Primordial Era: Starting with slaughtering all the gods and Buddhas in the sky

Huang Chen bit the cloth knot tightly, and when he loosened his grip, his lips and teeth were filled with the taste of blood.

The spot on my left arm that was burned by the divine light throbbed with pain, as if a red-hot iron spike was still stuck in the bone.

The prison-suppressing monument pressed down in his palm, the residual heat of the monument seeping through his skin and flesh, making the veins on the back of his hand bulge.

Ah Shi had already rushed towards the headless demon body.

"Sir, these eyes are still warm, they're not damaged!"

His voice was strained. He knelt beside the corpse, and with a quick flick and cut of his short knife, he forcefully removed the pair of demon general's golden eyes. He then quickly tore off a relatively clean piece of lining to wrap them up, and carried them back home.

Li Chenshuo stood beside Huang Chen, holding a long spear, his chest still heaving.

He glanced in the direction where Master Xuanyao had disappeared, then swept his gaze over the scattered demon soldiers and the corpses strewn all around, and cursed through gritted teeth.

"The people of Yuqing Daoting are all quicker than the last when it comes to using escape talismans."

Huang Chen didn't respond to that.

He looked down at the half-collapsed fire altar in the center of the city. The altar wall was cracked, and there were still traces of crimson light inside, as if something underground was slowly breathing.

The main array seal he had seized in the previous chapter was still burning hot in his arms.

That thing looked like a living bone.

The city was in chaos, filled with the sounds of crying, shouting, and the dragging of weapons.

Some people were rescuing others, some were finishing off victims, some were moving bodies, and others were kneeling by the ruins, wailing until their voices were hoarse while holding their newly found relatives.

This is not a time for quiet.

Huang Chen looked up, his voice not loud, but it overshadowed the chaos nearby.

"First, seal the four gates."

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"Don't let any living demons leave the city."

Li Chenshuo immediately turned around and shouted loudly.

"Order! Block all four gates!"

"Everyone who can move, get over there!"

"Human warriors are divided into three teams: clearing alleys, finishing off enemies, and searching for enemy equipment!"

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Several warriors from the main branch of the Gonggong tribe, covered in blood, rushed out in response.

Ashi ran back and handed the blood-stained cloth covering the demon general's eyes to Huang Chen, his hands still trembling.

"Sir, it's been taken off."

Huang Chen took it, weighed it briefly, and then put it into his storage compartment.

Those eyes still held the lingering aura of a demonic general, their burning intent palpable. Perfect, I'll keep them; they'll come in handy later.

Ashi stared at Huang Chen's left arm again, his face turning even paler.

"Sir, we really need to stop the injury first.

This wound isn't right; the divine light is still biting deeper.

Huang Chen hummed in agreement, but his feet were already walking towards the fire altar.

Ashi was a step too anxious.

"grown ups!

'

Huang Chen didn't even turn his head.

"I won't die."

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These three words, spoken with the force of a rock, were as hard as stone.

Li Chenshuo frowned and followed, lowering his voice.

"You want to activate the main formation in the city now?"

"We just finished fighting, and the area isn't clean yet."

Furthermore, with your injuries so severe, your spirit and vital energy are unstable.

Huang Chen walked to the fire altar and pressed his hand to his chest.

Inside, the main array's pivot seal is trembling.

The prison-suppressing monument was also shaking.

The two things seemed to be held captive by something deeper within this ancient city, pressing against him relentlessly, making his chest feel tight.

"I can't wait any longer."

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Huang Chen stared at the dark gold pattern at the bottom of the fire altar that extended deep into the earth's veins, his eyes turning cold.

"Master Xuanyao has run away."

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"Since he dared to make such a statement, he won't just run back to recover from his injuries. Once he gets the news out, this place might not be peaceful tonight."

'

Li Chenshuo was silent for a moment.

The wind swirled up ashes and hit half of his face.

He raised his hand and wiped away the blood and ash together.

How confident are you?

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Huang Chen squatted down and reached out to brush away the pebbles and soot from the edge of the fire altar.

"We have to do it even if we're not sure."

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"This city must stand today."

Ashi stood behind, his heart tightening as he listened.

He didn't understand formations very well, nor did he know anything about main formation seals or the true size of the Jade Purity Dao Court. All he could see was that Huang Chen was standing firm only because he was holding on by sheer willpower.

But he didn't say another word of advice.

Ashi gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, turned his head, and roared at a group of stunned human warriors in the distance.

"What are you all standing there for!"

"My lord, you must open the city's defenses!"

Clear out the area around the city center!

"Those who can still breathe, go move stones!"

Pull down the flagpole! Dismantle the demon's bones!

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As soon as he shouted, the chaotic crowd around him seemed to be struck by a whip.

Moved.

A group of people rushed over to clear away the corpses and broken weapons around the fire altar, another group ran to drag over cartloads of stones and still-burnt rough wood, and yet another group piled up the scattered fragments of array plates, demon bone lamp pillars, and broken chains all over this side.

In the distance, Lao Tie also arrived with his men.

Half of his armor plates were torn, his shoulders were bound with animal hides, and his face was covered with a layer of soot. From a distance, he looked like he had just crawled out of a coal pit.

"The area in the west of the city has been suppressed; most of the demon cubs have been killed."

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The old man was panting as he spoke.

"More than 2,000 people have been rescued from the north of the city, and there are still more to be rescued, and we are digging for them."

Do you need any people?

Huang Chen looked up at him.

"want."

"Move over all the people who can lift things and stand up."

'

Lao Tie looked at the fire altar, then at the Prison Suppression Stele in Huang Chen's hand, and his pupils contracted slightly.

"You want to take this town?"

'

"right."

Lao Tie grinned, as if he wanted to laugh, but didn't.

"it is good."

"Then let's go all out."

'

After he finished speaking, he turned around and started cursing.

"Hey you guys over there, stop crying like that!"

Move it first!

"You, go and pry that broken tower beam out!"

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"And you lot, tear down that tattered demon flag and use it as kindling!"

The ancient city of Chiwu after the war resembled a giant beast that had just been dissected.

The air was thick with the smells of burning, blood, and earth. The collapsed ancient temple was still crackling and spewing sparks, and from the shadows of the crumbling walls came the occasional low growls of a dying monster, quickly cut off by the sound of a finishing blow.

Huang Chen stopped being distracted.

He took out the main array pivot seal.

It was a heavy ancient seal, with chipped edges but a complete body. Its patterns resembled a firebird spreading its wings, or a thousand meridians intertwined. As soon as the seal appeared, the ground around it trembled slightly.

The red light that had dimmed in the fire suddenly brightened.

Ashi gasped.

"Sir, it recognizes you."

Huang Chen didn't say anything.

He held the seal in his right hand and dragged the prison-suppressing stele with his left, stepping onto the center of the fire altar.

The stone surface beneath my feet was crisscrossed with cracks, and the heat seeped into my boots.

The heat stimulated the blood and qi in his chest, causing blood to seep out from the wound on his left arm and drip down the bandage.

It dripped onto the fire altar.

With a hissing sound.

The blood didn't flow out; instead, it was swallowed up by the patterns on the surface of the jar.

Huang Chen's gaze darkened.

This ancient city is indeed still alive.

He closed his eyes for a moment, his soul sinking into the main array's pivot seal.

next moment.

boom!

It's like plunging headfirst into a sea of ​​fire.

Countless ancient, chaotic, and frenzied remnants rushed towards us, including the shrill cries of the remnant spirit of the Golden Crow, the roars of the ancient city guards, the wails of those being burned alive into the formation, and the overwhelming explosions that occurred just before the entire Chiwu Ancient City collapsed.

Huang Chen's brow twitched, and blood immediately spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Ah Shi's face turned pale when he saw this, and he almost rushed over.

Li Chenshuo grabbed him and pressed him down.

"Don't move!"

"If you touch him now, the enemy will tear him apart first."

'

Ah Shi clenched his teeth so tightly he could hear them grinding, and stood firmly in place.

Above the fire altar, Huang Chen's forehead veins bulged.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, the karmic fire red lotus suddenly turned.

As soon as the red lotus bloomed, the chaotic and lingering thoughts that rushed in were immediately separated by a ring.

Taking advantage of this moment of clarity, Huang Chen forcefully grasped the main control meridian at the deepest part of the main array's pivot seal.

It's not refining.

It is to seize.

He fought his way here, not to kowtow to a dead city.

"open."

Huang Chen uttered the word, then pressed the complete main array pivot seal heavily into the central groove of the fire altar with his right hand.

Click.

Perfectly fitted.

The entire fire altar trembled.

Immediately afterwards, all the array patterns that had not yet completely extinguished lit up simultaneously from all directions in the city.

Beneath the collapsed building, between the broken streets, at the base of the ruined tower, and along the edge of the old well, one after another, crimson gold patterns crawled out of the dust, like a group of snakes that had been sleeping for many years being awakened at the same time.

The crowd erupted in uproar.

"It's lit up!"

"The city is bright!"

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"Look at the top of the tower!"

At the highest point of the ancient city, the half-collapsed giant tower shone with golden-red light from bottom to top, along the cracks in the broken stones, as if a blood-red sun was slowly rising from the center of the tower.

The old man looked up and his Adam's apple bobbed.

He had fought half his life in bad battles, looted grain, dug pits, and carried corpses. This was the first time he had ever seen a dead city breathe again before his eyes.

In the center of the fire altar, Huang Chen raised the Prison Suppression Stele again.

As soon as the monument left the ground, the surrounding array of lights momentarily went haywire.

The main formation's pivot seal has been returned to its place.

It's still missing the core.

Huang Chen stared at the dark, core hole deep within the fire altar, without the slightest hesitation in his eyes.

His arm sank, and the prison-suppressing monument crashed down.

Bang!

The base of the monument sank deep into the fire altar, and the entire city seemed to be struck head-on by a giant hammer, causing everyone's feet to sway violently.

Several sections of already crumbling walls in the distance collapsed on the spot, sending plumes of dust billowing high into the air.

Ashi called out instinctively.

"grown ups!"

Huang Chen spat a mouthful of blood onto the surface of the monument.

But the next moment, the humanistic patterns on the Prison Suppression Stele spread outwards like crazy along the main vein of the Fire Altar, and the originally violent and fierce fire array of Chiwu Ancient City was forcibly suppressed by this thick and ancient Xuanhuang Qi.

It's like putting a bone cage on a mad beast.

It's like forcibly casting a pile of red-hot iron into a mold.

Huang Chen pressed his palms against the monument, his voice hoarse.

"Borrowing the city's energy."

"The Way of the Ruler".

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"To suppress the wronged souls."

"Protect the flame of life."

'

As the last three words fell, an unseen joint in the city seemed to be suddenly snapped shut.

boom--

This time, the lights in the entire ancient city didn't flicker randomly, but rather merged into one continuous whole.

The city wall is lit up.

The tower lights up.

The broken bridge is now illuminated.

Those old energy lines, long since weathered, broken, and sunk into the ruins, now seem to be filled with fresh blood, spreading outwards along the entire city.

In mid-air, a huge, dark yellow light curtain slowly rose, enveloping the dilapidated, bloody, and chaotic ancient city of Chiwu within it.

The wind crashed against the light screen, producing a low hum.

The demon soldiers who were still fleeing in the darkness outside the city were swept back as soon as they reached the vicinity of the city gate, and were smashed to pieces on the spot.

Many humans looked up at this scene, stunned.

Some of them were still holding knives, the tips of which were dripping blood.

Someone was kneeling on the ground, holding a child in their arms.

Some people had faces covered in dust and red eyes, as if they hadn't come to their senses at all.

Old Tie was the first to react, and he shoved a broken spear into the ground and roared at the top of his lungs.

"What the hell are you all looking at!"

"The city has been built!"

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"Keep collecting the bodies! Keep rescuing people!"

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"Those who can stand, come with me up the tower!"

That shout woke everyone up.

A chorus of responses immediately erupted from the crowd.

"Climb the tower!"

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"Plant the flag!"

"quick!

Bring us our flag!

Ashi's eyes also reddened, and he turned around and waved to the young soldiers.

"Follow me!"

"The lord must see the flag!"

'

The flag arrived very quickly.

It wasn't a ready-made military flag.

It was coarse cloth stolen from the demon camp, blood-stained garments torn from human bodies, and a long pole cleaved from a broken cart. The flames were drawn with demon blood and charcoal ash, and the fists were formed by human hands pressing down one by one.

It's incredibly ugly.

It was also extremely fierce.

Ah Shi clung to the flagpole and charged up the tower, his palms raw but he didn't let go. Lao Tie led his men, clearing away the embers and rubble in the tower, carving a path through the crumbling stone steps.

It's windy at the top of the tower.

Ashes filled the sky.

When Ashi inserted the flagpole into the highest crack, two soldiers rushed over to help him up, and a third man swung a stone hammer and wedged it in several times, wedging the base of the flagpole shut.

With a whoosh.

The flag, painted with flames and a fist, suddenly unfurled in the night wind.

An uncontrollable roar erupted from below the city walls.

"Get up!"

"The flag has been raised!"

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"The banner of humanity!"

At the foot of the tower, Huang Chen slowly opened his eyes.

The light curtain is complete.

The Prison Suppression Stele and the Main Array Pivot Seal were completely locked together, and he could feel every main vein of the entire city vibrating under his palm.

Fire veins, earth veins, remnant souls, old restrictions, city walls, and towers, like countless thick blood vessels, are connected to him.

The cost was also considerable.

He felt a tightness in his chest, his mind was churning, and the divine light in the wound on his left arm was still gnawing at his bones.

But he stopped.

Li Chenshuo took a few steps closer, looked at the light screen above his head, and then at the Prison Suppression Stele at Huang Chen's feet, which had become one with the fire altar. He let out a soft sigh.

"It's done."

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Huang Chen nodded.

He looked up at the flag fluttering in the light curtain atop the tower.

Then I looked around and saw those who had risen from the ruins.

Old people, women, children, laborers, soldiers, miners, runaway slaves, and demobilized soldiers.

Too much.

Some people still had chains in their hands, some had demonic contracts branded on their wrists, and some didn't even have shoes.

But at this moment, they were all looking at the center of the city, at the altar of fire, and at Huang Chen standing there.

The city gradually quieted down.

It's not completely silent.

It's the kind of stillness where tens of thousands of people hold their breath at the same time.

Huang Chen stood in the light, a metallic taste of blood in his throat, his voice hoarse from the smoke and fire. He didn't shout, but simply let his voice travel out.

"From today onwards."

"This city is called the City of Fire."

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The moment the words landed.

The sky rang out.

It's not thunder.

It was something heavier, farther, and bigger, rolling over at the ends of the heavens.

Huang Chen suddenly looked up.

The night sky overhead was gradually lifted, like an invisible hand scattering the dark clouds.

In the next instant, endless radiant light of profound merit descended from the heavens, first as a thin line, then like a river bursting its banks, turning the entire sky golden.

Everyone in the city was rendered speechless by the light.

Ashi knelt down.

It wasn't fear, it was just that my legs went weak.

The guy's mouth was agape, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

Li Chenshuo's pupils contracted, and his hand gripping the spear tightened slightly.

Huang Chen stood at the very center, bearing the brunt of the attack.

The moment the light of merit poured down, he felt as if he had been thrown into a warm and vast torrent.

The stubborn divine light at the wound on his left arm was actually struck by the Xuanhuang Merit, emitting a muffled hissing sound, like a red-hot poisonous thorn being pulled out bit by bit.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the karmic fire and the red lotus shone brightly.

The prison-suppressing monument resounds.

The main formation's pivotal seal resounded.

Even the Humanity Law Net within his body and the unawakened Humanity Canopy within him trembled under the scouring of this immeasurable merit.

The system notification sound blared incessantly.

[Ding! Main quest completed: Laying the foundation for the City of Fire!]

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[Mission completion conditions have been confirmed: Establish a main city, protect the human race's flame, and rebuild the foundation of city defenses.]

[Rewards being processed...]

【Ding!

May you gain immeasurable merit!

【Ding!

The host's merit points have increased dramatically!

The numbers on the panel started jumping wildly.

It's not one hundred or one thousand, nor ten thousand or one hundred thousand.

Instead, the speed at which Huang Chen's scalp would tingle at just a glance was astonishing, with the numbers scrolling upwards in a string.

His breath caught in his throat for a moment.

The merits he accumulated in the past were enough for him to draw a few times and exchange for a few things; he had already made a huge profit.

This time is different.

This is the construction of the city.

It was in the sea of ​​human blood that a root was erected that could block the wind, the swords, and the demon tide.

Merit is poured in like it's free.

Huang Chen paused for only a moment before his gaze darkened.

smoke.

Draw it now.

Don’t save.

This level of merit, even if accumulated, is not as valuable as immediately transforming into something that can truly control the situation.

With a thought, he directly poured all the terrifyingly high merit points on the panel into the gray-gold option deep within the system, an option that had never been lit before.

[Grand Prize Draw]

The system seemed to freeze for a moment the moment the button was pressed.

Then, the entire panel suddenly unfolded.

Countless golden patterns unfolded before his eyes like a galaxy, and phantoms of all the heavens and myriad worlds flashed by. There were ancient divine weapons, broken celestial steles, inextinguishable flames, chaotic bone books, and forbidden outlines that would pierce his soul at a single glance.

The lottery roulette is no longer a roulette wheel.

It's more like a slowly rotating vortex of a grand road.

Huang Chen stood in the center of the city, outwardly motionless, but his sea of ​​consciousness was completely submerged by golden light.

The people in the city only saw him bathed in the light of Xuanhuang merit, his black hair flying and his blood-red clothes fluttering, as if his whole body was coated with a heavy golden edge.

Ashi knelt at the foot of the tower, his Adam's apple bobbing, his voice hoarse.

"My lord... is favored by Heaven."

The old man wiped the dust and sweat from his face and muttered a curse under his breath.

"Damn it."

"Now that's more like a city lord."

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Li Chenshuo remained silent.

He simply looked up at the sky, then down at Huang Chen, and the long-standing coldness in his eyes cracked slightly at this moment, a rare occurrence.

Deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, the golden light finally settled.

【Ding!

The grand prize draw is complete!

[Rewards being generated...]

Please receive this message, host.

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next moment.

An unprecedentedly dazzling golden light slowly rose from the deepest part of the system.

It started as just a tiny point of light.

It then grew larger and larger, like a sun embryo that was not yet fully formed.

Countless fine lines grow spontaneously within the light, constantly collapsing and reforming, like the Great Dao forging itself.

Huang Chen stared at the ball of light, his breathing slowing down.

too heavy.

Before it had fully manifested, the sheer aura it exuded was enough to make his mind reel.

The golden light gradually faded.

The outline is beginning to become clear.

Image.

It also resembles a tripod.

It also resembles a tiny, nascent city, with a heavy base, light hanging from the four corners, and a faint, inextinguishable flame resting in the center. Its surface flows with shades of dark yellow and crimson gold, the patterns are incomplete, and the edges are still ethereal, like a precious embryo still in the womb.

The system beep sounded again.

【Ding!

Obtain the prototype of a supreme treasure —

The notification sound was halfway through when the fire altar under Huang Chen's palm suddenly trembled again.

The light curtain in the city then rippled.

The light of heavenly merit had not yet dissipated, and the human banner atop the tower was fluttering in the wind. The wind swept through the entire newly born city, stirring up ash, blood, sparks, and countless heavy breaths.

Huang Chen gripped the edge of the Prison Suppression Stele with his five fingers, staring at the dazzling prototype slowly descending in his sea of ​​consciousness, his knuckles tightening little by little.

Ashi stood below, looked up, and shouted.

"grown ups?

'

Huang Chen did not reply immediately.

His lips still bore traces of undried blood, but his eyes were filled with that ever-brighter light.

The golden light shone on half of his face, so bright that it was almost blinding.

The wind suddenly picked up again.