In the twenty-ninth millennium of the Pangu calendar, a thousand years had passed since the gods knocked on the door and entered the Pangu world. For the Divine Clan, this period felt insignificant. However, having adapted to the Pangu calendar, these gods surprisingly felt a sense of great change.

Because of the rune network, whatever happens each day can be recorded. The gods found that in a millennium, significant changes had indeed occurred.

It seemed as if experiencing a millennium in this world was richer in events than living ten thousand years in the divine realm.

They even discovered, with some trepidation, that they actually no longer wanted war!

As for the desire to construct a perfect divine realm, achieving eternity and immortality, it was not as intense as it used to be. This discovery left many gods amazed. They felt somewhat bewildered, unsure if this thinking was right or wrong.

Moreover, through the millennium, they discovered that apart from eternity and immortality, this world had little that was bad besides the less dense essence energy in the air.

They also became accustomed to roaming the rune network and interacting with creatures of different races, accustomed to such banter and humor.

If there would be no more wars from now on, it seemed quite nice!

The number of gods with such thoughts was increasing.

Apart from a small number of stubborn gods still holding their initial beliefs, most gods unknowingly changed their perception of this world.

Additionally, over at the Heavenly Court, prices in the rune marketplace for various goods began to be lowered gradually.

Though still outrageously expensive compared to the Four Great Heavens, it was a surprising change for the gods in the divine realm. Though inherently proud, they also sought recognition from other beings!

Being proud of oneself without the recognition of others was equally unpleasant.

However, recently, a major event occurred that shook the previously silent Five Great Heavens.

An empress by Chu Mo's side was assassinated and nearly faced danger, but a few leaders from the Heavenly Court arrived just in time.

After a great battle, the gods from the Divine Clan who attempted to kidnap the empress were decisively suppressed and killed on the spot!

Not even a single survivor was left!

This incident immediately alarmed the Five Great Heavens.

The Heavenly Court strongly condemned the Divine Clan for trying to incite war.

Meanwhile, the Divine Clan remained silent, offering no response.

However, on the rune network, a war of words broke out.

For the first time, the gods living on the Divine Continent felt the terrifying nature of the beings in the Five Great Heavens.

The barrage of insults came at them like a tidal wave. They initially believed they would not care about the barking of these lower beings, but reality proved them wrong!

During this millennium, they had fully integrated into this world. Unknowingly, they had developed a deep sense of belonging to the rune network and this world. So, their first reaction to being cursed was feeling aggrieved!

Indeed, aggrieved!

Not anger!

Because that footage had already been passed around the rune network.

The ones involved were indeed top masters from the Divine Clan.

Yet the gods on the Divine Continent felt wronged too! Facing the overwhelming tide of insults, they couldn't help but try to explain themselves.

This attempt at explanation led to an endless verbal battle.

"Gods? Do you still consider yourselves gods? In a few ten thousands of years, that broken divine realm of yours will completely collapse, won't it? You're like a pack of homeless dogs, and our Heavenly Emperor kindly accepted you, selflessly offering you a place to reside—this is how you repay us?"

"It's chilling. The gods in the divine realm are like wolves that can never be satisfied!"

"Brother, if you want to insult those bastard gods, just go ahead, but don't slander wolves, alright? The Beast Clan's leader on the Heavenly Palace continent, once one of the eight dominant rulers of the divine realm, is an old wolf. Who dares speak ill of him?"

"Weren't the gods supposed to be cold and heartless? Today, we've truly witnessed it. Indeed heartless, to do such despicable things."

Those were still relatively mild words; there were even harsher ones that made the former gods on the Divine Continent feel deeply hurt and wronged, and quite angry.

"It wasn't us who did it! Doesn't every group have a few bad apples?"

"Do a few gods doing bad deeds negate all gods?"

"Are all beings in your world good?"

"We've never left the Divine Continent, is it right to judge everyone by the actions of a few?"

"Stop insulting us, I'm already a bit terrified of the rune message boards. I beg you, it wasn't us who did it."

Eventually, when the gods were pushed to their limits by the insults, they finally grew furious and began to retaliate with insults.

But just then, another shocking news broke out on the rune network!

This news came from the official side of the Heavenly Court.

The news was titled — An Open Letter to All Gods!

It was a long letter, with numerous images. It clearly and thoroughly recorded an event that shocked all the gods to their core.

"To all the gods, I am the messenger of the Heavenly Court, here to announce something. Something that is closely related to all of you gods. This might sound a bit unbelievable, but unfortunately, it is true."

"All of you gods, from the moment of your birth, have been implanted with a blood curse. There's no need to doubt it, it truly exists, and it wasn't done by your parents. It originated from your earliest ancestors. It's called the Divine Clan Blood Curse. The method of its use is only known to the rulers of your Divine Clan."

"Once triggered, no matter what realm you are in or where you are, there is no escape. The recent danger faced by the Empress is related to this matter."

"You can look at the images below, yes, they were once gods too. These two young individuals, one named Chen Fan, the other Lan Xiao. Maybe, within your Divine Clan's three great human clans, many know them. Some might even consider them traitors. But they only made the right choice. Now, it's your turn to make that choice..."

The long letter explained the entire sequence of events in great detail, although the part about Chen Fan and Lan Xiao was altered slightly. It stated that they were first threatened by the rulers with the blood curse over their families. They had no choice but to betray the Empress's whereabouts. Then, feeling guilty, they committed suicide!

Upon learning of their suicide, the ruthless rulers killed all the direct relatives of Chen Fan and Lan Xiao!

"This is a tragedy, as a member of the Heavenly Court, I really don't know what to say. Of course, you must still doubt the authenticity of this matter. In the images below, one of the former eight rulers of the Divine Realm, Senior Nie Lang, will testify and use the most direct evidence to show you whether this is true or false. In short, we strongly condemn those few human rulers of the Divine Realm, you are too cruel! You killed your descendants! Today, you can kill them, tomorrow, for your own benefits, will you kill all your descendants? If they don't listen to you, if they don't want war, will you resort to such means?"

In the images below, Nie Lang directly provided the most straightforward evidence. For former rulers, producing such things was incredibly easy.

This information spread like wildfire across the rune network.

The ongoing barrage of insults came to an abrupt halt!

The direction of the entire world seemed to change in an instant! Almost all beings of the five great heavens, including those who previously cursed the gods the most viciously, suddenly changed their tone.

"How pitiful, I really sympathize with you. I'm not mocking you; you should really think about it, you gods who consider yourselves superior, yet can't even control your own destiny. It's truly tragic!"

"Eternal and immortal? What a joke! When your destiny is in others' hands, what eternity and immortality could there be?"

"I never expected the Divine Realm to be this dark, it's really unimaginable. How could the ancestors, as rulers, be so cruel to their own descendants?"

On the entire rune network, nearly all the gods were collectively speechless at that moment!

They were shocked, astonished, bewildered... unable to believe it was true!

Yet they couldn't help but believe it; their realms were profound, their practices supreme. In fact, when Nie Lang's segment of the video appeared, they realized it was certainly true!

So, they were utterly unable to accept that these gods couldn't even control their true destinies. It was an enormous joke!

Yet at this critical moment, the ones most frustrated were undoubtedly the seven rulers!

Especially the four rulers from the Human Clan side, because it wasn't they who killed Chen Fan and Lan Xiao's relatives!

But now, they couldn't make a sound. If they spoke, not only would they be cursed as dogs by all beings of the five great heavens, but even the descendants in the Divine Continent would be even angrier!

They did it, but dared not admit it?

However, at this moment, something unforeseen by anyone suddenly happened.

This caught not only the Divine Clan off guard but also the Heavenly Court!

Because, from the Divine Continent, some furious gods finally disregarded the taboos and started violently cursing the original gods of the Divine Clan on the rune message boards!

"Damn original gods, what were your intentions back then? Are we really your descendants or just a group of slaves? And those rulers, can you still keep some dignity? What exactly... do you want?"

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