Everything made sense. The masterminds were the North Thearch and the Heaven Nether Sect; everything now could be explained.
Powerful forces and mysterious Demigods!
The number one of the Ten Concealed Sects and one of the Nine Thearch Clans combined; it was almost too easy to put everything into motion. The Heaven Nether Sect was hiding behind the scenes while the North Thearch was out in the open. The two families’ information collecting systems and influence could easily mislead all the great family clans in the Stellarsky Domain.
The Sky Thunder Formation that had trapped Jiang Yi as well as Xing Mengwan’s strange battle formation also made sense now. The Heaven Nether Sect had been in hiding and had used their strange mystical abilities to instigate battles everywhere. After that, the North Thearch came forward to form the Human Race Revenge Alliance and greatly reduced the number of formidable martial artists the human race had; they could then gain control of the continent.
The Heaven Nether Sect Patriarch had entered this mystic realm with the aim of luring in the Buddha Thearch, Jiang Yi, and company to court their own deaths. Without Jiang Yi, the Buddha Thearch, and others; it was very easy for the North Thearch to control the continent.
The Nine Thearch Clans had controlled the continent for more than seven hundred thousand years; this state of affairs had been disrupted in order for the North Thearch and the Heaven Nether Sect to gain control of the entire continent. To do so, the continent had to be in chaos while some Nine Thearch Clans members had to die. If not, the Buddha Thearch or Battle Thearch could easily rally everyone and unite them; it would then be hard for the Heaven Nether Sect and the North Thearch to govern the entire continent.
When the Mystic Divine Palace appears, calamity would befall the continent; the human race would be destroyed!
This was the prophecy that the Mystic Thearch had left behind. It was also precisely because of Jiang Yi’s sudden appearance that the North Thearch finally decided to take action, right? Jiang Yi was mortal enemies with the Wu Clan; sooner or later, he would kill his way to North Thearch City. Hence, the North Thearch had no choice but to trigger the battles; for calamity to come.
As for who was the main mastermind—if it was the North Thearch or Xing Mo who gave the orders, that was not clear. Jiang Yi still had a nagging suspicion; the battles and wars that the two had started seemed to have gone out of hand, right? The duo did not need to create such a big ruckus to kill so many humans. If they planned properly, they could have easily killed all the important people hindering them.
The simplest way would be the World-Destroying Sky Thunder Formation. If that formation had been placed in North Thearch City and if the Battle Thearch and company had been gathered there, they could all have been killed in one fell sweep. Once these formidable martial artists died—based on the North Thearch and Xing Mo’s strength, it would have been too easy for them to take control of the entire world. Even if that wouldn’t work, they could have lured everyone into this mystic realm to kill them all. Now, billions of humans have died; wouldn’t this go against heaven?
“I will handle that Savage King; you guys will join hands to fight Xing Mo. Be careful of his soul spirit attacks. Old Mo’s soul spirit is very terrifying. Jiang Yi, if the situation goes bad, immediately break through and flee.”
The Buddha Thearch opened his mouth and spoke. Jiang Yi did not think much as the Fire Dragon Sword in his hand slowly started to gather strength. Everyone else also started making their preparations for battle. The Buddha Emperor and others had dispelled the seals on their essence force; their battle intent was surging.
The Buddha Thearch’s gaze looked towards Xing Mo, who was on top of his castle and asked one final question, “Old Mo, I am curious. Based on your intellect, you should not be able to lay out such an elaborate scheme, much less Wu Shang. Who laid out this plot this time? All of us had been blindsided.”
“Ha-ha-ha!”
Xing Mo’s eyes revealed his pride as he laughed and said boastfully, “It was my daughter, Xing Mengwan. Monk, don’t you claim to be the most intelligent? Hahaha…”
Boom!
The Buddha Thearch’s essence force surged, and an invisible force was sent forth. The entire castle had collapsed. The Buddha Thearch also shot forth swiftly as he yelled, “Kill—!”
“Kill!”
The Saint Emperor howled as countless Fierce Warriors and Chieftains attacked. They dashed towards Jiang Yi and company. Wu Gang and his sisters, however, did not attack. Instead, they hurriedly retreated. They were not stupid; if they rushed forward as well, they would definitely become Jiang Yi’s target.
Bang, bang, bang!
The Buddha Thearch was wearing his hemp garment as his face revealed a sliver of a faint smile. His figure was like lightning, his strength incredible. Jiang Yi finally witnessed the strength of the ‘Devil’s Smile’ today. This mystical ability had been released on the Buddha Thearch’s body; all the Fierce Warriors and Chieftains in front of him were all hit. As the Buddha Thearch’s hands flickered casually, those Chieftains and Fierce Warriors were sent flying and crashed into the castles in the surroundings; the Buddha Thearch’s attack was incredible.
“A nine-star formidable martial artist is indeed fearsome!”
Jiang Yi followed behind as he was secretly stunned. The Yin Thearch, Xuan Thearch, and Night Empress were also very strong. They flanked the Buddha Thearch. Like an arrowhead, they pierced through the enemy lines. All of them did not have ancient artifacts; instead, they released dao patterns. They were unstoppable.
The Yin Thearch shot out brightness dao patterns that sent groups after groups of Fierce Warriors flying; many of them also became severely wounded just like that, their limbs broken.
The Xuan Thearch actually released spatial dao patterns. His spatial dao patterns were very mystical. Although the spatial zone here was extremely steady, his attack landed on a Chieftain who was sent flying. While the Chieftain was not severely wounded, to be able to release spatial dao patterns in such a place was no easy feat.
The Night Empress released darkness dao patterns. These were similar to those that Feng Luan used. A fifty-kilometer radius became pitch-black; many of the savages were stunned. However, Jiang Yi and company could easily see the enemies.
“Kill!”
The Buddha Emperor, Yin Emperor, and company dashed forward as well, releasing all of their attacks. However, just when they were releasing their attacks, everyone suddenly fell onto the ground; their faces became green with agony. The Buddha Emperor shouted out in surprise, “Oh, no, we have been poisoned!”
“Hahahaha!”
Wu Gang had hidden among a group of savages and now laughed as he said proudly, “Jiang Yi, do you think I am that foolish? I would give your people back to you just like that? This poison… it is incurable!”
“En?”
Jiang Yi had been gathering his strength and was just about to release his Divinity Slayer. His gaze swept backgrounds as he saw a group of savages coming to surround him. He hurriedly retreated. He casually released tens of thousands of small fire dragons to block the savages from nearing. He then retrieved his Mystic Divine Palace and teleported the Buddha Emperor and company inside.
“Hmph!”
His gaze locked onto Wu Gang who was ten thousand feet away as a mocking look appeared on his face. At this moment, Wu Xin’er and Wu Que’er—who were next to Wu Gang—attacked. They retrieved their weapons and pierced Wu Gang; their eyes were full of pain and coldness.
“Ah…”
Wu Gang was caught unaware; how could he be able to react so quickly after being stabbed by both of his sisters? The duo’s battle strength was not weaker than his; he had been pierced by two flexible swords. Through his blurred vision, he looked in disbelief at his two sisters. He saw the bitterness and agony in their eyes, and he stretched a hand and pointed into the pitch-black scene in front of him. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and shouted, “Jiang Yi, you dog! You actually had a card up your sleeve; you will die a horrible death!”
Although Wu Que’er and Wu Xin’er were feeling terrible, they did not dare to go against Mei Ru’s orders; this was the tragic fate of soul slaves. Jiang Yi had indeed asked Mei Ru to leave a back-door just now; he had not restored their freedom entirely. He had only asked Mei Ru to hide the poison in the deepest parts of the sisters’ soul spirits and had made the two of them act as if they had been freed.
Tsk! Tsk!
The sisters’ flexible swords once again fiercely stabbed Wu Gang a few times. Wu Gang’s eyes grew wide as his body fell heavily; he died with everlasting regret.
Swish!
The two sisters charged into the mass of savages like flood dragons and started to slaughter and cause havoc. At the same time, Jiang Yi asked Mei Ru to order Long Ze, Long Ruo, the young Chieftain of the Undying Tribe, and others who had been bewitched to break free of their restraints and start to kill their own.
The Chieftain that had been guarding this castle also rushed into the savage army and started killing wantonly. The Night Empress had released her darkness dao pattern: the surroundings were all pitch-black; visibility was less than ten feet. Once Wu Xin’er and company joined in the fray, the entire place sunk into chaos. No one knew what was happening; the savages felt as if there were sneak attacks all about, with enemies surrounding them.
On the other side, the Buddha Thearch, Yin Thearch, Xuan Thearch, and others had split into two groups. They were separately heading towards that castle in the distance. The Buddha Thearch was going up against the Saint Emperor while the Xuan Thearch, Yin Thearch, and Night Empress combined forces to deal with the Saint Priest. The seven- and eight-star Demigods focused on blocking the group of Chieftains below.
“Kill!”
Jiang Yi also rushed up. He did not go and help the Buddha Thearch; he chose to join the others in attacking Xing Mo.
He was very clear that whether any of them could leave here alive today depended on whether they could kill Xing Mo or not. The Saint Emperor was probably under Xing Mo’s control; the latter was key to everything.
