Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Jiaxiu's Biography

Chapter 1498 Reclaiming the Homeland of the Human Race
With the two ninth-tier superior insect kings falling in a crash, the remaining insect swarm immediately went into disarray, like headless flies. Some insect kings still put up a stubborn resistance, brandishing their sharp claws and clashing head-on with the Crimson Lotus Immortal Sword; many more were terrified by Liu Changxu's terror and flapped their wings to flee into the sky, wishing they had been given more wings.

A cold glint flashed in Liu Changxu's eyes, and he seized the opportunity to attack with all his might. His fingertips changed hand seals in succession, and thirty-six Crimson Lotus Immortal Swords emerged from the abyss like red dragons, chasing after the fleeing Insect Kings. The karmic fire on the blades burned fiercely, instantly killing two low-grade ninth-rank Insect Kings.

Immediately afterwards, the Heaven-Turning Halberd transformed into a silver light that pierced through the sky, penetrating the body of a ninth-rank low-grade insect king.

The Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron hovered in mid-air, spewing out true fire like a waterfall, quickly burning a stubborn ninth-rank low-grade insect king to death.

In just a few breaths, four ninth-tier insect kings perished at his hands.

This thunderous and ruthless killing tactic completely shattered the remaining insect kings' psychological defenses. They lost all will to fight and all increased their flight speed to the maximum.

How could Liu Changxu let them escape? While directing the thirty-six Crimson Lotus Immortal Swords, the Ruyi Kongxuan Mirror, and other innate spiritual treasures to continue pursuing the fleeing ninth-tier lower-grade insect kings, he formed hand seals, and the power of the spacetime laws around him suddenly erupted. The light and dark intertwined halo spread like ripples, precisely enveloping the three ninth-tier insect kings that were at the forefront.

"Time-Space Prison, freeze!"

With a low shout, the space within the halo instantly froze, and the fleeing insect kings suddenly stopped, as if bound by invisible shackles. No matter how they struggled, they could only wave their limbs in vain.

Behind them, the Crimson Lotus Immortal Sword and the Heaven-Turning Halberd followed closely, surging towards the trapped Insect Kings with a devastating force.

Faced with absolute power, even if they wanted to escape, it wouldn't be so easy.

High in the sky, the roar of the magical artifacts mingled with the mournful cries of the Insect King, and blood and fire stained half the sky red. This extermination of the Insect Clan was coming to an end with overwhelming force.

After the ninth-tier insect kings were defeated, Liu Fuyin, the daughter of the insect kings who was stationed on the Ruyi Sky Patrol Ship, immediately led a human army of 30 million to join the siege against the insect race, which further accelerated the insect race's defeat.

The battle lasted for a full day and night before it finally came to an end. In this battle, Liu Changxu killed two high-grade ninth-rank insect kings, three mid-grade ninth-rank insect kings, and eight low-grade ninth-rank insect kings, achieving a very brilliant result.

In addition, Liu Fuhai, Jin Haonan, and Su Yuxue also joined forces to kill two low-grade ninth-rank insect kings, achieving quite remarkable results.

As the war ended, Jin Haonan gazed at the devastated ruins of the former Tianchi Sacred Land and, unusually, shed tears of sorrow. But he quickly rallied from his grief and resolved to rebuild the Tianchi Sacred Land.

Therefore, when Liu Changxu convened a meeting, Jin Haonan expressed his desire to stay and rebuild the Tianchi Holy Land.

After listening to Jin Haonan's story, Liu Changxu patiently advised him:

"Senior Brother Jin, I understand your desire to revitalize the Heavenly Pool Holy Land! But right now, the Zerg are still rampaging across Taibai Star. Although we have reclaimed Heavenly Pool Mountain, they could launch a counterattack at any time. Only by completely annihilating the Zerg can we rebuild our homeland in peace!"

"Your Majesty is right, I was too hasty!"

After listening to Liu Changxu's advice, Jin Haonan quickly realized that he had been too hasty and hurriedly said:

Seeing that Jin Haonan was no longer insisting on his idea, Liu Changxu discussed the next target with the others.

...After more than thirty years of arduous and protracted battles, Liu Changxu led the human race to finally drive the insectoids out of human homeland, making the human race the master of this vast land.

However, after this cataclysmic event caused by the Zerg, the once prosperous land of humanity is no longer what it used to be.

As far as the eye can see, the once bustling town with its rising smoke has been reduced to ruins. The charred roof beams are leaning precariously among the rubble, and a few tattered flags hang limply in the wind, covered with dried, dark brown stains.

The once fertile fields have been devoured by insects, leaving only a crisscrossing network of ugly gullies and exposed dark brown soil, like wounds torn open in the earth.

The roads were long since covered by ruins and overgrown weeds, with scattered remnants of weapons and skeletons occasionally visible, silently telling the story of the war's brutality. The distant mountains had lost their former verdant green, leaving only gray-black slopes eroded by insect nests, as if shrouded in an indelible haze.

What's even more chilling is the deathly silence—no roosters crowing, no dogs barking, no children playing, and even the chirping of birds and insects is extremely rare. In this vast expanse of land, only the mournful sound of the wind whistling through the ruins accentuates the desolation of this place.

The few remaining human settlements are mostly simple shacks made of rubble and rags. The people's eyes are filled with the fear of surviving a catastrophe, and their faces are filled with bewilderment as they look at their devastated homeland.

This land, which once nurtured countless civilizations and vibrant life, was ravaged and scarred by the iron hooves of the Zerg. The road to reconstruction is destined to be long and arduous.

In order to lead the human race to rebuild their homeland and to redistribute interests, Liu Changxu convened a grand meeting on September 1, 2263, at Mount Jiuhua, the former site of the Jiuhua Holy Land, with high-ranking officials from various human forces. The meeting was a meeting that would determine the future of the human race.

The core issue of this meeting was how to divide the spheres of influence of the major human factions.

Because this matter concerns the fundamental interests of all parties, even comrades who were originally fighting side by side are now arguing fiercely over their own interests.

Fortunately, after this unprecedented catastrophe, the strength of the major human forces was severely weakened, and their ambitions were greatly reduced. Even when disputes arose, they were kept within a certain range—the people were fighting only to gain more room for development for their own forces.

As the supreme ruler of the human race and the number one hero in defeating the insectoid race and recovering the homeland for the human race, Liu Changxu naturally obtained the greatest benefits even though he did not participate in the struggle, encompassing the interests and land that originally belonged to the Jiuhua Holy Land.

Due to their greatly diminished strength, Tianchi Holy Land and Kunlun Holy Land managed to retain their original interests and land, but because of their insufficient strength, they had to cede a considerable portion of their benefits to their affiliated large-scale cultivation forces.

However, since the threat of the Zerg already existed, the Holy Court, as the leading core of the human race to resist the Zerg, was not abolished with the end of the war. On the contrary, its role was further strengthened with the consensus of all parties.

Previously, the Holy Court's power was mainly concentrated on organizing the human army of cultivators to fight against the Zerg. After the war, in order to coordinate the pace of reconstruction and prevent the Zerg from counterattacking, its functions were expanded to a wider range: it not only held the power to deploy the core human forces, but was also given key powers such as supervising the demarcation of the boundaries of various forces, coordinating the allocation of cross-regional resources, and formulating post-war laws.

After all, more than thirty years of bloody lessons have already proven that a disorganized human race is no match for the Zerg.

As the supreme ruler of the human race and the master of the Holy Court, Liu Changxu, with the prestige he had accumulated in the war and his own powerful strength, became the key force in promoting this change. His proposed division of labor principle of "the Holy Court is in charge of external affairs, and various forces are in charge of internal affairs" not only guaranteed the authority of the Holy Court, but also gave various forces enough room for development, and was ultimately accepted by all parties.

The strengthened Holy Court, like the central nervous system of the human race, ensured vigilance and responsiveness to external threats, while also providing a stable framework for orderly internal reconstruction, becoming an indispensable core pillar in the post-war human landscape.

(End of this chapter)