Time flashed by, and half a month passed.
During that time, the entire Southern Region fell, apart from the six top powers, including the Sword Sect.
For a time, the world shook, and the human race teetered on the brink of disaster.
Countless disciples died horrific deaths, while ordinary people were driven from their homes, corpses strewn across the wilderness everywhere.
It was utterly desolate.
Ding-dong. Host, would you like to begin the thirtieth day's check-in?
"Check in."
Congratulations, host. Day thirty check-in successful. Received one Hundred-Thousand Hell Legion Summoning Card. Congratulations, host. For checking in for a month straight, you have received the following rewards: fifty years of cultivation, three Disciple Breakthrough Cards, a Heavenly Spirit Fruit, ten saint artifacts, and a doubling of the Spiritual Qi in the forbidden zone.
Hearing the system's rewards, Ye Changge smiled faintly.
Without thinking any further, he directly used the fifty years of cultivation.
A terrifying presence instantly poured into his body.
His cultivation, originally at the Early-Stage Great Emperor level, began to loosen, surging toward the peak of the early stage.
In no time, he reached the Peak Early-Stage Great Emperor level.
"So this is the Peak Early-Stage Great Emperor level? Not bad at all, not bad."
Ye Changge was very excited.
It was somewhat unexpected that fifty years of cultivation had brought him from the Early-Stage Great Emperor level to its peak.
"My eldest disciple, Lei Qianshan, has now broken through to the peak of the Void Refinement Realm Early Stage. My second disciple, Wang Yuyan, has broken through to the middle stage of the Void Refinement Realm, and my third disciple, Xiao Shitou, has reached the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage. Not bad, not bad. Now that the Demon Race is invading, let your master help you once more."
With that, he used a Disciple Breakthrough Card.
Ding-dong. A reminder for the dumbass host: the Disciple Breakthrough Card applies to everyone except the sect elders. Please use it carefully.
"Is that so? Then let's use one first and see."
As his words fell, Hua Qianyue, who was massaging his shoulders, suddenly felt a tremendous surge of power enter her body.
Then, having only recently broken through to Martial Venerable, she directly reached its peak and, to her shock, broke straight into the Spirit Body Realm.
Only then did all that power stop.
The disciples who were dancing also broke through an entire major realm one after another.
Congratulations, host. Disciple Breakthrough Card successfully used.
Before Ye Changge could rejoice, he heard Hua Qianyue's incredulous voice.
"Th-this... Young master, what's happening to me? How did I just break through to the Spirit Body Realm?"
"Young master, we broke through too! How amazing!"
Listening to them, Ye Changge chuckled.
Then he motioned for them to withdraw.
"Go and properly consolidate your cultivation."
"Yes, young master."
After everyone else left, Hua Qianyue lingered.
"Qianyue, what's the matter?"
"Young master, thank you for helping us sisters."
Smack.
With that, she kissed Ye Changge on the cheek, then turned and fled.
Ye Changge smiled faintly and shook his head.
Ding-dong. The host's monthly check-in has triggered a hidden mission. The system has detected that the human race is in grave peril. Host, please act immediately to save humanity and bring fresh blood into the forbidden zone. Mission completion: no reward. Time limit: half a month. Mission failure: cultivation drops to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
Hearing the system's voice,
Ye Changge wanted to punch someone on the spot.
Issuing a mission without even giving a reward-what kind of nonsense was this?
"System, how can you be so black-hearted? Issuing a mission without a reward-what are you trying to do? Are you trying to fly to heaven?"
"Host, watch what you say. You can refuse, but just wait for your cultivation to drop."
"Hmph."
Ye Changge was utterly helpless and could only summon the hundred-thousand Hell Legion.
"System, use the legion summoning card."
Congratulations, host. Summoning card successfully used as well. Successfully summoned the hundred-thousand Hell Legion. Minimum cultivation: Spirit Transformation. Legion commander: Black Impermanence, peak Saint Realm cultivation, capable of slaying late-stage Great Saints. Fifty centurions, peak Martial Venerable cultivation. Thirty thousand-man commanders, peak Spirit Body cultivation. Ten ten-thousand-man commanders, peak Dao Integration Realm cultivation.
Hearing the system's words, Ye Changge smiled.
He had actually summoned Black Impermanence.
Black Impermanence, who reaped lives and shackled souls-his combat strength needed no explanation. In battle, even if you were a Great Saint, he could reap your soul directly. However strong you were, your soul was certainly no match for your body.
Then he came to the forbidden zone's plaza.
The entire army was summoned.
"Black Impermanence greets the young master."
"We greet the young master."
"Everyone, dispense with the formalities. Our human race is now in grave peril, and this is precisely when we need people. Black Impermanence, I hereby designate you the Forbidden Zone First Legion, Hell for short. Set out immediately and assist the Barbarian Race in resisting the Demon Race."
"The First Legion obeys!"
With Ye Changge's help, the hundred-thousand-strong army instantly reached the battlefield.
At that moment, the Barbarian Race was locked in a bitter struggle. Some barbarians shone with golden light from head to toe, dispatching a little kid with every punch.
Some barbarians emanated gods and Buddhas all over, dispatching a little kid with every headbutt.
There were only a handful of top combatants. Their protective formation had been broken, and a life-and-death battle was underway.
"Lowly humans, your doom has come."
"Long live the Demon Race! Long live!"
Countless demons shouted, wildly excited.
But in the next moment, they sensed something.
Endless flames spread.
The ground suddenly burst apart, blood-red flames pouring from within as flaming skeletons emerged one after another.
"I am Black Impermanence, commander of the Primordial Forbidden Zone's First Legion. By my lord's command, I have come to subjugate the Demon Race. First vanguard, heed my command: attack from the left. Second vanguard, heed my command: attack from the right. Third vanguard, heed my command: thrust through the center. Fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh vanguards, heed my command: surround them!"
"Yes, commander!"
Icy voices rang out, and boundless hellfire spread.
The ground kept splitting open as skeletons emerged one after another. Soon, an army numbering over ten thousand launched its attack.
Strangeness, evil, and terror spread across the battlefield.
Black Impermanence sat on the back of the Three-Headed Dog of Hell, looking down upon everything.
He was like a war god who had walked out of hell.
"Everyone, reinforcements have arrived! Slaughter the enemy with all your strength!"
The Barbarian King of the Barbarian Race bellowed at the top of his lungs, his booming voice reaching the entire battlefield.
"Kill!"
"You beasts killed my friends, my beloved, my son! The Barbarian Race will not rest until one side is dead!"
For a time, terrifying explosions rang out.
Less than five minutes after the Hell Legion joined the battle,
the demon army was annihilated, and even the Yao Qi soaring into the sky was burned away by hellfire.