This Journey Concerns the Survival of the Human Race!

For now, they were merely testing one another. No blade had left its sheath, no lightning had struck; no one dared to flip over that final trump card.

If all-out war truly broke out—

It would never be something that could be settled by a few battles.

The Human Race had long since secretly mobilized the hidden branches of every clan, awakened slumbering ancient artifacts, and reactivated primordial grand formations...

Every step was paving the way for the true decisive battle.

What mattered most now was preserving this thin-ice peace.

So long as His Majesty's decree had not arrived, even Bai Qi did not dare move a single soldier.

They could only remain patient, keep a close eye on the Heavenly Court, and wait for them to reveal a flaw first, to lose their composure first.

"Dismissed! Return to your camps!"

The generals lowered their heads and withdrew, but Bai Qi remained where he stood, his gaze like nails as it locked firmly onto that dark, sprawling military camp at the horizon.

Suddenly—

The sky split apart! A vast, overwhelming pressure tore through the clouds, making the mountains and rocks hum!

"Hm?"

Bai Qi's pupils contracted slightly as he snapped his head up.

From the distant horizon came the rolling sound of hooves treading upon empty air, like thunder crushing across the firmament!

In an instant—

An Eight-Steed Divine Chariot tore through the void and arrived!

Its body gleamed with gilding, wreathed in blazing flame patterns, radiating tens of thousands of golden beams;

Wherever it passed, auspicious vapors billowed, rosy clouds surged, and a Rainbow Bridge spanned the sky!

Two generals stood solemnly at either side with halberds in hand, their armor exuding an icy chill, their divine majesty awe-inspiring, as though they had stepped out of an ancient mural!