{930 000 Years ago}
[Demonic Marsh]
"Forward, press the charge", commanded Anwu (Heir of the Hou Clan). His voice is firm and confident. He led a charge of 15 companies of soldiers straight into the lines of the Demon army. Crushing into them with a ferocity that could be heard across the battlefield scattering their lines and causing their soldiers to flee.
"Don't let them escape, slaughter them all, cleanse the Divine realms of their foul stench", shouted Anwu. His voice was hurling and echoing across the battlefield which has already been drenched the demon blood.
"Heavenly Emperor, reporting, the Eternal legions have decimated the demon lines in the East front", said Feng Shuiying. He was a Heavenly general. His report pleased the Heavenly emperor. "Good, tell Yuxuan to engage and advance, with the Heavenly armies", instructed Mu Huanyi (Heavenly Emperor and father of current-present Heavenly Emperor).
About 930 000 years ago all the realms of the divine, including the Three Holy Realms (Celestial, Eternal, Immortal) joined forces to fight common enemy. The reason behind this unexpected unity remains unknown and the reason why this battle took place also remains unknown. All that is known is that it involved the being with the name of Xingtian.
As the armies of the Divine advanced upon the Hidden gate, Xingtian at his limit fled into the Hidden Gate. "He went into the Hidden Gate", shouted Di Shangtian (Heiress of the Di Clan). Her voice echoing across the bloody and perilous butcher yard that has become the Demonic Marsh. All the nearby armies that remain marched up to the Hidden Gate now visible to everyone.
"Do we enter?" asked Yuxuan (Crown Prince of the Heavenly Realm). His voice calm and fearful. "No, we don't know what lies beyond", said Huanyi. He flashed there, appearing before everyone. "Greetings, Heavenly Emperor", said everyone. "But we can't simply ignore his escape nor let him escape", said Zhu'an (Third Prince of the Eternal Realm). Appearing before everyone along with Shangyuan (Arceus), Anwu and Xuanyu. His words are cold and merciless.
"We advance, Eternal Legions, listen to my command, we move into the Hidden Gate and rid existence of threat that it faces", commanded Zhu'an. His tone was stern and ferocious. The Eternal Legion present advanced into the Hidden gate along with Zhu'an, Di Shangtian, Anwu, Xuanyu and Shangyuan. "Heavenly armies, advance!", commanded Huanyi. All the divine force gathered outside the Hidden gate advance into it.
(Inside the Hidden Gate)
"What is this place?" asked Shangtian. Her face filled with disgust. "This is the Nether Realm, home and birthplace of the Asura Demons", answered Zhu'an. His tone was cold and disgusting.
The realm was filled with a thick red miasma, sky crimson red the very ground shone like a red sun as it reflected the sky above it. "What a horrid place", said Huanyi. "I sense him, over in two o' clock", said Yuxuan. The Divine forces headed in the direction of Xingtian's presence. As the divine forces approached Xingtian was trying to escape, but the pursuit of the forces was endless.
"The more we stay here, the worse it will be for our bodies", said Huanyi, concerned. Zhu'an nodded his head and in an instant flashed forward appearing before Xingtian, whose face was filled with shock and fear. Zhu'an smiled and knocked Xingtian down.
"Bind him", shouted Shangtian. Yuxuan together everyone else used the Immortal binding chains to bind Xingtian. "Reinforce the array!", shouted Yuxuan as Xingtian was managing to break free. Xuanyu and Anwu added their power to the array which increased its binding power and Xingtian fell to his knees. "What have I done to deserve this?" asked Xingtian. His voice filled with despair and regret as he shouted across the huge host of Divine forces.
"You are existing", answered Zhu'an. His voice was cold and stern. Zhu'an's answer shocked Xingtian, has hopelessness flowed over his face with the realization that there was no getting out of his situation.
"What has my kind done to deserve this punishment?" asked Xingtian. His face filled with despair and hopelessness. "They existed", replied Zhu'an. His voice again emitting a cold and merciless feeling. "Your people brought this upon themselves", said Huanyi. Xingtian's eyes filled with tears. "They thought they could live in a world that was not made for them, lying claim to what is divine", said Huanyi. His voice filled with hatred and eyes filled with anger and disgust.
"It was not ours", said Xingtian. His voice cracked. "Claiming stuff that is divine". Xingtian stared at Huanyi and Zhu'an. "My people are divine! this world is ours, we were born just like the Eternal, Immortals and Celestials into this world, we were crafted by the Primes themselves, this world belongs to us just as much as it belongs to you", said Xingtian. His eyes filled with tears as despair swept across his face hoping to turn the minds of some of the divine but to no avail.
"So why must we be persecuted like this?" shouted Xingtian as he asked. Looking at everyone around him. "Your kind has forsaken their birth into creation the moment your kind fell from the Divine and submitted to the tyranny of the Evil God", said Zhu'an. His voice was cold as it emitted across the armies of soldiers. "Why must we let you remain, your kind is evil and darkness fills your hearts, you were corrupted by the Evil God, and we cannot let that evil return and have darkness engulf the light, so your kind must die", said Huanyi. "The evil is already here, it's in your words and your actions", said Xingtian. His voice filled with disappointment. "How dare you", said Huanyi, annoyed.
Xingtian turned and looked at Shangyuan, whose face was emotionless and expressionless, "Still the same, old friend, I forgive you", said Xingtian. Looking at Shangyuan as his eyes again filled with tears. But was sadness or pity. "Enough we must rid the creation of this foul creature, the Asura demons are a stench upon the holiness of creation", said Zhu'an. He had annoyance written over his face. "We cannot kill him, the rest of his filthy race pass their power to him, giving him a pure heart, we can only seal him", said Huanyi to Zhu'an and he nodded.
Zhu'an looked at Shangyuan, "You may begin". A coldness in his voice not what you would expect from a father. Xuanyu placed his hand on Shangyuan's shoulder. At that time the Demon King arrived. "See even your own kind forsaked you", said Huanyi, pleased. Shangyuan looked at the Demon King. Xingtian looked at the Demon King, "Thank you", whispered he.
Shangyuan lift his hand into the air and released a massive amount of Inner force and Qi, activating a giant array in the sky. Xingtian released a breath of relief. "Impressive, the Xuantian Seal", said Yuxuan, amazed. "Demon King!" shouted Shangyuan as he leaped into the air. The Demon King followed releasing his Demonic Qi, as he also leaped into the air. The binding chains around Xingtian tightened pressing against his body, breaking his bones.
"Everyone, infuse your Qi into the array", commanded Zhu'an. As everyone infused their qi into the array, a blinding light rushed down from the center of the array, striking Xingtian with a ferocious impact, stripping him of his Demonic bloodline and dissipating his Qi and Inner force.
Shangyuan then performed three hand signs (Retsu, Zai, Kai) and he finished the seal. Xingtian was now a prisoner in his own realm of birth. The Divine forces that gathered returned to their respective realms, after sealing the Hidden Gate of the Nether Realm. The place where the battle took place that resulted in the extermination of the entire Asura forces and people, not leaving anyone alive not a women or child, was from then on known as the Nether Sea.
[Present Day: Southern Eternal Border]
(Demonic Marshes)
"Commander Yuan, we can hold on any longer", said one soldier. "Commander their breaking through", said another soldier. Their voices fueled by distress. "How is this possible, where did these demons come from?" asked Jiang. His thoughts are running wild with uncertainty. "Hold men Hold!!" shouted Jiang. His voice echoed across the battlefield. At that moment the sound of the battle horn pierced through the clashing of shields and swords across the battlefield. Yuan Jiang looked over his shoulder and saw a banner with the sigil of the Di Clan, "Reinforcements!" shouted Jiang. His expression filled with joy and voice echoed excitement.
As the forces of the Di Clan approached the demons, rushing towards the Yuan troops, turned their attention to the approaching Di troops. The demon then started charging the Di troops, reliving the pressure from the Yuan troops. With the demons charging towards them, Di Shangtian, rode out from between her troops, on a brown horse, clad in horse armor.
"Di troop, listen to my command!", said Shangtian. Her voice echoed fueled with honor and excitement. She herself atop her might stead, clad in red crimson, black and silver armor and a helm that had the bearing of the Di Clan Lord Protector on it. Shangtian placed her hand on her sheathed sword's hilt and gripped it. Emotions of excitement and uncertainty filled her thoughts and face. Shangtian unsheathed her sword (Vermillion Dominion Sword), it shone with fiery light as she lifted it in the air.
"Kill!!", shouted Shangtian. Her voice echoed across the lines and battlefield. A glorious charge unfolded as the Di troops charged against the demon lines rushing towards them. The sound of the impact could be heard as a thundering clash unfold between the two forces. The Di troop broke through the demon line upon impact crashing the demons. Yuan Jiang looked on with awe alongside his troops. "Men gather your strength", yelled Command Yuan. His voice filled with passion and determination. This filled his remaining soldiers with morale. The Yuan troops gathered themselves and charged into battle, killing every demon in their path.
As Shangtian charged and slashed her way through the demon forces, she noticed the Yuan troops. She then commanded her troops to aid the Yuan troops. To achieve this, she commanded Yangyuan to use left flank of soldiers to engage in shattering the demon lines on the left using the Phoenix Formation of the Di Clan. This allowed a straight pathway to the Yuan troops.
Shangtian then commanded Xiao Ling to use the center to charge straight into the demon forces, fully breaking the demon effort. As Shangtian looked over the battlefield she saw that the demons are retreating, "Strange", said she. Her face showed uncertain look. She then rode her horse straight to the Yuan troops, while ordering her right flank to stand down.
With the battle of the Demonic Marsh seemingly over, something else looms over the Demonic invasion, as a mysterious miasma appears from the Demonic Marsh.