The Four Saints Rage, Laozi Plots
However, the battle did not last long, as the show in the western theater soon came to an end.
Of the four battlefields, three had been lost, and the remaining northern battlefield showed no clear advantage. This prompted the Heavenly Court to hastily issue a signal to withdraw its troops.
We can't continue fighting. If we lose on the northern front as well, the Heavenly Court will truly become a laughingstock of the Primordial World.
It should be noted that all the powerful beings in the Primordial World are currently focused on this great battle.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was something wrong with the other three battlefields. Even if they lost, it would only be a matter of losing face, and at most it would be considered that the Heavenly Court had not managed its subordinates properly.
But the northern battlefield is a real battle. If they really lose in the end, the impression given to the great beings of the Primordial World will be that the Heavenly Court is inferior to the Human Race.
With these concerns in mind, the Heavenly Court's retreat cries were extremely urgent. And the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, their courage shattered, also retreated with remarkable speed.
Guangchengzi, who had fought Cangjie to a standstill in the sky, became the last member of the Heavenly Court's side on the battlefield.
Finally, seeing that the situation was hopeless, Guangchengzi had no choice but to leave.
Cangjie, representing the Human Race, did not send troops to pursue them or take advantage of their misfortune. Instead, he also sounded the retreat and led his troops back to the Imperial Pass.
Cangjie, or rather the Human Race, has already achieved its goal; sending troops to pursue them would be counterproductive.
There's no guarantee that the Heavenly Court might have Great Luo or Quasi-Sage filled with rage who might disregard their dignity and attack them.
In any case, the Human Race has achieved all the goals it wanted in this great war.
At the Great Luo realm, the newly promoted Great Luo Cangjie was able to fight for half a day against Guang Guangchengzi, the personal disciple of Sage and a veteran Daluo Golden Immortal, and still remain at ease, demonstrating the Human Race's influence at the Great Luo realm.
Huang Feihu, who was at the Taiyi Realm and a junior who was not even a fraction of Chi Jingzi's age, directly slammed Chi Jingzi into the ground, which is of great significance.
At the same time, although the western battlefield was a show, it also proved that the extraordinary power of the Human Race army's cultivation of the Shrouding Heaven Method inherited from Fuxi was no less than the great Divine Ability cultivated by immortals.
Even the eastern battlefield, where no war had broken out, served to sow discord between the Heavenly Court and the Four Seas Dragon Clan.
In this great battle, the Human Race can be said to have won a great victory!
At this moment, in the Heavenly Court, on the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, the Four Saints and Haotian were all present.
Hongjun did not invite them to the Zixiao Palace, and the Four Saints did not go Zixiao Palace either. After all, with the battle in such a state, would they go to the Zixiao Palace to invite trouble?
The commanders of the four armies have returned and are kneeling before the Four Saints and Haotian.
Even someone as noble as Guangchengzi knelt silently before the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, whose expression at this moment could no longer be described as ferocious.
"Excellent, excellent, truly excellent! Each and every one of them is a fine disciple of mine."
"I sent you to lead the army into battle, and this is the result you've given me?"
The Primordial Heavenly Venerable pointed at Chi Jingzi, his anger almost materializing.
Of these four battlefields, the southern one was the most humiliating for him. Did Chi Jingzi really think no one would witness the first great battle between the Heavenly Court and the Human Race?
Taking advantage of the chaos is one thing, but after being thrown underground, instead of quickly returning to the surface, what are you trying to do by cultivating underground?
"Chi Jingzi, you actually enjoy cultivation so much? You'd better get back to Qilin Cliff later and go into seclusion for ten thousand years. You're not allowed to emerge until you Great Luo."
With just a few words, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable caused Chi Jingzi's expression to change drastically. He wanted to plead for mercy, but found that he couldn't open his mouth at all, and he didn't know who was there who had done it.
After speaking of Chi Jingzi, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable looked at Guangchengzi. To be honest, Guangchengzi's performance was even more disappointing to him. His disciple, whom he had carefully nurtured for so many years, couldn't even defeat a junior who had only attained the Great Luo realm a thousand years ago!
Looking at Guangchengzi, he didn't know how to start the conversation.
"Nephew Guangcheng, how many of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Divine Powers have you mastered?" Seeing that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable remained silent, Laozi took over the reprimand. Guangchengzi's performance this time had also enraged Laozi.
How shameful! Utterly shameful!
"My junior apprentice has only learned the Earth-Escaping Golden Light and the Technique of Turning the Earth into Steel," Guangchengzi honestly replied.
"Very well, you've only mastered two of the thirty-six Divine Ability. What have you been doing all these years? Were you really listening attentively when my second brother and I were lecturing? Did all those elixirs I used to refine go to waste?"
Laozi's outburst shocked everyone, but fortunately Haotian reacted quickly and questioned the East Sea Dragon King and the Four Mo Li Brothers in time, thus stabilizing the situation.
After a while, Zhunti and Jieyin also rebuked the four men, and the four defeated generals slunk away from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
Inside the hall, the Four Saints and Haotian began discussing how to deal with the Human Race next.
"The strength of the Human Race has grown far too rapidly. In the past thousand years, no fewer than ten people within the Human Race have attained the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Among these ten, Cangjie has cultivated for the shortest time, yet he is so powerful. This shows that Fuxi truly cares about the Human Race."
"It's unrealistic to think that we can cripple Human Race through another major war."
Jieyin and Zhunti remained detached from the rage, since their disciples hadn't gone to the front lines to embarrass them. Therefore, their previous fury was feigned, and they were instead preoccupied with figuring out how to deal with the Human Race next.
After careful consideration, the two were astonished to discover that the current high-level combat power of the Human Race was actually not weak. Even if a full-scale battle broke out and no one took advantage of the chaos, the outcome would be unpredictable.
So after seeing Laozi, Yuanshi, and Haotian calm down, the two quickly put forward their own views.
"But if we don't wage war to hinder the development of the Human Race, the Human Race will probably only become stronger in the future. If some more Heavenly Prodigies like Cangjie and Huang Feihu come along, then..." Haotian subconsciously retorted upon hearing this.
This great battle truly shocked Haotian. The current Human Race of the Human Race was completely different from that during the Witch-Demon Calamity. He no longer dared to Human Race to continue developing.
"That's a misconception. How many Heavenly Prodigies like Cangjie and Huang Feihu are there in the entire Human Race?"
Zhunti directly retorted, "Huang Feihu is a first-rank marshal of the Huaxia Imperial Dynasty the Human Race, one of the most outstanding generals born from the convergence of Human Race Fortune over the past hundred years. As for Cangjie, needless to say, he is the only one of his kind in the entire Human Race."
"Using those two as examples is rather inappropriate."
Upon hearing this, Laozi, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly had an idea. He quickly opened his eyes and said, "Fellow disciples, I have suddenly come up with a plan."
"Speaking."
"Speaking of Cangjie, do you all remember that day in the Zixiao Palace when Master divined that the Human Race would one day produce an unparalleled war god named Yang Jian?"
Laozi's sudden mention of Yang Jian piqued everyone's curiosity. They naturally remembered Yang Jian; he was considered one of the most dazzling Heavenly Prodigies born from the convergence of Human Race Fortune.
But if they remembered correctly, Yang Jian didn't seem to be born yet.