Chapter 231 - Sun Sets on the Violet Sky
Deep in the sea of clouds, over a thousand Violet Sky warships, cloaked in magic, lay hidden in this expanse. Looking down from the ships, the Heavenly Realm not far away shimmered with golden light, like a precious gem on the Divine Continent. This was the finest spot in the human-occupied territory of the Divine Continent, the sole Immortal capital of the ancient Immortal Empire.
"We, the Violet Sky, pride ourselves as the number one Immortal Empire of the Divine Continent. Yet, we lack the Heavenly Realm as our capital city, a true pity," the Prime Minister of Violet Sky, Wei Feng, mused, stroking his long beard in solemn contemplation.
"Wherever the Violet Sky Immortal Army sets foot, it becomes our land! Now that the Demon Continent has fallen, even if they seize the Heavenly Realm, they'll have no stronghold left in the future. One day, both the Demon and Divine Continents will bow to the Violet Sky! His Majesty, biding his time, will surely reap the rewards of his grand strategy," Supreme Marshal Du Ding declared, standing amidst the clouds, gazing at the vast world, his spirit soaring.
"The only regret is that our Violet Sky princes and princesses are almost all gone..." Wei Feng said with a touch of awkwardness. From the Crown Prince to the Seventh Princess, they were all dead!
"Only the Fourth Princess remains, her talents rivaling the Crown Prince. She could one day govern our Violet Sky," Du Ding remarked, turning to Wei Feng. "She's at the Ancestral Temple, right?"
"Yes! She has made tremendous progress these last few days," Wei Feng said, feeling nostalgic.
"That's good! With His Majesty's masterful planning, we, the Violet Sky, will rise to fortune and laugh last. Even if we bear infamy for a while, what does a true man care?"Du Ding laughed loudly.
"True indeed," Wei Feng agreed, stroking his beard and nodding with a smile.
The two leading officials of Violet Sky, standing at the forefront of the army, gripping the railings of the ship, exuded an aura so vast it seemed to swallow the world.
"Huh?" Wei Feng looked up, noticing the clouds ahead turning dark, as if ink had spilled into the sky, dyeing their entire world black.
"A storm brewing over the Heavenly Realm?" Du Ding chuckled coldly. "A storm would be good. It'll wash away the blood and corpses, giving the world a fresh start."
"Yes..." Wei Feng nodded reflexively, his expression growing increasingly blank. "But why does this dark cloud seem to be heading our way?"
"Hmm?" Du Ding paused, then waved his hand. "Scout unit, move forward!"
About a hundred Violet Sky cultivators, harnessing the power of wind and thunder, advanced swiftly, soon disappearing into the dark clouds. The cloud, growing larger, resembled a colossal beast of the sky, its gaping maw wide open, looming towards the thousand warships.
"Miasma?!" Wei Feng shuddered, turning to Du Ding. "This is the Demon Continent's demon army! What's going on? Are they fleeing?"
"It doesn't seem like they're fleeing," Du Ding felt a chill in his heart. "No worries! I'll ask Forbidden Fate, see what's going on."
"Something's off..." Wei Feng frowned deeply.
As he spoke, Du Ding conjured a violet storm and surged towards the demon army.
"All units, be on alert! Watch out for what's chasing the Demon Continent's army!" Du Ding declared.
The 10 million-strong Violet Sky army, composed of elite cultivators and self-proclaimed as the finest force in the Divine Continent, indeed possessed formidable strength, their tactical formations rivaling the Nine Heavens Immortal Army.
Their reaction was swift! Yet, their focus wasn't on the demon army, but rather, they were curious about what was chasing this massive force.
"Prepare to cover and retreat with our demon brethren!" Wei Feng, still cautious, felt his heart pounding. Why would the demon army retreat? The countless Violet Sky cultivators were perplexed.
Before long, the black demon cloud had almost arrived! Within the cloud, countless demons in their true forms, grotesque and with blood-red eyes, driven by towering rage, roared and howled, seemingly devoid of all reason.
The hatred of the 100 million demons were now fixated on the Violet Sky Immortal Army!
In an instant, a lethal shadow, like countless swords, hovered over the heads of the Violet Sky cultivators!
"What's happening?" The Violet Sky Immortal Army soldiers stood dumbfounded, frozen like statues.
"Greetings to the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor..." As Du Ding stepped forward to pay his respects, suddenly, a gigantic black claw burst from the demon cloud, smacking him squarely on the forehead!
"Ah?" Du Ding's vision went dark as his robust body was seized and squashed into a lump of flesh!
"AH???"The entire Violet Sky Immortal Army stood rooted to the spot, eyes bulging in disbelief. A deadly chill ran from their feet to the crowns of their heads.
"Form up!! Prepare for battle!!!" Wei Feng felt his heart might burst. Trembling all over, he quickly rallied the army from their stupor.
"The Demon Continent's demon army is attacking us!"
Only then did the incredible reality sink in, like a sword piercing the hearts of the Violet Sky Immortal Army.
"Why? Why is this happening?" They couldn't fathom it. They were like brothers, yet before even attacking the Heavenly Realm, they turned on their brethren! Even if they were mere pawns, they shouldn't start by slaughtering their own... It was utter bewilderment, complete confusion!
"Why such hatred?!" Wei Feng's mind was tearing apart. In his logic, even if there were conflicts, negotiation and concessions were the way, not a deathly battle from the get-go!
Violet Sky had become the sworn enemies of the Demon Continent! But why? War never offers explanations!
As they grappled with their shock and confusion, the sky-darkening demon army unleashed their rage and deep-seated grudge, born from the deaths of the Gu Emperor and Red Lotus, the two great Demon Emperors, upon the ten million Violet Sky soldiers!
The Violet Sky forces were indeed lurking behind the demon army! What did this mean? It meant just as Moon Fairy had said, they were poised to stab them in the back! This sort of treachery was more loathsome than any enemy!
The 100 million wrath-driven demons, their eyes blood-red with only one thought—kill!
BOOM! Like a black torrent from the heavens, these flesh-and-blood demons crashed into the thousand warships.
In an instant, the warships shattered, the Violet Sky Immortal Army caught off guard. Countless soldiers had their arms, heads, torsos, and legs torn apart. Their organs were devoured, and their intestines hung from the mouths of the marauding demons!
"No! No!" Wei Feng, tears streaming, heart bleeding, rushed towards the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor, wailing, "Why? We served the Demon Continent! Why does it seek to destroy Violet Sky! Why?!!!"
SPLAT! Another claw from the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor! Formed of countless corpses, the claw struck Wei Feng's head, turning it into a mist of blood. His body, torn apart by dozens of black-furred monkey demons, was left in tatters, blood spilling all around.
The demons were brutal and fierce, especially when driven by emotion! In this moment, the long-suppressed rage burst forth like a breached dam, unstoppable in the onslaught of battle!
Seeing Du Ding and Wei Feng, two prominent Violet Sky officials, annihilated without a word from the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor, the remaining Violet Sky forces lost any thought of ceasefire.
And so, the dozens of remaining Violet Sky generals issued out commands.
"Violet Sky Immortal Army, form up for a fight to the death!"
"Chaos brings death! Fight to live!"
Indeed, the Violet Sky Immortal Empire had its mettle to shine in the Divine Continent!
The 10 million Violet Sky soldiers, despite the initial shock, organized and resisted valiantly when cornered with no escape.
"Hold on, wait for His Majesty!"
"His Majesty will give us an answer! He will stop the demons!"
In this chaos, the Violet Emperor became the sole hope of the Violet Sky Immortal Army.
"Form up!"
"Don't let the demons close in!"
"Prepare the magic! Fire!"
"Deploy the magic treasures for defense!"
"Stay calm!"
BOOM BOOM BOOM! The sounds of daoist spells and magic weapons bombarding demon flesh thundered across the heavens! From a distance, the thick dark cloud collided with the violet mist, bursting into a spectrum of dazzling lights!
Then, countless screams and roars deafened their ears, as severed limbs and corpses rained from the sky, showering the lower realms of the Divine Continent with a rain of blood and flesh!
The heavens themselves were stained red with blood!
Even the common folk on the Divine Continent could see the crimson sky!
In their own fields, they found chunks of flesh smashed to pulp, hardly a single body left intact!
It was unspeakable brutality!
"Violet Sky! Violet Sky! Violet Sky!!" The cultivators in violet armor, drenched in blood, cried out this name that haunted their souls, their blood and tears mingling.
Those who had long fraternized with demons were now experiencing firsthand the savagery and brutality of their so-called allies, stepping in to bear the Divine Continent's long-suffered humiliation and deep-seated hatred. This moment linked them, high and mighty as they were, to the blood and fire of generations past!
As this sudden, fierce battle painted the sky red, the reasons for war no longer mattered. On the battlefield, lives—human or demon—were no longer their own. Individual spirits ceased to exist, both human and demon driven by hearts pounding solely to fill a bottomless pit of bloodshed.
In wars of this scale, exceeding millions, even the mightiest Emperors in the Heavenly Realm had limited influence over the outcome. This was precisely why the Violet Emperor had survived in the Ancestral Temple.
For Yun Xiao, this battle of fates wasn't defined by the Demon Emperors or Demon Saints, but by the 10 million-strong Violet Sky Immortal Army and the 100 million-strong demon army. Their potential for destruction was immeasurable!
And so, the Divine Dawn Empress knew well that even if she annihilated the Demon Emperors and gained the upper hand, permanently subduing the Demon Continent was a colossal task. Whether it be the Nine Heavens Immortal Army, the Heavenly Realm's cultivators, or the collateral damage to the people of the Divine Continent, countless lives would be lost.
In this world, what war did not cost lives? This wasn't a skirmish of thousands, but a genocidal war of tens of billions!
Even if a third of the Demon Continent were destroyed, with over 30 million hastily assembled demons, the killing power of the 100 million-strong demon army was unimaginable. Only the Primordial Array could dismantle their combined strength and deter them.
Now, Yun Xiao, by making use of the War Princess and Moon Fairy, stripped bare the true nature of the Violet Emperor, sparking this bloody and brutal war! Compared to slaying the four great Demon Emperors, this was the real decisive blow to resolve the crisis of the human race in the Divine Continent!
The Violet Sky Immortal Army, in truth, was even stronger than the millions of demons in the Ancestral Temple! Moreover, Yun Xiao sought not just the extinction of the treacherous, but also massive losses for the Demon Continent's demon army, ensuring mutual destruction.
As the two armies dyed the sky red, his scheme was declared a success! From then on, there was no turning back from the slaughter, the seeds of hatred deeply sown.
In the meantime, spectators could just enjoy the show!
Explosions thundered through the heavens. Wails of anguish echoed across the Divine Continent. Dazzling spells and demonic claws crisscrossed in the sky!
On this day, the only admirable thing about the Violet Sky Immortal Army was their stand in the face of despair, seeking a path to survival, fighting a fair battle against their most revered allies from the Demon Continent. Though they perished, at least they took an equal number with them!
"Violet Sky..." One after another, whispering this shameful name, finally closed their eyes in dim resignation. Why were they attacked? The dead had no need to know!
And this fierce upheaval had pushed the battle between humans and demons to a point of no return.
"Violet Sky...!!" In the distant sky, a middle-aged man in a violet dragon robe, his eyes tearing apart, wept blood! In his eyes, the sky above had become a sea of Violet Sky's blood.
"AGGHHHH!" Those broken bodies of the Violet Sky Immortal Army, each pair of dim eyes, each drop of blood spilling to the lower realms, were like three giant swords, piercing the Violet Emperor's heart again and again!
Tears of blood blurred his face. He opened his mouth, spewing black blood. "My Violet Sky..." A once-great Emperor, now stood foolishly in the wind, trembling, whimpering softly, his very veins as if sliced by countless tiny blades, heartbroken.
"Why? Why... A single misstep, and all is lost..." The Violet Emperor sobbed, lost in bewilderment.
In just half a day, from the return of Moon Fairy to the Ancestral Temple, the slaying of the Eclipse Demon Emperor, a crimson web of fate had ensnared him. His mind was clouded with blood, yet he couldn't fathom where he went wrong.
The War Princess was the princess of the Endless Netherworld! Her feigned alliance with the Divine Dawn Empress, plotting for the human blood reserves of the Divine Continent, loathing the demons as nuisances... wasn't it all logical? It all made sense! Then where did it all fall apart?
"It must be that Moon Fairy was more formidable than I thought. Even the War Princess, with all her might, couldn't stop him! Violet Sky was exposed too soon and so met with disaster..." The Violet Emperor, once confident in his strategies, was now lost in a quagmire of confusion.
"Here's a word for you." A silver-haired, eerie-looking youth appeared before the Violet Emperor, speaking coldly, "Heaven's wrath may be forgiven, but self-inflicted miseries cannot be undone."
"Moon Fairy!!" Rage flooded the Violet Emperor's eyes as he faced the young demon who ruined everything.
"I am here under Forbidden Fate's orders to take your head in tribute to the Gu Emperor and Red Lotus," Moon Fairy said with a cold smile.
"Just you?!" The Violet Emperor scoffed disdainfully, casting a contemptuous glance. In the next instant, he conjured a violent violet storm and fled in panic! As fast as he could muster!
"Heh, in this vast world, all its characters, all are my stage. Where can you flee to?" Moon Fairy, with a chilling smile, transformed into a Three-Tailed Demon Fox, racing across the white clouds, pursuing the violet storm!
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