Chapter 993: Destroying Heaven and Earth

"Your Majesty, the human cultivator army within the grand formation has retreated."

The large-scale retreat of the Five Elements Sect and the Dongwu Alliance could not be concealed from the demon race. Soon, some exceptionally gifted demons outside the grand formation noticed the spiritual energy gathered at Jinfeng Slope thinning. After an investigation, they discovered retreating flying boats, treasure ships, and other vessels heading towards Yunmeng Marsh.

"Order all our warriors to attack Jinfeng Slope; we will also go to the front!"Upon receiving this news, King Bihai did not hesitate and immediately issued the command for a full-scale assault.

In his view, the human race was already at the end of their tether. Although the Arid Sea demon race had suffered significant losses over the years, relying on the vast and boundless ocean, they could continuously conscript sea demons to shore, overwhelming the enemy with sheer numbers. In contrast, cultivating human immortal cultivators was not as easy as with the Arid Sea demons; each required at least decades, sometimes even scores of years, of training to be effective on the battlefield. The fact that they had held out this long, King Bihai believed, was solely due to the power of the human race's formations.

"Senior Brother, it's finally about to be breached."Jade Pearl Demon King, standing nearby, angrily folded her scented fan and looked towards the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation, which had blocked their army for several years. As she spoke, streaks of demonic energy soared into the sky and settled in mid-air.

Meanwhile, on the summit of Jinfeng Slope opposite them, Chen Mobai had also manifested his Myriad Swords Dharma Body, confronting the demon kings.

"Chen Guixian, since you're already fleeing, why bother pretending in front of us?"Upon seeing the massive Myriad Swords Dharma Body opposite her, Jade Pearl Demon King couldn't help but yell.

"Heh, you demon, you're clearly talking nonsense with your eyes wide open. I'm right here in front of you; how can you say I've run away..."Chen Mobai retorted with a sneer.

"Hmph, still posturing!"The Twin-Headed Demon King, standing nearby, roared in anger. His demonic energy erupted as he revealed his true form, conjuring an eerie blue lightning that he hurled towards the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation.

The moment it unleashed its lightning, King Bihai and the other fourth-tier demons simultaneously attacked in perfect coordination. With thirteen fourth-tier demon kings striking at once, the celestial phenomena within a radius of thousands of miles instantly changed. Thunder, wind, frost, rain blades, and more descended upon the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation with a tremendous roar, as if to engulf the entire land.

Chen Mobai's Myriad Swords Dharma Body's expression shifted slightly, but he still did his best to support the core formation plate, pushing the defensive power of the grand formation to its limit. Although he no longer had other formation masters to assist him, with his current divine sense strength at Nascent Soul eighth-layer, combined with the blessings of the Heavenly Conduit and Earth Spirit realms, he still managed to unleash eighty percent of the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation's power. A translucent light curtain, enveloping the heavens and earth, drew energy from the spiritual veins of the land, solidifying itself. It collided with the thunder, wind, rain, and lightning unleashed by the thirteen demon kings, producing a series of earth-shattering sounds.

Jinfeng Slope, where the Myriad Swords Dharma Body stood, suddenly split open with a fissure down the middle. Chen Mobai's expression changed slightly.

In the Earth Spirit realm, he perceived that the fourth-tier spiritual vein here, having been continuously drained by the grand formation over the years, could no longer regenerate quickly enough to keep up with the formation's consumption, causing its grade to decline. As the spiritual vein's grade dropped, Jinfeng Slope also began to give way. After the initial central fissure, numerous smaller cracks appeared, spreading across the entire mountain.

"Hahahaha, today is the day the formation breaks!"The thirteen demon kings outside the grand formation also witnessed this scene. The most impatient among them, the Twin-Headed Great King, burst into laughter and once again unleashed eerie blue lightning in his true form, spitting out a thick beam of thunderous light.

King Bihai, with a cold expression, swung his Halberd of Heavenly Might. His offensive alone was equivalent to that of half the demon kings. With each swing, the light curtain of the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation was sliced open. However, the fissures that would normally heal quickly after being cut were now closing increasingly slowly.

At the same time, the demon army, which had already breached the grand formation, easily surged to the foot of Jinfeng Slope due to the absence of the Five Elements Sect and Dongwu cultivators to intercept them. The leading hundred thousand-plus demonic beasts charged towards the gigantic Myriad Swords Dharma Body standing on the mountaintop.

The Second Nascent Soul appeared, separating its hands. The fifth-tier Primordial Yang Sword Qi instantly proliferated into thousands, resembling a rain of orange-red sword light falling upon the mountaintop. Where the Primordial Yang Sword light fell, nothing remained uncut. Demonic beasts were sliced in half, their corpses piling up across Jinfeng Slope. Yet, under the commands of the demon kings behind them, these beasts could only suppress their panic, roaring to vent their fear, and continued to charge towards the summit.

*Creak!*Just as the Second Nascent Soul felt somewhat weary and was preparing to recover its energy, the entire Jinfeng Slope suddenly emitted a groan of being overwhelmed. This famous high mountain in Dongwu was now covered in cracks.

The formation flags placed throughout Jinfeng Slope lost their concealment as a result, exposing themselves to the eyes of the thirteen demon kings. King Bihai immediately ordered the demons within the grand formation to move towards these flags.

After Chen Mobai unleashed another round of sword light rain, slaughtering more demonic beasts, he sighed, watching dozens of formation flags being destroyed and turning into ashes.

*Boom!*The moment the formation flags were broken, King Bihai's Halberd of Heavenly Might also struck the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation, suddenly cleaving an unprecedentedly massive gap. To the demon kings' delight, this enormous fissure suddenly stalled halfway through healing. A breach had been opened in the grand formation.

Witnessing this, the demon kings of the Arid Sea grew even more excited. However, even the most reckless Twin-Headed Great King did not charge directly into the grand formation, instead looking to King Bihai for a decision. King Bihai was also hesitant at this moment. Although all current circumstances indicated that the Five Elements Sect had been defeated and it was time to press their advantage, Chen Mobai was, after all, a powerful individual who had slain a minor demon sovereign. Instinctively, King Bihai felt it wouldn't be so simple.

"Senior Brother, that Chen Guixian has fled!"At this moment, the Myriad Swords Dharma Body on Jinfeng Slope suddenly vanished, leaving only Chen Mobai's true form. As the Second Nascent Soul also transformed into a fiery glow and disappeared behind Chen Mobai's head, the latter immediately cast the Flame-Light Escape, soaring like a breathtaking rainbow towards the Eastern Wilderness. With his departure, the entire Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation seemed to collapse instantly. The translucent, sky-covering light curtain shattered along the breaches they had made, revealing the fissure-riddled Jinfeng Slope and countless empty camps.

"Junior Sister, you stay here and command the warriors to advance. The rest of you, follow me and pursue!"Seeing this, King Bihai finally cast aside all his reservations. He led the charge, holding his Halberd of Heavenly Might, rushing into the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation, and chasing in the direction Chen Mobai had fled. Aside from Jade Pearl Demon King, the other fourth-tier demon kings also followed King Bihai without hesitation, aggressively joining the pursuit.

Chen Mobai hadn't used the Flame-Light Escape for a long time. After all, for short distances there was Void Walking, and for long distances various teleportation arrays. Using it suddenly now felt a bit rusty. However, this was good, as this speed would allow King Bihai and the others to catch up.

As time passed, they quickly arrived at the center of the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation. Here stood an immortal city, Huangwu Immortal City, the very heart of Dongwu. Chen Mobai had initially chosen Jinfeng Slope as the front line of the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation precisely to protect this place. However, at this moment, the once most prosperous center of Dongwu was empty. Ninety-nine percent of the cultivators had already been transferred by the Five Elements Sect to Yunmeng Marsh.

Chen Mobai's divine sense swept across the area, discovering that a very small number of cultivators still remained in Huangwu Immortal City. He didn't bother to find out why these people hadn't left, flying directly to the very center of the immortal city. Here was a medium-sized teleportation array that led directly to Fengyu Immortal City. However, after the retreat was completed, this teleportation array had already been destroyed by the Five Elements Sect and could no longer be used.

Not long after Chen Mobai landed, a total of twelve streaks of demonic light flew from the horizon and descended. Accompanied by tremors, each demon king, upon landing, created a massive crater outside Huangwu Immortal City. Chen Mobai hadn't expected that at this point, these demon kings would still be so cautious, not directly charging into the immortal city.

They must have believed that Huangwu Immortal City was protected by a grand formation no weaker than the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation, fearing that if they entered, Chen Mobai might use the formation to take a few of them with him in his dying moments.

"Chen Guixian, do you intend to make this your burial ground?"King Bihai, holding his Halberd of Heavenly Might, hovered in mid-air, his gaze icy as he looked at Chen Mobai in the center of Huangwu Immortal City.

"You've guessed right about the burial ground, but it's not mine. It's yours."Chen Mobai spoke calmly.

The spiritual vein where Huangwu Immortal City was located was the most powerful in all of Dongwu. Furthermore, being in the center of the entire plain, it was connected to the spiritual veins of the entire Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation through a vigorous river system. Detonating the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder here would allow its power to be unleashed to its maximum extent in the shortest possible time.

"Hmph, still talking tough when death is at your doorstep!"King Bihai snorted coldly, raising his Halberd of Heavenly Might. A cold, crescent-shaped beam of light, capable of splitting the sky and rending the earth, descended towards the entire Huangwu Immortal City. It seemed as though this single strike would cleave the immortal city in two. However, a translucent light curtain appeared, once again blocking his attack.

"You can only rely on grand formations to prolong your miserable existence!"Seeing this, King Bihai spoke mockingly. However, this was not unexpected. If Huangwu Immortal City, at the heart of Dongwu, had no grand formation protecting it, he would have been alarmed instead.

"You intend to use this formation to tie us down here, buying time for the human race and cultivators in Dongwu to retreat, don't you? Hmph, how could I let you have your way..."King Bihai, believing he had seen through Chen Mobai's stratagem, instructed four demon kings to head in different directions. "The grand formation is broken. Go search for blood sustenance throughout Dongwu. If there's none, lead your armies towards the Eastern Wilderness..."

After the four demon kings departed with their orders, King Bihai used a secret method to contact Jade Pearl Demon King in the rear, instructing her to lead a million demons from the Arid Sea towards Yunmeng Marsh on the Dongwu border. When Jiang Zongheng led the evacuation of humans from Dongwu's twelve prefectures, some movements were still noticed by the demon race. Even the demonic cultivators, though hidden, secretly passed information to the demon race. After all, the demonic path's primary goal was to strike at the righteous path. In the eyes of the demonic path, the Five Elements Sect's actions in protecting Dongwu over the years were an undeniable model of righteousness. At times, even Diao Xianlan suspected that all the conscience of the One-Yuan Dao Palace resided solely within Chen Mobai. If the One-Yuan Dao Palace had been in the Five Elements Sect's position, it would undoubtedly have ignored Dongwu entirely, focusing only on defending its own gates.

Upon receiving King Bihai's notification, Jade Pearl Demon King immediately led a million Arid Sea demons deep into the center of the Dongwu plain. After leaving 200,000 demons near Huangwu Immortal City, she led the remaining 800,000 demons to rendezvous with the other four demon kings, splitting into five routes to rush towards the Yunmeng Marsh border. After all, the Arid Sea demons originated from the ocean, and their strength was significantly reduced on land. However, if they entered the environment of Yunmeng Marsh, even with the same Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation guarding it, they were confident they could use their million demonic beasts to directly destabilize the entire vast marsh and destroy the formation's foundation. Thinking of this, Jade Pearl Demon King was eager to charge into Yunmeng Marsh and show the Five Elements Sect how terrifying the Arid Sea demons could be once they had access to water.

Meanwhile, within Huangwu Immortal City, after acquiring 200,000 demons, King Bihai unleashed a secret technique taught by the Demon Venerable, evolving a battle formation for attack. Huangwu Immortal City's original formation had long been modified by Chen Mobai to be part of the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation, but this formation was strongest when it functioned as a whole. After it was breached at Jinfeng Slope, its power in Huangwu Immortal City was reduced by half. Therefore, Chen Mobai only resisted for five days before King Bihai's Halberd of Heavenly Might cut a gap large enough for all the demon kings to enter and exit.

At this point, none of the demon kings hesitated any longer. They all transformed into streaks of demonic light and followed King Bihai, charging into Huangwu Immortal City. Amidst a series of thunderous crashes, the tall buildings within the immortal city were shattered by these demon kings who had manifested their true forms.

"You should feel honored to die at the hands of so many demon kings from our Myriad Immortals Isle."King Bihai landed in front of Chen Mobai and spoke coldly. As he spoke, the translucent shield covering Huangwu Immortal City seemed to reach its limit and shattered with a crash. However, the 200,000 Arid Sea demons outside the city did not enter. They were unable to participate in Nascent Soul-level combat, and King Bihai felt that Chen Mobai might have a terrifying final outburst before death, and if they were too close, they could suffer significant casualties.

"By my reckoning, the time is almost right!"At this moment, Chen Mobai uttered these words.

"Still trying to be mysterious!"Upon hearing this, King Bihai sneered, raised his Halberd of Heavenly Might, and brought it down first upon Chen Mobai. A massive, elongated crescent blade descended, cleaving the entire Huangwu Immortal City neatly in half, with Chen Mobai at its center. Looking down from high above, the ground, except for the area immediately around Chen Mobai, was split in two by this single halberd strike.

"Not bad, your strength is somewhat greater than that of the minor demon sovereign."After blocking this attack with the Tianyuan Pearl's fifth-tier light barrier, Chen Mobai felt the wails of the Tianyuan Pearl's artifact spirit and couldn't help but acknowledge King Bihai's strength.

"I no longer wish to hear your nonsense."King Bihai raised his Halberd of Heavenly Might once more, and the fourth-tier demon kings around him followed his lead, activating their most powerful bloodline divine abilities, determined to blast the One-Yuan Daoist who had slain the minor demon sovereign into dust.

"Have you ever seen fireworks?"At this moment, Chen Mobai suddenly asked this question.

King Bihai did not reply. His icy gaze fixed on Chen Mobai as he gripped his Halberd of Heavenly Might and brought it down upon the Tianyuan Pearl's light barrier. He had already estimated the defensive capability of this fifth-tier magical artifact. With this strike, it would be completely shattered.

However, Chen Mobai smiled in the face of the attack. He raised a finger to his lips and softly uttered a single word: "Boom!" A wisp of five-colored light erupted from Chen Mobai's entire body, instantly spreading through the Tianyuan Pearl and into the ground.

At this moment, King Bihai noticed five-colored electric arcs faintly shimmering within the earth fissures he had created. After the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder detonated the spiritual veins, its power intensified the closer it was to the center of the formation. It was precisely for this reason that Chen Mobai needed to lure his enemies to Huangwu Immortal City; only then could he capture all the invading Arid Sea demons in one fell swoop.

The moment King Bihai's Halberd of Heavenly Might descended, Chen Mobai had already transformed into a streak of silver light, vanishing from his spot. However, the Primordial Chaos True Qi had already erupted. Through the formation patterns deep within the earth, it permeated into the peak fourth-tier spiritual vein deep beneath Huangwu Immortal City. A powerful energy surge, chilling even King Bihai to the bone, suddenly erupted. Accompanied by five-colored electric arcs, it spread outwards, penetrating deep into the Dongwu Plain and reaching hundreds of spiritual veins covered by the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation.

Chen Mobai's figure emerged from the depths of the earth fissures in Huangwu Immortal City. He closed his eyes, sensing the explosion of the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder. Every flicker of five-colored electric light triggered an explosion of spiritual energy a hundred, even a thousand, times stronger. The Five Elements are the foundation of all spiritual veins. Under the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder, regardless of their attribute, any spiritual vein within the Dongwu Plain that fell within the scope of the Five Elements could not escape being detonated.

On the border of Dongwu, Jade Pearl Demon King, leading her demon army, finally saw Yunmeng Marsh not far away. On land, having not seen such a vast body of water for a long time, a contented smile appeared on her lips. Besides that, there was something even more gratifying. The leading demon scouts had already reported that Yunmeng Marsh and the opposite bank were filled with the aura of gathered humans, like smoke signals. At least several million mortals were waiting for them to devour.

"Little ones, push harder! Tonight, I want to eat a hundred children..."Jade Pearl Demon King spoke with a sinister tone. At this moment, her powerful divine sense even reached Fengyu Immortal City in the center of Yunmeng Marsh. That place was filled with the aura of cultivators. As long as they breached it...

*Rumble—*Just as Jade Pearl Demon King was dreaming, an earth-shattering roar erupted behind her, and then half of Dongwu's land trembled. A terrifying burst of energy surged from behind, making Jade Pearl Demon King's external divine sense feel as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. Her face suddenly turned pale, and she almost revealed her true form. Her expression dramatically changed as she turned her head, wanting to see what was happening. The moment she turned, an overwhelming five-colored light had already spread, and all Arid Sea demonic beasts touched by the light, regardless of their tier, were instantly reduced to ashes without any chance to resist.

"No—"Jade Pearl Demon King shrieked, but she couldn't evade in time and was directly enveloped by the five-colored light. In an instant, her 200,000 demonic beasts were utterly annihilated.

Sun Huanglong and others, who had just landed in Fengyu Immortal City and were preparing to rest, all trembled simultaneously at this moment. They looked back and saw a blinding five-colored light shooting up into the sky. Initially, it was just a thumb-sized beam in their sight, but in the blink of an eye, it expanded in all directions, and within a few breaths, it had spread across the entire land opposite Yunmeng Marsh.

As the dazzling five-colored pillar of light soared and enveloped everything, Fengyu Immortal City continuously trembled, and unprecedented massive waves surged across the surface of Yunmeng Marsh, sweeping towards both shores.

"What... what is happening?"The Golden Family's Core Formation Ancestor, watching the multi-colored light pierce through the clouds in the sky, couldn't help but murmur.

"This is our Five Elements Sect's ultimate move, 'Mutual Destruction with the Enemy'. The sect leader, unable to bear seeing the Arid Sea demonic beasts rampage across Dongwu's land, decided to sacrifice a hundred years of cultivation to unleash this Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder!"E Yun, who was in charge on Fengyu Immortal City's side, explained. This was also his first time witnessing such a terrifying, almost world-destroying scene.

After he finished speaking, Sun Huanglong's eyes suddenly widened. Their Sun family ancestor and the Primordial Chaos Ancestor were sworn brothers, and apparently, he also knew about the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder.

"Dongwu... is gone!"Realizing what had happened, he stared blankly at his homeland across the river, engulfed in five-colored light, and muttered these four words.

"What!?"Hearing his words, the other Dongwu Core Formation cultivators' eyes widened in shock.

At this moment, the five-colored light finally began to dissipate. Sun Huanglong hesitated for a moment, then piloted his flying magic artifact towards his homeland on the opposite bank. E Yun had already anticipated this and waved his hand, opening Fengyu Immortal City's grand formation, allowing Sun Huanglong to fly out. The other Dongwu Core Formation cultivators, after a moment's thought, also followed Sun Huanglong.

As they drew closer to the shore, a scene like the apocalypse unfolded before them. Countless fissures appeared across the land, as if the earth had been sliced into a thousand pieces. Wild spiritual energy crackled and hissed within these cracks, with faint flashes of five-colored electric arcs. The land of Dongwu, which was supposed to withstand the overflowing rivers of Yunmeng Marsh, was now utterly shattered. Torrents of river water surged into the countless wounds and fissures in the earth. Sun Huanglong seemed to hear the land of Dongwu weeping and its mountains and rivers wailing. All the Dongwu cultivators who witnessed this sight froze in mid-air. Because, at a glance, the previously hilly plains were now completely flat. Everything had been blown apart.

Huangwu Immortal City.Enveloped in Primordial Chaos True Qi, Chen Mobai flew out from deep within the earth. The power of the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder far exceeded his imagination; it not only detonated the spiritual veins but also triggered a world-altering phenomenon. And in addition to the Myriad Rivers Flowing to the Sea Formation where he was, Su Zilu's Tusita Demon Refining Formation was also detonated at the same time. The combined effect of the two caused hundreds of the most vital spiritual veins across the entire Dongwu territory to transform into world-destroying Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder. This meant that all living beings within the range of the grand formations had to endure the bombardment of this peak fourth-tier divine thunder. Although its grade didn't reach fifth-tier, the sheer quantity was immense. According to Chen Mobai's estimation, at that very moment, it was as if a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators had simultaneously unleashed the Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder upon the Dongwu land covered by the two grand formations. Not to mention the low-tier Arid Sea demonic beasts, even the fourth-tier demon kings, Chen Mobai observed, endured for only a few breaths before being reduced to ashes the moment the spiritual veins detonated.

A trace of pity flashed in Chen Mobai's eyes. In those few short breaths, he had personally sent off millions of living beings, even though they were enemies.

Chen Mobai turned his head to look at Huangwu Immortal City, which had been reduced to ruins, where two traces of demonic energy still lingered. He knew that now was the best time to completely eradicate the demon threat.

"I told you, this will be your burial ground."Chen Mobai transformed into a streak of fire and landed before the two traces of demonic energy. They were King Bihai and the Twin-Headed Great King. Both possessed fifth-tier protective means, and astonishingly, they had survived such a terrifying attack.

Even so, they were both severely wounded. The Twin-Headed Great King, in particular, was left with only one head and half a body; the rest had been torn to shreds.

"You..."The Twin-Headed Great King saw Chen Mobai approaching and opened its mouth to speak. A purple electric flash streaked past, sending it entirely to the netherworld.

"Only you remain!"After killing the Twin-Headed Great King, Chen Mobai turned his gaze to the last remaining King Bihai. He was not much better off. Although he claimed to be invincible below the God Transformation stage, he was not in fact a God Transformation cultivator. Even with fifth-tier defensive means, under such an immense quantity of Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder, his vital energy was still exhausted. Although he had barely managed to keep his body intact, he only had enough strength left to breathe.

"What kind of divine ability is this?"King Bihai knew he was certainly going to die and asked one last question.

"The Primordial Five Elements Extinction Divine Thunder of the One-Yuan Dao Palace!"Chen Mobai nodded, fulfilling his dying wish.

"Is this... the true heritage of a Holy Land?"After saying this, King Bihai sighed and closed his eyes. Chen Mobai once again activated his Violet Lightning Sword, severing its head as well.