Chapter 29

Beyond the Milky Way, a terrifying giant dragon probed out from the depths of the universe, overlooking the Milky Way.

The terrifying aura made all living beings turn deathly pale.

Everyone's mind held only one thought.

Demon Lord Torch Dragon has broken free!

This means the most dreadful calamity within the Milky Way is imminent, this means the invincible supreme demon god of antiquity has completely lost control!

The human race will be utterly wiped out, ceasing to exist! At this moment, countless heroes of Great Xia are already gravely wounded and on the brink of death, their oil exhausted, their lamps dry.

Only a youth, wielding a black gold iron staff and wearing a golden hoop, fiercely battles amidst the myriad demons.

People remember him as the heaven‑pride after the spiritual aura revived, said to bear the true blood of the ancient demon god.

His terrifying monstrous strength often runs out of control; the golden hoop on his head is the seal that binds his bloodline.

At this moment, the youth's eyes are blood‑red, filled with red veins.

The palm gripping the black gold iron staff is shaken until it bleeds profusely.

He alone stands before hundreds of thousands of demons; his silhouette appears sorrowful and lonely.

Lu Chen gazes at the youth, and memories from tens of thousands of years ago surge forth.

That was three thousand years after the gods fell; on the ancestral land of the Blue Star, an ancient great demon seized the Divine Needle that stabilizes the sea.

He rose to the heavens, declaring he would leap out of the heavenly realm to have a look.

Lu Chen intercepted him, saying that beyond the heavenly realm there are nothing but demons.

No matter how great one's abilities, killing them is endless, cutting them off is endless; even with heaven‑shaking power, one goes and never returns.

The great demon brandished the Divine Needle, arrogant and unruly.

What demon gods and monsters? None have abilities greater than mine!

Watch here, I'll be right back! The great demon wielding Divine Iron stormed out of the heavenly realm; that day the heavens and earth outside the Milky Way were overturned! That day, the lone great demon nearly slaughtered his way to the frontier of the universe.

Numerous demons fled in panic, and the Western Gods even knelt to beg for mercy.

Finally, the Three Thousand Demon Gods all acted together, seeking to seize, slay, and refine him alive.

In the emergency, it was Lu Chen who acted, using a great divine ability to rescue that great demon.

"What exactly are those things? So powerful!"

"The innate Three Thousand Demon Gods—I am here precisely to guard them."

"I didn't expect you to still have such skill, but why is the vast heavenly realm left with only you?"

"To inflict heavy wounds on those demon gods, they all died in meditation; otherwise you wouldn't even live to attain spirit and form."

"So you're saying all the gods are dead?"

"But can you alone defend this heavenly realm?"

"I don't know; I'll do my best—I've already been here for thirty thousand years."

"Then let me help you—killing a few minor demons isn't skill; only making the Three Thousand Demon Gods beg for mercy counts as true prowess!"

Lu Chen suddenly stopped, looking at the great demon wielding Divine Iron, and said.

"This place is bitterly cold, and the demons are ferocious."

"What's there to fear? My abilities match the heavens; I can go to the cosmic frontier—what's there to fear about bitter cold or demons?"

"But you guard this place for the gods and the human race; surely your background is not small—you ought to give me a title, otherwise later generations will know only you and forget me!"

Lu Chen laughed heartily and said.

"Good, good, good—just I don't know what title you want."

The great demon, holding Divine Iron, pointed to the heavens and spoke arrogantly.

"My abilities match the heavens; naturally I should be called the Equal‑to‑Heaven Great Sage!"

At that moment, Lu Chen's eyes, long unmoved, flashed with shock.

After that, tens of thousands of years passed.

On the ancestral land of the Blue Star, people have continually ascended.

The magnificent Immortal Qin swept clean the interior and exterior of the Milky Way.

The entire Divine Court seemed to have regained the grandeur of antiquity.

Countless subjects of the Immortal Qin even began to be stationed abroad, but the demons in the universe continued to run rampant without cease.

At that time, the Great Sage, having slain an untold number of demons and his fierce might shaking the heavens, would say to any Immortal Qin person he saw: "Go ahead and settle in those outer stars; if you encounter demons, just clench your fists and shout three times, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I will come to save you!"

Thus, the people of the Immortal Qin almost all came to know the name of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

But later, a great calamity of demons befell, and countless immortals and gods perished.

Faced with the vast hordes of demons, he alone burst forth from the Heavenly Realm.

"Monkey, don't go!"

"What's there to fear? No one can yet get a hold of me despite all my abilities!"

"But this time is different!"

"Don't worry, I'll go and come back right away!"

That monkey-headed one, wielding divine iron, burst forth from the Heavenly Realm, but never managed to return.

……

……

At this moment, Lu Chen gazed at the boy's back and could not help but recall that mischievous monkey who had accompanied him through tens of thousands of years.

Above the firmament, the boy was still locked in bitter combat, even the golden hoop on his head shattered and the black-gold iron staff in his hand severed.

He still refused to retreat.

Hundreds of thousands of demons gazed with icy cold; one powerful being after another unleashed terrifying divine powers, pressing the boy down so hard he could not even lift his skull.

Wearing a golden hoop, you still think you're that Monkey Head, don't you?

Hehehe, that monster from tens of thousands of years ago almost tore through the edge of the universe, stirring up three thousand Demon Lords so they couldn't find peace, yet with all that power, in the end it still died at our hands?

Since that's the case, I want to see whether you, like that Monkey Head, have any backbone.

Kneel for me!

An ancient demon god, his gaze cold and sharp, looked at the youth with a fierce expression, raised his hand and struck the ground!

Across the cosmic firmament, a terrifying aura suddenly gathered, like countless mountains the size of stars, crushing down hard onto the boy's back.

Boom! On the heavenly realm's ruins, waves of energy rolled, the boy's spot turned into a huge deep pit, cracking all around.

When the dust cleared, everyone saw the youth half‑kneeling on the ground, his head bowed, his breath gone.

Viscous fresh blood dripped continuously from the corner of his mouth.

The many ancient demon gods kept snorting coldly, a hint of contempt flashing in their eyes toward the youth.

Nonsense!

With just that skill, you dare to stop me?

Hehehe, if it weren't for the mismatch in strength, I would truly have thought that Monkey Head had revived!

Step over him, let his bones be gone, his soul scattered!

An ancient demon god coldly ordered, and the myriad demons instantly surged forward!

But at that moment, the dying youth moved!

He slowly lifted his head, his face smeared with snarling blood, staring fixedly at the sky‑filled demons, hoarse, he roared.

Human ancestral land, demons forbidden to tread!

The youth's voice echoed over the empty ruins, though only one person, it sounded as if ten thousand troops were present! At the same time, on the Blue Star ancestral land, within a raging great river, a massive stone pillar covered in moss seemed to sense something, and began to exude a faint golden light from the moss.

Above the heavenly realm's galaxy, a silence.

Within that cracked deep pit, the gravely wounded, near‑death youth stood up once more.

His staggering, desolate silhouette once again blocked the sky‑filled demons.

On the vast, boundless battlefield, countless demons roamed the heavens, the world shrouded in darkness, the boy's figure was like a black mass standing amid the endless sky, blocking the myriad demons.

A fierce wind howled, and in the distance, Lu Chen in a green robe rustled.

His gaze was distant; at this moment he cradled an ancient golden hoop covered in copper rust, murmuring to himself.

Monkey, you can sense this, can you…

I have found a worthy successor for you…

(End of chapter)