Compared to the Heavenly Dao Saint who merely watched the spectacle from the sidelines, the Earthly Dao Saint were much more pragmatic, busily making final preparations for the great battle within their respective territories.
Many Earth Dao Saint stabilized the Earth Veins and formed formations through their Authority of the Way of Earth and subordinates, which could withstand the aftershocks of the battlefield and reduce the damage to heaven and earth caused by the war between the two races. In addition, the souls and True Spirit of those who perished in the battle also needed to Jieyin into Reincarnation. The number of dead in a war of this scale and scope was bound to be enormous. If the Jieyin was not timely or their Reincarnation was not organized and managed well, it could easily lead to serious problems.
Blood Sea surged, Asura Holy City of the Ancestor Minghe was now fully staffed.
The Asura army, led by the Four Great Demon Kings Mara, Lord of Desire, was fully armed and fierce, and had already lined up in various key locations in the Blood Sea, waiting for orders.
"The Essence Blood of the Great Witch, the origin of the Demon Saint... In this Tribulation Cycle, the number of powerful beings and strong individuals who have perished is probably countless."
If I could gather all the essence left behind by these powerful beings into my Blood Sea, I could create many more Asura followers, enhance the effectiveness of the Filth Source Network, and propel my Dao Attainment forward!
He had already planned all of this. This time, he would assign his demon kings to the Earth Vein Node around the battlefield. His Filth Source Network overlapped significantly with Zhenyuanzi's Earth Veins Meridians, and the two had cooperated before, and this time would be no different.
In the Youming, the Mount Tai Prefecture Lord and the Great Emperor Fengdu were also unusually busy at this time.
Temporary altars for Jieyin spirits were erected all around the Hall of Reincarnation. A large number of Ghost Messenger and Yin soldiers who were originally scattered throughout the Primordial World were urgently recalled. Even some mountain spirits and wild monsters with decent cultivation and good fortune were drawn from the Spirit Vein Spirit Mountain and blessed Blessed Land with spiritual veins in the mortal world to serve as temporary assistants.
The Judge and ghost officials hurried along, sorting through mountains of blank rosters and tokens.
"Attention, all departments!" The majestic voice of the Great Emperor Fengdu echoed before the Senluo Hall, "A great battle is about to begin, and the number of Departed Souls will far exceed that of ordinary days. You must all be on high alert to ensure that the Departed Souls do not linger and that Order is maintained!"
Those who have rendered meritorious service will be generously granted the Source of Yin Virtue and the Youming Essence netherworld to aid their cultivation!
Those who make mistakes will, at best, have their cultivation level reduced by one layer, and at worst, be cast into the Ice Hell!
"We will obey the Emperor's decree!" the Ghost Messenger responded in unison, many of the temporary workers looking on with longing.
The allure of this Source of Yin Virtue and the Youming Essence is immense for these Yin-attribute practitioners.
The Mount Tai Prefecture Lord was also directing the Mountain Gods Earth Deities under his command, "Unblock the channels for guiding souls, stabilize all nodes, and prevent Baleful Qi and resentment from accumulating and impacting the foundation of the Youming."
Those who accomplish this task will be rewarded!
In their eyes, this Great Tribulation was more like a huge test, examining the efficiency of the Underworld's operations and its service capacity, while also bringing tangible resources and opportunities.
Ziwei and Xuanming each had their own plans, and their respective forces were all actively responding to the impact of this war.
In the southern Primordial World, the air was filled with the scorching smell of burning sulfur.
The vast, Immortal Volcano volcanoes lie dormant on the far horizon, their crimson lava flows surging beneath the surface, staining the sky with a poignant, dark glow.
This land, which had become somewhat desolate due to the westward migration of the ancient Phoenix Clan and its affiliated races, is now Primordial World the final showdown between the two largest and most brutal forces since the beginning of time— the Witch and Demon Clans.
This time, the two sides chose to make the main battlefield outside the Southern Heavenly Gate, a tacit understanding between Dijiang and Di Jun, the leaders of the Witch and Demon Clans.
A cataclysmic disaster is inevitable, but the flames of war must be fought in a desolate and uninhabited place.
The Immortal Volcano of southern Xinjiang has been dormant for eternity; the Phoenix Clan migrated westward, and all living beings are now few in number.
This area, spanning hundreds of millions of miles, can be used as a battlefield!
That is indeed the case.
Take the once barren northern lands, for example. During the period when the Sages of the Earthly Dao rose to power, countless powerful beings built up the land, which has long since brought life back to this land. The Spirit Vein have been revived, and countless races have multiplied and thrived. It is no longer an ideal battlefield.
As for the Western Primordial Desolation, it is the foundation of Mount Sumeru of the Western Teachings. Several Saint are stationed there, and no one dares to act recklessly, let alone use the Western Primordial Desolation as a battlefield. As for the east, it is the most prosperous and richest place under the control of the Witch Clan, and the Witch Clan itself would never destroy its own foundation.
This scorching, desolate land outside the Southern Heavenly Gate became the final stage for this Tribulation Cycle's reckoning.
Before the battle formation of the Witch Clan, the Eight Ancestral Witch stood tall and imposing, their turbid and malevolent energy condensing into eight colossal pillars that pierced through the heavens and earth.
Dijiang was at the head, and the Spatial Power subtly rippled around him.
Behind him stood four top-tier Great Witch of Quasi-Ancestral Witch level: Xing Tian, Xiangliu, Jiu Feng, and Chi You, their expressions grim.
Millions of warriors of the Witch Clan stood in formation, ready to fight, their blood-red aura and billowing smoke soaring into the heavens.
On the Demon Court's side, the Southern Heavenly Gate has been transformed into the central area of Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation.
Di Jun, clad in Sun-Dazzling Golden Armor, River Diagram and Luo Shu floating before him, silently demonstrating the changes of the Star Dou Great Formation.
Fuxi stood silently behind him, while the Demon Saint Shang Yang, Ji Meng, and Bai Ze were stationed at the front of the army.
Demon Cloud obscured the Circumference Star Power descended from the heavens, intertwining with the fierce killing intent of the Demon Clan, overwhelming the entire southern Primordial World.
A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield between the two armies.
"Di Jun!" Dijiang's enormous figure stepped out of the Witch Clan Camp, the void beneath his feet shattering like a mirror, and his figure instantly traversed endless distances, appearing in the void in front of the two armies.
"In the past, you killed my clan's Da Yi, and the Two fought a battle that ended in a draw. Do you dare to continue this unfinished war before our armies today?"
"Why not!" Di Jun chuckled and stepped forward.
The two faced each other in battle. The next moment, Dijiang took the initiative to make a move. His figure flashed and he passed through space to arrive in front of Di Jun. The Bone Axe in his hand had already torn through space and contained the Law of Strength. It cleaved down towards Di Jun's head like Pangu World Creation!
A golden flame flashed in Di Jun's eyes, but he did not retreat.
He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and a crimson longsword, exuding an unparalleled ferocity and with dark red runes flowing across its blade, appeared out of thin air.
The moment this sword was drawn, even from a great distance, all the Witch Clan felt a strong stinging pain and disgust deep in their souls. This was the Slaughter weapon that the Demon Clan had secretly forged to target the powerful Physical Body of the Witch Clan — the Witch Slaying Sword!
Although this sword is still Half-Finished Product, lacking some forging materials and thus not yet Perfect World, the curse power it contains targeting the Witch Clan Essence Blood has already revealed its full power.
When!
A sharp, piercing explosion!
The blade of the Witch-Slaying Sword flashed with blood-red light as it collided violently with the bone axe, which was powerful enough to cleave mountains and stars.
Contrary to the expectations of all the Ancestral Witch, the Ancestral Witch power, which was once enough to withstand any Innate Spiritual Treasure, failed to knock away the Witch Slaying Sword with a single blow!
The crimson sword light, like a maggot clinging to a bone, followed the gap in the force's rebound. The dark red runes swirling on the sword's edge suddenly lit up, and a thin yet extremely sharp line of blood pierced through the protection formed by Dijiang's divine power!
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The pale golden Ancestral Witch's Blood, containing boundless life essence, actually gushed out from Dijiang's arm, which was the epitome of Primordial World and incredibly resilient!
Blood droplets splattered onto the blood-red runes of the Witch Slaying Sword, which seemed to be alive, and were instantly devoured by greed. The blood grooves on the sword body lit up with an eerie red light and emitted a series of satisfied hums!
"This!" The Ancestral Witch, including Zhujiuyin and Jumang, who were watching from the rear, all changed color.
The Ancestral Witch True Body is incredibly powerful. It is the Physical Body and Bloodline inheritance of the Chaos Demon Gods Pangu Bloodline. These Ancestral Witch have undergone countless refinements by Baleful Qi, making them difficult to harm even in the slightest by ordinary Innate Spiritual Treasure!
This unfinished, Half-Finished Product Witch Slaying Sword could easily pierce the body of the Ancestral Witch!
A hint of surprise flashed in Di Jun's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a surge of killing intent and determination!
The sword was far more effective than he had anticipated!
"A fine sword!" Di Jun exclaimed softly, seemingly praising the Witch Slaying Sword, but in reality, his killing intent surged. "Dijiang! Today, I will offer your flesh and blood as a sacrifice to my divine blade!"
He seized the moment when Dijiang was slightly injured and paused, and suddenly changed the direction of his sword, holding nothing back!
A flurry of sword shadows, accompanied by Feathers of True Sun Fire that could incinerate everything, instantly sealed off all of Dijiang's escape routes.
Seeing this, Dijiang could only use the Space Law to dodge and weave, avoiding the sharp edge of the Witch Slaying Sword.
Di Jun's Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow Technique truly lived up to its reputation as one of the fastest speed-generating Divine Ability in the Primordial World, proving to be in no way inferior to Dijiang's speed.
With the help of the Witch Slaying Sword, which countered the Ancestral Witch, Di Jun suppressed Dijiang and put him at a disadvantage. At the same time, he used the power of the River Diagram and Luo Shu to deduce Dijiang's countermeasures and gradually reduce his opponent's room for maneuver!
In the past, when the Ancestral Witch fought with humans, they often relied on their powerful Physical Body to ignore numerous Magic Treasure and Divine Ability attacks, engaging in close combat. However, when they encountered Di Jun, who wielded the Witch Slaying Sword, their advantage in Physical Body vanished, and they were caught off guard and unable to defend themselves.
Di Jun realized that in order to completely capture Dijiang, he had to restrict his ability to travel through space so that he could launch a full-scale attack!
After a period of maneuvering, Di Jun finally found a good opportunity. Taking advantage of the moment when Dijiang had become familiar with the rhythm of the battle and relaxed his mind, he directly used the River Diagram and Luo Shu to mobilize a trace of the power of the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation, sealing off the entire sky in which he and Dijiang were fighting, thus depriving Dijiang of his high mobility.
The Witch Slaying Sword condensed into a tiny, needle- Destruction black light, enough to chill even Saint to the bone. Di Jun once again used the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow Technique, aiming straight for Dijiang's vitals!
"Oh no, Eldest Brother, be careful!"
"The three-legged bird is despicable!"
Two roars exploded almost simultaneously!
Purple lightning tore through space, and a cyan hurricane swept upwards!
Relying on his body's fighting instincts, Dijiang moved his body at the last moment. Di Jun's Witch Slaying Sword pierced through Dijiang's body, seriously injuring him, but ultimately failed to achieve his goal.
Qiangliang stepped on lightning, Thunder God Hammer, carrying a vast expanse of Divine Violet Lightning, slammed fiercely onto the spine of the Witch Slaying Sword!
At the same moment, Tianwu's eight-headed Dharma Form appeared, its eight mouths opening simultaneously, and eight Annihilating Heavenly Fiend Wind, Dao Charm the power of spatial annihilation, blew towards Di Jun's face, forcing him to retreat!
Boom--!!!
At the center of the collision of the three unparalleled forces, it instantly collapsed into a terrifying Whirlpool that devoured everything!
A violent shockwave swept outwards like a tidal wave.
Under the combined attack of Qiangliang and Tianwu, Di Jun was ultimately unable to make any further moves.
He decisively retreated, his figure transforming into a golden rainbow, instantly returning to the Southern Heavenly Gate, where he was enveloped by the light of the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation.
He held his sword to his chest, coldly sweeping it over Qiangliang and Tianwu, who were standing in front of Dijiang. His sword then pointed at Dijiang, whose face was pale and whose arm still dripped with faint golden divine blood, standing in the center of the Witch Clan army. His voice echoed across the battlefield, carrying undisguised sarcasm:
"Hmph! Is this the kind of people the Witch Clan are who attack in groups?"
Dijiang, your so-called Immortality true body is nothing but a joke!
Under my Witch Slaying Sword, what are Ancestral Witch? I can kill you as easily as slaughtering a dog!
Di Jun's words were intended to dampen the high morale of the Witch Clan.
Dijiang steadied himself, ignoring Di Jun's provocative words, with Qiangliang and Tianwu protecting him at his side.
He glanced down at the thin, long wound on his chest that was constantly radiating a strange burning pain and whose healing was clearly being hindered, and a look of unprecedented seriousness flashed in his eyes.
He turned around and admonished the other Ancestral Witch:
"Brothers, please be careful! The Witch Slaying Sword in Di Jun's hand is an evil artifact forged specifically to target the Bloodline of our Witch Clan!"
The sword contains a strange and poisonous curse, specifically designed to destroy the Physical Body of my race!
Its power far exceeds expectations. We, as Ancestral Witch, must proceed with caution and not confront its sharpness head-on.
Xing Tian, Xiangliu, Jiu Feng, Chi You, you must remember this!
If your Great Witch Physical Body are struck by this sword, they will crumble and disintegrate instantly, like ordinary iron encountering a divine blade, with absolutely no chance of survival!
Dijiang's words made Xing Tian and the others' gazes even more solemn, and they gripped their weapons tightly.
Even the mighty Ancestral Witch Body was severely damaged; if it were Great Witch, she would likely be injured by a mere graze, or even die from a direct contact!
This Witch Slaying Sword has become a death knell hanging over the heads of all the top warriors of the Witch Clan!
Seeing that the entire Witch Clan had been intimidated by the power of the Witch Slaying Sword, and that Witch Clan morale had been damaged by the defeat at the hands of Dijiang, the atmosphere became much more somber.
Di Jun knew that the best opportunity to launch a sneak attack and behead Dijiang had already been lost.
If the subsequent battles are delayed, it will only give the Witch Clan a chance to catch their breath and adjust their morale and mindset.
He sheathed the Witch Slaying Sword in his hand, River Diagram and Luo Shu appeared!
Buzz--!!!
The River Diagram and Luo Shu flew upwards, suddenly bursting forth with boundless brilliance, and merged into the base of the Southern Heavenly Gate formation!
The core of the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation, constructed from 365 Central Star banners and 14,800 Auxiliary Stars banners, with its starlight shimmering, suddenly lit up!
The endless, dazzling Stars pierced through the bright daylight sky, illuminating the entire southern border!
The vast and mighty power of the Stars was forcibly Jieyin down from beyond the heavens, Star River Reversal back, as if the entire Starry Sky had been dragged down to earth!
The Fuxi Qin held by Fuxi moved automatically without wind, its clear and melodious sound resounding throughout the universe. The music activated the River Diagram and Luo Shu, and countless Profound Runes surged out like Sea of Stars, quickly merging into the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation.
In an instant, the space inside the Great Formation was stretched and distorted infinitely, forming a magnificent Star Domain Battlefield independent of the Primordial Desolation Continent!
The illusory images of mountains and rivers in the southern part of the Primordial World rise and fall and rotate in the star Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation Diagram.
"The Heavenly Cycle Stars, the universe revolves!" Di Jun's decree resounded across the battlefield. "The Yellow River and Luo River reveal the Heavenly Secrets, settling the stars! All Demon Saint, heed my command—activate the formation, the Four Symbols Stabilizing the Pole, and the Starlight Illuminating the World!"
As Di Jun performed his incantation, the enormous light and shadow of the Moon Star and the Sun Star, which were suspended at the core of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation Diagram, suddenly converged!
The Extreme Yin and Yang of Ice and Fire formed a massive World-Grinding Disk that covered the entire star field, with countless profound Star Orbit Entanglement and interwoven within it, and a great power capable of obliterating the world was unleashed!
With a clear shout from Fuxi, the Heavenly Cycle Eight Trigrams began to rotate rapidly at the center of the formation, Perfect World aligning with the River Diagram and Luo Shu.
The Star Banner in the four directions of east, south, west, and north, which govern the Twenty-Eight Mansions, simultaneously burst forth with dazzling divine light.
The Eastern Azure Dragon, its Yi Wood Vitality boundless; the Southern Vermilion Bird, its fire scorching the heavens and boiling the seas; the Western White Tiger, its Geng Metal Malevolent Qi soaring to the heavens; the Black Northern Black Tortoise, its Gui Water thick and boundless.
Driven by the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation Diagram, the power of the Four Symbols Sacred Beasts circulated wildly, mutually generating each other to form an invincible, crushing Chaos Torrent that rushed straight towards the Witch Clan army in the Star Domain Battlefield!
Faced with this earth-shattering spectacle, the Witch Clan Camp erupted in a roar that shook the Starry Sky!
"Witch! Witch! Witch!"
A flash of silver light appeared on Ancestor Witch Dijiang's body as he unleashed the Ancestral Witch power to its limit, forcibly distorting and compressing the Starry Sky in front of him to form a chaotic void barrier, attempting to block the crushing starlight millstone!
Zhujiuyin's eyes pierced the River of Time as he roared, "Brothers, draw forth the Baleful Qi and condense the Father God Dharma Form!"
Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, Jumang Qiangliang Rushou, Yuezi Shebishi... Tianwu eight great Ancestral Witch, along with Xing Tian, Xiangliu, Jiu Feng, and Chi You, the four Quasi-Ancestral Witch Great Witch Divine Fiend Banner, their surging and boiling Essence Blood being activated!
The Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Formation rapidly unfolded on the Star Domain Battlefield. The vast and boundless turbid Heaven and Earth Turbid Fiend Qi frantically converged, forcibly condensing into a towering giant phantom within this domain where Star Power absolutely dominated!
This phantom was far less solid and imposing than the one summoned when the Twelve Ancestral Witches gathered and their Bloodline were Perfect World intertwined. Its outline was slightly blurry, and its aura was considerably weaker.
But the posture of his arms slightly outstretched and his fists clenched contained supreme majesty!