Many people had already died or would die on this battlefield.
That was war—a war of separation and death.
They would never see those familiar faces again.
But war was unavoidable. For humanity and for their descendants, this battle had to be fought.
If they didn't bear the burden, their descendants would.
Bodies fell one after another at the Heaven Sect.
Leaning on his cane outside the main hall, Blood Ancestor gazed at Master Shan's body ahead of him and sighed. "I'm not far behind."
Star Eater, Prison Dragon, and Ancestor Turtle battled in the starry sky.
Soon, another body fell. It was Moon Ghost of the Three Month Alliance. The one who killed her was an alien creature, another of the Eternal Clan's reinforcements.
But that alien creature was killed moments later by Mu Xie.
In the Tree Starry Sky, Lu Qi fought foreign creatures over the Zhongping Sea.
Nong Yi guarded the Seed Garden, while Xi Wei made her way onto the Mother Tree.
Battles were raging everywhere.
It was a grand battle. Though it had come suddenly, humanity had long been prepared.
At that moment, life and death mattered least of all.
In the starry sky, a great tree emerged. It raised a thick trunk as broad as a human thigh and ran madly toward the Tree Starry Sky.
As Lu Qi fought an extraterrestrial creature over the Zhongping Sea, the great tree stepped on his head. Furious, he tried to chase after it, but the creature kept him occupied.
The great tree ran through the Tree Starry Sky, then charged toward the Fifth Continent. It made a circuit through the New Universe, then pierced the void and ran to the Heaven Sect. Under Elder Chan and the others' stunned gazes, it trampled Star Eater's head and