Chapter 1675 - Saber and Sword, Blood and Fire

Whoa!

The entire Heavenly Court was sent into an uproar.

While the Immortals Assembly was underway, the demon race had launched a sudden assault on the Demon Realm Passageway guarded by the Heavenly Court, reenacting the calamity from three hundred thousand years ago.

The news struck like a thunderbolt. Every heart trembled.

There was no way the Immortals Assembly could continue. With the Demon Realm’s invasion and all-out war looming, every other matter was immediately cast aside.

Figures surged out of the ten trial realms of the Immortals Assembly in a torrent.

“The demon race has invaded the Heavenly Realm again. I wonder what the situation is like at the Demon Realm Passageways guarded by the various immortal holy lands?”

“Exactly. Who knows what kind of lunacy the demon race is plotting this time?”

“We should return to our sects immediately. I doubt the coming days will see any peace.”

Numerous figures left the Heavenly Court in quick succession, rushing back to their respective sects and clans.

Of course, many chose differently, plunging straight into the Heavenly Court’s Demon Realm Passageway to slaughter demons and offer their strength to the war effort.

Chen Fan pushed his speed to the limit, flying toward the Featherlight Sect.

The invasion of the demon race was an earth-shaking event for the entire Heavenly Realm. As everyone said, tranquility was no longer an option. Chaos would reign for the foreseeable future.

Three days later, Chen Fan returned to the Featherlight Sect. Yet before he even fully took in the scene, blaring alarms echoed through heaven and earth.

Chen Fan’s irises contracted violently; the Demon Realm Passageway guarded by his sect was also under assault by the demon race, just like the Heavenly Court’s passageway.

“This is bad. Even the Featherlight Sect has been dragged in. The demon race truly intends to ignite a war between the two realms.”

The Featherlight Sect had clearly gone on full alert. Entry and exit were being strictly controlled. Before he could even enter the sect, an Immortal King realm expert let out a warning shout, and a murderous aura swept out.

“Who goes there?”

Chen Fan took out his identity token and stated his name, “It’s me, Chen Fan.”

“So, it’s Senior Brother Chen Fan. My apologies. Major events have unfolded within the sect recently. Please forgive the vigilance.”

“It’s fine.” Chen Fan waved his hand and entered the sect. He made his way to the Heavenly Punishment Hall, but he found out that the Heavenly Punishment Elder had already gone to the Demon Realm Passageway.

“So it’s exactly as I feared.” Chen Fan’s gaze darkened. Without hesitation, he turned and flew toward the battlefield.

The passageway guarded by the Featherlight Sect was filled with the sound of battle cries.

Though clashes had broken out here intermittently in the past, it had been hundreds of thousands of years since two massive armies faced each other so directly. This was no skirmish. This was war.

In the depths of the battlefield, Chen Fan saw towering Immortal Emperor figures, blazing like suns and moons, locked in brutal combat with Demon Emperors. Among them was the Heavenly Punishment Elder.

Sweeping his gaze across the battlefield, Chen Fan found Huang Wuji and the others.

“Senior Brothers and Sisters, are you all right?”

Chen Fan struck out with a single palm. The demon experts surrounding them were obliterated on the spot, erased in a burst of overwhelming force. His strength left no room for doubt.

Huang Wuji and the others were covered in blood and wounded, but they lit up upon seeing Chen Fan and said, “We’re fine, Little Junior Brother. Weren’t you taking part in the Immortals Assembly? Why are you back already?”

“Their Demon Realm Passageway is also under a large-scale invasion by the demon race. The Immortals Assembly was forcibly halted, so I rushed back. The sect leader and the others should have received the news too.”

“No way, even the passageway guarded by the Heavenly Court is under assault? What is the demon race trying to do?”

“If I’m not mistaken,” Chen Fan said coldly, “they’re reigniting the invasion war from three hundred thousand years ago.”

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Hiss, hiss, hiss

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The Featherlight Sect and the Heavenly Court weren’t isolated cases. Across the Heavenly Realm, every Demon Realm Passageway guarded by the immortal holy lands came under simultaneous attack. Fortunately, the various immortal holy lands possessed extraordinary strength. Though caught off guard at first, they reacted quickly, mobilizing their forces to steady the front lines.

No one breathed a sigh of relief, however. Instead, everyone’s hearts grew heavy.

If only one passageway had been assaulted, it would have been manageable. But an all-out, synchronized offensive across every passageway was unmistakably ominous. This was not probing. It was total war.

Worse still, demon armies had also appeared in other places of the Heavenly Realm.

The lower realm continents connected to the Heavenly Realm had already fallen. Now, the demon race burst through the connecting passages, carving a bloody path directly into the Heavenly Realm itself.

With this, the various major forces of the Heavenly Realm were both under internal and external threats.

The demonic forces on the inside had yet to be suppressed; now, the demon armies were invading from the outside.

Fortunately, the top forces of the Heavenly Realm had caught on swiftly and dispatched large armies to eradicate them. These top forces were not responsible for guarding Demon Realm Passageways, sparing them internal pressure. They even sent experts to reinforce the immortal holy lands and the Heavenly Court, joining the effort to eradicate the demonic tide.

Now that the demon armies had breached the Heavenly Realm through the lower realm continents, it fell squarely on these top forces to crush them.

For a time, the entire Heavenly Realm was engulfed in the flames of war. News spread like wildfire, stirring panic wherever it reached. Every creature, every faction, was gripped by anxiety.

Under such circumstances, a year passed in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, the demon race showed no signs of retreat. On the contrary, their invasion only intensified.

The immortal holy lands even lost Sages, sending shockwaves throughout the Heavenly realm.

Sages were the pillars of stability. The entire Heavenly Realm barely had over a hundred of them. Losing even one was a devastating blow.

And now, it was not just a single holy land suffering such losses. Several had already fallen.

If even Sages were among the casualties, then the casualties among Immortal Emperor and Immortal King realm powerhouses were even more severe.

Featherlight Sect:

The flames of war raged on and were showing signs of intensifying.

Countless Featherlight disciples threw themselves into the Demon Realm Passageway battlefield. It had long since become a colossal slaughter ground where human and demon cultivators fell by the second.

Yet, no one retreated.

Over the past year, Chen Fan had slaughtered demon experts relentlessly, rarely taking any breaks. A thick, blood-soaked killing aura clung to him like a shroud. One glance was enough to make others shudder, as if they were staring at a god of slaughter incarnate.

He was not alone. Huang Wuji, Di Chen, and even other disciples of the Featherlight Sect had accumulated an overwhelming murderous aura in this bloody war.

Many people perished in this fiery crucible of war, but just as many awakened their latent potential, breaking through bottlenecks amid the carnage and surging forward in strength.

Throughout it all, the Featherlight Sect had firmly guarded their Demon Realm Passageway battlefield, but they had also paid a heavy price.

They lost no fewer than a hundred Immortal King and Immortal Platform realm experts. Even among the Immortal Emperor behemoths, casualties had reached a grim handful.