Chapter 171: Forced Breakthrough

Help her?

The Fox Clan Empress gazed at you softly, "She is your Dao Companion? The Human Race's First True Ancestor Sangyu?"

Yes.

You said helplessly, "Please, Empress, intervene to aid Sangyu."

Alright.

The Fox Clan Empress teased, "But she seems to dislike me, she has strong hostility toward me."

She paused, then said, "Actually, I don't like her much either; after all, you're my fiancé, Lin Chuan, and in the future I intend to become sisters with her."

Then just help her once!

As the words fell, the Fox Clan Empress's figure vanished from where she stood and appeared in the sky above the area where Sangyu was.

You never imagined that Sangyu's first meeting with the Empress would occur under such circumstances.

You couldn't help but become nervous.

At this moment, you recalled again the words Hong had said to you.

"Only by having them experience something together, united in purpose and with aligned interests, can the deadlock be broken!"

Perhaps this is an opportunity.

But you remain deeply worried.

You do not want any of them to be harmed; this war concerning the survival of the races tolerates no sloppiness.

While directing the Grand Array of Mountains, Rivers, and State, your gaze constantly fixed on the space where Sangyu stood.

"Fox Clan Empress, I don't need your help here; go elsewhere."

Sangyu's voice was icy, making you feel something was wrong.

"I, the Empress, am here to aid my fiancé Lin Chuan, to fulfill the life-and-death alliance pact between the Human Race and the Fox Clan; it's not to help you alone."

The Fox Clan Empress chuckled lightly, "Sangyu, the Clan Chief, is being overly sentimental."

"Hmph!"

Sangyu snorted coldly, "I only remind you: go do what must be done, and don't waste scheming here."

The Fox Clan Empress replied coldly, "No need for you to teach me!"

You couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

If this continues, the two women might end up fighting.

At that moment, a bright moon abruptly appeared in the sky, its vast moonlight spilling onto the array walls.

Moon Clan! They've appeared!

The Dragon Clan and the Phoenix only dare to attack from a distance, but the Moon Clan is entirely different; they possess infinite rebirth and descend in true form.

Thousands upon thousands of Moon Clan launched a fierce assault on the breach that Sangyu was defending.

At this moment, forces of the Human Race everywhere are restrained, unable to rush aid to them.

Sangyu, leveraging the Grand Array's power, can annihilate swaths of Moon Clan with each strike; the Fox Clan Empress, also a top-tier powerhouse, cuts down every foe.

But the Moon Clan's numbers are truly endless.

One batch slain, another arrives.

What worries you more is that, up to now, the Illusion Clan remains hidden, yet to act.

With the Human Race fully restrained, they cannot interfere with the Hidden Order Eye's operation; if this situation persists, the Grand Array of Mountains, Rivers, and State will inevitably be broken.

You took a deep breath.

Perhaps the Nine Ancient God Clans have long plotted all the forces the Human Race can wield in this battle, including the aid of the Fox Clan and other allied groups.

The more you contemplate, the more terrifying it feels.

From start to finish, the Human Race seems to be led by the nose by the Nine Ancient God Clans.

You realize you must break this situation!

To break the deadlock, you need power beyond what the Nine Ancient God Clans anticipate.

For that, you can think of only one method!

That is, in an extreme state, to deduce the eighth realm of the Human Lianqi Cultivation System.

According to the original plan, you considered achieving the eighth realm within three thousand years a success.

Now, less than a thousand years have passed since the seventh realm, the Unification Stage, was deduced, but circumstances force the Nine Ancient God Clans not to grant you that much time.

Since traveling the Human Race's lands and perceiving Mortal Dust, your spirit has been baptized, completing a silent metamorphosis.

Your spirit has passed through a tribulation.

But a mere spiritual tribulation is insufficient.

You need a greater tribulation to force yourself to break the shackles, so you can deduce the eighth realm of the Qi Refining Cultivation System.

With the Moon Clan's relentless assaults, the situation grows increasingly critical.

The only solace in your heart is that, under these circumstances, Sangyu and the Empress have lost the desire to quarrel, and the two women are forced to cooperate in killing the enemy.

At this moment, you seem to see hope.

Perhaps the Nine Ancient God Clans do not believe the Human Race can deduce a higher cultivation realm within a thousand years.

But nothing is impossible!

Isn't the Human Race the one that climbed step by step from the bottom of the path of survival?

At this moment, your breath rises step by step.

You begin to forcefully assault that realm!

There is no time to scrutinize every detail; you can only stumble forward on the dark, muddy path.

The blood shed now is insignificant.

Only the future has weight.

Your blood will guide more of the Human Race forward!

Your blood-soaked robes are drenched, the seven orifices bleed nonstop, yet your spirit has never been so clear.

Every moment feels completely different from before in this world.

Boom—

Heaven and earth roar!

Tribulation Clouds gather! Your tribulation! Has arrived!

This is the Human Race's tribulation, also the Ancient God Clan's tribulation, and also the tribulation of all races!

The gazes of many Human Race strongmen converge on you, a tragic aura spreads across heaven and earth, and some people shed tears.

You step forward, standing between Sangyu and the Fox Clan Empress.

"Leave the rest to me."

You point at Sangyu's forehead, smiling: "The Qi Refiner's eighth cultivation realm, named—Tribulation Crossing."

"Today is my Tribulation Crossing, and also the Human Race's Tribulation Crossing!"

Having curled up beneath this Grand Array, my Human Race has always been looked down upon; today I will assess them, how much bloodlust the Nine Ancient God Clans truly have!

You act wildly, arcs of electricity surround your whole body, and both eyes flash with lightning.

"Don't go~"

Sangyu tightly grabs your hand.

You grin, "I won't die."

Sangyu sobs silently.

You gently stroke her cheek, "Didn't you tell me not to care too much about personal ties?"

"If I die, you must live on for the whole clan, and you may not come looking for me."

"Spark! It can set the prairie ablaze!"

"I can be the Human Race's First True Ancestor, or I can become the Spark that lights the High Plateau for the clan!"