Chapter 740 - 743: Not Easy

Chapter 740: Chapter 743: Not Easy

After more than half an hour, Yang Chen finally finished his "task," feeling quite satisfied as he released the pent-up tension from the past few days. He cheerfully put on his pants and even blew a kiss to Sally before happily trotting downstairs.

In the bright and elegant first-floor hall, Christine was sitting at the dining table, reading a newspaper.

Without even turning around, Christine chuckled, "It seems you really aren't one to dwell on sentimentality. Just waking up and already pulling something like this with my maid—it's truly in line with your style."

Yang Chen pulled out a chair and sat down, taking a bite of a cream-filled pastry. "Make sure to give her a million dollars as a reward."

"Why should I give a bonus to a woman you've had your fun with?" Christine put down the newspaper, pouting in dissatisfaction. "It's not like you're short on money. Don't be so stingy."

"Oh, come on, money means nothing to us. That young girl works hard; she deserves it," Yang Chen said with a face full of sympathy.

"Miss Lin must be a saint to be able to marry you," Christine said, not wanting to continue the disgusting topic. She reached for a glass of milk but frowned when she saw its color and decided to set it aside.

Feeling smug, Yang Chen crossed his legs and glanced out the large glass window at the magnificent view of Beverly Hills outside. The expansive view was truly invigorating.

"This place is pretty nice. Next time, I'll have Ron buy a place here too, and maybe hire a few Sam's country girls in maid outfits," Yang Chen said enthusiastically.

Christine snorted, "There aren't any more empty houses unless you want to settle for one of the properties near the bottom of the hill." Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

"I never said I'd buy it the regular way. Hold a gun to their heads, and they'd sell it for free," Yang Chen replied nonchalantly.

Christine rolled her eyes, choosing to stay silent. If she kept talking, she might not be able to resist blowing up the entire mansion.

Yang Chen picked up a glass of orange juice, downed it in one go, and then patted his stomach with a burp. "By the way, Aphrodite, how much do you guys know about the tribulation in Yanxia? What do you know about the stages like Nascent Soul and Tribulation Crossing? I'd like to hear about it."

Hearing her real name, Christine finally became serious and asked, "You've already experienced the first round of Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation. Do you really not know about these things?"

Yang Chen smiled bitterly, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone all out against Poseidon. That feeling of being struck by lightning was worse than just letting myself reincarnate."

Christine sighed helplessly, lowering her head in thought as if organizing her thoughts. After a long pause, she said, "Although we few have all experienced the great war between Yanxia cultivators and our God race thousands of years ago, we didn't deeply study the cultivation methods of Yanxia cultivators. So, I can only give you a general explanation. Also, it seems you have some misunderstandings about our war with Yanxia's ancestor cultivators, so I'll explain that to you as well."

As Christine spoke, she revealed details about the cultivation path and the true events from thousands of years ago that Yang Chen had never heard from Yan Sanniang.

It turned out that when the God race discovered that their survival on Mars was no longer viable, they migrated en masse to Earth. As Yan Sanniang had mentioned, they ruthlessly slaughtered a large number of primitive humans on Earth. To the God race, if they were to turn Earth into their new home, there could only be one ruler.

Moreover, the ancient great powers had left behind a powerful "array"!

The Tribulation Crossing cultivators had lured Zeus and Athena into this array and activated its core in an attempt to seal away these two unbeatable opponents completely!

Unfortunately, Athena, with her Pallas Spear, managed to force open a small gap and escaped just before the array could fully unleash its power.

Even so, Zeus, the only one with the "Thunderbolt" as a super-kill move, never returned to the God race!

Without their most powerful member, Zeus, even though they still had the undefeated Athena, the God race could no longer maintain their absolute superiority. After all, while Athena could defeat those in the Tribulation Crossing stage, she could not, like Zeus, obliterate their souls with thunderbolts, ensuring their complete destruction. The stalemate dragged on, and the gods feared that they might be ambushed by the Yanxia cultivators and sealed away by some ancient divine array again.

During this deadlock, the God race discovered that due to Earth's atmosphere and other differences from Mars, their birth rate had plummeted to terrifyingly low levels. At this rate, even if they killed all the Yanxia cultivators, they would still be doomed to extinction.

Only the twelve Olympian Gods, who had mastered the laws of space, could use infinite reincarnation. This meant that sooner or later, the God race on Earth would dwindle until only these twelve remained.

At this most difficult time for the God race, a few of the strongest Tribulation Crossing cultivators in Yanxia were about to face their second or third round of tribulation!

To the everlasting regret of those cultivators, all of the strongest Tribulation Crossing cultivators were obliterated by the heavenly tribulation, disappearing into the universe without leaving a trace of their souls.

The God race grieved over the impending extinction of their race, while the Yanxia cultivators were at a loss, having lost their pillars of strength.

In this desperate situation, no matter who won or lost, it no longer had any meaning.

Thus, the remaining eleven Olympian Gods and the remaining dozen or so Tribulation Crossing cultivators in Yanxia each voted and finally decided to stop the war and sign the "Covenant of the Gods."

This covenant was actually a two-way agreement: The gods were not allowed to unseal their powers or use the laws of space in non-God-race battles, as this would cause catastrophic destruction to ordinary life on Earth and hinder the evolution of worldly beings, going against the will of the heavens. Of course, if they were up against a Nascent Soul stage or higher cultivator, that would be a different matter. Any god who violated this would be cast into reincarnation by the other Olympian Gods.

On the Yanxia side, they were not allowed to invade areas outside of Yanxia or act against the God race without reason.

There were many other clauses, but the practical significance of the covenant, aside from restricting the gods from unsealing their powers at will, leaned towards Yanxia making concessions. After all, aside from Yanxia, the rest of Earth's regions were under the control of the God race. This is why the gods appeared in various countries and regions, not because Yanxia was off-limits, but because it was a place of sorrow and also the opponent's stronghold—one that the gods preferred not to stay in.

Of course, to ensure the covenant's effectiveness, both sides swore special oaths: The gods' vows were bound by the laws of space, and breaking them would render them unable to reincarnate. The Yanxia cultivators were bound by the laws of heaven and earth, with punishments ranging from the wrath of thunder to the inability to progress in cultivation, hastening their death by aging. Moreover, both sides had their pride and dignity. In the end, neither wanted to lose face, and as long as they didn't interfere with each other, there was no reason to break the agreement.

As Christine explained up to this point, Yang Chen interrupted her, "Why do I feel like things wouldn't have gone so smoothly? When that 'Covenant of the Gods' was signed, did both sides really vote unanimously? I doubt it. From what I've seen of Poseidon, he doesn't seem like the type to back down easily..."

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