The Northern War; Donghua's Plans

The human race mobilized a million soldiers, marched eastward, entered Buzhou Mountain in the center, and eventually reached the Northern Continent.

Meanwhile, on the Northern Continent, the ancient forces, led by the lich, were all concentrated on the northern border, forming a standoff with the human race.

A great battle is about to break out!

But no one expected this war to happen.

Since the destruction of the Kunwu Divine Court in the ancient era, no force has launched such a large-scale attack on the Northern Continent, and most importantly, it is not worthwhile.

In other words, it's not cost-effective!

The gains from attacking the north were disproportionate to the costs.

But this time, Fuxi led a million-strong army to attack the north, and all the Quasi-Saint and Great Powers of the human race set out, and for a time, the primordial world was once again Primordial Wilderness.

The gazes of the Great Powers of the Primordial Wilderness were fixed on the north; everyone wanted to know who would win and who would lose.

What they really wanted to know was what kind of medicine Fuxi had bought in his gourd, and why he was attacking the Northern Continent at this time.

Because it's really not worth it!

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, if you withdraw now, we can pretend this never happened."

As Peak Quasi-Saint, Kunpeng represented the northern forces in pre-war negotiations with Fuxi.

To be honest, the Northern Continent really doesn't want to fight this battle. The human race is currently enjoying great fortune, and they want to avoid direct confrontation for the time being.

Fuxi leaped into the air and stood in the Sky Vault, calmly glancing at the northern forces.

But that one glance was enough to startle Fuxi.

The Witch and Demon Races, along with other ancient forces, comprised more than a dozen Quasi-Saint on the opposing side, although some of them were only single Quasi-Saint.

The Witch and Demon Races, in particular, have recovered after so many years of recuperation and adjustment.

"So it's Fellow Kunpeng! It's been a long time! I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on becoming the Demon Emperor yet. Now that you've reached the Peak Quasi-Saint, the Hun Yuan realm is within reach. Congratulations!"

Kunpeng laughed and said, "Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

"Now that the Great Heavenly Venerate rules over the Heaven, Earth, and Human Realms, it is my blessing to serve Kunpeng. If I have the opportunity to Attain Hunyuan Dao Great Heavenly Venerate, I believe the Great Heavenly Venerate will remember me."

Speaking of Donghua, Kunpeng doesn't feel ashamed at all. He has completely adapted to his current identity, from being unwilling at first to now finding it very appealing.

After submitting to Donghua and becoming the Demon Emperor, he seized the fortune of Northern Darkness, the Demon Clan, and the Heavenly Court to break through to the Peak Quasi-Saint.

Everything happened very naturally.

Most importantly, Donghua's power made him unable to muster any will to resist. Back then, Donghua had only come in an avatar, yet he had already completely defeated him.

How could he possibly resist?

Since you can't resist it, you might as well enjoy it!

With this shift in mindset, one immediately feels a sense of openness and clarity, and the promise of Hun Yuan future.

Fuxi looked at Kunpeng in disbelief; he never expected this fellow to say such a thing.

Despite being merely Demon Master at the time, Kunpeng's pride was in no way inferior to that Kunpeng Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Even back in the Yao Court, Kunpeng looked down on Di Jun and Taiyi.

But Kunpeng truly deserves that qualification!

When the Yao Court was first established, it had no system or civilization to speak of; all its systems were completely based on the original Kunwu Divine Court.

After Kunpeng joined the team, he acted as Prime Minister, quickly establishing a complete system based on the characteristics of the demon race.

They also created Demon Script from the Great Dao texts, thus giving ordinary demons a bloodline inheritance, which is why the demon race has endured for so long.

Kunpeng's greatest contribution to the demon race and the Yao Court was creating the Demon Script. For the race, top-level combat power is certainly important, but the future is even more important.

Thinking of this, Fuxi smiled gently and said, "It is truly admirable that Kunpeng thinks this way. The Great Heavenly Venerate Venerable's talent is unparalleled in the primordial Primordial Wilderness. I believe that under his leadership, our Primordial World can make further progress."

"But now that the human path is nearing completion, the northern world is bound to be unified. At that time, the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos will be perfected, and the Primordial World will enter its final upgrade phase."

"Kunpeng, as the Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Court, why do you continue to err? Why not repent and turn back from your misguided path? I believe the Great Heavenly Venerate will be pleased for you then."

Kunpeng sneered, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, you are not the Great Heavenly Venerate. Although you are the Emperor of the Human Race and are about to ascend to the Human Emperor, you are still, in the end, a subject of the Heavenly Court."

"Although the Six Imperial Sovereigns hold high positions and great power, they are ultimately lacking. If the Great Heavenly Venerate desires the northern lands, I, Kunpeng, will say nothing and am willing to serve as His Majesty's vanguard to conquer the Northern Continent. However, you Fuxi, do not represent the Great Heavenly Venerate."

"Besides, although I am the head of the Demon Emperor, the demon race is an independent part of the Primordial World, and you, Fuxi, cannot command me."

"The Northern Continent is the last refuge of the demon race, the Witch Clan, and the ancient powers. We may submit to the Great Heavenly Venerate, but we will never submit to the human race."

"Better to be a shattered jade than a whole tile!"

"Well said!" Xuan Ming also leaped into the air.

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, when our Witch Clan was defeated by the Purple Mansion, we were willing to submit to the Great Heavenly Venerate Venerable. But now, it is absolutely impossible for us to submit to the Human Clan."

"If you desire the fulfillment of humanity, we support you. Humans can enter the northern lands, as long as you have the ability to establish yourselves."

Fuxi snorted coldly and said, "Xuan Ming Daoist Xuanming, have you forgotten the pain once the wound has healed? Have you forgotten the lesson I taught you back then?"

Xuan Ming laughed heartily, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, although I am no match for you, if you want my Witch Clan to submit to the Human Race, you'd better step over my dead body first, or don't even think about it!"

Fuxi stood with his hands behind his back, no longer looking at Kunpeng and Xuan Ming, but at the others.

"That's what you mean too?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ancestor Ruoling stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, we are the losers and have no desire to contend for supremacy in the Primordial Wilderness. When dragons, Qilin, and qilin roamed freely, we remained secluded from the world, and we did not interfere in the struggle between the witches and demons."

"Now that you humans want to unify the Primordial Wilderness, we have even less reason to get involved. However, the Northern Continent is our last remaining territory, and we will absolutely not give it to the humans."

Therefore, only one battle remains!

Tian Qi also stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, we respect your cultivation and character, and we are willing to make concessions to allow the human race to enter the Northern Continent, just as the Kirin Clan and Witch and Demon Races did back then."

"Back then, when Gong Gong, Kunpeng, and others entered the Northern Continent, we didn't care. How much of the northern continent they could occupy depended entirely on their abilities."

"Today you lead your army to intimidate my northern lands, so we have no choice but to fight to the death, there is no other way."

"Very well!" Fuxi laughed and said, "Since you fellow Daoists have made yourselves so clear, I am not an unreasonable person. I will fight you."

"If you win, the human race will withdraw from the north."

"I have won, and you shall submit to the human race!"

"Is that alright?"

Kunpeng and the others exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

"Can!"

"Then let's fight!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the six of them soared into the sky and ascended to the heavens.

In an instant, the world changed color!

On the Northern Continent, led by Kunpeng, the five quickly launched an attack.

The River Diagram and Luo Book, Fuxi Qin, Heaven and Earth Halberd, Kongtong Seal, Demon Master Palace, Five Elements Staff, and other Innate Spiritual Treasure clashed with each other.

Xuan Ming Ancestor Witch True Body, engaging Fuxi in close combat; the six fought evenly.

However, Fuxi fought against six opponents single-handedly and was not at a disadvantage at all!

"Five Elements Grand Formation, activate!"

Ancestor Ruoling gave a hurried shout, and then Kunpeng and the others quickly took their positions according to the five directions of the primordial order, holding the array flags and activating the great array.

Metal Wood Water Fire Earth, Fire, Earth!

The five great powers quickly combined to form the Five Elements Great Dao Space, isolating the entire battlefield from the world.

"Fuxi, today I will show you the power of the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation!" Ancestor Ruoling shouted.

The Five Elements Great Dao stretches across the Sky Vault!

A space has sealed Fuxi inside!

Fuxi activated the Heaven and Earth Halberd, continuously bombarding the Five Elements Formation, but to no avail.

Every strike was broken down and dispersed by the power of the Five Elements Great Dao, eventually vanishing into nothingness, as if it had never been attacked at all.

Fuxi stopped attacking and began to slowly observe the great formation.

"What a magnificent Five Elements Formation! As expected of the first Great God born in the Primordial World, Old Ancestor Kunwu has managed to incorporate the Dao of time and space, causality, Yin-Yang, and creation into the seemingly ordinary Five Elements Great Dao."

"To draw upon the immense power of heaven and earth to form the Five Elements Space—truly wondrous, wondrous indeed!"

The more Fuxi observed the Five Elements Grand Array, the more he liked it. He had seen too many grand arrays before, including all four of the innate killing arrays.

Although the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation is far inferior to the Four Great Killing Arrays in terms of destructive power, it is in no way inferior to the Four Great Killing Arrays in terms of the sophistication of the array.

"This formation is derived from the Five Directions Innate Banners, it's truly remarkable. Back then, Fellow Daoist Donghua used the Five Directions Innate Banners to seal the Chaos Bell and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, it must have been for this very reason!"

In the Netherworld Earth Realm, after Hong Yun's reincarnation, Donghua, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi held a discussion on the Dao.

In reality, it's just Houtu and Zhen Yuanzi explaining their own Dao, with Donghua occasionally offering some pointers.

Zhen Yuanzi, in particular, had already perfected his Path of Earthly Immortals and had broken through to the Peak Quasi-Saint, but he still had no clue how to attain the Attain Hunyuan Dao.

"Fellow Daoist Donghua, do you think Fuxi could fight five opponents at once?"

Looking at the great battle depicted in the Earth Book before him, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't understand why Fuxi was so fixated on the northern lands.

Donghua did not answer the question, but looked down at Xuan Tian, who was his and Houtu's son.

Xuan Tian was dressed in a black robe, looked to be in his twenties, with eyebrows like jade mountains sloping downwards, and eyes like snowflakes of lacquer. With his Daoist hairstyle and jade hairpin, he truly had an unparalleled face.

In addition, there is a golden vertical line between his eyebrows and eyes, which is the inheritance that Xuan Tian received when he cultivated the Great Witch True Form.

This little guy is now an adult, and after so many years of cultivation, his cultivation level has reached the Grand Unity realm.

Donghua was very satisfied with Xuantian!

"Xuan Tian, tell me, why is the Heavenly Sovereign Great Emperor so determined to unify the Northern Continent?"

Xuan Tian quickly stood up and bowed, his expression resolute, and slowly said, "Father, I believe that the reason the Heavenly Sovereign Great Emperor attacked the North was not for the sake of the Northern Continent, but for the stability of the human race."

Tell me, why?

Xuan Tian thought for a moment, then said again, "Since the destruction of the Kunwu Divine Court, the Northern Continent has been plagued by a large number of ferocious beasts and innate deities, resulting in a vast amount of innate malevolent energy existing throughout the continent."

"Moreover, the war back then caused irreversible damage to the Northern Continent, resulting in a weakening of Innate Spiritual Qi, making the north unsuitable for human habitation."

"But now that humanity is nearing its fulfillment, the creatures of the North are also part of humanity, and the Great Emperor Heavenly Sovereign simply abandon them. That is why we have this battle today!"

"This battle is to demonstrate the strength of the human race and to clearly tell the creatures of the north that the north is also part of humanity, and that the human race is confident in taking over the north and making things more peaceful there in the future."

Donghua was taken aback, looking at Xuan Tian in disbelief, then turned to Houtu and asked, "You told him?"

Houtu smiled slightly, her eyes filled with joy, and said proudly:

"I never said any of that. These are all principles that Tian'er figured out on his own!"

Donghua glanced at Xuan Tian again. Although he had great confidence in his son, this guy was just too clever.

Xuan Tian's analysis is correct!

Because Fuxi's attack on the Northern Continent was entirely at his behest.

"Then tell me, who won and who lost this battle?"

"A draw!" Xuan Tian said confidently.

Upon hearing this answer, Donghua didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he looked at Zhen Yuanzi and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you still have any questions?"

Zhen Yuanzi glanced at Xuan Tian and nodded, saying, "I have no more doubts. Although I had some idea, I never imagined it was the Great Heavenly Venerate's scheme. I thought it was Fellow Daoist Fuxi's."

Donghua laughed heartily, pointed at Zhen Yuanzi, and said with a smile, "You, you're still the same as before. Perhaps in the entire Primordial Wilderness, only you and Fellow Daoist Hongyun see things most clearly."

"It's not that I understand it clearly, but rather that I'm an outsider, so I've thought about it a bit more," Zhen Yuanzi said.

Donghua looked up and his Dharma Eye instantly traversed endless time and space, arriving in the northern lands.

"The Primordial Wilderness is vast and inclusive, capable of accommodating any power and all sorts of people, but these powers and people must obey and remain under control."

"Now that the Demon Realm is about to be born, our battle with the Western God Realm is about to begin. I will absolutely not allow anyone to cause chaos in the Primordial Wilderness again."

"If it exists, then destroy it!"

"Humanity is about to be fulfilled, so let's take this opportunity to lure out all these monsters and demons. Even if they want to be rats, they'll have to be rats in the open for me!"

Zhen Yuanzi addressed him as "Boundless Heavenly Venerate," then said with admiration, "I believe that under the guidance of the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Primordial Wilderness will advance even further, and at that time, we will also have the hope of attaining enlightenment."

"Hahaha..."

The conversation between Donghua and Zhen Yuanzi left Xuan Tian at a loss. He never expected that this war was actually initiated at the behest of his father. He really didn't expect that.

"Father, you are the Heavenly Emperor, Hun Yuan cultivator, and the number one person in the Primordial World. Why do you need to use schemes to deal with these people? Wouldn't it be better to just sweep them aside?"

Donghua chuckled and said softly, "Tian'er, if I were just a Hunyuan Expert from the Primordial Wilderness, I would never use schemes to deal with these people; I would simply kill them with a single punch!"

"But I am not merely Hun Yuan, but also the Primordial Wilderness Heavenly Emperor, ruling over the Heaven, Earth, and Human Realms, Earth, and Man, all the heavens and universes, the endless Starry Sky, and all living beings."

"The true enemy of the Primordial Wilderness is not these rats hiding in the gutter, but chaos itself."

"Under my leadership, the Primordial World will inevitably descend into chaos and wage war against the myriad worlds within it. In that case, we will certainly need these people."

At this point, Donghua paused, glanced at Xuan Tian again, and said, "Tian'er, you are very clever. You have seen the essence of this battle, which is that it is a draw."

"This battle will indeed unfold this way, because Fuxi, Kunpeng, and Xuan Ming are my men. I can make the outcome exactly what I want."

"After the battle, some members of the Witch Clan will leave the territory and return to the Primordial Wilderness."

"I'm giving you a task: as the leader of these Witch Clan, you must carve out a piece of territory in the Northern Continent from the hands of the demon race and those ancient powers, to serve as a habitat for the Witch Clan!"

"But ultimately, I want the Witch Clan to coexist peacefully with other forces, especially the Demon Clan, and to resolve the hatred between the Witches and Demons. Can you do that?"

Xuan Tian stood up respectfully and said, "I will certainly live up to Father's expectations!"