The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 626: God and Demon Ranking

Chapter 626: Chapter 626: God and Demon Ranking

"Certainly, but some Gods and Demons, once their hosts use their peak summoning opportunities and lack a powerful enough subordinate to suppress them, are very likely to defect or even bring trouble upon their hosts, just like Tathāgata and the Demon King of Bull, becoming rulers unto themselves," the system reminded with user-friendly advice.

It was only then that Qin Jun remembered that one of the five prematurely arrived Gods and Demons had not yet revealed itself.

With Fa Hai, Li, Demon King of Bull, and Tathāgata having already made their appearance, he almost forgot about the last one.

If it was too weak, it might have already died; if it was too powerful, it certainly would have become a ruler of its own domain.

For a moment, Qin Jun began to hesitate.

Now that he had reached the eighth level of the Immortal Realm, he was only one minor realm away from the True Immortal Realm. If he were to summon now, he would certainly summon an extremely powerful being, so once they regained their peak God and Demon form, they would definitely defect. Before that, the strength of the God and Demon would be limited to what it was at the time of summoning.

He didn’t lack Mysterious Immortals of Taiyi, so why not wait until he broke through to the True Immortal Realm before summoning a Daluo Golden Immortal?

Having thought this through, Qin Jun calmed his restless heart. He had already decided whom he wanted to summon, but he couldn’t do so just yet.

"Humph, Kong Xuan, you can’t escape!"

Qin Jun snorted. Yes, he planned to specifically summon Kong Xuan!

If he couldn’t summon a saint, then naturally he had to summon the strongest being next to a saint!

During the Investiture of the Gods war, how many immortals, gods, and Buddhas had their livers shiver at the sight of Kong Xuan’s five-colored divine light?

"Your Majesty, why do you mention the name of my brother?" Li Yuanba asked curiously from the side.

The rest turned their gaze towards them.

Kong Xuan!

Liu Ruolai blinked curiously and asked, "Yuanba’s brother? Is he very powerful?"

"Of course, my brother is the strongest being between heaven and earth!" Li Yuanba snorted, a face full of pride.

Bai Ze said in a low voice, "Kong Xuan, the first peacock in heaven and earth, skilled in the use of the five-colored divine light, almost turned the tide during the Investiture of the Gods war. Unfortunately, once a saint appeared, he was still subdued. Aside from saints, there are very few powerhouses who could compete with Kong Xuan, maybe the Demon Emperor Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun, or perhaps even the Twelve Ancestors Witches could."

Li Yuanba immediately felt challenged. She mentioned fourteen powerful beings in one breath, totally contradicting his earlier statement.

Qin Jun nodded. Before the Investiture of the Gods war, there wasn’t much record about Kong Xuan, nor were there accounts of him directly confronting the Demon Emperor, Demon Sovereign, or the Twelve Ancestors Witches, so it was valid to place them at the same level.

Nevertheless, he still believed Kong Xuan to be stronger, as he seemingly dominated whenever saints were absent from the scene.

According to later mythology, the Investiture of the Gods war should have marked the end of the Primordial Chaos, a battle between saints that had never occurred previously in Primordial Chaos. The fight shattered Primordial Chaos, and only when saints like Hongjun reconstituted heaven and earth did the Earth Immortal Realm come into being, marking the beginning of ’Journey to the West.’ Since the Earth Immortal Realm could not tolerate the presence of saints, Tathāgata became the dominant ruler.

Since saints were all disciples of each other, with Hongjun being the first saint of heaven and earth, having disciples like Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Grandmaster of Heaven, Nvwa, Jieyin, and Cundi, the conclusion of the Investiture of the Gods war was Hongjun taking action, and all the saints compromising peacefully, even Grandmaster of Heaven, who fought alone against four saints, dared not speak out.

So in Qin Jun’s heart, Hongjun and Pangu were at the pinnacle of mythology, the ultimate peak.

Next in line were the six saints led by the Three Pure Ones.

The third tier included Luo Hou, Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestors Witches, Kong Xuan, Nether River Ancestral Patriarch, Immortal Zhenyuan, and Red Cloud Ancestral Patriarch, and others.

Going further down there were many, such as Daoist Lu Ya, Taoist Randeng, Royal Lord Dong, Queen Mother of the West, Zhao Gongming, Golden Spirit Mother, Tathāgata, Ancestral Patriarch Bodhi, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Chi You, Xing Tian, and so on.

Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, and their like ranked much lower because Huaxia mythology was so vast and profound, with too many old and powerful deities, not to mention the Ten Great Divine Beasts, the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, and so on. Qin Jun’s path of summoning was still very long.

It’s worth noting that the Classic of Mountains and Seas didn’t mention the title of the Twelve Ancestors Witches, but these twelve did exist. As for Nether River Ancestral Patriarch and Red Cloud Ancestral Patriarch, it’s difficult to find real accounts of them in orthodox mythology, but when enough people talk about them, they become real.

As for the true ranking of these gods and demons, Qin Jun could not guarantee it; he could only wait and see how the system would set it in the future. After all, he was now living in another world, and the strength of the ones he summoned was what truly mattered. The legends and rankings of his past life were varied and without absolute authority.

"What is a peacock? What is the Investiture of the Gods war? And what realm is a sage in, Donghuang Taiyi..." Liu Ruolai asked nonstop as if he had discovered a new world.

In response, Bai Ze slightly shook her head and did not offer an explanation.

She had seen through Liu Ruolai’s past and present lives, but his past life was not from the same world as theirs, these gods and demons, so she didn’t bother to explain further.

"In the future, I will use my supreme divine powers to pull Kong Xuan from another world, to wage wars across the hundred domains for me!"

Qin Jun said ambitiously, causing Li Yuanba to nod repeatedly. The thought of fighting side by side with his brother made his blood surge, while the expressions of the others varied.

The army quickly flew over the sea surface.

News within the Southernmost Sea Demon Clan spread quickly, and Fox King Island soon learned that the Holy Emperor of Qin had led his forces to attack the Southern Domain.

The previous battle with Divine Wuji was of such magnitude that even the Southernmost Sea could hear it, making the name of the Holy Emperor of Qin well-known in all directions.

...

Fox King Island.

After the Green Fox King’s death, the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake, who possessed the power of the sixth layer of the Golden Immortal Realm, seized the opportunity to ascend to power.

In the entire Southernmost Sea, the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake was publicly ranked third.

As for the deep sea, it was a place where even the Demon Clan dared not enter, hiding entities with the might of heaven and earth like the Black Sea King Whale.

"How far away is the Holy Emperor of Qin’s army from Fox King Island?"

Within the palace, the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake, donned in a red robe, sat on a pearl and crystal-studded throne. His snake tail could not be concealed beneath the hem of his robe, and his facial features looked exceedingly sinister. His snake eyes were terrifying, and with a flick of his forked tongue, one could easily guess he was a snake demon.

A trembling toad demon spoke from below: "Less than ten thousand miles..."

Even the Green Fox King had died at the hands of the Holy Emperor of Qin, it certainly did not believe that the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake could win.

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake began to flicker, plunging his heart into a turmoil of ethical dilemma.

After thousands of years, he had finally climbed onto this throne, to simply hand it over now—how could he bear to part with it?

"Has the Demon Emperor replied to our message?" the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake took a deep breath and inquired.

Only the core members of the Green Fox King’s followers knew of the Demon Emperor’s existence.

"No..." said the toad demon, swallowing its saliva as it spoke, growing increasingly eager to flee. Damn, there seemed to be no hope of victory at all.

"Tsk tsk, are you afraid?"

Just then, a coquettish laughter echoed through the palace.

Alarmed, the Demon King of Ormosa Coral Snake stood up with a swoosh, and shouted harshly, "Who?"

The toad demon beside him tightened its grip on the large sword, its corpulent body shuddering comically.

A puff of black smoke flew into the great hall and quickly coalesced into a black figure, clad in tight-fitting black clothes that accentuated her figure. She wore a white mask that only exposed her eyes, with a voice that came across both smiling and not smiling: "From the Nether King Palace, you may address me as the Nether Dream Demon Sovereign!"