Ganging Up

At her peak, Yuan Feng had been a bona fide Late Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Yang Mei might have surpassed Yuan Feng in the domain of laws, but his own magical power held no advantage.

Before long, the Qiankun Demon God and Ancestor Five Elements arrived. When they saw Li Xinghe trapping Yang Mei Daoist, a flicker of shock flashed through their eyes.

Among the Chaos Demon Gods, aside from Pangu, the masters of the three supreme laws—time, space, and destiny—held absolute authority.

Even the Karma Demon God could not squeeze into their ranks; the gap was simply too vast.

Back then, Shichen and Destiny had weighed their options again and again before choosing to cooperate with Yang Mei.

Yet now, the Space Demon God had actually been trapped by Li Xinghe, and from the look of him, he even seemed to have been injured.

"You came at just the right time. I'll give you a chance to make a name for yourselves. When you walk the Primordial Wilderness in the future, you can boast that you once beat up the Space Demon God." Li Xinghe beckoned for the two to step forward.

Ancestor Yang Mei's expression changed drastically. Damn it, Li Xinghe had no martial virtue whatsoever! And since when had the Qiankun Demon God and Five Elements Demon God become his lackeys?

"Yang Mei, for the sake of us both being Chaos Demon Gods, I advise you to surrender obediently. Otherwise, don't blame us for showing no courtesy." Qiankun felt somewhat embarrassed. After all, winning this way was hardly honorable.

Hearing this, Yang Mei immediately flew into a rage. Surrender? With Pangu fallen and Shichen vanished, he was the supreme sovereign of chaos.

Once he recovered to his peak, he would fear no one—not even this brat Li Xinghe. "Pah! Qiankun, Five Elements, this old ancestor is ashamed to stand with the likes of you. You may be willing to be dogs, but this old ancestor is not!"

"Damn it, who are you calling a dog?" Qiankun exploded in anger.

"I'm calling you dogs—old dog Qiankun and old dog Five Elements!" Yang Mei continued to curse.

Li Xinghe wore a smile. This fellow was truly courting death. Already trapped, yet still so incapable of recognizing the situation.

"Today, no one can save you." Qiankun and Five Elements burned with fury.

The two directly brought out the Qiankun Cauldron and Five Elements Pagoda and charged in. Together with Li Xinghe, they immediately beat Yang Mei until he howled miserably.

Before long, Yuan Feng also recovered some of her combat strength with the help of the Three Lights Divine Water.

"Yang Mei, hand over your life!" Of everyone present, only Yuan Feng stood at the same realm as Yang Mei. Now that she erupted in fury, she was terrifying indeed.

Who knew how much time passed before Ancestor Yang Mei finally could no longer hold on. Li Xinghe alone was already more than he could handle, and the other three all wanted nothing more than his old life, leaving him with unspeakable misery.

"Did Qiankun and Five Elements take some damn pills?" He somewhat regretted provoking the two Demon Gods.

They all knew one another inside and out. If they truly wanted to deal with you, they had more methods than you could count.

"Stop! This old man admits defeat. Li Xinghe, you win." At last, he finally conceded.

Li Xinghe no longer attacked either. He knew Ancestor Yang Mei definitely had a way to protect himself; otherwise, he would have died beneath the Pangu Axe long ago.

But the price of that method might be rather steep. He would rather admit defeat—even if it meant severing himself once more, he could always cultivate it back with enough time.

"You should've been this obedient from the start. Why insist on asking for suffering?" Li Xinghe withdrew his divine ability, and the others stopped attacking as well.

Aside from the Chaos Pearl, which remained fixed in place to guard against Yang Mei slipping away, everyone merely watched him coldly.

With no other choice, Yang Mei severed himself once again. His already badly damaged true body lost another portion of its core.

His realm also fell from the Late Golden Immortal of the Origin to the middle stage, and he had even nearly dropped to the Early Golden Immortal of the Origin.

"Many thanks, Space Demon God!" Li Xinghe happily accepted Yang Mei's branch and withdrew the Chaos Pearl as well.

"The Primordial Wilderness isn't about fighting and killing; it's about worldly connections and human affairs. Yang Mei, come visit sometime. I will certainly treat you well."

Ancestor Yang Mei looked utterly unlucky as he turned and left. Like the Karma Demon God, he would rather die than provoke Li Xinghe again—unless one day he could recover his peak realm.

The Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation came to an end. The Dragon Clan and Qilin Race fell apart, no longer able to amount to anything.

The Phoenix Clan had also suffered grievous losses, retaining only one or two tenths of its overall strength. That was only thanks to the protection of the two Ancestral Witches, Xuan Ming and Houtu.

Of course, the Qiankun Demon God and Five Elements Demon God had also helped greatly in the later stages.

"Thank you both for your aid in this great tribulation." Yuan Feng thanked the two Demon Gods.

"It was nothing worth mentioning." Naturally, neither dared accept her thanks. She was now their lord's wife; if Li Xinghe became displeased, they would be in for a hard time.

Even the Space Demon God could only raise his hands and surrender when facing Li Xinghe. Counting this time, Yang Mei had severed himself twice already.

"The Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation has ended. Next will come the Dao-Demon Conflict. If Hongjun asks you to join hands against Luohu in the future, you may lend him a hand," Li Xinghe suddenly said.

The two Demon Gods were stunned. They knew Li Xinghe had mastered the Law of Time and Law of Destiny, allowing him to glimpse parts of the future, but what was this supposed to mean?

Didn't he dislike both Hongjun and Luohu? Why help Hongjun?

"Sometimes, only by following the tide of Heaven can one live a little longer. Besides, you can gain a larger share of Heavenly Dao Merit. Why not?" Li Xinghe advised.

The two Demon Gods immediately understood Li Xinghe's meaning. Since the greater trend was thus, they could simply go with the current.

If they acted, they could not only kill Luohu, but also share in Hongjun's merit—killing two birds with one stone.

"Dismiss yourselves. Work hard to raise your cultivation, or even I will have no way to defy Heaven and change fate."

The two Demon Gods nodded. Li Xinghe had once manifested the River of Destiny before them.

The Five Elements Demon God was originally destined to be slain by Hongjun and become nourishment for him, while the Qiankun Demon God would die at Luohu's hands.

The reason they followed Li Xinghe so steadfastly was that they hoped to completely rewrite their destinies. In all of chaos and the Primordial Wilderness, only he had mastered the Law of Destiny.

Upon returning to Immortality Volcano, Yuan Feng immediately summoned the Phoenix Clan to return.

"This great tribulation has ended, and the Phoenix Clan has suffered grievous losses. From this day forth, Immortality Volcano shall be sealed. We will no longer contend for supremacy in the Primordial Wilderness. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness!" Yuan Feng made a Heavenly Dao oath.

"Clan Chief, there are no powerful experts in the Primordial Wilderness now. This is precisely the time for our Phoenix Clan to dominate the world. Why seal ourselves away?" Someone asked in confusion.

Yuan Feng's face was full of bitterness. She had only comprehended these things during the final battle. Sadly, Ancestral Dragon and Beginning Qilin had understood too late.

They had all believed that wiping out the other two races would allow one race to stand alone at the top. In truth, the fortunes of all three races had run dry. This was the will of Heaven.

"The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races were favored by the Heavenly Dao and enjoyed the Fortune of the Heavenly Dao for two Eons. Now that this fortune has dispersed, if we seek to contend for supremacy in the Primordial Wilderness, we will surely end up like the Dragon Clan and Qilin Race."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Phoenix Clan immediately understood and said no more.

In truth, this was also Li Xinghe's intention. It was already an immense stroke of luck that the Phoenix Clan had retained twenty percent of its strength.

The fortunes of the three races had run dry. If they did not lie low, Hongjun and Luohu would be the first to spare no mercy for the Phoenix Clan during the Dao-Demon Conflict.

After all, who could take lightly a race that had once dominated the Primordial Wilderness?

"Master, I feel as though a new life is being conceived within my womb."

Li Xinghe looked shocked. According to the original course of the Primordial Wilderness, after Yuan Feng was ambushed, she would exhaust her origin and give birth to a Phoenix Egg on her own.

"Holy shit, could Kong Xuan be my son?" Li Xinghe froze.

This was Kong Xuan, the foremost beneath Saints in later generations, known as a Sub-Saint, whose Five-Colored Divine Light brushed away all things.

"Master, what is it?" Yuan Feng asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Take good care of the pregnancy." The Phoenix Clan required a very long time to conceive new life, so there was no rush.

He had to think of a way to get some good things to nourish Yuan Feng.