The Western Region answered the Human Clan's plea for help
The bloodstains on the Shore of the Eastern Sea have not yet faded, and the air is filled with the mixed smell of scorched earth and blood.
The once bustling Tribal Settlement is now reduced to ruins and uncollected remains of corpses.
Those Human Clan were lucky enough to escape the massacre either hid in deep mountains and dense forests, or dragged their families along, covered in wounds, and trudged on a difficult journey away from the heart of the Demon Domain.
Despair spread like a plague, suffocating every survivor.
The Witch Clan, which had once formed an alliance with the Human Clan, finally conveyed the cold reality through the words of the Kuafu Tribe's Great Witch after remaining unmoved by the Human Clan's repeated pleas for help.
"Our main force is engaged in a bloody battle on the Witch-Demon Front against the Lich King, and has no time to spare to protect you all."
The Demon Clan has many scattered soldiers who constantly harass you. You should Self-Improvement or seek refuge in Western Mount Sumeru.
This message was like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing Human Clan's last illusions about the Witch Clan.
Self-reliance? Faced with hordes of ruthless cannibalistic Demon Clan, even Martial Saint and Heavenly Immortal are nothing more than larger ants.
Currently, the Fortune of the Way of Man in the Primordial World still rests on the shoulders of the Wu and Witch and Demon Clans. The Human Clan has not yet reached the point of rising. Martial Saint and Celestial Heavenly Immortal are already the backbone of the Human Clan. Martial Dao Void Comprehension and Return to Truth Realm cultivators, as well as True Immortal, Mystic Immortal, and Golden Immortal Realm cultivated by the Golden Core Method, are not too many for the entire Human Clan. After all, some top-tier resources are basically monopolized by the major races.
Despair fueled a final frenzy. In a few relatively safe hiding places, several respected Clan Leader, with the last glimmer of hope, led the remaining tribesmen in grand sacrificial rites.
Inside a carefully enshrined Nuwa Temple, the elders led their people in prostration, praying fervently. "Holy Mother, the creatures you created are being slaughtered by the Demon Clan! We beg the Holy Mother to have mercy and show her divine protection to your children!"
Incense smoke rose, and prayers were offered with reverence, yet the face of the clay Nuwa inside the temple remained sorrowful and indifferent, offering no divine response.
Only the cold stones silently mocked Human Clan's despair.
As time went by, countless people's hearts sank completely.
On another makeshift stone platform, a stone tablet symbolizing the Three Pure Ones is enshrined.
The old priest presiding over the ceremony trembled as he cried out, "Supreme Lord, Jade Purity, Supreme Purity Daoist! The demon race is brutal, disregarding all heavenly principles, and slaughtering the believers of the Golden Elixir Method transmitted by the Daoist!
We beseech the Daoist Dao Venerable to have mercy on the believers, to unleash his thunderous wrath, to punish the evil spirits, and to save our Human Clan's Dao Lineage from extinction!
They practiced the cultivation methods passed down from the Three Pure Ones, attempting to evoke resonance.
However, the direction of Kunlun was deathly silent, as if no one had heard this heart-wrenching plea.
The prolonged silence was like a heavy hammer shattering the last pillar in the hearts of the Human Clan.
The overwhelming grief and sense of powerlessness nearly brought everyone to their knees.
In this darkest hour, from some unknown corner, a faint but clear voice rang out:
"Holy Father... Holy Father Jiang Yun... Where are you...?"
This shout, like a faint electric current, instantly activated many people's long-dormant memories.
That figure who once taught Martial Dao on the Shore of the Eastern Sea and made a vow to protect it for a thousand years, that Martial Ancestor who left behind the spirit of "As heaven maintains Self-Improvement through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement"!
"Yes! Holy Father! And Holy Father Jiang Yun!" "He promised to protect us!" "We beseech Holy Father, to appear and save your people!"
"May the Martial Ancestor have mercy! Human Clan is in grave danger! We beg for your compassion!"
The cries, which began faintly, soon gathered into a surging tide that resounded throughout the ruined settlement.
People faced Western Region, kowtowing again and again, their foreheads striking the cold earth, leaving specks of blood.
This call, filled with last hope and the bond of Bloodline, transcended the barriers of space.
On the distant Mount Sumeru, atop the Five Elements Peak.
Kong Xuan, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes. His sharp gaze pierced through the clouds, as if he could see the blood and resentment spreading in the east.
He clearly heard the call from thousands of miles away, a call that seemed to converge like a tidal wave, filled with despair and a sliver of hope—"Holy Father Jiang Yun!"—and the name "Martial Ancestor" mixed in with it.
Kong Xuan's handsome face showed no hesitation, only a stern expression.
He recalled Jiang Yun's solemn entrustment by the Spirit Spring before he left, "The Human Clan is to me what Mount Sumeru is to the Western Region, concerning the very foundation of the Dao... Ensure that their life force is not cut off by unwarranted disasters or the malice of other races."
"Brother Jiang Yun..." Kong Xuan murmured to himself, his eyes gleaming with five-colored light, "I have not forgotten your entrustment. The time has come!"
He suddenly stood up, his upright figure like a drawn sword, his Divine Sense instantly sweeping over several important cultivation Cave Abode on Mount Sumeru.
"Junior Brother Yaoshi Master! Junior Brother Maitreya! Junior Sisters Three Xiao!..."
Come to Five Elements Peak immediately, I have something to discuss!
Kong Xuan's telepathic message simultaneously resounded in the Cave Abode of the group.
In a short while, streaks of light descended, revealing the Yaoshi, Maitreya, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and others who had rushed over after receiving the message.
Their faces still held a hint of surprise at having their cultivation interrupted.
"Senior Brother Kong Xuan, what is the matter that is so urgent?" The serene-faced Yaoshi asked first.
Kong Xuan looked around at everyone, and said succinctly and solemnly, "The Human Clan Brother Jiang Yun entrusted to take care of before his departure is being massacred by the Demon Clan and is in imminent danger!"
The survivors of their tribe are praying to the Daoist brother for help.
I have been entrusted with a great responsibility by my fellow Daoist, and I must fulfill my promise to rush to their aid and rescue them from this dire situation!
His gaze swept over the crowd. "Fellow disciples, are you willing to join me and fulfill the promise you made to your fellow Daoist brother?"
Upon hearing Bixiao's eyebrows furrowed, and her face showed anger:
How dare the Demon Clan be so rampant! They dare to slaughter Human Clan at will?
Senior Brother Jiang Yun has entered the perilous realm of Chaos in his quest to prove his Hunyuan. How can we stand idly by and watch his foundation be shaken? We must rush to his rescue!
The Yaoshi clasped his hands together, his face filled with compassion, yet his tone was resolute. "With compassion for all beings, how can we stand by and watch innocent lives be Slaughter? The Dharma Protector have given their orders, and I will follow them."
The Three Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and others also said in unison, "We are willing to go with the Dharma Protector!"
At that moment, two vast yet gentle Divine Sense descended, namely Jieyin and Zhunti.
Although they sat atop the Main Peak, they already knew everything. At that moment, two voices rang in everyone's ears:
"Kong Xuan, we already know what you intend to do."
Since Jiang Yun entrusted you with matters concerning the Human Clan, this was a matter of personal Karma and trust, as well as the mutual assistance among disciples within the sect. It was not an act of our sect interfering in the overall situation of the Witch-Demon race.
You may go, but you must remember: your actions are solely to protect the Human Clan affected by Jiang Yun's Karma from extinction, not to intervene in the Witch-Demon War.
Know when to stop, and don't be greedy for quick results.
If there is any danger, return to the mountain immediately.
Finally, remember this: the Two us are your support!