Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

"Run away!!!"

"Take them away!!"

Inside the Ninth Division's operations command center, someone looked terrified and urged them on loudly.

His voice was clearly transmitted to the front lines through the microphone and electromagnetic signals.

The scene displayed on the screen was that of the once most powerful swordsman, disheveled, covered in blood, and exhausted, kneeling on the ground, panting heavily, standing in front of the guild leaders. They were all on the verge of death.

"Buzz--!"

The distant Ancestral Snail let out a low groan, shaking its long tentacles, gathering streaks of blood-red lightning, preparing to annihilate the four humans in one fell swoop.

"Pfft!!"

Lu Jin tried to use his escape technique to leave with the others, but due to his severe injuries, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His frost-white hair became dull and lifeless, turning into a pale gray, and his face was as white as paper.

"Old Lu... never mind..."

Zhang Zhiwei's voice was hoarse, his right hand rested limply on his old friend's shoulder, his smile bitter. In his final moments, he couldn't bear to see his friend suffer any longer.

Wei Yuanming, with half his face buried in the mud and his only remaining eyeball dim in its light, mustered his last strength to plead with the hazy, blood-red figure before him:

"Kiyotaki... let's go..."

Yun Qinglong, the swordsman of Yu Huai, is the strongest among the nine factions.

At that moment, he seemed oblivious to everything, slumped to the ground, his mind foggy, his body feeling as heavy as lead.

The brutality of this battle far exceeded his expectations. Ten people destroyed the entire city, but they couldn't even seriously injure Zuwo, let alone kill him.

In the brief pause of their conversation, Zuwo's ​​killing move was fully unleashed. The aura of death swept over them, leaving the four lying in the ruins with nowhere to hide. Just as they closed their eyes, sighed, and prepared to die,

"Boom!!!!"

Without warning, the ancestral snail's tentacles changed direction, and a crimson current thousands of meters long shot obliquely into the sky, accompanied by a deafening explosion.

"Roar!--"

A dragon's roar suddenly shattered the sea of ​​clouds, the crimson lightning dissipated, and the shadow that had blotted out the sky revealed its true form—a jet-black dragon.

"Another...extraordinary creature?!" The nine high-ranking officials in front of the screen paled in shock.

Lu Jin, who was on the battlefield, suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. He struggled to raise his head and stared at the dragon shadow, slightly stunned.

"Senior brother...?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuanming, Yun Qinglong, and Zhang Zhiwei looked astonished, their minds going blank.

Following the direction of the blood-red light, they saw a dragon, its length unknown, hovering in the void, looking down upon all living beings.

"boom!"

A hurricane howled, and the dragon's eyes gleamed with ferocity. It moved too fast to be caught as it descended to the surface and fought against the ancestral snail.

The dragon's horns emitted a silvery-gray light, and it unleashed a stream of dark gray light. With just one killing move, it pierced through the snail shell covered with mysterious patterns, and azure blood splattered as the wound opened.

The ancestral snail broke through its defenses, large swaths of flesh withered and died, and it entered a frenzied, berserk state.

"Wow!"

The dragon's shadow faded, replaced by a man with long, frost-white hair tied back, holding a dark red spear. Without uttering a word, he instantly rushed to the location of the four people, unfolded the pendant tied to his chest, and absorbed them all into it.

"Boom!!!"

Zuwo shot out venom that pierced through the void and locked onto Chengzhen's figure, but it was too late, and Chengzhen used 'Close to the Human World' to dodge it.

"call out!"

In the blink of an eye, Chengzhen, who had transferred the wounded back to the Security Council, returned to the battlefield. His calm, still gaze fixed on the mythical behemoth before him, as if it were a lifeless object.

"Come--."

"boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chengzhen rushed towards Zuwo like a streak of light. The friction between his body and the air was almost zero, so as not to produce any sonic boom, but he was so fast that it was breathtaking as he hunted the giant beast in front of him.

The blazing white innate Qi fire swirled around the tip of the spear, which he swept across with a single thrust, condensing into a lifelike dragon shadow that crashed into the body of the ancestral snail, knocking it to the ground.

"Boom!"

Chengzhen's offensive was as fierce as a torrential rain, seizing the weak points in the shattered shell and striking them heavily.

The shimmering white flames penetrated the flesh, growing uncontrollably and burning faster and faster, from the inside out. The ancestral swarm let out a mournful wail, secreting purplish-brown venom in an attempt to extinguish the flames, but to no avail.

In a panic, it began to flee the ruins, shattering the void in an instant and traveling tens of thousands of meters away, intending to dive into the sea.

Chengzhen once again used his true magic to fully activate the extraordinary biological blood within his body, causing it to soar into the air and transform into a dragon, giving chase.

The two extraordinary creatures fought fiercely for hundreds of miles, their blood staining the void. The battle ended after about two hours, with the remains of the Ancestral Snail lying on the ground, blood flowing endlessly.

Chengzhen won this battle! He set a record for the first kill of a super monster in nearly half a year, but he was also injured in the process.

He cut off half of Zuwo's ​​corpse, dragged it back to the back mountain of the sect, and sealed it with a barrier for future disciples' cultivation.

The rest were handed over to Yu Huai and the Nine Departments for collection and research.

On March 13, Lu Jin and others received treatment from the Ninth Division to recuperate, and the matter was temporarily brought to a close.

The two devastating wars left countless people deeply disappointed with the absent Chen Qingxuan. Those who once believed in and respected him changed their stance and even harbored hatred towards him, hating that he did not respond to their prayers, that he was a coward who dared not stand up, and that he was a fraud who deceived the world and fooled people.

In April and May, phenomena of supernatural beings killing each other were observed in different regions, both domestically and overseas. Humanity, being weak and unwilling to be affected, retreated from them and abandoned many cities on the verge of danger.

In June, the world underwent a great change. Countless spiritual energies burst forth from billions of miles of land and boundless seas, and the human body gradually changed. Even ordinary people who did not receive the G1 reagent experienced subtle changes in their physique and awakened all sorts of incredible abilities.

Extraordinary creatures that occupy famous mountains and rivers in advance benefit the most. By consuming exotic fruits and spiritual springs that ripen in their territories, they evolve at a speed even faster than humans. Most plants and wild animals in nature begin to transform and develop intelligence.

In July, abandoned secret realms began to appear in deserts, ice fields, and rainforests around the world. These were divided up by various countries, who obtained technological weapons that did not belong to this era and began to possess the power to contend with mythical behemoths.

In autumn, the conflict between humans and gods worsened once again. Faced with rampaging beasts and the resurgence of spiritual energy, the gods' status became precarious, and the power of faith they drew upon was reduced by nearly 90%.

Those beings created by humans can never escape human control.

End of the year.

Humanity broke the covenant, using the ancient weapons they obtained, along with Level 5 Awakened Ones, to exterminate the gods of various mythological systems, destroy their temples, and once again sweep them into the dustbin of history, just like the demons of the past.

Chapter 401 Chaos in the Mountains and Seas, the San Yi Sect Under Scrutiny

Even after the gods were destroyed, human civilization was not completely free from crisis. Ancient scientific research weapons, which were found in various abandoned secret realms, greatly promoted the development of the scientific field.

Nevertheless, it only has a certain ability to protect itself when facing numerous extraordinary creatures, and it cannot even be said to drive them away or kill them.

On New Year's Eve in 2019, a six-headed dragon in China killed two extraordinary beasts codenamed "Lu Shu" and "Gu Diao," shaking the land for miles. It claimed control over the Changbai Mountains and the Greater Khingan Mountains, establishing a demon kingdom and ruling over hundreds of thousands of newly intelligent plants and animals.

Neither the Security Council nor the Nine Departments could stop them; their deciphering of the ancient weapon was not yet complete, and they were unable to kill the Six-Headed Flood Dragon.

Several days later, two extraordinary creatures with four heads and four legs, and black and red feathers, called "Yong Birds," reigned supreme in the Yinshan Mountains, slaughtering all the elves within a radius of hundreds of miles. Their extremely piercing, sharp cries even affected the surrounding human towns, causing buildings to explode in patches. Before the local residents could even react, they were blown into a bloody mist.

Like a domino effect, extraordinary creatures emerged one after another in the Taihang Mountains, Qinling Mountains, and Qilian Mountains, slaughtering their competitors of the same level, ascending to the position of demon king, occupying famous mountains, rivers, lakes and marshes to form a demon kingdom, and recruiting thousands of demon followers.

In March, the land of Kyushu already had twelve demon kingdoms.

The land that should belong to humans has been plundered by them. Even worse, the spiritual materials of heaven and earth that are born in the deep mountains and dangerous places can promote the rapid evolution of species. Various demon kingdoms have monopolized them, and humans can search for very few of them.

As time went on, the hatred between the two sides deepened. The food that was once placed on the table by humans gained sentience and began to hunt humans in return, leading to several large-scale wars with victories and defeats on both sides.

Smaller demon kingdoms could not withstand the bombardment, and even the demon king was severely injured by the super-giant cannons developed by the nine departments, his fate unknown. Meanwhile, the weaker demons were nearly wiped out by the encirclement and suppression of human powerhouses.

Large demon kingdoms, unafraid of the attacks from the Nine Departments and the Security Council, confronted each other head-on, fighting until the heavens and earth trembled and the fighting gradually came to a halt, with heavy casualties on both sides.

Even among demon kings, there are differences. Not all giant beasts of mountains and seas can withstand super-giant turrets. Even if the beams it fires after being charged can penetrate mountains tens of kilometers away, there are times when it fails.

In April, the number of demon kingdoms surged to thirty-six. It was at this critical juncture that secret realms within the country, sealed for hundreds or even thousands of years, began to emerge one after another.

Cultivators who emerge from various reclusive sects possess strength beyond the comprehension of ordinary standards. Some of their so-called sect leaders even have the power to slay demon kings, resembling immortals and gods.

Ninefold Mountain, Void-Stepping Palace, Paradise Palace, Valley of Longevity, Crossing the Dust Sect, Kunlun Ancient Sect, Penglai Island, Fanghu Abyss,...

Whether on land or overseas, all the reclusive sects, whether recorded in ancient books or not, have actively entered the world to seek opportunities due to the surge in spiritual energy from the mortal realm, which is almost as dense as that of a secret realm.

In just one week, five demon kingdoms fell apart under the attack of these reclusive cultivators.

Initially, hundreds of millions of people were extremely excited when they heard the news.

The oppressive and desperate feeling dissipated overnight, and they felt relieved. They never imagined that there were such powerful beings of their kind. At least they no longer had to live in fear of the threat of supernatural beings.

However, this good fortune did not last long. It was just wishful thinking on the part of most people. They regarded the extraordinary people from the secluded sects as righteous and kind gods and immortals, and worshipped them and offered them praise.

Little did they know, the other side had never cared about the lives of these common people, just as humans would never consider monkeys as their own kind.

The sect leaders and elders of those sects killed demon kings, seized spiritual lands, and began to build their dojos in the human world.

They even targeted some towns in China and plundered them, resulting in the deaths of all the Security Council experts and mechs stationed there.

The Nine Divisions, stationed inland, suddenly felt a chill run down their spines as they gradually uncovered the truth behind the great war of that year, realizing that perhaps they had never possessed the power to fight against these extraordinary beings.

The reason why the fighting in the last century was ultimately able to force them back with nuclear weapons and achieve a phased victory was probably because these sects were worried that nuclear radiation would affect the revival of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and therefore made certain concessions.

The upheaval came suddenly. At this critical moment, the Flying Immortal Sect, a sect that had secretly reaped the offerings of mortals every 200 years, emerged and went to the Security Council headquarters to hold talks with the highest leaders of the nine departments.

Their demands were simple: to establish Taoist temples for the Flying Immortal Sect in five megacities in China, and to have the Security Council subtly strengthen the faith of hundreds of millions of people in them, encouraging them to offer incense and pray sincerely.

In return, they are willing to protect China from any interference by secluded sects or extraordinary beings.

The negotiations proceeded very amicably. The Flying Immortal Sect had plenty of ways to gradually erode the incense offerings of the mortal world, so they were in no hurry. Instead, they handed over the choice to the high-ranking officials of the Nine Departments and the Security Council.

On April 16, the talks ended. The Nine Departments agreed to allow the Flying Immortal Sect to build a temple, but rejected their request to manipulate the people. How much incense they could gain depended entirely on their own abilities.

On April 17th, the Flying Immortal Sect Leader personally arrived in the Northern Frontier, slaying the extraordinary creature 'Whirling Turtle' and reclaiming lost territory. The supernatural power he displayed was unmatched, overpowering the two sect leaders of the Blissful Palace and the Longevity Valley, and taking back the three towns they had plundered.

The news caused a national sensation! The honorary heroes of the Security Council and the Ninth Ministry paled in comparison to the brilliance of this savior who appeared out of nowhere.

The Flying Immortal Sect Master, whose incense offerings had increased dramatically, breathed a sigh of relief and settled in China, where his cultivation became increasingly unfathomable.

Unlike other secluded sects, the leader, elders, and disciples of the Flying Immortal Sect at least treat people as human beings.

Keeping their promise, they brutally intercepted and killed almost every extraordinary creature and reclusive sect that crossed their borders in order to seize the incense offerings.

Soon, temples were built in five mega-cities within the territory, and were revered and worshipped day and night by the people.

At the end of the month, the Flying Immortal Sect Leader was puzzled. He had been slaying demons and protecting the border.

The incense offerings, which should have been increasing rapidly due to the mutually beneficial relationship with ordinary humans, seem to have recently reached a bottleneck. Logically, this should not be the case, so an elder was sent to investigate.

The answer was revealed in just half an hour.

According to the elder's report, the Sanyi Sect, which stands in the Minnan province, once produced a Chenqing Xuanzun who accomplished many great feats.

Before the gods were revived and various sects entered the world, it was undoubtedly a myth, and was surrounded by a large number of believers.

Even though the other party has been missing for more than two years, absent from one important battle after another, and lost four-fifths of his followers, there are still many devout believers waiting for him. These steadfast believers are an indispensable part of the Flying Immortal Sect Master's strength.

"Sect Leader, in my opinion, you should personally go to the Sanyi Sect to find out the truth. If that mortal is truly blocking your way, you can kill him."

An elder, two hundred years old and possessing an air of otherworldly grace, dressed in a purple-gold robe, bowed slightly and made a suggestion to the gentle, handsome middle-aged man before him.

"..."

"Get his information."

The Flying Immortal Sect Leader said calmly, he had his pride and disdained to deliberately target this mortal.

"Yes, please take a look."

The elder respectfully presented a document.

"Trinity Gate...that name sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before?"

The Flying Immortal Sect Leader opened the document and glanced quickly at the past of Jiang Mo, Cheng Zhen, Zhuge Yu, and others. Those amazing deeds were like child's play to him and were not the focus.

Only the phrase "Trinity Gate" made him frown. He couldn't recall any trivial, insignificant detail from his memory, so he asked the elder for clarification.

"Perhaps it's not my imagination, Mr. Xiao, do you remember it?"

"I'm too old to know."

"Please wait a moment, I'll ask the children who are staying in the sect."

Elder Xiao took out an ancient mirror from his bosom, cast a spell and chanted an incantation. Immediately, several disciples of the Flying Immortal Sect who were in charge of managing the files and books appeared in the mirror.

"Prime Minister Cui, Li Yi, investigate the relevant records of the 'Sanyi Sect' for me; the sect leader needs them."

"Yes! Please wait a moment, we'll go now."

A moment later, the disciples found records about the Sanyi Sect in the vast sea of ​​ancient books and informed Elder Xiao of the details.