The All Races Alliance had fallen into an ambush. The horrifying scene of bones strewn along the road, mountains of corpses, and seas of blood spread throughout the Myriad Realms overnight, shocking everyone.
No one had expected things to end up like this.
In the rumors passed around by many, this should have been the final battle to settle the realm. So long as Di Ni was dealt with, the Celestials would behave themselves for another ten million years, and no one would need to fear their threat for a long time.
Who could have imagined that the moment they struck, this would be the outcome? Not only had they failed to cripple the Celestials, they had been crippled by them instead.
At first, no one believed it at all. They thought it was merely the Celestials' remaining spawn spreading false news.
But as more and more reports came in, they could not help but believe them. More importantly, many of those reports were detailed and convincing.
When the army retreated to headquarters, its miserable condition immediately confirmed the news. It was not merely a rumor—it was fact.
An uproar swept through the realms. The races of the Myriad Realms that had sent troops were devastated beyond sight. The greater the race, the heavier its losses; countless experts had fallen in this battle.
At first, no one understood what had happened. They had clearly been on the verge of victory, so why had they been counterattacked instead?
Only later did they learn that the Celestials had deployed several Dao artifacts, and an immensely powerful Emperor Corpse had wreaked havoc across the battlefield. Had it not been bound by the laws of heaven and earth, unable to leave the vicinity of the battlefield, the All Races Alliance's losses would have been