Chapter 520: One Sweep

"The connection point map has been successfully drawn?" In the demon world's great hall, the three Demon Emperors felt that everything had gone too smoothly.

Within the world gap, humanity hadn't offered any resistance.

"Could there be a special reason?" Emperor Xinghe couldn't help but ask, "It's simply too smooth."

After a moment of thought, Empress Xuanyue replied, "Humanity might be helpless. As we discussed before, King Zhenwu is dead, and King Dongning has become a Venerable. In the world gap, humanity can't contend with us. Rather than sending their Marquis Godfiends to their deaths, it's better to simply give up! The number of human powerhouses is ultimately far less than ours; every one of them must be cherished."

Emperor Peng also nodded. "It's already the crucial moment; we must invade the human world!"

Emperor Xinghe and Empress Xuanyue assented.

At this point, the demon race couldn't possibly stop! They had paid too great a price for this day.

"As Xuanyue said, it's far harder for humanity to produce powerhouses than for us," Emperor Peng remarked. "Knowing when to give up is a wise choice for them. However, within the human world, they are certainly prepared!"

"Indeed, they must defend their own world," Emperor Xinghe stated. "The more critical the moment, the less we can afford to be careless."

Emperor Peng nodded. "According to the original plan, the fifth-level demon monarch teams will be divided into five squads! They will simultaneously invade Cangyuan Realm through five outermost connection points spanning its peripheral regions. Each connection point is tens of thousands of miles from land! Even if humanity guesses we'll attack from the coastal edges, there are too many connection points in those areas for them to defend."

Emperor Xinghe also agreed. "Even if they miraculously intercept one point, as long as three of the five demon monarch teams manage to infiltrate and lie low, we are guaranteed victory."

"There's no pattern; the demon monarchs are choosing their connection points temporarily, making exposure impossible," Empress Xuanyue added. "If they were intercepted despite this, it would mean humanity possesses the strength to defend all connection points across their entire world... and that's impossible."

The three Demon Emperors watched with anticipation, waiting.

Within the world gap.

"Good luck, everyone.""If this venture succeeds in forcing humanity to submit, we will all soar to greatness.""If humanity doesn't submit, we will kill until they fear us and bow their heads."

The numerous demon monarchs were a mix of nervous and excited. This was the most crucial moment of the plan, and if it succeeded, each of them was promised a hundred times the usual treasures – a public pledge from the three Demon Emperors. After obtaining Patriarch Cangyuan's treasure, even a small portion released by the Emperors would make all the demon monarchs incredibly wealthy.

They split into five teams.

"This is the connection point map. Your team will enter from the southeastern sea area; the choice of which specific connection point is yours to decide on the fly," Demon Sage Hanlie said, handing the map to a mountain demon.

"Understood." The mountain demon took the map, quickly scanned it, and then led its team away.

Each team would independently choose its connection point on the spot.

This further minimized the possibility of betrayal.

Cities, tall mountains, snowy lands, deserts, forests...

Mengchuan's eight primordial spirit avatars were standing by, fully prepared.

This complete abandonment of interception in the world gap was, on one hand, indeed because the current Marquis Godfiends were much weaker than before. Although his son, Meng An, had risen, he still had some distance compared to Mengchuan and King Zhenwu in their prime, and might not be able to defeat Demon Sage Qiansi, who might have improved over the past few decades. Not to mention the hundreds of fifth-level demon monarchs, among whom some other powerful demon monarchs had also emerged, and their combined strength with formations was astonishing. On the other hand, if they didn't intercept, would the demon race give up on entering the human world?

With the arrow on the string, would the demon race be willing to give up?

"Even if it meant significantly weakening the current demon race, the three Demon Emperors wouldn't give up," Mengchuan knew this clearly.

All eight primordial spirit avatars waited silently, ready to act at any moment.

Within the world gap.

King Anhai hid far away, distantly watching a team of demon monarchs fly off, his expression growing more solemn.

He had been punished by Yuanchu Mountain, required to patrol the world gap for three hundred years.

"What's going on with Yuanchu Mountain? They've completely abandoned interception, allowing the demon race to move freely within the world gap," King Anhai muttered, his face grim. "Never mind, I've informed them of everything I should. All decisions rest with Yuanchu Mountain."

Based on the connection point map, all five demon monarch teams had each selected a connection point.

Demon Sage Qiansi also led one of the demon monarch teams.

Currently, among the fifth-level demon monarchs, Demon Sage Qiansi was the strongest! As for 'Peacock Monarch'? He had already disappeared.

"Our team has chosen the Northern Sea region," Demon Sage Qiansi said, her face cold, looking at the thirty-seven demon monarchs around her. "We will act together with the other four teams. Once I blast open the world membrane passage, you are to immediately enter the human world."

"Understood.""Rest assured, Demon Sage Qiansi, we all know what to do.""Once inside, we will immediately disperse and go into hiding."

These demon monarchs already knew how to evade detection by human Venerables.

Demon Sage Qiansi nodded slightly.

A hum resonated.

Demon Sage Qiansi glanced at the token in her hand, her eyes brightening slightly.

"Boom." With a wave of her hand, countless threads coalesced into a white streak, cutting into a connection point in the void. This was one of the connection points marked on the map.

With just one strike, the world membrane was shattered.

A second strike then completely tore through both layers of the world membrane, revealing a large hole. Through it, one could see the dim sky and the vast sea beyond with the naked eye.

"Go in.""Let's go."

The demon monarchs howled, quickly rushing through the massive opening into the human world.

Demon Sage Qiansi, however, silently watched the scene unfold. She did not enter. Her presence or absence made little difference for the purpose of "deterring over a hundred human cities." She was not invincible in the human world; any one of Qin Wu, Li Guan, or Bai Yaoyue could easily kill her, and Mengchuan, having become a Venerable, should also be able to kill her with ease.

More importantly, her goal in cultivation was to regain her youth.

Furthermore, after Peacock's disappearance, the three Demon Emperors needed Demon Sage Qiansi to maintain control over the world gap.

"Enter.""Enter."

Team after team of demon monarchs rushed through their respective world membrane openings.

The demon race acted simultaneously, blasting open five world membrane openings from the world gap.

All five locations were in the peripheral areas of humanity's four seas, each separated by over thirty thousand miles, and more than twenty thousand miles from any landmass.

Too remote, too distant.

With the complete connection point map, the demon race could carefully select the places most difficult for humanity to defend.

How many Venerables did humanity even have in total?

Currently, there were already six massive city passes, plus crucial mountain strongholds. How many Venerables could possibly be sent to ambush and intercept? With such vast distances, could humanity even make it in time? Even the extraordinarily fast 'Mengchuan' could reach any land location within three breaths. But for remote sea areas, Mengchuan might need five or six breaths to travel to and intercept a single point. In that much time, the demon race would have already fled and completely gone into hiding.

"Hmm?"

In various locations across the land, Mengchuan's eight primordial spirit avatars simultaneously looked up. With his realm, they clearly saw the world membrane openings being blasted open.

"Five locations, acting simultaneously?" The eight Mengchuan avatars smiled faintly. "Only five locations."

Five of the primordial spirit avatars acted, vanishing instantly.

The division into five teams was due to the extremely high power requirement to breach two layers of the world membrane in a short time. Spreading too thin would make breaking the membrane slow, giving humanity more time to prepare.

"Human world.""Here we come.""Hahahaha."

At the five world membrane openings in different parts of Cangyuan Realm's sea region, large groups of fifth-level demon monarchs rushed in simultaneously.

As they rushed in.

Mengchuan was already there.

However, Mengchuan's primordial spirit avatar stood in the deepest reaches of the void. After creating the Heaven-Earth realm ultimate technique, 'Cloud Mist Dragon-Serpent Movement Art,' Mengchuan's mastery of the void was so profound that not only these demon monarchs, but even Demon Sage Qiansi or Peacock Monarch, if they were present, would be utterly unaware of Mengchuan's proximity.

Mengchuan watched the groups of fifth-level demon monarchs rush in.

"Go.""Split up.""First, go into hiding." These fifth-level demon monarchs were decisive; they intended to disperse immediately upon entry.

"You won't get away," Mengchuan's primordial spirit avatar, hidden deep in the void, murmured as he watched the scene.

The primordial spirit star pulsed, its waves spreading in all directions.

With Mengchuan at the center, the surrounding hundred miles were swept by the stellar fluctuations.

"Even Peacock and Qiansi haven't experienced the taste of a seventh-level primordial spirit's 'Stellar Oscillation'," Mengchuan thought with utter calm, watching the thirty-eight demon monarchs around him lose consciousness without resistance in the midst of the fluctuations, all slumping to the ground. Such a potent primordial spirit mystic art could even affect Demon Emperors, let alone these fifth-level demon monarchs.

As these demon monarchs lost consciousness, Mengchuan's primordial spirit avatar materialized. Right up until they collapsed, the demon monarchs had no idea who had attacked them.

The same events simultaneously unfolded outside all five world membrane openings.

Five of Mengchuan's primordial spirit avatars stood outside the openings, surrounded by a large number of floating, fallen fifth-level demon monarchs. Demon Sage Hanlie and Demon Sage Heigu, two demon sages who had taken over human bodies, had led two of these teams and were now also unconscious and fallen.

"A total of one hundred ninety-three demon monarchs," the five Mengchuan primordial spirit avatars said, looking at the fallen demon monarchs around them. "All captured alive!"