Archean Eon Art c1-766
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No rush. My speed has yet to be affected by the world’s suppression. I’m clearly not fast enough. Meng Chuan mocked himself before he drew his saber again.
After returning from the World Gap, Meng Chuan had been cultivating with all his might. It was because he had seen too many things. The demon monarchs attacked the cities again and again. In fact, a fourth Firmament demon monarch team lurked in the shadows whenever ordinary demon monarchs attacked the cities. When they discovered that Marquis Godfiends were guarding a city, a fourth Firmament demon monarch team would swoop down from the sky and assassinate the Marquis Godfiends! Even fifth Firmament demon monarchs were ambushing the Godfiends.
Although the humans had means to deal with the demon monarchs, Archean Mountain had already lost five Marquis Godfiends after all these city attacks! Seven of Black Sand Grotto-Heaven’s Marquis Godfiends had died. Although the demons had suffered greater losses, the Godfiends that died couldn’t be revived.
“Ah Chuan.” When dawn broke, Liu Qiyue walked out of the room after waking up. She walked over and looked at her husband with a pained expression. “You have to rest well. Don’t work so hard. Perhaps resting more will help your cultivation.”
“Don’t worry. I know my body well.” Meng Chuan looked at his wife. The sweat on his body naturally evaporated. “I have a feeling that I’m advancing every day. I’m getting closer and closer to the Dharma Domain realm. Furthermore, I can’t stop when I think of how patrolling Godfiends could be dying in battle every day. How long has it been? Yet nearly 30% of the patrolling Godfiends have already died in battle.
The three sects tried their best; for example, Earth Net’s reconnaissance. Avian demon monarchs would scan the area ahead of time. The patrolling Godfiends also brought demon monarch servants with them. However, as long as a battle erupted, there would ultimately be accidents. The demons were also very cunning.
Over the past two years, nearly 30% of the patrolling Godfiends had died in battle.
“Yes.” Liu Qiyue nodded gently and didn’t say anything else.
In the courtyard.
Yan Jin and Xue Feng were sparring.
Snow Drift.
Sword beams rained down on Xue Feng like snowflakes in the void. However, Xue Feng held his sword in one hand and blocked every snowflake.
Yan Jin landed on the ground and revealed a look of delight.
“Seventh Brother, you’ve finally mastered Snow Drift,” said Xue Feng with a smile. “Just this move alone gives you the strength of a top Marquis Godfiend.” “Not worth mentioning.” Yan Jin spoke a little more. After all, the human heart remained soft. After spending more than two years together, Yan Jin could sense his brother’s concern for him. The relationship between the two brothers had improved significantly. In fact, Yan Jin was only cold on the outside. In the past, he was resistant towards Xue Feng because of the Xue family. As time passed, changes were natural. I only have the strength of a top Marquis Godfiend even after obtaining the Myriad Sword Sect’s legacy and having my brother’s help? When can I get close to him? Yan Jin’s eyes turned colder when he thought of King Calm Sea and his dead mother.
“I’ll head back first,” said Yan Jin before turning to leave.
Sigh… Xue Feng wanted to say something, but he shut his mouth. This seventh brother of mine has always had a knot in his heart. It’s not his fault. Father does have to bear most of the responsibility. Xue Feng had been admitted to Archean Mountain at the age of 13, so he didn’t know what his brother had experienced. Later, he sent someone to investigate before finding out what his brother had experienced. This made him feel some resentment towards his father.
Father, even if you are focused on guarding the city pass and cultivating, don’t you care about your children at all? Back then, he felt like he was in hell. Despite his despair, you still allowed everything to happen? Seventh Brother only wants justice. So what if you admit your mistake and give his mother the name she rightfully deserves? Xue Feng couldn’t understand his father.
That night.
Xue Feng couldn’t help but write a letter. Since Father left a sword mark on Seventh Brother, he definitely doesn’t have a heart of steel. Xue Feng wrote the letter, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Duyang City. King Calm Sea temporarily guarded this place. He had returned from the World Gap a year ago. His life-preservation means were a little weaker in the World Gap! When he was roaming the World Gap with King True Martial, he had experienced many harrowing instances. King True Martial had to risk his life to protect him. With his pride, he left the World Gap. He was replaced with a stronger Regis Godfiend, Peng Mu, who reigned supreme 1,000 years ago. Including the ancient Godfiends who had awakened, the Archean Mountain Godfiend closest to King True Martial in strength was Peng Mu. In the early days, Archean Mountain had allowed King Calm Sea to explore the World Gap and see the birth of the world for the betterment of his cultivation.
Swoosh.
King Calm Sea sat cross-legged in a courtyard of Duyang City. Suddenly, an avian demon monarch flew over. It threw a letter at King Calm Sea before leaving.
King Calm Sea reached out to receive it.
Feng’er’s letter? King Calm Sea was somewhat astonished. Among his many children, he was most satisfied with Xue Feng. Furthermore, he knew that after Xue Feng became a Regis Godfiend, he would directly join Black Sand Grotto-Heaven and receive the Black Sand lineage’s nurturing.
When King Calm Sea opened the letter, his expression turned gloomy. His eyes turned sharper.
Humph.
King Calm Sea snorted coldly. He clenched the letter in his hand and reduced it to dust.
A day later, while Xue Feng was reading a dossier in his study at night, he saw the letter sent by the avian demon monarch envoy. Father replied? Xue Feng was somewhat nervous and expectant.
I hope Father will stop being so stubborn. It will be our Xue family’s blessing. Xue Feng opened the envelope and unfolded the letter. He nervously looked at the letter’s content, and the color in his face drained.
There was only one sentence on the letter”Defeat me before questioning me.”
Chapter 338 - Fifth Firmament Patriarch Yellow Oscillate
Father, why are you like this? Xue Feng read the letter; he felt like the words on the letter had stabbed his heart. Although he knew that his father had a heart of stone, Xue Feng believed that his father still had some feelings for his children since he had left a sword mark on each of his children. It made him have extravagant hopes, which resulted in him writing the letter to his father.
There are all kinds of people. Father is that kind of person, I suppose? Xue Feng put down the letter. Quintessential Essence shot out from his fingertip, reducing the letter to dust.
Deep in the sea, inside a small grotto-heaven.
“Congratulations, Brother Yellow Oscillate.”
“Brother Yellow Oscillate, you have now recovered to the fifth Firmament. I believe it won’t be long before you return to the demon sage realm,” said Demon Sage Nine Abyss and the black-robed North Sense with a smile.
Patriarch Yellow Oscillate’s aura was clearly much stronger than before. He remained his handsome self as he smiled and said, “We are demon sages to begin with. You shouldn’t bother congratulating me for reaching the fifth Firmament. As for the demon sage realm? I hope I can return to my original cultivation in 100 years.” “Brother Yellow Oscillate, when are you going to the World Gap? As you are aware, the Imperial Lords are very concerned about this matter,” said Demon Sage Nine Abyss solemnly. “I’ve regained my demon sage realm cultivation, so I can’t go to the World Gap! As for North Sense, he can’t even pierce the World Gap’s membrane. Among the three of us, only you can break through the world membrane and enter the World Gap…”
Yellow Oscillate frowned. “I understand what the Imperial Lords want. They want me to enter the World Gap and lead a bunch of fifth Firmament demon monarchs through the World Gap to infiltrate the human
world. However, it’s very difficult to do so! It’s very difficult for a fifth Firmament demon monarch to blast through the world membrane. Although my technique realm has reached the late stages of the Grotto-Heaven realm, our cultivation system is inferior to the Godfiend cultivation system. My strength is slightly lower than King True Martial’s,” said Yellow Oscillate.
“I still need to cultivate a little longer and try my best to push this body to the peak of the fifth Firmament. I want to guarantee that it won’t take me more than 15 seconds to break through the world membrane. All Creation Supremacies will sense somebody attacking the world membrane. They might even rush over at full speed and intercept me. If that happens, I’ll be finished,” said Yellow Oscillate. “I still have to travel the world and observe the River of Spacetime. I need to find the connection point between the world membrane in the human world and the World Gap. I’ll break through the world membrane and enter the World Gap in the future.
“Therefore, the connection point has to be far away from land so that Creation Supremacies can’t arrive in a short period of time. I also have to find a connection point for my return journey. That connection point also has to be far away from land. Otherwise, we will only be sending ourselves to our deaths if Creation Supremacies intercept the group of fifth Firmament demon monarchs.” Yellow Oscillate said, “In case of any accidents, I have to confirm ten different connection points that are 5,000 kilometers away from each other. Only then will I dare to enter the World Gap. I will have the confidence to bring the fifth Firmament demon monarchs back to the human world without being blocked by Creation Supremacies once I’ve finished doing this.”
“The World Gap is between the human world and the Demon Realm. There are countless connection points,” said Demon Sage Nine Abyss with a smile. “It’s not difficult for you, Brother Yellow Oscillate.”
“Once I enter, human Creation Supremacies will immediately realize that something is amiss. They can pry into the secrets of spacetime and sense my identity. They will send Regis Godfiends to enter the World Gap to kill me at all costs.”
“The Imperial Lords will send fifth Firmament demon monarchs to help you,” said North Sense.
“It will be very dangerous. Therefore, I need to continue cultivating. I need to reach the peak of the fifth Firmament first,” said Yellow Oscillate with a smile. “By the way, I plan on traveling around soon. I’ll kill Regis Godfiend along the way.”
“Kill Regis Godfiends?” Nine Abyss and North Sense looked at him.
“Over the past few years, one million demon monarchs have taken turns attacking the city. Fourth Firmament demon monarchs and fifth Firmament demon monarchs occasionally ambush the guardian Godfiends. They only manage to kill Marquis Godfiends,” said Yellow Oscillate with a smile. “I want to make those Regis Godfiends feel fear. I want the humans to know that Regis Godfiends can die at any time if they guard a city.”
The black-robed North Sense nodded. “With Brother Yellow Oscillate’s strength, over 90% of the Regis Godfiends in the world can be killed. However, you have to be careful. Human reinforcements are very fast!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll end the battle within 30 seconds. I’ll leave immediately.” Yellow Oscillate nodded. “I also want to see how much the Death Aura left behind by human experts will help my Stygian Saber Art.”
Patriarch Yellow Oscillate cultivated the Stygian Saber Art. The more experts he killed, the more terrifying his Stygian Saber Art became.
“You just want to kill, right?” asked Demon Sage Nine Abyss with a smile.
Yellow Oscillate’s eyes were filled with killing intent as he said softly, “In the Demon Realm, there are factions. This can’t be killed. That can’t be killed. In the human world… we can kill them all.”
This was one of the reasons why he came to the human world. With his cultivation, it was useless to kill weak experts. Only fifth Firmament demon monarchs were of some nourishment to his saber art. However, how many fifth Firmament demon monarchs were there in the entire Demon Realm? Which one didn’t have a backer? How could they allow him to kill them freely?
Windflow City was a large city in the southwest region of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Xue Feng, Yan Jin, and Lu Cheng temporarily guarded the city. The guardian Godfiends of each large city would be swapped every few months.
“Junior Brother Xue, your brother is crazy when it comes to cultivation.” Lu Cheng fanned himself as he ate with Xue Feng.
“That’s the way he is.” Xue Feng smiled as he drank. He glanced at Lu Cheng and couldn’t help but say, “It’s winter, yet you’re fanning yourself. How much do you like fans?”
“I’m cultivating this way. Do you understand? You have to learn from me. You have to fuse your cultivation into your daily life, allowing you to cultivate at all times,” said Lu Cheng leisurely.
“You are giving pointers to me, someone who reached the Dharma Domain realm at 50 years old? You reached the Dharma Domain realm at 200 years old.” Xue Feng teased.
Lu Cheng was instantly exasperated. Those that could become Marquis Godfiends all had extraordinary talent. It might be difficult for them to reach the Dharma Domain realm before the age of 90, but a small portion of them could reach the Dharma Domain realm by the time they were 200 years old. These old Marquis Godfiends were the main forces that guarded a city. The younger Marquis Godfiends mainly provided support.
“Oh?” Xue Feng and Lu Cheng’s expressions suddenly changed. They could sense demonic powers erupting in all directions.
“Demon monarchs are attacking the city from all four directions, 1,600 in total.” Xue Feng and Lu Cheng instantly rushed out of the house and soared into the sky. They also saw Yan Jin soar into the sky.
Their gazes swept around the area from above. They saw demon monarchs running in all directions. All of them were third Firmament demon monarchs!
“Same old,” said Lu Cheng.
Xue Feng and Yan Jin nodded.
The three of them quickly flew in different directions. They tried their best to approach the city wall as they released a large number of Quintessential Essence threads. The Quintessential Essence threads that covered the world were beautiful, but the commoners in the city panicked. They knew that the demon monarchs had attacked the city again. In the past few years, the demon monarchs had attacked the city too frequently.
“Demon monarchs are attacking the city!” The soldiers on the city walls immediately lit their beacons.
Boom!
Iron stone beasts crawled out from the moats at the foot of the city walls. At each of the four walls were 50 iron stone beasts. Under Lu Cheng’s remote control, the iron stone beasts rushed towards the demon monarchs. Lu Cheng had a third-level Essence Soul, so it was relatively easy for him to control 200 iron stone beasts. In fact, he could control more iron stone beasts, but Archean Mountain only assigned him 200 of them.
Chi! Chi! Chi!
Poisonous bugs the size of human heads flapped their thin, cicada-like wings and flew out of the city walls.
Every city wall had over 100 poisonous bugs. All of them were controlled by Great Solar Godfiends that cultivated the Myriad Poisons Fiend Body. In Windflow City, there were a total of six Great Solar Godfiends that cultivated the Myriad Poisons Fiend Body. There were a total of 500 poisonous bugs. This was the main force that dealt with demon monarchs.
“Iron stone beasts and poisonous bugs.” The demon monarchs saw them from afar. Although they were afraid, they still charged forward.
After several years of fighting, the demons and humans were familiar with each other’s methods. They also had ways to deal with each other’s tactics. Each attack became more intense than the previous.
Chapter 339 - Man Down
“Die.” Xue Feng, Lu Cheng, and Yan Jin focused on different directions. They were 25 kilometers away from the city walls they were closest to. Their released Quintessential Essence threads could cross the city walls and attack the demon monarchs.
The iron stone beasts and poisonous bugs had extraordinary bodies. These third Firmament demon monarchs couldn’t destroy them. In a one-on-one battle, the iron stone beasts and poisonous bugs could easily kill third Firmament demon monarchs.
However, the demon monarchs knew how to work together. Some were good at domains, some were good at binding, some were good at close combat, and some were unafraid of poison. When they worked together, they could fight the poisonous bugs and iron stone beasts.
“Charge.”
“It will be a glorious victory if we charge into the city.”
These demon monarchs were filled with fighting spirit. In the city, they fought with poisonous bugs and iron stone beasts, affecting many mortals.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A large number of Quintessential Essence threads shot out like lightning, making it difficult to dodge.
Bam! A wolf demon monarch—who was fighting an iron stone beast-was struck by two wisps of Quintessential Essence. His movement technique was affected, and his saber strike was torn apart by the Marquis Godfiend Quintessential Essence. The saber’s strength was greatly reduced. The iron stone beast parried the saber and bit at the wolf demon monarch, splitting it into two.
These demons deserve to die. Yan Jin released his Quintessential Essence threads from afar. The Quintessential Essence threads couldn’t kill his enemies directly, but they could injure them! They could affect the demon monarchs’ movement techniques and attacks, making it easier for the poisonous bugs and iron stone beasts to kill the demon monarchs.
These third Firmament demon monarchs have varying degrees of strength. Xue Feng and Lu Cheng wore solemn expressions.
With the help of Marquis Godfiends, the iron stone beasts and poisonous bugs held the advantage. However, they only made most demon monarchs flee. A few third Firmament demon monarchs continued charging towards the city.