As the cold, bone-chilling voice of the Planar Spirit continued to echo through the great array, the four individuals led by Yu Yuanchen erupted with earth-shattering momentum!
"Thunder God Position, descend!"
Yu Yuanchen let out a long roar first. A complex and profound purple-gold lightning divine rune suddenly lit up between his brows, as if communicating with the supreme Thunder Law in the void! A vast, majestic divine power, far more immense than before and carrying the will of judgment and destruction, poured down from the void, perfectly fusing with his own Thunder Divine Essence!
Hum—!
The purple-gold lightning around him surged instantly, its color deepening until it seemed to transform into a liquid sea of thunder! His aura climbed step by step, instantly breaking through the boundary of a Third-level Deity and charging fiercely into the peak of a Second-level Deity. The momentum did not stop there, finally stabilizing at a terrifying level that barely touched the threshold of a First-level God!
Although he could not unleash the full power of the Thunder God Position because he had not fully inherited it, this brief fusion already granted him the qualifications to contend with the Planar Spirit head-on! Moreover, relying on his solid foundation and profound understanding of the Thunder Law, this burden remained within a tolerable range, enough to sustain him for several days.
"Angel God Position, possess!"
Qian Daoliu gave a low shout almost simultaneously. The six wings on his back completely transformed, condensing into pure Light Divine Power, and the Angel Sacred Sword in his hand erupted with a holy light that pierced the void.
A sacred power carrying the essence of purification, order, and redemption descended, forcibly elevating his combat power to the level of a Second-level Deity! Although the duration was far inferior to Yu Yuanchen's, the power he unleashed was equally astonishing.
"Roar! God Position of Destruction, open!"
Tang Chen let out a roar like a heaven-shaking dragon. He did not follow an elemental path, but rather the path of pure power.
A savage, overbearing, and terrifying force capable of crushing stars and the universe awakened within his body. His muscles expanded once more, dark golden, ancient patterns emerged on his skin, and the Qi and Blood around him burned like a furnace. His combat power also soared to the level of a Second-level Deity. The Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his hand, its surface flowing with dark golden light, radiating a heart-palpitating destructive force!
With the blessing of three great God Positions, their momentum combined, temporarily suppressing the overwhelming pressure of the Planar Spirit!
As for Gu Yuena, she did not choose to draw upon the power of her true form to increase her combat strength. Her silver hair danced, seven-colored light swirled in her purple eyes, and her hands formed a profound hand seal before her chest. An invisible, intangible, yet supreme pressure that transcended ordinary laws spread out with her at the center!
"Elemental... stripping!"
Her cold, clear voice was like a decree of law. In an instant, the heaven and earth elements that the Planar Spirit had previously commanded like his own limbs seemed to encounter a supreme monarch, becoming sluggish, chaotic, and even showing signs of slipping from his control!
"What?!" The Planar Spirit finally changed his expression. One of his greatest advantages was his absolute control over local elements as the Planar Spirit! Yet at this moment, Gu Yuena, relying on the supreme authority of the Silver Dragon King to govern the Elemental Origin, was forcibly competing with him for control of the elements!
Although she could not strip them away completely, the efficiency and power with which the Planar Spirit mobilized elemental energy to launch attacks were instantly greatly reduced! The law-based attacks he habitually condensed were reduced in power by more than 30% due to elemental disorder before they could even fully form!
"Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, fall!"
The Planar Spirit was both shocked and angry. He immediately changed his strategy, invoking the Plane Law to summon countless terrifying bolts of Heavenly Thunder, each as thick as a mountain and of various colors, raining down upon the four of them like a storm! This was the judgment of the Plane Will, containing the true meaning of destruction and tribulation!
However, facing this Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder that would make ordinary Spirit-level Experts turn pale, Yu Yuanchen merely gave a cold snort and did not even move half a step.
The purple-gold lightning flowing around him rippled slightly. When those violently falling bolts of Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder approached within a hundred feet of him, they became as docile as subjects meeting an emperor, even actively merging into the sea of thunder around him, which instead enhanced his momentum.
"Showing off in front of an expert," Yu Yuanchen said indifferently. He was the inheritor of the Thunder God Position and held the Thunder Authority. Unless it was a Godhood Tribulation set by the laws of the universe or a source-level divine thunder triggered by a God King Level existence, the tribulation lightning of a lower plane was nothing more than a supplement to him!
The Planar Spirit's two most common and basic methods—elemental control and Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder—were rendered largely useless in the blink of an eye by the combined efforts of Yu Yuanchen and Gu Yuena!
"Damn it!" The Planar Spirit's face twisted. He could no longer maintain his benevolent facade, revealing his hideous nature. He had not expected these foreign gods to be so difficult to deal with, and their methods were specifically designed to counter him!
"It seems I have no choice but to use my true strength!" A flash of ruthlessness crossed the Planar Spirit's eyes as he slammed his hands against his chest!
Hum—!
A phantom, ancient and heavy, as if carrying the entire heaven and earth, slowly emerged from his body. It was a three-legged, two-eared ancient cauldron with a chaos color! The body of the cauldron was engraved with patterns of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, stars, plants, and creatures, radiating a vast and boundless pressure. Its rank was clearly that of a Super Divine Artifact!
The Heavenly Dao Cauldron! This was a Super Divine Artifact nurtured by the Planar Spirit using his own body combined with the origin of the Saint Demon Continent. It was capable of both offense and defense, and its power was in no way inferior to the Heaven-Defying Dragon Pillar!
The Planar Spirit was originally just a Spirit Furnace nurtured by the Saint Demon Continent (Spirit Furnaces are unique Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Saint Demon Continent, for details refer to God Seal Throne), named the Heavenly Dao Spirit Furnace. It had a very high rank and possessed the ability to communicate with the Plane Law. Over long years of gestation, it gradually developed spirituality, and after the gestation was successful, it gained a faint intelligence.
Later, the Spirit Furnace was discovered by a human seventh-rank expert who wanted to refine it. Although the Spirit Furnace's intelligence was weak, it instinctively resisted the refining and used its ability to communicate with the Plane Law. Perhaps because this human expert was already nearing the end of his life and in poor condition, he was accidentally "transformed into the Dao" by the Plane Law.
Although the lion's share of the benefits from this transformation went to the Plane Law, the Heavenly Dao Spirit Furnace also gained some benefits, and its intelligence improved.
But this tribulation made the Heavenly Dao Spirit Furnace taste the sweetness of it, and it began to actively lure some experts to refine it, only to have them "transformed into the Dao" by the same means, making its intelligence higher and higher. It also evolved once, becoming a true Intelligent Spirit Furnace.
However, it became difficult for it to make further progress, because even if an eighth-rank expert were transformed into the Dao, it would not bring it much of a buff, so it could only try to lure ninth-rank experts.
The first time it transformed a ninth-rank expert into the Dao, the process was very dangerous and almost failed. Fortunately, the ninth-rank expert it chose belonged to the weaker batch of ninth-rankers, and it succeeded without any danger.
From then on, its life as a furnace was on the fast track. After transforming many more experts into the Dao, it evolved again and could be called a Spirit-level Spirit Furnace. It could control the Plane Law, and because of this, it gradually gained control over the Plane Will, which originally had no consciousness, becoming the Planar Spirit of the Saint Demon Continent. From then on, it could also receive all the benefits produced by experts being transformed into the Dao.
Moreover, at this time, it no longer looked down upon the benefits brought by the transformation of ordinary experts. Because the cultivation system of the Saint Demon Continent at that time was relatively simple, with the highest level generally being only the ninth rank, it directly used the authority of the Planar Spirit to perfect these cultivation systems and passed them down. Thus, the Saint Demon Continent had a path leading to the Spirit-level.
Only, people did not know that this path was just a way for the Planar Spirit to cultivate provisions.
Looking at the three of Yu Yuanchen, they were clearly at a disadvantage in terms of divine artifacts.
Qian Daoliu's Angel Sacred Sword was a Sovereign Artifact (First-level divine artifact) inherited from the previous generation of the Angel God; Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul had also transformed into a Second-level divine artifact after he reached Level 100, but its power in Tang Chen's hands was no less than a First-level divine artifact; Yu Yuanchen's Thunder Dragon Spear had also reached the peak of a Second-level divine artifact level after being nurtured by his Thunder Divine Essence, which had been comparable to Second-level divine power in quality over the past few years.
"Suppress!"
The Heavenly Dao Cauldron grew in the wind, instantly transforming into a giant cauldron ten thousand feet tall. Carrying the heavy will of the entire plane, it smashed down fiercely toward the four of them, along with the Ten Lands Nine Heavens God Annihilation Array below! Chaos energy poured down from the mouth of the cauldron, and wherever it passed, space solidified and laws collapsed!
"Don't even think about it!"
Although the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu was severely injured, his eyes were splitting with rage at the sight! He knew well that if this cauldron were allowed to fall completely, the array would surely be broken, and the Demon Race would be in immediate danger of annihilation!
"Heaven-Defying Dragon Pillar, Sun Corona!"
"Moon Demon God Pillar, Shining World!"
"Star Demon God Pillar, Universe!"
Feng Xiu, Agares, and Vassago disregarded their injuries, frantically burning their origins to push the power of the three Super Divine Artifact Demon God Pillars to the limit.
The Heaven-Defying Dragon Pillar transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long magic dragon, roaring as it soared into the sky and smashed fiercely into the Heavenly Dao Cauldron! The Moon Demon God Pillar shed endless clear radiance, attempting to freeze the chaos energy flowing around the cauldron! The Star Demon God Pillar evolved the Universe Star Array, turning into hundreds of millions of star chains that coiled around the giant cauldron!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The collision between the super divine artifacts erupted with world-shattering fluctuations! The entire Ten Lands Nine Heavens God Annihilation Array shook violently, its light flickering unsteadily. Countless powerful members of the Demon Race vomited blood, and some of the weaker Demon Gods even exploded and died on the spot, their bodies turning into pure Demonic Energy that poured into the Demon God Pillars to barely keep the array from collapsing!
Seizing this opportunity!
Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen made their move!
"Thunder Prison, Ten Thousand Dragons Paying Homage!"
Yu Yuanchen pointed his Thunder Dragon Spear straight at the firmament, and billions of purple-gold lightning bolts transformed into countless roaring Thunder Dragons, blanketing the sky as they slammed into the main body of the Planar Spirit! Each Thunder Dragon contained the true meaning of the laws of judgment and destruction!
"Angel Judgment, Holy Light Verdict!"
Qian Daoliu flapped his six wings in unison, and his Angel Sacred Sword transformed into an eternal pillar of light that tore through the darkness, carrying the will to purify all filth in the world as it locked onto the Planar Spirit!
"Great Sumeru Hammer, Destroying the Firmament!"
Tang Chen's attack was simple and brutal; he directly exploded his rings, pouring all of his terrifying strength and the power of his God Position of Destruction into the Clear Sky Hammer. His figure turned into a streak of dark gold light, and he smashed his hammer down—there were no fancy tricks, only extreme force and destruction!
Facing the siege of three powerful experts while being distracted by the Heavenly Dao Cauldron, the Planar Spirit finally fell into an unprecedented crisis!
He roared repeatedly, the law runes around his body flashing frantically as he condensed solid barriers, simultaneously controlling the Heavenly Dao Cauldron to divert a portion of its power to defend himself.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!!
The terrifying explosions were continuous, and energy storms swept through the entire space of the array. The Planar Spirit's defensive barriers were constantly shattered and reformed, his figure swaying amidst the violent attacks as his aura began to show signs of instability!
This tragic and fierce battle lasted for more than half a month!
Inside the Ten Lands Nine Heavens God Annihilation Array, the space had long since turned into a Chaos Forbidden Zone. The light of the seventy-two Demon God Pillars had dimmed to the extreme, and over thirty of them had gone completely silent due to the fall of their hosts. The population of the Demon Race had plummeted by more than half under the frantic sacrifices! Corpses lay everywhere, and demon blood stained the void.
The Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu, Agares, and Vassago were all severely wounded, their auras withered, relying entirely on sheer willpower to hold on. The Evil Emperor's spirit body was also dim, clearly having suffered massive consumption.
Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen were also covered in blood and riddled with wounds. Qian Daoliu's Angel Sacred Sword had developed fine cracks, Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer was covered in notches, and although Yu Yuanchen's Thunder Dragon Spear remained intact, his complexion was pale, clearly indicating a massive consumption of divine power. Only Gu Yuena, relying on the origin of the Silver Dragon King and her exquisite control over elements, was the least injured, though her expression remained extremely grave.
The Planar Spirit was in an even worse state; his manifested body was covered in cracks, his aura had fallen to the level of a second-level deity, and the Heavenly Dao Cauldron also showed several clear fissures, its luster dimmed.
"It's about time..." Yu Yuanchen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. He knew that he could not drag this out any longer; he had to settle everything with one strike!
He took a deep breath, condensing all his remaining divine power and his entire comprehension of the Thunder Law into the Thunder Dragon Spear. On the spear shaft, the purple-gold lightning was no longer violent, but had transformed into a state of extreme condensation and restraint, as if it contained a wisp of innate thunder origin capable of splitting the earth!
At the same time, the Thunder God divine rune between his brows erupted with unprecedented light, faintly resonating with the Thunder Great Dao in the void!
"With my divine essence, pierce through this firmament!"
"One thought... piercing the firmament!"
This move was a divine skill created by Yu Yuanchen himself.
It was based on the ultimate unity of the user's essence, energy, and spirit, tempering their will into an indestructible edge and pouring it into the Thunder Dragon Spear.
When the spear was thrust, it summoned the lightning of the nine heavens; wherever the spear light passed, the Space Law trembled, and all evil barriers shattered. The power of this skill was positively correlated with the firmness of the user's will—the purer and more resolute the will, the stronger the piercing power and destructive force of the spear. It could even, through the strength of a single thought, pierce through the opponent's mental defenses and cause the destruction of the enemy's will.
Yu Yuanchen let out a low roar and violently threw the Thunder Dragon Spear!
This strike had no grand momentum, and its speed did not seem fast, but wherever it passed, space, time, and even all laws seemed to freeze! Where the spear tip pointed, there was only that purple-gold lightning, condensed to the extreme, representing judgment and termination!
The Planar Spirit's pupils contracted to the limit; he felt a true threat of death from this spear! He roared frantically, attempting to recall the Heavenly Dao Cauldron and burn his origin to condense a defense!
But, it was too late.
Puchi—!
As if a hot knife were cutting through butter, the purple-gold lightning easily pierced through all the defenses the Planar Spirit had hastily set up, accurately stabbing into the core of his manifested body!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The Planar Spirit's movements froze, the ferocity, anger, and unwillingness on his face all solidified. He looked down at the purple-gold lightning spreading across his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Im...possible... I am... the Planar..."
Before he could finish his words.
Boom—!!!
The Planar Spirit's manifested body exploded! It turned into the purest points of origin light, like a rain of stars falling, scattering in all directions! The largest and most brilliant cluster of origin was caught by Yu Yuanchen, who had been prepared, with a wave of his hand.
The Planar Spirit of the Saint Demon Continent had fallen!
The great battle finally ended.
Dead silence enveloped the ruined space of the array.
The surviving powerful members of the Demon Race stared blankly at everything before them, as if they could not believe that this nightmare had come to an end.
Thump!
The Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu could no longer hold on; he fell to one knee, using the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Sword to support himself so he would not collapse. The Moon Demon God Agares and the Star Demon God Vassago also went limp on the ground at almost the same time, their auras faint.
Yu Yuanchen and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, each taking out pills to consume and stabilize their injuries.
Feng Xiu raised his head, his blood-stained face filled with complexity. He looked at Yu Yuanchen, whose aura was weak but whose eyes remained sharp, and then looked at his own clansmen who had suffered heavy casualties behind him, a trace of deep exhaustion and regret flashing in his eyes.
He knew that the Demon Race... had lost the momentum. After this battle, the Demon Race's vitality had been severely damaged, and it would be impossible to recover without thousands of years. And these gods from outside the realm before him would certainly not let go of the wealth accumulated by the Demon Race and those seventy-two Demon God Pillars.
He struggled to stand up, his gaze sweeping over the similarly critically wounded Agares and Vassago, a trace of resolution flashing in his eyes.
"Yu Yuanchen..." Feng Xiu's voice was hoarse and weak, "My Demon Race... admits defeat."
Yu Yuanchen looked at him calmly, saying nothing.
Feng Xiu continued, "All grievances began with me. I am willing to bear the burden alone... I only ask that you... spare my Demon Race subjects and preserve a sliver of our bloodline inheritance... Di Tian promised as much..."
As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Di Tian, who had appeared behind Yu Yuanchen at some unknown moment. Di Tian gave a slight nod.
Yu Yuanchen was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "The Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan bloodline may remain. The Demon Race must submit."
Upon hearing this, a miserable yet relieved smile appeared on Feng Xiu's face. This outcome was better than he had anticipated.
"Good... I agree." He took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly erupted with a final brilliance. "Agares! Vassago! The Demon Race... I leave it to you from now on! Obey... the arrangements of His Excellency Yu Yuanchen!"
Before his voice had even faded, Feng Xiu suddenly began burning his final Life Origin and soul power! A vast surge of Life Force, mixed with the pure power of his Dragon Bloodline, surged like a tide into the bodies of Agares and Vassago!
"Big Brother! No!" Agares and Vassago were horrified and tried to stop him, but they were completely unable to move.
Under the infusion of this power, their near-fatal wounds stabilized and recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although their auras remained weak, their lives were no longer in danger.
Meanwhile, the figure of the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu gradually became transparent amidst his burning essence, eventually turning into specks of light that dissipated completely between heaven and earth. Only the Heaven-Defying Dragon Pillar let out a mournful Dragon Roar, its light retracting entirely as if it had fallen into a deep slumber.
The Demon Race's generation-defining sovereign, the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu, had fallen!
Agares and Vassago knelt on the ground, tears in their eyes, and kowtowed heavily in the direction where Feng Xiu had vanished. The surviving Demon Race powerhouses also knelt one after another, their cries of grief filling the air.
Yu Yuanchen watched this scene with calm, ripple-less eyes. Winners and losers; it had been this way since ancient times. He waved his hand to put away the Heaven-Defying Dragon Pillar and swept his gaze over the remnants of the Demon Race.
"Clear the battlefield and treat the wounded. Moon Demon God, Star Demon God, reorganize the Demon Race and await further orders."
His voice was not loud, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty that echoed throughout the entire space.
The storm had subsided, the sovereign had fallen, and a new order was about to be established on this scarred and devastated continent.
The era belonging to Yu Yuanchen had officially begun.
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