Chapter 47

However, most of these demon clans had been recruited from the Primordial Continent, and their strength was generally quite low.

By contrast, the weakest on the human side had Golden Body Realm (Grand Unity Golden Immortal) cultivation, while the strongest eight had reached the late Martial Intent Realm (Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal).

With such a vast disparity in strength, the outcome of the battle was self-evident.

In mere moments, several million demon clan members were completely annihilated by the human elites.

Di Jun, who was locked in fierce combat with Li Wu, saw this and his expression changed drastically. He had never imagined that the humans could cultivate so many experts in such a short time.

"Leave Di Jun to me. Continue sweeping the surrounding area. Kill every demon clan member you see without mercy!" Li Wu ordered.

"Yes!" the human elites answered in unison.

Immediately, the group split into eight teams and advanced in eight different directions.

Each team was led by an expert at the late Martial Intent Realm (Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal), ensuring that nothing would go wrong.

Although Di Jun's face was grim, he showed no sign of panic.

After all, the demon clan still had Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and four Quasi-Saints holding the fort. The strength the humans had displayed so far was not enough to make him feel threatened.

"Hmph! With such paltry strength, you dare dream of shaking my demon clan? The day of humanity's destruction is not far off!" Di Jun said coldly.

"Is that so? I hope you can still say that in the future," Li Wu replied frostily.

With that, the two clashed once more.

Meanwhile, far away at Bucephalus Volcano, Daoist Black Lotus received voice transmissions from White Lotus Daoist and Daoist Jinlian.

He immediately used an Innate Spiritual Treasure to store more than half of the Phoenix Clan's combat strength within it, then rushed at full speed toward the battlefield between the humans and demons.

Furthermore, Sanxiao, Zhao Gongming, and the Yin Yang Panda, who had been cultivating near the Human Ancestral Land, also received a message from Daoist Jinlian. Without hesitation, they immediately set out for the battlefield.

Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming had now reached the Mid Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, while the Yin Yang Panda had reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. If he used the Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light, even an expert at the Quasi-Saint Early Stage would find it difficult to win easily.

Once these forces entered the battlefield, the pressure on humanity would surely be greatly reduced.

As the war between humans and demons grew increasingly intense, countless great powers of the Primordial World were shocked by the astonishing strength displayed by humanity.

Experts emerged among humanity one after another, leaving the Saints watching the battle utterly amazed.

In an instant, humanity's status rose immeasurably in the eyes of the great powers, and they were almost regarded as the third greatest race of the Primordial World.

Inside the Wu Clan's Pangu Hall, Ju Mang asked in disbelief, "Is this really the weak human race we know? How can they have so many powerful experts?"

Ru Shou sighed. "Sigh, it seems we truly underestimated humanity in the past."

Zhu Rong was unconvinced. "Hmph, if not for Li Peng's three corpses assisting them, how could humanity fight the demon clan to a standstill? Humanity has only Li Wu as a Quasi-Saint. Their strength is far inferior to the demon clan's. Besides, the demon clan has yet to use the Zhou Tian Star Formation. Otherwise, humanity would have collapsed long ago."

Gonggong echoed, "Exactly."

Xuan Ming spoke calmly. "You cannot put it that way. Li Peng is humanity's Saint Father. It is only natural for him to use his three corpses to help humanity."

Zhu Jiuyin's expression was grave. "That is right. The strength humanity has displayed now qualifies them to fight our Wu Clan. It seems the future scene I saw may truly come to pass."

As soon as he said this, the other ancestral shamans fell silent. They seemed to be starting to believe in the future where the Wu Clan would eventually decline.

On the human-demon battlefield, the fighting had escalated from small skirmishes into large-scale legion warfare. Several hundred billion humans and tens of thousands of Phoenix Clan elites faced several trillion demon clan members in a brutal slaughter.

Although humanity was at a numerical disadvantage, Elder Feng Yun, Kong Xuan, and the Yin Yang Panda all possessed combat strength comparable to the Quasi-Saint Early Stage. Meanwhile, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Di Jun, and the demon clan's four Quasi-Saint elders were all held back by Daoist Black Lotus, Daoist Jinlian, White Lotus Daoist, and Li Wu.

This left the demon clan temporarily without anyone capable of resisting Elder Feng Yun, Kong Xuan, and the Yin Yang Panda. Though the demon clan lacked top experts and held the numerical advantage, they were instead suppressed by humanity. The three continuously eliminated the demon clan's upper ranks and destroyed its command system, plunging countless demon soldiers into leaderless chaos.

Di Jun, who was entangled with Li Wu, watched the demon clan retreat again and again as demon generals fell one after another. Anxiety filled his heart. These demon generals were the backbone of the demon clan; if their losses became too severe, they would be difficult to replenish in the short term. He suddenly forced Li Wu back and sped toward the demon army.

How could Li Wu let Di Jun go? He immediately pursued him without pause.

But he had only chased a short distance when he heard Di Jun let out a roar.

The instant the roar sounded, Li Wu saw the River Diagram and Luo Book above Di Jun's head shine brilliantly, while countless star banners flew from Di Jun's sleeves.

In the blink of an eye, the outline of the Zhou Tian Star Formation had taken shape.

Once the demon soldiers and generals wielding the star banners entered the formation, it would be able to display its true power.

At Di Jun's command, countless demon soldiers and generals broke away from their opponents and flew toward the Zhou Tian Star Formation.

The human warriors seized the demon clan's retreat and attacked madly.

In an instant, the demon clan suffered devastating losses.

However, although humanity temporarily held the upper hand, the consequences would be unimaginable once the Zhou Tian Star Formation was completed.

Li Wu hurriedly shouted, "All humans, retreat and form a battle formation!"

Everyone rapidly withdrew and formed a battle formation behind Li Wu.

Li Wu knew that they had to give it everything they had, so he shouted, "Pour all your mana and blood essence into me!"

As soon as the command was given, countless streams of mana and blood essence rapidly gathered toward Li Wu.

In moments, Li Wu's aura rose from the late Martial God Realm to the peak Martial God Realm.

But that was still not enough to confront the Zhou Tian Star Formation. Li Wu shouted again, "Increase the output!"

The blood and qi of all humans surged as their mana poured into Li Wu like a tide.

As power continued to gather, Li Wu felt as if his body were about to burst apart, yet he still gritted his teeth and endured.

Only by breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm could humanity have a chance at survival.

As he struggled to hold on, Li Wu's aura slowly rose.

After an unknown amount of time, he felt some kind of shackle within his body suddenly shatter.

Boom—

An earth-destroying, peerlessly domineering aura erupted from Li Wu's body.

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi sensed this aura and roared in disbelief, "This is the aura of a Saint! How could Li Wu possibly break through to the Saint Realm? How could Li Wu possibly break through to the Saint Realm!"

Seeing Eastern Emperor Tai Yi nearly lose his mind, Di Jun shouted, "Second Brother, calm down! Li Wu has only temporarily increased his strength with the power of the battle formation!"

"Entering the Saint Realm is nothing more than a fleeting bloom. He cannot sustain it for long."

The bell-like voice jolted Eastern Emperor Tai Yi awake, and he immediately regained his composure.

"Sorry, Big Brother. I lost my composure," Eastern Emperor Tai Yi said to Di Jun.

"It is nothing. Faced with such a sudden change, losing composure is understandable," Di Jun replied calmly.

As the two spoke, all demon clan members within the Zhou Tian Star Formation had already taken their positions.

In an instant, a vast aura erupted from the formation.

Li Wu endured the tearing pain within his body and shouted, "All humans, retreat at once and stay far from the battlefield. This battle is no longer one you can interfere in."

Before his words had faded, the humans rapidly retreated.

Within chaos

Li Peng watched the Three Pure Ones retreat under his attacks while continuing to hold their ground, and his heart was filled with anxiety.

Every moment, he could sense humanity's fortune rapidly draining away. This signified that humanity was suffering enormous casualties.

In an instant, a cold gleam flashed in Li Peng's eyes as he tightly gripped the Yin Yang Twin Swords.

"Yin and Yang generate one another, merge!" he said in a low voice.

With his shout, the Yin Yang Twin Swords miraculously fused into a single enormous sword.

The moment the giant sword formed, treasure light radiated in every direction. Yin-Yang Qi circulated endlessly, while a vast and majestic pressure surged from the blade.

Judging from this pressure alone, the sword had already entered the ranks of Innate Supreme Treasures.

This was not a true fusion, but a technique Li Peng had created through his comprehension of fifty percent of the laws of the Yin-Yang Great Dao.

He condensed a sword-shaped shell with mana, embedded the Yin Yang Twin Swords within it, and used the principle of Yin and Yang generating one another to guide the swords' power.

It was like connecting the positive and negative terminals of a battery to draw out electricity.

Since the Yin Yang Twin Swords could already display the power of an Innate Supreme Treasure when used together, why go to such trouble?

It was because, after comprehending the Second Form of Heaven Opening, "Yin and Yang Slash," Li Peng discovered that he possessed no weapon capable of fully unleashing the move's power.

Thus, he created this technique specifically to cooperate with the use of Yin and Yang Slash.

Moreover, he cultivated the Yin-Yang Great Dao himself, which complemented the offensive power of the Sky-Opening Second Style: Yin-Yang Slash.

With this, it was no longer as simple as one plus one plus one equaling three. Its power could even reach more than six times that.

Li Peng used his sword in place of an axe and began gathering power.

A moment later, he finished charging his attack and shouted, "Sky-Opening Second Style, Heaven and Earth Open, Yin and Yang Separate—Yin and Yang Slash!"

Before his words had faded, Li Peng had already slashed his sword toward the Three Pure Ones.

In an instant, a terrifying sword qi wrapped in endless Yin-Yang Great Dao laws slashed toward the Three Pure Ones.

Wherever the sword qi passed, Chaos Qi transformed into Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. Chaotic space crumbled and shattered one after another, while countless chaotic black holes appeared and devoured all nearby Chaos Qi.

In the blink of an eye, this region within chaos had become a scene of apocalypse.

The Three Pure Ones' expressions changed drastically as they saw the horrifying sword qi approach. They had never expected Li Peng to possess such a terrifying move as the Second Form of Heaven Opening.

What frightened them even more was that this move was more than twice as powerful as when it was used by the Pangu True Body.

The Three Pure Ones exchanged glances and each unleashed his strongest methods.

Laozi summoned the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram from within his body, transforming it into a massive Yin-Yang millstone that met the terrifying sword qi.

Primordial Lord of Heaven swung the Pangu Banner, releasing countless chaotic sword qi that shot straight toward Li Peng's sword qi.

Tongtian unfurled the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram and set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. In an instant, sword qi flooded out from the formation like a tide.

Although Li Peng had not entered the formation, weakening the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, it was still over fifty percent stronger than merely using the Immortal Slaying Four Swords.

Boom! Boom boom—!

Li Peng's majestic sword qi collided first with Laozi's Yin-Yang millstone, erupting in a series of thunderous explosions.

The surrounding Chaos Void shattered in response, and countless black holes appeared and vanished in succession.

Shockwaves spread in every direction, sweeping away all Chaos Qi within tens of millions of miles.

The center of the collision instantly became a vacuum.

Blinding light erupted from the point of impact. Before Chaos Qi could fill the void, the aftershocks pushed it even farther away.

But it was not over yet—the countless sword qi pouring from the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had also struck the massive sword qi.

At once, the point of impact shone so brightly that it was almost impossible to keep one's eyes open.

In the distance, Zhunti was being beaten into a miserable state by Nuwa. As he looked at the many supreme treasures in the Three Pure Ones' hands, his eyes filled with envy, jealousy, and intense desire for possession.

But when he considered the Three Pure Ones' strength, Zhunti could only abandon those unrealistic thoughts.

Just as he became distracted, Nuwa seized the opportunity. She swung the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Merit Ruler and smashed it fiercely down upon Zhunti.

Boom! Crack!

The ruler struck Zhunti's golden body dead-on. First came a tremendous boom, followed by the sound of his golden body cracking apart.

Nuwa did not stop. She pursued Zhunti like a shadow and brought the ruler down again.

Crack—boom!

The sound of shattering rang out once more as Zhunti's golden body's right arm was directly smashed off by the ruler.

Without hesitation, Nuwa collected the severed arm into the Rivers and Mountains Painting.

Zhunti's face turned livid. Repairing a golden body was already difficult; with a portion missing, who knew how many years it would take to restore it?

"Nuwa, you have gone too far!" Zhunti roared.

"I am bullying you. So what? If you refuse to accept it, come fight me!" Nuwa raised the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Merit Ruler and replied coldly.

Before her words had faded, she was already chasing after Zhunti.

Zhunti was about to answer, but seeing Nuwa charge after him again, fear immediately filled him. He swallowed the harsh words at his lips, turned around, and fled.

Seeing Zhunti in such a miserable state, Jieyin wanted to break free from Fuxi and help him. But Fuxi gave him no opportunity whatsoever, leaving him able only to watch helplessly as his brother was brutally beaten by Nuwa.

Li Peng frowned as he saw both sides' attacks still locked in stalemate.

Although his cultivation was a minor realm higher than that of the Three Pure Ones, they possessed far too many supreme treasures—the Heaven and Earth Golden Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Immortal Slaying Four Swords.

With so many supreme treasures joined together, even though Li Peng's cultivation was stronger, it was difficult for him to win easily.

Left with no other choice, he could only use his final trump card—integrating the divine ability Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light into the Second Form of Heaven Opening, Yin and Yang Slash.

This move was still only a concept and had never been tested before. Even Li Peng himself had no idea exactly how powerful it would be.