Guixu Rescues the Wounded, the Three Clans' First Ceasefire Here

After the Calamity-Viewing Platform closed, Guixu remained silent for a long time.

The scenes from that battle weighed like massive boulders upon the hearts of every living being in Guixu.

The armies of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had dominated heaven and earth.

The sea of fire had burned through sea and sky.

Dragon aura had shattered mountains and rivers.

The Qilin battle formations had crushed the earth's veins.

Countless weak races had not even been granted the right to struggle amid that great tide of the Primordial World.

The races of Guixu had only known in the past that the Great Tribulation was terrifying.

But the Calamity-Viewing Platform had allowed them to truly see for the first time just how badly the Great Tribulation could tear apart the Primordial World.

After watching it, Lu Chen had drawn his head deeper into his shell.

He became even more certain that he absolutely could not go outside.

It was too dangerous out there.

A stray shockwave from a battle of that level could fall upon the Northern Sea and reduce countless small races to ashes.

Thus, Lu Chen issued his second order.

"The Calamity-Viewing Platform is temporarily sealed."

"Do not observe the main battlefield unless necessary."

"Dragon-Suppressing Pass is to strengthen its rescue preparations."

After hearing this, Lan Shuang immediately understood the Emperor's intentions.

The Emperor had sealed the Calamity-Viewing Platform not because he was unaware of outside developments, but because he wanted to prevent Guixu from becoming too deeply entangled in the karma of the battlefield.

Strengthening Dragon-Suppressing Pass's rescue preparations meant that the Emperor had already foreseen that the Three-Clan War would drive more broken lineages, young races, and wounded soldiers toward Guixu.

She immediately mobilized every bureau.

The Treasury Bureau opened its stores of healing pills.

The Academy's medical cultivators suspended their regular lessons and switched to battlefield first aid.

The Calamity-Resolution Hall began organizing records of the Three Clans' old grudges in advance.

The Bureau of Cause and Effect established temporary Causality-Illuminating Array points outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

Feng Li led the Frost Phoenix Lineage in training to suppress fire poison.

Lin Yue led the Water Qilin Branch in training to repair severed meridians.

Ao Lie compiled common injuries found on the Dragon Clan battlefield, recording treatments for cracked dragon scales, severed dragon tendons, rampaging dragon blood, and more onto jade slips.

Han Jue led the Realm Guard in drilling interception formations.

Like a slumbering giant beast, Guixu quietly opened its eyes.

Three hundred years later.

The first batch of wounded arrived outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

They were not an orderly formation, but a group of defeated remnants torn apart by war.

The first to arrive was a young dragon whose scales had been charred black all over.

It was only several dozen zhang long, with one broken dragon horn and an abdomen burned through by Phoenix Fire.

It clutched a crimson phoenix egg in its arms.

The egg's shell was cracked, and the aura within was faint.

By the time the young dragon rushed outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass, it was already nearly unconscious.

When it raised its head and saw the dragon patterns on Dragon-Suppressing Pass and the shadow of the Frostflame Parasol Tree, confusion and terror filled its eyes.

"Save..."

"Save her..."

Having said that, it fell from Blackwater.

Han Jue's expression changed.

"Realm Guard, receive them!"

Three Realm Guard cultivators immediately rushed out.

But just as they approached, a shrill phoenix cry came from behind the young dragon.

Two wounded members of the Frost Phoenix Clan dragged their tattered wings as they pursued it. The moment they saw the phoenix egg in the young dragon's arms, their eyes instantly reddened.

"Dragon Clan!"

"Release our clan's phoenix egg!"

The two Frost Phoenix Clan members were already gravely injured, their reason on the verge of collapse.

Seeing a dragon holding a phoenix egg, their first reaction was to attack.

Frostflame turned into two icy-blue blades that slashed straight at the young dragon.

Ao Lie appeared outside the pass in an instant.

With one palm strike, he shattered the Frostflame and said in a deep voice, "Stop!"

When the Frost Phoenix Clan wounded saw Ao Lie, their emotions became even more intense.

"The Dragon Clan is here too?"

"Guixu truly protects the Dragon Clan!"

Feng Li rushed out from within the pass and stood directly in front of them.

"Look carefully."

"That young dragon is saving the phoenix egg."

The Frost Phoenix Clan wounded froze.

Feng Li had already reached the young dragon's side and raised her hand to examine the phoenix egg.

Her expression shifted slightly.

"The Phoenix Fire is burning in reverse. Its vital energy is about to disperse."

Ao Lie crouched down and examined the young dragon's injuries.

"The Phoenix Fire in his abdomen was blocked for this phoenix egg."

Feng Li fell silent for a moment.

Then she said softly, "Save them first."

But at that moment, another rumble sounded in the distance.

A group of Qilin remnants arrived over shattered earth veins.

Behind them came wounded Dragon Clan members, Phoenix Clan chicks, remnants of the Cold Whale Tribe, Black-Shelled Turtle Tribe hatchlings, and dozens of injured members of small races whose names could no longer be identified.

These people had just escaped from the same battlefield.

Along the way, they had regarded one another with hostility and suspicion.

Had Dragon-Suppressing Pass not been right before them, they would have started killing each other again long ago.

When they arrived outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass and saw the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan all gathered in the same Blackwater, their long-suppressed hatred instantly erupted.

"The Phoenix Clan burned my younger brother!"

"The Dragon Clan slaughtered my race's water manor!"

"The Qilin Clan crushed my family's earth veins!"

"If Guixu takes them in, we would rather die outside!"

The scene instantly spun out of control.

Han Jue tightened his grip on his spear as the Realm Guard swiftly formed a formation.

Lan Shuang stood atop the pass wall, the Book of Cause and Effect suspended in the air.

She knew that if this moment was mishandled, Dragon-Suppressing Pass would immediately become a new battlefield.

Deep within Guixu.

Lu Chen saw the scene as well.

His head was about to explode.

The Three Clans' wounded had barely arrived before their hatred erupted like this.

And this was only the first batch.

If more came later, wouldn't they be fighting outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass every day?

The system's voice sounded.

"Detected wounded from the Three-Clan Battlefield arriving at Dragon-Suppressing Pass. Old grudges are about to trigger conflict. Please choose, Host."

"One: House them separately by race, allowing those with old grudges to settle their accounts themselves. Reward: one wisp of slaughter destiny."

"Two: Close Dragon-Suppressing Pass and refuse all battlefield wounded. Reward: one bottle of Tribulation-Averting Pills."

"Three: Establish temporary life-saving rules. For three days after entering Guixu, old grudges will not be addressed; only lives will be saved. Reward: rudimentary Guixu medical destiny."

Lu Chen did not hesitate.

"Choose three."

His voice spread beyond Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

"For three days after entering Guixu, old grudges will not be addressed. Only lives will be saved."

"Old grudges go to the Calamity-Resolution Hall."

"Anyone who dares act while lives are being saved will be expelled from Guixu."

The moment those words fell, every living being outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass shuddered.

For three days after entering Guixu, old grudges would not be addressed. Only lives would be saved.

This rule was too straightforward.

And too overbearing.

No matter whom you had killed in the past.

No matter whether you came from the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, or some weak broken lineage.

Once you entered the rescue area, you would survive first for three days.

Old vendettas could be remembered.

Old grievances could be investigated.

But killing someone while lives were being saved would not be tolerated by Guixu.

Lan Shuang immediately called out, "Bureau of Cause and Effect, open temporary registers!"

"Calamity-Resolution Hall, record all old grievances!"

"Treasury Bureau, distribute healing spiritual pills!"

"Academy medical cultivators, enter the rescue area!"

"Realm Guard, isolate anyone out of control!"

Orders fell one after another.

Every institution in Guixu sprang into motion.

Feng Li led the Frost Phoenix Lineage into the rescue area and immediately took the phoenix egg.

She used Frostflame to suppress the reverse-burning Phoenix Fire, then turned to the Frost Phoenix Clan members beside her. "Treat the Dragon Clan wounded."

The bodies of several Frost Phoenix Clan members stiffened.

Feng Li's voice turned colder.

"By the Emperor's decree, save lives first."

The Frost Phoenix Clan members gritted their teeth, but in the end walked toward the Dragon Clan wounded.

Ao Lie personally lifted the young dragon who had saved the phoenix egg, sending a Dragon Clan secret art into his body to stabilize his dragon blood.

The next moment, he saw a Phoenix Clan chick swept away by Blackwater.

Ao Lie did not hesitate. He leaped into the water and dragged the chick back in one motion.

The chick opened its eyes, saw that a Dragon Clan member had saved it, and began trembling all over in fright.

Ao Lie handed it to Feng Li and said calmly, "It's still alive."

Feng Li glanced at him.

"Thank you."

Ao Lie said nothing.

On the other side, Lin Yue led the Water Qilin Branch as they knelt beside a fissure in the earth veins.

An elder of the Cold Whale Tribe had ruptured meridians, his body nearly shattered by the battlefield's earth energy.

The Water Qilin Branch had never had much friendship with the Cold Whale Tribe.

Yet Lin Yue still acted personally, using the power of Mysterious Peak Mountain's earth veins to reconnect the elder's severed meridians.

The Cold Whale Tribe members knelt nearby, weeping uncontrollably.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin Yue."

Lin Yue merely shook his head.

"By the Emperor's order, save lives first."

That phrase kept echoing through the rescue area.

Save lives first.

Save lives first.

Save lives first.

Old grievances were written into the Calamity-Resolution Register one by one.

The wounded were sent batch by batch into temporary healing arrays.

Young Dragon Clan members and Phoenix Clan chicks were placed in neighboring pools. They glared at one another, yet dared not act.

A Qilin Clan remnant watched as a Phoenix Clan medical cultivator bandaged him. His lips trembled for a long time before he finally said softly, "Thank you."

The Phoenix Clan medical cultivator did not look up.

"Don't move."

On Dragon-Suppressing Pass, Han Jue watched the scene, and his hand around his spear slowly loosened.

He had originally thought that once the wounded from the three clans arrived, Dragon-Suppressing Pass would surely run with blood.

Yet a single word from the Emperor had forcibly made the three clans stop fighting in the rescue zone.

It was not that they had forgotten their hatred.

It was that survival came first.

Live first, then talk about karma.

Lan Shuang looked toward the rescue zone, her heart shaken.

This was the true power of Guixu's rules.

They had not erased hatred.

They merely told everyone that in the face of death, Guixu gave living beings a way out first.

Three days later.

More than seventy percent of the first batch of wounded had survived.

During an escape from the battlefield, that was already nothing short of a miracle.

The rescued wounded of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, and smaller clans stood for the first time in the same outer city of Dragon-Suppressing Pass, silent before one another.

No one dared say that Guixu was merely a refuge anymore.

This place was becoming somewhere that could truly make people stop fighting amid the Great Tribulation.

Deep within Guixu.

Lu Chen heard a system notification.

"Guixu has conducted its first large-scale treatment of wounded from the three clans."

"The three clans have reached a temporary ceasefire in Guixu's rescue zone."

"A nascent form of Guixu's medical fortune has condensed."

"The stability of the Chaos Shell-Shedding Method's Old Shell bearing destiny has increased."

Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

Saving people could strengthen the shell-shedding too?

That was pretty good.

But the next moment, he saw more and more young dragons, young phoenixes, young qilins, and children from smaller clans in the rescue zone.

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose within him.

Where were these little ones supposed to go afterward?