Chapter 1734: Xuan Du's Great Victory

As Butcher and the Divine Blade Camp charged into the Heavenly Court encampment, they were immediately met by the surging army from Skyfort City, blocking their path.

The Skyfort City army was renowned for its battle formations, known as the Heavenly Court's impenetrable fortress. Its commander was Xie Jincheng, the Right God of the Upper Platform Star, and he had numerous experts of the Emperor's Throne realm under his command!

Skyfort City was responsible for defense, and due to Yankang's fierce assault, Granny Si's army had crushed its walls. However, as Butcher led the Divine Blade Camp into the city, they were immediately surrounded by Skyfort City's forces.

"History illuminates the loyal heart!" Butcher roared. His blade intent connected with Luo Wushuang, Zhe Huali, and Bashan, and their blade paths seamlessly merged into one. However, this formation, which unified their blade domains, required its practitioners to have undergone the tempering of the God-Slashing Platform before their blade intents and paths could truly fuse, elevating their Dao Realm cultivation.

During the battle in Xuandu, it was Qin Mu, Butcher, Luo Wushuang, Zhe Huali, and Tian Shu—the Five Ancestors of the Blade Dao—who jointly performed this technique, elevating their blade Dao Realm to the thirty-first heaven, barely reaching the Heavenly Venerate level.

Now, with Qin Mu and Tian Shu absent from the Five Ancestors of the Blade Dao, even though Bashan's blade skill was not weak, he was still significantly inferior to Qin Mu and Tian Shu.

Fortunately, in the decades following the Xuandu battle, Butcher, Zhe Huali, and Luo Wushuang's progress in the blade Dao was remarkably swift, compensating for Bashan's shortcomings.

The four moved in coordination, unleashing the Thirtieth Heaven of the Blade Dao. Their momentum was unstoppable as they cut through the Skyfort City army, heading straight for Xie Jincheng.

Xie Jincheng showed no fear and charged directly at the four. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a Xiezhi. Besides Luo Wushuang, the other three were relatively unknown figures. Yet, as their forms intersected, Xie Jincheng's head fell to the ground. His primordial spirit immediately exited his body, attempting to escape, but a flash of blade light swept past, instantly slaying his primordial spirit.

The four, exerting their full strength, led the Divine Blade Camp toward the battlefield where the Woodcutter and others fought. The Divine Blade Camp's momentum was unstoppable, but the sheer number of Skyfort City soldiers ahead made their advance difficult.

Granny Si, riding a giant beast, led her army to charge in, protecting their flanks and helping them resist the Heavenly Court forces surging from both sides.

Behind Granny Si, a primordial tree rose majestically. Gongsun Yan strode forward, and the primordial tree grew increasingly lush. Gongsun Yan raised her hand, and the roaring primordial magnetic divine power pressed down on the surrounding Heavenly Court soldiers from various armies and divisions, forcing them to prostrate themselves, unable to move.

With a lift of her hand, Gongsun Yan cleared a large area of the sky.

"Sacrifice primordial spirits!" the prostrate soldiers roared. Their primordial spirits flew out one after another, rushing towards Gongsun Yan. The geomagnetic primordial force was ineffective against primordial spirits.

Suddenly, dragon roars reverberated in the sky. Emperor Yanfeng stood on a warship, activating his profound techniques. Ancestral Dragon Heavenly Palaces floated in the air, and ten thousand dragons flew, attacking the primordial spirits of the Heavenly Court soldiers.

Immediately, countless black soul sands whistled through the air as primordial spirits were continuously shattered, turning into swirling black sand.

Just then, the Left and Right Divine Might Armies arrived, charging towards Emperor Yanfeng. Behind the warship, over a hundred of Yankang's divine cities unleashed a barrage of cannon fire, blocking the Divine Might Armies.

Heavenly Venerate Yue sat on the city wall, plucking her zither. As the music began, the hundred thousand soldiers of the Divine Might Second Guard suddenly felt dizzy and rapidly vanished, apparently banished to an unknown location by her spatial abilities!

The Divine Might Second Guard immediately formed formations, transforming into the Fiery Saint Demonic Breaking Formation. Within the two formations, two illusory figures of Heavenly Venerate Fire rose majestically, their heads encircled by layers of fiery Dao flames like wheels. This was the Divine Might Second Guard using their own magic power to recreate Heavenly Venerate Fire's Dao arts and divine abilities!

This Fiery Saint Demonic Breaking Formation was designed by Heavenly Master Meng Yungui and mastered by the Divine Might Second Guard specifically to counter Heavenly Venerate Yue's Void of Extreme Load!

Heavenly Venerate Yue raised an eyebrow, flying up from the divine city's wall. The next moment, she infiltrated the Divine Might Second Guard's grand formations. At the same time, Heavenly Yin Empress raised her hand and threw out an hourglass. The hourglass flew into the two formations, suddenly exploding and releasing surging black soul sand, which enveloped everything in darkness.

The Dao flames of the two grand formations could not melt the black soul sand. Immediately, both formations plunged into darkness. Gongsun Yan flew up, transforming into the primordial tree, and plunged into the two dark formations.

As the grand formations activated, the primordial tree instantly burst into flames, but it managed to hold off the two Fiery Saint Demonic Breaking Formations for a moment.

In that brief moment, only zither music could be heard in the darkness. The next moment, the two grand formations fractured, splitting into hundreds of pieces.

The zither music grew increasingly urgent. Heavenly Venerate Yue plucked the strings, fiercely activating her magic power. Suddenly, space rotated, and tens of thousands of Divine Might Second Guard soldiers were stretched and flattened by the zither music. Then, a spatial rift suddenly appeared, revealing chaotic space.

Heavenly Venerate Yue swept her sleeve across the zither, and the music intensified. The tens of thousands of soldiers were swept away, banished to the depths of the chaotic space!

However, the strength of those tens of thousands of Divine Might Second Guard soldiers was truly formidable. While individual Divine Might Guards couldn't contend with Heavenly Venerate Yue, their leaders, who controlled the formation diagrams, were top-tier Emperor's Throne realm experts within the Heavenly Court. Activating the formation diagrams, they drew individual Divine Might Guards into the array, and the formation restarted, twisting layers of space to escape Heavenly Venerate Yue's divine ability!

Heavenly Venerate Yue's ten fingers flew across the strings as if she had countless arms, her finger-shadows illusory. She exerted her utmost to contend with the Fiery Saint Demonic Breaking Formation, pushing the Divine Might Second Guard deeper into the chaotic space bit by bit.

However, the Divine Might Second Guard's magic power was simply too strong; even with her full effort, she couldn't completely banish them.

Just then, a Daoist chant echoed, incredibly clear and resonant: "Dao Sword breaks the Heavenly Gang!"

A sword light pierced through the air, following Heavenly Venerate Yue's zither music into the chaotic space. An old Daoist walked forth, followed by tens of thousands of Daoists from Yankang's Dao Sect. Their Dao swords launched in unison, piercing into the chaotic space along with the zither music!

In the chaotic space, flashes of blood light appeared as bodies exploded into flesh and blood.

Heavenly Venerate Yue's divine ability was instantly unhindered, and she banished the Divine Might Second Guard to the deepest reaches of the chaotic space in one swift move.

"Daoists, enter the city!" The old Daoist retracted his sword and led tens of thousands of Daoists into the Heavenly Court encampment.

Having banished two of the Heavenly Court's Ten Guards, Heavenly Venerate Yue's cultivation was greatly depleted. She hastily used her remaining magic power to extinguish the Dao flames on Gongsun Yan. The young woman was scorched black like charcoal, her breath barely a thread.

Heavenly Venerate Yue waved her hand, sending Gongsun Yan back to Yankang's divine city, where the Apothecary immediately came forward to treat her.

Heavenly Venerate Yue had little magic power left. She had been successively weakened by three realms, and although her Dao Realm was profound, having reached the thirty-fifth heaven of the Dao Realm, her magic power was far from sufficient.

"Open!" She gritted her teeth and plucked the zither strings, unleashing all her remaining magic power. With several loud cracking sounds, the Heavenly Court's encampment, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, suddenly split into seven or eight sections, each drifting in different directions!

Heavenly Venerate Yue vomited blood, her ten fingers dripping, and all the zither strings snapped simultaneously. She then fell from the sky.

Heavenly Yin Empress quickly caught her, about to send her back to the divine city behind them. Heavenly Venerate Yue shook her head, "I just need a moment's rest. Don't mind me, enter the city as quickly as possible!"

Heavenly Yin Empress placed her on her shoulder and strode towards the city. As her Heavenly Yin World divine ability activated, Heavenly Court gods and devils exploded into primordial spirits before they even reached her, with black soul sand spewing terrifyingly from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.

Armies from all directions furiously charged towards the Heavenly Court encampment, engaging in a continuous bloody battle. Meanwhile, violent fluctuations emanated from the Heavenly River. The Black Tortoise Dual Emperors sometimes revealed their true forms, and at other times split into two—Emperor Xuan and Emperor Wu—leading the soldiers of the Northern Pole Heaven in fierce combat.

Wei Sui Feng deployed formations, activating the Grand Heavenly Court, which cut through the Heavenly River Navy like a rolling tide, sweeping all before it.

The Heavenly River had long been dyed a river of blood.

In Youdu, Qin Fengqing suddenly stomped his foot heavily. The dark demonic energy of Youdu roared, breaking the boundary between Youdu and the living world. A massive Gate of Inheritance appeared within the Heavenly Court encampment!

The Gate of Inheritance opened, and countless gods and devils who had died in the battle of Wuyou Township and the battle of Lanfeng Valley galloped out on paper horses, surging into the Heavenly Court encampment!

"Where is our Xuandu army?" A soldier in the Heavenly Court encampment cried out in despair, "The Xuandu army specializes in countering Youdu's ghosts and gods! A single ray of sunlight can make their souls scatter! Where are Xuandu's Sun and Moon Guards? Why aren't they coming to support us?"

No one could answer him.

Logically, even if Yankang had seized the immense strategic advantage of Youdu, it would be impossible for them to turn the tide. As long as the Xuandu army arrived, they could completely suppress Youdu's ghosts and gods.

Ancestral God King would surely lead the Xuandu army as reinforcements, but now, the Xuandu army had been slow to appear, causing genuine anxiety.

No one had noticed that the stars in the sky were chaotic, darting around wildly, and the celestial phenomena had drastically changed.

This was clearly a sign that things were not peaceful in Xuandu itself, but no one had time to go to Xuandu to investigate what was happening.

"Where my body stands, there is Youdu!" In the Heavenly Court encampment, a deep yet slightly childish voice suddenly rang out. The Heavenly Court encampment immediately plunged into darkness. In the darkness, two flames rose, like vast rivers of lava, climbing higher and higher.

Qin Fengqing was covered in blood, clearly having sustained severe injuries during his bloody battle with the Dragon and Martial Two Guards. Yet, he activated his remaining magic power, spinning the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel. Wherever the wheel's power passed, many Heavenly Court gods and devils transformed into other races, causing immediate chaos.

As the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel rotated, paper boats flew out from Youdu, charging into the Heavenly Court encampment.

Though the Dragon and Martial Two Guards had suffered over half casualties, they still followed closely, fighting relentlessly.

Suddenly, the sky brightened dramatically. Stars moved rapidly, getting closer and closer to Yankang. Each star grew larger and brighter. Finally, one by one, they broke through the Primordial World's barrier, transforming into suns appearing in the Primordial World's sky!

The Youdu transformed by Qin Fengqing rapidly dissipated, like snow meeting the scorching sun.

A cheer erupted from the Heavenly Court ranks: "The Xuandu army has arrived!"

In the sky, divine suns and bright moons surged, forming a battle array. Blazing rays of light shot down, cutting towards the Heavenly Court encampment!

Simultaneously, an army of hundreds of thousands of gods and devils descended from the sky. From a distance, battle flags could be seen fluttering, bearing the character "Jiang."

"Yankang Imperial Preceptor Jiang Baigui, having pacified Xuandu, has come to reinforce!"

Thunder rolled in the sky—it was Jiang Baigui's army shouting in unison: "Xuandu has changed masters! It has fallen to Yankang!"

Cheers shook the heavens—they were the cheers of Yankang's soldiers engaged in bloody combat!

Amidst the cheers, the morale of the Heavenly Court's various armies instantly disintegrated, and an aura of despair permeated everywhere!

"Your Majesty, withdraw the troops!" Empress Dowager, with disheveled hair and blood trickling from her lips, broke free from Void Heavenly Venerate and Lan Yutian, rushing into the Heavenly Court encampment. She shouted sternly, "If we don't retreat now, it will be too late!"

Emperor Haotian, with his hair unbound, fought Qin Mu in a bloody battle. His eyes were bloodshot, feeling that just one more strike would make Qin Mu fall, but Qin Mu stubbornly refused to collapse!

"Your Majesty, hurry and leave!" The retreating Heavenly Court army surged forward like a flood, engulfing Emperor Haotian and Qin Mu. An old minister cried out, "If we don't leave now, we won't be able to! All the soldiers will die here!"

Amidst the chaotic army, Emperor Haotian gritted his teeth, still wildly attacking Qin Mu. He shouted fiercely, "Just a moment, a moment is all it takes for his injuries to flare up, leaving him without any power! I can still turn this around!"

His divine ability clashed with Qin Mu's in an unprecedentedly violent impact. Emperor Haotian spurted blood from his mouth, was sent flying backward, and crashed into the chaotic army.

Immediately, ministers such as the Grand Counselor, Junior Counselor, Right Upper Guard, and Right Junior Guard flew forward, helping the severely wounded Emperor Haotian and swiftly departing with him amidst the troops.

Emperor Haotian spat out mouthfuls of blood, but his gaze remained fixed on the increasingly distant Qin Mu, as if he wanted to watch Qin Mu fall.

However, Qin Mu remained standing there, unmoving and unwavering.

"Heavenly Venerate Mu, Old Dog Mu, fall!" Emperor Haotian spat out another mouthful of blood, his voice filled with despair, like a wounded old wolf howling.

Only when his sight left Qin Mu's body, obscured by the chaotic army, did Qin Mu finally collapse, his injuries completely erupting.

However, Emperor Haotian did not see this scene.