Chapter 379: Chapter 201: A Single Step to Heaven, One Dao to Suppress Ten Thousand Daos
The Human-Demon War, which had lasted for hundreds of thousands of years, had finally come to a close.
Although some stray members of the Demon Race still roamed the various states, occasionally raiding Human Race territory, they were no longer a significant threat.
With the passage of time, it was only a matter of time before these remnants of the Demon Race were completely exterminated!
Furthermore, human kingdoms were also established in the other eight states, aside from Barbarian State.
In states like Ye State, which already had human kingdoms, everything remained unchanged except for the replacement of the Emperor.
The Demon-slaying Bureau and the Demon Extermination Bureau were simply abolished.
The two bureaus were merged to become the Observatory.
It was responsible for monitoring all the Cultivators in the world and investigating those who committed crimes!
Thanks to their connection with Wang Xiao, Lin AhSan and the Wenren Hu siblings were selected as Directors of the Observatory in various states.
As for the other Observatory Directors, they were selected from the Human Ancestral Land and the major Holy Land Sects.
Everything was developing in a positive direction.
Just then, Wang Xiao’s Divine Thought stirred. It left this realm of Heaven and Earth and extended its senses out into the cosmos beyond.
’They’re here? Faster than I expected. A pity, but they’re still too late.’
He saw it.
Countless miles away, figures flickered like streams of light, hurtling toward this world.
They kicked up cosmic storms in the silent void, leaving brilliant trails in their wake!
Their speed was incredible; a distance of hundreds of thousands of miles was covered in a flash.
In just a moment, they had already drawn near the outer edge of this world.
There were six figures in total. Three of them shone with a golden light, each possessing eight golden wings.
The other three blazed with a black radiance, each with eight black wings.
Even from across the divide of an entire world, the powerful energy fluctuations they radiated could still be felt!
This was a tyrannical power capable of annihilating a planet!
If a Tier Seven Life were to operate their internal Grotto Heaven at full power, they could indeed destroy a planet in an instant.
Therefore, a Tier Seven Life was also known as a star-destroying level!
Of course, the planets a Tier Seven Life could destroy had to be on the same level as their internal Grotto Heaven.
A Tier Seven Life who had only refined a Death Star would find it rather difficult to destroy a Living Star that possessed a planetary consciousness.
If they weren’t careful, they could suffer a backlash and perish, their Dao scattered to the winds!
These six figures had obviously sensed Wang Xiao’s Divine Thought as well.
A vast voice, like a Celestial Sound, boomed down, reverberating across the land of the Nine Provinces, echoing for countless miles!
"Wang Xiao, come out!"
"If you don’t, we don’t mind making every person on this planet die with you!"
"Don’t tell me you thought we couldn’t do anything to you just because you refined the Celestial Observation Cauldron?!"
"Heh, naive. Even if you’ve refined the Celestial Observation Cauldron, killing you is as easy as flipping our hands!"
The thunderous voice rolled in like a tide, each word seeming to stir a cosmic storm!
The moment the voice sounded, the entire land of the Nine Provinces was plunged into darkness.
The Wind and Cloud shifted, lightning flashed and thunder roared—it was a scene straight out of the apocalypse!
A tyrannical pressure permeated Heaven and Earth. Even the Celestial Venerables felt a weight as heavy as a mountain bearing down on them.
"The Ancient Divine-Demons... they’re back!"
"They came so fast! Has Lord Wang finished his seclusion?!"
"Set up the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends Array first! We can’t let these Ancient Divine-Demons in, or the consequences will be unimaginable!"
All the Human Race’s Celestial Venerables in the Nine Provinces immediately formed hand seals.
BUZZ!
In that instant, vast torrents of Grotto Heaven Power poured from their bodies and surged into the earth!
At this moment, deep beneath each state, there was a Great Cauldron shaped like the Celestial Observation Cauldron, with three legs and two ears.
The Grotto Heaven Power of all the Human Race’s Celestial Venerables instantly flooded into these Great Cauldrons.
The Great Cauldrons, seemingly connected to Heaven and Earth, began to vibrate violently.
Then, they linked together, emitting a golden light that shot to the heavens.
This golden light wove itself into a massive celestial net, shielding the entire land of the Nine Provinces!
These nine Great Cauldrons had been forged by the Human Race’s Celestial Venerables over the years, using up all the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures in the Nine Provinces to imitate the Celestial Observation Cauldron.
They were then deployed in conjunction with the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends Array.
It required the combined power of at least thirty Celestial Venerables to activate.
Once deployed, it could instantly envelop the entire Nine Provinces.
This was the method the Human Race’s Celestial Venerables had prepared to resist the Ancient Divine-Demons!
"You think you can stop us with a pathetic trick like this? Heh, an ant trying to stop a chariot. You overestimate yourselves!"
Sajia of the Eight-winged Demon Race sneered.
He had previously descended by possessing a body, only to be instantly suppressed and killed by Wang Xiao, which had damaged a bit of his Origin.
His heart had long been filled with surging killing intent and boundless fury.
Now, seeing the defensive net constructed by the Celestial Venerables of this world, he didn’t hesitate for a second and slammed his palm down.
BOOM!
In an instant, a massive black rod shimmering with a dark light smashed down toward the planet below!
This rod was even more profound and weighty than the Heaven-Reaching Rod.
The moment it appeared, the entire cosmos seemed to boil.
RUMBLE!
The black rod stirred up a sky full of dark light, like a black hole devouring everything. It ignored the distance of the void and collided with the defensive celestial net.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A world-destroying, cataclysmic power instantly raged forth.
Above the planet, endless ripples of energy spread out, accompanied by a tremendous sound.
An echo even resounded through the vacuum of space.
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK—
The very instant of the collision...
CRACK—
...fine cracks appeared on the Great Cauldrons throughout the Nine Provinces.
All the Human Race’s Celestial Venerables controlling the Great Cauldrons felt their Grotto Heavens tremble violently and spat out mouthfuls of blood.
Even though they were a world away and protected by the Grand Array, this absolute power was not something they could withstand.
The gap between them was like that between the bright moon and a firefly; they were completely incomparable.
"What do we do? We can’t hold them off for long! Contact Lord Wang, quickly!"
"Right now, only Lord Wang can fight back against these Ancient Divine-Demons!"
Although the Celestial Venerables had barely blocked Sajia’s single strike, they knew they couldn’t last much longer.
After all—these Ancient Divine-Demons hadn’t even attacked with their full strength.
They could only place all their hope in Wang Xiao.
Otherwise, the moment the Grand Array broke, this world would likely be destroyed in an instant.
All the living beings within Heaven and Earth would be turned to dust.
Not even the Celestial Venerables could escape.
"I am aware."
Just then, Wang Xiao slowly walked out of his residence cave, suspended high in the sky.
He looked up at the sky, his tone calm.
"They say the Divine-Demons are immortal. Today, I’d like to test that theory..."
"...and see if a Divine-Demon can truly not be killed!"
As his voice fell, BUZZ! Wang Xiao took a single step forward.
The entire realm of Heaven and Earth began to warp and spin.
Everyone saw Wang Xiao appear outside the world in what seemed like an instant.
It was as if Wang Xiao wasn’t the one moving, but rather the entire world was moving with him.
This was truly ascending to the heavens in a single step!
Sensing the potent Star Power radiating from Wang Xiao, the six Ancient Divine-Demons’ expressions grew somewhat grave.
"You actually broke through to the Star Lord realm in just twenty years!" Siming Tian said, his focus sharpening.
It had taken them at least a thousand years to go from opening their inner world to refining a planet!
How on earth had this human before them managed to break through in such a short time?!
"Hmph, no need to ask. It must be the power of the Celestial Observation Cauldron. Let’s attack! Are you telling me that six Star Lords can’t take down one who has just broken through?!"
Sajia’s expression was icy as the massive black rod in his hand shone with a dark light that seemed to devour all.
Wang Xiao looked at Sajia and couldn’t help but shake his head.
"It seems you’ve only gotten this far by relying on the advantage of your bloodline."
"You will never understand that the Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao."
"Though we are all Tier Seven Life, our Daos are different. The gap between us is not one that can be bridged by numbers!"
"Even if I have but one Dao, it can still suppress your ten thousand Daos!"
RUMBLE!
In that instant, the Celestial Observation Cauldron surged forth, sealing the surrounding cosmos!
Immediately after, a Tai Chi Diagram spanning tens of thousands of miles in every direction suddenly materialized.
It bore down on Sajia and the other five Ancient Divine-Demons!
