Chapter 9: I, too, can mend the heavens!

Outside the galaxy, a massive temple is manifesting.

Lifelike devil gods stand within the temple, slowly awakening.

Lu Chen gazes at this scene, his expression extremely solemn; this is a temple built by the Western Gods for extraterritorial demons.

Countless terrifying devil gods will revive from within.

At this moment, an ethereal chant ebbs and flows through the universe, and within the Holy God's rhythm, many strange auras are inexplicably mixed.

Countless demons, as if awakened, emit rising and falling roars at the galaxy frontier.

The Sun God, transformed into a crow, fled beneath the temple; Lu Chen's full-force strike seemed to be wiped away by an invisible hand.

That is a devil god hidden deep within the temple; though not fully awakened, it is still extremely terrifying.

The Sun God, hiding beneath the temple, trembles and crawls, as if kowtowing and bowing inside.

An ancient voice emanates from within the temple.

"Lu Chen, after a hundred thousand years, have you become this weak?"

That is the Ancient Devil Lord, who died at Lu Chen's hands a hundred thousand years ago.

When he speaks now, even humans tens of thousands of light-years away can feel an extremely terrifying aura.

Even sunlight begins to dim; the entire Blue Star boils with strands of black aura, as if countless demons are reviving.

"Damn, what the hell is inside that temple? My hair's standing on end!"

"Brothers, something's off, really off—sea water is turning black, and I see many demons bursting up from the seabed!"

"Everyone, I'm abroad, and I've seen angel statues in churches come back to life—something big is coming!"

"Holy shit, it's not just me—just now, the sphinx in White Elephant Country came to life, the news is blocked, and I saw a massive vortex appear on the Pharaoh King's tomb, looking like the Gate of the Underworld!"

"Damn, are the demons really reviving? I just reached Foundation Establishment!"

Above the Blue Star, people within Great Xia are panic-stricken.

They see demon monsters descending worldwide; with their cultivation, surviving on this planet seems unlikely.

The temple beyond the galaxy seems to be the source of all this; even many dead planets within the galaxy are showing anomalies. Outside the galaxy, Lu Chen gazes at a temple as vast as a continent and speaks solemnly.

"After a hundred thousand years, you devil lords have only grown stronger."

Since becoming a god, he has slain countless devil gods at the galaxy frontier—any one of them could make the world tremble.

But after a hundred thousand years, he is exhausted, while these primal devil gods have grown even stronger.

Strands of terrifying aura emanate from within the temple.

"The war between devils and gods has lasted hundreds of thousands of years; humanity shouldn't exist in this world—why do you persist?"

"The gods have fallen, their souls scattered in chaos; you alone have held the line for a hundred thousand years, buying humanity a slim chance—yet you face soul annihilation. What's the point?"

"Now that we have awakened, how many gods can you possibly revive with your withered divine body?"

"Lu Chen, we know cultivation is hard; if you kneel and surrender, we won't kill you!"

Countless strange voices blend together—neither male nor female, neither old nor young—drilling straight into Lu Chen's ears.

Lu Chen knows this is the Primordial Devil Sound, meant only to disturb his mind.

Those three thousand devil gods were born to destroy the world; if he retreats, where would he go? Ten thousand years of guarding, the last wishes of countless departed—he cannot abandon them, nor is he willing.

This calamity might kill him, but having been reborn, he has already died once before, right?

Lu Chen grips a great halberd, his resolve firm, and shouts.

"The Heavenly Dao is undecided, victory unknown—how can you claim I cannot guard the galaxy for another hundred thousand years!"

Inside the temple, silence falls abruptly.

They still remember Lu Chen's might; at his peak, he alone could hold back three thousand devil gods.

Speaking of guarding the galaxy for another hundred thousand years, unpleasant memories surge forth.

After a long while, only a few cold sentences are transmitted from within the temple.

"Kill him!"

"As long as the gods remain unawakened, break through the galaxy frontier and return to the ancestral land—those gods will never be able to return!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

In the pitch-black depths of the temple, echoes continue as hundreds of millions of demons suddenly open their eyes in the darkness.

One after another, Western deities awaken from the temple and step forth!

Even the Sun God fallen beneath the temple is again shrouded in divine light, as if receiving some mighty blessing.

Strands of golden divine light blaze forth again—golden-haired, blue-eyed, face full of ferocious wrath, like a Western Vajra! "God said, let there be light!"

An aged Western deity, wielding a scepter and surrounded by countless angels, charges toward the galaxy! This sight makes many Westerners gasp in shock.

"This is Zeus, the God King Zeus!"

"Our gods are about to return!"

"Expel the Easterners, exterminate the heretics!"

At the galaxy edge, hundreds of millions of demons emerge, myriad deities manifest, and thunder and divine light ceaselessly bombard the Zhou Tian Grand Formation!

Even the Blue Star feels the tremor.

Lu Chen chose not to slaughter among the hundreds of millions of demons, but retreated back into the galaxy.

Amidst the ruins, he gazes at the formation constantly bombarded by demons, his expression heavy.

This ancient formation has stood here longer than he has lived.

After hundreds of thousands of years, the wear on the Zhou Tian Grand Formation mirrors his own state—nearly exhausted.

Under the onslaught of hundreds of millions of demons, collapse seems inevitable.

But the Eastern Gods have not yet awakened, and countless immortals and buddhas have not returned to their places; should the galaxy be breached, the heavens of gods and buddhas will face… eternal ruin! Lu Chen draws a deep breath, gazing at the endless sea of demons, and decides to take a gamble.

There were once countless deities who filled this great formation with their flesh bodies and supreme divine power, like the ancient Nüwa, Fuxi, and Kua Fu, who once mended the heavens with their lives! If that is the case, then he……can also!

And at this moment, all the people of Great Xia stared desperately at the image billions of light-years away, their hearts lifted.

"Billions of demons, you say the ancestors can truly withstand them?"

"It……is too difficult, the ancestors have already stood guard for a hundred thousand years, their oil exhausted and wick burnt out, only just now battling the Western Sun God, having almost used all their strength."

"Look, the Galaxy Grand Formation has torn a huge gap, countless demons have poured in!"

Everyone's faces turned ashen; they knew Lu Chen was the last line of defense for the human race of Great Xia.

If Lu Chen falls, those evil gods will surely exterminate the entirety of Great Xia! "Breaking news, countless demons are crossing the sea, heading toward Great Xia!"

"The West is showing signs of movement!"

"Neon Country is showing signs of movement, it's the Eight-Forked Giant Snake!"

"Damn, how could this thing be left on Blue Star!"

"The Galaxy is shattered, ancestral land overrun by demons, could it be that my Great Xia truly faces extinction?"

Someone felt despair rise, and at this moment alarm sounds echoed over the skies of Great Xia.

Even the image from space is becoming blurry.

But just then, a gentle voice echoed throughout the universe.

"People of Great Xia, do not worry, I have an immortal method that can mend the heavens!"

That voice came from above the Nine Heavens, seeming to reveal sorrow amid decisiveness, as if to inform all the people of Great Xia in some way.

Wherever Eastern deities are present, they can protect all beings without worry!

At this moment, everyone trembled as they gazed at the blurry screen.

In the image, a towering heavenly giant rose from the ground.

Its broad arms seemed to be holding up heaven and earth!

That deity was using its flesh body to plug the gap in the Galaxy Grand Formation!

This scene shocked countless Great Xia people to the extreme, feeling both unfamiliar and intimately familiar! The ancient myths, at this moment suddenly formed a closed loop, flashing into everyone's minds.

Pangu who opened the heavens, Kua Fu who chased the sun, Nüwa who mended the heavens, Jingwei who filled the sea……

The gods of Great Xia seemed never to have abandoned their people! Whenever catastrophe struck, those mighty heavenly gods would always sacrifice their lives to preserve their safety! At this moment, Lu Chen's image began to merge with those mythic figures, and countless people of Great Xia burst into tears here and now! (End of chapter)