After mastering the Ninefold Destruction Divine Power, Zhou Yu began a period of secluded cultivation.
But not long afterward.
"Cang You, come to the Hall of Ten Thousand Races at once."
Yao Emperor, one of the Five Emperors of the Human Race, suddenly sent him a message.
Not long after the Ancient Human-Demon War ended, the Human Race established the Hall of Ten Thousand Races, nominally presiding over all races.
After the era of the Three Realms, the Hall of Ten Thousand Races lost its original function, but its prestige and reputation remained exceedingly high. At the very least, it held an extraordinarily special significance within the Nuwa Faction.
"Looks like the conflict has intensified again."
Zhou Yu understood that less than fifty years had actually passed since the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been attacked.
As he pondered this, Zhou Yu formed a divine-power incarnation with a thought and sped toward the Hall of Ten Thousand Races in the Great Yu Human World.
With the strength of a divine soul nurtured by a True God's divine body, a wisp of divine-power incarnation could easily travel anywhere within the Three Realms.
High above the Great Yu Human World stood a divine hall engraved with the totems of all races, emanating an ancient and desolate aura.
After Zhou Yu arrived, he sat down among the gathered Human Race True Gods and Dao Ancestors.
Zhou Yu was not particularly conspicuous at this time. After becoming a True God, he had displayed nothing remarkable. More importantly, since his breakthrough, this incarnation had wandered alone for endless years. Even within the Ancient Human Race, aside from Yao Emperor, with whom he had some prior connection, most True Gods and Dao Ancestors only knew that such a person existed.
Still, several True Gods and Dao Ancestors quickly greeted Zhou Yu.
The few exchanged a couple of voice transmissions with Zhou Yu and immediately discovered that he was not as aloof as they remembered.
Zhou Yu also quickly learned why the Dao Ancestors had gathered at the Hall of Ten Thousand Races.
Over the previous fifty years, although the Nuwa Faction and the Wujian Faction had experienced frictions and clashes, both sides had remained relatively restrained.
But just moments ago, a true large-scale war involving an entire realm had erupted between them.
Zhou Yu's true body, remaining in his lair, released his divine sense to investigate and immediately discovered a massive slaughter taking place in a major world within the Yuhuang Realm.
There were hundreds of thousands of Celestial Immortals, tens of millions of Loose Immortals, and heaps of Empyrean Gods and True Immortals. At every moment, great numbers of Immortals and Godfiends perished.
In a battle of this scale, how much Origin Energy could I harvest if I joined it? Zhou Yu inwardly lamented.
He would not make it to the war in the Yuhuang Realm, but once his true body and Second Primal Spirit passed the Heavenly God Tribulation, he could fully participate in wars in other realms.
The first clash in the Yuhuang Realm war ended without a victor. After both sides lost a portion of their forces, they sounded the retreat.
By then, nearly all the True Gods and Dao Ancestors who were supposed to come had arrived at the Hall of Ten Thousand Races.
Those present were essentially the core foundation of the Nuwa Faction, mainly composed of the Ancient Human Race, Daoism, and Buddhism, along with scattered other Chaos True Gods such as Patriarch Bodhi and Thunder God Heavenly Venerable.
They had all followed Nuwa out of the Ancient World, so naturally they had to stand together now.
Among the Nuwa Faction's three major powers, the Ancient Human Race was undoubtedly the strongest. After all, each of the Three Sovereigns possessed the strength of a leader.
At that moment, Suiren stood there and was the first to speak. "Ever since Destiny Aura issued its warning, they have never stopped making petty moves. When the Six Paths of Reincarnation was attacked, we should have awakened to the truth. Since only one side can survive, we should never have gone easy on them from the beginning."
"By now, all of you should have seen clearly that if we continue waiting, the ones who will be destroyed will be us!"
"..."
As Suiren spoke, the True Gods and Dao Ancestors nodded.
Indeed, Destiny Aura had warned them that only one of them and the Wujian Faction could remain. Yet they had not rushed to act, always hoping to find the source of the calamity.
The Wujian Faction, on the other hand, had pressed forward step by step. At this point, they truly could endure no longer.
"In terms of overall strength, the Wujian Faction cannot compare with us," Daoist Sanqing said calmly.
"That is why they have desperately sought to win over neutral forces that rose after the birth of the Three Realms, and why they seek to offset our advantage by fighting for Destiny Aura!"
"But there is one point we must guard against. Their intelligence capabilities are stronger than ours."
"Superior intelligence means they can mobilize resources more quickly," Suiren said.
"From now on, we will all leave divine-power incarnations here and do our utmost to mobilize resources from every side to contend with them."
"Amitabha. That is precisely what should be done."
"War will certainly require vast quantities of immortal pills. Leave the task of refining them to me. I also have some disciples under me who can assist," Daoist Sanqing said evenly.
When it came to alchemy, he was the foremost in the Three Realms, and he had trained many skilled alchemists as well.
As Daoist Sanqing spoke, the other True Gods and Dao Ancestors also produced methods beneficial to the war. Some contributed powerful formations, some treasures, and some manpower.
When it came to Zhou Yu, he too brought out some treasures obtained from the World Prison. However, he did not offer very many, only about as much as an ordinary True God would.
His strength was insufficient at present, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Besides the treasures, Zhou Yu also said, "I have a powerful general under my command. At a critical moment, he can lend assistance."
Zhou Yu's words did not attract anyone else's attention, but Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor's heart stirred upon hearing them. He proactively sent a voice transmission to ask, "True God Cang You, is the general you mentioned Immortal Ganyu? Has he reincarnated now?"
The Great Xia World belonged to the Crimson Bright Realm under Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor's command. Clearly, he had already heard something about the events in the Great Xia World.
"It is him. He is currently recultivating and will presumably return to his peak before long," Zhou Yu replied.
"That Immortal Ganyu's realm is indeed profound, but was he actually an Empyrean God in his previous life?" Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor asked again.
No matter how powerful a Pure Yang True Immortal was, it was difficult to call one a "general." Only Empyrean Gods were better suited to battle and truly deserved that title.
However, Zhou Yu did not answer Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor's question. He merely said a few vague words to brush it aside.
Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor did not press the matter. Though he was curious about Immortal Ganyu's identity in his previous life, it was not particularly important to him.
After all, with Zhou Yu, an authentic True God of the Ancient Human Race, vouching for him, his identity had a certain degree of assurance.
Moreover, an Empyrean God capable of wielding fourth-level Origin Energy was indeed powerful and rare. Among the many Empyrean Gods and True Immortals under Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor's command, he could not find a single one so formidable.
"Immortal Ganyu only awakened his memories after reincarnating into my Crimson Bright Realm. If a great war breaks out in my Crimson Bright Realm in the future, you must let him come help," Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor soon said.
"That will not be difficult." Zhou Yu smiled faintly and readily agreed.
"Good, good, good. As long as he is willing to come, I certainly will not treat him poorly. I can still provide some treasures," Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor said, delight rising within him.
If he could have a powerful Empyrean God assist in war, things would indeed become much easier. Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor had not expected such an unexpected gain at this time.
He immediately felt that this True God Cang You of the Human Race was not as aloof as he had seemed. Despite having such a powerful general under his command, Zhou Yu had readily agreed to send him to help!
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