The Three Ancestors exchanged glances, each seeing sorrow and regret in the others' eyes.
For the sake of that illusory position of supremacy, they had not only dragged their clans into the abyss but had also brought down boundless karmic debt.
Now, fewer than one in ten of the Three Clans remained. They simply could not withstand the backlash of this karmic debt.
The lingering souls of those fallen clansmen were being endlessly entwined by karmic debt. Even their future resurrection from the River of Time had become a distant hope.
"Cease fire! Stop fighting!" Ancestral Dragon forcefully endured his injuries and roared at the remnants of the Dragon Clan.
First Qilin and Primordial Phoenix spoke at the same time, their voices filled with urgency.
But at that moment, a streak of black light suddenly shot out from the depths of the void.
It moved so fast that it surpassed the limits of the Time Law, exploding before the Three Clan Chiefs!
The black streak contained dense Slaughter Law and demonic flames.
At their peak, they might have been able to evade it. But now, all three possessed less than a tenth of their former strength and did not even have time to react.
"Pfft!" Ancestral Dragon was sent flying by the shockwave, golden dragon blood spraying through the air.
His already broken dragon horn shattered further, and his dragon body crashed to the ground, crushing a stretch of ruined Spirit Veins.
Primordial Phoenix's left wing was scorched by the demonic flames. Her feathers instantly turned to ash, exposing charred flesh beneath, and the pain made her entire body tremble.
First Qilin's Xuanhuang Battle Armor shattered inch by inch. A bone-deep wound appeared across his chest, and Xuanhuang Origin Power continuously leaked from it, weakening his aura at once.
The three of them let out pained roars at the same time. Ancestral Dragon's roar was low as thunder, shaking the earth until it cracked.
Primordial Phoenix's cry was sharp and piercing, throwing the surrounding Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy into disorder.
First Qilin's roar was heavy as a bell, sending ripples even through the void.
"Clan Chief!" Seeing their clan chiefs grievously wounded, the remnants of the Three Clans instantly calmed down. They stopped fighting and gathered around their respective chiefs despite their injuries.
A young dragon with only Golden Immortal cultivation used his tiny body to shield Ancestral Dragon. Though he trembled all over, he stared stubbornly into the void.
Several Fire Phoenixes formed a circle around the gravely injured Primordial Phoenix, using their remaining flames to create a barrier.
Several Qilin released an earthen barrier, covering First Qilin within it.
Their condition was equally dire. Most Dragon Clan members had lost their claws.
The Phoenix Clan had few fire feathers left, while more than half of the Qilin Clan's scales had fallen away. Their combined combat power was not even a tenth of what it had been at their peak.
On the other side of the void, dozens of powerful auras suddenly descended. They were the Demon Race's Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, demonic flames concealed around their bodies.
Some toyed with barbed demonic blades, while others released faint black demonic patterns that silently suppressed the spiritual energy circulation of the Three Clans' remnants.
It became difficult even for the already weakened members of the Three Clans to breathe.
"Luohu! Show yourself!" Ancestral Dragon forced himself upright despite his weakness, hatred filling his eyes.
He finally understood that the war between the Three Clans had been a trap from the very beginning.
Those so-called pieces of evidence had been far too coincidental, and those instigating rumors far too precise.
Even the Spirit Veins stockpiled by the Three Clans had been unknowingly contaminated by Demonic Qi. No wonder their clansmen had fought more and more madly. It had all been the Demon Race's scheme!
Primordial Phoenix and First Qilin also looked toward the void, their eyes filled with remorse.
If their ambitions had not blinded them, if they had noticed those abnormalities, they would not have fallen into this trap, nor would they have pushed their clans to the brink of destruction.
"As expected of Ancestral Dragon. You are quite perceptive." A teasing voice came from the void as Luohu, dressed in a black robe, slowly appeared.
Not a trace of demonic flame leaked from his body, yet within those pitch-black eyes lurked a desire capable of devouring everything.
Behind him, dozens of Demon Race Primordial Origin Golden Immortal experts stood in a row.
The pressure radiating from them intertwined, forcing even the tribulation clouds in the sky to sink lower.
Some of the experts deliberately released killing intent, agitating the nerves of the Three Clans' remnants.
Farther behind them, tens of millions of Demon Race soldiers stood in formation. Golden Immortals crowded together like ants, while the auras of Grand Unity Golden Immortals and Grand Unity Golden Immortals rose and fell.
The demonic weapons in the soldiers' hands gleamed coldly. They stomped in unison, causing the ground of Cangwu Plain to crack without end.
Seeing this murderous Demon Race Army, Ancestral Dragon and the other two turned pale.
They could barely protect themselves now, let alone their clans.
Even so, they would not give up. They were, after all, the rulers of the Three Clans of the Primordial Wilderness. Even if they fell, they would die in a blaze of glory and fight for that sliver of survival for their clansmen.
"With nothing but defeated remnants like you, you still dare resist this ancestor?"
Luohu sneered, his gaze suddenly turning toward Chaos.
"Hongjun, Yang Mei, how much longer do you intend to hide? You've watched this show from behind the scenes for so long. It's time you came out."
As his words fell, four figures stepped out of the void. They were Hongjun, Yang Mei, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Old Ancestor Yin Yang.
The moment they appeared, they activated their laws simultaneously.
Yang Mei's Space Law transformed into countless threads of azure light, weaving into an impenetrable spatial barrier. The threads swept through the void, leaving behind tiny Space Rifts.
Old Ancestor Yin Yang's Yin Yang Two Qi spiraled and circulated, forming a black-and-white Law barrier. Wherever the Yin Yang Two Qi merged, they continuously devoured the surrounding Demonic Qi.
Old Ancestor Qiankun's Qiankun Law condensed into a Xuanhuang seal. Images of mountains and rivers were engraved upon it, suppressing the spatial fluctuations around them.
The instant the seal descended, even the cracks in the earth were forcibly sealed shut.
Hongjun brought out the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation. Golden Dao Patterns spread outward, linking the Law Power of the four men together.
The four layers of laws stacked together, forming a seal that even Primordial Origin Golden Immortals could not break through.
Space Rifts spread along the edge of the laws. Several nearby stars were instantly swallowed and shattered by the rifts. Stardust scattered across the Law barrier, only to be instantly purified by the golden Dao Patterns.
"Luohu, you have acted against the natural order, using the Primordial Wilderness as nourishment to strengthen the demonic path. Today will be your end!"
Old Ancestor Qiankun spoke coldly. The pressure from the Xuanhuang seal grew heavier, compressing the air around it into liquid.
"Sealing space?" Luohu laughed, and his laughter became increasingly arrogant.
"You think this can trap this ancestor? The ones who should fall today are you!"
As his words fell, four pitch-black longswords suddenly appeared in the void.
The Immortal Slaying Sword, Slaughtering Immortal Sword, Trapping Immortal Sword, and Absolute Immortal Sword radiated overwhelming auras.
Their blades were covered in slaughter runes, with the aura of Chaos Origin intertwined with demonic flames. Black liquid even dripped from the swords.
That was the blood essence of Innate Beings used when the longswords had been forged. Immediately afterward, the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation Diagram flew out, its black formation patterns spreading like a spiderweb and linking the four swords together.
"Buzz—!" The Slaughter Law suddenly erupted, violently colliding with the laws of Hongjun and the others!
Black slaughter Dao Patterns, golden Dao Patterns, azure threads of spatial light, black-and-white Yin Yang Qi, and Xuanhuang Qiankun power tore at one another.
The starry sky trembled. Tens of thousands of surrounding stars continuously shattered amid the clash of laws, their fragments raining toward every corner of the Primordial Wilderness like meteors.
They ignited raging fires when they struck mountains and forests, and raised waves ten thousand zhang high when they fell into the oceans.
"Not good!" Hongjun, Yang Mei, Yin Yang, and Qiankun cried out at the same time.
Hongjun in particular finally understood where the unease in his heart had come from.
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