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They had watched King True Martial enter Archean Mountain as a youth. They had watched him grow step by step to this day. Although he had once despaired and fallen to a low point in his life, King True Martial’s technique realm was comparable to Qin Wu and Li Guan’s.
Now, he was dead.
On Archean Mountain, King True Martial’s cave abode.
King True Martial’s corpse laid on the bed as wisps of flames burned it, gradually turning the body to ashes.
Li Guan, an illusory Qin Wu, an illusory Luo Tang, and Meng Chuan watched from the side.
The strongest Regis Godfiend of the present era-also the strongest Regis Godfiend in the past millennium-had been turned to ashes. “I will bury his ashes on this cave abode’s back mountain,” said Li Guan.
“Senior Brother doesn’t have any family?” asked Meng Chuan.
“In his entire life, he never married. He didn’t have children and has always been alone,” said Li Guan. “He once had a mortal sister. He had a deep relationship with her. After her death, he no longer remained in contact with her descendants.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly.
“This was left behind by Senior Brother.” Meng Chuan pointed at the void bracelet beside him. “The Tribulation treasure is also inside.”
Li Guan nodded. He put away the void bracelet and went forward to place the ashes into an urn.
Meng Chuan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang watched silently.
“Although King True Martial sacrificed himself, a new era has begun,” said Qin Wu. “Humans will have much better days.”
Meng Chuan nodded. “Yea.”
Yes, a new era had begun.
The Demon Realm.
“Demon Sage Deep Profundity is dead. Our plan failed.” Imperial Lord Starquix shook his head gently. “The human’s heritage is deeper than we expected. A karma technique killed Demon Sage Deep Profundity while it hid in a small grotto-heaven.”
“What do we do next?” asked Lady Blackmoon. “Should we think of a way to send demon sage possessors into the human world?”
Imperial Lord Starquix shook his head. “It’s difficult. The demon sages aren’t our puppets. We can occasionally force one or two demon sages, but we can’t force all of them. If we force them into a corner… the demon sages will leave the Demon Realm and roam the outer realm.
“Back then,when the World Gap formed and a million demon monarchs infiltrated the human world-only Deep Profundity, Yellow Oscillate, Fire Dragon took the initiative to head to the human world. They all felt that there was a chance of victory,” continued Imperial Lord Starquix. “The situation has completely reversed now. The demon sages that entered the human world—Yellow Oscillate, Deep Profundity, and Fire Dragonhave died. Even Demon Sage Nine Abyss was forced to flee to the outer realm to survive.
“In such a situation, it will be very difficult to make the demon sages enter the human world willingly via possession,” said Imperial Lord Starquix.
The greater their chances of victory, the more willing the demon sages were to participate in the three demon Imperial Lords’ plans. However, the higher the death rate in the human world, the more reluctant the demon sages were.
“Besides, we don’t need ordinary demon sages. We need demon sages that can break through the two world membranes quickly,” said Imperial Lord Starquix. “The only demon sages left in the human world-Demon Sage North Sense and Demon Sage Thousand Cricketdon’t have good offensive strength.”
“It’ll be very difficult to find a suitable demon sage that’s willing,” said Emperor Roc. “Even if we find one, it will take it about 30 years to cultivate to the peak of the fifth Firmament after possession. Thirty years… If we do attack then, we might still fail.” Emperor Roc shook his head. “The humans have produced a monstrous genius, King Eastcalm, Meng Chuan. In 30 years, he will be even more terrifying than he is now.”
“Although the situation is dire, we still have to try,” said Imperial Lord Starquix.
The three Imperial Lords knew the war had become extremely difficult for them.
The World Gap.
King Calm Sea, formed from dark-blue ice, stood guard alone.
Senior Brother. King Calm Sea looked at the world that was slowly forming. He thought to himself, I’m actually very envious of you! Destroying the demons’ plans is a huge meritorious deed! You’ve helped the entire human world! Your name will be recorded in humanity’s history.
As for me, I’m just a joke. I was teased and used by demons. I could only recover completely because Master helped me become an ice lifeform. Otherwise, I would’ve become a lunatic that harmed humanity.
King Calm Sea continued advancing alone. He needed-wanted to redeem himself.
Due to Archean Mountain’s punishment, he had to patrol the World Gap for 300 years.
Final Chapter of Volume-Sixth-Level Essence Soul
Chapter 466 - Twenty-Two Years Later
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, 22 years had passed since the battle in the World Gap.
The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Jiang State.
A merchant caravan with hundreds of people was advancing on a main road. A group of children sat on the two mule carts in the caravan. There were over ten children in total.
“It wasn’t easy for us to join the caravan as they made their way to Jiang State. Kids like you shouldn’t cause any trouble. If you anger the caravan owners, they will chase us away,” said a linen-clothed man who was driving the mule cart. “When the time comes, we won’t be able to bring you to Jiang State Capital that’s hundreds of kilometers away.”
“Yes, yes.”
“We will be very obedient.”
The children nodded immediately. “Uncle Liu, Uncle Zhang, we’re going to Jiang State Capital’s Green Elm Dao Academy. It’s said that King Feather Dragon, a Godfiend, cultivated in Green Elm Dao Academy when he was young. Is that true?” asked a boy. Immediately, the children on the two mule carts pricked up their ears and looked at the adults in anticipation.
“Haha.” A youth with a saber walked beside the mule cart. He laughed and said, “It’s true. King Feather Dragon attended Green Elm Dao Academy when he was young. He is the son of King Eastcalm and Queen Calmmoon. He cultivated at Green Elm Dao Academy. This Green Elm Dao Academy is definitely one of the best Dao Academies in the world. It’s most suitable for children like you to study there. The entire fort selected the 16 of you to go there. You have to cultivate well when you are at Green Elm Dao Academy.”
“I know, I know.”
“King Eastcalm’s family is truly impressive. They have three Regis Godfiends.”
“King Eastcalm is the most powerful Godfiend in the world. He alone wiped out a million demon monarchs in the world.” The group of children discussed. Nearly 40 years had passed since Meng Chuan resolved the threat of the million demon monarchs. King Eastcalm’s reputation had risen as time passed. He was extremely famous now.
“Uncle, I heard that Jiang State Capital is 100 kilometers wide, right?” “Yes. From the eastern city gates to the western city gates, you won’t be able to cover it even if you walk from morning until night,” said the saber-wielding youth with a smile. “Furthermore, I heard that a powerful Godfiend built Jiang State Capital’s city walls in half a month.”
“Half a month?” The children were dumbfounded.
As the elders chatted with the children, suddenly
“Quick, quick.”
From afar, a figure ran over and shouted, “Demons! Run ahead! Run ahead!”
The figure that flew over was also a Mortal Shedding realm expert. His shouts were loud, and almost the entire caravan heard it.
At first, the merchants were taken aback. They turned their heads and saw a black ‘line’ rapidly coming towards them.
“It’s the demons. Hurry up and leave.” The two Impervious realm experts in the caravan had excellent eyesight. Their expressions changed drastically once they saw this. They immediately
shouted at the top of their voices.
Quick!
Quick!
The entire caravan went crazy. Many goods were abandoned as people fled in panic.
The black line in the distance quickly spread out. It was a dense horde of demons. The ones running in front were mainly greater demons and demon lieutenant commanders. Their speed was in no way inferior to those at the Impervious realm. They moved much faster than the entire caravan. The merchants were fleeing with all their might, but the demons behind them still closed in on them.
The demons were extremely ferocious as they ran with dismembered human corpses in hand.
“We’re too slow. We can’t escape.” The caravan was in a state of panic. Four of the adults on the two mule carts carried the children.
“Brother Liu, what should we do?”
“The Godfiends will quickly arrive once they are notified. Hold on, hold on,” shouted Uncle Liu anxiously. It was already difficult for them to escape themselves. The 16 children from the fort only slowed them down even more.
The mule ran desperately as it pulled the cart, but it was much slower than the demons.
“We won’t be able to protect them. Every man for himself!” A skinny, hunchbacked man suddenly jumped out of the mule cart and fled into the distance.
“Liu Laoqi.” The other three adults were extremely furious. Immediately, one of their companions took over the reins of the mule and continued driving it forward.
“When will the Godfiends come?”
“If the Godfiends come in time, we’ll live. If not, we’ll die,” said Uncle Liu through gritted teeth. Everyone looked at the dense horde of demons behind them. Some of the bear demons and ox demons were as large as a hill. The humans didn’t have any extravagant thoughts of resisting.
The children on the two mule carts were even more horrified. They had no idea how to deal with the situation. The children had never encountered such danger before.
Just as the obstreperous demons were about 100 feet away from the caravan, all the demons suddenly froze.
The dense horde of demons—which was spread out over a kilometer-froze. They were completely motionless.
Following that, the wind reduced the demons to dust with a whoosh. Tens of thousands of demons were annihilated instantly.
Meng Chuan stood high in the sky and looked down at the scene.
An invisible void fluctuation spread out a hundred kilometers. No demon within 100 kilometers could escape his detection.
Oh? Meng Chuan turned his head to look into the distance. An avian demon monarch was traveling at full speed.
Meng Chuan’s figure blurred before arriving in front of the avian demon monarch.
The avian demon monarch was taken aback. When he saw Meng Chuan in front of him, he bowed his head respectfully. “Greetings, King Eastcalm. I received Earth Net’s help request. I came here to provide reinforcements.”
“I’ve killed all the demons. There are five second Firmament demon monarchs’ corpses 6.5 kilometers to the northeast. You are in charge of handling them,” said Meng Chuan. “Also, the unstable World Entrance is about 9 kilometers to the northeast. Keep an eye on it.”
“Yes,” said the avian demon monarch respectfully. Meng Chuan nodded and looked at the distant caravan. He sighed inwardly before disappearing
Whoosh.
As he flew, Meng Chuan wasn’t in a good mood.
Over the past few years, the number of unstable World Entrances has been increasing as the human world and the Demon Realm gradually grow closer to each other. Several of them appear in the Great Zhou Dynasty every day. Occasionally, more than ten unstable World Entrances appear a day. Ever since their plans for the World Gap failed, the demons have become even crazier. Every time an unstable World Entrance appears, they will send demons into the human world to engage in slaughter.
There are many Earth Net personnel now. A large number of Godfiends and demon servants are stationed everywhere. However, unstable World Entrances appear without any warning. There are often casualties. Meng Chuan shook his head slightly. Even he couldn’t do anything about it.
It had been nearly 40 years since he resolved the threat of a million demon monarchs. For mortals, 40 years was a very long time. Many youths had never experienced what life had been like when one million demon monarchs roamed the world, wreaking havoc. They had never experienced the days of hiding underground, in lakes, and deep in the mountains.
After 40 years, the human population had also multiplied to a large extent.
For every ten unstable World Entrances, there’s almost always one tragic outcome. All these years, the world has been peaceful. The large city passes are guarded quite well. Demon servants secretly watch the small and medium-sized World Entrances. The only time when a large number of casualties occur is when unstable World Entrances appear randomly. Meng Chuan had no solution to this problem.
A large city is guarded by Godfiends. As for the fort villages, it’s very easy for them to encounter disasters. Fortunately, Earth Net is everywhere. Godfiends and demon servants patrol the world all the time. The demons only dare to attack fort villages at most. Last year, 175 forts in the Great Zhou Dynasty were attacked. Over a million people died.
More than a million people died, and over 100 village forts were attacked. Placed against the backdrop of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, it was a mere statistic. After all, this amount of casualties… was much less than before.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan flew towards the south.
I’m here. A towering city appeared in his vision.
Dragoncloud State, Warped Cloud City. This was a bustling city with over ten million people.
Upon seeing the large city, Meng Chuan smiled. He had come to congratulate his good friend. His good friend, Yan Chitong, had just become a Regis Godfiend!
Chapter 467 - Meng Chuan and Yan Chitong
Yan Chitong lived in an inconspicuous manor in Warped Cloud City.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan arrived above the manor and slowly descended. A bearded, heroic-looking man walked out from a house. He smiled and looked up at Meng Chuan. “Senior Brother Meng.”
“Junior Brother Yan.” Meng Chuan landed in the courtyard and smiled. “Congratulations. You have finally become a Regis Godfiend after cultivating for so many years.”
“It really has been many years.” Yan Chitong felt somewhat wistful before he smiled and said, “Among all our fellow disciples, you are the first to visit and congratulate me.”
“The guardian Godfiends have to keep their identities a secret. The other fellow disciples can’t find you, so I’m naturally the first to visit,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. Although the world was relatively peaceful, hundreds of fourth Firmament demon monarchs and a small number of fifth Firmament demon monarchs remained in hiding. These demon monarchs had been hiding because the situation wasn’t looking good. However, the humans didn’t dare to be careless.
If the identity of a guardian Godfiend was revealed, the demons could attack them in a targeted manner. Yan Chitong turned his head and shouted, “Dear.”
Soon, a woman walked out.
“This is Senior Brother Meng,” said Yan Chitong with a smile. “Senior Brother Meng came to congratulate me after knowing that I’ve broken through.”
“Greetings, King Eastcalm.” The woman was humble and polite.
Meng Chuan smiled and nodded. “This is the first time I’m meeting Marchioness Qingyi.”
“I’ve long heard of King Eastcalm’s name. Back at Archean Mountain, Junior Sister Meng You often told me about you,” said the woman with a smile.
The woman was the rather famous Marchioness Qingyi, Su Qingyi. She was also one of Archean Mountain’s younger generation geniuses.
Over the years, the younger Godfiends patrolled the world and hunted down the demons. Some of them had broken through to become Marquis Godfiends.
Su Qingyi and Meng You were two of the newly-advance
d female Marquis Godfiends.
“Dear, I know you have something on. Go tend to it,” said Yan Chitong with a smile. “I’ll find a place to drink with Senior Brother Meng. I’ll be back tonight.”
“Go on then.” Su Qingyi smiled and nodded.
“Let’s go.” Yan Chitong left with Meng Chuan.
Warped Cloud City was extremely prosperous. There were many entertainment outlets in the city. Rainbow Cloud Restaurant was one of the best.
In one of Rainbow Cloud Restaurant’s private rooms.
Meng Chuan and Yan Chitong sat opposite each other.
“I didn’t bring anything else with me to congratulate you this time. I only brought a jar of good wine.” Meng Chuan smiled as he flipped his hand. He held the black jar in his hand-which was stuffed tightly. Meng Chuan placed it by the table.
“This is Fire Fruit Wine?” Yan Chitong’s eyes lit up when he caught a whiff of it. He immediately said, “As expected of Senior Brother Meng. How generous! This Fire Fruit Wine is rare. There are only dozens of jars left in this world. I’m going to have a treat today.” He took the initiative to pull out the wine jar’s stopper. With the naked eye, he could see the faint red alcoholic gases diffusing. Yan Chitong’s mind jolted, and he took the initiative to pour two bowls of wine. “Cheers.” Yan Chitong immediately picked up a large bowl and clinked it with Meng Chuan’s. He drank a few mouthfuls before putting it down on the table.
“What a fabulous wine. Unfortunately, it’s too expensive. A jar costs a million credits. I can’t bear to be so extravagant,” said Yan Chitong. “Senior Brother, you’re the best.” “This wine is meant for enjoyment. If others can enjoy it, we can naturally enjoy it as well.” Meng Chuan put down his wine bowl and sighed. “Time passes so quickly. The days when we entered Archean Mountain together remain vivid in my mind. Back then, you were the youngest. You wore a red robe, walked barefoot, and carried a spear. Several Godfiends cheered you on. You were very smug.” “I was only 13 years old back then,” Yan Chitong said as he reminisced about the past. “Back then, I felt that no matter how vast the world was, I, Yan Chitong, had the best talent in the world. Later, I learned that there is always someone better than you.”