Chapter 248: The Will of Heaven Awakens

Hearing these words that openly revealed her disdain

Ming paused, then spoke slowly: "Precisely because we are different from them, therefore…"

"These words are only good to hear," Fu Mu interrupted. "You know better than anyone what happened in the Cangmang Federation—I don't want to end up like them."

"…"

For a moment, Ming didn't know how to respond.

She naturally understood what had happened in the Cangmang Federation.

That outsider, suspected to be human, had demonstrated abilities far exceeding the Void Return realm.

No one knew when he might strike again.

And yet the Supreme Beast God's condition was deeply abnormal, and the Dao Web had also malfunctioned…

"It must be done," Ming said grimly. "Have you forgotten your original dream?"

"Dream?" Fu Mu looked at her. "Those two who once dreamed of communicating with the Supreme Beast God—they're probably suffering more than the dead."

"Dream… haha."

Hearing this, Ming's heart sank.

It seemed the consequences of this matter were worse than expected—even Fu had been affected.

The other two legion commanders' passive resistance likely also stemmed from this incident.

Just as Ming was about to say more, she saw Fu Mu turn aside, close her eyes, and murmur in a dreamlike voice.

"Forget it. Let me think. Let me think again…"

Ming opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing, and turned to leave the estate.

It seemed her words weren't useless—give Fu some time to think things through properly.

Right after Ming left.

Beneath the skin, Fu Mu's face revealed a faint smile.

Her earlier performance should have been enough to deceive this Beast God clan member.

Too bad she was Void Return peak—hard to set a trap to eliminate her.

【The road ahead is long and arduous…】

Fu Mu sighed inwardly.

Only after obtaining Fu's memories did she truly understand the vast gap between today's humans and the Beast God clan.

Merely the Beast God Elders' Council, all of Beast God origin, possessed tens of thousands of Void Return cultivators.

Seven major nations—even the weakest among them—had nearly a hundred Void Return cultivators; the strongest had nearly a thousand.

If you include the medium and small nations, the Beast God clan had over fifty thousand Void Return cultivators.

Fifty thousand Void Return cultivators—while humans had only four.

And the Beast God clan didn't merely lead humans in the number of cultivators.

Ah~

Without the elder's arrival, humans had virtually no chance of revival.

…

…

"Good."

In the Legacy Sanctuary, Xu Xing sat seated within a blazing fireball, nodding slightly.

He had observed all their performances.

The gap between today's humans and the Beast God clan was too great to fight head-on; infiltrating them using the Cutting Dao to Shield Heaven Art was undoubtedly the correct decision.

Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Xing looked into the space that did not exist in reality.

Rows of figures stood in perfect alignment.

These were the humans he had previously cast into the Illusory Realm to construct complete minds—the earliest batch had completed their mental construction.

Some were mediocre, others extraordinarily gifted.

Some were cowardly, deceitful, cunning…

Others were upright, brave, resolute…

All manner of behaviors, all kinds of personalities, varied endlessly.

But one thing was identical: all had cultivated the Cutting Dao to Shield Heaven Art.

"Go."

With a flick of his finger, as streams of spiritual light descended, the lying figures began to vanish one by one.

Soon, the first batch of humans Xu Xing had brought in vanished entirely within the boundless space.

The Cutting Dao to Shield Heaven Art, plus suitable Dao veins for each of them.

These former "meat people" bred and kept by the Beast God clan—what shock would they bring to their former masters?

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Thus, time arrived at half a year after Xu Xing's arrival in the Beast God Realm.

The Cutting Dao to Shield Heaven Art became increasingly widespread, with more and more slots granted.

Within the Legacy Sanctuary, all human Golden Core peak cultivators who had been trapped and dared not break through successfully ascended to the Spirit Transformation Realm. Fu Guang, long hunted by the Beast God clan, returned to the Legacy Sanctuary.

After deliberation, the humans decided to restart the calendar.

Third month, Year One of the New Calendar.

Fu Guang, having received Xu Xing's sword seal for survival, had fully mastered the Cutting Dao to Shield Heaven Art, and once again left the Legacy Sanctuary, accompanied by seven Spirit Transformation cultivators.

Upon entering the outside world, Fu Guang allied with Fu Mu, Chong Ming, and Jing Yao—who had already infiltrated the Beast God clan's high ranks—and within forty days, successively eliminated seven Beast God clan Void Return cultivators.

Intercept their methods, then have seven Soul Transformation cultivators don their skins and infiltrate the Beast God race's high command.

Because this method far surpasses the Return to Void level, it went undetected.

The Beast God race's high command's desire to eradicate the human race never died, but due to human cultivators embedded among them sabotaging their efforts, progress was extremely slow.

Moreover, due to the earlier failed attempt to communicate with the Dao Net, tensions among the Beast God race's high command grew, constant friction erupted, and internal chaos persisted.

Year 1 of the New Calendar, July.

All remaining Spirit Transformation cultivators within the Legacy Sanctuary departed to the outside world.

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Fu Guang used himself as bait, coordinating with the human cultivators who had infiltrated the Beast God race's high command, and began luring and killing Beast God race Return to Void cultivators once more.

After three years and five months, all human Spirit Transformation cultivators donned the skins of Return to Void Beast God race members and infiltrated the Beast God race's high command.

Within the Beast God race's high command, human influence grew ever stronger.

Year 11 of the New Calendar.

The human race lay dormant, developing; more and more resources were sent back, and the number of human cultivators exploded.

The number of human cultivators infiltrating Beast God race society also increased steadily.

Xu Xing coordinated from the center, so the Beast God race never discovered that human cultivators had infiltrated their ranks.

Year 25 of the New Calendar.

Ming and Liao secretly plotted, gathering two hundred and twenty-five Return to Void cultivators to jointly ambush and kill Fu Guang, who still retained his human identity.

Because the plan was extremely secretive, not a single hint leaked out.

Thus, Fu Mu and others detected nothing; by the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late.

As Fu Guang was about to perish, the human cultivators embedded among the two hundred and twenty-five Return to Void cultivators moved to intervene.

His death was minor; the human race's grand plan could not be exposed because of it.

In the critical moment, Fu Guang decisively activated the crimson sword seal Xu Xing had given him.

That day, a crimson sword light swept across all eight directions!

Of those who came to kill him—Liao, Ming, and the two hundred and twenty-five Beast God race Return to Void cultivators—only Ming and thirty-seven Return to Void cultivators survived.

In the Beast God race Elder Council, nearly a thousand Return to Void cultivators perished!

Across the Beast God race's many nations, nearly a thousand Return to Void cultivators perished!

From this point on, the Beast God race truly began to take the now-weakened human race seriously.

Year 26 of the New Calendar.

The Beast God race reopened the proposal to reestablish communication with the Divine Beast regarding the Dao Net.

Although Fu Mu, Jing Yao, and Chong Ming had become elders of the Elder Council, under the prevailing tide, they could only agree.

The proposal was ultimately passed unanimously.

Year 36 of the New Calendar.

After ten years of attempts, a hundred Return to Void cultivators perished; the Divine Beast still gave no response.

The Beast God race intensified their purge of the human race dramatically.

Year 137 of the New Calendar.

After a century of dormancy, the human race finally produced a new Return to Void cultivator—of the 【Ling Ze】 Dao Lineage.

In the same year, Min Feng reached the peak of Nascent Soul.

Xi Yun and Xi Li, the brother and sister, emerged prominently, both advancing to the Nascent Soul realm, their sword techniques sharp and peerless.

Some of those once kept as "meat people" by the Beast God race also reached the Nascent Soul realm.

The entire Beast God race entered a state of war.

Year 254 of the New Calendar.

The human race now had seventeen Return to Void cultivators.

Fu Mu successfully elected as Grand Elder of the Beast God race Elder Council.

Citing the sword strike of Year 25, which surpassed the Return to Void level, he declared the Beast God race would enter a defensive posture, shifting focus entirely to communication with the Divine Beast.

Ming opposed this decision and personally led a hundred Return to Void cultivators to the battlefield to purge the human race.

Jing Yao shed his Beast God race skin and unleashed another sword strike with the sword seal left by Xu Xing.

Another two thousand Return to Void cultivators perished!

The Beast God race suffered catastrophic losses.

Ming, deliberately spared, lost all morale and was stripped of all positions.

Year 483 of the New Calendar.

Hun Tian Yi awakened. (End of Chapter)