"Die!"
With a thunderous shout, Huang Tian summoned his Martial Dao Dharma Image and punched a Da Luo Demon God to death.
Shockwaves swept out in waves, making the weak creatures within a hundred million li tremble and prostrate themselves in fear.
Eastern Shaoyang shone down on Huang Tian. His blood qi surged like smoke, and his might was unmatched.
"Phew!"
"Finally, I've stabilized my realm."
Huang Tian let out a long breath, a hint of delight on his lips.
For ten thousand years, Huang Tian hadn't shut himself away to cultivate. He had constantly sought out Demon Clan members of the same rank to fight, tempering himself on the brink of life and death.
Huang Tian had now reached the Martial Emperor (Da Luo) Mid-stage, with his essence, qi, and spirit all perfected.
With the Natal Divine Weapon nurtured by his own blood qi, Huang Tian could fight and kill Da Luo Peak Stage Demon Gods.
The Human Race had also developed rapidly over the years.
More and more humans had comprehended a hundred Dao paths from the Twelve Star Palaces, including Sword Dao, Blade Dao, Talisman Dao, Pill Dao, Dao of Artifacts, and many others.
Relying on their powerful Martial Dao Combat Techniques and Martial Dao Divine Abilities, the Human Race had constantly launched attacks, sweeping the Demon Clan from the Shore of the East Sea.
Over the past ten thousand years, Demon Clan members had fallen like rain, becoming nourishment for the Spirit Transformation Pool and helping the Postnatal Human Race reverse their origins and attain innate roots.
During the Witch-Demon Era, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was still abundant. As long as their roots were strong enough, Human Race beings could continue to advance.
The Demon Clan eventually couldn't take it anymore. They organized several large-scale counterattacks, but all ended in failure.
The Human Race was growing too quickly—not only in the rate at which it produced powerful fighters, but also in its population.
Over the past ten thousand years, the Human Race had reached a population of ten billion.
Many Human Race prodigies had reached the Immortal (Taiyi) Realm—there were as many as a hundred thousand.
But there were still only Huang Tian and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race in the Martial Emperor (Da Luo) Realm.
There were far more in the Myriad Transformations (Golden Immortal) Realm, numbering over three million.
The rest were either Heavenly Profound or Earth Viscera.
Because the Martial Dao legacy allowed rapid advancement once someone reached the Star Aperture (True Immortal) Realm, there were almost no humans in the intermediate realms.
With the Spirit Transformation Pool and the Twelve Star Palaces, Huang Tian had forged a ladder for the Human Race to become the overlord of heaven and earth. The more the Human Race fought, the bolder it became, until it had nearly become the ruler of the Shore of the East Sea!
But the arrogant Demon Clan regarded the Human Race as blood food. Though their territory kept shrinking under the Human Race's advance, they still resisted stubbornly and refused to submit.
"The time has come!"
Huang Tian's gaze burned bright. Blood qi surged around him, and his killing intent soared into the sky.
The Demon Clan preyed on the Human Race, while the Human Race used the Demon Clan to temper itself. The hatred between the two races had long become impossible to resolve.
Huang Tian knew full well that the Human Race had built up ample foundations among its middle and lower ranks. What it lacked was top-tier combat power.
It was time for him to leave the Shore of the East Sea, travel through the Prehistoric World, and reach the Martial Saint Realm as soon as possible.
Only then would the Human Race have the strength to fight when facing the Witch and Demon Clans.
Before that, Huang Tian would lead the Human Race through its first step and make it the overlord of the Shore of the East Sea!
In the eastern part of the Shore of the East Sea, ten million li from the Human Ancestral Hall.
"Kill!"
"Roar!"
Severed limbs flew through the air, and blood stained the earth.
The land, once brimming with spiritual energy and vitality, was now riddled with craters and steeped in dense baleful and resentful qi.
"Blood food of the Human Race, how dare you resist!"
"We are here under the Demon Emperor's orders to keep the Human Race penned up!"
"Obey us, and your bloodline can live on."
"Otherwise, we'll wipe out your entire race!"
The chieftain of the Earth Bear Clan shouted harshly, his voice full of contempt.
Born with a trace of the Fierce Beast Bloodline and a wisp of Earth Qi, the Earth Bear Clan ranked among the upper-middle ranks of the Ten Thousand Races.
They were shaped like brown bears, with gray bodies and yellow markings. They could eat soil and control the earth.
Besides their chieftain, who was a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Mid-stage, the Earth Bear Clan had six elders at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Early Stage.
They were native Demon Clan members of the Shore of the East Sea, and had submitted to the Demon Clan long before the Human Race came into being.
As the Human Race underwent one transformation after another, Demon Emperor Dijun had finally grown impatient. He secretly defied Empress Nuwa and ordered the Earth Bear Clan to slaughter and weaken the Human Race, and keep them penned up.
Over the past ten thousand years, the Human Race had fought the Earth Bear Clan countless times, repeatedly suffering the disadvantage.
Even when Sui Ren personally joined the battle, they could only hold their ground for a time before both sides withdrew. A hundred years later, they would fight again, repeating the cycle.
"Impudent!"
"We were created by Holy Mother Nuwa!"
"Holy Mother decreed that no one may harm the Human Race for a million years."
"Would you dare defy a Sage's command?"
Hearing this, Sui Ren glared at the Earth Bear Clan chieftain, Xiong Pi, and shouted furiously.
"Hmph. They're just blood food. Why would a Sage care? Those words were nothing but empty gestures."
Xiong Pi snorted, utterly dismissive.
"Kill!!"
Since there was no point talking, Sui Ren wasted no more words. He wielded the Primordial Fire Lamp and burned the Human Race Fire, turning heaven and earth dark.
A million Human Race soldiers roared and manifested their Martial Dao Dharma Images, fighting the Earth Bear Clan.
Unfortunately, in the face of overwhelming strength, the Human Race's unyielding will alone wasn't enough to turn the tide.
As the six Da Luo Demon Gods of the Earth Bear Clan continued to attack, Human Race soldiers fell like rain, while the Earth Bear Clan's casualties were only one ten-thousandth as many.
"Roar!"
As the battle intensified, one Earth Bear after another transformed into its Demon Beast True Form. They blotted out the sky, each stretching hundreds of thousands of meters, or even tens of millions.
Then the Earth Bear Clan drew on the power of the earth to strengthen their already fearsome Demon Beast True Forms, driving the Human Race back again and again.
Even knowing they were doomed to die, the Human Race still charged forward without hesitation.
Waging a battle of attrition was brutal, but it was the only way the Human Race could fight the Earth Bear Clan.
The Earth Bear Clan reproduced very slowly, so each death was a tremendous loss.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The world roared without pause. Violent waves of air swept in all directions, blasting deep craters into the ground between the two forces. The scene was terrifying.
Sui Ren was wielding the Top-grade Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure, the Primordial Fire Lamp, as he fought at close quarters against the Earth Bear Clan chieftain, Xiong Pi, whose Demon Beast True Form had grown to eight or nine hundred million meters tall.
With their races' survival at stake, both the Human Race and the Earth Bear Clan fought for their lives, holding nothing back.
Fierce battles raged across every corner of the Shore of the East Sea, catching the attention of the Dragon Clan in the East Sea.
But the Dragon Clan couldn't care less about what happened on land, as long as the flames of war didn't spread into the East Sea.
You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and the chieftains of the various Human Race clans, such as Da Ting Shi, Jiu Tou Shi, and Ge Tian Shi, were all innate humans. Each led an army into battle across the land, fighting desperately while waging war against the many Demon Clans.
"The Human Race is arrogant! Blood food dares to resist? Kill them!"
The Demon Clan members roared one after another.
They couldn't believe that mere blood food like the Human Race would dare to attack them.
To keep from being defeated one by one, the Demon Clan of the Shore of the East Sea banded together and fought on every front.
Otherwise, with the Three Ancestors of the Human Race joining the battle, the Demon Clan could have been defeated one group at a time.
"Ah!!"
Two fists couldn't fend off four hands. The Human Race simply hadn't had enough time to develop.
They could easily handle one or two of the weaker races among the Ten Thousand Races.
But when they faced more than a dozen entire races at once, they began to struggle, and Human Race beings fell like rain.
"Hmm?"
Sensing that a Da Luo Demon God was slaughtering weak humans below the Myriad Transformations (Golden Immortal) Realm, Huang Tian could no longer sit still.
"Impudent! How dare you!"
He took one step forward, shaking the void. Ripples swept across the heavens and earth for tens of millions of li.
"Die!"
Upon reaching the battlefield, Huang Tian immediately summoned his Martial Dao Dharma Image, a full one billion meters tall, and blasted a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Early Stage member of the Earth Bear Clan to pieces.
Violent waves of air swept out, driving apart the Human Race and the Earth Bear Clan, who had been locked in battle.
Seeing their leader, Huang Tian, arrive, the Human Race erupted with excitement and fervor, while the Earth Bear Clan lost their nerve.
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