Chapter 285: Awaken, Everyone!

Episode 12, Chapter 15: Awaken, Everyone!

Twenty-six colossal, dark blue ice blocks lay before them, each containing a human figure.

As the dark blue ice blocks melted, the human powerhouses within began to awaken. Venerable Qin Wu, Venerable Luo Tang, and the two Protectors watched with palpable excitement.

“Hmm?”“What is this…”

One by one, the human powerhouses sat up, then rose to their feet. Initially somewhat confused, they gradually became fully conscious.

“Senior Brother Qin, how long have I been asleep?” a white-robed man asked. “Five hundred years? Eight hundred years?”

The other human powerhouses also looked towards Venerable Qin Wu and the others.

“Everyone.”

Venerable Qin Wu stated, “It is now the 853rd year of the demon invasion.”

Many of the awakened men and women suddenly understood.

“I’ve slept for over five hundred years.”“It’s been three hundred years.”“The world has changed so much. How many familiar faces are left?”

The men and women felt a mix of complex emotions.

However, two individuals appeared slightly confused. A plump, white-haired elder questioned, “Junior Brother Qin, you’ve become a Venerable? And, an 853-year demon invasion? Which demon race are you referring to?”

“Junior Brother Qin, what is this demon invasion about?” the goatee-bearded elder also asked, puzzled.

“Peng Mu, Yun Fengzi,” an elegant middle-aged man who had just woken up said. “You two have been dormant for nine hundred and eighty-two years. The ‘Thousand-Year Slumber’ secret art is one of our Yuanchu Mountain’s core secret arts. Throughout history, only Regis Godfiends whose power rivals the Creation Realm, nearing the end of their lifespan, would enter the Thousand-Year Hall for ‘slumber’ to preserve strength for Yuanchu Mountain. A little over a hundred years after you two entered slumber, the demon invasion began… The demon world’s power is far superior to our human world’s. Therefore, Yuanchu Mountain decided that all Regis Godfiends, when they were about fifty years from their lifespan limit, would enter slumber. Two hundred years into the demon invasion, realizing the situation hadn’t improved, all Venerables and Protectors of Yuanchu Mountain collectively decided to also impart the ‘Thousand-Year Slumber’ secret art to Two World Island and Black Sand Grotto-Heaven.”

“Master,” the white-haired elder and the goatee-bearded elder said, bowing respectfully upon seeing the middle-aged man.

“Senior Brother Li,” Venerable Qin Wu and Venerable Luo Tang also bowed slightly.

The middle-aged man was none other than Creation Realm Venerable Li Guan.

He was the strongest and the oldest, not far from his two-thousand-year lifespan limit. Thus, he spent most of his time in slumber.

With the Thousand-Year Slumber secret art, one could awaken mid-slumber, but could only ‘steal’ a maximum of one thousand years from the laws of heaven and earth.

“Everyone has awakened,” Li Guan said, sweeping his gaze around. “This signifies that the situation is dire enough to require all of us to participate in the battle.”

Battle intent gleamed in the eyes of these awakened Regis Godfiends.

These were many powerful Regis Godfiends born at different times within Yuanchu Mountain over the past millennium. Figures like Peng Mu and Yun Jianhai were even Regis Godfiends who dominated an era a thousand years ago. Excluding their slumber period, this group of Regis Godfiends were almost all over four hundred years old, possessing profound accumulated power. The outside world believed they had died of old age! But in reality, they had entered slumber when only a few decades of their lifespan remained.

Even now, casualties among Regis Godfiends in battle are extremely rare. And centuries ago, the situation was much better, with Regis Godfiends almost always living to 'die of old age.' In fact, ever since acquiring the ‘Thousand-Year Slumber’ secret art, Regis Godfiends from all three major sects have, one by one, entered slumber in their old age.

This secret had been kept well-guarded.

Only Venerables or the dormant Regis Godfiends were privy to this secret.

“Awaken, Regis Godfiends of my Two World Island.”

Xu Yingwu and the illusory figure of Zhang Chun smiled as they watched the dark blue ice blocks melt and the Regis Godfiends awaken one by one.

Unlike the Regis Godfiends of the current era, many of whom had shallow accumulations, those who had been in slumber were all nearing the end of their lifespans, with the weakest among them being peak Regis Godfiends. There were even two who had reached the threshold of the Creation Realm.

“Awaken, everyone.”

Venerables Bai Yaoyue, Meng Tiange, and Mi Yu, either in their true forms or as illusory figures, watched the dormant figures within the dark hall.

The colossal dark blue ice blocks melted, and figures slowly began to sit up, bewildered.

“Yuanchu Mountain’s ‘Thousand-Year Slumber’ secret art has indeed helped us greatly,” Meng Tiange, with his bushy beard, remarked.

“Ancestor Cang Yuan’s legacy is with them; it’s natural for them to have more means,” Bai Yaoyue said calmly.

The men and women also rose, fully conscious, their eyes filled with battle intent as they looked at the three Venerables.

“Are we needed in battle?”“Has it reached a point where all Regis Godfiends must awaken?” these Regis Godfiends asked.

Meng Tiange stated, “Everyone, the entire human race now needs your protection. It needs you to slay Demon Monarchs.”

All three major sects were poised for action.

Inside the grand hall of Yuanchu Mountain.

“Senior Brother Li, this is our provisional arrangement. Are there any changes you’d like to make?” Venerable Qin Wu handed a scroll to Li Guan.

Li Guan took it and quickly flipped through it, his reading speed naturally swift as a Creation Realm Venerable.

“Seven hundred Fourth Heaven Demon Monarchs, a million Demon Monarchs… the demon race truly intends to destroy the foundation of our human race in one fell swoop,” Li Guan observed calmly. “Including the seven great passes, there are now sixty-one major cities within the Great Zhou Dynasty? And we have thirteen contemporary Regis Godfiends, twenty-five dormant Regis Godfiends, nine Guardian Divine Beasts, two Protectors, along with us three Creation Realm Venerables and seventy-three Marquis Godfiends.”

“There are a total of ten Creation Realm combatants, but besides us three, the others are only at the Creation Realm threshold,” Li Guan said, looking at the scroll and nodding slightly. “This plan seems stable enough. My true body is to remain at Yuanchu Mountain?”

“Yuanchu Mountain is the last hope for humanity,” the illusory figure of Venerable Luo Tang stated. “Even if the demon race employs greater means, we can retreat and defend Yuanchu Mountain. Yuanchu Mountain must not fall.”

Li Guan nodded slightly: “If pushed to the brink, we will unleash an apocalyptic power, and defend Yuanchu Mountain alone.”

“Too many mortals would die then. If the situation truly becomes irreversible and hopeless, only then should we choose that path,” Venerable Qin Wu quickly added.

“Hmm.”

Li Guan glanced at the scroll and asked, surprised, “This Meng Chuan, he’s one of the three Godfiends responsible for rescue? One of you, one of my Essence Soul avatars, and him?”

Immediately, the group of newly awakened Regis Godfiends also looked surprised, as none of them knew Meng Chuan.

“His detailed strength is described in the scroll,” Venerable Qin Wu explained.

“Hmm,” Li Guan said after finishing, nodding with a smile. “Alright, Qin Wu, you are more thorough than I in your arrangements. Proceed with the plan.”

“Should we execute it immediately?” Venerable Qin Wu asked.

“Immediately!” Li Guan nodded.

Soon, Venerable Qin Wu, Venerable Li Guan, and Venerable Luo Tang individually summoned the Regis Godfiends and Protectors, one by one.

“Protector Wang Shan, take this token and immediately proceed to Jiangzhou City. From today onwards, you will guard Jiangzhou City,” Venerable Qin Wu said, tossing the token to Protector Wang Shan. “Once in Jiangzhou City, you must conceal yourself in the shadows and not allow any human to discover you. Furthermore, an envoy will accompany you to deliver orders to Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue.”

“Understood,” Wang Shan accepted the token and swiftly departed Yuanchu Mountain with a flying bird Demon Monarch envoy, heading straight for Jiangzhou City.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

One by one, the Regis Godfiends, Protectors, and Guardian Divine Beasts received their orders and departed Yuanchu Mountain, scattering in all directions.

Protector Wang Shan, whose realm was extremely high and possessed Creation Realm threshold strength, traveled extremely fast with the flying bird Demon Monarch envoy. By dusk, he had already arrived at Jiangzhou City.

“What a vast Jiangzhou City! Its population was only a few million back then, but now it’s over twenty million?” Wang Shan stood high in the sky, gazing at the enormous and bustling city with mixed feelings. The flying bird envoy bowed respectfully, then flew off alone towards Meng Manor.

Meng Manor.

Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue were enjoying dinner and chatting, a relatively relaxed moment of their day. A weariness that was difficult to conceal was etched on Meng Chuan’s brows.

“Whoosh.” The flying bird Demon Monarch descended from the sky.

Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue both looked outside in surprise.

“Marquis Dongning, Marquis Ningyue, these are your transfer orders from Yuanchu Mountain. Please depart immediately,” the flying bird Demon Monarch envoy said, handing two thick envelopes separately to Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue.

“Transfer orders?”

The Meng couple, surprised, each took a thick envelope, tore it open, and read the contents of their respective orders.