Ancient starry sky.
Beyond the Ninth Heaven.
The battle gradually intensified to white-hot.
With the Fire Elemental God's fall, the Fire Elemental Realm's heavenly god-tiers fled in panic. As heavenly god-tiers, they knew more.
The current Fire Realm was mere cannon fodder—to draw human quasi-saint attention.
True target: human ancestral lands.
As cannon fodder: no desperate fight. Facing fierce human resistance: routed like avalanche, fled.
Great Dao and immortal divine-demons numerous—but without these: couldn't breach quasi-saint-array-protected Five Phoenixes.
Thus divine-demons chaos—scattered escape.
Purpose achieved—no need linger desperate.
Divine-demons cherished lives too.
Old Man Xuancang dark-faced—seated array.
Watched routed fleeing divine-demons like homeless dogs—heart heavier. Preferred blood battle over spineless divine-demons.
Meant: weak combat will—purpose mere distraction.
In other words: this divine-demon army stone—thrown attract attention.
Xuancang suddenly regretted—too early crushed jade talisman.
Should probed divine-demons.
But no wrong—Fire Elemental Realm full assault: how not worry?
Plus other four Elemental Realms looming—illusion divine-demons besiege Five Phoenixes.
Originally three statues in Five Phoenixes: guilty. Divine-demons appear: thought for statues.
Now Xuancang understood: perhaps unaware statues in Five Phoenixes—mere pretext.
"Damn..."
Thought: rage, heart startled panic.
Ancestral issue: perhaps sinner.
But now useless overthink—do: hold here, maintain array—ensure Five Phoenixes unbreached.
Ancient starry: battles erupted constantly.
Five Phoenixes powerhouses joined—facing routed divine-demons: momentum surged.
Ancestral geniuses allied Five Phoenixes cultivators—slain divine-demon after divine-demon. Though fleeing: strive leave them.
Today more slain: future return fewer.
Overlord, Tang Yimo, Sima Qingshan, Kong Nanfei, Bai Qingniao...
Five Phoenixes cultivators utmost splendor.
Overlord faced immortal divine-demon—fist by fist hammered explode. Once: wandering starry immortal strained. Now: easily kill Elemental Realm immortal elites.
Palace soul no second layer—but grew much: foundation firmer.
Tang Yimo opened seven veins—like demon god, surging blood flames—each strike heaven-shaking force, invincible among immortals.
Lu Jiulian name: divine-demons terrified. Human ferocious god: enlightenment grounds slaughters famed.
Green Lotus Sword in hand—strolled divine-demon army. Sword swings: qi crisscross—divine-demons fell.
Great Dao divine-demons met him: no linger—headless flee.
After all: Great Dao slain by Lu Jiulian: double digits. Facing: no fight.
If true decisive battle: perhaps. This: cannon fodder.
No need human desperate.
Routed Fire Elemental Realm divine-demons: Five Phoenixes beings tasted great victory.
Many initial, high, even immortal divine-demons captured.
Ancestral geniuses puzzled—but Five Phoenixes cultivators explained: Five Phoenixes tradition.
These initial high immortal divine-demons: vital strategic resources for Five Phoenixes.
Fortune Tower treasure: used divine-demon energy provide fortune cultivation.
Hearing: ancestral geniuses shocked—enemies converted self-elevation energy: too slick.
Weaken enemies—strengthen self...
Instant: ancestral geniuses fervent capturing divine-demons.
...
Spatial rift.
Lu, Black-White Empress no further talk—all said.
Lu attention outside situation.
"These divine-demons... so fragile?"
Lu frowned—sensed unusual.
Logically: divine-demons not so weak. Fire Elemental Realm: divine-demon elites. Assault Five Phoenixes: why no spirit?
Fraud here?
Black-White Empress playful smiled beside—for her: human-divine-demon war mere long ages condiment.
Long ages: race extinctions countless.
Lu ignored—pondered.
But pondered while: no continue.
Pupils reflected chaotic fleeing divine-demons—narrowed eyes: resources.
Fortune Tower divine-demon reserves near depleted—mainly cultivators level rise: more enter Fortune Tower—consumption rapid increase.
But for Five Phoenixes: good.
Thus Lu eyed divine-demons: gleaming.
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Spirit stirred.
Spirit Pressure board floated before.
Spirit Pressure board faint glow.
Starry: chess domain instant spread...
Like vast net: covered starry.
Black-White Empress glanced Lu's Spirit Pressure board—eyes slight bright, gazed board: thoughtful.
Lu picked piece—seated Thousand-Bladed Chair, placed.
Billionfold spirit pressure piece: dispersed.
Ancient starry...
Lu chess domain spread: Xuancang elder stunned—then smiled, silent.
Buzz...
Beams like from starry depths descended—enveloped each fleeing divine-demon.
Great Dao divine-demons enveloped: heart slight startled—but struggled: escaped.
Immortal high initial divine-demons enveloped: hard escape—bodies somewhat immobile.
"This... Young Master Lu's spirit pressure!"
"White Jade Capital Young Master acted!"
"With Young Master: harvest massive! Fortune Tower Young Master created—how miss these reserves?"
Five Phoenixes cultivators eyes brightened—then hearty laughs.
Crossed starry: captured spirit pressure suppressed divine-demons one by one—sealed cultivation, escorted back Ninth Heaven.
Xuancang elder silent.
Fortune Tower seen: intricate design. Not top treasure—but good... accelerated cultivator growth. Thus imprisoning divine-demons: no block.
If before: surely block—these divine-demons no weak. Imprisonment error: endanger countless beings.
Plus: felt block—Five Phoenixes kid perhaps shoot another arrow.
That kid... tricky.
Of course now no mind block—concerned ancestral situation.
...
Tonggu Daoist and four human quasi-saints void shifted—Tonggu spatial truths near 90%: shuttle swift.
His lead: faster others.
Closer: heart startled...
Suddenly.
Tonggu tore space emerged—expression dark water.
Void rippled—powerful bloodied figure staggered retreated void.
Tonggu eyes contracted—other four quasi-saints shocked.
"Old He?!"
Tonggu inhaled.
"Why here—what happened?"
"Divine-demons assaulted Primordial Immortal Domain?"
Tonggu eyes reddened—instant asked.
Heart faint guess—not just him: behind four quasi-saints expressions grave.
Called Old He human quasi-saint: pale—sighed.
Raised hand—sleeve realm revealed Heaven-Earth Qiankun Bag corner...
"Human foundation here..."
Old He said.
Seeing bag corner: Tonggu eyes instant contracted—heart heavier uneasy.
"Xiaoyaozi where?"
Tonggu asked.
"Lei Hong Feng Yue couple where?"
Behind other quasi-saints asked.
Fact now: expressions ugly—hearts trembled.
Old He unknown speak—words throat like giant fist: speechless.
Now: any language pale.
Tonggu body trembled—seemed understood.
Eyes faint sorrow.
Xiaoyaozi—that often smiling gentle water guy, often smiling said: saint then hands-off, tour starry guy...
"Old He—Heaven-Earth Qiankun Bag human foundation—you four escort Old He back Five Phoenixes..."
Tonggu said.
Now peak quasi-saint Tonggu absolute authority.
Others no refute—though emotions surged sorrow rage: knew now no recklessness.
Careless: human foundation annihilated—human sinners.
Eternal sinners!
"You?"
Old He weary—gazed Tonggu asked.
Guessed Tonggu intent—but still ask.
"Old He—Xiaoyaozi they leave words?"
Tonggu cold solemn—now no frivolity no unrestrained—like burdened heavy mountain forward.
"Lei Hong Feng Yue couple: you repay resources treasures next life..."
Old He said.
Tonggu body stiffened—imperceptible nod.
"Xiaoyaozi?"
"Xiaoyaozi no words you—but left: as long hearts unite—starry sky everywhere ancestral land."
Old He said.
Old He spoke: dazed.
Perhaps Xiaoyaozi infinitely neared saint... pity...
Tonggu heard—slowly closed eyes.
"This guy—loves literary flair... but somewhat reason."
"You go Five Phoenixes."
Tonggu said.
"You? No foolishness... humans can't afford toss."
Old He serious.
Tonggu smiled—robes fluttered: "Me no fool... spatial truths near perfection—come go free. Those dogs can't keep me..."
"Plus—I'll go... bring them home."
Words: Tonggu step out—like meteor silver burst—next crossed starry—instant vanished.
Old He and four human quasi-saints sighed.
But knew: Tonggu spatial understanding—even Void-Fixing Pearl treasure: can't hold.
Safety: no excessive worry.
Four quasi-saints guarded Old He—held Heaven-Earth Qiankun Bag—hurried Five Phoenixes direction.
...
Tonggu lightning—countless ancient stars past beside.
Though less half day journey: felt like eternal ages long.
Heart racing: increasingly calm.
Xiaoyaozi—strictly his master, cultivation guide. Tonggu not quasi-saint yet: Xiaoyaozi already powerful quasi-saint—human backbone.
Xiaoyaozi strong—Tonggu never thought fall. Felt Xiaoyaozi sooner saint.
Tonggu no careless—hid void, walked chaos flow.
Felt ancestral now vast aura shrouded.
"Elemental Gods..."
Tonggu eyes murderous exposed.
But soon calmed.
Now.
Human ancestral lands—empty Primordial Immortal Domain.
Myriad divine-demons landed domain—collapsed mountains rivers, shattered void—domain thorough ruins.
Domain earth: covered divine-demon corpses—immortal, Great Dao, even many heavenly god-tier.
Dense bloody scent: brutal slaughter field.
Clearly divine-demons won—but paid tragic price.
Visible heavenly god-tier corpses: no less thirty.
Great Dao immortal more.
Void.
Gold Elemental God severed arm—Water nearly transparent—Wood waist-slashed breath weak—Earth nearly shattered.
Four Elemental Gods hovered—auras frustrated.
"Not found?"
"Three Beast Ancestor statues not Primordial Immortal Domain?!"
Gold eyes sinister—asked.
"So vital statues—humans not ancestral? All in newborn Immortal Martial?"
Water indifferent: "No wonder..."
"No wonder Xiaoyaozi learned we sent Fire Realm army assault newborn Immortal Martial: dispatched four quasi-saints aid. Originally... three statues there."
"Though no statues found—not loss... killed Xiaoyaozi: huge gain."
Wood like thin bamboo cold.
"Only pity: Xiaoyaozi final spirit self-detonate—destroyed entire Primordial Immortal Domain... dead no let us any human treasures—even saint kill array ruined."
Earth clutched falling fragment clumps—said.
"What strange? Human style—their words: rather jade shattered than tile whole."
Gold faint.
"But he destroyed human treasures—no time destroy Primordial Immortal Domain immortal source..."
"Top Immortal Martial world source—we four divide swallow: recover injuries, strength advance."
Gold narrowed eyes—said.
Mention topic: four breathing hurried.
Divine-demons advance how?
Besides long ages transformation: swallow world sources.
Especially powerful worlds.
Thus divine-demons often wars—exterminate ancient starry minor races: those worlds basically Immortal Martial.
Swallowed world immortal source: divine-demon strength slow advance.
Even break chaos-tier divine-demon.
Like Primordial Immortal Domain source—even Xiaoyaozi destroyed some: remaining enough huge profit.
"No rush swallow source—recover strength, organize army—one drum take newborn Immortal Martial."
"While humans chaos, hearts disunited."
Gold said.
"Three statues newborn Immortal Martial... importance self-evident."
"But lack Xiaoyaozi, lack saint kill array..."
"No so easy block our assault."
Gold lips parted—excited extreme laugh.
Gaze shifted—fell ruined catastrophe fire shrouded Primordial Immortal Domain.
Domain center: massive ruin pit—pit three figures withered seated.
Xiaoyaozi, Lei Hong Feng Yue couple.
Three human quasi-saints.
To cover billions Primordial Immortal Domain beings retreat: sacrificed selves.
"Understand not human sacrifice spirit..."
"Stupid."
Gold twisted neck—said.
If divine-demons truly extinction: guarantee own lives key.
Other weak divine-demons life death: what concern.
"Wait refine their corpses puppets—then vs humans launch: perhaps unexpected effect."
Gold eyes brightened—said.
Then raised hand—arm tore wound: golden threads rapid flew—toward Xiaoyaozi etc. lifeless bodies.
Like heaven-falling golden meteor rain—abnormally beautiful, but beauty behind: utmost malice.
Boom!
Suddenly space twisted.
Tonggu figure sudden emerged.
Raised hand—fierce grab.
Spatial cuts: exploded all puppet-refining energy.
"Dog things!"
"Our human sages corpses you touch? Sooner or later old man crush you!"
Tonggu face ferocious.
Looked back: golden bloodied withered seated earth Xiaoyaozi three—no life aura.
Bodies incorrupt—pre-death faces still肆意张扬 smile—gazed Immortal Domain earth.
As if guarding once human ancestral land.
"Tonggu?!"
"You dare come?"
"Courting death!"
Four Elemental Gods eyes condensed.
Gold endless killing intent—raised hand: golden spear heaven descend—fierce pierce Tonggu.
Space inch shatter.
As if spear pierce entire ancient starry.
Surrounding: scattered dozens heavenly god-tier, dense Great Dao divine-demons all soared—layered blockade.
Tonggu no linger battle—knew purpose here.
No sleeve realm—sleeve lower cultivation: hard take away.
"Xiaoyaozi, Old Lei Old Feng—offended."
Tonggu heart silent.
Then threw ancient ring—ring full marks.
Sumeru storage ring—storage treasure.
Originally hunt storage—now store three sage corpses: great disrespect.
But Tonggu no choice.
Light sweep: three quasi-saint corpses like dead things stored.
Crack...
Ring faint cracks emerge.
Three quasi-saint bodies too powerful—Sumeru ring can't bear.
Tonggu stored Sumeru ring—instant heavy step.
Thud!
Earth cracked—void chaos flow like rushing waterfall skyward—silver-gray light swept heaven earth.
Tonggu streak drilled chaos flow—instant far.
And Tonggu vanish instant.
That golden spear sudden fell—stabbed Tonggu original position.
Boom!
Entire Primordial Immortal Domain pierced by spear.
"This Tonggu relies spatial truths near perfection—slippery like loach."
"No chase—we direct assault newborn Immortal Martial—thoroughly exterminate humans."
"No saint kill array—we surely easy take humans."
Gold fierce pinch.
Boom!
Golden spear again exploded—terrific energy swept—destroyed entire Primordial Immortal Domain—earth thorough overturned.
"Next newborn Immortal Martial fate..."
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