He could figure it out, and so had everyone else long ago. Thanks to the elder of the Lan Divine Clan for reminding him, otherwise, continuing the discussion might have implicated the three family heads. They have the power to overthrow the former ruler, Senior Elder Lan, but not the three family heads. At least not now. So, after Senior Elder Lan took all the blame on himself, if he kept nagging about this issue, what would the three family heads think?

At this thought, the elder of the Chen Divine Clan suddenly felt a chill down his spine. Then, he sighed long and said to himself, "I'll prepare for the upcoming war!"

With that, he turned around and walked away.

They were all seasoned experts, and once they realized it, they naturally knew how to respond.

Afterward, the head of the Lan Divine Clan sat there and softly said, "Prepare for war!"

At this point, everyone in the hall began to disperse in groups of threes and twos.

Senior Elder Lan also wanted to leave, but the head of the Chen Divine Clan stopped him: "Elder, wait a moment before you go."

Senior Elder Lan hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he stood still and then turned back somewhat helplessly: "Master Chen, I am no longer the elder."

The head of the Chen Divine Clan smiled: "Our Three Great Families in the God Realm Immeasurable Tribulation, we were like family, sharing one breath. This matter is not your fault to begin with. The lower realm is not as simple as they think."

Senior Elder Lan sighed deeply, a look of desolation appearing on his face.

This matter, he knew, and the three family heads knew. They were all people who knew some divine secrets, and some secrets are not qualified for everyone to know. Moreover, it's not just about qualification—revealing these secrets would cause great panic!

It would plunge the entire God Realm into chaos, make all the deities question the meaning of their existence, and drive every deity in the God Realm to mental collapse!

The result of that would be even more terrifying than the collapse and destruction of the God Realm.

This secret concerns the initial deities!

In fact, in the entire God Realm, the whereabouts of the initial deities have always been a great mystery.

Countless people have various speculations, and privately there are many discussions, but in fact, no one knows where those deities went.

The three family heads and Senior Elder Lan don't know either!

But they do know that if they forcefully suppress the lower realm with military force again, even if they succeed in completely suppressing the lower realm and building a perfect God Realm, many of these deities in the God Realm would certainly disappear!

That is the price!

In fact, it wasn't just a few of the initial deities that disappeared in the past. It was a large group!

That large group of initial deities was also countless!

Regarding their whereabouts, the three family heads and Senior Elder Lan know a little. Some were directly swept away by the river of time!

They once did something, which was a group of top deities using supreme power to stir the river of time, allowing it to flow quietly for a long time. During that time, they saw many initial deities that had disappeared in the Immeasurable Tribulation.

But not completely!

That is to say, not all initial deities were swept away by the river of time, forever losing their freedom.

There are still some, and before the Immeasurable Tribulation, the three family heads and Senior Elder Lan already knew—they are most likely in the lower realm!

In the lower realm, there exists a terrifying forbidden zone. There, it should be a cage!

As long as the God Realm exists for a day, that cage will exist for a day. If the God Realm completely collapses, that cage might open. A part of the top initial deities that once disappeared might resurface in the world.

They are all descendants of the initial deities, but they are very clear that if the initial deities return to the world, it would definitely be a huge disaster!

Through the deduction and calculation of the Immeasurable Tribulation, they finally came up with a theory. If they could reconstruct a God Realm with the least casualties, then the deities suffering the disaster would be fewer.

In other words, the cost would be much smaller.

After the God Realm collapsed, they even saw a glimpse of the future.

If they could peacefully occupy the Ruins, obtaining the million great cosmoses from the lower realm that Chu Mo had awakened, and reconstruct the God Realm.

Then, that God Realm would truly be approaching perfection!

This is also the origin of the name Perfect God Realm; it is not called so for nothing. There are reasons behind it.

Unfortunately, they cannot publicly declare these things. Because some things, even they themselves are not sure about. And others, such as those related to the initial deities, are all great taboos!

Even they themselves are cautious when talking about this matter. They don't dare to use the words initial deities lightly, nor mention the names of those existences. Because that would invite great misfortune.

But the people below do not know!

This is also why all three family heads and Senior Elder Lan firmly advocate for peaceful negotiations with the lower realm to reconstruct the God Realm, willing to concede significant interests rather than start a war with the lower realm.

Similarly, this is why the Rune Creatures and the remaining Beast Clan have not waged large-scale war against the lower realm after so many years!

They dare not!

It comes down to these two words!

Any top-level existence in the God Realm dare not do this!

Has the collapse of the divine realm truly not awakened them?

No, those top-tier beings have not only awakened but also reflected. Their hearts are even filled with fear and unease!

But do they dare speak of this fear and unease?

The answer is no!

Because if they do not speak, down in the stinking and stubborn Mortal Realm, Heavenly Emperor Chu is still so arrogant, completely disregarding these deities. If this matter were disclosed, certain deities would surely spread it!

Like those rebellious little brats Chen Fan and Lan Xiao!

The heads of the Three Great Families and Senior Elder Lan all feel a deep bitterness but cannot speak of it.

"Elder, don't take those people's words to heart. We are very aware of the situation ourselves." The head of the Lan Divine Clan looked at Senior Elder Lan, sighed lightly, and said: "If war is inevitable, then Elder, do not get involved."

"No…" Elder shook his head: "This bag of old bones, during the Immeasurable Tribulation, managed to accumulate some power. If a group must be drawn into the river of ages, then let it be me."

At this moment, the head of the Du Divine Clan suddenly said: "Honestly, had certain things been clearer, I might have considered..."

The heads of the Lan and Chen Clans both shook their heads before he could finish, with the head of the Chen Divine Clan saying: "It's unrealistic, we are certainly not Nie Bao. The taboos among the Human Clan are truly too many!"

The head of the Du Divine Clan said with a bitter smile: "Indeed, we are unwilling to admit we are Human Clan yet, in reality, what's the difference between us and them? Just because golden blood flows through our veins?"

Actually, the golden blood in Divine Clan bodies does have an origin. However, this is connected to some secrets of the original deities. Later on, no one mentioned it, leading those new generation deities to take pride in this, regarding it as the greatest difference from the beings of the lower realm.

"Forget it, prepare for war, this battle is now inevitable." Senior Elder Lan said somewhat forlornly: "In the current situation, the thoughts of the Du Clan's head are absolutely unlikely to be realized."

The head of the Du Divine Clan shook his head with a bitter smile: "Enough, let us fight! Maybe... maybe we'll even succeed."

Using words like "maybe," among a group of gods, is truly a kind of sorrow. Yet oddly, it seems quite normal to the others present.

Soon, news spread from the Palace of Ten Thousand Gods.

The three human divine clans plan to wage war against the lower realm!

Upon hearing this news, over there, the Rune Life forms and Nie Long's Beast Clan immediately sent envoys to the Palace of Ten Thousand Gods, seeking answers.

The envoys did not meet the heads of the three great families or Senior Elder Lan, they only met people like elders from the Chen Divine Clan.

Through these elders of the Chen Divine Clan, the Rune Life forms and Beast Clan learned that this battle is indeed unavoidable. Otherwise, they will have to accept the destiny of merging into the Mortal Realm following the divine realm's collapse.

This is entirely unacceptable!

So, both the Rune Life forms and Beast Clan expressed willingness to ally with the three divine clans to attack the lower realm together!

However, regarding the future division of dominion, they insisted it remain as before.

The three divine clans immediately agreed to this condition.

It seems like this matter has circled around and eventually returned to its starting point.

However, this finally made all the gods of the divine realm realize one thing: to reconstruct the divine realm, one must overcome Heavenly Emperor Chu!

In truth, this era is not long relative to the divine realm.

In the divine realm, before its collapse, gods never had the concept of time because the divine realm was eternal and immortal!

Thus, from the lower realm's perspective, many years have passed. But to the divine realm, it was merely after some exploration they found it impossible to acquire endless life energy from the lower realm without war.

So war it is!

Now it's merely about distributing interests.

The three divine clans being surprisingly agreeable made the Rune Life forms and Beast Clan quite pleased. They found the three divine clans' cooperation somewhat unexpected.

After all, the three divine clans maintain a leading position throughout the divine realm.

It might sound pitiable, yet in fact, Rune Life forms and the Beast Clan were indeed somewhat weaker within the divine realm.

They themselves are aware of this, hence they previously united, and upon the three divine clans agreeing, immediately abandoned their resistance. Once more, they joined forces.

"This time, we must completely flatten the lower realm!"

"I detest that Heavenly Emperor Chu the most!"

"I loathe that Demon Lord!"

"Drifting Empress... if caught, I must have my fun before killing her!"

"That monkey is too ruthless!"

The divine realm side finally united again, preparing to attack the lower realm.

However, simultaneously, heads of the three families and Senior Elder Lan, along with two rulers of the Rune forces and the current Beast Clan ruler Nie Long, are all present at one location.