Four More Fall, Fleeing in Defeat

Ancestor Lingmu's self-detonation instantly stirred a sense of mournful desolation among the remaining Golden Immortals of the Origin, as if they shared the fox's grief at the hare's death.

They seemed to see themselves again as they were before heaven and earth had opened.

In that moment, boundless rage surged within their hearts.

Thus, they launched even more frenzied attacks against the enemies before them.

Another several Yuan Hui passed.

Ancestor Zaohua fell, but before his fall, he managed to take the Fierce Beast before him down with him.

As Zaohua perished, the last wisp of his origin vanished into the Outer Heavens.

Only Hong Yuan could see that fleeing wisp of Zaohua's origin fly into the Primordial Wilderness.

It ultimately landed in a Secret Land, within a still-gestating living being.

Though that being had not yet emerged, Hong Yuan's strength allowed him to discern that it would one day be Nuwa.

Seeing this, Hong Yuan fell into contemplation.

"No wonder Nuwa cultivates the path of creation—she has obtained a wisp of Daoist Zaohua's origin."

Yet he had no intention of retrieving that wisp of Zaohua's origin.

After all, that wisp contained no consciousness of Zaohua and would not affect Nuwa in any way.

On the contrary, this wisp of Zaohua's origin was of immense help to Nuwa.

It was precisely because of this wisp that Nuwa was innately familiar with the Dao of Creation, enabling her to create the human race and achieve the status of a Heavenly Dao Saint through merit.

Speaking of Nuwa creating humans, in Hong Yuan's memory, the Spirit Soil she stirred at the time should have been mixed using his Universe Cauldron.

Should he lend it to her when the time came?

After all, without the Universe Cauldron's ability to reverse the innate, Nuwa would struggle to fuse the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil with the Three Lights Divine Water.

But his Universe Cauldron had long since become a Chaos Supreme Treasure—he wondered what difference humans created with such a cauldron would make.

With the deaths of Lingmu and Zaohua, Destiny and Reincarnation also fell after several Yuan Hui.

Even Hun Peng was taken away by the Chaos self-detonation just before his death.

As for Hongjun, thanks to the protection of the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud, he only suffered severe injuries.

But looking at the several glaring cracks on the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud, he felt a pang of heartache.

After Hun Peng's death, a wisp of his origin remained and fled into the Primordial Wilderness.

It landed in the Sea of the Northern Darkness, within a still-gestating being.

With the deaths of Destiny, Reincarnation, and Hun Peng, the Kalpa energy in heaven and earth suddenly dissipated considerably.

This also snapped the Golden Immortals of the Origin, led by Yang Mei and Luohu, back to their senses.

Yang Mei and Luohu looked at the still-flourishing Fierce Beast clan and felt a sense of foreboding—if they continued fighting like this, they would likely suffer a crushing defeat.

After all, the Fierce Beast clan had only lost three early-stage Golden Immortals of the Origin and Chaos.

On their side, however, a full five Golden Immortals of the Origin had fallen.

Thus, Yang Mei and the other Golden Immortals of the Origin exchanged glances, all seeing the same thought in each other's eyes: this battle was no longer feasible.

So, led by Yang Mei and Luohu, the Golden Immortals of the Origin left behind a declaration to fight again after a thousand Yuan Hui, then fled in unison without further discussion.

Seeing them retreat, Qiong Qi was about to urge his elder brother to stop them.

But Shen Ni cut him off.

"Let them go."

"Why?"

Qiong Qi asked in a rumbling voice.

Not only Qiong Qi, but also Taotie and Taowu were deeply puzzled and voiced their questions.

"Yes, big brother! We were about to win—why stop now?!"

Shen Ni glanced at the wounds covering Qiong Qi and the other two, their bodies trembling and on the verge of collapse, and finally let out a long sigh. "Listen to your big brother."

Shen Ni did not want to let Yang Mei and the others go.

But if he forced them to stay, though this battle might be won, he feared that aside from himself, no one on his side would survive.

He could sacrifice mindless Fierce Beasts without a flicker of hesitation.

But these people before him were different—they had intelligence, not mere killing machines.

So Shen Ni simply could not do it.

He had originally wanted the Fierce Beast clan to stand at the peak of the Primordial Wilderness, but what use would it be if only he remained?

At that moment, Qiong Qi and the others seemed to understand Shen Ni's thoughts.

They lowered their heads in silence.

If they weren't so useless, why would Big Brother have to agonize over this?

At this moment, Shen Ni continued speaking: "You all recover from your injuries first. This Kalpa is far from over. But with the Grievance and Fiendish Energy accumulated in heaven and earth over these years, I believe you will recover quickly. Perhaps you might even achieve a breakthrough by then. No matter what the Myriad Races do, they can't possibly recover as fast as we can."

"Once you're all fully recovered, whether we go to war or not will be up to us!"

Hearing Shen Ni's words, Qiong Qi and the others suddenly understood.

That's right — they were Fierce Beasts. As long as there was enough Grievance and Fiendish Energy, they could recover swiftly.

Did they really believe Yang Mei and the others could recover faster than them?

No wonder he was their Big Brother. His mind just worked faster.

Otherwise, how could he be their Big Brother?

Meanwhile, the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals in the Great Desolation also received orders that day from their side's Causality and the others.

Upon hearing this command, a host of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals found it hard to believe.

Their own Ancestor had actually lost?

And when the All Beings below saw the leading Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals suddenly freeze, their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.

Some asked in panic: "Senior, is something wrong?"

The Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals looked at the All Beings below them. For some reason, they suddenly began to tremble. After holding back for a long time, they finally forced out a single sentence.

"We retreat!!"

Hearing the order from the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals above, the remaining All Beings of the Myriad Races of the Great Desolation felt a bone-piercing chill sweep over them.

It made them all shiver uncontrollably.

In an instant, the All Beings of the Myriad Races lost all their former fighting spirit. As if their very essence had been drained, they turned and fled one after another.

But the Fierce Beast race had no intention of letting this opportunity slip.

Thus, they grew even more frenzied.

In that moment, the All Beings of the Myriad Races collapsed in utter defeat, leaving trails of their fallen corpses along the way.

This battle — the Myriad Races had lost.

And the Fierce Beasts, under Shen Ni's control, were only allowed to wipe out a few small squads.

He did not let the Fierce Beasts launch an assault on the scattered main force of the Myriad Races.

Although the great cultivators did their best to protect the All Beings beneath them during the retreat, many still fell to the Fierce Beasts.

Thus, after fleeing for several Yuan Hui, the Fierce Beasts finally gave up the chase.

And when those great cultivators counted the remaining All Beings of the Myriad Races, they were stunned.

In this battle, they had lost a full seventy percent.

Seeing this, even the great cultivators, with their hardened hearts, felt a wave of inexplicable sorrow.

"So this is a Kalpa?! The Heavenly Dao is unjust — how utterly unjust is the Heavenly Dao!!"

Throughout the Great Desolation, everywhere was filled with wailing and weeping.

It shook the entire heaven and earth.

Amid the cries and lamentations of the Myriad Races of the Great Desolation, the sky of the Great Desolation suddenly brightened. A hazy, indistinct incarnation abruptly appeared above the void.

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