Chapter 1041: Infighting Among the Demon Gods, Revival of the Purgatory Primordial Ancestor (II)

The demon god priest Constantine howled, "Karotis, Beketivi, block that human!"

Boom! Boom!

Two demon gods blasted their opponents back and turned, lunging toward Qian Tian from over a hundred thousand kilometers away. With Qian Tian’s return, holding off the imperial rulers alone, the Human Alliance’s pressure on the front eased. However, at that moment, the Primordial King let out a long cry. "Everyone, there is a change in the Blue Planet. I must return immediately. I leave this battlefield to you."

Before Faerie King Xuntian or the others could speak, the Primordial King knocked his opponent back, tore open space, and flew toward the human rear lines. With him also withdrew Yan Kuang, the heavenly king who was suppressing a pinnacle great demon king. They needed to return and guard against the possibility that Luo Fei could fail to hold up the heavens.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The battlefield grew somewhat chaotic. Even so, with Qian Tian, the strongest combatant on the human side, burning his life to hold the three great imperial rulers in check, his aura fierce and tragic, Xuntian and the others had no objections. To show resolve, they too burned their origins a second time and erupted with power.

With the three imperial rulers joining forces, Qian Tian’s unstoppable momentum was finally checked, and his aura began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He suddenly turned his gaze toward a battlefield hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, his divine soul will's voice resounding through heaven and earth under the spread of principle power.

"Tarodell, though I am about to fall, my promise remains unchanged. After this battle, my race will guard you with all its strength and aid you in reaching the level of the ancient gods."

Qian Tian’s words made Tarodell pause. "I naturally trust the promises of your human race."

For the sake of their people, even a powerhouse like Qian Tian would fight to the death, burning to his last breath. Chen Chu, that monstrous talent, was still locked in desperate combat with two great demon gods. Even the human kings and heavenly kings facing enemies many times their number fought without retreat. Such immense unity and devotion moved even a being like Tarodell.

From over a hundred thousand kilometers away, Tarodell’s divine avatar, which had been fighting a middle-stage ancient-titan-level demon god, shattered into golden light that crossed space and fused into its true form.

Boom.

From within it erupted an aura on par with a semi-true-spirit. Endless golden radiance spread, turning all of heaven and earth within hundreds of thousands of kilometers into a golden ocean. Within the light, Tarodell’s true form swelled to a height of one hundred thousand meters, covered in countless golden eyes and appearing supremely majestic.

The entire battlefield shook once again. No one had expected that Tarodell, an old and stalwart divine king of the Alliance of Gods who had held its ground for countless years, had hidden its strength so deeply. Its realm had long been on the verge of breaking through, but for unknown reasons it had endured, even splitting its power to suppress its own realm.

While the demon gods were momentarily dazed, a massive golden eye appeared around the demon god that had been fighting Tarodell’s avatar. The eye was like an illusory world, enveloping both the demon god and the surrounding principle domain, and then it shattered silently.

Boom!

Space over ten thousand kilometers collapsed, the void exploded, and the demon god was torn apart and crushed. This was the true might of a semi-true-spirit.

After blasting apart the demon god with one strike, Tarodell extended its right hand into the void, which transformed into a massive golden palm that shrouded even the shattered world.

On that pure golden palm spread a faint, eternal aura, suppressing the principles of heaven and earth.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under that golden light, imbued with a portion of true-spirit-level might, the fundamental space of that region was sliced apart, collapsing and compressing madly.

"Stop!" Imperial ruler Burihadis roared. Behind it, the eighteen arms gripping black demonic banners swelled as the banners rose into the heavens, planting themselves in all directions.

Before the dark banners could reveal their power, the countless eyes on Tarodell’s body blazed, unleashing innumerable golden beams.

Pssh! Pssh!

The beams were unimaginably sharp, imbued with the power to pierce all things. They formed tens of thousands of fine black passageways through the void that lingered without dispersing. Such power made even Burihadis' expression shift. The weapon in its hands, shaped like a heaven-shattering hammer, burst with demonic light as it moved to block the beams.

In the face of Tarodell’s true strength, the three powerful demon gods were instantly suppressed. One of them had its true form destroyed entirely. The other two could only furiously glare as a region of space thousands of kilometers across was sliced apart and compressed into a micro-world barely a hundred kilometers wide, which Tarodell seized in its hand.

Within the micro-world, destructive power steadily eroded the remains of that demon god’s true form. Its shrill, agonized scream rang through heaven and earth, filling the faces of the demon gods on the front battlefield with shock and fury.

By numbers and by overall strength, they clearly held the advantage, so why, from the start of this war until now, had they gained so little while suffering such staggering losses?

And this damn alliance... It’s hidden its strength so deeply.

While the situation here was locked in a dead stalemate, a far greater battle was erupting a million kilometers away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Surrounded by the might of supreme principles, Chen Chu moved like an ancient god. Every movement carried a world-shattering force as he clashed head-on with Tyretis, who wielded the Demonic Saber of Darkness.

Around the two, time twisted and froze. Stepping through time at blinding speed, they exchanged blows madly, clashing hundreds of thousands of times each second. The halberd light shone across the heavens, while the Demonic Saber of Darkness cleaved in all directions. Invisible waves of principle power shook the heavens and rattled the entire Forbidden Zone Battlefield.

Yet this time, no matter how Tyretis roared, no matter how it burned its origin and unleashed its full power, it couldn’t suppress Chen Chu—who was burning his life force to fight at the very limit of his strength—let alone drive him back.

Tyretis’ eyes were sharp and terrifying, filled with killing intent. "Human, even if Cardeos has fallen, it will not change the outcome of your annihilation."

"That so?"

Boom!

Chen Chu’s halberd swept across, shattering space-time and raising a dark tide over a hundred thousand kilometers wide that engulfed Tyretis. The force swept across, erasing everything in its path. After forcing Tyretis back with one strike, Chen Chu didn’t pursue. Instead, he stood before the seventeen dark matter black holes.

Seeing this, Tyretis, tens of thousands of kilometers away, revealed a strange surge of agitation and faint unease in its eyes. It roared even more furiously and charged toward Chen Chu.

The aftershocks of their battle kept everyone else far from that part of the world. The entire battlefield was shrouded in a brutal atmosphere. Countless humans and true demons fought savagely, their bloodlust and madness growing under the light of the Blood Moon.

No one knew how much time had passed when suddenly a strong surge of principle power burst forth, merging with heaven and earth to form a second Blood Moon ten thousand kilometers in diameter above the battlefield.

The moment that Blood Moon rose, everyone knew that Cardeos had truly fallen.

Boom!

From tens of millions of kilometers away, deep within the Purgatory Clan's territory, an unseen tremor spread, sweeping through billions of kilometers in an instant. Every true demon sensed a faint but terrifying will, vague and laced with a trace of confusion.

"It’s the Primordial Ancestor. The Primordial Ancestor’s will has been awakened!" On the front battlefield, Constantine’s face showed fervor and excitement.

The other demon gods’ expressions shifted, and the rulers of the four great empires looked grim, with a hint of surprise, as if they didn’t entirely wish for the Primordial Ancestor to awaken.

That faint will lasted only for an instant before fading, taking no further action. The human powerhouses allowed themselves a small sigh of relief. Even Chen Chu was startled. So the anxiety and unease that Tyretis had radiated earlier had been because of this. It seemed these two great demon gods were not as simple as they appeared and had a deeper connection to the Primordial Ancestor. Even so, nothing could shake Chen Chu’s intent to kill it.

Just then, Qian Tian’s aura, which had been blazing since the start of the battle, suddenly weakened.

Boom!

Karotis, acting on instinct, unleashed a strike. In an instant, the once-mighty Qian Tian had half of his true form shattered, and the Divine Yin-Yang Wheel in his hands was sent flying.

The sudden turn brought smiles to the faces of all the demon gods.

This human has finally reached his limit.

With Qian Tian no longer holding them back, and the Primordial King gone, the front battlefield instantly became precarious. However, they seemed to forget there was still one more.

Boom! Boom!

From far away, space-time shuddered. Two demon gods were sent hurtling over a hundred thousand kilometers, smashing into the dark demonic domain. From within endless golden light, Tarodell walked forward slowly, its voice low and commanding. "It seems you have forgotten about me."

Bang!

In Tarodell’s hand, a micro-world phantom was crushed. Instantly, the surrounding principles intertwined, and in the sky above formed yet another Blood Moon a thousand kilometers in diameter. Its light illuminated the heavens and earth before it slowly fell.

The entire battlefield went still. The Purgatory Demon Clan had the advantage, and yet in just two days of battle, they had lost two demon gods in succession.

His form now transparent, his body expanded to hundreds of thousands of meters amid roaring flames, Qian Tian smiled and slowly said "Everyone, I will go on ahead. Though the road to eternity is illusory and unreachable, here I wish you all will reach the primordial level and step into eternity."

His gaze swept across the battlefield, pausing on each king and heavenly king. To these old friends, he gave a faint smile. "When I am gone, you need not grieve or dwell on it. The mountains are high and the roads long, and in the cycle of reincarnation, perhaps there will be a day we meet again."

His calm voice echoed through heaven and earth. A bright moon rose in the sky, then fell, dissolving into countless white motes of light that scattered into nothingness. Countless human warriors who saw it felt grief surge from their hearts, tears flowing uncontrollably.

The First Councilor had fallen.

The Secret Sea of the Void was one of humanity’s deepest secrets, known only to the three supreme powerhouses, Chen Chu, and Heavenly King Zhenwu. Thus, apart from them, even allies like Faerie King Xuntian believed that Qian Tian had truly perished. This battle had been fought to the very limit, leaving uncountable dead and wounded.

"Constantine, what are you doing!"

Burihadis' roar shook the battlefield. On the side of the Purgatory Clan, through the rolling demonic qi, Constantine appeared behind a beginning-stage ancient-titan-level demon god, and drove nine long nails, each a thousand meters long and engraved with strange demonic runes, into its body. The sudden turn of events left all of the demon gods, along with the Golden-Winged Divine King Tolstoy and the others, momentarily stunned.

Facing the three demon gods surrounding it, Constantine’s cold expression carried a trace of madness as it roared, "Have you still not realized? If the Primordial Ancestor does not awaken today, we will be defeated and crushed by this newly risen alliance. That human, merely at the beginning stage of the demon god level, was able to slay Cardeos. Have you still not realized what that means? He is the reincarnation of a fallen primordial being. Today, he must die, or our clan will perish at his hands."

Boom!

Every demon god felt their mind tremble.

Reincarnation of a primordial being!

Yes, that alone explained why that human’s cultivation speed and combat strength are so overpowering.

So that's it. It’s not that our own strength is lacking, but that the human’s very essence and foundation are on an entirely different level. Even when the Primordial Ancestor was at the ancient titan level, it might not have been this monster's match.

The news was so shocking that when Constantine, dragging the demon god bound by the Ancient Ancestral Demon Nails, retreated into the dark demonic domain, the other demon gods hesitated, not moving to stop it.

None of them were fools. After witnessing Chen Chu’s terrifying potential and strength, Constantine seized the chance without hesitation. It acted decisively, sealing one of their own demon gods to prepare for a sacrificial ritual to forcibly awaken the Primordial Ancestor.

Just then, Tyretis’ furious roar came from afar. "Fools! Do you want to die? Stop Constantine now!"

"But..." Karotis’ expression was grim and hesitant.

"Bokutes, I order you to go in and stop it at once!"

"Yes!" Unlike the others, the other demon god of the Dark Morro Empire didn’t hesitate and was about to charge into the dark demonic domain under Tyretis’ order.

Boom!

A domineering blood-colored saber light exploded, cutting that demon god back. Karotis blocked all of the other demon gods’ way, its gaze cold. "Constantine is right. Today, that human must die."

Having clashed with Chen Chu before, Karotis understood his terrifying nature far better. That sense of despair was unimaginable to any demon god who hadn’t faced him directly. This was why it would not allow any demon to obstruct the Primordial Ancestor’s awakening today.

It took just the blink of an eye for all of this to happen. Before the humans could even react, deep within the demonic domain, Constantine had already torn the demon god apart and laid it upon a massive black altar that had somehow been erected without anyone noticing. Countless streams of Demon God Blood flowed down the altar, dyeing the strange demonic runes carved upon it crimson. They resembled a hideous ghostly face, which, when fully drenched in blood, revealed an eerie, twisted grin.

In that instant, from the central depths of the dark demonic domain tens of millions of kilometers away, a terrifying will erupted across the distant horizon, beginning to awaken.