Chapter 400: Chapter 330: Gathering Storm, Defying Heaven

In the Huo Continent, after the ancient war, the earth veins shattered, and treacherous lands of ravines and gorges are everywhere, making it difficult for the weak Human Race to survive, only the Demon Race stood out.

But precisely because of this, the Demon Race, which believes in the law of the jungle, has been waging war year after year, coupled with constant disasters like floods and earthquakes, earning the name Huo Continent.

It wasn’t until the master of the Celestial Craft Pavilion, Cyan Flood Dragon, came alone, discoursing on the mysteries of heaven and earth, uniting the Heavy Demons with the aspiration to reach the Moon Palace’s Immortal Sect, that the Celestial Ten Cities were established, enjoying thousands of years of peace, which now have plunged into chaos.

The Huo Continent borders the Northern Border by the sea,

the raging sea roars, and mountains collapse.

The sky is an ominous blood red, the cries of battle echo across the world.

On one side is the invading You Dynasty army, with their unique black blood sacrifice warships densely packed throughout the sea, along with floating stone altars in the sky, billowing black fog, and ghost fires sweeping the heavens.

On the other side is the allied forces of the Huo Continent’s ten cities, with giant centipedes the size of small mountains spiraling in the sky spitting poisonous fire, and various bloodline Great Demons wielding Divine Artifacts in attack, turning heaven and earth asunder.

Both sides exhaust every means, falling into madness, just to completely annihilate the other.

The Huo Continent Alliance is inherently loose, if they could surrender, most would have likely fled long ago, but this is a blood battle with no compromise. The You Dynasty aims to blood sacrifice the living, forcing the Huo Continent Demon Race into a corner to fight desperately.

On the battlefield, the most eye-catching is the Dark God’s clone, its form instantaneously teleporting back and forth, with its terrifying Black Hole Skill causing large-scale casualties, but unfortunately, the leaders of each city in the Huo Continent had already known its methods and vanished entirely.

Suddenly, a beam of blood light soared into the sky from the sea, and the heavens thundered, as if the entire space of the sea region was shaking. A massive figure burst out from the sea surface, revealing itself as a gigantic demon god bronze statue with red hair and a blue face, three eyes and eight arms, the blood-red domain’s power almost engulfing half of the You Dynasty army.

Whether black-robed warriors, black-clothed priests, or those black ships and altars, everything gradually withered and turned to flying ash, dissipating in the blood-colored domain.

Two Dark God clones, who had been slaughtering wantonly within the Huo Continent army, retreated instantly, their cold green eyes devoid of any pity, with the Black Hole Skill and blood-colored domain continuously clashing.

Boom!

The gigantic eerie blood-colored divine statue exploded instantly, scattering large and small blood-colored Cave Heaven Divine Crystals all around.

The Dark God clone was affected, its entire body flickering, and the invading You Dynasty army suffered heavy losses and immediately retreated into the boundless sea.

Onshore, the surviving Huo Continent allied forces erupted with mad roars, not out of celebration, but to vent their fear.

In a battle of this scale, Divine Travel, Mahayana, no matter how they once claimed supremacy, their lives were as fragile as ants.

In the distance on the mountain, the hidden Grand Array glimmered faintly.

A dozen terrifying auras appeared, precisely the City Lords of the Celestial Ten Cities of the Huo Continent, with City Lord Jin among them. They sat cross-legged according to the array, Cyan Flood Dragon Wu in the center, suddenly spewing blood from their mouths collectively.

City Lord Jin, face pale, said: “This is the greatest taboo from the ancient battlefield on Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, we’ve been suppressing it for thousands of years for this day, and didn’t expect it couldn’t even destroy a single Evil God clone.”

Cyan Flood Dragon Wu remained calm, swallowing a pill, said: “These things involve Immortal Path laws, we merely caused it to erupt, yet the Dark God’s clone, well-versed in this method, naturally avoided it.”

“What’s the use of saying this nonsense!”

A Four-eyed Tiger Demon in a black robe said coldly: “Didn’t you claim the Profound Sect Leader’s skill was supreme, cried for help but didn’t come, perhaps all those benefits went to waste.”

Cyan Flood Dragon and City Lord Jin’s expressions turned cold, remaining silent.

A purple-faced elder from the Ancient Race, who was also on the last mission, urged, “City Lord Baoli, don’t be angry. We only reached a starship construction agreement with the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty, and the other side also said the Profound Sect Leader is in seclusion…”

“Heh, what a joke!”

Another City Lord sneered, interrupting him, “At such a time still in seclusion, besides I heard the You Dynasty invaded the Eastern Continent’s sea, defeated by that starship fleet of theirs. Even if he didn’t come, that fleet should have made an appearance, I think it’s all an excuse.”

Saying this, he stood up with a sinister look, “Millennia with no achievement, what Moon Palace, what alliance, all a joke, I’m done playing, everyone find their own path!”

With that, a few more City Lords exchanged strange glances, said nothing, and cupped their hands before leaving scattered.

Only Cyan Flood Dragon, City Lord Jin, and the purple-faced Ancient Race elder remained at the scene.

“What are they planning!”

City Lord Jin looked extremely ugly, “Now when the Huo Continent faces a great disaster, the You Dynasty could return at any time, do they intend to surrender?”

The purple-faced Ancient Race elder shook his head and sighed, “What use is surrender, news from the Barbarian Continent’s final battle on the icefield, most elites captured, the You Dynasty madmen even blood-sacrificed their own wounded, leaving no survivors at all.”

Cyan Flood Dragon Wu looked at the ground, a trace of fear in his eyes, “It seems the final moment is upon us.”

“You mean…”

City Lord Jin and the Ancient Race elder were both filled with horror.

As close individuals, after the chaos on the Celestial Essence Star, Cyan Flood Dragon no longer hid anything and informed them of the Reincarnation affairs.

The Ancient Race elder stammered, “Did…didn’t it say shaking the Reincarnation was extremely difficult, there were still a thousand years?”

Cyan Flood Dragon’s expression was grim, “Such matters involving the great powers, how can we guess, the You Dynasty’s madness must indicate some change.”

“We must leave the Celestial Essence Star immediately!”

City Lord Jin suddenly stood up, a look of anxiety, “Sect Leader Zhang is truly, saying to reshape the world, does he really mean it, now going into seclusion…”

Saying this, his eyes suddenly brightened, “According to the news from the Divine Continent, strange sounds echo day and night from Kunlun Mountain, last time they made a starship, and in a short time, the starship’s power increased severalfold, do you think they’ve made progress in building a starship to the Moon Palace?”

The Ancient Race elder smiled wryly, “From what I’ve seen and heard, that Sect Leader Zhang would not abandon countless lives on the Divine Continent, he’s likely in seclusion to refine some Supreme Treasure to save the day…”

City Lord Jin snorted, “He already has an Immortal Artifact, what more Supreme Treasure to refine, surely preparing a retreat with the starship.”

Cyan Flood Dragon silently stared towards the Eastern Continent.

After a long while, he suddenly said, “When I came to the Huo Continent, it was because the Eastern Continent was weak, the Barbarian Continent unreasonable, the You Dynasty already the Evil God’s domain, now the alliance has crumbled, seems I must place one more bet.”

City Lord Jin nodded, “Indeed, if the starship is refined, we can also be the first to leave.”

The Ancient Race elder sighed, “At least, the Divine Continent has the Divine Land Array and the starship fleet, to resist the You Dynasty for a while longer.”

Cyan Flood Dragon said nothing, but inwardly thought:

You are all wrong. I bet on him being able to defy fate!

…

Mount Kunlun, the pillar of the Divine Continent, towers majestically with myriad phenomena.

Unlike other places, where wars are raging, within the Divine Continent at least there is some semblance of peace.

Since the establishment of the Divine Dynasty, many things were no longer kept from the public, and now even the old farmers in the fields are aware.

For instance, the world they live in is a sphere, just like those stars in the sky…

For instance, though the world is in chaos, the Divine Continent seems safe, but foreign enemies are watching, and large numbers of cultivators are heading to the Underworld Divine Island City and the Divine Land Barrier, likely never to return…

Beneath the terrifying clouds, emotions inevitably run high.

Yet, at the Divine Dynasty Academy, the sound of reading remains loud and clear, the streets continue to bustle with trade, and the Earth Demon Hall still has cultivators coming and going… Everything is orderly as usual.

The human race has lived in fear for thousands of years, rising out of darkness, creating a resilience unmatched by other races. Many people firmly believe that whatever Evil God or You Dynasty, it’s just a small hurdle for the Divine Dynasty, something to grit their teeth and endure past.

What gives them confidence is the increasingly powerful Human Race Divine Path, the cultivators forging ahead, more and more emerging prodigies, the starships occasionally traversing the sky…

Of course, most importantly, are the constant booming sounds from Mount Kunlun, like celestial thunder echoing for miles. Simply by looking up, one could see waves of invisible forces spreading outward, shaking the entire sea of clouds.

“Sect Leader Zhang is forging a Divine Artifact to stabilize the nation’s fortune!”

“Sect Leader Zhang is crafting a starship to sweep away the evil!”

“Or maybe reinforcing the Divine Land Barrier…”

Various rumors circulate among the populace, saying all sorts of things.

The high echelons of the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty aren’t very clear either. Zhang Kui rarely hides things from them, but upon returning from the Fallen Immortal Mountain ruins, he merely left a message to preserve strength to the maximum extent before diving into Mount Kunlun.

What happened in the Fallen Immortal Mountain?

Many people are curious.

Taishi, the True God accompanying Zhang Kui, naturally knows, but he mentions nothing, maintaining the operation of the Divine Path as usual.

However, keen minds notice a slight tension throughout the Divine Path. The Divine Court Bell shines brightly day and night, expending a lot of Divine Power to closely monitor the entire Divine Land Barrier. Even the true forms of the two Dharma Guardian Generals appeared around Mount Kunlun, with the Evil-breaking General, Yin Bai, leading thousands of Divine Soldiers to completely seal off all regions above the Earth Demon Hall.

Perhaps only Yuan Huang, who accompanied Zhang Kui to the Fallen Immortal Mountain, has some vague guesses, but he is also terrified and even seals off those parts of his memory, gritting his teeth.

Because if it’s true, then it is about going against the Great Path.

…

Atop Mount Kunlun, the sun, moon, and star sea revolve.

Zhang Kui sits cross-legged with closed eyes, transparent ripples continuously emanating from him, shaking the sea of clouds. The strange rocks, old pines, and thatched huts around him have long turned to dust.

And in the darkness of his sea of consciousness, the silver light of the Earth Evil Silver Lotus is brilliant, continuously emitting endless radiance.

In the Silver Lotus, the Yin Yang True Fire burns fiercely on the Lotus Platform, with a large petal slowly taking shape, emitting splendid colors.

“The eleventh petal…”

Zhang Kui slowly exhales, waving his hand. The petal then merges with the corresponding silver lotus phantom.

He then takes out a large amount of Cave Heaven Divine Crystals, fragments of an Ancient Bronze Mirror, and red Divine Hall Crystals again, forging with the Yin Yang True Fire as the furnace, and the Divine Sense as the hammer.

That’s right, after he returned, Zhang Kui began crafting his Treasure of Enlightenment and discovered that the crystals from the Evil God’s Divine Hall could also be integrated.

The new Earth Evil Silver Lotus, with Cave Heaven Divine Crystals and Ancient Bronze Mirror fragments as its flesh, and Evil God’s Divine Hall crystals as its veins, could even integrate Yin Yang True Fire into the Tao Principles, much stronger than the first version.

Just as Yuan Huang feared, although the Great Path of the world is chaotic, it has its rules. Becoming an Immortal is to achieve one’s own Little World, and an Immortal King usurps Tao Principles to open up a Great World; nonetheless, they are all within the Great Path.

What he’s trying to do, however, is to completely avoid the Great Path, to forge his own Immortal Path without any restraints, which is nothing short of defying fate.

But Zhang Kui has no choice.

If this world were peaceful, he wouldn’t bother; going with the flow could still lead to freedom.

But this world is chaotic.

The deeds of the Immortal Kings, though unsavory, make them the overlords of star realms, exerting unimaginable majestic power over heaven and earth.

But why did the Immortal King Grotto Heaven distort?

What exactly is the relationship between the Underworld and the Mortal World?

What are those strange occurrences in the Underworld?

Whenever he thinks of these, Zhang Kui feels a chill down his spine.

“Humph, so what if it defies fate? Even in death, I want to die with clarity!”

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui grits his teeth, eyes filled with determination, continuing to forge the lotus petal.

Below the mountain, Elder Huayan stands in the Central Extreme Hall, looking at the clouds above with worry in his eyes.

The Crane Immortal, now in the Divine Travel Realm after the tribulation, rolls his eyes and grumbles, “What are you worried about? I’ve long seen that this Zhang Kui appears reckless, but he’s actually one of the smartest people in the world, knowing exactly what he’s doing.”

“There are no truly smart people in this world…”

Elder Huayan shakes his head slightly. “What people call smart is just being more focused; those who achieve great things are merely a bit more patient, with good fortune, knowing how to utilize the principles of heaven and earth, understanding how to adapt.”

“But that’s just for mortals. For those of us pursuing the Great Path, it’s about confronting challenges head-on, with every step fraught with difficulty!”

“This journey is full of hardships; when have you ever seen him this tense? This time, it fears something immensely significant will happen…”

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