Those time travelers that year

"Cowherd, don't listen to his mad ramblings!" Seeing the Cowherd so focused on destroying the heavens, the demon grew impatient and appeared behind him, saying, "There are so many women in the world; you have the ability to choose any of them! Why bother with a little child? The most important thing is to hurry south and contact the demon soldiers."

"Shut up, you demon!" In response to the demon's persuasion, the Cowherd replied impatiently, "You promised that I would decide."

Seeing that the demon and the cowherd seemed to have finally grown apart, Mie Cangqiong quickly interjected, "Demon, the cowherd is not as inhuman as you think. He is not wholeheartedly cooperating with you. If you rely on him, you will surely be defeated."

'This body will absolutely not fail, for I will be in control!'

"Otherworldly Demon, you've gone back on your word!"

"Those who obey me prosper; you're far too weak!"

It seemed that Mie Cangqiong's provocation had worked. Seeing Niulang dragging his feet and Bei Mingxue, who was still under Mie Cangqiong's control, dared not launch an attack rashly and could only delay. The alien demon materialized directly, restrained Niulang's consciousness, and seized control of his physical body.

"I refuse to be controlled by you!" Facing the demon's attempt to possess him, the Cowherd struggled and roared, "No one can manipulate me like this!"

"Then let me help you! Separate the demon!" Seeing the demon start fighting with the cowherd, Mie Cangqiong's face showed a look of surprise. He quickly threw Bei Ming aside and swung the demon weapon in his hand at the cowherd, trying to use the power of the demon weapon to forcibly separate the cowherd and the demon.

However, what Mie Cangqiong didn't notice was that at that moment, a smile suddenly appeared on Niulang's face.

"Not good! Don't fall for his trap!" At this moment, the Prince of Yan, who had been observing the area with his primordial spirit and divine sense and was now frozen in a state of ice, hurriedly transmitted his voice, "The Cowherd is not as simple as you think! If you continue like this, you will only fall into his trap!"

"Master, no!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. The King of Yan, frozen in a state of suspended animation, was powerless to stop the reckless actions of the Extinction Heaven, and could only helplessly watch as everything unfolded through his primordial spirit and divine sense.

Cowherd grabbed the demonic weapon from Extinction Sky's hand and laughed as he watched Extinction Sky fall for his trap and abandon Bei Mingxue. "Hahaha, the demonic weapon's power is integrated with mine, so it can't possibly have any effect on me. I didn't expect that my feigned discord with the demon would fool you so easily!"

"Die!" With his demonic weapon restrained by the Cowherd and unable to be used any longer, Annihilation of the Azure Sky realized he had fallen into a trap. Facing the sharp edge of the Tiger Soul slashing from the Cowherd's hand, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it.

However, even with the immense power of the Sky-Destroying Demon, it was ultimately unable to completely negate the Tiger Soul. Its fingers and palm immediately shattered, and it was sent flying. At that moment, as the demonic weapon was seized, the Cowherd immediately stepped in front of Bei Mingxue, eliminating any further opportunity to threaten him.

"Die, you old bastard!" Tiger Soul was unleashed. Without his demonic weapon, Extinction Sky was completely unable to withstand Tiger Soul and could only use his power to retreat.

"Useless!" Cowherd unleashed the Storm technique from the Seven Limitless Blade Techniques, combined with his enhanced abilities, and unleashed a tornado-like blade of energy that swept towards Extinction Sky. Faced with the rapidly approaching tornado-like blade of energy, Extinction Sky could only forcefully stop it with his own power. But at this moment, Cowherd threw a punch, taking advantage of Extinction Sky's wide-open defense, and struck Extinction Sky's fatal weak point—the chest.

Because the Heavenly Gang Qi Technique was forged through trickery, the heart had always been Mie Cangqiong's greatest weakness. When Niu Lang's powerful punch struck his heart, his heart condition could no longer be suppressed. His own violent, fiery energy surged uncontrollably into Mie Cangqiong's heart, thus leading him to his death.

The out-of-control power, no longer under the control of the Heavens, surged into his heart, bringing with it a searing pain that rendered him completely incapable of fighting. He could only cry out in pain and struggle as he watched the Cowherd coldly approach with the Tiger Soul Blade, aiming it at his neck.

'Am I going to die?!' How ridiculous! He wasn't going to die at the hands of someone more powerful, nor at the hands of the righteous martial arts world, nor even because of his grudges with that disciple; instead, he was going to die from the backlash of his own power. 'Truly, how laughable!'

"Hold on, Master!" Just then, the Prince of Yan's divine sense transmitted to Annihilation Sky's sea of ​​consciousness, "Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Die, you old bastard!" Looking at the utterly powerless Extinction Sky, Niulang sneered, intending to swing his Tiger Soul Blade and behead this old man in his eyes. However, at that moment, the voice of the Otherworldly Demon suddenly reached Niulang's ears.

"Hurry!" For the first time, the Cowherd heard an unprecedented urgency in the demon's voice. "Get out of here! A troublesome fellow is on his way!"

Even without the demon's reminder, Niulang felt a chill run down his spine, as if he would be swiftly and decisively killed at any moment. Instead of using Tiger Soul to behead Annihilation Sky, Niulang immediately retreated, using the reflective power of the Demon Weapon Sky-Splitting Shield to protect himself.

Clang!

Niulang only felt a sharp blade of light coming from behind him, which struck the Demon Soldier Sky-Splitting Shield's reflective energy. It was then reflected back at double the speed, but immediately, another new blade of light, even more powerful, shattered the doubled reflected blade of light and slashed towards Niulang with undiminished momentum.

With a swift turn, gripping the Tiger Soul, the Cowherd unleashed the Fiery Blade Technique. Combined with the enhanced power of the Earth-Shattering Cone, the Fiery Blade Technique's power was doubled. Carrying the blazing fire, he turned to meet the even sharper blade's edge.

boom!!!

Even with the doubled magical power enhancing his swordsmanship, Niulang was still forced back several feet by the blade's aura before managing to stop with difficulty. Having barely regained his footing, Niulang quickly moved in front of Bei Mingxue to prevent himself from being threatened further.

"It's you!"

The cowherd spotted the person who attacked him and immediately cried out in alarm.

When he saw the newcomer, Niulang's expression changed. With his current power, after being possessed by the demon and learning the abilities of several demonic weapons, Niulang was confident that even if he encountered the Evil Emperor again, he would have enough confidence to kill him. In fact, before this, even the combined power of Mie Cangqiong and Yan Wang, who had almost reached the demigod realm, was only evenly matched with him.

However, Niulang also knew that he was not invincible. In the Xuanwang (mysterious network), the newly resurrected Chi You displayed power far surpassing any expert he had ever encountered. In fact, it could be said that if Chi You hadn't expended most of his divine power immediately after resurrecting the Flower Goddess, and if a series of fortuitous events hadn't occurred, they wouldn't have been able to withstand even a few rounds from this ancient god.

Even so, when the Devouring Heaven Blade Technique was displayed before him, he finally understood the true difference between humans and gods. Chi You, recently resurrected, incomplete, and weakened, was utterly overwhelming to mortals when he got serious.

However, even so, when Chi You was fully resurrected, there was still someone who could fight him to a standstill and even deliver a fatal blow.

However, he thought that person was already dead, after all, he had been hit in the chest by Chi You's Fiery Blade Technique in his full form and sent flying backward. Logically, he shouldn't have had a chance to survive. However, when he saw this person reappear, Niu Lang finally understood—how could this reincarnated immortal mentioned by Chi You be so easily killed by someone of the same level?

"Be careful!" Just then, the demon that had appeared behind the cowherd spoke up, its voice heavy with worry and anxiety. "This guy, if I'm not mistaken, is very likely a reincarnated god or demon..."

“I know that!” the Cowherd replied in a low voice. “I recognize him. He once fought Chi You in a full battle. I wonder how much of his divine power he has recovered now!… If you and I join forces, can we defeat him?”

"I don't know!" This was the first time the usually fearless demon hesitated. "I can't sense the upper limit of this guy's combat power; it's very likely he's already recovered most of his divine power."

'But don't worry, even if we're no match for him now, he can't trap us.'

……

"Are you alright?!" Seeing Mie Cangqiong lying on the ground in agony, Xia Er reached out and placed his hand directly on his chest. Soon, Mie Cangqiong, who was suffering from the backlash of the fire energy in his chest, felt another force continuously flowing into his chest, helping him suppress the fire energy.

"I, cough cough...you, who are you?!" Mie Cangqiong, who had narrowly escaped death from the backlash of his power, responded tremblingly.

"Master, he is Xia Er, another god-demon in the world besides Chi You, who has already secluded himself in the Xuanwang to suppress the Heavenly Demon, a reincarnated immortal." At this moment, the King of Yan hurriedly explained the ins and outs of Xia Er to Mie Cangqiong using his divine sense.

"So that's how it is. Extinction of the Azure Sky is here. Thank you... Immortal!" Extinction of the Azure Sky gasped for breath. "Never mind me, killing the Demon Cowherd is the priority... Be careful!"

A golden opportunity! Seeing Xia Er crouch down to help Mie Cangqiong suppress the backlash, Niu Lang's eyes lit up. He immediately gripped the Tiger Soul Blade and charged towards Xia Er. A Storm Blade Technique unleashed a torrent of wind pressure and countless storm blade energies rained down on Xia Er.

"Get out of my way!" The Cowherd's Storm Blade Technique was indeed impressive, but in Xia Er's eyes, it was nothing special. Unless he could reach the complete state of Chi You, where his blade techniques could evolve into real, tangible natural disasters, he wouldn't pose a threat to Xia Er. Otherwise, even if the Cowherd's blade techniques were now highly refined, they wouldn't amount to much to Xia Er. One hand pressed against the Extinction Sky's heart to help suppress the eruption of his fiery energy, while the other hand slashed in mid-air with a hand blade. His magnetic field manipulated the surrounding matter to form a magnetic heavenly blade, directly meeting the Cowherd's Storm Blade Technique head-on.

Tear it apart!!!

The sound of tearing silk rang out, and Niulang hurriedly withdrew his sword and held it horizontally in front of his chest, but he was still directly slashed away. The Magnetic Sky Blade first tore apart the storm of turbulent air stirred up by Niulang's Storm Blade Technique, shattering the storm of sword energy that filled the sky, and then slashed horizontally towards Niulang.

"Damn it!" Once again slashed away by a magnetic field celestial blade, Niu Lang roared angrily, "I don't care if you're a god or a demon, die!" He unleashed three sword techniques—Sea Breaker, Mountain Collapse, and Hailstorm—along with his enhanced supernatural abilities, and charged forward again.

"Fool! Back off!" Unfortunately, the demon didn't approve of the cowherd's actions and anxiously urged him to retreat. But at this moment, the cowherd, who had been having a smooth ride after being possessed by the demon, couldn't listen to the demon's words at all. Instead, the humiliation of being blasted away twice in a row filled his heart with anger, and he charged forward recklessly.

Faced with the Niulang's Seven Limits Blade Techniques coming at him, Xia Er pressed one hand into the void, and golden ripples spread out. The Limitless Zen shook the void, shattering the sweeping blade techniques, breaking through mountains and seas, and obliterating hail, instantly breaking the Niulang's attack.

He brought his right index and middle fingers together, forming a sword-like shape, and thrust it directly at the Cowherd. At the same time, a thunderous roar erupted, and a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, landing precisely on the sword-like finger. A bolt of lightning then accompanied the sword-like finger as it hurtled towards the Cowherd.

"burst!"

Boom!!!

Lightning raged and thunder roared, engulfing the Cowherd in its blaze.

"Ah!" At this level of cultivation, Niulang was confident he could withstand even heavenly lightning, but now, the intense lightning force slammed into his limbs, exploding inside and outside his body. "Damn it!" Gathering his demonic energy, Niulang hurriedly activated his demonic energy shield, barely managing to withstand the lightning. He then rushed out of the lightning's range, grabbed the unconscious Bei Mingxue, and fled.

"Quickly chase after them..." Mie Cangqiong, who was still not able to catch his breath, urged as he saw Niulang escaping with Bei Mingxue in his arms.

"If I go after him, you're dead!"

"Forget about this old man with one foot in the ground, killing the troublemaker, the demon cowherd, is... the most important thing right now."

“If it were just a gigolo, that would be fine, but a demon…” Charles shook his head and said, “Prince Yan, it’s been a long time. I believe you should understand this matter. Should you talk to your master, or should I do it?”

"I'll do it!" The Yan King's divine sense responded, then sent a message to the Extinction Sky, roughly explaining the inside story and relationship between the Primordial Heavenly Demon and the Otherworldly Demon.

"So, the gods can't participate in the war?!" Mie Cangqiong said with a grim expression.

"Yes!" Nodding, Xia Er grabbed the Extinction Sky. "I'm currently gathering combat power here. You can ask your two sons for details." With that, Xia Er left the spot, carrying the Extinction Sky.

Up to this point, all the human powerhouses qualified to participate in the siege of the Primordial Heavenly Demon, those who didn't have to die, survived. Soon after, these masters of divine weapons and inheritors of divine and demonic martial arts, atop the Tower of Babel, faced the alien demons who had summoned the Ten Perfected Demonic Weapons and released the Primordial Heavenly Demon from its seal. They fought desperately, and ultimately, in the fateful self-destruction of the Heavenly Crystal, they completely annihilated the Primordial Heavenly Demon. This Heavenly Demon, feared and dreaded by all the gods who came to this planet, thus fell inexplicably at the hands of a group of mortals.

408. The Encounter at the End (Part 1)

Beyond this world, in the rootless starry sky, beyond a certain enormous star, a deafening roar accompanied by a flash of explosions. A dark figure detached itself from that bright star, dragging along another swirling, pitch-black galaxy as it emerged.

Just then, from the star world from which the shadowy figure had departed, numerous trigrams representing the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams suddenly extended. These trigrams stretched from the star world into the rootless starry sky. Earth, fire, wind, and water were in a chaotic state, while the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams stabilized the universe. These trigrams extending from this star world intertwined and created a temporary spatial barrier in this rootless starry sky beyond, blocking the shadowy figure's path before it had completely moved away.

"I say, Fuxi, is this really necessary?!" A dissatisfied voice came from within the shadowy figure. "All I did was take all the legacies of the Primordial Demon. How did that interfere with your plans?!"

However, no one answered the question posed by the shadowy figure. Instead, the extended hexagrams, after resetting the earth, fire, wind, and water elements and temporarily creating a small world, suddenly emitted endless golden light.

"Heavenly Qi Technique!?" The shadowy figure's voice revealed surprise. "Interesting! Just as I guessed, none of the gods and demons in this world are truly dead... right! Fuxi? Still unwilling to show himself!?" As the words fell, the shadowy figure stopped in the sealed space and revealed itself.

"Does it make sense?" Xia Er gripped a swirling, jet-black primordial spirit like a galaxy tightly in one hand, a smile on his face as he looked at the omnipresent golden light permeating this temporarily created demiplane. The Heavenly Gang Qi Technique, the highest level of the supreme art of ascending to heaven and earth displayed by Mie Cangqiong and Yan Wang, paled in comparison to what was happening here, both in quality and quantity.

There's simply no comparison. Of course, this isn't surprising, because the one who uses the Heavenly Gang Qi Technique here is the ancestor of both Extinction of the Azure Sky and the King of Yan, the greatest god in this world who is the strongest at deducing the secrets of heaven—Fuxi.

"Isn't it all about wanting the remaining primordial spirit and demonic energy of the Primordial Heavenly Demon?" Xia Er waved the dark galaxy vortex in his hand, completely ignoring the angry and howling consciousness emanating from it. "Is it to create the so-called Sixth Generation God and Demon? Sorry, I got here first."

"Speaking of which, you're really unlucky!" Receiving no reply, Charles didn't seem to care. Instead, he spoke mockingly to the primordial spirit left behind by the Primordial Demon in his hand, "You were clearly the most powerful, even indirectly causing the strongest god, the Primordial Celestial Venerable, to sacrifice himself because of you. But now? Times have changed. You're nothing but an old relic, so old that these guys have completely forgotten your intimidation and are instead scheming against you—and they've succeeded more than halfway!"

"If I hadn't intervened!"

With a sarcastic smile, Xia Er gripped the vortex of starlight tightly. Immediately afterward, several chains extended from the void, firmly binding the primordial demon's spirit, which manifested as a vortex of starlight, giving this worthless wretch no chance to resist.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Er turned his gaze to the source of the golden light of the Heavenly Gang Qi Technique.

"Are you stalling for time?!" Charles asked.

"For an outsider, an extraterrestrial demon whose essence is even darker than the Primordial Heavenly Demon, I think it's not too much to be cautious! Fellow Daoist!" A magnificent voice rang out, and the golden light of the Heavenly Gang Qi Technique surged towards that direction, transforming into a middle-aged man wearing scale-patterned clothes, with long hair and a shrewd look on his face.

"We've crossed paths several times in the timeline of this world, but this is our first meeting, isn't it?" Xia Er narrowed his eyes slightly, speaking to the god-demon who emerged from the golden light, or rather, the primordial spirit of this god-demon. "You agree, don't you, Fuxi?"

"...Put down the primordial spirit of the Primordial Demon in your hand and leave!" The manifested primordial spirit of Fuxi reached out and grasped, and the golden light of the Heavenly Gang Qi Technique shone brightly again, then evolved into the appearance of the annihilation of all directions in his hand.

“That won’t do…” Shaking his head, Charles flatly rejected the idea. “I came to this world and finally found a delicious and tasty meal. Do you think I’m stupid to just hand it over like that?!”

"Does that mean there's no point in negotiating, fellow Daoist?"

"no!"

"Then, excuse me!" Seeing the negotiations break down, Fuxi raised the Ten Directions Annihilation he held in his hand. In the next moment, eight different trigrams representing Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Fire, Wind, Water, Mountain, and Lake evolved one by one in this temporarily created space, stabilizing the space while surging towards where Xia Er was.

“This is outside the world now. It's only because you've been searching for me that you were able to find me so quickly!” Xia Er ignored the extending divination symbols, simply watching them coil around the west, firmly sealing off his surroundings. He watched Fuxi's actions with great interest, offering no resistance. “You acted so hastily, Fuxi. This must all be part of your carefully orchestrated plan! But after I intervened, you had no choice but to buy time, allowing Nuwa, Xuanyuan, and the others to arrive quickly?”

"Although I cannot fathom what you are thinking, fellow Daoist?" Fuxi, manipulating the trigrams of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams to surround Xia Er, showed no sign of relaxation. "But perhaps all of this is within your calculations, fellow Daoist! ...Then tell me, why are you so confident, fellow Daoist?"

"Yes! Watching you seal off this space, even pulling this world back... and now, Nuwa, Xuanyuan, and other great gods are on their way! Why do you think I'm so confident?" With a slight smile, Xia Er tilted his head, half-closed one eye, and wagged a finger, saying, "...Do you know? Fuxi, my identity is at most equivalent to a demonic pearl extended from the Primordial Heavenly Demon, no, it should be called a different kind of demon. Do you understand now?!"

"You!?" Fuxi's expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly raised the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique in his hand. The Li Fire trigram evolved into Li Fire Blazing the Sky, the Kan Water trigram into Earth Water Breaking Army, the Xun Wind trigram into Qiankun Xun Wind, the Gen Mountain trigram into Kunlun Severing Prison, and the Zhen Thunder trigram into Zhen Thunder and Lightning. Within the storage space, the first five moves of the Ten Directions Amazing Technique were unleashed. In an instant, flames fell from the sky, and the starry sea and celestial river surged. Beside them, a storm of qi raged, towering mountains collapsed, and endless seas of thunder roared.

“It’s a pity, it’s too late!” Xia Er murmured. As his voice fell, a twilight-colored flame tore open the space created by Fuxi, and a dark, golden sun appeared before Fuxi.

409. The Encounter at the End (Part 2)

The sun has always been a symbol of fire, heat, and light. In the world of divine weapons, there are many martial arts techniques that draw inspiration from the sun, all of which are grand and awe-inspiring. In many martial arts concepts, the sun is even seen as the gathering of primordial yang energy, the essence of the sun. However, no one has ever seen a completely black sun, like a total solar eclipse. In this world, a total solar eclipse, the traditional "heavenly dog ​​eating the sun," is simply, for a great god like Fuxi, the moon blocking the sun.

However, now, Fuxi saw a genuine, pitch-black sun hanging in the rootless starry sky outside this world. It did not radiate heat; on the contrary, it was like a black hole that devoured everything, constantly pulling in and swallowing up many things.

"...This is!?" Fuxi took a deep breath, quickly mobilizing his primordial spirit power to block the mental pollution that had been constantly reverberating since the appearance of the black sun. He solemnly raised the Ten Directions Annihilation Sword in his hand. "It seems I was wrong! I shouldn't have allowed you, this extraterrestrial demon, to roam freely in order to eliminate the Primordial Demon..."

"But it's not too late!" With Fuxi's roar, flames swept down from the sky, rushing towards Xia'er. At the same time, the starry sky and celestial river evolved from the Kan water trigram, and the floodwaters roared for thousands of miles, heading towards the dark sun that was about to squeeze into this world.

"So what! Why not just let me leave? Why waste time hindering me here?!" He spread his five fingers, and a magnetic field barrier appeared in front of him, directly isolating the flames that filled the sky. Meanwhile, on the other side, facing the vast expanse of starry sky and celestial river, the pitch-black sun hovered motionless, swallowing up all the surging celestial river that came its way.