On the vast expanse of Qingya Terrace, silence reigned supreme.

All the radiant flames and surges of energy, which should have painted a vibrant scene, seemed to cower and submit before the two figures locked in a life-and-death struggle. It was as if this very heaven and earth, along with all its rules, had been intimidated. Only Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao remained, the focal points of all light, embodying a certain inevitability.

Beneath the boundless starlight, amidst the swirling snow, a form of extinction was unfolding. Even amongst beings akin to gods, this clash represented a terrifying power! Heaven-Human Five Decays versus All Under Heaven Winter – who would emerge victorious?

Who would perish?

Yu Hua waited calmly for the outcome, a faint wisp of curiosity lingering in her heart regarding the relationship between her junior sister, Yu Zhen, and Jiang Wang. Of course, the outcome of this battle was of no consequence to her.

Huang Sheli, on the other hand, was savoring the final moments.

She had already resolved that even if flaws marred her God Arrival, she would ensure the survival of these two beauties. Naturally, compensation would be expected later. Huang Sheli was lustful but not base; she was willing to give, but never without reason. Dou Zhao’s knife and Jiang Wang’s sword – she could learn a little. More than just learning, she would have them teach her stroke by stroke, painstakingly. Was not the grace of saving their lives worth this?

It was not that life and death were unimportant.

But at this moment, no other thought could intrude!

For these two, this was a battle of supreme purity. So pure that only victory and defeat held meaning, and thus, both yearned for triumph with an almost desperate intensity. Who did not wish to defeat Dou Zhao?

Who did not desire victory over Jiang Wang?

At this juncture, a fur-clad old man, summoned by He Lian Yunyun, descended with the heavenly wind. He stepped onto Qingya Terrace’s sky, walking calmly within the starlight. However, the hand holding his staff hesitated for a moment, while Chang Xiangsi and Tian Xiao Knife had already closed in on their respective targets.

He Lian Yunyun watched the unfolding scene with nervous tension; the sky had darkened!

It wasn’t merely that the daylight had abruptly dimmed.

Nor was it akin to Jiang Wang activating the Dao Path Killing Sword, temporarily eclipsing the sky’s light with starlight. Instead, a swathe of darkness, palpable and dense, was unfurling across the heavens. It wasn’t a mere conceptual void, nor a fleeting illusion; it was a substantial, incredibly resilient entity, like a black cloth or an iron plate. One knew, instinctively, that it would persist unless actively repelled.

It was not the true night, yet it was deeper than night, for sunlight could not dispel it.

At this moment, the darkness over Qingya Terrace was so profound that even He Lian Yunyun, with her Mang Qing eyes, felt the oppressive gloom.

The fur-clad old man instantly raised his staff, a surge of power instantly dispelling his aged appearance. He moved sideways, positioning himself before He Lian Yunyun. No visible light or energy erupted, yet He Lian Yunyun’s surroundings were clearly freed from suppression. The old man, his expression grave, simply gazed towards the high sky.

A monumental terror was just being born in this instant!

At this time, Dou Zhao gazed at Jiang Wang, and Jiang Wang gazed at Dou Zhao. No words were needed; their knife and sword were the embodiment of their discourse. The reverence for this duel, the respect for each other, was all contained within this deadly exchange.

Then, the sky dome darkened.

That darkness which swallowed all light, as if the sky dome itself was pressing down. Faint thunder rumbled; the sky had lowered by a measure!

Within that darkness, spreading like a night curtain, a vast, indistinct human face protruded. Its specific expression was indiscernible, its features unidentifiable, yet one could sense its widened, chaos-filled eyes and its open, voracious giant mouth!

A demonic entity!

Simply absurd, utterly beyond comprehension.

This was the heart of the entire grassland, the highest court of the Great Herd Empire, the resting place of the Great Herd Heavenly Son. How could a demonic entity descend here?

In the entire history of the Great Herd Empire, such a scene was exceedingly rare! Yet it had undeniably occurred, resolutely descended, and was now expanding its influence with overwhelming might.

As this colossal human face appeared, numerous transformations unfolded.

For instance, the vital energy of heaven and earth seemed to increase in weight, becoming obscure and difficult to mobilize. The several divine banners decorating Qingya Terrace from their high vantage points snapped neatly in two. Space itself seemed to decay, allowing observers to visually perceive its thinning. In the void, demonic shadows swarmed. And in Jiang Wang’s chest and abdomen, within the light of his Five Wheels Heaven Mansion, specifically at the heart’s position, a surge of demonic qi erupted! This was a mass of twisted, chaotic, living-like demonic qi.

It was as if it dragged Jiang Wang’s vitality outward, growing at a visible pace!

Temporarily taking its direction of collision as its front.

Such a mass of dark black, from which five strands of demonic qi branched out, fluttering like tentacles at the tail, entangling the light of Jiang Wang’s five mansions, as if performing some form of binding.

To use demonic qi to capture the light of divine abilities was a truly unbelievable technique. And at its foremost core, it continued to writhe and transform, solidifying in an instant to condense into the head of a mild-mannered middle-aged man.

Horrifyingly, it was precisely Deng Yue!

It simultaneously confronted the Heaven Mansion light and muttered words, reciting obscure, chaotic demonic spells that were utterly unnerving and soul-shaking. One had never heard such strange pronunciations, yet somehow understood their meaning. Perhaps that wasn’t even its expression?

“Life and death!” “Illusion and extinction!” “Memories!” “Pain!” “Greed!” “Obsession!”

Sharp, high-pitched, sobbing, hoarse – one simple word after another, yet their recitation created an extreme sense of chaos. Listeners felt agitated, experiencing a painful sensation as if their souls were about to burst through their heavenly spirit and leave their bodies.

This part of heaven and earth also underwent inexplicable changes alongside it. In an instant, Jiang Wang felt the Border Wasteland! Deng Yue, Border Wasteland, Flick of Finger Birth Extinction Illusion Demon Skill, Illusion Demon Monarch. Various thoughts flashed like flowing light. Jiang Wang finally understood why a demonic entity would descend upon the highest royal court, and specifically at the Canglang Fighting Field’s Qingya Terrace. Qingya Terrace wasn’t the focus; he himself was.

He had been used as a medium, made into a path mark. In that hasty encounter in the Border Wasteland, that mysterious Illusion Demon Monarch had planted a technique on his body. The narrow escape back then was for the purpose of seizing him as a bridge today!

Facing the techniques of a Demon Monarch, being completely unaware before was normal. But why him? Why today? What was the Illusion Demon Monarch’s purpose? What role did that Tu Hu play in this? Thoughts raced through his mind, yet his body’s movements did not cease. Chang Xiangsi suddenly turned at this moment, sword qi roaring upwards.

Broken snow from the sky flew back towards the sky dome.

The starlight of the distant sky dome flowed wantonly, continuously impacting this layer of dark curtain, causing the face covering the high sky to flicker with light and shadow.

And the Star Tower’s Star Road vigorously bloomed with intense light, drawing the gaze upward, like the Big Dipper tearing through the long night!

At the life-and-death juncture with Dou Zhao, in the balance between victory and defeat, Jiang Wang decisively turned his sword.

But Dou Zhao’s Tian Xiao Knife continued forward, silencing and extinguishing all rampant forces without the slightest hesitation – one strike aimed at the area before Jiang Wang’s chest and abdomen!

The knife edge sliced into the demonic qi head presenting Deng Yue’s appearance. This very specific face immediately exhibited various evil visages: splendor, foul odor, restlessness!

The entire demonic qi head shook, and the demonic qi turned to dead gray strand by strand, dissipating.

Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao had almost simultaneously made choices. At the critical moment of life and death,

without even an exchange of glances, they had already turned, without reservation.

One stabbed the human face in the sky dome, one chopped the heart demon head, as if possessing an innate tacit understanding. But in reality, they had simply simultaneously sensed the fatal danger and simultaneously made the best possible response under the current circumstances.

Two absolute world-renowned prodigies joining forces against an enemy, both displaying their strongest states – how terrifying was this moment’s offensive? That dry feeling, as if from the Border Wasteland, was temporarily pushed away!

In the sky dome, that enormous human face suddenly inhaled, drawing all the starlight into its throat. Boundless sword qi was swallowed in a single gulp! Starlight and snow color converged into a flow in this giant mouth, then were all dyed ink black, surging towards that unknown place. Even the four great holy towers standing in the distant sky dome trembled slightly, starlight flickering between them, as if they were about to be pulled down from the ancient sky dome!

Jiang Wang could feel it completely: his Dao Path foundation was already shaken!

His cultivation, painstakingly built with sweat and effort,

was shaken by this demon’s single gulp. What level of power was this?

However, the Illusion Demon Monarch’s methods were not limited to this. That mass of demonic qi, which had been without any prior disturbance, existing more as a path mark, now suddenly leaped out of Jiang Wang’s heart and rapidly seized power, condensing into a demonic head with five demonic qi strands like tentacles, forcibly suppressing the light of Jiang Wang’s five mansions.

The Heaven Mansion Body, rarely seen in ancient times, was in the process of being extinguished! Jiang Wang, who had been radiating strength moments before, now saw the red fire surrounding his body diminish, the frost cloak behind him wither, and even the immortal red-gold color in his eyes gradually fade. Within the sea of his five mansions, the surging waves were all suppressed. Five demonic qi pillars, like heaven-piercing supports, crashed directly down from the sky, breaking all tangible and intangible barriers and striking the five inner mansions! The White Cloud Boy laboriously controlled the Cloud Top Immortal Official, attempting to repel the external enemy, but with just one shake of that demonic qi, the Cloud Top Immortal Palace seemed to lose its structure and remained motionless. The White Cloud Boy himself sat on the ground, his face pale with fear, his teeth chattering incessantly.

Heaven-piercing demonic pillars suppressed the five mansions, and from this center, demonic qi spread to the four seas, possessing a domineering ability to change heaven and earth.

And outside the sea of the five mansions.

This demonic qi head, which had endured Dou Zhao’s single knife strike, while continuously silencing, also pierced out two strands of demonic qi from its pupil positions, twisting into black ropes that rapidly spread along the edge of the Tian Xiao Knife – in an instant, already tying up Dou Zhao! He had fully endured the Heaven-Human Five Decays!

Even with Dou Zhao’s ability, he was fundamentally unable to avoid these two black ropes. His dazzling Dou Zhan Golden Body, under the erosion of this terrifying demonic qi, also dimmed at a visible pace. His knife intent surged, his knife force raged, but he was fundamentally unable to break free from the confines.

The Golden Dou Zhan Spirit Domain and the red Fire Domain, which had been entangled moments before, now released their struggle and turned to cooperate, together clashing with the suddenly arrived demonic rules, attempting to carve out a brief freedom.

Yet, almost simultaneously, they dimmed!

The eight hundred zhang radius Dou Zhan Spirit Domain and the one thousand zhang radius Fire Domain, like two bubbles lightly pricked, burst without even creating a ripple.

The rules of these two absolute world-renowned prodigies were completely disregarded at this time.

The sky lowered another line. Gold and red all vanished!

The domineering martial attire with red base and gold trim, and that immortal air-like, unrestrained green shirt, were now all dyed ink black. This was fundamentally not a force of the same level.

This demonic entity, which had suddenly descended here using Jiang Wang as a path mark, possessed a power far beyond what a God Arrival could achieve, easily suppressing both Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao.

Torrential demonic might covered the entire Qingya Terrace, and then the entire Canglang Fighting Field.

“Hu Na Ba!”

That enormous human face suddenly shouted in an awkward grassland language: “Hu Na Ba!”

Its voice was wildly chaotic, bringing a strong sense of unease.

Jiang Wang knew “Hu Na Ba” meant “Wolf Diagram,” representing the protector wolf god of the Cangtu God Religion. It was also the divine ability that Liang had once displayed at Tianya Terrace.

But he did not know why this demonic entity would shout “Wolf Diagram.” Immediately after this sound, roars suddenly erupted everywhere.

Canglang Fighting Field was the largest fighting ground in the highest royal court, with numerous duels happening every day. Although the duel between Dou Zhao and Jiang Wang was not open to the public, other martial platforms were still operating normally. While the excited shouts of the spectators had not reached other places before, at this moment, the roars and screams from various martial platforms mixed together, converging into a kind of doomsday-like panic.

There were loud calls for help, fearful howls, and angry scolding of the fighting field guards – the owners of these sounds did not necessarily all possess cultivation, but when they mixed together in a chaotic clamor, they bred a gloomy force, gnawing at emotions, growing within people’s hearts.

Sound isolation arrays, protection arrays, insight arrays.

All arrays within Canglang Fighting Field collapsed in an instant, hundreds of years of accumulation destroyed in one go.

In those chaotic fighting fields, generals clashed several times in an instant, easily tearing their opponents to shreds. Demon races completely broke free from their shackles, abandoning their opponents and rushing towards the spectator seats, singing sorrowful war songs. Human fighters locked in life-and-death battles simultaneously turned blood-red eyes and transformed into demons!

In a flick of a finger, heaven and earth were overturned; in a single thought, illusion was born and extinguished. This kind of demonic might was already close to heavenly might!

At this moment here, in the main fighting field overlooked by this enormous human face, Huang Sheli leaped up, the Universal Salvation Subdue Demons Pestle already flipped in her hand. Her healthy body was like a fully drawn large bow, her yellow cloak like a hunting war flag, fluttering in the air!

Jin Gong Hao also instantly covered his body in black iron armor, holding a blood-tasseled long spear. Behind him, energy forces roared, forming a pair of iron-black eagle feathers. The black feathers were like knife edges.

The full-braided Yuwen Duo rushed forward from the corner, drawing a knife. His whole body’s blood qi boiled, starlight and Dao Yuan mixed and turned.

For the cultivators of the Jing and Mu countries, fighting against demonic entities was almost an instinct. At this moment, Yu Hua also recited spells, the black hair beneath her monk hat trembling slightly.

Golden, brilliant Sanskrit characters flew around. In contrast, He Lian Yunyun appeared very calm at this moment.

So calm that not a hint of emotion was visible. She simply sat there, unmoving.

That Cave Truth cultivation fur-robed old man, who had watched her grow up, understood her character well. He did not immediately attempt to take her away but instead held his wooden staff horizontally, standing quietly before her, silently guarding this small patch of land. Guarding the dignity of the Great Herd Imperial Clan.

The residual might was still so terrifying; how could Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao, who were directly facing that demonic entity, have any chance of survival?

But Jiang Wang, despite his shattered spirit domain, still swung his sword, even though his entire Dao Path began to shake, even though his movements were as slow as carrying a mountain.

And Dou Zhao, despite his body and intent being completely suppressed, still struggled. He stared fixedly at the enormous human face of that demonic entity, every strand of his hair seemingly narrating his unyielding will.

Spirit domain, divine ability, Dao arts, techniques, physical body – every avenue of struggle was useless.

And they were still searching for possibilities, just as they had previously pursued victory and defeat.

Just at this moment, “Dang!” A bell sound rang out.

This sound was distant, vast, as if piercing through time, from the remote past, towards today’s Qin Ming. And so vast, so inclusive, crossing spatial barriers, ringing in everyone’s ears, instantly smoothing the restless, uneasy hearts. Jiang Wang had never heard such a bell sound, but in his heart, a name almost immediately leaped out – Guang Wen Bell!

Perhaps because of his Guanyin Ear, or perhaps because of the Subdue Outer Dao Vajra Thunder Sound,

Or perhaps for no reason at all, he simply had a very strong certainty, certain that this was the sound of the Guang Wen Bell! This bell, which summoned the far-off divine messenger Min Haer, had not rung since the completion of the Guang Wen Ye Slant Wu Hall.

Ye Slant Wu, a hero, also.

Calling for a hero, who is a hero?!

With this bell’s ringing, heaven and earth changed dramatically, as if several suns and moons replaced the sky. With Canglang Fighting Field as the center,

at almost equal distances around it,

three terrifying breaths suddenly burst forth, filling heaven and earth. Three pillars of divine light, arranged in a Three Talents formation, rose towards the sky, seemingly without end, as if divine pillars supporting the sky dome.

On these golden-green, resplendent divine light pillars, divine patterns flowed, describing ancient dignity. The three divine pillars were connected by divine light, forming a ring that encompassed the entire Canglang Fighting Field. This ensured that the heaven-overturning changes occurring here could not influence the area outside the fighting field.

That pitch-black dark curtain could not expand outward by even half a point. Inside and outside Canglang Fighting Field were different scenes.

Within Canglang Fighting Field, those standing near the divine light pillars could clearly see an invisible boundary line in the heavens and earth, separating Canglang Fighting Field from the highest royal court. “This place seems to have entered night, while outside it is daytime.”

And if people outside Canglang Fighting Field looked over, they would only see the sky light in its full glory, wandering clouds sprinkling gold, and majestic buildings. It was a perfectly normal bright day. When demons descend, the world remains ignorant,

like many stories buried in history. “If one obtains Guang Wen, then what unjust old grievances exist in the world?” In the void, such a Sanskrit sound rang out.

“If one obtains Guang Wen, then what dark secrets and poisons exist in the turbid world?”

Though it was a Sanskrit sound, it was not like chanting Buddhist scriptures. Instead, it was more like someone calmly narrating something. “If one obtains Guang Wen, then what do fools seek, what do believers desire?” It was strange yet unified, awkward yet harmonious.

“If one obtains Guang Wen.” The Guang Wen Bell rang, the Sanskrit chant sound rang.

The volume of the demonic spells muttered by that demonic head was instantly suppressed. In the sea of Jiang Wang’s five mansions, those five demonic qi pillars immediately collapsed!

Before Jiang Wang’s chest and abdomen, the five wheels of divine light, which had been bitterly struggling, surged brilliantly, directly pushing the demonic qi outward. The demonic qi ropes that had tied up Dou Zhao exploded and scattered like black moths. Dou Zhao’s knife force instantly soared to the sky!

The Heaven Mansion light shone brightly, and the Dou Zhan Golden Body was dazzling. Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao suddenly regained their freedom.

That demonic qi that had exploded like flying moths suddenly twisted in the air, revealing the face of a valiant woman. Jiang Wang had seen this face before; it was one of the demons he had encountered in the Border Wasteland.

And this face suddenly scattered again.

As if some kind of force exchange had been completed.

A very ordinary sheepskin boot just then stepped onto the martial platform! The demonic qi trembled!

That enormous human face in the sky dome roared furiously: “Tu Hu! You dare to scheme against this monarch!”

The owner of this sheepskin boot wore ordinary herdsman’s clothes, with a high nose and deep-set eyes, dignified and cold. Facing the rage of this demonic entity, he did not speak a single word. He simply stepped closer, casually took the Tian Xiao Knife from Dou Zhao’s hand, and then wiped it!

That demonic head that had been entangled with Jiang Wang’s heart without rest was directly cut off from the entanglement. Amidst the collapsing demonic qi, it was easily picked up in his hand!

And another Tu Hu, dressed in resplendent and magnificent robes, as if walking out of the dark curtain, walked in the night sky. He calmly faced that enormous human face, shaking his head and lightly laughing: “Who can scheme against you? Even a great existence like you cannot erase another possibility as great as yourself. You have designed yourself.” He said so.

Unexpectedly, there were two Tu Hus!

The Tu Hu encountered in the Border Wasteland, the Tu Hu of Min He Temple, the Guang Wen Bell. All these clues reorganized in Jiang Wang’s mind. He vaguely understood something, yet found it hard to believe.

With the deep, dark curtain as the background, that fuzzy, enormous human face howled angrily: “Arrogant pigs and dogs, you deserve ten thousand deaths!” The dark color actually flowed upward, vaguely attempting to coalesce into a human-shaped shell in the high sky.

An ancient dignity, as if from a rumored distant place, descended.

It was as if the Illusion Demon Monarch in the Ten Thousand Worlds Burial Tomb desired to cross the vast distance today, personally descend here, and obliterate Tu Hu. A destructive force instantly covered Canglang Fighting Field, infinitely drawing the life force of all living beings.

“Today is not yesterday.”

The Tu Hu dressed in ordinary herdsman’s clothes, as if bathed in divine light, possessed boundless dignity. Or rather, he was a god. Possessing a god’s dignity, a god’s position, a god’s power. “Today I am not the me of yesterday.”

The Tu Hu wearing a gold crown and Si Hua robes, however, had a smiling face and gentle eyes. No matter how magnificent his clothes, they could not conceal his freshness, his worldly aura. The two Tu Hus simultaneously said: “Today you are still the you of yesterday, Illusion Demon Monarch, can you not recognize it?!”

The God Tu Hu and the Human Tu Hu, one in the high sky, one on the ground, and at this moment, ten thousand paths of divine light, suddenly hidden and suddenly present, spread between them. They also covered every living being within Canglang Fighting Field. Moreover, they decorated this Qingya Terrace as if it were a divine country.

This scene was so contradictory, yet so harmonious. Surging demonic qi crossed the boundary, bringing a kind of world-ending madness.

And the God Tu Chen and the Human Tu Ku merely glanced at each other at this moment, then took one step towards each other! One was full of smiles, the other expressionless.

One was amiable, the other possessed boundless divine dignity.

In the suddenly bright, suddenly dark, yet endless divine light, the two merged into one! A surge of power, terrifying to the extreme, burst forth from this new Tu Hu’s body.

This surge of power continued to rise, rise, as if endlessly rising! It was not merely Cave Truth, nor was it ordinary Derive Dao.

The madness in the eyes of that enormous human face instantly hid, replaced by a kind of dreamy waves. As if breaking some real boundary, that ancient dignity rapidly flowed away. He actually wanted to escape!

Dang! The Guang Wen Bell sounded again.

That enormous human face, the deep dark curtain, the endless demonic qi, the destructive terror, the dry feeling – all disappeared. Only a five-colored, changeable human face lightly floated down.

It was lightly held in Tu Hu’s hand.