The Human Race's Tribulation Begins

This scenario shouldn't have unfolded at this time.

Perhaps the Heavenly Dao sensed something and began pushing the general trend forward.

This was the first thing Qing Xuanzi considered after returning to the Human Race Dao Palace.

So, the Heavenly Dao's goal was to thoroughly muddy the waters between the Witch, Demon, and Human races.

By plunging the three races into chaos, the more chaotic they were, the easier it would be for the Heavenly Dao to control.

"Come here, inform the Eight Divisions Disciples. From today onwards, if any Demon Clan invades the Human Race, kill without mercy. If you are outmatched, report back immediately."

Qing Xuanzi had few paths to choose from. In the end, he did not choose to compromise.

If he had chosen to compromise, the plan would certainly have been executed more smoothly.

But it would have gone against his original intention: If the Human Race has to act according to the whims of others, what use is this heaven and earth? Better to cease.

As the Son of Human Dao's destiny, if he didn't even have this much backbone, what was the point? He might as well just wash up and go to sleep.

A hundred years passed quickly. Under the strategy set by Qing Xuanzi, the Human Race Dao Palace went everywhere to save people.

However, Qing Xuanzi felt that things were becoming increasingly wrong.

At first, it was fine. Each rescue operation resulted in the deaths of at most a few mortals, or at most a dozen.

The immortalized individuals in the Human Race Dao Palace suffered no losses.

Later, things became increasingly wrong. Casualties gradually appeared, and the Demon Clan's high-level members intervened!

Fortunately, the Three Thousand Congenital Humans were deliberately protected by Qing Xuanzi.

Each of them was given a jade slip that could withstand one attack from a Saint at a critical moment.

After withstanding the attack, they would be directly teleported to the Human Race Dao Palace.

But the other Human Race immortals were different. So far, hundreds have been injured or killed.

The great war hadn't even begun yet, and they had already lost nearly one percent of their fighting strength.

At this point, Qing Xuanzi couldn't sit still.

He vaguely felt that a conspiracy targeting the Human Race was slowly unfolding.

The Heavenly Dao had begun to counterattack!

Thus, Qing Xuanzi changed his strategy, fiercely giving a jade slip to each of the tens of thousands of Human Race immortals.

Shattering it would allow Qing Xuanzi to arrive instantly.

He also instructed them to only shatter it when encountering high-level members of the Demon Clan.

He needed to preserve the Human Race's fighting strength, not let the Human Race become dependent.

On this day, Qing Xuanzi suddenly sensed that dozens of jade slips had been shattered.

Qing Xuanzi immediately sent out two avatars to the other two locations, while his true body went to the battlefield where the most jade slips were shattered.

Upon arriving at the battlefield, Qing Xuanzi immediately saw Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

"Die!" Seeing Eastern Emperor Taiyi summon the Chaos Clock, about to shatter a large number of Human Race immortals, Qing Xuanzi roared and a large hand grabbed towards the Chaos Clock.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi didn't know that Qing Xuanzi had advanced to Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal, only thinking he was still at the peak of Quasi-Saint.

Therefore, he wasn't afraid at all, and instead said with a smile, "Little Qing Xuanzi, do you really think the Eastern Emperor Bell is that easy to grab..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Taiyi's eyes widened. He saw his Eastern Emperor Bell being obediently grabbed by Qing Xuanzi as if it were a kitten.

It didn't resist at all.

This move by Qing Xuanzi didn't make Eastern Emperor Taiyi angry, but it did make him break out in a cold sweat.

The Eastern Emperor Bell was his companion treasure, and it contained his primordial spirit imprint. How could it be grabbed by someone without resisting at all?

It even looked as obedient as could be.

How could this be? This wasn't logical.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi desperately pushed the primordial spirit imprint within the Eastern Emperor Bell, but it was like a needle dropped into the ocean.

It didn't cause any ripples.

Yet, he still felt the primordial spirit imprint, indicating that the Eastern Emperor Bell's primordial spirit imprint hadn't been erased.

To achieve such a feat, a terrifying word surfaced in Taiyi's mind: Saint.

Although he wasn't a Saint, the undeniable ceiling of combat power in the Primordial Era was the Saint.

Therefore, he speculated that only a Saint could achieve such a level.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi's face was extremely grim. He didn't know what to do.

If Qing Xuanzi had indeed advanced to become a Saint, then the Demon Clan's actions this time were simply courting death.

"Qing... Qing Xuanzi... Saint?" Eastern Emperor Taiyi swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty.

"No, I am not a Saint."

"Impossible, a Quasi-Saint cannot do it, not even a peak Quasi-Saint can do it." Eastern Emperor Taiyi was going crazy. Damn it, if you're not a Saint and can still reach this level, that's even more terrifying.

"Alas, Taiyi, a Saint is the highest fruit of the Heavenly Dao in the Primordial Era. I said I am not a Saint, and that is the case, but it doesn't mean I am not a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal."

Qing Xuanzi's words not only shocked Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but also all the great powers and Saints who were paying attention to this place.

Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal, he really did it?

Other great powers still had some doubts, as they hadn't experienced it firsthand.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi was different; he had truly felt it.

The primordial spirit imprint within the Eastern Emperor Bell was trembling at this moment, not daring to make any movement, nor could it.

Qing Xuanzi's hand holding the Eastern Emperor Bell felt to the primordial spirit within the Eastern Emperor Bell as if the entire Primordial Era was surrounding it.

Furthermore, the Saints had no doubts either.

They saw the profound and vast magic power on Qing Xuanzi, which was impossible for a peak Quasi-Saint to possess.

As Qing Xuanzi spoke, tens of thousands of Demon Clan corpses fell from the sky like dumplings.

It was Qing Xuanzi's clone that had returned.

Two flashes of light entered Qing Xuanzi's body.

What surprised Qing Xuanzi was that among these corpses were people from the Western Sect!

How could two people as stingy as Jie Yin and Zhunti allow Western Sect disciples to participate in this matter?

There must be something going on here, something he didn't know.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, do you recognize this dead demon?"

"I wouldn't dare be called a fellow Daoist by a Saint. I do not recognize this demon." Eastern Emperor Taiyi knew with just a glance that this was not one of their Demon Clan members.

Anyone who joined the Demon Clan, whether a great demon or a small demon, had to go through the Demon Refining Pot.

Clearly, he did not recognize the dead demon Qing Xuanzi was referring to.

Qing Xuanzi smiled slightly. Things were getting more and more interesting.

He believed Eastern Emperor Taiyi wouldn't dare to hide anything from him, which could only mean there was another force within the Demon Clan.

This force was lurking within the Demon Clan, and it was likely that even Dijun and Taiyi didn't know about it.

The Western Sect was probably just a participant and definitely not the main force.

Otherwise, given the protective nature of Jie Yin and Zhunti from the West, it would be impossible for Western Sect disciples to appear here.

"Eastern Emperor Taiyi, I will spare you this time. However, as a punishment, this bell shall be kept by me for a hundred thousand years. Come back to me for it after a hundred thousand years."

Upon hearing that Qing Xuanzi did not intend to take possession of the Eastern Emperor Bell, Taiyi was instantly overjoyed and quickly said, "What Saint Qing Xuanzi says is true. Taiyi is willing to accept the punishment."

"Alright, you may leave. Remember, if I find you plotting against the Human Race again next time, it won't be this simple."

Just as Taiyi was about to reply, an unfamiliar voice came from the sky, saying, "Eastern Emperor, fear not. I have come to help you reclaim the Eastern Emperor Bell."