Awakening from the Devouring Starry Sky

Chapter 719: Gods and Demons in the Copper Furnace
Huo Zhu took a deep breath to calm down. He saw the one-horned golden-robed man in the distance, followed by three celestial beings including Xuanji Tianxian. He frowned and asked in surprise, "Is he Shao Yanchou, the ancestor of the Shao Yan clan? He doesn't seem to be a pure human. Does he have the blood of gods and demons?"

"That's right! Shao Yanchou does have the blood of gods and demons," Di Ke nodded slightly and said, "In the ancient Pangu world, the human race had a very powerful tribe called the Shenhuo clan, which was a branch of the Shennong clan. It had a Taoist ancestor in charge and was ranked at the top among the many human tribes. A woman in this tribe was raped by a god and demon and gave birth to a child with the blood of gods and demons. The child was born ugly and looked like a demon instead of a human. He was rejected by the tribe. He never considered himself a member of the Shenhuo clan and had long since left the Shenhuo clan. Then he founded the Shaoyan clan."

"Humph, he has the blood of gods and demons, but he captured and suppressed so many gods and demons, and was so cruel to them. This Shao Yan is ugly..." Huo Zhu gritted his teeth, and Di Ke shook his head and said, "He doesn't even care about his identity as a member of the Shenhuo clan, so how could he care about the blood of gods and demons in his body? This guy is sinister and vicious. I'm afraid he hates that he has the blood of gods and demons, and even hates gods and demons more because of this, so he captured and suppressed so many gods and demons, forcing them to bow their heads and surrender."

"The gods and demons born by heaven and earth are all free and unrestrained. How could they surrender so easily?" Huozhu said, "I'm afraid that among the many gods and demons he suppressed, only a very small number chose to surrender. Most of them refused to bow their heads. Otherwise, they would not have been suppressed here all this time."

"Master, you brought me here not just to watch the battle, right? Are you here for those gods and demons suppressed by Shao Yan?" Huozhu then looked at Di Ke with a slightly changed expression.

Di Ke smiled and said, "The Shaoyan clan cannot make those gods and demons surrender because their strength is not strong enough. Even if they let those gods and demons escape, it will be difficult for them to survive in the Daxia world. Before they are strong enough, they must rely on the real strong and go to a big world that can accommodate gods and demons to survive better. Huozhu, what do you think?"

"Following the master and going to the Red Dragon World with the master is indeed a good choice," Huozhu nodded slightly. Ever since he followed Dicko, he had gained so many benefits. Now that Huozhu has been completely transformed, he naturally has a stronger sense of identity with Dicko.

"Haha... Huozhu, you are now a god, so you naturally need some gods and demons as subordinates. They can follow you, which is like having someone to rely on," Di Ke said with a smile, and Huozhu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said in surprise: "Thank you, master! Master, don't worry, I will definitely convince them to go with us. Master, do you want me to help Ji Ning open the copper furnace that suppresses those gods and demons?"

"No hurry! Even if all the immortals of Shao Yan clan came, they couldn't stop Ji Ning from pulling out the copper pillar on the endless copper furnace. Those suppressed gods and demons are destined to escape. Let them vent some of their anger and hatred that have been suppressed by Shao Yan clan for a long time! Then, it will be easier for you to subdue them again," Di Ke shook his head lightly and said, "By the way, I also want to see how many powerful trump cards the Shao Yan clan, which ranks in the top ten of the Great Xia world, has."

“Yes,” Huozhu nodded in response. Although he had already passed the divine calamity and become a god, he had just become a god not long ago. He did not dare to underestimate the Shaoyan clan, which dared to fight with the Zhuanshui clan, one of the top three tribes in the world of Daxia with a god in charge, for a long time. It did not hurt to wait a little longer. Anyway, at the critical moment, he, a dignified god, could suddenly show up and take action, and he was sure to save the gods and demons suppressed by the Shaoyan clan.

"Ji Ning, I, Du Chou, swear that I will definitely kill you, definitely kill you! Not only you, but also your tribe, all your relatives must die!" Not long after, hearing Shao Yanchou's crazy roar full of murderous intent, Huozhu couldn't help but look at Di Ke in surprise: "Master, this Shao Yanchou is so famous, but he can't stop Ji Ning from pulling out the copper pillar?"

"He is just a celestial being after all. Even if he has some skills, how powerful can he be?" Dicko was not surprised. "Using his real trump card skills, he can indeed suppress the bronze pillar. But the more trump cards he uses, the closer he will be to death in the catastrophe. He is a celestial being, but he has been able to live from the ancient Pangu world to the present day, and even established the Shaoyan clan, because he is cautious enough!"

Rumble... The copper pillar that suppressed the copper furnace was finally pulled out. Countless runes flickered on the endless copper furnace. Dicko's invisible will quietly swept over to investigate. Although these runes were complicated, Dicko could still understand them with his attainments in formations and talismans. "Interesting! I don't know where Shao Yanchou got this copper furnace. Unfortunately, those gods and demons are going to escape," Dicko sighed in his heart. The endless copper furnace was finally opened. Shao Yanchou, who looked grim, ordered his eight celestial beings to join forces to perform the Eight Immortals Sea Suppression Formation to prepare for defense.

You know, there are nearly a thousand gods and demons suppressed in that copper furnace. More than half of them are gods and demons at the level of returning to the void, and the rest are gods and demons at the level of primordial spirit. They join forces to launch the gods and demons battle formation to attack. If the immortals of Shao Yan family do not rely on the formation to defend themselves, how can they resist?

Along with excited roars that resounded through heaven and earth, densely packed figures flew out from the ground and soon transformed into gods and demons thousands or tens of thousands of feet high in the air. The gods and demons with different auras and appearances all exuded a violent aura, and then they all looked at the celestial beings of the Shao Yan clan with overwhelming hatred in their eyes.

For a moment, not only were the celestial immortals of Shao Yan clan angry and panicked, but even the scattered immortals and earthly immortals of Shao Yan clan who were hiding in the formation watching the battle in the distance changed their faces, and then, under the orders of the scattered immortal Fufeng old demon who had lived for a million years, they hurriedly began to transfer their people throughout the Chenyu Mountains.

"So many gods and demons?" Huo Zhu was surprised to see the nearly a thousand gods and demons. Then his eyes lit up and he looked excitedly at the nine-headed humanoid god and demon with the strongest aura: "Brother Nine Heads?"

"Oh? Do you know someone else?" Seeing Huozhu's reaction, Di Ke was surprised. Huozhu nodded and said, "Big Brother Jiushou was one of the strongest gods and demons born in the early days of the Great Xia World. He was much stronger than me at the time, but he disappeared later. I didn't expect that he was captured and suppressed by the Shaoyan clan. Master, Big Brother Jiushou has better potential than me. He has every hope of surviving the catastrophe and becoming a god."

"Nine heads? Very good!" Looking at the nine-headed gods and demons with surging aura, Dicko's eyes lit up. It is really difficult for a god to be born among the returning gods and demons. Both the origin and comprehension must be very good. Only if the perception of Tao is high enough and the strength is strong enough, will there be hope to survive the terrible calamity of the gods.

The Nine-Headed God and Demon is stronger than Huozhu in terms of bloodline potential and innate comprehension. That is why he became an extremely powerful existence among the Return to Void Gods and Demons long ago. Now his combat power is comparable to some top celestial beings, and he indeed has the hope of becoming a celestial god.

For Dicko, cultivating a celestial being and cultivating a god are completely different concepts, because a god is comparable to a pure yang immortal. Even compared to a pure yang immortal with a weaker physical body, a god is more adept at fighting and more difficult to kill.

Boom...accompanied by a thunderous explosion, the battle formation of nearly a thousand gods and demons, led by the nine-headed god and demon, caused the Eight Immortals Sea Suppression Formation set up by the eight immortals of the Shaoyan clan to shake with one attack. The terrible impact force of the attacks soon made Xuanji Tianxian and others pale, and their mana was quickly consumed. Even the immortals' golden elixir was squeezed and began to be damaged...
Finally, accompanied by an invisible spatial fluctuation, an ancient warship that seemed to be condensed from blood waves appeared in mid-air. On it were the God-Slaying Guards under Emperor Xia that were specially trained to deal with gods and demons...
"Hurry up!" Just as the battle formation of gods and demons was disbanding and the gods and demons were tearing through space one by one to escape, a thunderous laugh suddenly sounded: "Haha... why are you running away?"

(End of this chapter)