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Chapter 268 The Gods are Just Food
"Another era has begun. I hope you are all well."

An ancient voice slowly resounded between heaven and earth, like the rules of this world. Although it spoke a language from an unknown era, it was clearly imprinted in the hearts of everyone.

Faced with the greeting from the sovereign, a figure shrouded in a black robe smiled bitterly amidst the swirling clouds and mist of the throne.

"It's not entirely alright. Although we survived another era, our essence is incomplete. I don't know if we'll have a chance to recover before the great calamity erupts."

"If we fail, the incomplete essence will not be able to survive this period of dormancy."

After the resurrected demon god finished speaking, the entire audience fell silent.

At this moment, another demon god with two pairs of ram horns, resembling a demon but even more ferocious, spoke solemnly.

"This is my third revival. During the previous two awakenings, I still had 10% of the God-King origin deep within my soul, and I quickly stepped into the realm of the Main God."

"But this time when I awoke, my original essence was almost completely gone. My strength has only recovered to the peak of the legendary realm, and I haven't even entered the demigod realm yet."

"And if it had been any later, I would have been completely annihilated and would have had no chance of waking up."

"Are your origins also so severely damaged?" The humanoid god-demon, clad in heavy gray armor and whose features were obscured, spoke with some surprise.

"I am not as powerful as you all; this is only my first time recovering."

"But my situation is similar to yours. After waking up, I had very little of my original essence left, and my strength dropped to the early stage of the legendary realm. I have only recently recovered to the demigod realm."

"I originally thought it was because I had been asleep for too long, but it seems that I am not the only one in this situation."

Immediately afterward, another demon god spoke solemnly: "I have been awakened for ten days and months, and my strength has only just recovered to the peak of the legendary realm..."

It was clearly a meeting of ancient, powerful beings resurrected; the atmosphere should have been grand and magnificent, with dragons roaring and winds dancing during their conversations, displaying countless extraordinary qualities.

But as they talked, it turned into a grievance session, leaving the Hellfire Ape somewhat bewildered.

Of course, it knew that this was only on the surface. These resurrected demon gods, even the two weakest ones, were only at the peak of the eighth rank, but each of them had experienced millions of years.

Although it spends most of its time in a slumbering period of epochal transition, its strength and personal realm far surpass those of the Purgatory Divine Ape.

Especially that sovereign-level being, who was even more terrifying, whose strength had returned to the True God realm as soon as he was revived.

With its understanding and mastery of power, it feels like it won't be long before it breaks through to the next level, far beyond what humans can currently withstand.

The Hellfire Ape lowered its gaze, trying to minimize its presence and avoid being exposed.

However, it did not want to speak, but the demon god Chi Heng beside it did not forget it and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, nine has been the ultimate number. Starting with immortals and demons, we have now reached the ninth era."

"And not only you all, but also my brother Tongtian and I, whose origins have been severely damaged during this revival, have seen our strength drop to the eighth rank."

"Although I have now stepped back into the realm of demigods, I have a premonition that this great calamity of the era will be more terrifying than ever before."

The demon god shrouded in black robes slowly nodded: "The Nine Extremes are changing. This may truly be the final cycle, a calamity for civilization and the end of everything."

The atmosphere in the world immediately became even more solemn.

At this moment, the sovereign figure spoke, and an ancient voice slowly resounded between heaven and earth: "Life and death are important to us, yet also unimportant."

"We survive through countless eras even after death, simply because of a certain obsession in our hearts."

"If this is the end of the great calamity, this universe, which has already shrunk to its limit, will completely collapse and be annihilated. Wouldn't that be a relief for us?"

“And before the end comes, we still need to continue for the obsession in our hearts.” The demon god with ram’s horns spoke in a deep voice: “The Supreme One is right. I have gone through three eras, only wanting to find it and ask it why it did what it did back then.”

"It is the supreme ruler, why did it instigate a world-ending war, why did it destroy the home we are protecting..."

At this point, the horned demon god's voice was filled with terrifying killing intent and madness.

"Haha... My obsession is different from yours. I only want to completely destroy the will of Heaven that was destroyed by them in the last era and restore freedom to all living beings."

The Way of Heaven is distorted, the supreme power is driven mad, and the source of the great calamity that destroys each era is different.

Therefore, the Hellfire Ape remained silent upon hearing this, and did not speak.

After the resurrected demon gods returned to silence, the ruler spoke again: "This time, I summoned all your projections with the Sovereign Divine Seal to begin the harvest ahead of schedule."

"What about the allies who will recover later..." The four-armed demon god Chi Heng hesitated.

The towering figure shrouded in white light slowly shook its head: "A great calamity is imminent. We have little time left, nor do we have time to wait for them."

"Those that were meant to awaken have already awakened under the vibrations of the universe's origin, and those that haven't awakened won't awaken again."

"Does the Supreme One mean that only we are left?" The demon gods' gazes swept over most of the empty thrones, including the three empty thrones of the rulers, and they all fell silent.

Time is like a knife; even those who survived the great calamity of an era eventually vanished into the river of time, becoming gods who once stood at the pinnacle of their civilizations.

I second that.

"Seconded."

After a moment of reflection, all the resurrected gods and demons agreed with the Dominator's suggestion, including the Purgatory God Ape, who knew nothing and 'pretended' to nod in agreement.

As everyone cast their votes in favor, fragmented divine runes instantly flew out from the throne and converged in the palm of the sovereign's figure.

hum!
An ancient seal appeared in the hands of the sovereign, absorbing the fragmented divine runes and emitting a blue glow, forming a magnificent star map in the sky.

The star map was dim, with only a few dozen stars emitting light of varying intensity.

Seeing this, the demon gods all showed faint smiles: "The allies who revived in the last era are quite good. This time, they have left us with so many outer realms."

"Harvesting those remnants from the outer and inner realms should be enough for us to recover most of our strength."

The outer realms of the heavens, the place where those ancient gods reside!

The Hellfire Divine Ape stared in astonishment at the dark star map in the sky, never expecting that those arrogant gods would actually be food for these resurrected demon gods.

"That concludes our first meeting. The Star Path Condensation will take a few more days, so please remember to be prepared."

"Although those powers were left behind by allies who revived in the last era, whether you can obtain them and how much you can harvest depends on yourselves."

After saying that, the figure of the ruler waved his hand.

boom!
The Hellfire Divine Ape was instantly repelled by the terrifying force and kept 'retreating'. In the office, Jiang Hou, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly opened his eyes.

The ruler, the god-king, and in addition to the eighteen demon gods who have been resurrected in my era, there is also the hunting of ancient gods.

(End of this chapter)