Chapter 19: Great Summer People, Defying Heaven for Their Destiny!

Above the ruins of the Heavenly Realm, Lu Chen's voice was soft, yet it weighed heavily on the hearts of all Great Summer people.

"No gods remain in the world; we are the gods. We have recorded the Ancestor's long‑held wish!"

"In thirty years, our Great Summer tribe will contend with Heaven for our destiny!"

"The Ancestor has exhausted all his strength; to suppress that Candle Dragon, he even withdrew the great formation!"

"Do not worry, Ancestor; you have withered in guard for a hundred thousand years, and this time we will defend the frontier!"

Hundreds of millions of Great Summer people silently swore, and countless hidden cultivators also surged in their hearts.

The Great Summer tribe has now reached the final critical moment; even the aura of other gods has been cut off, and the Ancestor himself risks his life, betting on this chance! These thirty years belong not only to Lu Chen, but also to countless Great Summer ancestors who fought for them!

Thus, from this day onward, Great Summer began an unprecedented transformation! The curricula of countless schools were altered, and vast amounts of dragon blood and dragon flesh were transported from the Heavenly Realm ruins!

"Dragon flesh can be diluted; after a certain proportion is mixed, it will allow the entire Great Summer to consume it!"

"From today, all schools discard modern textbooks; the core subjects are Qi‑refining meditation, Daoist talisman scripts, and artifact manipulation!"

"Universities now offer majors such as talismans, alchemical pills, thunder techniques, and body arts…"

"Within three years, someone must reach the Great Vehicle realm; within five years, Great Summer must have someone transcend the tribulation to become an immortal!"

Above the Blue Star, the cultivation of hundreds of millions of Great Summer people surged magnificently.

With the blessing of Candle Dragon blood and flesh, progress accelerated dramatically! Moreover, the entire Blue Star's original land is undergoing earth‑shaking changes: earthquakes and tsunamis become frequent, mountains rise endlessly, spiritual energy thickens, and even many beasts mutate! "WTF, I remember this snow mountain being only a few thousand meters high, but now I can't even see the summit—or even the foot; it seems to have expanded a hundredfold!"

"Brothers, I woke up and the city turned into suburbs; the ground expanded wildly, the house next door that used to be in my neighborhood is now dozens of kilometers away!"

"Everyone, I think this is a good thing. Haven't you noticed that the spiritual energy in the air is many times denser than before? I broke through four or five minor realms in one night!"

"That's decent. When I woke up, I found my dog meditating on the balcony; looks like it became sentient. What should I do? Waiting online?"

"If you're by the coast and pick up a mermaid beauty, what do you do?"

"Ahem, brother suggests you contact the local authorities; it's likely a fish from the sea just became sentient. If you can't handle it, a small body will likely die!"

In less than half a year, all sorts of astonishing events occurred on the Blue Star.

And aside from Great Summer, numerous Western nations remained uniformly silent.

Even at the ruins of the ancient Malo Empire, where dozens of Titan giants were revived, those Westerners unusually said nothing.

Rumor has it that countless Western vampire counts have appeared, and even a giant dragon has manifested! Magic flourishes throughout the Sunset Empire!

Powerful knights, it is said, can contend with cultivators at the Golden Core stage.

The entire Western civilization seems to be brewing something.

Soon, three years passed.

At this moment, the sky over Great Summer was filled with dark clouds, and thunder roared repeatedly!

A delicate young girl bathed in a thunder pool, soaring against the heavenly tribulation!

She held a lotus blossom, and her fair hand brushed aside the bolts of lightning, causing everyone's hearts to tremble. She was the He family's Sky Pride, said to have received the Immortal Aunt's inheritance in a dream, and was the first among Great Summer's many strongmen to transcend the tribulation and become an immortal! "She actually parts the thunder with her palm; the He family's celestial maiden is terrifyingly powerful!"

"Heh, don't forget, when he was at the Golden Core stage, he could swallow undiluted Candle Dragon meat; ordinary people can't even handle a bite, yet she just eats it like a meal. How could that power not be strong?"

"Look, another great one is transcending the tribulation!"

Over there, a woman surnamed He had just passed through nine thunder tribulations, and the heavens and earth suddenly changed!

A youth wielded a pine‑patterned ancient sword, scattering countless dark clouds and dispersing the thunder tribulations! "WTF, that's insanely powerful!"

"Damn, does a single sword really open the heavens?"

"Usually they hide and keep it secret, saying immortality in three years is impossible, but now they're each more fierce than the last!"

"Brothers, don't lose heart; this one has been a cultivator since childhood. In other words, before we even discovered the Ancestor, he was already meditating in a Daoist temple, never starting from the same starting line!"

"This Pure Yang sword technique comes from Lu Zu; a single sword cleaving heavenly thunder is no surprise!"

"Hold on, hold on, damn, what's this again? Do a dozen Purple Robe Celestial Masters and the Tiger Dragon Supreme Master Hall arrive?"

In the scene, a dozen or so Celestial Masters clad in Daoist robes rode on clouds, surrounding a man with golden script between his eyebrows.

The thunder tribulations fell, yet could not harm those Celestial Masters in the slightest; the white‑haired youth swept his hand, and the thunder clouds dispersed completely!

"Sss… Tiger Dragon Mountain Daoist, those Celestial Masters beside him could easily ascend, yet willingly serve as his protectors; the Ancestor didn't even let a thunder tribulation strike him, counting him as an immortal outright!"

"This Daoist's power is unfathomable; rumor has it that a year ago, even Lu Chen the Ancestor personally delivered a heavenly scripture from the Heavenly Realm!"

"It seems that in this lifetime, Great Summer will truly bring forth gods again!"

Hundreds of millions of Great Summer people felt their blood boil with excitement.

But at that moment, golden light flickered across the western continent, and chants resonated throughout the world.

"This is the holy light of the Malo Ancient Kingdom; another Western knight has ascended, hasn't it?"

Many felt heavy‑hearted; after the Blue Star's upheaval, the Western world saw a constant stream of ascensions.

They seem to have obtained secret techniques from some deity; those blond‑haired, blue‑eyed Westerners grew exceptionally powerful.

Some sprouted wings, others were covered in runes, resembling mythic races with terrifying innate divine powers! Great Summer once observed that many Westerners landed on other dead, silent planets in the universe.

From ancient rock strata, they awakened countless beings similar to them!

The Westerners have stopped considering themselves Blue Star people and now call themselves — the Divine Race! "Ignore it; the Ancestor said that these people's ascension destination is the Candle Dragon lineage, beyond the starry sky, and it will take over twenty years before they descend with the Candle Dragon's nine sons."

"Great Summer now has endless strong ones; in terms of power we are certainly not inferior to them!"

Someone spoke in a deep voice, yet no one belittled these so‑called Western Divine Race.

In just these years, the number of their ascensions has already reached hundreds of thousands!

And in the three years since Great Summer, only now has anyone begun to transcend the tribulation and become an immortal! In the decisive battle twenty‑plus years later, can they… truly win? (End of chapter)