Archean Eon Art c1-766

by I Eat Tomatoes, Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, 我吃西红柿

  “Alright, alright. Let’s just wait for our grandchildren.” Meng Dajian sat on the bird’s back and urged Liu Yebai. “Don’t bother the kids.”

  Liu Yebai jumped onto the bird’s back.

  “Senior Brother Meng, I’ll head out now,” said Godfiend Wang Song—who was in charge of controlling the bird.

  “Be careful,” said Meng Chuan.

  Wang Song nodded and smiled. Following that, the bird soared into the sky and began flying towards Eastcalm Prefecture.

  …

  February. Pink flowers were already blooming inside a garden on Archean Mountain.

  Supremacy Qin Wu and two illusory figures gathered in the garden.

  “Xu Yingwu, why did you ask her to gather so suddenly?” asked a white-robed woman—who exuded a cold temperament even though it wasn’t her true self.

  “Qin Wu, you are currently in charge of Archean Mountain. As for Bai Yaoyue, you are in charge of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven,” said the illusory middle-aged man. “I only asked for this meeting because there is an important matter.”

  “What is it?” asked Supremacy Qin Wu.

  The illusory middle-aged man said, “After our Two World Island discussed internally, we have decided to allow the demon monarchs to enter the human world.”

  Final Chapter of Volume—North River Pass Deputy General

  Chapter 161 - Letting It Bleed

  “Let the demon monarchs enter the human world?” Supremacy Qin Wu and Supremacy Bai Yaoyue’s expressions changed.

  Xu Yingwu looked at the two Supremacies in front of him and indifferently said, “Before the demons invaded, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven had been hunting down my Two World Island. Archean Mountain secretly encouraged their actions, hoping that they would destroy Two World Island completely.”

  “We never attacked,” said Qin Wu calmly with a smile.

  “My Black Sand Grotto-Heaven hasn’t hunted you down for the past 800 years,” said Bai Yaoyue. “The early days of the demon invasion weren’t very intense. Two World Island should’ve recovered long ago.”

  “We did.” Xu Yingwu nodded, then sneered. “But look at the territory that Two World Island controls! Miasma-covered jungles, mountains, and countless islands. Both your sects occupy vast swathes of land that have huge populations! Your rich, vast lands allow for a higher population than what our Two World Island can attain with the territory we control.”

  “In terms of size, Two World Island oversees a much bigger area,” said Bai Yaoyue with a sneer.

  Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Two World Island had a blood feud—one that caused irreconcilable hatred.

  Black Sand Grotto-Heaven once had a chance of unifying the world under their banner. Back then, Imperial Lord Black Sand was the strongest human expert. He had five Creation Supremacies under his command. Only Archean Mountain barely held on against their forces. Archean Mountain turtled-up and relied on the inheritances left behind by their forefathers. They hoped to defend until Imperial Lord Black Sand died—which would lead to the inevitable decline of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven.

  However, Black Sand Grotto-Heaven fractured internally. They would’ve survived the internal turmoil, but Elder Yin Yang acted against Imperial Lord Black Sand at a critical moment! As a general under the strongest human expert—Imperial Lord Black Sand—Elder Yin Yang was deeply trusted by Imperial Lord Black Sand. To everyone’s surprise, Elder Yin Yang acted against Imperial Lord Black Sand, causing him to be severely injured.

  Left severely injured, Imperial Lord Black Sand had to face the internal turmoil within his sect, which led to his death.

  As this happened, Elder Yin Yang led a group of followers away and established the Two World Island Sect.

  It took over 100 hundred years before Black Sand Grotto-Heaven recovered from the inner turmoil and reunited as one. Imperial Lord Black Sand’s faction won, and they hated Two World Island to the bone! They began hunting down Two World Island. A starving camel is still bigger than a horse, so for Black Sand Grotto-Heaven—the sect that had nearly unified the world under their banner—they could easily hunt down Two World Island.

  Ever since its creation, Two World Island had been resisting Black Sand Grotto-Heaven constantly. They had to be on the run. It was truly tragic. Only when the demons invaded did the three sects abandon their hatred and stop fighting. Two World Island took this opportunity to recover.

  “Two World Island does indeed oversee more territory than Archean Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven, but they are all jungles, mountains, and islands,” said Xu Yingwu. “Although we have the largest territory, we have the smallest population. Within our territory, there’s a super-large city pass, the same as both your sects’ territories. However, we have way more small and medium-sized city passes than any of you.

  “Our Two World Island has fewer Godfiends than both your sects!” Xu Yingwu shook his head and sneered. “I can ignore the small city passes as they are easily defended. However, for the past few years, Two World Island’s Godfiends have been defending against the demons desperately. Unfortunately, we have fewer Godfiends than either of your sects. What can we do? We are sacrificing our lives just to defend!

  “Archean Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven are already feeling the pinch when 20 Godfiend disciples are dying a year. As for our Two World Island? Sixty-one Godfiend disciples died last year!” Xu Yingwu stared at Qin Wu and Bai Yaoyue venomously. “A decade ago, we were losing 20 Godfiend disciples a year, but last year, 60 died. If this continues, Two World Island’s Great Solar Godfiends will all be dead in ten years!”

  Qin Wu and Bai Yaoyue fell silent.

  Two World Island was the weakest of the three supreme human sects, and they also protected the largest territory. Their territory had the most World Entrances.

  “When all the Great Solar Godfiends are dead, what will be the point of us existing?” Xu Yingwu sneered. “Without giving the weaker Godfiends a chance to grow, the human race will lose an entire generation! In a few centuries, the current Marquis and Regis Godfiends will all die of old age! Only the Supremacies will be alive to defend the entire human world! The demons are invading the human world like locusts. How many legs and arms do you have? The speed we can kill the demons isn’t as fast as their reproduction speed!

  “That’s why we can’t let the Great Solar Godfiends die,” said Xu Yingwu. “We will have them retreat and let the demon monarchs infiltrate the human world. We will give up the small and medium-sized city passes. The demon monarchs that enter will at most be of the third Firmament! Even if they reach the fourth Firmament, our Marquis and Regis Godfiends, and Supremacies can slaughter them after they enter!

  Xu Yingwu took a deep breath before continuing, “We will set up an intelligence network. We will keep tabs on the demon monarchs the moment they enter the human world. Afterward, we can send powerful Godfiends to kill them.”

  “What happens when countless demons enter?” Bai Yaoyue asked.

  “It’s easy to keep an eye on a large number of demons,” said Xu Yingwu. “A Marquis Godfiend will be enough to slaughter them all.

  Bai Yaoyue sneered. “I’m afraid the demon monarchs will scatter and hide the moment they enter our world.”

  “So what if they hide? We will always hold the strength advantage in the human world, even if they don’t show themselves! We can wipe these demon monarchs out with our strength advantage,” said Xu Yingwu. “As long as we guard the important cities well, we can kill them as long as they attack. We can also use the intelligence network to carry out pursuits. If too many demon monarchs enter, it will be easier for our investigations to bear fruit. Once we find them, we can send powerful Godfiends to wipe them all out! It’ll be a joy if we kill them this way. We can’t let the Great Solar Godfiends be killed.”

  Qin Wu sighed. “Past Godfiends have thought of this same method. However, have you thought about the consequences clearly? Once a large number of mortal demons and demon monarchs enter the human
world, how much of a threat will they pose on states, prefectures, and counties? What about the countless village forts? Do you realize how many people will end up dying if you follow this plan?”

  “A large number of Godfiends can guard various important areas,” Xu Yingwu said coldly. “We can also use the intelligence network to track and kill every demon monarch.”

  “Over half of the human population reside in village forts. How are we supposed to defend them?” pressed Qin Wu.

  “Even if we continue defending foolishly, all of Two World Island’s Great Solar Godfiends would be dead in ten years! When that happens, your sects will have to guard the 93 medium-sized World Entrances in our Two World Island’s territory! Can your two sects manage that?” asked Xu Yingwu. “Even if you can defend those World Entrances, the death rates of your Godfiends will increase exponentially. With roughly 50 Godfiend disciples dying every year, how long will either of you last?”

  “Twenty years!”

  Xu Yingwu sneered as he looked at them. “With less than half of your Great Solar Godfiends left, how can you muster a defense? We are at a critical stage now. If we give up immediately, we can still keep our forces intact,” said Xu Yingwu. “With the state capitals and prefecture cities as our main focus, we will try our best to protect the county cities and forts. In addition, we will pursue demon monarchs! With the mortals hiding in tunnels, demon monarchs won’t be able to slaughter our race wantonly.”

  “By giving up the small and middle-sized city passes, thousands of demon monarchs will flood in.” Supremacy Qin Wu closed his eyes. No matter how they defended, the results were expected to be extremely tragic.

  “You both know that the demons are clearly much stronger than us.” Xu Yingwu sneered. “However, they always send forces of equal strength to what we have stationed at medium-sized city passes. Why aren’t they sending twice the number of elite demon monarchs! Why not send 20 elite demon monarchs? Why not 30?”

  “That’s because the demons know! They know that we humans will give up if we can’t defend the city passes.” Xu Yingwu sneered. “The demons want us to be passive. They will keep draining our strength. This also reduces their internal strife. As the number of medium-sized World Entrances increases, they will gradually intensify their attacks, which in turn, increases our losses.

  “In the end, we will have pathetically few Great Solar Godfiends. They will then send a large number of third Firmament demon monarchs to spread throughout our world. We can’t defend the entire world with just a few Marquis Godfiends, Regis Godfiends, and Supremacies,” said Xu Yingwu. “The outcome will be the extinction of the human race!

  “They are making us bleed,” said Xu Yingwu. “We won’t be able to resist them forever. Your two sects’ heritage is greater than mine. Perhaps you have better ideas.” Xu Yingwu snorted. “However, our Two World Island will definitely not be able to hold on. I’ll give you half a month to discuss this. If you can’t come up with other solutions within half a month, our Two World Island will begin abandoning all the small and medium-sized city passes.”

  With that said, Xu Yingwu’s illusory figure vanished.

  Chapter 162 - A Year Later

  “Two World Island can’t hold on any longer.” Bai Yaoyue turned to look at Qin Wu. “Qin Wu, does Archean Mountain have any solutions?”

  “Black Sand Grotto-Heaven snatched two treasures from outer space,” said Qin Wu with a smile. “Imperial Lord Black Sand swept through the world with them. Archean Mountain was only capable of defending against him! I believe your Black Sand Grotto-Heaven has more solutions than my Archean Mountain.”

  Bai Yaoyue shook her head. “Countless sects have tried to suppress Archean Mountain, but nobody has ever wiped it out. Besides, Archean Eon Grotto-Heaven is also Archean Mountain’s. The mystic technique you revealed back then, “Millennium In An Instant,” shocked Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Two World Island. This time, I’m afraid we will require Archean Mountain to think of a solution.”

  Qin Wu sighed and said, “The demons are forcing our hand with their might! Their overall strength is much greater than ours. If this continues, we humans will definitely lose.”

  Bai Yaoyue fell silent.

  The demons’ strength allowed them to do whatever they wanted.

  “Are we just going to let them in?” asked Bai Yaoyue.

  “Archean Mountain can keep the status quo for 300 years if we use other methods,” said Qin Wu. “I believe your Black Sand Grotto-Heaven is roughly the same.”

  “As expected of Archean Mountain. Your sect can defend well.” Bai Yaoyue shook her head. “We can only last 200 years at most. However, if Two World Island can’t hold on any longer, and we have to defend their abandoned small and medium-sized city passes…”

  “We will definitely collapse in fifty years.”

  “So do we let the demon monarchs in?” Bai Yaoyue asked. “The human world will only become crueler.”

  Qin Wu said, “We don’t have the right to decide. Let’s discuss it with our sects first. We’ll discuss this further in ten days.”

  “Archean Mountain’s three Supremacies and two Dao Protectors can slowly discuss it. Our Black Sand Grotto-Heaven will be much faster. We will make a decision within three days.” Bai Yaoyue smiled as she vanished. Among the three sects, Archean Mountain had the greatest freedom. Black Sand Grotto-Heaven was the strictest, while Two World Island was the most zealous. After all, Two World Island had been hunted down ever since it was created…

  For the past 800 years, Two World Island only needed to deal with demons. These 800 years had been the easiest for Two World Island. Two World Island’s Godfiends enjoyed more peace than before.

  Two Dao Protectors? Qin Wu frowned slightly as he watched Bai Yaoyue’s illusory figure dissipate. She even knows about Archean Mountain’s two Dao Protectors?

  …

  Give up the small and medium-sized passes and let the demon monarchs in? Such a plan met immense resistance from those of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and Archean Mountain! Allowing a large number of third Firmament demon monarchs entry to the human world meant disaster. However, Two World Island governed the most medium-sized city passes. If they shirk their responsibilities, even Archean Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven were unable to take on the additional troubles.

  The more insightful members knew that humans couldn’t defend against the demons forever. Now that Two World Island was planning to abandon the small and medium-sized city passes, it only accelerated the changes within Archean Mountain and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven.

  …

  Ten days later, Archean Mountain.

  Supremacy Qin Wu, Supremacy Bai Yaoyue, and Supremacy Xu Yingwu came to a unanimous decision—humanity would give up all small and medium-sized city passes in two years!

  Rather than bleeding out slowly, they might as well preserve their strength and initiate plans for humanity’s future! Furthermore, the leaders of the human world knew that there were already many demon monarchs hiding in the human world. Mortal demons and weak demon monarchs infiltrated the human world through unstable World Entrances. Archean Mountain’s Earth Net was already hunting down the demon that had infiltrated the human world. Even if they gave up on the small and middle-sized city passes, there would only be more third Firmament demon monarchs. It wasn’t something they couldn’t handle.

  Of course, third Firmament demon monarchs posed a great threat. Some could reach the fourth Firmament! Compared to second Firmament demon monarchs, their destructive capabilities would be a thousand times greater!

  Since the three supreme sects had decided to abandon the small and middle-sized city passes in two years, they would initiate several plans. In the two year buffer-period, the Great Relocation Plan, Inescapable Net Plan, Fire Beacon Plan, and two other major plans would be initiated. This was all preparation for the changing circumstances in the human world. They had to do their best to protect the mortals.

  The Great Relocation Pla
n would relocate countless people to other areas. Countless people lived around the small and medium-sized city passes. For example, hundreds of thousands of people lived near North River Pass. All these people needed to be relocated! After all, the areas around the city passes would become uninhabitable if the demons were allowed to enter unobstructed.

  …

  Everything happened silently. All the preparations were carried out in secret.

  As a Great Solar Godfiend, Meng Chuan didn’t know anything. He remained at North River Pass and enjoyed being a happy couple with Liu Qiyue.

  Currently, it was spring. The sunlight was shining into Meng Chuan’s study room.

  “It looks good.” Liu Qiyue looked at Meng Chuan’s painting. Her eyes lit up as her face turned red.

  “Qiyue, this is for you.” Meng Chuan smiled and handed it to Liu Qiyue.

  Liu Qiyue took the painting and stared at it, mesmerized. The painting was of a woman. Her entire body was bathed in flames; a phoenix phantom was behind her. Her bowstring was fully-drawn as her sharp eyes stared into the distance.

  It was a painting of Liu Qiyue killing demon monarchs at North River Pass. This painting was just a portrait, but Meng Chuan had spent more than a month painting it. It was very detailed. Every strand of hair and even the skin on her face was drawn with great care. He had personally ground the paint.

  “It’s wonderful,” Liu Qiyue said softly.

  Meng Chuan hard poured his emotions into the painting. Every strand of hair seemed as if it had been combed by him personally. They grew up together and fought in life-and-death battles together. Meng Chuan was very grateful that he had Qiyue. He was grateful that Qiyue was willing to accompany him on his journey. He was also very grateful that fate allowed him to wed her.

  “Qiyue, I’ll give you one every year, alright?” Meng Chuan smiled.