eight Divine Clans forgot something when they first negotiated – even they are competitive and thirst for victory!"
"At the start, only Heavenly God Commanders and Divine Beings Army fought each other. They attacked cities and plundered territories. But due to their competitive nature, some powerful Heavenly Gods and the offspring of the Eight Divine Clans also joined the battlefield. On the battlefield, one’s status doesn’t matter, and even Princes can be killed. Every sixty billion years... This fight has occurred over a million times now. In the battles of the Divine World, some Upper Heavenly Gods have perished, and many offspring of the Eight Divine Clans have died, leading to grudges between them," Jiang Lan added somewhat reluctantly.
"Thus, the Eight Divine Clans have also formed into factions."
"Factions?" Qin Yu couldn’t help but smile inwardly.
Qin Yu had previously thought that the Eight Divine Clans would be closely related, like branches of the same tree, but now it seemed that the relations between them were not so harmonious.
"The Eight Divine Clans have split into two sides, one consisting of the Duanmu Clan, Tang Family, and Mu Family, and the other consisting of the Jiang Family and Shen Tu Clan. These two sides are essentially opposed to each other," revealed Jiang Lan. Upon hearing this, Qin Yu wondered, "Uncle Lan, what about the other three Divine Clans?"
Jiang Lan had only mentioned five Divine Clans.
"The other three Divine Clans include the Huangfu Family and the Putai Family, which are considered one faction. However, both of these clans dislike war, so they are considered the pacifist faction. At most, they let their Divine Being Armies slaughter each other," Jiang Lan explained.
"As for the last one, the Zhou Family..." Jiang Lan’s expression grew more serious, "The Zhou Family is unique; it doesn’t align with any other clan, and at the same time, none of the other Seven Divine Clans will attack it!"
"Why?" Qin Yu furrowed his brow.
Why would the Zhou Family be the only one left untouched among the Eight Divine Clans?
"Little Yu, each of the Eight Divine Clans has its roles, and this Thunder Punishment City is charged with administering various calamities like Heavenly Tribulation, Divine Tribulation, and so on, all managed by the Zhou Family," Jiang Lan revealed.
Qin Yu was profoundly shocked.
The Zhou Family truly was remarkable.
"That alone is not enough for the other seven Divine Clans to treat it differently. What’s most important... among the three Great Venerable Sovereigns of the Divine World, one originated from their Zhou Family!" Jiang Lan dropped another shocking piece of information.
A surge of realization hit Qin Yu.
A Heavenly Venerable - that was an existence of legend, even higher than the Divine Kings. Among the Three Great Venerable Sovereigns, one was from the Zhou Family, which explained the Family’s extraordinary status.
"Uncle Lan, what about the other two Heavenly Venerables? Where do they come from?" Qin Yu curiously pressed on.
Jiang Lan frowned slightly, "The other two Heavenly Venerables... It’s hard to say. Little Yu, when the Divine World was formed, there were already two Heavenly Venerables. One originated from the Zhou Family, while the other’s identity is extremely secret. He belongs to none of the Eight Divine Clans."
Qin Yu nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
"During the most terrifying Divine World war that occurred sixty trillion years ago, many Divine Kings emerged to slaughter each other, all for a chance to become a new Heavenly Venerable. But no matter how the Eight Divine Clans fought, along with some reclusive Divine King level masters, in the end, it was a Divine King from the Ascender Force who seized the opportunity and became the new Heavenly Venerable," Jiang Lan recounted.
A realization dawned on Qin Yu.
"So the last Heavenly Venerable belonged to the Ascender Force." Qin Yu sighed in amazement.
Jiang Lan nodded with a smile, "If it hadn’t been for the emergence of this Heavenly Venerable, would the forces of Blood Demon Mountain, Asura Sea, and Double Domain Island have grown to their current strength under the watchful eyes of the Eight Divine Clans?"
Qin Yu nodded, acknowledging to himself internally.
The influence of a Heavenly Venerable was too vast.
Even with many Ascenders in the Divine World, the impact was not as significant as a single Heavenly Venerable who had ascended. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"However, that Heavenly Venerable prefers to keep to himself. He doesn’t have close connections with the Asura Sea, Blood Demon Mountain, or Double Domain Island. As long as we, the Eight Divine Clans, don’t join forces to destroy these three powers, that Heavenly Venerable will not interfere with the affairs of the Divine World," Jiang Lan spoke lightly, "After all, even that Heavenly Venerable needs to consider the Zhou Family’s Heavenly Venerable."
Qin Yu smiled and said, "Uncle Lan, these Three Heavenly Venerables, do they not have names?"
Jiang Lan answered, "Usually, we respectfully refer to the Zhou Family’s Venerable as ’Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable,’ the one born sixty trillion years ago as ’Xiao Yao Heavenly Venerable,’ and regarding the last one, whose identity is the most secretive and who is said to hold the highest position among the Heavenly Venerables, we call him ’Piao Yu Heavenly Venerable.’"
Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable, Xiao Yao Heavenly Venerable, and the most secretive Piao Yu Heavenly Venerable!
These are the highest Three Great Heavenly Venerables of the Divine World.
"Piao Yu Heavenly Venerable, the highest in status?" Qin Yu looked surprised.
Jiang Lan said with a light smile, "This is also something I inferred based on countless years of experience. Piao Yu Heavenly Venerable is mysterious in both origins and strength. However... both Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable and later Xiao Yao Heavenly Venerable show him great respect. It’s just that Piao Yu Heavenly Venerable doesn’t get involved in the power struggles of the Divine World."
Qin Yu nodded lightly in understanding.
"Is there a distinction of strength among Heavenly Venerables?" Qin Yu’s face displayed confusion. According to his understanding, comprehending the Law of Space and the Laws of the world qualified one as a Heavenly Venerable.
"Are there stronger and weaker among the Heavenly Venerables?"
"I don’t understand, either. One probably can’t fathom it without reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm," Jiang Lan said.
Jiang Lan looked at Qin Yu, "The Eight Great Divine Clans, the Three Ascenders’ Forces, and the presence of three Heavenly Venerables, you already know all of this. Now, I will tell you about the identities of your four strongest competitors."
Qin Yu’s brows knitted involuntarily.
"Among the four competitors, the one with the weakest competition strength. Of course, his strength is still stronger than yours," Jiang Lan said, with a smile as he looked at Qin Yu.
Qin Yu could only give a wry smile.
Among the four, even the one with the weakest competition strength was stronger than himself. How helpless.
"This person, named Marquis Kui Yin, is the Hall Master of Kui Hou Palace in the Northern Pole Snow City. He is the first Hall Master of Kui Hou Palace and has accomplished many great deeds for Snow City. His popularity in Snow City is extremely wide, and with strength that has long reached the peak of Upper Heavenly Gods. Many people in the entire Snow City support him in pursuing Li’er. Even the Northern Pole Saint Emperor, Jiang Fan, finds it difficult to refuse such a request from an old subordinate," Jiang Lan sighed.
Qin Yu immediately remembered this Marquis Kui Yin.
In the East Pole Xuanjin Mountain, originally, there were only three palaces, and the first Hall Masters of those palaces had all died. This Marquis Kui Yin, still being the first Hall Master, indeed had seniority.
Comparing himself with him, it didn’t seem like he held any advantage.
"Among the four competitors, the second from the bottom in terms of competition strength is Shen Tufan!" As soon as Jiang Lan mentioned the name, Qin Yu immediately became alert.
Shen Tu? Could it be from the Shen Tu Clan of the Eight Great Divine Clans?
Jiang Lan continued, "Shen Tufan is a very, very lovable young man," Jiang Lan said with a laugh, "to speak of it, Shen Tufan was forced by his father, the emperor, to pursue Li’er. Shen Tufan is a young genius with an extremely rapid cultivation speed and has now also become an Upper Heavenly God. None of these are much to speak of; his greatest reliance is... among the Eight Divine Clans in the Divine World, only the Shen Tu Clan is in the same camp as the Jiang Family."
A bitter smile appeared on Qin Yu’s face.
Indeed, the Duanmu Clan and two other Divine Clans formed a camp, while the Jiang Family was only allied with the Shen Tu Clan.
"Although it is said to be the same camp, normally the Shen Tu Clan follows the lead of the Jiang Family. The Shen Tu Clan has helped the Jiang Family so much that now, they want their prince to marry Li’er. It’s indeed difficult for the Northern Pole Saint Emperor, Jiang Fan, to refuse, since the two families’ relationship is so close," Jiang Lan shook his head and sighed.
Qin Yu now clearly felt the pressure these competitors brought upon him.
"The third competitor is actually someone I really like a lot, a youth who is, you could say, quite perfect!" Jiang Lan rarely praised someone.
Qin Yu was startled; for someone to be regarded as perfect by Jiang Lan meant that person must really be remarkable.
"This person is named Duanmu Yu."
"Duanmu Yu? From the Duanmu Family? Aren’t they in an opposing camp to the Jiang Family?" Qin Yu asked in quick succession.
Jiang Lan replied with a smile, "An opposing camp? Though we oppose each other in ordinary wars, on major issues, the Eight Great Families’ relations are still quite good. And Duanmu Yu’s influence within South Pole Mirror Light City is immense, even on par with the South Pole Saint Emperor!"
"On par with the South Pole Saint Emperor?" Qin Yu found it hard to believe.
Jiang Lan went on, "This Duanmu Yu could also be considered a legendary figure. That unprecedented love affair of his made the entire Divine World uproar. Who would have thought that the very ordinary woman Duanmu Yu adored would end up dumping him."
"Dumped?" Qin Yu was astounded.
The man who Jiang Lan referred to as nearly perfect was dumped by a very ordinary woman?
"Although the woman later regretted it immensely, what use was that? The reasons why that woman broke off her relationship with Duanmu Yu in the first place remains one of the Divine World’s secrets," Jiang Lan said with a light smile, "But to be honest, this Duanmu Yu, in terms of strength, reached the peak of Upper Heavenly Gods quite early. He’s extremely courteous towards anyone, whether it’s his parents, relatives, or brothers. He never hesitates; such a person is just too perfect, so perfect I can’t find any fault. Oh... maybe there’s one fault; he no longer believes in love. Whether that counts as a fault, I’m not sure."
"No longer believes in love?" Qin Yu felt utterly confused; this Duanmu Yu was just too peculiar.
"However, from what I know of him, even if he no longer believes in love, he would definitely provide endless care to whomever he marries. There are too many who wish to become Duanmu Yu’s wife," Jiang Lan expressed with a sigh.
Jiang Lan continued, "Not just that, Duanmu Yu is also the Hall Master of ’Mingyu Hall,’ the leading palace of the three in South Pole Mirror Light City. His strength, status, and character are beyond reproach. And he has said that if he marries Li’er, no less than twenty city domains under South Pole Mirror Light City’s command would be gifted to Northern Pole Snow City."
Qin Yu took a sharp breath.
Such a grand betrothal gift, the entirety of East Pole Xuanjin Mountain commanded only sixty-four city domains. This Duanmu Yu was willing to gift twenty city domains under the command of South Pole Mirror Light City to the other party; such generosity was truly admirable.
"When Duanmu Yu says to gift, does Mirror Light City just give them away? These are twenty city domains!"
The city domains of the Divine World are fixed, not simply built whenever desired.
"Don’t forget, I mentioned earlier that Duanmu Yu’s influence in South Pole Mirror Light City is on par with the South Pole Saint Emperor’s. Moreover, his decision has already been approved by the South Pole Saint Emperor and several other God Kings," Jiang Lan explained with a smile.
Qin Yu nodded slightly.
Indeed, this was a very threatening romantic rival.
"Finally, someone you’ve met before: Zhou Xian," Jiang Lan sighed as he spoke.
"To tell the truth, this Zhou Xian is also an Upper Heavenly God, and he seems not bad, but in reality, compared to the other three, I find him somewhat lacking. However... Zhou Xian has the extraordinary Thunder Punishment City behind him, and most importantly, that... Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerate! That’s why, I’ve deemed him your strongest competitor," Jiang Lan finished, his gaze fixed on Qin Yu, as if he wanted to see his reaction at that moment.
(End of Chapter 2, I wanted to write about the meeting with Li’er, but it turned out I wrote this much without reaching that part. Sweat... The next Chapter will indeed be the meeting.)
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