darknovel Chapter 58 Spirit Realm Support
Chapter 58 Spirit Realm Support
"Under Wang Tianlong's coercion, I...I said..." the ancient demon began, "We are...the vanguard under the Holy Lord...the Holy Lord has descended upon the human realm...the army...is conquering..."
The fragmented words exploded in Wang Tianlong's ears like thunder!
Ancient Demon Lord! The army conquers!
Wang Tianlong's heart sank to the bottom. His worst fears had come true. The human realm had indeed suffered a large-scale invasion from the demon realm, and it seemed that more than half of it had already fallen!
Without further hesitation, he forcefully invaded the ancient demon's sea of consciousness with his powerful divine sense, beginning a soul search. He wanted to see for himself what the human realm had become.
A moment later, Wang Tianlong released his grip, and the ancient demon's soul had been scattered. His expression became more solemn than ever before.
From the information obtained through soul searching, he saw the tragic state of the human realm: Tiannan had fallen, Lingmiao Garden had been occupied, major forces had collapsed, and a large number of cultivators had perished or surrendered... as well as the terrifying army composed of thousands of ancient demons at the Nascent Soul stage, and the mysterious and powerful avatar of the Ancient Demon Saint Lord!
What made his heart clench even more was that among these fragments of ancient demons' memories, he caught a familiar name—Wang Tianlong! And a clear order: find this person at all costs!
"Could it be... that they've come for the Heavenly Void Jade Scripture!" A fierce glint flashed in Wang Tianlong's eyes. "Moreover, they already know the Heavenly Void Jade Scripture is in my hands!"
He looked up into the distance, where demonic energy soared to the heavens and war raged. The fate of the human realm, and his own fate, had been swept into an unprecedented and immense storm.
"It seems that it's impossible to remain unscathed." Wang Tianlong took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes. "Since that's the case... then let me see just what this so-called ancient demon army and that ancient demon saint lord are capable of!"
Without lingering, he transformed into a streak of light and sped off towards the direction where the remaining forces, including the Kunwu Alliance, might have retreated. He needed to understand the situation better and to unite all available forces to deal with this catastrophe in the human realm and protect the Heavenly Void Jade Book in his hands.
Great Jin Dynasty, Kunwu Mountain, Council Hall.
Unlike the solemnity of the past, the atmosphere inside the hall was extremely oppressive at this moment, filled with despair and anxiety.
Xuan Qingzi of the Kunwu Alliance, Ling Yunchen of the Star Palace, a prince of the Great Jin royal family, and the Nascent Soul ancestors of various top forces were almost all gathered here. Each of them bore more or less injuries, looked exhausted, and had eyes full of worry.
In the center of the main hall, a massive map floated, marking the major cultivation regions of the human realm. However, at this moment, the black areas representing the ancient demons' control had spread like a plague, covering most of Tiannan, the Chaotic Star Sea, and the Five Dragon Sea, and even beginning to encroach upon the Great Jin's homeland. The green areas representing the human race's control were reduced to the core area of the Great Jin, the area around Kunwu Mountain, and a few struggling strongholds, like a few lone boats in a storm, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.
"Battle report from the front: The ancient demon army has broken through the defense line of the 'Luoxia Mountain Range'!" An elder in charge of intelligence reported in a hoarse voice, each word striking the hearts of everyone like a heavy hammer.
"What are the losses of our allied forces?" Xuan Qingzi asked in a low voice.
"Not even one in ten survives..." The elder closed his eyes in anguish. "More than ten Nascent Soul cultivators have fallen, and nearly a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators have perished. If the ancient demons hadn't seemed to be deliberately slowing their offensive, as if they were searching for something, I'm afraid... we would have been completely wiped out long ago."
A deathly silence fell over the main hall. Thirty Nascent Soul cultivators! This was the culmination of countless millennia of human cultivation! Yet now they had perished like mere weeds. Despair, like a chilling tide, engulfed everyone present.
"The Spirit Realm... is there still no response from the Spirit Realm?" Finally, someone couldn't help but ask, voicing the last glimmer of hope in everyone's hearts. A Nascent Soul cultivator from Tiannan, whose sect had been wiped out by the ancient demons, spoke with a trembling voice, his eyes filled with anticipation.
All eyes were focused on Xuan Qingzi and Ling Yunchen. The two of them were the main figures responsible for communicating with the Spirit Realm.
Xuan Qingzi and Ling Yunchen exchanged a glance, both seeing the bitterness and helplessness in each other's eyes.
"The spirit communication array... has been trying to make contact." Xuan Qingzi spoke slowly, his voice filled with deep weariness. "Not long ago, we received a faint divine thought message from Senior Zi Lei Sanren, informing us... that the spirit realm has learned of the crisis in the human realm and is discussing sending reinforcements. However... it is still undecided when they will arrive, how many people will come, and when they will arrive."
"Under discussion? The outcome is uncertain?" The cultivator from Tiannan gave a bitter laugh, the last glimmer of light in his eyes fading. "By the time they reach a conclusion, the human realm... will probably have already become a demonic realm!"
"Yes! Distant water can't quench a fire nearby! Can we... even hold out until then?" another elder echoed in despair.
Inside the main hall, a sense of pessimism quickly spread. Faced with thousands of Nascent Soul Ancient Demons and the unfathomable "Primordial Saint Lord," the power of the human realm seemed so insignificant and vulnerable. The reinforcements from the spirit realm were their only hope, but that hope now seemed so distant and uncertain.
"Even if we can't hold on, we must!" The prince of the Great Jin royal family, who had been silent all along, slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and swept his gaze across everyone with a resolute look. "Kunwu Mountain is the last line of defense for the human realm! If Kunwu Mountain falls, the human realm will be completely reduced to a demonic land! How can we cultivators face our ancestors? Even if we fight to the last soldier, even if we shed our last drop of blood, we must not let the ancient demons succeed so easily!"
His words, carrying a tragic and resolute tone, invigorated everyone present.
"The Prince is right!" Ling Yunchen stood up as well, his gaze resolute. "The reinforcements from the Spirit Realm are our only hope; we cannot give up! But until the reinforcements arrive, we must rely on our own strength to defend Kunwu Mountain! Even holding out for just one more day, one more hour, is a victory!"
"Yes! Fight to the death, never retreat!"
"To live and die with Kunwu Mountain!"
In this desperate situation, these cultivators who stood at the pinnacle of the human realm finally mustered their last shred of fighting spirit. They began to discuss how to utilize the protective array of Kunwu Mountain, how to tighten their defenses, and how to engage in a final stand against the ancient demons.
The Spirit Realm, Tianyuan City.
After urgent discussions and coordination, the higher-ups in the spirit world finally reached a consensus in the face of the increasingly critical situation in the human realm.
Given the repulsion of the human realm's power and the enormous cost of maintaining the passage's stability, sending a large number of high-level cultivators (at least at the Refinement stage) to the lower realm in their true forms is impractical. The final decision was for the human and demon races to unite and form a vanguard reinforcement force of one thousand Nascent Soul stage cultivators to descend first, stabilize the situation, and buy time for potentially larger-scale reinforcements later.
This is the lineup of the reinforcements.
On the human side, a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator named "Master Xuanhun" was appointed as the deputy commander. Although he was not a cultivator from Tianyuan City, he came from the human realm and was quite familiar with the situation there. Moreover, he possessed formidable combat power, especially skilled in body refinement and formations, making him the perfect candidate to provide support from the lower realm.
On the demon side, the renowned "Exquisite Demon Consort" was appointed as their leader! The Exquisite Demon Consort is a direct descendant of a demon king at the Mahayana stage. While her cultivation is at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, her noble bloodline and astonishing innate abilities make her strength comparable to an ordinary early-stage Void Refinement cultivator. Furthermore, she possesses several powerful demon treasures and enjoys immense prestige within the demon race. She is perfectly suited to lead the demon cultivators.
In addition, the reinforcements included the Buddhist monk Huiming (late stage of Refinement Void) and a disciple of Zi Lei Sanren (late stage of Transformation Spirit), making it a gathering of elites.
"The Reverse Spirit Channel is ready and can be opened at any time!" Elder Mo reported to the city lord.
"Good!" The city lord's gaze swept over the thousand Nascent Soul cultivators gathered in the square, and his voice resounded throughout the entire area, "Everyone! The human realm is one of the foundations of our spirit realm, and now it is suffering from a demonic calamity, with countless lives lost. You all bear a heavy responsibility on this journey! You must defeat the ancient demons."