Chapter 500: Chapter 439: Heaven and Earth Yin Yang, Heroes Competing for Supremacy
Nine Heavens Jade Tower.
The bright moon like a mirror, beneath the moonlight stands a jade tower.
Crystal clear, with rays hanging from its eight corners.
It should be the dwelling of Immortals, yet it is surrounded on all sides by countless demons.
Black clouds obscure the sun, yin wind gusts.
Amidst the mist, many enormous heads faintly poke out, their emerald vertical pupils gleaming with bloodlust.
In the sky, a divine python stands tall, confronting Qingchen atop the distant building.
Qingchen stands alone on the sharp jade rooftop, facing a myriad of demons without changing his expression, only lowering his head to wipe the jade sword in his hand.
The Python God sneers, saying, "Qingchen, don’t waste your efforts. Surrender early, and perhaps your life can be spared, with the Copper Flood Dragon Demon King present, how can you act recklessly?"
The Python God is the leader of the Python God Tribe, having been a lackey of the Xuanzong Shangqing Dao Alliance but now siding with the major tribes of Moyu Country.
The so-called Copper Flood Dragon is a more slender, hornless dragon with eagle-like claws and long, floating whiskers, behind the Python God, its scales bronzed.
The hornless dragon is a flood dragon, and as the name suggests, a Copper Flood Dragon feeds on copper.
The Copper Flood Dragon Demon King looked down at the Nine Heavens Jade Tower below, the towering Nine Heavens Jade Tower merely the size of a head before him.
Without speaking, the demon king directly spat out a mouthful of green light.
The green light split into thousands, turning into numerous small bronze dragon souls.
The dragon souls roared and charged toward the Nine Heavens Jade Tower.
The Copper Flood Dragon Demon King wielded the Copper Dao, granting the dragon souls a trace of copper’s traits, regular sword qi couldn’t penetrate their defense.
Disciples of the Nine Heavens Jade Tower flew out one after another to face the enemy. They carried sword boxes of various colors, opening them to release a pure light that shot straight into the sky.
Various sword pills formed sword arrays, or sword circles, or split into tens of thousands of sword lights to attack the bronze dragon souls and the other demons’ spells.
At this moment, Qingchen raised his eyes, his pupils reflecting the entire body of the Copper Flood Dragon True Monarch, a pure white sword glow flashed and vanished.
Swish!
Before a sword was seen out, the Copper Flood Dragon Demon King felt pain in his back, only to find a blood-soaked wound where the scales had been sliced open.
Swish!
Again, several thousand-foot-long sword lights appeared out of thin air.
From all directions, with tricky angles, tearing through the void, leaving faint dark spatial cracks.
Each carried astonishing destructive power.
The thousands of demons watching were shocked in heart, knowing that if they were hit, they would be utterly obliterated.
This Copper Flood Dragon Demon King is indeed terrifying, such powerful sword qi only left him a scar.
Thus, yet another wave of demonic assault was blocked.
Demons couldn’t succeed with softness, nor with hardness.
Now they were stalemated here.
As time passed, the Copper Flood Dragon Demon King became agitated.
Qingchen’s sword dao was too formidable, he couldn’t do anything against it.
If Jian Wuliang successfully broke through, with two at the Harmonization level besieging him, he feared he wouldn’t be able to escape at that time.
"Haha, Qingchen, I have come!"
Suddenly, dark clouds covered the moon, and multicolored lights shot randomly.
The sky was divided into five by the five-colored light.
"Five Directions Old Demons!"
The crowd exclaimed!
The Five Directions Old Demons were under the command of the Yujue Demon Emperor, the Five Directions Demon Kings.
Eastern Green Demon King Bo Shenzi, Western White Demon King Bohezi,
Southern Red Demon King Tai Bozi, Northern Black Demon King Tianyizi, and Central Yellow Demon King Buxi.
The Five Directions Demon Kings represented the Five Directions Muddy Qi Dao and together had the power of harmonization.
The Five Qi descended like waterfalls.
Green Wood Withering Qi, White Gold Corrosion Qi, Red Fire Poison Qi, Black Water Corrosion Qi, Yellow Earth Malady Qi.
With the descent of the Five Directions Old Demons, the long-maintained balance was finally broken.
The disciples of the Nine Heavens Jade Tower, as well as those Qingchen had brought for reinforcements, no longer retreated but charged out to confront the demons.
Among them, there was an Emperor Netherworld Dragon and Yinn Nan’s Three Calamities Primordial Spirit.
The two were fighting against the Python God and the Twelve Hour Ghost.
However, they were not fighting with full strength, apparently preparing to seize the opportunity to escape, waiting for the moment when Qingchen ran out of steam, they could take the chance to release the sword qi within them.
As for the future of the Human Clan?
What did it matter to them?
As Primordial Spirit experts, they can go anywhere.
Besides, the demons were inherently a multi-racial group, and in the worst case, they could just join them.
Humans were not the spirits of all things, merely one kind of beast, a branch of the demons.
This was silently acknowledged by most powerful beings, humans used to be relatively unified, singularly unique humans were right, but now it had become like this, naturally, they did whatever they wanted.
Humans were perhaps demons born with special apertures.
Even if they joined the demons and became food, what did it matter as they couldn’t eat off them anyway.
Deep within the Nine Heavens Jade Tower.
Jian Wuliang stood in boundless dark void, before him floated a jade seal.
The jade seal slowly emitted golden light, the light attached itself to Jian Wuliang and gradually fused into him.
The Dragon Head Master Seal didn’t have its separate Great Dao, it was more like a key aiding its wielder in comprehending the Heavenly Dao.
Once a grant by the Heavenly Court to the Dragon Head Master Seal, now completely reliant on personal strength, whoever was stronger would gain it.
Jian Wuliang’s brow furrowed, a black and white yin-yang light faintly glowed between his brows.
His appetite was immense, seeking to directly merge the Yin Yang branches of the Acquired Dao.
Yang Calamity and Yin Calamity.
If he could harmonize with the Dao, forming two Yin Yang Sword Pills, their power would be extraordinary, perhaps reversing future situations.
The booming sounds from the outer world occasionally penetrated.
The demon attacks grew fiercer, the sounds even reaching this hidden place.
It seemed as if the entire Human Clan awaited his successful breakthrough.
Jian Wuliang grew anxious, his mental state became restless and uneasy.
The pressure was immense, with the hope of the thirty-two states of Wu Country resting on one person’s shoulders.
Qingchen Heavenly Master was forging opportunities for him, despite bearing infamy.
Initially, Jian Wuliang was one hundred percent confident, but under such pressure, flaws appeared in his Heart God.
The more anxious he became, the harder it was to break through.
Moreover, the expectations for a breakthrough added more time than initially hoped, Jian Wuliang had now reached the end of the road.
Outside.
Qingchen stood alone against the myriad of demons, with the disciples divided, their fates unknown.
Emperor Netherworld Dragon and Yinn Nan took advantage of the situation when he couldn’t attend to them, released the sword qi and fled further, worsening the current scenario.
Boom!
Five more streams of five-color muddy qi, the qi corroded countless Nine Heavens Sword Energy, rushing towards Qingchen’s dharma body.
Qingchen unleashed sword light, shattering the five-colored glow.
Anyone with keen eyes could see he was becoming much more strained.
"Junior Brother Wuliang..."
Qingchen worriedly said.
The two sides continued for several more rounds.
Finally, the demons broke through the defenses, entering the Nine Heavens Jade Tower, infiltrating Jian Wuliang’s seclusion ground.
"Haha, Jian Wuliang kid, it’s been a long time!"
The Python God swept a tail towards Jian Wuliang.
The chaotic space instantly exploded, and the Dragon Head Master Seal flew towards the sky, its whereabouts unknown.
Pfft!
Jian Wuliang spat out a mouthful of blood, his state of seclusion shattered.
Seeing the sky full of demons, Jian Wuliang knew his doom was inescapable.
At the thought that his senior brother Qingchen’s plan had failed because of him, and further led the Human Clan and Nine Heavens Jade Tower to such a predicament, Jian Wuliang’s heart brimmed with shame and anger.
A swarm of demons surged forth.
Jian Wuliang kept a calm expression, seeming to have comprehended something, smiled and said, "Farewell."
Boom!
He transformed into a streak of light.
"Not good!!"
The Python God’s face changed dramatically, the kid actually self-destructed.
Why so decisive, not caring for his life?
Boom!
Boundless sword qi engulfed the demon horde.
Deciding to perish together at that moment, Jian Wuliang suddenly dreamt of his youthful days, born in the peaceful former Great Zhou, witnessing the mortal world’s prosperity.
His lifelong dream with his senior brother was to restore the balance between humans and demons as it was back then.
Never did he expect to set out without success, precipitating an unprecedented life-or-death crisis for the Human Clan.
What a tragedy, what a sigh.
Only to contribute this remnant body for one last effort.
Jian Wuliang’s fragmented soul merged into the two sword pills, the pills turned one black and one white, with mysterious Dao rhythm appearing in the void.
Acquired Magical Treasure — Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Sword Pills; a top-notch demon-slaying magical treasure.
Since achieving Harmonization wasn’t possible, let them become two Harmonization level treasures.
Seeing this scene below, Qingchen outside roared with rage, "Junior Brother!!"
The surviving demons in the Nine Heavens Jade Tower saw the two sword pills hovering in the void.
"Transcendent sword qi to cleanse the remaining invaders."
The world echoed with Jian Wuliang’s final words.
The all-encompassing Yin Yang sword qi slaughtered! The remaining demons in the tower perished thoroughly.
Qingchen descended, taking the Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Sword Pills, suddenly empowered, he slaughtered in all directions, the demons retreated in defeat.
...
Ten days later.
News spread across the world, Wu State Capital was slaughtered, the royal lineage completely perished, the Nine Heavens Jade Tower was annihilated, its remnants incorporated into Xuanzong Shangqing, Dragon Head Master Seal’s whereabouts unknown.
The Xuanzong Alliance did not meet its end but used a massive killer weapon to repel the demons, strictly holding their ground.
This battle lost Xuanzong the position of unifying the world.
Although they promptly issued a recruitment decree for troops throughout the world, no one paid heed.
This entity couldn’t spare a hand, the world divided into several chunks, the chaos officially began.
News reached Donghua Taoist Sect.
Song Lin pondered for a long time, this day finally arrived, not knowing how many lives were extinguished.
Qingchen’s intention was good, but his headstrong nature incited the Demon Clan to decisively eliminate future threats.
The Human Clan was generally unified before.
For the Demon Clan, humans were relatively weak, but not too weak, and conquering humans would take significant effort. Plus, humans paid tribute annually, and the Demon Clan occasionally raided, benefiting even without conflict, so they were unwilling to wage large-scale wars.
After all, wars meant deaths, the Demon Clan was structured by species into tribes, and none wished for their descendants to perish for other’s gains.
Humans posed little threat, and the so-called Taoist School and Royalty were equivalent to administrators managing humans on their behalf.
But Qingchen’s strong stance changed things.
Firstly, Qingchen unified the Human Clan. Secondly, Jian Wuliang was on the verge of breaking through.
Should more Harmonization Cultivators emerge continuously, the offensive and defensive positions would change.
Qingchen’s moves inadvertently led Moyu Country and Yujue Country to a tacit understanding without prior communication.
That was to first crush the budding resistance of humanity.
This was Song Lin’s conjecture.
"War is coming again." Song Lin chuckled bitterly.
This was a danger, but also an opportunity.
"Suspend the magic meeting, summon all Masters and above disciples."
Song Lin instructed his subordinates.