Chapter 96: Massive Attack

"Transmit my command!"

"Pass down my decree!"

The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor had resurrected. Though Lu Ye had nearly shattered his Dao heart—no, more than nearly, it had been on the verge of complete destruction—he was still a Parasitic Celestial Demon. To be honest, the fact that he had been able to ascend from the First Heaven to the Seventh Heaven at the same pace as Lu Ye in their previous life was proof enough of how terrifying he was.

Of course, part of that was because Lu Ye had deliberately slowed down, waiting for his many red-streaked confidantes to ascend together with him.

The Parasitic Celestial Demon reformed his Dao heart.

He had seen Lu Ye’s Dao, and from its destruction, his own Dao had sublimated anew.

Even if ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) you possess boundless starry universes—so what?

Sooner or later, he would be able to parasitize the starry universes themselves and become the most fearsome existence in all of the Nine Heavens.

After reviving with the help of the Qiongqi Demon Emperor, the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor immediately absorbed all the information that had transpired during this time.

Number one on the Eternal Heaven’s Chosen Ranking?

Slaughtered forty-six Tribulation Crossing cultivators?

Eleven scattered gods pursuing Lu Ye into the Buddha-Destruction Desert?

The other foreign races were still waiting for an opportunity to enter the Great Wilderness?

After the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor digested all the information, he felt even his eyelids twitching uncontrollably.

Fuck, still waiting for an opportunity?

This opportunity right now—it was one that might not appear even once in ten thousand years.

Keep waiting? Wait until Lu Ye killed all eleven scattered gods, then broke into the Great Wilderness, and after he broke through again, solo-cleared all the foreign races?

What the hell were they thinking?

Who was the idiot that said to wait?

"Immediately transmit my decree—contact all foreign clans. Gather all top combat power, traverse the void, and return to the Great Wilderness!"

"Enter the Great Wilderness, first annihilate the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty, seize their territory, and use the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty as our base of operations!"

"Second step—have all Tribulation Crossing and scattered god cultivators from each race gather. Half stay behind to hold the base, the other half march into the Buddha-Destruction lands to kill Lu Ye!"

"As long as Lu Ye is killed, the third step is to launch an all-out assault on the Mountain River Pagoda Sect and the Jie Sect. Swallow the entire northern part of the Great Wilderness and stand toe-to-toe with the human race!"

...

The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor was extremely irritable, his speech full of arrogance and self-assurance.

He wasn’t negotiating—he was issuing commands for the other foreign clans to obey.

"We can’t let Tribulation Crossing cultivators go to encircle and kill Lu Ye. He has methods to trigger Heavenly Tribulation. It’s too dangerous for Tribulation Crossing cultivators to pursue him."

The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor roared with curses.

"Where’s your brain? Didn’t you read the scout reports? Lu Ye triggered Heavenly Tribulation and caused forty-six Tribulation Crossing cultivators to die because they trapped themselves in a formation. Otherwise, the moment tribulation lightning appeared, they would’ve all run!"

"With the speed of Heavenly Tribulation's manifestation, a Tribulation Crossing cultivator can run across the world. What damn tribulation is he even pulling off!"

His tone was wildly arrogant.

Some of the foreign clans, hearing this tone, suddenly felt something strange—why did this Qiongqi sound exactly like the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor?

"Are you Myriad Spirit?"

One of the foreign clans couldn’t hold back and asked.

"I am the successor of the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor! The Myriad Spirit Blood Transformation Demon Scripture was passed down to me long ago! Now that the demon emperor has fallen, I shall inherit his name and become the new Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor!"

"Obey my command, foreign clans—attack the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty!"

"Boom!"

A vast number of foreign clans gathered countless troops, traversed the void, and charged toward the Great Wilderness.

The human race, alerted by embedded spies within the foreign ranks, was shocked upon hearing the news.

The foreign clans are coming!

But where were the human experts?

At that moment, the entire Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty was shrouded in a deep, suffocating despair.

"Quick, send word to all major powers—have them come to the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty! We need reinforcements!"

"Inform all factions!"

"Yes!"

In the face of the foreign race’s invasion, the human race was still surprisingly united.

In no time, sects everywhere—even solitary cultivators—began hurrying toward the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty.

Streams of brilliant light tore across the skies, streaking through the void.

Even the Grand Dao Sect was preparing to join the battle.

Although the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty and Lu Ye had past grudges...

Eh?

Holy shit!

Those eleven scattered gods hadn’t returned from the Buddha-Destruction Desert?

Liu Changfeng, who had been about to give the order to send reinforcements, suddenly froze.

The Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty didn’t seem all that anxious after all!

Their own scattered gods hadn’t come back—they were still chasing Lu Ye. Why the hell should the Grand Dao Sect be in a rush?

Let’s wait a bit!

Whenever those eleven scattered gods return, that’s when the Grand Dao Sect will go support them!

Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty.

Dark clouds were already converging above, storms and thunder bursting forth in a terrifying heavenly catastrophe, crashing down over the territory of the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty like an endless flood.

Tornadoes swept across the land.

Rain poured down like overturned buckets, rapidly triggering devastating floods.

Heavenly fire wrapped in massive boulders rained from the sky.

Yes—the God Clan had taken the lead in launching the first battle.

War had begun. A cultivator’s war had officially ignited.

...

"Not good!"

Among the eleven scattered gods, two of them—who belonged to the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty—turned pale upon receiving the report.

They hadn’t expected the foreign races to attack at this very moment, much less that the first battle wouldn’t erupt at the Supreme Empire but instead at the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty.

"No, we must go back and support them!"

The two scattered god ancestors of the Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty refused to remain still.

"No! We've already pinpointed Lu Ye’s last known location—it’s right in this temple. If you leave now, won’t everything we’ve worked for be wasted?"

"Even if the two of you leave, there are still nine of us left. Can’t nine of us kill Lu Ye?"

"How long could it possibly take to kill a single Lu Ye? Once we confirm he’s dead, we’ll leave. Don’t give him any chance to live—if he survives and grows stronger, all our Dao lineages will be annihilated!"

Under the persuasion of the others, the two scattered gods reluctantly stayed.

Together, they surrounded the entire temple.

"He’s definitely here!"

One of the scattered gods held a compass, absolutely certain.

"Don’t let him escape! All eleven of us, guard your positions!"

"Understood!"

"Move in!"

Boom!

The already-abandoned temple was utterly obliterated in an instant.

Even the lingering obsessions inside were completely scattered.

"Nothing?"

"No—it’s not nothing. The compass vanished right here."

"Underground! Move all the sand!"

A few scattered gods unleashed great divine power and began clearing away huge quantities of sand.

The sand was thick. Very thick.

As it was swiftly removed, massive, blood-red root tendrils began to emerge before their eyes.

Something strange was definitely hidden below.

More sand was hurled away.

Finally, after a powerful gust cleared the last layer, a shimmering layer of astral energy appeared beneath it all.

"Ha ha ha! I knew it! You’re dead now!"

One of the scattered gods let out a mad laugh and swung his palm down at the astral energy.

Boom!

The protective layer shattered with a single strike—

And beneath it was Lu Ye.

Lu Ye opened his eyes at that very moment.

The aura of a Union Dao cultivator exploded from his body, and at the same time, a mass of bizarre markings began to spread rapidly across his skin.

Those strange patterns overflowed with the aura of reincarnation.

The fourth deadly poison—erupted in full force!