Therefore, they prayed that the two Sages would step in and stop this battle.
They hoped the Sages would save Di Jun immediately, protect the hope of their Human Race, and ensure their Human Emperor could remain safe...
Hearing the Human Race's cries, Di Jun's black hair whipped in the wind as his imperial majesty descended upon the world.
"Human ants! Your brief stay in the Saint Realm will come to an end eventually! Let's see how long you can protect them! The Human Race will be wiped out here today!"
Even as he was being beaten down, Di Jun remained arrogant, without the slightest hint of despair.
An enraged Demon Emperor, a Quasi-Saint bent on remembering the Human Race's grudge—such a foe was truly terrifying!
The Ancestral Witches in the Outer Heavens sighed one after another. If they couldn't kill Di Jun today, the Human Race would likely face trouble in the future.
"Could it be... that we really are doomed today?"
"So what if we die!"
"A man travels far and wide! Wherever he goes, that place is home! Wherever he dies, that is where he'll be buried! The green hills beneath heaven are all the same!"
"Shouyang Mountain is where our Human Race began its journey out of the Great Wilderness. Now, we return to our origins!"
The younger generations of the Human Race all looked up, their faces filled with steely resolve and a readiness to face death.
Indeed, it was terrifying that Jiang Chen had risen to the Saint Realm.
But just as Di Jun had said, how long could he remain in the Saint Realm?
That was an immense karmic burden!
The longer he stayed, the more severe the backlash would surely be!
"I'll kill you!" Jiang Chen made no unnecessary movements. The long sword in his hand carved out a streak of sword light!
It seemed like an effortless strike, yet the entire space began to collapse. Even the Outer Heavens started to crumble!
Chaos Aura poured out without end, and the River of Time was disturbed!
When a Sage moved, the entire Primordial World trembled and was at risk of being shattered!
If Jiang Chen hadn't concentrated all his power on Di Jun, even the Ancestral Land Shouyang Mountain would have been crushed to dust!
"Human Emperor!" Youchao Shi called out. He realized that Jiang Chen now had the Saintly power to kill Demon Emperor Di Jun!
If they could kill such a Demon Emperor, then even if Jiang Chen suffered a backlash afterward and the Demon Clan struck back, their deaths would be worth it!
"You must kill him! Otherwise, our Human Race won't be able to rest easy, even if we're wiped out!"
"A Sage's strike! Could the Demon Emperor really escape it? No living being has ever escaped a Sage's grasp. It's impossible!"
"Human Emperor! If you can, please leave the Primordial World first and preserve the last spark of our people, so you can avenge the Human Race! We're willing to die here!"
Clang!!!
A bell rang!
Its sound pierced through the ages, shook the Chaos, and opened up endless expanses of space.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi had arrived, carrying the Chaos Bell, one of the Xiantian Supreme Treasures!
"It's the Eastern Emperor!!!"
"No, there's someone else too!!!"
"Hm?" But no one paid Eastern Emperor Taiyi any attention!
The Ancestral Witches in the Chaos were all aghast!
Eastern Emperor Taiyi couldn't save Di Jun from Jiang Chen, who wielded the power of a Sage!
Not even with a Xiantian Supreme Treasure could he do it!
All who were beneath the Sages were ants. To lack the power of a Sage yet try to interfere with a Sage's methods was sheer wishful thinking!
That meant only one thing: if Di Jun was still alive, then a Sage had intervened!!
"What a pity! He didn't die!" Di Jiang felt deeply disappointed.
He would have loved to see Jiang Chen kill Demon Emperor Di Jun. Without Di Jun, his Wu Clan could rule the Primordial Wilderness completely.
Now that Di Jun was still alive, there could only be one explanation.
Another Sage had intervened!
"Who was it?"
"Was it the one from the Demon Clan? Saint Nuwa?"
Jiang Chen Enraged; Sages Face Off
"Vrrrrrr!!!"
Jiang Chen stared at one of the two manifestations above Shouyang Mountain!
His gaze turned icy!
What a Sage!
What a Sage who had become one by founding a religion through the Human Race!
Earlier, when the Human Race had nearly become a Blood Calamity and been completely wiped out from the Primordial World, no Sage had shown them the slightest compassion.
The Human Race had offered incense and Fortune for tens of thousands of years, asking only for the Sage to manifest once, yet no trace of Sage might had appeared!
Their pleas had gone unanswered, their cries unheard by the Sages.
Jiang Chen was furious!
"Grand Pure!"
His voice was icy, as if it could freeze the entire Primordial Wilderness.
Even the powerful bodies of the Witch and Demon Clans felt a chill in their souls at that moment.
A Sage's thoughts were truly this powerful!!!
Fortunately, Jiang Chen hadn't let his anger affect the Human Race. Otherwise, with a single thought, the entire Human Race would have been annihilated.
But it was only after Jiang Chen called out that the many powerful beings present understood who had intervened to save Di Jun.
It wasn't Nuwa of the Demon Clan!
It was Taiqing Sage Laozi!
"How could this be!" Di Jiang stared at Laozi's manifestation above Shouyang Mountain, utterly aghast.
He wouldn't have found it strange if Nuwa had intervened, because the Demon Clan revered Nuwa as their Demon Ancestor.
She had profound ties to the Demon Clan.
But Grand Pure...
It was this Sage, Grand Pure, who had countless ties to the Human Race, and yet he had stepped in to save Di Jun!
It was simply unthinkable!
Even more unthinkable was how the Human Race reacted.
They would never have believed that the Sage who had failed to help their people earlier would now help the Demon Clan!
It was incomprehensible—and even more despairing, grief-stricken, and heartrending...
"Lord Taiqing the Sage?"
"Why!!!"
"Why!!!"
One anguished roar after another erupted from the Human Race.
Their eyes were bloodshot, their pupils wide with disbelief. They couldn't understand why Taiqing had saved Demon Emperor Di Jun, who had come to kill the Human Race.
As the founder of the Human Teachings, a Sage who had attained Sainthood by establishing his religion through the Human Race and was closely connected to them, how could he turn around and help the Demon Clan?
It was simply unthinkable!
The founder of the Human Teachings, who had enjoyed the Human Race's Fortune and incense for tens of thousands of years, had actually helped the Demon Clan—the executioners who were trying to slaughter them!
"Why!!!"
Desperate sobs, grief-stricken cries, and heartrending wails intertwined as they rose toward the restless manifestation above Shouyang Mountain.
How could the Lord Taiqing the Sage they had once respected and worshiped help the Demon Clan!
Jiang Chen stood atop Shouyang Mountain, his eyes filled with boundless killing intent.
He had wanted to kill Di Jun here, but now that a Sage had intervened, that wish was doomed to go unfulfilled.
He had used the Primordial Dao Law, Self-Transformation and Freedom, to raise himself to the Saint Realm and gain the power of a Sage.
But against Grand Pure, one of the Sages, he couldn't be certain he could kill Di Jun, who was protected by the Chaos Bell and the River Diagram and Luo Book.
Still...
He hadn't expected this...
It was actually Grand Pure who had intervened!
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