The flames of Zhao Lianhua's Royal Flame Domain had barely faded.
Yet the battlefield outside Ashenfall City was already shaking again.
The Third Wave did not slow.
It expanded.
Behind the destroyed demon vanguard—
Another army marched forward.
Tens of thousands.
Then hundreds of thousands more.
The ground trembled under the weight of claws, hooves, armor, and monstrous bodies.
War drums thundered like the heartbeat of a dying world.
On the city wall, the defenders watched the endless black tide.
Some cultivators clenched their weapons tighter.
Some whispered prayers.
Some simply stared.
Because everyone understood the truth.
The demons were not testing anymore.
They were beginning the real war.
The Demon General Army
A horn blast echoed across the plains.
From the center of the demon army—
Eight massive figures stepped forward.
Demon Generals.
Each radiating terrifying Gold Rank pressure.
Their auras spread like poisonous storms across the battlefield.
Behind them marched twenty thousand elite demon soldiers.
Not ordinary beasts.
Veterans of previous demon wars.
Blood-drinkers.
City breakers.
One of the generals laughed, his voice echoing across the battlefield.
"Humans!"
His demonic wings spread wide.
"You burned thirty thousand of our soldiers."
He grinned.
"Now watch twenty thousand of ours tear your city apart."
The demon army surged forward.
Silence on the Wall
No one spoke.
Because everyone knew—
If those elite demons reached the city walls…
Ashenfall would drown in blood.
Then—
Footsteps sounded behind them.
Calm.
Steady.
Lin Tianren walked forward.
His black robes moved quietly in the wind.
No dramatic aura.
No explosion of power.
Just presence.
But every cultivator on the wall felt it.
The subtle pressure of something ancient.
Han Yueqing leaned on his sword and grinned.
"Finally bored of watching?"
Lin Tianren looked toward the advancing demon army.
His Dragon Heart Core pulsed once.
Slow.
Heavy.
"Someone needs to thin the numbers."
The Sovereign Steps Forward
Before anyone could speak—
Lin Tianren stepped off the wall.
Gasps echoed behind him.
He did not fall.
A golden ripple appeared beneath his feet.
Spiritual energy condensed like invisible stairs.
Step.
Step.
Step.
He walked down through the air itself.
Toward the demon army.
Alone.
Demon Mockery
One of the Demon Generals noticed him.
A huge demon with iron spikes growing from his shoulders.
He burst into laughter.
"One human?"
Another general sneered.
"Have they already run out of soldiers?"
The demon army roared in amusement.
Lin Tianren stopped walking.
Now he stood on the battlefield.
Twenty thousand demons in front of him.
Eight Demon Generals watching him like predators.
The wind moved slowly across the ash-covered plains.
Then Lin Tianren spoke quietly.
"You're blocking the road."
The First Step
He took one step forward.
His aura released.
Not explosively.
Not violently.
It expanded like a rising tide.
Golden light spread across the battlefield.
The air itself grew heavier.
The demons stopped laughing.
Because suddenly—
Their demonic energy felt… suppressed.
Lin Tianren raised his hand slowly.
"Sovereign Field."
The ground trembled.
A massive golden domain erupted outward.
Five hundred meters.
Then one thousand.
Everything inside it slowed.
Demon aura weakened.
Beast instincts trembled.
This was not simple cultivation pressure.
It was bloodline authority.
The Massacre Begins
The demon army roared and charged.
Thousands surged forward like a black tidal wave.
Lin Tianren did not retreat.
Instead—
He moved.
And the battlefield exploded.
His body vanished in a flash of golden light.
The first demon line never saw him arrive.
A single sword slash appeared across the battlefield.
Golden energy cut through armor, flesh, and bone.
Fifty demons collapsed instantly.
Lin Tianren appeared behind them.
Already moving again.
Golden Heaven Sword
He raised his hand.
Spiritual energy condensed instantly.
A golden sword formed in his grip.
Not metal.
Pure energy.
Ancient.
Sharp enough to split mountains.
"Golden Heaven Sword Art."
His voice was calm.
But the battlefield screamed.
Heavenly Sever
He swung once.
A massive golden arc tore through the battlefield.
Demons exploded into fragments of black blood.
The shockwave alone crushed dozens more.
The demon army faltered.
But only for a moment.
Thousands more charged.
Lin Tianren moved again.
Faster.
Deadlier.
Every step left bodies behind.
Every swing carved open entire lines of demons.
The battlefield turned into a storm of steel and golden light.
The Beast Joins
Suddenly—
A blur of silver fire leaped into the battlefield.
Lin Tianren's evolved beast companion.
Now larger.
Stronger.
Nine flaming tails spread behind it like a burning crown.
The fox roared.
Illusion flames erupted across the battlefield.
Demon soldiers suddenly saw ten Lin Tianrens attacking at once.
Panic spread instantly.
They swung at shadows.
While the real Lin Tianren cut through them like lightning.
Demon Army Collapse
Within minutes—
Thousands of demons were dead.
The battlefield looked like a graveyard.
Even the Demon Generals stopped smiling.
One growled angrily.
"He's cutting through the army!"
Another snarled.
"Enough."
He stepped forward.
"Kill him."
Eight Generals Advance
The eight Demon Generals moved simultaneously.
Their auras exploded.
The battlefield shook violently.
Even Lin Tianren slowed.
Eight Gold Rank enemies.
Each powerful enough to destroy cities.
Surrounding him.
One general grinned cruelly.
"You killed our soldiers."
He raised a massive war hammer.
"Now die with them."
Lin Tianren's Smile
For the first time—
Lin Tianren smiled.
Not arrogantly.
Not mockingly.
Just slightly.
His Dragon Heart Core pulsed again.
Stronger this time.
The golden aura around him intensified.
His beast companion growled beside him.
Their contract resonance surged.
Lin Tianren lifted the Golden Heaven Sword.
Golden lightning danced across the blade.
"Good."
His voice was quiet.
But the battlefield felt it.
"Now it's interesting."
End Scene
Far away—
Demon Commander Var'Khal watched the battlefield calmly.
The burning plains.
The destroyed army.
The golden warrior standing among thousands of demon corpses.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"So this is the Sovereign-blooded human."
He smiled faintly.
"Good."
Because now—
The war was becoming entertaining.