Lord of the Earth

"Buzz!"

The "Ghost God Lü Bu" opened his eyes, and a black power of "revenge" soared into the sky, almost shattering the natural barrier—

He swung the halberd in his hand, exuding a demonic aura that could destroy everything, and blocked all the methods used by the vampire god!
Although he had not fully entered the realm of true gods, his own Dao fruit had been further solidified and strengthened, giving him the qualification to briefly contend with this incarnation of a vampire true god!
"Hmm, Blood Venerable... you seem to be in some trouble?"

"Although this human has only cultivated for a hundred years, his fighting spirit is quite strong... Furthermore, driven by the power of revenge, he has been reborn after destruction, displaying some of the qualities of a true god... I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to defeat him..."

The voice of the Soul Clan's true god rang out leisurely, tinged with a hint of amusement.

The vampire god took the initiative to snatch the opponent from his grasp and unleashed "Divine Punishment Strike" on Lu Bu.

The fact that they failed to achieve their goal for so long is a small slap in the face for the supreme and universally respected God!

"Hmph, aren't you the same?"

The vampire god's expression darkened slightly, but his words were equally sarcastic!

Because the Soul Clan True God who made the first move had conjured up "soul rule chains" that were like venomous snakes, which had already approached Xia Tian within three feet of him. However, they were firmly resisted by the Xuanhuang aura hanging from Xia Tian's "Human Emperor's Crown," which emitted a "sizzling" sound of erosion.

Similarly, nothing has been accomplished!
"It's just to play around with him for now... I only want to control this human emperor and refine his soul into 'divine-grade soul liquid' to feed my 'Three Lives Fruit' innate spiritual root!"

The Soul Clan transformed into a claw with five fingers and grabbed at Xia Tian from a distance!
Five "Extinction Soul Lines" condensed to the extreme, capable of directly drawing out the souls of supreme gods, were silent yet fast enough to surpass thought, piercing directly at Xia Tian's vital points such as his brow and heart!

At the same time, a powerful suction force locked onto Xia Tian, ​​as if layers of hell were emerging, with gods in the void wailing in agony.

Suddenly, an absolute suppression rule targeting the soul was formed—the Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Domain!

Within this realm, non-true god-level souls will be trapped in a quagmire, their thoughts almost stagnant, leaving them at the mercy of others!
However, faced with this attack that could instantly annihilate any quasi-god, Xia Tian's expression remained as calm as a deep pool.

He didn't even move his feet, only his mind stirred slightly.

hum!
The "Battle Map of the Land" floating above his head unfolded on its own, depicting a vast expanse of rivers and mountains, and the flames of civilization leaping within the scroll.

At the center of this grand vision, the phantom of an ancient, desolate bronze war bow, seemingly carrying a legend of salvation, suddenly became incredibly clear!
On the bow, the sun, moon, and stars revolve, and the mountains, rivers, birds, and beasts are vividly depicted. The bowstring is invisible, yet it exudes an ancient, domineering, and world-saving aura of "shooting down nine suns, pacifying ten thousand demons, and saving all living beings from fire and water!"

It is the very same divine weapon that the human race once used to shoot down nine "princes" of the Golden Crow clan—the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow!
As if sensing the evil contained within the "Soul Line of Annihilation" and the threat it posed to the Human Emperor, the phantom of the divine bow trembled on its own, emitting a clear and melodious hum!

The next moment, behind Xia Tian.

The void suddenly split open, and a towering figure with bulging muscles and piercing eyes suddenly appeared!

With a light, unstoppable force, he grasped the broken Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and made a motion as if to draw the bow and nock an arrow!

Without arrows, but with the vibration of the bowstring, the "Great Sun Golden Crow Arrow Intent," condensed to its extreme and exuding the power to purify all evil and burn away all gloom, has already taken shape!
"Chirp—!"

A clear and majestic cry of a crow resounded through the sky!

Nine golden-red streaks of light, like the light of dawn tearing through the darkness, arrived first and struck the five "Soul Lines of Annihilation" with perfect precision!
Extreme Yang overcomes Extreme Yin! Salvation and destruction of the world!
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the sound of melting like snow being poured into boiling water... The five soul lines that could freeze even the souls of gods on the spot quickly dimmed, twisted, and finally turned into wisps of green smoke and dissipated in the face of this Golden Crow Arrow Intent!
Even the remaining four golden crow arrows.

Against the trajectory of the soul line, it hurtled towards the avatar of the Soul Clan True God like a miniature sun, forcing him to wave his sleeve to defend. The sleeve, condensed with soul mist, collided with the Golden Crow Arrow Intent, producing a series of sizzling sounds.

The soul mist on his arm was burned through, revealing a bizarre body underneath that seemed to be composed of countless painful faces!
The avatar of the Soul Clan's true god groaned, and four shallow cracks appeared on his chest. The edges of the cracks shimmered with golden light, preventing the healing of his soul power!
"A quasi-true god who has condensed the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit of 'Shooting the Sun'?"

"Humans... how dare you! Facing my divine punishment, you not only refuse to surrender but also try to resist!"

Behind the Gate of Cataclysm, the voice of the Soul Clan's true god fluctuated for the first time.

It wasn't fear, but a furious rage at being hurt by ants!
After all, a true god is always high above, able to decide the life and death of ordinary gods with a single thought... To be injured in front of everyone, even if it is just an "avatar" that is hurt, is an unforgivable thing!

"It's the great god Hou Yi! The great god Hou Yi who shot down nine suns and saved the world!"

"Your Majesty's strategic plans for the empire actually contain such a legacy!"

"Your Majesty is mighty! The great god Hou Yi is mighty!"

Below, countless Chinese people and soldiers burst into tears and cheered loudly... Their bodies, which had been trembling due to the overwhelming pressure of the ten true gods, straightened up again!
Hope has stubbornly sprouted again from the cracks of despair!
Although these ten true gods are extremely powerful.

Just like in the ancient legends, during the reign of Emperor Yao, ten suns appeared in the sky and scorched the land of the nine provinces, making ordinary people feel utterly hopeless!

However, the human race did not...

"It was you... Back then, I never expected that the human race would..."

"This is an archer who can threaten a true god. Someone actually possesses archery skills of this level..."

Even the elders of the alien races that had submitted to Qianxia, ​​such as the elves, were deeply moved.

"Ultimate Yang dispels evil, the way to save the world... Is this the foundation that allows humanity to rise again and again from dire straits?"

"You, so you were reborn after all..."

Above the heavens, a solitary figure, cradling a jade rabbit and standing beneath the illusory image of a laurel tree, gazed at the towering phantom of Hou Yi. A faint yet undeniably genuine tenderness and reminiscence appeared on his usually aloof face. Even the moonlight seemed to brighten slightly at this sight.

"Sister Chang'e, is this your brother-in-law...?"

Huang Rong, who had received the inheritance of the Guanghan Palace, keenly noticed this change and whispered.

According to legend, Chang'e ascended to the heavens after stealing the "elixir of immortality," thus separating her from Hou Yi and preventing them from ever seeing each other again!
Later generations, judging others by their own standards, said, "Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, her heart yearning for the blue sea and sky every night!"
However, it is clear that the inside story is not what most people think.

"My sister's husband... is equally valiant. It is a great fortune for our human race to have such an emperor who dares to face many alien gods head-on and never bows down!"

Chang'e turned to look at Xia Tian, ​​her eyes showing more approval and solemnity.

"He truly possesses the bearing of a human emperor!"

At this moment, Xia Tian stood on the altar, enveloped by the fortune of countless humans.

The "Battle Map of the Land" floated above his head, and the "Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword" in his hand still pointed to the sky. His gaze swept over the true god's avatar in the sky, whose aura had become even more dangerous due to the successive setbacks and who was brewing even more terrifying methods!
"Gods, bring on whatever means you have! Today, let the glory of our human ancestors and the fortune of China today demonstrate your so-called 'divine might'!"

"Arrogant! You're just a ruler of an imperial dynasty... How dare you wield a weapon and offend the might of a true god... Such provocation, I'll show you why divine might is like a prison!"

Before the Soul Clan True God, who had been blocked one after another, could make another move, another voice, even more magnificent and seemingly containing the power of the endless abyss, rang out!
The sea god, shrouded in azure divine light and seemingly formed from countless waves, finally ceased to stand by.

With one step, the void beneath His feet transformed into a raging, turbulent sea, where countless phantoms of deep-sea beasts rose and fell, roaring amidst the waves!
"This strike will destroy 100,000 miles of your sea!"

The true god of the sea race wielded the "trident" in his hand—it was not a physical object, but a divine weapon manifested by a trace of his original Daoist essence combined with the aura of calamity, but its power was already terrifyingly unparalleled!
With a swing of the trident, all the water sources within a 100,000-mile radius of Baiyujing suddenly rose by a hundred feet!

It seemed to have triggered all the laws of water in the myriad realms, and endless waters of the void sea were born out of thin air, transforming into a divine light of the sea emperor that was condensed to the extreme and presented a deep dark blue color.

Ignoring spatial distance, it pierced straight towards Xia Tian's forehead atop the "Altar of Heaven"!
This attack transcended the scope of an ordinary true god incarnation, employing a portion of the sea race's true god's original understanding of the "Great Dao of Water."

Let alone a quasi-god, even someone who is also an "incarnation of a true god" might not be able to easily take it down. And now, in the summer when he is "presiding over the sacrificial ceremony to heaven"... it is already difficult to be distracted, so how can he resist?

At the critical moment!
"Humph!"

A cold snort came from outside the summer.

It did not originate from Hou Yi, but from the east of the Qianxia territory.

A dazzling silver light, like the Milky Way rolling backwards, stretched across the eastern horizon.

Within the silver light, a majestic general appeared, with a refined and handsome appearance, vertical eyes on his forehead, wearing silver armor, wielding a three-pointed double-edged sword, and accompanied by a magnificent celestial hound.

His arrival was sudden, yet it was as if he had been waiting there for a long time.

Faced with this attack containing some of the power of the "true god's origin", the vertical eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened, seemingly containing the mysteries of the birth and death of the universe and the rotation of time and space!

"Dispel falsehoods, vanquish evil!"

The divine general didn't say much, but just let out a cold shout. From his brow and vertical eye, a silver-white divine light, condensed to the extreme and seemingly able to illuminate all illusions and destroy all laws, shot out!

This "Divine Light of Illusion" arrived first, precisely meeting the "Divine Light of the Sea Emperor"!
Divine light and divine radiance collided violently in the void!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only two completely different, yet both extreme, laws of power frantically annihilating and clashing!
The silvery-white light of enlightenment continuously decomposed and discerned the structure of the Sea Emperor's divine light, while the dark blue light of the Sea Emperor attempted to obliterate the divine light with endless pressure and annihilation power!
In an instant, that void seemed to transform into a chaotic distortion of light, the sound vanished, leaving only a terrifying turbulent flow of energy that was constantly expanding and contracting!
The aftershocks swept across the land, and the mountains stretching for thousands of miles below were silently reduced to dust.

If it weren't for the fact that the "Ten Thousand Dragon Immortal Vein Array," blessed by the "Nine Cauldrons," had already been activated in all the major cities of Qianxia, ​​and was presided over by Yang Yunsong, Lai Buyi, and Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and others who came from the Tang Dynasty to provide support, along with the "Great Wall of Humanity," which together protected the many people!

The aftershocks alone are enough to cause huge casualties!

In the end, the divine light and divine radiance both vanished, turning into a shower of light that fell from the sky!
"Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun of Guanjiangkou!"

"It is the True Lord manifesting his divine power!"

"Meet the true king!"

Within the territory of Qianxia, ​​countless people were so excited that they knelt down and worshipped, especially the people of Shu, who were moved to tears and shouted, "The Lord of Sichuan has appeared!"
Such attire was quite familiar to the Qianxia Dynasty, whose people were predominantly of Chinese descent.

It was none other than the former First General of the "First Heavenly Court of the Human Race," the Pure Source Mystic Dao True Lord—Erlang Shen Yang Jian!

In folk beliefs, Yang Jian is closely associated with flood control and protection, so his appearance to confront the true god of the sea tribe is perfectly fitting!
It is important to know that, according to legend, Erlang Shen himself has many "prototypes".

One of them was Li Erlang, the son of Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, who led the people to build the Dujiangyan Irrigation System and tame the Minjiang River floods!
As a descendant and deified figure of the greatest master of water management in history, his mastery of the arts of "water conservancy," "water control," and "dispelling falsehoods" is now facing this true god of the sea race who holds the power over the ocean... It can be said that they are going head-to-head!
"Another quasi-true god of the human race who has condensed a top-level 'Dao Fruit'..."

"Moreover, it seems to be the 'First Divine General' from the former First Celestial Court of the Human Race? It's a pity that the Human Race is so willing to invest so much, letting you out into the world at this time to protect this imperial dynasty?"

"Aren't you afraid that you'll die before you even reach the level of a true god, and all your previous efforts will be in vain?"

The voice of the true god of the sea creatures, incarnation, carried a distinct solemnity for the first time.

Because He could sense that although the human quasi-god in front of Him had not fully entered the realm of true god, His Dao fruit was solid and His foundation was profound.

In particular, the authority of the "Insightful Eye" and the "God of Justice" poses a great threat to His incarnation, who relies on the aura of calamity and faith!
Moreover, the former number one warrior of the "Number One Celestial Court of Humanity"—even as a true god, he couldn't help but feel a little "apprehensive" about such a title! (End of this chapter)