You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

In September of the Extraordinary Calendar 1562, a long-planned rebellion, instigated by over forty individuals who were at least second-tier True Gods, suddenly erupted in the heart of the Red Heart Society's Star Abyss.

This sudden counterattack was far more intense than usual, instantly shattering the relatively stable facade within the Red Heart Society and plunging the entire organization into a state of immense passivity and upheaval.

The energy storm swept across several star systems. Had the Red Heart Society not spent a thousand years expending its efforts to activate the star shield array and rule-based buffer field covering its core territory in the first instant, the casualties in that brief moment would likely have been considerable.

As the layers of energy barriers unfolded, they forcibly absorbed and transformed the terrifying aftershocks of the clash between true gods—waves powerful enough to annihilate stars—and channeled them into the deep void of the Star Abyss.

The shockwaves generated by that terrifying divine power vanished without a trace.

[Of course, this is also why the other side didn't launch a direct attack from within.]

This was by no means a sign of the rebels' mercy, but rather a rational consideration.

In their understanding, these ordinary members, like ants, are merely indispensable resources for them to regain power in the future, the cornerstone for their reconstruction of the divine order, and therefore cannot be easily destroyed.

More importantly, the Red Heart Society's impenetrable defensive system forcibly confined this internal conflict, which could have destroyed a galaxy, to the level of a high-level confrontation, miraculously preserving the underlying structure.

However, the Red Heart Society's passivity only existed for a fleeting moment of being caught off guard.

The Red Heart Society's top strategic think tank had already analyzed the possibility of rebellion countless times.

[From the initial few true gods harboring disloyal intentions, to dozens, even envisioning the most extreme and improbable apocalyptic scenario of a hundred gods rebelling together.]

[For every type and scale of rebellion, there were meticulously detailed countermeasures and swift and decisive measures.]

Therefore, the moment these forty-odd Transcendent Gods tore off their disguises and revealed their fangs, the Red Heart Society's war machine roared into action at a speed beyond comprehension.

[Agrius, this veteran of the Red Heart Society and newly promoted first-tier Rule God, appeared at the forefront of the battle like a stabilizing force.]

Behind him stood hundreds of True Gods of the Red Heart Society, direct descendants of its rules.

While the individual strength of the True Gods of the Red Heart Society might be slightly inferior on average to those veteran True Gods from the Spirit Realm and the Abyss who have experienced countless battles, their direct lineage might be less formidable.

But their advantage lay in their overwhelming numbers, and even more so in their tight organization and unwavering belief.

This suppression was not merely a battle between the loyalists of the Red Heart Society and the rebels; the internal divisions and defections further revealed the coldness of the universal laws and the complexity of human nature.

Because not all true gods who descended from the spirit realm or the abyss chose to rebel.

[A significant portion of them, including several powerful members of the top echelon, chose to stand with the Red Heart Society without hesitation the moment the rebellion broke out.]

They wielded the blade of rules, fiercely slashing at their former fellow countrymen, and perhaps even their old acquaintances.

Their choice was so calm it bordered on cold-blooded.

[Participated in the rebellion?]

【Is it funny?】

The Red Heart Society has five transcendent beings!

[The risk is too high!]

Even if they succeed temporarily, it will inevitably lead to a bloody purge by the surpassers of the Red Heart Society; there will be no escape.

[On the other hand, standing with the Red Heart Society to suppress the rebellion is not only politically correct and carries no psychological burden, but also allows them to achieve great military exploits.]

[During the post-war reckoning, they can not only consolidate their own position, but also potentially seize the divine status, essence, and even the authority within the Red Heart Society that the rebels were stripped of.]

[As for the claim that climbing to power by stepping on the corpses of fellow villagers is somewhat immoral?] [In a world where the strong prey on the weak, it's simply the most common law of survival.]

The true God of the Virgin Mary may exist, but those who have survived to this day possess luck and backgrounds far beyond what rebels can match.

Thus, a suppression operation, led by Aglus and spearheaded by the direct descendants of the Red Heart Society's True Gods and with some pragmatic True Gods who had switched to cultivation as the vanguard, unfolded in the depths of the Star Abyss.

[September 1585 of the Extraordinary Calendar: The outcome of the battle is no longer in doubt.]

Faced with the Red Heart Society's overwhelming numerical superiority, meticulous countermeasures, and the ruthless betrayal of the defectors, the forty-odd rebellious true gods were driven back in defeat.

In an instant, their divine bodies shattered, and their divine kingdom shook.

They were like giant beasts caught in a spider's web; despite their world-destroying power, they were tightly bound by layers of chains of rules, spatial amber, and attacks from powerful opponents of the same level, rendering them powerless.

[Several rebels, sensing the danger, attempted to tear through space and escape into the turbulent star abyss, only to discover in horror that all their pre-set escape coordinates had been secretly altered or locked by the Star Demon God. The ripples caused by the spatial teleportation instead attracted a more precise attack from the True God of the Crimson Heart Society.]

They also considered desperate measures, such as attacking the ordinary members' quarters of the Red Heart Society, in an attempt to create chaos or force the Red Heart Society to hesitate in its actions.

But this final act of madness had already been part of the Red Heart Society's contingency plans.

[A large number of divine power deflection devices and damage transfer matrices deployed at key nodes were instantly activated, mysteriously deflecting and redirecting their hate-filled attacks—powerful enough to vaporize galaxies—into the void.]

But true gods are hard to kill; this is an ironclad law of the universe.

[Especially under an attack from several times the strength of an equal force, completely annihilating a true god who is determined to defend and has burned their very essence to hold fast is extremely costly and time-consuming.]

Just as the battle reached a brief stalemate, several leaders among the rebels, seeing that the situation was hopeless, attempted to send a surrender message to the highest levels of the Red Heart Society.

They believed that continuing the fight was pointless!

They expressed their remorse and willingness to accept punishment!

But then, the biggest surprise occurred.

[Throughout the Star Abyss Battlefield, there were both the fighting sides and the lurking wills of Hell and the Spirit Realm.]

At the same instant, they all sensed an indescribable aura of killing intent.

At this very moment, all the clashing rules, roaring divine power, and shattered space of the Star Abyss Battlefield froze.

Time seemed to freeze!

[In the very center, in the absolute forbidden zone guarded by the avatars of the Star Demon God and the Heart Demon God, the mist suddenly collapsed inward.]

The next moment, a figure appeared, like the very end itself awakening from eternal silence.

His appearance was without any earth-shattering pressure or dazzling divine light, only an absolute gray-white that devoured everything.

The intense, crimson-gold flames that had once burned around him, symbolizing the self-destruction, had vanished.

Instead, there was an overwhelming sense of absolute slaughter.

【Ye Lingtian!】

[The epiphany ends!]

[Promotion completed!] (End of Chapter)