Lord of the Earth

"Your Majesty... Your subject has successfully fulfilled your mission!"

After successfully "suppressing" the Soul-Destroying Incarnation, Wu Song turned around and bowed to Xia Tian.

His body stood tall and proud, and the newly formed "Human Race Prison Suppression Fruit" slowly rotated above his head, half black and half golden!
"Thank you for your hard work, Wu Qing!"

Xia Tian nodded slightly, her eyes revealing deep approval.

This was the "first outstanding person" whom he had followed since he was a small territory.

From beginning to end, he was never disappointed.

Then, Xia Tian's gaze passed over Wu Song, over the sacrificial altar, over the entire capital, and looked towards the sky shrouded in golden light of fortune.

His voice, calm yet authoritative, seemed to pierce through Qianxia, ​​resounding throughout the entire Eternal Land:
"The Qianxia human race has survived countless calamities and endured countless hardships without yielding. Today, the Soul Clan's true god, through despicable means, attempts to slaughter my people—therefore, he has been punished by Heaven!"

"This is—the protection of Heaven for our human race! Any alien race that dares to offend our human race will suffer the calamity of Heaven and Earth!"

"Long live! Long live! Long live—!"

On the sacrificial altar, the priests, soldiers, and officials of Qianxia; in the capital, the people, merchants, and cultivators of Qianxia… at this moment, everyone shouted in unison!
The roar surged like a tidal wave, soaring into the sky, even causing the "Heavenly Tribulation Cloud Sea" above the heavens to churn endlessly.

This scene was transmitted to every inch of Qianxia's territory through the "Skynet".

Hundreds of millions of people, regardless of where they are or their cultivation level, knelt down in unison and shouted in unison... Their excited voices resounded like thunder throughout the entire Eternal Land!

"How could this be!"

"A newly promoted human powerhouse actually suppressed an avatar of a true god single-handedly..."

Those forces that once mocked, belittled, and were hostile to the human race now only showed fear and disbelief on the faces of countless beings.

Most ethnic groups are aware of the origins of Wu Song, the "Lord of Mount Tai".

He was the first "outstanding person" of the Qianxia Immortal Dynasty. Now, only a few hundred years after he condensed the "prototype of the Dao Fruit", he actually won a fair and square victory in the confrontation with the avatar of the True God!

This... is truly unbelievable!

But the facts are right before our eyes.

The shattered "Human Race Purgatory Cage" still floated in the sky, its fragments reflecting a cold light; the aftershocks of the heavenly tribulation lightning still echoed in the void, purple arcs of electricity flashing intermittently; the surging of the golden sea of ​​fortune clouds had not yet completely subsided!
Most importantly, that "Soul-Destroying Avatar," which initially "broke through the void," displaying an air of superiority and commanding the obeisance of all races, is now tightly bound by Wu Song's chains, utterly and pathetically tied to the human race's "Altar of Heaven"...

All of this made all races understand that what was happening before their eyes was not an illusion, but a bloody reality!
"Indeed, so what if it's an avatar of a true god?"

Lu Bu's voice boomed like thunder, and he twirled the halberd that exuded the power of Asura in his hand, pointing it directly at the disheveled young man, Miehun, who was being controlled by Wu Song.

"Do you know why I, Qianxia, ​​hold such a grand sacrificial ceremony to Heaven?"

As his gaze swept over the alien races spying outside the capital, Lü Bu's voice carried a hint of sarcasm.

"How can ten 'quasi-gods' be enough? Our human race needs a 'true god' to offer as a sacrifice to the heavens, so as to truly demonstrate our respect for the eternal will!"

After he finished speaking, the restaurant fell into a deathly silence.

"What, a true god offering sacrifices to the heavens?"

"This is just talk, isn't it! Qian Xia, would you really dare to do such a 'sinful' thing?"

The alien beings stared blankly at the scene before them. All eyes were fixed on the "true god's avatar" sealed by chains…

These words from the human race are truly "defying the heavens," aren't they afraid of being punished by heaven and earth?
"Hmph, defying the heavens?"

Lu Bu seemed to see through the thoughts of those foreign tribes.

The halberd was already held horizontally against the neck of the Soul-Destroying Youth, its blade radiating an aura of endless slaughter.

"Our human race is indomitable, and even this world cannot bind us. Moreover, as the only immortal dynasty of destiny in the Eternal Land, Qianxia holds the rule of punishing on behalf of Heaven... All our actions are permitted by the will of Heaven! Today, our human race offers sacrifices to Heaven, and we offer you, a true god, as our offering!"

He was not lying—

Qianxia truly intends to use this divine avatar as a sacrificial offering to Heaven!
"presumptuous!"

The young man roared in fury, even though he was bound by chains.

His eyes still blazed with a dark light, a light containing the wrath of a true god. Even a single glance from him was enough to wound the mind of an ordinary quasi-true god, leaving them unable to control themselves...

As the incarnation of the true god, his status is far above that of ordinary gods, and he is revered by all the heavens. How could he be subjected to such an insult?

"Humph!"

However, Lu Bu, the "vengeful god" of the human race, merely sneered and his halberd slashed down fiercely!

This single strike embodies the deep-seated hatred that humanity has harbored for centuries in the Eternal Land of the Soul Clan and for millions of years across the myriad realms.

A crimson halberd beam shot into the sky, like a crimson rainbow, and struck the young man, Miehun, directly!

"puff--!"

A deep crack suddenly appeared on the latter's chest.

The soul power flowing from it was like blood gushing out... Accompanied by the strange phenomenon of ghosts wailing and wolves howling, countless remnants of alien spirits devoured by the Soul Clan struggled to break free from the crack!

"So, even the true gods bleed?"

Lu Bu's eyes were full of mockery and pleasure.

Upon witnessing this scene, the expressions on the faces of the many alien races outside the "Human Capital," who were originally filled with fear because of the arrival of the Soul Clan's true god avatar, subtly became more subtle.

It was a sense of relief—the feeling of being crushed into the mud by something that one had previously feared and held in high esteem.

And a strange, almost morbid sense of exhilaration!

"You human brats, how dare you—!"

The young man roared in fury, his voice already carrying a hint of desolation.

If it weren't for Wu Song's "Nine Nether Chains" and "Prison-Suppressing Dao Fruit," he would have already extracted the soul of this so-called human "vengeful ghost god" and tortured him to death with 10,800 soul-soothing techniques...

"Noisy!"

Lu Bu sneered, raised his halberd once more, and slashed down again!
This strike was even more ruthless and decisive than before! The halberd's edge struck the gash on the young man's chest, widening the wound and causing drops of pitch-black "blood" to fall...

Every drop of the blood from the true god's avatar is comparable to a divine elixir.

Especially for this "altar of heaven", the power of a "true god incarnation" is undoubtedly "substantial"!
"Boom—!"

On the altar of Heaven, as blood splattered, the entire altar suddenly erupted with a soaring crimson light.

Amidst that bloody light, countless heroic spirits of the human race roared, howled, and cheered. These were the martyrs of the human race who had died in the slaughter of various races over the past nine hundred years!
Their spirits are witnessing this moment!
On the altar, the blood of alien gods was soaking the 9,999 steps, one by one... With each step soaked in blood, the spirit of a human martyr would emerge from the void.

Some were clad in armor, others wielded broken weapons, and still others were covered in wounds but had piercing eyes. After a long roar to the sky, they transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into Qianxia's golden dragon of fortune. The golden dragon's body expanded at a visible speed, and countless human names appeared on its golden scales!
On its claws, the illusory form of a "seventh claw" appeared.

"Roar!"

After slaying the "true god incarnation" of the Soul Clan, the halberd in Lu Bu's hand successfully became a "true divine weapon"!
"Humans..."

Inside the restaurant, the alien race members who had been spying on them were already slumped to the ground.
They finally understood—the human race had done this intentionally! The previous pantheon was merely a prelude; sacrificing a powerful "true god avatar" was the human race's true purpose!

The scene of the human race's "sacrifice to heaven" was "manifested" almost throughout the entire Eternal Land with the help of the Heavenly Net, the fortune of Qianxia, ​​the Merchant Alliance, and other forces...

"Humans are incredibly audacious, daring to attack an avatar of a true god..." "Blasphemy against a true god will be punished by heaven and earth... Humanity will surely be destroyed!"

Many alien races were excited, fearful, or angry when they saw the human race "slaughtering the gods," but none of this could stop the human race's "sacrifice to heaven" ceremony from proceeding!

"However, this time, the real gain is probably this 'human prison'!"

On the altar, Xia Tian looked up at the dilapidated cage slowly falling from the sky and waved his hand.

The divine artifact, once known as the "Human Race Purgatory Cage," plummeted downwards, merging and overlapping with the "Heavenly Prison" controlled by Wu Song, the "Prison Suppressor General"...

Although the will of the Earth has not been directly manifested for nearly a thousand years.

However, as the ruler of a celestial dynasty whose status is equivalent to that of a "true god," Xia Tian is naturally able to directly perceive the operation of the "rules" of this world from the level of the "Great Dao"...

It can also mobilize the "luck" of the human race to cleanse and purify this "true artifact"!

This cage once imprisoned trillions of human remnant souls, a number comparable to the total number of beings in a "quasi-immortal dynasty".

Although the population of the entire Qianxia has long since exceeded one trillion, the number of hundreds of trillions of tragically deceased souls remains a suffocating figure.

The Soul Clan possesses formidable strength.

They are a race that once had "quasi-supreme" beings. In terms of foundation alone, they are second only to those "supreme" races. Originally, the Soul Clan's true god wanted to seize the "luck" of the human race to forge the "human race prison," thus adding a "great weapon" against the human race to his own collection...

Now, however, the human race is doing the opposite!
"In this way, this Heavenly Prison will no longer be a cage imprisoning humans, but a cage imprisoning these alien races, turning them into a breeding ground for humans..."

As Xia Tian gazed at the newly renovated prison, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Humanity's Heavenly Prison, a cage for all races!
The numerous alien gods slain by Lü Bu, as well as the "souls" of ordinary alien races killed by the "Revenge Dao Fruit: Implicatement," were all bound by chains derived from this "Prison of Ten Thousand Races" and drawn into it...

"These are... the true spirits of the Soul Clan?"

Someone realized something and gasped.

In the past, the Soul Clan used the souls of humans to forge a "cage"; now, this cage has been baptized by the fortune of the human race and transformed into a "weapon of mass destruction" against the Soul Clan!
The Soul Clan True Spirits trapped in the cages let out mournful howls under the scorching golden fortune. This pain was exactly the same as the pain they had inflicted on the human race... but it was ten times or even a hundred times more intense!
And the byproduct of this suffering is a series of crystal-clear "soul crystals"—the purest soul power that can greatly enhance the human soul!

After all, the Soul Clan is the race most skilled at manipulating "souls".

In this way, they have reaped what they sowed.

Sitting in this cell, enjoying the painful cries of the alien race, is a truly exhilarating event for many human cultivators.

In the past, this "Tiger Prison" was originally a replica built by a Soul Clan member from the Saint Realm to imprison the soul of the "Bone Elder" after slaughtering the humans of his world...

Later, it was blessed by the human race's fortune and became a "great weapon" against other races.

Over the past few hundred years, this "Heavenly Prison" has accumulated power and transformed into a powerful treasure at the level of "Pseudo-True God". After being merged with the "Human Race Purgatory Cage", it was found to be a treasure.

Instantly, this treasure underwent a tremendous evolution—possessing the potential to become a "top-tier true artifact."

The Soul Clan's True God painstakingly crafted a powerful weapon, but unexpectedly, it was defeated by the human race, causing this treasure to fall into human hands... First the "Three Lives Tree," then the "Human Cage," this Soul Clan True God can truly be called a "treasure-delivering boy"!
"Merge this item completely with the Heavenly Prison of my human race."

The sound of summer is calm, yet undeniable.

The "Human Race Purgatory Cage" contains a large number of "torture instruments".

Each one was meticulously crafted by the Soul Clan's true gods, specifically designed to torment the souls of humans. Now, under the influence of the human race's fortune, the Soul Clan runes on these instruments of torture have been erased one by one, replaced by "punishment" rules targeting various alien races!
Holding the "Book of Humans" and the "Book of Life and Death," Bao Zheng stood before the imperial prison, his face impeccable and his voice booming like a bell:

"The sea monsters, the gods, lured our human race into the water with their songs in the Sea of ​​Mist, imprisoning them forever beneath the sea, where they suffer endless torment... They are sentenced to the thirteenth prison of the Heavenly Prison, to be subjected to the torture of ten thousand blades piercing their souls, never to be reincarnated!"

"The Nightmare Gods, in order to seize the power of nightmares, attacked my human people, draining their mental strength and causing the deaths of billions of humans... Their crimes deserve death! They are sentenced to imprisonment in the ninth cell of the Heavenly Prison, to suffer the eternal backlash of nightmares, never to be released for all eternity!"

The verdicts fell like thunderbolts.

Each verdict was accompanied by the addition of a new cell in the Heavenly Prison, and the piercing screams that echoed from within.

In fact, thousands of alien gods were captured this time.

From quasi-gods to ordinary deities, from the Soul Clan to the Siren Clan, from the Nightmare Clan to other races subordinate to the Soul Clan, it encompasses almost half of the evil forces in the Eternal Land.

The benefits gained from simply slaying these gods are immeasurable.

Putting aside everything else, just the fact that these gods' "divine kingdoms" were taken away by Qianxia and integrated into human artifacts such as the "Twelve Yuan Chen Secret Realm" greatly enhanced Qianxia's foundation!

"Moreover, this heavenly prison can further strengthen the power of the Immortal City..."

Summer was making plans in her mind.

Qianxia's artifact of destiny, the "Immortal City," can be connected to any building, granting it the characteristic of "immortality"—this is one of the most powerful rules of the Immortal City.

That previous battle, which could be described as "god-level," was also a huge test of Qian Xia's own defenses.

It should be understood that beings at the True God level can destroy a middle-thousand world, or even a great-thousand world, with a flick of their finger, enough to cause a landmass of millions of miles to sink!

That battle caused immense damage to many of Qianxia's buildings, with city walls and pavilions in many places being destroyed...

However, with the immortal city standing, these damages are rapidly healing at a visible pace.

"This immortal city, as the foundation of my Qianxia's destiny... its power has now reached the level of a top-tier true artifact... it even has the qualifications to become a 'quasi-supreme' artifact!"

In the summer, a burning ambition was burning within him. Qian Xia was not content with being a "top-tier immortal dynasty," but wanted to lay the foundation for a "quasi-heavenly court" in one fell swoop!

"Humans, how dare you... to imprison an avatar of the true god..."

At this moment, far beyond the Eternal Land, in the endless depths of the void, a cold, angry shout rang out!

Immediately, a figure that overwhelmed the stars and caused chaos to tremble, carrying the aura of shattering the void, was about to forcefully rush into the Eternal Land!

That was the true form of the Soul Clan's true god—the Soul Destroyer.

He sensed that his avatar had been captured and his true artifact had been taken away, and his rage was so intense that he could no longer stand idly by!
"Stop! It's not time yet!"

Just because a figure stood calmly and unhurriedly in front of him.

The figure was not particularly tall, yet it was as imposing as a mountain, as deep as the ocean, as if it had stood there since time immemorial, never wavering.

It was none other than the true god of the human race—Seven Kills!

He held an ancient longsword, its blade stained with blood, each drop radiating an eternal killing intent—marks of slaughter left from the countless alien gods slain in ancient times.

"If we take another step, it will be seen as the gods starting a war against our human race ahead of schedule!"

His gaze was calm and indifferent as he looked at the Soul Clan True God before him, as if he were looking at a dying man.

The figure of the Soul-Destroying True God suddenly froze.

Now that his own clone has been captured and his origin has been damaged, his strength has been greatly reduced. Facing this famous human warrior from ancient times, he really doesn't have much of a chance of winning!

Moreover, the rules of the Eternal Land do not yet permit the true god's physical form to descend... Forcibly descending would violate the "contract" established by the many true gods, inevitably making one a target of public criticism and affecting the grand plan of descent!
"Seven Killers, you really dare to stop me!"

A hint of resentment and apprehension flashed in the eyes of the Soul-Destroying True God. The aura that was powerful enough to crush galaxies slowly subsided, and he had to reassess the situation before him.

His clone is still in the hands of the human race.

The true artifact he possessed, capable of targeting the human race, had changed hands, and his very essence was damaged…

The former warrior of the First Celestial Court of the Human Race was coldly watching him, as if if he dared to take another step, that True God-level longsword, filled with boundless killing intent and capable of shattering several Great Thousand Worlds in a single strike, would descend without hesitation! (End of Chapter)