Chapter 466: True Plan

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Boom!

The sky turned blood-red as ancient beings engaged in a brutal battle. Horrifying shockwaves rippled outwards, and the Peach Blossom Banquet was already drenched in blood. Suddenly, the situation drastically changed.

A colossal Origin Demon God, reaching from earth to sky, descended. The entire Heavenly Realm was gripped by an unprecedented, terrifying dread as it materialized from above. This was a giant, alluring beauty with snake-like hair that writhed like soft black tentacles. A massive, scaled serpentine tail lashed about, and at her waist hung a brocade pouch from which countless malevolent spirits wailed. A bronze hairpin, shaped like a demon-suppressing pagoda, adorned her head.

A vast, pale arm descended, pressing down.

"Die!"

Medusa acted personally. She brought her palm down on the five individuals battling the others, displaying ruthless directness without uttering a single word.

Lin Hongfeng looked up at the sky and shouted to Bai Xiaosheng, who was being restrained, "Though a part of the Origin Demon God's body is held back with the gods, her true form remains outside, unrestrained by you. You are doomed to lose!"

"Really?"

Bai Xiaosheng fell silent for a moment, then looked up in shock at the terrifying evil god. Indeed, Medusa had now reached the Grand Completion stage of the Heavenly Emperor realm! At this point, she had truly pushed the Seventh-Tier Heavenly Emperor realm to its ultimate limit. With over 129,000 Seventh-Tier Heavenly Emperor organizations, there was no longer any possibility of further advancement within this realm.

This Heavenly Emperor, combined with the two divine organizations, had likely undergone a qualitative change, enabling her to potentially rival an ordinary god! She was now capable of fighting above her level in some sense! Of course, such a leap in combat capability was extremely rare and challenging to achieve, and even then, it still placed her at a disadvantage.

Now, Medusa had reined in her unspeakable divine pressure. Otherwise, all the titans of the Heavenly Realm present—the Great Zhou Emperor, the Head of Mount Shu, the gods of faith from various churches, the God of War, and the God of Mechanical Steam—would instantly descend into madness and perish upon a single glance.

"The greatest and most ancient immortal life in the world..." Bai Xiaosheng looked up, silently swallowing. "129,000 Heavenly Emperors mark the beginning of a qualitative leap, officially paving the way to godhood. I fear that every week now, a body organization forms a small deity..."

He took a deep breath, lowering his head until his face was obscured by shadows, making it unreadable. "Miracles are not easily created, because our opponents are ancient saints—the Heavenly Dao, the Emperor of the Underworld, the Demon God. Each of them is a miracle of their own era. But!!"

"I told you, this is the counterattack of the weak!"

He suddenly lifted his head, letting out a sharp cry, "Time Worm!!!"

Boom!

Suddenly, a grotesque entity engaged in battle with others ceased its movements. This was a withered old man whose face, stretched and distorted with pain, rapidly widened, transforming into a monstrous black wormhole.

What did this mean? This sudden change astonished everyone. The terrifying Origin Demon God Medusa, unmatched in the Heavenly Emperor realm, could overwhelm any terrifying grotesque Heavenly Emperor with sheer power, breaking all rules and beating them to death, regardless of their abilities!

However, Bai Xiaosheng seemed to have already prepared a countermeasure!? The prepared had outmaneuvered the unprepared! Earlier, the ancient saints had also been ambushed and trapped.

"We don't know what rules this grotesque entity follows; quickly stop this demon!" someone yelled anxiously. If the Demon God Medusa, their last hope, was truly targeted and something went wrong, the Peach Blossom Banquet would surely be doomed.

"Too late!" Bai Xiaosheng threw his head back and laughed. "Time Worm! Now!"

Swish!

The black hole monster completely transformed into a terrifying black worm. As if devouring the heavens and earth, it surged towards Medusa's immense body. A bizarre scene unfolded: the worm didn't attack Medusa in mid-air but began to age rapidly on its own, like a vibrant green tree quickly turning old and withered, dying instantly.

"Dead? What happened?"

Medusa frowned slightly. Suddenly, she felt her entire body entering a drowsy state, and her eyelids involuntarily drooped. "That thing accelerated my life cell division and stole two years of my lifespan..."

"Drat!"

A genuine immortal bloodline granted consciousness for fifty percent of the time. But for a stolen bloodline, which was not perfectly compatible, the sleep duration was tenfold! Meaning, only five percent of the time was spent awake!

Although Medusa had continuously refined the immortal bloodline, her wakefulness period had reached twenty percent; that is, out of every hundred years, she was only awake for twenty. "But he had already calculated my sleep cycle, knowing I had two years left, so..." She completely succumbed to slumber. The colossal and vast demon god's movements gradually slowed, and she fell into a deep sleep, as if turning into a statue.

"This..."

Faces all around were utterly aghast! Bai Xiaosheng had calculated even this! Not only had he used the unknown deity to trap all the saints seated in the divine hall for a short period, but he also had a countermeasure prepared for the Origin Demon God's return from outside?

Indeed, the Demon God's slumber was her greatest weakness. Forcing her into a dormant period meant she could no longer interfere with this war.

Bai Xiaosheng's gaze swept over the Heavenly Realm's titans. "The Time Worm can accelerate an opponent's lifespan at the cost of its own entire existence. Although it can only accelerate it by a few years, trading a Heavenly Emperor's life for it is quite impractical, yet it's the best way to deal with the Demon God."

"This is our greatest assurance of defeating the strong with the weak—for us, a mere seven powerhouses, one deity, and seven Heavenly Emperors, to create that incredible miracle and defeat the entire Three Realms!"

Pointing to the three thousand great demons the Demon God carried, he said to Lin Hongfeng, "As expected, just as we guessed, the Demon God must have first gone to the three thousand great demons of the Demonic Underworld River and the Shu Mountain Demon Suppressing Pagoda, bringing them along to keep them suppressed at all times—after all, it's the only way. Then she came here to act. This is effectively bringing all the demons we wanted to save."

Lin Hongfeng's expression hardened. This man... What terrifying calculations! They had implemented various optimal emergency countermeasures, including inviting the Origin Demon God to intervene now, only to realize it had all been part of the opponent's plan from the beginning.

A titan from the Demon Realm, shrouded in black mist, sneered, "The Origin Demon God has fallen into slumber, but you're now one grotesque entity short. Including you, there are only five of you. We still hold the advantage against you. Can you really rescue three thousand demons? And that deity won't be able to hold the ancient saints for long, will she? Five minutes? Seven minutes? If we drag this out, you will surely face a dead end."

"No! No! You've misunderstood again..." Bai Xiaosheng spread his palms, smiling helplessly. "I don't intend to rescue these three thousand great demons. Instead, I brought them here to kill them directly!"

Silence fell, replaced by gasps of shock. Killing them would set them free, allowing them to be reborn elsewhere. This was precisely why the Three Realms only suppressed and sealed these immortal beings: once killed, they would randomly respawn somewhere on a future day.

"Is this your ultimate goal?" someone raged, overcome with fury.

"Peach Blossom Banquet attendees, Heavenly Emperor titans, I begin to feel your fear—a continuous stream of power." Bai Xiaosheng smiled, hands clasped behind his back, looking at everyone. He continued, "Do you know how we'll kill them? Those three thousand great demons are difficult to slay one by one. My chosen method is to attack the sleeping Origin Demon God!"

You!

At that moment, the faces of the surrounding Heavenly Emperors revealed uncontrollable terror. At this very instant, they were completely panicked.

Only now did they realize that everything had been calculated: Bai Xiaosheng's true objective was to lure the Origin Demon God, put her to sleep, and then attack her! Attacking the sleeping Origin Demon God would trigger her self-preservation mechanism, instantly releasing the unspeakable dread she suppressed and emitting a sound.

She was not to be gazed upon, nor her voice heard! All living beings present would have no escape; they would all perish!

This would not only instantly kill the three thousand great demons, but also these Heavenly Realm titans and Bai Xiaosheng's five companions would be instantly killed. Not a single living being would remain in the entire Heavenly Realm.

"You're committing mutual destruction! Because you'll be reborn, none of you ever intended to return alive!" Lin Hongfeng instantly showed true fear, murmuring through pale lips. "It's a chain reaction, using the Origin Demon God to kill all the titans at the Peach Blossom Banquet..."

Total silence ensued. This was a plan to instantly kill and clear out nearly all Heavenly Emperors below the deities in the entire Three Realms, leaving only the hundred ancient saints currently trapped, along with top existences like Hu Rennong, reduced to isolated commanders.

The terror this would unleash would completely pervade the world. It would even fuel their ascent to godhood, and the moment they revived, it would be their era!

It was a truly vicious and ruthless plan. "Bai Xiaosheng, is this your plan to defeat the strong with the weak?" Lin Hongfeng trembled, unable to believe that this utterly terrifying man possessed such intellect, calculating every single link to ensnare the entire Three Realms.

He had indeed created a "miracle." With a force dozens, even hundreds, of times weaker than the Three Realms, he had turned the entire situation around, even using their own strength against them by luring Medusa to kill everyone. Even she couldn't help but call it stunning!

Bai Xiaosheng calmly looked around, then pointed to the sleeping Origin Demon God. "It's no use; you can't kill us instantly. The moment we trigger it, not a single person at the Peach Blossom Banquet will remain alive."

"This is the mastery of the human heart..."

With his hands clasped behind his back, he slowly stepped forward, smiling faintly as if strolling leisurely. He looked at the great demons guarding Mount Shu and the Demon Realm, and then at the Heavenly Emperors and Monarch Emperors who had just arrived.

"In terms of combat power, we are inferior to you, but in wisdom, I possess the strongest wisdom bestowed by all living beings."

"The Origin Demon God Medusa, given her indifferent nature, might not have come to save the world. She never cared about such matters, preferring to isolate herself and research truth. However! It must have been you, these many passionate Heavenly Emperors and heroes of the era, who frantically pleaded with her until she arrived, correct? If she hadn't come, you would have suffered significant losses, but we wouldn't have been able to utterly defeat you. Yet now..."

His voice boomed like a great bell, shattering the hearts of all present. "It was you! You!! All because of your kindness! The Heavenly Court will be destroyed, and our Evil Race Heavenly Court will be established! Repent, feel guilty, and let your negative emotions burn to provide nourishment for us!"

The Heavenly Emperors who had pleaded for the Demon God's intervention wore expressions of despair, utterly distraught and furious. They gritted their teeth, clenched their fists, filled with boundless regret.

"Such sweet hatred." Bai Xiaosheng smiled faintly, raising his hand high, exuding the domineering aura of a cunning strategist. "I can already feel your hatred! It provides immense energy. Your contribution before death is quite excellent."

"Come, great Origin Demon God! Come destroy, crush, and annihilate us!" He raised his arm high, tilted his head back, his eyes glowing crimson. "Just like the Cthulhu Evil God once almost annihilated the entire world, let the world witness your grand terror!"

A faint beam of light shot towards the Origin Demon God.

"No!!" Countless Heavenly Emperors lunged from the air, but the beam of light landed on the Demon God's torso. At this moment, everyone grimaced in anguish. Some Heavenly Emperors flashed with despair, while the Martial Emperors of the Martial God Palace embraced one another. All of them sorrowfully awaited the arrival of the apocalypse.

Crack!!

At that instant, the beam of light struck the sleeping Origin Demon God, creating a small, crimson wound. Blood slowly dripped from the Demon God's body.

But nothing else happened; everything abruptly stopped.