Lord of the Earth

"The Zhao corps commander from Qianxia is injured?"

"That's right! He's definitely injured. Perhaps, the opportunity I've been waiting for has finally arrived!"

Zhao Yun's injury served as a signal, greatly stimulating all the observing enemies.

This is because the four major legions of Qianxia, ​​namely Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger, are ranked equally.

However, Zhao Yun was the only one among the most senior figures in Qianxia to rise to the position of legion commander. Throughout the establishment of Qianxia, ​​his presence was felt everywhere!
That white horse and silver spear, that peerless figure as swift as a shooting star, is an eternal nightmare in the hearts of many alien races that have harmed humanity.

In terms of his own martial prowess, he was superior to the commanders of the other major legions, and he even set an astonishing record of fighting over a thousand battles without ever being defeated.

Now, this "ever-victorious general" is showing signs of weakness on the battlefield, which undoubtedly makes all the enemies feel one thing more directly.

Gan Xia is really about to reach her limit.

"It seems that Qian Xia really can't hold on any longer!"

"Entangled by inner demons, consumed by karmic fire, attacked by all races, beset by internal and external troubles—this is a desperate situation! If we don't act now, when will we?"

Upon seeing Zhao Yun, known as the "Ever-Victorious General," wounded and bleeding, the Gargoyle Clan, the Abyss Worm Clan, the Corrupted Tree Spirits, and many other previously hidden alien forces could no longer suppress their greed and took the opportunity of accepting the "invitation" of the Heavenly Tribulation to join this "gluttonous feast"!
The number of enemies instantly increased several times over, and portals appeared on the borders around Qianxia, ​​like colorful tides of death, frantically crashing against the Great Wall defenses from all directions.

"Stop! Stop—!"

As a result, the pressure on the four legions has increased dramatically!

Every legion commander faces attacks from multiple enemies of the same or even greater rank, and every soldier faces enemies several times their number.

"Hold on! For His Majesty! For Qianxia!"

The soldiers, their eyes bloodshot, roared as they fought, their physical and spiritual energy rapidly depleting, and casualties began to rise sharply.

Meanwhile, on the border, the human Great Wall, which meanders like a giant dragon, flickers violently under the saturation of attacks from all directions.

Especially the attacks from those gods, whose weapons were mostly top-tier divine weapons, were powerful enough to cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split when activated. This caused the barrier light to dim suddenly at several key points, and even fine cracks appeared!
"The Great Wall of Humanity is about to collapse... Gentlemen, give it one last push..."

Upon seeing this, many of the alien races showed excitement on their faces.

The centaur demigod drew back the top-tier divine "ancestral artifact" war bow in his hand, and the surging divine power transformed into a giant centaur phantom with its body wrapped in a hurricane, which crashed heavily onto the human Great Wall. The huge impact caused the light screen to distort violently and flicker erratically!
The Crocodile-Man demigod ignited his "ancestral blood," condensing it into an "ancestral spirit" radiating divine aura. Its massive tail, as large as a mountain, carrying the laws of decay, crashed down heavily. Each strike caused the city wall to tremble, cracks to spread, and the rate of repair to keep up with the rate of destruction.

Boom! Boom!
Finally, in the northern region, the most powerful Thunder Giant King, whose strength had reached the peak of the first level of the God Realm, gathered all his divine power and, together with two other giant gods, smashed his lightning-wrapped warhammers onto the same section of the already overburdened city wall!

Crack—Boom!

Under the gaze of countless eyes, some filled with despair and others with ecstasy, the towering Great Wall of the human race, as majestic as a mountain, suddenly emitted a deafening sound of cracking.

The defensive light barrier completely collapsed, and a huge and ferocious gap was blasted open in the thick wall!

"It's broken! The Great Wall of humanity has fallen!"

"Come in!"

The bloodthirsty alien army, like a swarm of sharks smelling blood, poured into the Qianxia territory through those "gaps," attempting to strike at the heart of the enemy.

"Quickly, summon the Spirit of Destiny and devour Qian Xia!"

A powerful alien god-level being with a ferocious python-like upper body and twelve arms shrieked, and behind it emerged a huge, greedy-eyed phantom of a "Devouring Python-Sparrow".

Some alien races that also follow the path of destiny, relying on the characteristics of the "Imperial Dynasty Heavenly Tribulation," directly summon their own "spirits of destiny" in an attempt to tear apart and devour Qianxia's destiny—this is the fastest way to advance their own destiny.

It should be understood that, under normal circumstances, the phenomenon of "luck devouring" only occurs when higher-level luck suppresses lower-level luck!

In particular, the spirit of destiny of the Qi Yun Dynasty is extremely stable, and a high-level spirit of destiny will never be devoured by a low-level destiny.

But at this moment, with Qianxia engulfed in karmic fire and his energy surging, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The alien spirits of destiny—the Wild Sparrow, the God of War, the Giant Owl, and the Bull Demon—seized the opportunity to frantically attack Qianxia's sea of ​​destiny, tearing and devouring it, causing the national destiny blessing received by the frontline soldiers to continuously weaken, making them even more physically and mentally exhausted.

"The time is almost right..."

"Perhaps we should wait a little longer. Maybe this is something the humans did intentionally?"

"Perhaps, but there's no need to wait any longer... As long as we kill that human emperor, whatever schemes and tricks he may have, they'll all be in vain..."

"This human race believes its so-called 'Way of Destiny' is extremely powerful, but they are unaware that... it has a fatal flaw! All that is needed is to kill the core Lord of Destiny, and this dynasty of destiny will crumble without a fight!"

The voice from the void carried an air of all-knowing confidence and a chilling killing intent.

On the "Altar of Heaven", Xia Tian was forcibly enduring the impact of the karmic fire, his face was pale and his body was trembling slightly.

They made every effort to mobilize the fortune of Qianxia to activate various strange buildings and maintain the war situation in Qianxia!

But at that moment, the surrounding void suddenly twisted, revealing four divine kingdoms filled with darkness and death. Standing within them were four slender female figures shrouded in deep darkness, wielding strange divine weapons!
The Dark Elves actually broke through layers of guards and entered the Jade Capital.

They even sneaked up to Xia Tian, ​​the ruler of Qianxia!
Originally, within the borders of Qianxia, ​​the "Dynasty of Destiny" possessed a powerful suppressive ability; even gods would be significantly weakened upon entering! However, there are no absolute "rules" in the Eternal Land. Although the "Path of Destiny" is the path chosen by humanity, this world is not entirely dominated by the will of Earth! Naturally, it cannot be entirely "beneficial" to humanity.

Because Qianxia is currently undergoing tribulation, he must allocate a large amount of his fortune to deal with various tribulations such as inner demons and karmic fire. When the power of his fortune advances, its ability to suppress outsiders will be greatly reduced at this time, or even disappear temporarily... just like the legendary demons undergoing tribulation, whose strength is greatly weakened.

In a sense, this is precisely the time when the forces of destiny are at their weakest.

This is why most of the alien gods don't dare to attack Qianxia easily on ordinary days...

But at this moment, these hidden alien races brazenly defied the suppression of the Qi Yun Dynasty's fortune and officially stepped into the Eternal Land, even brazenly setting foot in the core of Qianxia—Baiyujing!

"The Dark Palace has descended!"

The leading dark elf, a god-level being, coldly summoned a strange treasure shrouded in eerie light, seemingly woven from countless shadows—the "Dark Night Palace," a quasi-glass-grade artifact bestowed by the true god.

It quickly unfolded, transforming into a dark barrier that covered the sky, forcibly isolating the summer's fortune from the blessing of Qianxia!

At the same time, the divine kingdoms behind the four dark gods suddenly unfolded and merged, transforming into a "dark abyss" that covered the entire land, sealing Xia Tian and his divine kingdom inside.

These four were the most skilled warriors among the dark elves.

"Mother of the Night" Legos: Wields a shadow dagger that meanders like a snake. Her divine ability is "Silent Annihilation," which can devour light and sound and deprive her prey of their senses.

"Soulbreaker" Salna: Wields a long whip burning with black soul fire, her divine realm is filled with "painful screams", directly attacking the soul and driving people into madness;
"Thousand Blade Dancer" Keno: Wields countless shadow blades as thin as cicada wings in two, and divine light transforms into "Endless Blade Prison". Every wisp of wind is a sharp blade capable of cleaving through space.
Iraya, the Dark Singer: She chants enchanting void ballads, and the "Eternal Slumber Melody" echoes throughout the divine realm, constantly eroding willpower and eroding fighting spirit!
The four of them worked together seamlessly!
The first Dark Elf God's dagger, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, silently pierced Xia Tian's back; the second Dark Elf God's whip lashed through the void, whipping towards Xia Tian's head with a soul-ripping shriek; the third Dark Elf's shadow blade storm swept in from all directions, sealing off all escape routes; and the last Dark Elf God's song was all-pervasive, drilling into Xia Tian's consciousness, attempting to disrupt Xia Tian's will and the flow of divine power!
If it weren't for the fact that the "Human Emperor's Crown" Xia Tian was wearing emitted a mysterious yellow light, like a seamless suit of armor that blocked these attacks!
This first wave of attacks alone was enough to severely injure, or even kill, a top-tier deity.

"There's actually a peerless defensive artifact?"

The four god-level dark elves were somewhat surprised, but since they had made their move, they must have been confident.

That darkness, as black as ink, was like a "prison," imbued with a powerful isolating force that made it difficult for Xia Tian to mobilize the nation's fortune to replenish the energy consumed by this peerless artifact.

Once the defensive power of the "Emperor's Crown" is depleted, without the continuous replenishment of national fortune, even the summer will not be able to withstand the combined attack of the Four Gods!

As a result, the karmic fire continued to leap on his body, he was beset by internal and external troubles, and the blessing of the nation's fortune was cut off - the situation of Xia Tian, ​​the "Lord of Qianxia", seemed to have fallen into a deadly crisis in an instant!

"We have come to assist..."

Some divine messengers from friendly human nations, unable to bear the sight, deployed their own divine kingdoms in an attempt to join the battle and relieve Qianxia's predicament.

However, he was immediately horrified to discover that the karmic fire that had originally been entangling Qianxia had also split off a strand and, following the cause-and-effect connection, burned onto his divine body!

This is precisely the terrifying aspect of the calamity of destiny. Cause and effect are interconnected, and any force outside the Qianxia camp that dares to participate will be implicated and suffer backlash!
In this way, Qianxia was left to fend for himself alone...

Faced with internal strife caused by inner demons, internal troubles caused by karmic fire, and external threats of a full-scale invasion, the situation seems to be deteriorating further, and the collapse of Qianxia seems imminent.

However, at this moment when it seemed like the end of the world had come and the dry summer was already teetering on the brink of collapse—

When the last alien deity to appear also entered Qianxia's territory.

"The time is almost right!"

On the altar, Xia Tian, ​​who had been in pain from being burned by karmic fire, suddenly lost all pain on his face, replaced by a cold and indifferent murderous intent!
The next moment, two phantom images of architectural projects suddenly appeared behind him.

The first was an ancient and massive brass warship, upon which emerged the illusory figures of Qianxia army soldiers with resolute gazes and high fighting spirit...

In addition, there is a seemingly ordinary "mysterious inn" that contains endless space, where figures also appear.

Compared to Qianxia's soldiers, although they are mostly "the elderly, weak, women and children", their numbers are far greater and more astonishing - most of the people Qianxia has taken in now come from the Mysterious Inn, and their number exceeds 500 billion!

Besides the dazzling golden aura emanating from these billions of living beings, there were also wisps and strands of pure and profound purple light soaring into the sky.

Finally, they converged into a boundless, dazzling purple sea of ​​clouds!

"That's... the power of merit bestowed by the Eternal Land!?"

This peculiar purple light, imbued with meanings of order, compassion, and salvation, caused the pupils of all the alien beings who witnessed it to contract sharply, and a strong sense of foreboding welled up in their hearts…

The immense merit accumulated from the "Ark of Salvation" traveling through countless worlds to save disaster victims, from the "Mysterious Inn" taking in endless wandering beings, and from slaying countless calamity-stricken beings, far exceeding what ordinary dynasties could imagine, suddenly erupted at this moment!

A dazzling, heavy purple aura of merit surged into the sky over every inch of Qianxia's land, like billions of roaring golden dragons of merit, carrying supreme majesty and compassionate power, rushing towards the omnipresent dark red karmic fire!
sizzle-

The power of merit and the fire of karma collide and dissolve wildly.

Before the vast and boundless light of merit, the dark red karmic fire melted and dissipated at an unprecedented speed, like ice and snow encountering the blazing sun!
The power of that merit was immense, even transforming into a purple rain of light that fell upon everything it touched. Wherever it passed, the karmic fire was completely suppressed, cleansed, and purified!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the terrifying karmic fire calamity on the officials and soldiers of Qianxia was forcibly extinguished and swept away by this overwhelming merit!

Woof! Awooo!
Above the sky, the flames on the two spirits of destiny quickly went out.

His body, instead of being harmed, became more refined and condensed after being tempered by karmic fire and baptized by merit. His dragon eyes and divine pupils shone with brilliant light, and his majesty was even greater than before. There was no trace of weakness left.
"No! I fell into a trap!"

"How could the merits accumulated by this person from Qianxia be so abundant?!"

The alien gods, who had just been so confident of victory, paled in shock, alarm bells ringing in their minds as they realized they had seemingly fallen into a terrible trap. (End of Chapter)