In the beginning, when the universe was first formed, the primordial world was divided by a vast wilderness marked by a cross of ten directions. From this, the boundless land was separated into four continents.
The continent of Xiniu Hezhou was bathed in radiant light, the sacred land of gods and Buddhas, known as the Heavenly Realm. The continent of Beiju Luzhou was shrouded in dark, evil qi, the territory of demons and monsters, also known as the Earthly Realm. The continents of Dongsheng Shenzhou and Nanzhan Bushenzhou were inhabited by mortals, together known as the Mortal Realm. Dongsheng Shenzhou lived in peace and prosperity, devoutly worshiping gods and Buddhas, while Nanzhan Bushenzhou was filled with cruel and vicious people, becoming the subjects of demons and monsters!
Since ancient times, a delicate balance between divine and demonic forces had maintained the normal operation of the three realms—Heaven, Earth, and Mortal.
Until one day, that balance was suddenly shattered…
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Howling cold winds swept across the land. Dark clouds swirled in the sky, filling the barren ancient wilderness with a suffocating aura of slaughter.
The sky seemed unusually low; the earth appeared shrunken into a tiny space.
Suddenly, a deafening explosion rang out. A solitary peak that had stood for millions of years crumbled into dust under an invisible, immense pressure.
A massive army covered the sky and earth, dimming the sun and moon. Roaring gods and demons changed the heavens and earth; celestial energy pressed down while demonic aura surged skyward. One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and one hundred thousand demonic warriors faced each other in midair, their swirling clouds brewing endless bloodshed.
Great waves of yellow sand surged into the sky. The once silent wilderness was no longer lonely. The long brewing battle between gods and demons had finally erupted.
Countless magical treasures flew through the sky, and killing intent filled the land.
Amid the fierce chaos, a tiger demon general roared and charged at two small heavenly soldiers directly in front of him. A demonic general facing mere heavenly soldiers was like a superior horse against inferior ones!
With a thunderous boom, brilliant sparks flew in all directions. The tiger demon suddenly shook his monstrous body, transforming into a ten-meter tall demon. Swinging a massive hammer, he confidently and savagely brought it down on the two heavenly soldiers.
“Ahh—”
Cold light danced through the air, screams echoed, and blood and flesh splattered. The heavenly soldier in the front was instantly torn apart. Yet the tiger demon was struck by the dying counterattack of the ordinary heavenly soldier, reverting back to his original beast form.
Dazed, the tiger lost its ferocity. Its once fierce tiger eyes became dull and lifeless. The stunned demon could not believe this outcome.
Before the tiger demon could comprehend or attempt to resume its demonic form, in the chaos, a cold light slashed through space. In an instant, the second ordinary heavenly soldier had already raised his blade and severed the tiger’s head.
With a crisp sound, as the tiger’s head rolled to the ground, a dragon claw over a meter long crushed it into pieces. A nine-headed dragon demon, with a dragon’s body and a human head, let out a deafening roar. Swirling demonic energy shook the Thirty-Three Heavens.
“Ahh! The Nine-Headed Zhulong!” The heavenly soldiers and generals were shocked. They never expected the demon world to unleash such an ancient beast.
Zhulong’s demonic eyes were as large as lanterns. When all eighteen eyes opened, the void was filled with blinding white light; when they closed, night instantly descended upon the earth. Truly terrifying.
In the alternating light and darkness, even the divine eyes of the heavenly warriors could not escape confusion. Before the heavenly soldier who had beheaded the tiger demon could recover his vision, a piercing pain sent his soul to the afterlife.
“Roar—!” Demonic energy surged, and the roaring dragon demon pierced through the chest of the heavenly soldier. Its sharp claws clenched, and the soldier’s heart and soul vanished into oblivion.
“Drip, drip…” Crimson blood dripped from the dragon’s claws, scattering into the void and splashing onto the ground. Blood and fear dyed the ancient wilderness like a flowing river.
As if sensing the terror of the land, the dragon demon roared again, cheered on by one hundred thousand demonic soldiers. Its dozens-of-meters-long body coiled in the sky, its nine heads facing all directions. With a single roar, the entire sky was engulfed in “Chaos True Fire.” Hundreds of heavenly soldiers who couldn’t dodge were instantly reduced to smoke, blown into the Six Realms of Reincarnation.
“Fiend! Don’t be so arrogant!”
The demonic soldiers’ laughter of triumph had not yet escaped their lips when a change occurred in the heavenly ranks. The Thunder God’s Hammer summoned lightning from the Ninth Heaven; the Wind God’s Bag released boundless dark winds; the Golden Rain Basin contained the icy coldness of the Northern Sky; and the Lightning Banner stirred the vast void.
The Four Celestial Beasts of Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning—the Four Celestial Immortals of the Heavenly Realm, not particularly renowned—actually dared to challenge the chaos dragon demon surrounded in true fire?
“I’ll hold it off!” In the natural order, everything has its counterbalance. The Rain General’s power was precisely water, capable of quelling fire.
Sweat dripped from his face, blood oozed from his clenched teeth. When the golden armor on the Rain General’s body began to crack, the Golden Rain Basin finally unleashed its chilling power with the help of five hundred rain deity soldiers, creating a small gap in the fire circle surrounding the nine-headed dragon.
“Rain Brother, take care!” The other three generals gave their comrade a deep look before transforming into three streaks of meteors and diving into the opening.
The enraged dragon demon raised its nine heads. The chaotic demonic fire, even fiercer than the Threefold True Fire, surged violently. The Rain General and his five hundred soldiers vanished into the demonic flames, adding another tragic chapter to the brutal war between gods and demons.
“Yaa—”
The three celestial generals rapidly approached the dragon demon, roaring with soul-deep battle intent—a mournful horn of sacrifice and mutual destruction.
The Thunder General smashed his hammer against his own chest. As the divine hammer fused with his immortal body, thunder from the Chaos Realm above tore through the sky. Three of the dragon’s left heads exploded like melons. Then, the Lightning General bit his tongue, spitting a large amount of blood onto the Lightning Banner. A bolt of chaotic lightning struck from the heavens, blowing off another three heads on the right.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!” As thunder and lightning lingered in the void, a divine wind born from the Wind General’s immortal essence suddenly erupted. The crisp sound was pleasant to the ear, but the bloody scene was horrifying—the three central heads of the dragon were literally “blown” away!
Finally, the three celestial generals lunged forward in a blood-red mist, tightly embracing the headless dragon body trying to escape. With an unprecedented earth-shaking explosion, both the celestial generals and the dragon demon were shattered into countless fragments. Their shattered bodies rained down like crimson rain across the ancient wilderness.
From beginning to end, everything happened too fast and too suddenly. The one hundred thousand demonic soldiers remained frozen in disbelief. Even the once invincible nine-headed dragon had no chance to utter a single scream before its soul was scattered.
Two mere heavenly soldiers defeating a demonic general was already a miracle; four ordinary celestial generals killing an ancient chaos beast—even if it was mutual destruction—was beyond belief! An illusion, surely an illusion…
The one hundred thousand demonic soldiers could not believe this unthinkable scene. They refused to trust their own demonically enhanced eyes. One hundred thousand wildly beating demonic hearts plunged into an icy abyss, freezing the entire demonic army into absolute silence.
—It’s over. The power of the Heavenly Realm had suddenly become so “mutated,” so overwhelmingly strong!
The heavenly soldiers were also deeply shaken, but their burning eyes held rising battle fervor. The sacrifice of the Four Celestial Beasts had completely opened the gates of slaughter.
The earth-shaking battle cries brought the demons back to the harsh reality, shattering the vain hopes of survival for the one hundred thousand demonic soldiers.
The desolate wilderness was no longer monotonous. The blood of gods and demons dyed this space, unreachable by mortals. One by one, demonic soldiers were easily slaughtered by the “mutated” heavenly warriors. The once inferior heavenly soldiers now surged forward like an unstoppable tide. The corpses of the fallen demons gradually piled into mountains!
—The great calamity of demons and monsters had arrived!
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“Report—General! Our ten-thousand demon army has suffered a crushing defeat. The vanguard has been completely annihilated!” A giant eagle, drenched in blood, flew back to the Earthly Realm. As soon as it entered the demon king’s palace, it collapsed to the ground.
“What?!” The Bird-Headed Demon King Peng Mo Wang’s eyes blazed with golden light, shattering the table into pieces. Though his over-ten-foot demonic form radiated immense power, it could not change the grim reality of defeat.
His long bird-like nose twitched, and the leader of the demon race roared in a green glow: “My minions, gather the ten-thousand demon army. We shall fight the heavenly soldiers to the death!”
“Prince-in-Law, hold on!” A soft, alluring female voice came from the side. A petite, delicate beauty with a graceful figure entered the hall. She was Princess Yushan, daughter of the Ten-Thousand Demon King, and the demon queen who could dance in Peng Mo Wang’s palm.
Her white short skirt gently fluttered as she slowly approached. Standing only half the height of Peng Mo Wang, she gently pulled him back to his throne. Her long, exquisite face leaned close to the demon king’s ear, whispering softly: “Prince-in-Law, my father has sent a message from Jiuyou Palace. The situation is dire. We must not confront the heavenly soldiers head-on!”
“Princess, why is that?” Peng Mo Wang possessed great magical power and despised showing weakness. Yet, he willingly listened to the exquisite demon queen.
“Prince-in-Law, please calm yourself and listen to me,” Yushan whispered, her sleeve flicking as she nestled into the demon king’s arms, revealing a shocking secret.
“Fifty years ago, the ‘Yang Scroll’ appeared, and the gods and Buddhas of the Heavenly Realm jointly created the ‘Heaven and Earth Eternal Sutra.’ Using the Sutra’s enchanting power, the Heavenly Realm deceitfully lured the demon subjects of Nanzhan Bushenzhou to become followers of gods and Buddhas. The worship of mortals greatly enhanced the Heavenly Realm’s power, while our Earthly Realm weakened, leading to our heavy losses this time!”
“Ahh! Princess, what should we do?!” As the commander of the demon army, Peng Mo Wang naturally understood the terrifying consequences. If this defeat was not accidental, how could the war continue?
“Do not worry. My father, as the King of Ten-Thousand Demons, will never sit idle!” Princess Yushan, the bridge between demon and monster races, lifted her sharp chin. Her long, beautiful eyes sparkled with countless tender emotions, completely capturing Peng Mo Wang’s heart. With her gentle words, the King of Demons willingly submitted to the will of the Ten-Thousand Demon King.
“Recently, my father also received a revelation from the ‘Yin Scroll.’ To reclaim the worship of mortals, we must find the legendary—Ten-Sun Pearl!”
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