He has been reincarnated through countless worlds, adorned with billions of mythological terms!

Beyond the world barrier, those eyes blinked slowly.

It was the first movement after a long slumber, slow and heavy, like two galaxies silently opening and closing in the void.

Then, His body began to move.

The enormous body, large enough to envelop an entire void, slowly stretched out in the folds of space, like an ancient serpent that had been sleeping for far too long, moving its scales before awakening.

Above the southern region of Tianwu Continent.

Wu Wudi withdrew his gaze, turned around, and faced the direction of the now-closed world barrier. His voice lowered, as if he were speaking to himself.

"...I was scammed."

He was silent for a moment, then raised his head again and looked towards the end of the sky.

He spoke, his voice returning to its steady, neither high nor low tone, carrying across the entire battlefield:

"That was just bait."

"The true extraterrestrial demons are about to enter from outside the world."

The moment the words fell, the dark golden aura that had just dissipated in the sky suddenly contracted wildly in the same direction.

That direction leads to Zhongzhou.

Before anyone could even process the news that "the true extraterrestrial demons are about to descend," the Central Plains erupted in chaos.

A blinding crimson light shot into the sky from the very center of the earth. The pillar of light was as thick as a giant pillar supporting the sky, piercing straight into the clouds and dyeing the entire sky of Zhongzhou into a thick, nauseating dark red.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

Eighteen crimson beams of light rose simultaneously from different directions, enveloping the outline of Zhongzhou in a massive array.

The array patterns emerged from the ground, spreading along the veins of mountains, rivers, cities, and plains, like a network of blood vessels that instantly covered the entire land, with dark red light flowing in each vein.

What followed was an intensely dense, suffocating aura of bloodlust.

That aura spread outward from Zhongzhou, sweeping across the border and over the northern part of the Southern Region, like a gust of wind carrying a pungent, fishy smell, slapping hard against the faces of every martial artist.

The powerful figures who had come from Zhongzhou to provide support all changed their expressions the moment they sensed this aura.

The old man in the gray robe was the first to sense something.

His body stiffened abruptly, his aged eyes widened suddenly, and the calm deep within his pupils was replaced by an unprecedented, almost tearing shock.

He opened his mouth, his lips moved a few times, and then he let out a hoarse growl, as if someone had grabbed his throat:

"Zhongzhou... Zhongzhou is gone."

The towering, muscular man beside him also sensed it.

He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles cracking, and the composure on his face shattered, replaced by shock, anger, and a chilling bewilderment.

Zhongzhou is gone.

This means that all of their fellow disciples, descendants, and families who remained in Zhongzhou are gone.

The core of that formation was ignited using the lifeblood of billions of living beings in the Central Plains as fuel.

The moment it rose, it drained all life from that land; not even an ant could survive.

Billions of lives were sacrificed.

Those two privileged individuals who never appeared on the Southern Battlefield participated in the war in their own way.

They did not participate in the siege of the extraterrestrial demons, nor did they assist Yunling in breaking through to the level of Martial Emperor—they went to the Central Continent, and while everyone's attention was drawn to the Southern Continent War, they slaughtered hundreds of millions of living beings in the entire Central Continent. With the Blood Fiend Array and the plundered energy, they forcibly drove the time laws that transcended this world, thus buying themselves more time.

The power emanating from Zhongzhou continues to rise.

The power of time, which transcends the laws of the world, intertwines with the power of bloodlust, forming an extremely distorted aura that seems to have been forcibly stitched together.

That aura was growing stronger at an astonishing rate, each breath stronger than the last, each heartbeat making the eighteen blood pillars more solid, as if something was taking shape at the center of the blood pillars.

High in the sky, the eight authorized users also stopped in their tracks.

The young man in the fiery red robe reacted the fastest.

He turned sharply to look towards Zhongzhou, a flash of quick calculation and then of decisiveness in his eyes.

Without pausing, he retracted his crimson spear, spun rapidly in the air, and sped towards Zhongzhou.

The dwarf man was a beat slower, but after seeing the bloody light coming from the direction of Zhongzhou, he made the same choice—turning around and heading towards Zhongzhou at full speed.

The other authorized users also stopped their pursuit and changed direction.

The moment they sensed the upheaval in Zhongzhou and the eruption of the laws of time, they understood what the other two authority holders had done.

Use all the living beings of the Central Plains to accelerate their growth time.

This acceleration field does not restrict anyone from entering.

The moment they realized this, they understood—it was an invitation.

Invite them to come together and accelerate growth.

The seven figures looked at each other, nodded, and then transformed into streaks of light, heading towards the Central Plains.

At this moment, Yun Yi stood above the altar.

Those reincarnators who had surrounded him had all vanished into thin air.

Just as the seven authorized individuals were heading to Zhongzhou, two powerful figures from Zhongzhou, who had lost their minds, rushed forward.

After shaking off the two powerful figures from Central Continent, the young man in the fiery red robe suddenly stopped halfway in the direction of Central Continent.

He stopped halfway, thousands of miles away, and clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the southern region.

The sound, enveloped in vital energy, traveled extremely far:

"You Southern Celestial Dynasty over there! Regardless of who's in charge, whether it's the emperor or the regent princess—we'd appreciate it if you could hold off those powerful figures from the Central Plains for us!"

He paused, then added:

"Once we level up and return, we'll wipe out the entire Tianwu Continent in one fell swoop!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for any response. His figure transformed into a streak of crimson light, and he plunged into the surging blood-red light in Zhongzhou without looking back.

The Blood Fiend Formation in the direction of Zhongzhou suddenly expanded, as if it had been fueled with new fuel, and its light shone even brighter.

Above the Southern Region, those powerful figures from the Central Plains who had lost their minds and were preparing to give chase all heard the words of the youth in the fire robe.

Their gazes all locked onto Yun Yi.

The old man in the gray robe stood there, his aged face frozen in place for a long time.

His lips were trembling.

Zhongzhou is gone.

His traditions, his legacy, everything he had protected his whole life—all gone.

Those with authority wanted to slaughter the entire Tianwu Continent—he heard the phrase "slaughter the entire Tianwu Continent in one fell swoop."

He had thought that these extraterrestrial demons would at least have some reservations, would at least find a way to coexist on this continent, and would at least leave after achieving their goals.

But he was wrong.

From the very beginning, this group of people did not regard the creatures on this continent as living beings.