Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2116 Eight Peaks, Earth Swamp Formation

When the various rebel kings of the Great Qian Dynasty gathered, not to mention their armies, the number of skilled warriors around them was naturally considerable.

The combined number of celestial beings and divine generals is so great that even two or three hands couldn't stop them.

With an additional 100,000 troops, what makes the Great Qian Dynasty think it can rely on a few Celestials to launch a strong attack? If all the Celestials of the Great Qian Dynasty are wiped out, there is no way they can achieve any real results.

Even in urban environments, it is not suitable for large-scale military encirclement and suppression.

However, with the army and the many experts on the rebel side working together, they were able to wipe out the Great Qian Heavenly Beings one by one.

"It's not just limited to the Great Qian region!"

"Donghuang Taiyi, Huangying, Dugu Baxia, Xuanming, and others, a total of eight peak Celestial Realm experts! A total of twenty-four Celestial Realm experts made a move!"

"What a great handwriting!"

The deployment of twenty Celestial Beings, including eight peak Celestial Being experts, was a move that even shocked Wang Yu.

Among them are figures like Donghuang Taiyi, who represents the pinnacle of all celestial beings.

As for Demon Lord Xuanming, if Donghuang Taiyi didn't have the Donghuang Bell, this person might not necessarily be worse than Donghuang Taiyi.

This person is a local figure, not the Xuanming from the system; it's just a coincidence of names. However, he is the number one figure in the Demonic Sect. Even with the system's intervention, he remains the number one figure in the Demonic Sect.

What Wang Yu didn't know was that, in the original historical trajectory, this person could almost be considered the number one person in the martial arts world.

Eight peak Celestial Beings—no dynasty could possibly gather such a number!
For example, in Da Cang, so far, Huangfu Yue, Huang Tian, ​​Huang Ying, Kunpeng, and Zhulong, including those in the open and those in the shadows, even if you add Huangfu Yue who has already died, and Hou Tu who has not yet grown up, you still can't make up eight.

If we remove the system, there are only two. Moreover, Huang Ying's breakthrough to this level was due to the butterfly effect, and it's unclear why.

If we were to strictly follow the original historical trajectory, only one could actually be chosen. The other would only appear when the Great Cang Dynasty perished.

In fact, no dynasty could possibly produce eight peak-level Celestial Realm cultivators on its own. Even with a system, they couldn't. At least, that's the case now.

The only entity capable of fielding eight peak-level Celestial Beings was the Papacy before its split. Of course, even before the split, the Papacy only gained this strength after the system's emergence. Without the system's personnel joining them, they still wouldn't have this capability.

The Confucian school might also possess this capability, after all, the system has implanted several peak-level Celestial Realm experts into the Confucian school. One of them is Zhang Fuyao of the Zhang family of the Qingyang Dao of the Great Qian Dynasty, who participated in this incident.

However, with twenty-four Celestials, plus the influence of the system, an entire dynasty, using all its overt and covert forces, and fully recruiting Celestials from the martial world, should be able to manage it.

The sheer power that the eight peak-level Celestial Beings can exert in an urban environment is truly terrifying.

In an urban environment, the army's advantage will be weakened to the extreme, making it impossible to effectively surround and kill a single strong person as it does in the wild.

Therefore, on the surface, when the rebel kings met, there were 100,000 troops inside and outside the city. However, they couldn't be used. In fact, not all 100,000 troops would enter the city.

If they act quickly enough, without any hesitation, and after killing someone they can hide in a corner, or break through with backup, these people really can't do that.

The low status of the Northern Di people was largely due to their poor escape abilities. In the predominantly grassland environment of the Northern Di, two legs could not outrun four. In addition, almost everyone in the Northern Di was skilled in horsemanship and archery.

However, the situation was different in the Central Plains.

How many of the rebel king's 100,000 troops could be cavalry?
Even if some of them do manage to escape to the city or dense forest by these celestial beings, they will become useless.

"So, the Great Qian Dynasty has once again invited all the powers under heaven to meet at the Wei River?"

"That's really true!"

At this moment, even Guan Zhong had to admire how skillfully the Great Qian Dynasty had played this move!

After drawing their swords, they immediately wanted to prevent others from drawing their swords in the same way.

The Alliance of the Wei River was indeed a call from several major dynasties to unite all forces in the land to eliminate the rebellious god Rahu. However, it was also during the Alliance of the Wei River that the major dynasties established a rule that celestial beings from the Central Plains dynasties were forbidden from participating in assassinations!
If anyone violates this rule, while the various factions will not force them to participate in the manhunt, they will be required to cooperate fully in the manhunt and investigation, leaving these people nowhere to hide until the pursuers arrive!

After this incident, the Great Qian Dynasty invited all the major powers to a meeting at the Wei River. Clearly, they feared that a significant number of peak-level Celestial Realm experts would also attempt to attack them in the future.

However, after the various forces in the world had already set an example for them in the Great Qian Dynasty and the rebel kings, they were equally afraid of this.

In the heart of the world, the capital of the Han Dynasty was not afraid of this to some extent, as Zhunti's Imperial Preceptor's residence was right next to the palace.

The capital of Da Wu is not afraid of this to some extent, as the academy is located outside the capital of Da Wu.

Da Xiao and Xuan Wang Xiao Ping'an, one has gathered a large number of Chan Sect members under him, and the other has gathered a large number of Jie Sect members under him. Perhaps the two of them could also persuade Yu Qing or Shang Qing, but after all, these two are not like the two above, they are not by their side.

In this instance, how could Xiao Ping'an possibly have the time to invite Shang Qing? Is it his people who can teleport, or is it Shang Qing who can traverse space?

It’s simply too late!

Unless you receive prior notice, it's completely useless.

Apart from these few companies, none of the others have a chance to survive!
Moreover, even in the Han Dynasty, there was more than one capital city. Similarly, the Wu Dynasty also did not have a single capital city.

Therefore, no one wants a similar incident to happen again.

Let alone the other families, even the Great Qian rebel king, who suffered a great misfortune on the day of this incident, would not want such a thing to happen again.

As for this so-called invitation from Weishui, in the eyes of the ministers, if the person invited by Daqian really arrives, then they should definitely go.

To put it bluntly, these places are basically giant wrangling sessions. You only find out what everyone's arguing about, and how they argue to secure their own interests, by going there yourself.

Meanwhile, things have changed dramatically in the past year in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Donghuang Taiyi, Huangying, Dugu Baxia, and Xuanming entered Qian. Although Tongtian's injuries had not yet recovered, they still did not rashly kick down the door.

These four people are not without their cunning and ruthlessness. Even if they aren't, they simply don't like to use such underhanded tactics, but that doesn't mean they're reckless.

In particular, Donghuang Taiyi and Xuanming are the two who care the most about this matter, after all, they are the two who are closest to that realm.

These two are teammates, but also rivals. As for Huang Ying, his intervention is naturally a collaboration between Donghuang Taiyi and them. At the same time, he also wants to secure a path for Huangtian to advance.

Instead of Heaven, the Emperor's Shadow came. This was because, for them at the time, the impending Battle of Henan was of greater importance.

Secondly, in Huang Tian's view, even if Donghuang Taiyi's plan succeeds, these people will definitely not be unharmed.

Even if we follow Donghuang Taiyi's logic, Tongtian's death created an opportunity for others to break through. Therefore, it wouldn't just be Donghuang Taiyi and Xuanming, who participated in that battle, who could attempt a breakthrough; he could also do so.

Moreover, the risks have all been transferred to other entities.

In case one or both of them die during this process, he will have one less opponent when he tries to break through.

Donghuang Taiyi and Xuanming might have guessed this, but Huangtian had already given enough reasons not to participate in the battle, and Huangying was also present, which was within their acceptable range.

As for Huang Tian's remaining petty schemes, although they felt disgusted, they didn't care and even looked down on him a bit because of them.

Desiring a breakthrough opportunity but being afraid to face strong opponents and instead shifting the risk—such a mindset disqualifies them from being competitors in the moment they attempt to break through.

Indeed, compared to Donghuang Taiyi, Xuanming, and even Kunpeng, Huangtian is at least three points behind in terms of mentality. Kunpeng sometimes appears a bit timid, but when it comes to his own martial arts path, he is truly willing to risk his life.

After all, Huangtian is the Jade Emperor in traditional mythology, a unique emperor. But emperors, in terms of personality and psychological factors regarding certain matters, are naturally different from those of pure warriors.

Although Huangtian is no longer the emperor in this life, some of the psychological factors of an emperor still exist.

Although Donghuang Taiyi is also an emperor in the primordial mythology, he is not the only emperor. Not to mention the sages above him, there are several emperors in the primordial demon race's heavenly court alone. Therefore, this factor is relatively less important than that of Huangtian.

Dugu Baxia got involved in this matter because of the promise made by Donghuang Taiyi and Xuanming that he would help others get rich after he became rich. Regardless of which of these two made the breakthrough, they were required to share their insights with him without reservation.

Although Dugu Baxia was also at the peak of the Celestial Realm, he was only slightly stronger than Huang Ying, who was at the bottom of the peak of the Celestial Realm. He couldn't even compare to Kunpeng and Zhulong, let alone Huangtian and Donghuang Taiyi.

After all, not everyone is like Jehovah of Sejon, who can be on the right path from the very beginning, and on a smooth and unobstructed path at that.

Even though they were the four peak-level experts, and had several late-stage Celestial Realm cultivators whom they had tried to recruit, they were still not enough to take action against Tongtian, even if he was just injured.

No one can ignore the profound foundation of Tongtian, and even less can anyone ignore the profound foundation of Jiejiao, one of the three teachings and two sects of Taoism.

Therefore, they devised a plan to involve people from the Great Qian Dynasty.

Once they can get in touch with the Great Qian Dynasty, they will have access to a great deal of manpower and resources.

Of the eight peak Celestial Beings, three of the remaining four can be considered to be from the Great Qian side.

These four include Jiang Ze, a member of the imperial family of the Great Qian Dynasty; Zhang Fuyao, a Confucian scholar; Tian Di, a farmer; and an old Buddhist monk.

Zhang Fuyao is a Confucian scholar and also a member of a prominent family in the Great Qian Dynasty. The Agricultural Family has an ambiguous relationship with the Great Qian, practically inseparable. Therefore, both of them can be considered part of the Great Qian.

As for the old Buddhist monk, he is the only native master of the Celestial Realm at the peak of his level within Buddhism.

Daqian wouldn't help for nothing, after all, none of the three on their side had reached the Huangtian realm.

They are interested in the insights the other party gains during the process of breaking through to this realm, but a single insight is not enough to make them invest such a large sum.

Therefore, they also have conditions.

It was precisely because of this that a group of people launched a strong attack on the rebel king of the Great Qian Dynasty.

The Great Qian Dynasty was quite shrewd in this matter, killing two birds with one stone. Not only did they use the strength of this group of experts to severely damage the rebel forces, but the Tongtian they were dealing with was itself at odds with the Great Qian court.

The moment Tongtian set up the Zhuxian Sword Formation against the Daqian army, their positions became completely hostile.

As for the latter, Donghuang Taiyi, Huangying, Dugu Baxia, and Xuanming were also well aware of this. Therefore, they also put forward their conditions, which were that the Twenty-Four Earthly Marshes, as well as the Great Qian and the Farmer's School, should supplement the Twenty-Four Earthly Marshes with corresponding manpower.

That is why a total of twenty-four Celestials were deployed when they attacked the rebel kings. This was their first real battle after they had become familiar with the formation.

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation has gained increasing fame with Tongtian's repeated deployments, and the Twenty-Four Earthly Swamps is a countermeasure devised by Donghuang Taiyi.

In this incident, both sides were completely exploiting each other, using each other to achieve their own goals.

Of course, the Twenty-Four Earthly Branches are the most treasured knowledge of farmers, and they certainly wouldn't let outsiders learn them. If someone were to discover a flaw in it, it could cost them their lives.

Even if they have a close relationship with the Great Qian Dynasty, they would never throw out such things without reservation.

Therefore, this is the most basic version of the Twenty-Four Earthly Branches. Moreover, even the basic version has been cut down, only having the skin but not the bones.

The Twenty-Four Earthly Branches formation is not only a martial arts technique for offense and defense, but it can also infinitely increase the number of people involved, implicitly aligning with the principles of military strategy. However, the set they presented only covers the martial arts and defense aspects, and can only accommodate a maximum of twenty-four people in formation.

Furthermore, in the continuous improvement of the Twenty-Four Earthly Branches system by the Farmers, in addition to the positions for the twenty-four solar terms, two more core positions were added: Daytime Work and Nighttime Rest. The Farmers also kept a secret about these two core positions.

Although these two core formation positions were perfected by the Farmer School later and were not the original formation positions, they have become the most core and essential formation positions.

Besides, the Farmer Clan only taught the outsiders such as Donghuang Taiyi, Huangying, Dugu Baxia, and Xuanming the relevant formation techniques for their respective positions.

In other words, each of them only learned one-twenty-fourth of this formation, and that was only the most basic one-twenty-fourth of it.

This is not only because farmers do not want to hand over their family's wealth, but also because the complete Twenty-Four Earthly Branches cannot be mastered in a short period of time.

Twenty-four is a magical number. Divided into two, it represents the vertical and horizontal axes; divided into three, it forms the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man; while spring, summer, autumn, and winter represent the four symbols; further expanded, it can also form the laws of the Six Harmonies and the Eight Trigrams. It can be said to be a creation of Heaven and Earth, infinitely vast.

Just like the Twenty-Four Formations of Earth and Marsh, it only takes two people to initially form the formation, and its power increases with the number of people.

Learning a formation like this from beginning to end and fully mastering it would take years.

The basic version they've put together now, though only superficially, is still incredibly well-designed thanks to the high quality of the people who set it up.

From ancient times to the present, farmers have never set up such a magnificent Twenty-Four Earthly Formation.

(End of this chapter)