Lord of the Earth

However, Xuanqiong soon breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why the fortune of the Qianxia dynasty was so stable was probably due to another reason—not simply relying on Zhang Jiao or the Way of Peace, but because the foundation of its national fortune was deeply bound to a certain vast civilizational will!

"Boom..."

Within the vast national fortune borrowed by the Taiping Dao from Qianxia, ​​a phantom of a Great Wall, stretching across the heavens and earth, winding like a dragon, and radiating the eternal will of "defending against external humiliation and protecting the internal," emerged. This was the manifestation of the rule power of Qianxia's national treasure—the "Great Wall of Humanity"!

"Is this a Great Wall formed by the combined beliefs of all living beings?"

Xuanqiong's gaze sharpened. The Great Wall of Humanity was the "national treasure" of Qianxia, ​​its status no less than that of the "Nine Cauldrons," and its power even surpassing that of ordinary "true divine artifacts"! It was not merely a material creation, but the crystallization of the collective beliefs and epic civilization of hundreds of millions of people living, struggling, and resisting over countless years.

"Om-!"

The illusory image of the Great Wall shone brightly, and an invisible yet incredibly powerful "barrier of civilization" spread out, not only colliding head-on with the plundering suction force of the green gourd but also firmly blocking it. That strange suction force, capable of draining fortune and eroding Dao fruits, crashed against this barrier containing countless human beliefs, like waves crashing against rocks, creating countless ripples but unable to advance an inch further!
Moreover, at the deepest part of the Qianxia Kingdom's destiny, at the core of the Qi Luck Heavenly Pool, an even more magnificent and clearer "Spirit of Destiny" was touched by this "borrowing of destiny" that crossed the sky and the autonomous manifestation of the Great Wall, casting a gaze that spanned endless space.

The golden sea of ​​fortune above the battlefield of Taiping Dao churned violently and condensed rapidly. A golden divine lord, towering between heaven and earth, materialized and slowly stood up!
He wore a divine robe that symbolized the flow of mountains, rivers, and the state, and a crown adorned with stars, the sun, and the moon. His face was extremely majestic.

Between his eyes, the left eye shines like the sun, illuminating reality and reflecting the myriad lights, agriculture, and commerce within the Qianxia territory; the right eye shines like the moon, seeing through illusion and reflecting the heroic epics and the flames of civilization in the long river of human history…

This is the manifestation of the "Spirit of Qianxia's Destiny - the Human Race God-King"!

The illusory figure of the human god-king swept his gaze over the disturbed fortune of the Taiping Dao, over the towering Great Wall barrier, and finally settled on the green gourd in Xuan Qiong's hand that emitted an ominous suction force.

"Ok?"

Xuanqiong was initially startled, but then secretly delighted.

Because he sensed that the green gourd in his hand seemed to be moved by the gaze of the human god and the will of the Great Wall. On the surface of the gourd, a previously dormant illusory mark was activated and appeared!
It was a silhouette that seemed to reach the heavens and pierce the eternal blue sky. In just a fleeting glimpse, it exuded an extreme sharpness and aloofness that severed cause and effect, destroyed all laws, and was the only one who was supreme...

Its "level" and "concept" are clearly more ancient and transcendent than the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" mark that Zhang Jiao had previously condensed!
"This is... the mark of that legendary Daoist being?"

Xuanqiong almost burst out laughing.

You should know that even though he had been in charge of this "treasure" for tens of thousands of years, he had never fully activated it!
After all, that being was far too astonishing!
His surprise stemmed from a misconception: he believed that the appearance of this ancient mark meant that the origin of the green gourd was enough to intimidate or even harm the civilized will of the Qianxia dynasty.

However, he overlooked the fact that innate treasures possess their own spirituality.

Especially these ancient treasures related to the human race, their core often bears the inscription of their original mission.

"Buzz!"

The illusory figure of the human god stared at the lone figure's back mark, but did not show any fear as Xuan Qiong had expected. Instead, his eyes transformed into a pure and vast light of humanistic summoning, shining towards the green gourd.

"what happened?!"

The joy on Xuanqiong's face froze instantly, turning into horror.

The gourd in his hand suddenly began to vibrate, and he tried to slip away!
"No! Come back!"

Xuanqiong was terrified and activated his magic, but he felt that the gourd had no attachment to him at all and directly broke free from his control, falling into the palm of the "human god-king"!

"Even a primordial spiritual treasure knows better than you all what 'righteousness' truly means!"

Upon seeing this, Zhang Jiao shouted loudly.

The nine-section talisman in his hand shone brightly. Taking advantage of the moment when Xuan Qiong's mind was shaken and the treasure was backfiring, he drew upon the power of the Yellow Heaven Thunder and the vows of the Taiping Dao, transforming it into a dazzling divine light that shattered evil and struck Xuan Qiong!

"what!"

Xuan Qiong screamed in agony as his protective divine light shattered. The "quasi-true divine artifact" whisk in his hand also dimmed due to the damage. He staggered back, and cracks appeared on his "prototype of Dao Fruit"!
Even the heavens
Seeing their divine kingdom crumbling, the believers were forced into retreat by the Yellow Turban warriors led by Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao.

Even the nascent Dao Fruit will shatter under Zhang Jiao's next thunderous strike!

"Aren't you going to make a move?!"

Enraged, Xuanqiong roared towards a certain point in the void.

"Tsk tsk, that's... quite interesting. I haven't seen a civil war among humans at the quasi-true god level for a long time. I was so engrossed in watching that I forgot to intervene."

A cold, mocking voice rang out, rippling through the void. A figure shrouded in thick black mist quietly emerged, radiating an undisguised, decaying, and corrupting aura of a quasi-god!
Behind them, there was a divine kingdom that stretched for tens of thousands of miles, like an abyss of hell, from which came countless wails and howls of ghosts...

"Didn't you previously swear that you could suppress everything on your own, without needing my help at all?"

The demons and quasi-gods in the black mist spoke with a playful tone.

"As a result, they have already come to me in such a sorry state to ask for help at the very beginning... This is truly unexpected. I never thought that a 'quasi-true god' of the human race would collude with a 'heretic' like me."

Xuan Qiong's face turned pale, but he had no words to refute her.

Strictly speaking, the Tai Xuan Sect was not unaware that this was a case of seeking help from a tiger, but faced with the "future" depicted by certain beings and the promised "transcendence," they chose to betray their former stance.

After that war, although the human race suffered heavy losses, it was still able to set foot in the "ancestral land" to protect itself. However, after the gods discovered that the most difficult thing to overcome for the human race was its unity and the resilience of its civilization, they turned to looking for a breakthrough from within. They lured and supported human forces like the Tai Xuan Sect, who were arrogant or dissatisfied with the status quo, promising them great benefits, wielding power, and even promising to help them replace certain ancient human orthodoxy.

Its fundamental purpose is to undermine the collective will of the human race and to use traitors like the "Emperor" to cut off the possibility of human true god powerhouses being reborn through the characteristics of the "True God Dao Fruit"!

Of course, in the minds of the Tai Xuan Sect's higher-ups, all of this had its own "reasonable" explanation: those who are not of our race must have different hearts? That's just an old-fashioned view!

What's wrong with living in seclusion, transcending worldly concerns, and pursuing a higher path?

The imperial dynasties like Qianxia, ​​which rose from the mortal realm, clearly possessed "divine status" for their emperors and officials, yet they dragged hundreds of millions of people along, which was the shackle that hindered their "sublimation"...

They disguised their betrayal as a kind of "helpless" "choice" and a "higher level" of "wisdom"!
However, no matter how they defended themselves in their hearts, when the demons and quasi-gods appeared on the battlefield of Taipingdao, which represented the forefront of the human race's struggle, all concealment became meaningless.

"A quasi-true god from another race?!"

Zhang Jiao's eyes flashed like lightning as he locked onto the newly emerged formidable enemy.

The pressure has increased dramatically!

Quasi-gods are terrifying beings who stand above ordinary gods and have touched a trace of the authority of "true gods." They are capable of easily destroying an existence at the level of a "quasi-imperial dynasty."

Although the Way of Peace is currently enjoying great fortune, its potential is approaching that of the Imperial Dynasty.

However, Zhang Jiao was only at the initial stage of Dao Fruition, and facing two Quasi-True Gods at the same time, the situation immediately became precarious.

This also explains why the border regions of Qianxia were in dire straits and the situation seemed quite passive before – it was not that Qianxia's military strength was insufficient, but rather that there were hidden dangers within the country, and that they were colluding with powerful external enemies!

"Humans... have actually fallen so low as to willingly become the vanguard of other races!"

On the battlefield, many followers of the Taiping Dao felt intense anger and sorrow.

Fighting against external enemies is not terrible, but betrayal by one's own kind, especially when it comes from a powerful human being like the Tai Xuan Sect who bestows precious treasures with the intention of protecting one's own kind and passing on the torch of humanity, is undoubtedly more heartbreaking.

At this moment, above Huangtian City, the combined pressure of two quasi-true gods was like the end of the world, causing countless beings in the city to feel a suffocating despair.

Zhang Jiao's expression was solemn. He was operating the Yellow Heaven Dao Fruit to its limit, and the phantom of the divine kingdom behind him flickered, clearly indicating that he was under tremendous pressure.

And this crisis is not limited to this place.

"Report——!"

The Skynet was spinning rapidly, and urgent battle reports converged on Jia Xu, who was stationed in the "Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division". His voice lost its usual calmness!

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Silvermoon City! We have been ambushed by the Dark Elves, and the energy signatures of over five hundred Divine Realm experts have been detected!"

"There are unusual spatial fluctuations in the direction of the Dragon Suppression Prison, suggesting that a quasi-true god of the dragon race is crossing over with a true dragon treasure!"

"A distress signal of the highest level has been sent from Liangshan Marsh... The sea tribe army is pressing in, and the leaders have been confirmed to be two quasi-true gods of the sea tribe!"

"Three hundred and seventy-six passes in the Eastern Region were attacked simultaneously. The enemy was of mixed races, but each enemy force possessed a god-level expert..."

……

Bad news came in like snowflakes.

The territory of the Qianxia Kingdom is vast, and it borders hundreds of thousands of races and civilizations.

Driven by some unseen hand, these forces seem to have reached a tacit understanding and launched a joint attack while the internal strife in Qianxia caused turmoil in the Qi and the will of the Great Wall was constrained in many ways!
According to preliminary statistics from Skynet, the number of enemy units appearing simultaneously from all directions and exhibiting clear divine-level rule-based responses has exceeded ten thousand!
What does it mean to have tens of thousands of gods launching a coordinated attack?
In the myriad realms, even in a great world with profound resources, the number of gods on the surface is usually only a few hundred!

This means that the force besieging Qianxia at this moment is a coalition composed of dozens or even hundreds of forces at the level of the Great Thousand Worlds, drawing on their high-end combat power!
Its scale and momentum are already close to a "world-destroying" war led by a true god and a full-scale attack by a divine court... The only thing missing is perhaps a true god who truly dominates the battlefield.

The pressure on Qianxia is immense.

Despite the extraordinary foundation of Qianxia, ​​during these days it has unearthed many relics of the "First Immortal Court of the Human Race" and possesses miraculous places such as the "Jade Pool Feast" that can help people comprehend the Dao and break through realms.

However, the cultivation of top-tier combat power cannot be achieved overnight.

Even among the "Top Ten Legion Commanders," who represent the pinnacle of combat power, such as Hua Rong, Qin Liangyu, and Jiang Wei, although their initial aptitude reached the highest level of gold, they were still one crucial step away from breaking through the barrier that leads to "quasi-true god," which requires both extraordinary talent and immense opportunity.

Currently, only half of the legion commanders have successfully reached the "Fourth Heaven of Gods" on their own!
As a result, facing the overwhelming high-end combat power of the enemy, which included many veteran quasi-true gods, Qian Xia suddenly found himself somewhat overwhelmed in the top-level confrontation!
"Ultimately... high-end combat capabilities cannot be compensated for in the short term."

Inside the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Zhenfu Division, Jia Xu, Li Ru, and others gazed at the countless points of light representing "gods" covering various regions of Qianxia above the "Sky Net," their voices heavy.

In the past, the human race was at its peak, known as the supreme race, capable of contending with the gods.

However, after the "decisive battle" of the past, even the once powerful "First Celestial Court of Humanity" has been shattered, and only partial imprints of its gods remain...

Only a handful survived!
It is a miracle that Qianxia has developed to its current state in such a short time, but it is clearly facing a deadly situation caused by the combined efforts of the "gods" camp.

Relying solely on the power of the Qianxia imperial dynasty, it seems... they have reached a dead end! (End of Chapter)