Chapter 283: with translation of chapter title

"The the the Zixiao Palace's second conference ended."

The the the Zixiao Palace's second conference ended.

"This conference was epoch-making, a crucial turning point of an entire great calamity era."

"For the Honghuang world and humanity, its significance far surpasses that of the first Purple Sky Conference and will inevitably exceed the upcoming third Purple Sky Conference."

"After all, the proposal passed at the first conference was merely the Dao Ancestor Hongjun's suggestion to sever the three corpses, which standardized the Honghuang Grand Luo pattern; without reporting or backing, one could not obtain the qualifications to enter the Grand Luo level and achieve the Dao... Though this influence is profound, for ordinary mortal beings, attaining the Grand Luo Dao is too distant, visible but unreachable."

For the Honghuang world and humanity, its significance far surpasses that of the first Purple Sky Conference and will inevitably exceed the upcoming third Purple Sky Conference.

"As for the third conference?"

"The Dao Ancestor has long said it clearly——"

"That was merely a witnessing."

"Three thousand Grand Luo attended the conference, witnessing the Dao Ancestor's unity with the Heavenly Dao, governing the Honghuang universe by non-action, in line with the shared interests of the Wu Clan and the Demon Race."

"And before that witnessing."

Translate: "As for the third conference?" We'll keep: "As for the third conference?"

"The Dao Ancestor united with the Dao, the Heavenly Dao sage, the Hongmeng purple qi, creating humans to become sages, heavenly merit descended……"

Translate: "The Dao Ancestor had already made it clear——"

"Therefore."

Translate: "That was merely a witness."

"The scent of gunpowder shrouded the entire Honghuang world."

"Thus the river of time reflected mountains of corpses and seas of blood, white bones and weapons…… already foreshadowing the arrival of the most brutal calamity."

"The demon race sprang into action."

Translate: "But before that witness."

"They truly moved, exerting their utmost spirit to work, using the most efficient work methods."

Translate: "All interest distribution and points of contention were settled at this Purple Sky Second Conference, signing a sacred, inviolable contract."

"The originally sluggish Heavenly Court seemed to be lashed hard by an invisible whip, bursting with 120% efficiency, terrifying and frightening, making even Fengxi, who handles part of the demon intelligence work, feel his scalp tingle, cold sweat on his back, silently estimating the future war's difficulty and brutality to be several times greater."

Translate: "The Dao Ancestor united with the Dao, the Heavenly Dao Saint, Hongmeng Purple Qi, creating humans to become saints, heaven-bestowed merit……"

"Once the system was streamlined, after negotiations among the mountain strongholds, transparency greatly increased, leaving no hiding place for the many Wu Clan infiltration tactics; they were largely destroyed by swift, precise, ruthless orders from the demon kings and commanders, severely damaging the Wu Clan's intelligence network."

Translate: "Once everything attainable through words is settled, the rest…… must be resolved with fists!"

"Moreover, considerable demon troops were decisively deployed and stationed, holding every strategic battleground, eyeing the Wu Clan's resource sites and many transportation chokepoints, ready at any moment to blockade the void and launch divisive slaughter."

Translate: "Therefore."

"However, the situation earlier was not yet clear, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun remained active with enormous authority… To avoid the 'rabbit dead, dog cooked; birds gone, bow stored' scenario of working for nothing, they hid their incompetence and played dumb, at one point giving the Wu Clan an arrogant, swelling aura, allowing them to stand equal to the demon race and even gain a slight edge."

Translate: "From the moment the three thousand Grand Luo who attended the conference stepped out of the the the Zixiao Palace..."

"Once Hongjun relinquished power, signaling he would rule by non‑action, they truly revealed their fangs, swift and resolute, making decisive decisions, clearing internal hidden dangers, and aligning external armaments."

Translate: "The scent of gunpowder enveloped the entire Honghuang world."

"The demon race's Heavenly Court's edge is too sharp."

Translate: "Thus the river of time reflected mountains of corpses and the Sea of Blood, white bones and weapons…… already foreshadowing the arrival of the most brutal great calamity."

……

Translate: "……" (just ellipsis). We'll output "……".

"Are you still feeling helpless and sad because your birth clan is inferior and your cultivation talent low, leaving no hope for higher achievement?"

Translate: "The Demon Race, set in motion."

"Military merit!"

Translate: "The Heavenly Court that governs all clans in this era; those high-ranking Grand Luo Supreme Emperors are no longer loafing, doing petty theft for a salary."

"Twenty grades of military merit."

Translate: "They truly moved, exerting their utmost spirit in work, using the most efficient methods."

"With sufficient military merit, you have everything."

Translate: "In an instant."

"——Clan rating!"

Translate: "The originally sluggish Heavenly Court seemed to be struck hard by an invisible whip, its efficiency surging to 120%, terrifying and frightening, making Fengxi, who handled part of the intelligence work against the Demon Race, feel his scalp tingle, cold sweat trickle down his back, and silently multiply his estimate of the future war's difficulty and brutality."

"Then weaken that clan's ranking among all races in the Honghuang world, pushing it down!"

Translate: "The Demon Race's ruling hierarchy, from top to bottom, transmitted pressure layer by layer, actively pushing responsibility downward; internal factions quickly reached balance, eliminating many sources of negligence, allowing the slightly bloated administrative system to be swiftly streamlined, all for the sake of war."

"For example, your clan is mid‑upper among billions of races; its members, upon adulthood, possess a life essence akin to true immortals, and if they don't court death they can live as long as heaven, enjoying eternal longevity."

Translate: "Once the system was streamlined, after discussion among factions, transparency greatly increased, leaving no hiding place for the many Wu Clan infiltration tactics; they were largely destroyed by the swift, precise, ruthless orders of the Yao Emperor, Yao Marshal, etc., severely damaging the Wu Clan's intelligence network."

"Then just wait for the new generation to be abolished!"

Translate: "Furthermore, a perfect blockade embargo was imposed on key strategic resources, not a trace flowing into Wu Clan territory."

"Emperor Jun wields the Summon Demon Banner, this treasure condensed by Nüwa from the human‑derived creative authority, naturally commanding the lifelines of all post‑natal beings."

Translate: "Moreover, many Demon troops decisively deployed and stationed, holding every strategic military point, eyeing Wu Clan resources and vital transport routes, ready at any moment to blockade the void and launch divisive slaughter."

"In fact, some clans have already suffered."

Translate: "This series of operations all indicate one point: the Demon Race's high echelons had long planned and schemed, having prepared a full-war design scheme who knows how many years ago."

"The dragon race!"

Translate: "However, the earlier situation was not yet clear; the Dao Ancestor Hongjun remained active, wielding tremendous authority…… To avoid the 'dead rabbit, cooked dog; exhausted bow, hidden birds' scenario of being used and discarded, they hid their abilities and held back, at one point giving the Wu Clan an arrogant, swelling vigor, enabling them to stand equal to the Demon Race and even gain a slight edge."

"Such a clan can be said to stand at the limit of post‑natal perfection in every aspect, flawless."

Translate: "Perhaps this too is a strategy—nurturing the bandit to become self-reliant, forcing the Dao Ancestor to delegate power!"

Once Hongjun stepped down, signaling he would govern through inaction, they bared their fangs, acting swiftly and decisively, eliminating internal threats and aligning external forces.

Translate: "Once Hongjun delegated power, signaling intent to govern by non-action, they truly revealed their fangs, swift and decisive, making firm decisions, clearing internal hidden troubles, and aligning external weapons."

This is no longer the petty fighting around the conquest of Buzhou's summit; it is a comprehensive, three‑dimensional war that will trample the Wu tribe's corpses to ascend and claim the ultimate victory.

Translate: "This is no longer the minor skirmishes around conquering Mount Buzhou's peak, but a full-scale, three-dimensional war, to trample on the Wu Clan's corpses and rise, seizing the maximum fruits of victory!"

The Yao tribe's heavenly court is excessively formidable.

Translate: "The edge of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court is too sharp."

Apart from these external hard‑line tactics that the Wu leadership can directly sense, they also implement sweeping internal reforms, overhauling the Yao tribe's entire promotion system.

Translate: "Besides these outward displays that let the Wu Clan's decision-makers most directly feel their hardline stance, internally they also undertook sweeping reforms, adjusting and modifying the Demon Race's promotion channels."

— Emperor Jun is taking action.

Translate: "——Di Jun is taking action."

Acting as the heavenly emperor of the Yao tribe's court, he seized Nüwa's banner of humanity, renamed it the 'Summoning Demon Banner', etched order into it, and rewrote the advancement path for all Yao tribes in this great calamity.

Translate: "In the name of the Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court, he took the Nüwa-held Banner of All Beings, renamed it the 'Banner of Summoning Demons', and therein inscribed order, re-establishing the written path of advancement for all Demon Race beings in this great calamity era."

Do you still feel helpless and sorrowful because your ethnic background is lacking and your cultivation talent is low, leaving no hope for higher achievement?

Translate: "Do you still feel helpless and disheartened because your race's inferiority and low cultivation talent leave no hope for higher achievements?"

Starting now, you have a chance to change.

Translate: "From now on, there is a chance to change that."

Military merit!

Translate: "Military merit!"

If you dare to fight to the death and earn military merit, you can trade it for a chance to change your destiny.

Translate: "As long as you dare to fight to the death and earn military merit, you can use it to exchange for a chance to change your fate!"

Twenty grades of military merit.

Translate: "Twenty tiers of military merit."

From trading cultivation resources at the lower levels, to the highest tier where a Daluo Supreme Being intervenes for you, from the source of time redefining your tribe's origin, altering birth records and adding hidden talents—once the proper key is inserted, cultivation can surge upward…

Translate: "From exchanging for cultivation resources at the low end, to the highest where a Grand Luo Supreme Emperor acts on your behalf, from the source of time redefining your clan's foundation of birth, altering birth data, 'adding' hidden talent, with the correct key inserted, cultivation can soar all the way……"

With enough military merit, you have everything.

Translate: "With sufficient military merit, one has everything."

Besides opening this upward path that gives the lower strata hope of changing fate, we also need a whip to spur the middle and upper tiers into action.

Translate: "Of course, besides opening this upward path so the base can see hope of changing fate, there also needs to be a whip to drive those in the middle and upper tiers into action."

— Tribe evaluation!

Translate: "——Clan rating!"

Each tribe has a corresponding rating, and its total military merit must reach a set value in the yearly review—what if it falls short?

Translate: "Every clan has a corresponding rating; the total must reach a certain military merit value in the yearly assessment…… failing to do so?"

Then that tribe's rank among all Honghuang races will be weakened and demoted.

Translate: "Then weaken that clan's ranking among all races in the Honghuang world, demoting it!"

While it appears to reduce rank, it actually diminishes the tribe's talent potential.

Translate: "On the surface it cuts rank, but actually it cuts the clan's talent potential."

For instance, your tribe ranks medium‑high among billions of races; its members, upon reaching adulthood, have an immortal‑like life essence and, if they avoid self‑destruction, can live as long as heaven and enjoy longevity.

Translate: "For example, your clan, mid‑upper among myriad races, its adults possess a True Immortal‑like life essence; if they don't court death, they can live as long as heaven, enjoying eternal longevity."

But what if, during each Yuanhui assessment, your tribe's total military merit falls short of the required baseline?

Translate: "But if, in each Yuanhui review, your clan's total military merit fails to meet the required baseline……"

Then just wait for the new generation to be discarded!

Translate: "Then just wait for the new generation to be abolished!"

Even this is not the worst of it.

Translate: "Even this is not the most frightening."

Emperor Jun holds the Summoning Demon Banner, a supreme treasure forged by Nüwa from humanity's creative authority, which naturally commands the lifelines of all post‑natal beings.

Translate: "Di Jun wields the Banner of Summoning Demons, this supreme treasure condensed by Nüwa from the Human Dao's creative authority over creation, naturally commanding the lifelines of all post‑natal beings."

With a simple procedure, one can unreasonably impose a restraining race on a tribe—and it's not difficult.

Translate: "With a simple operation, unreasonably adding a counter‑restraining race to a clan…… is no difficult task."

In fact, some races have already suffered.

Translate: "In fact, a race has already suffered."

That is still a supreme tribe of the Honghuang cosmos—

Translate: "That is still a peak race of the Honghuang universe——"

Dragon tribe!

Translate: "Dragon Clan!"

The dragon tribe emulates the foremost mighty beings, innately divine, formed from the azure dragon's body.

Translate: "The Dragon Clan, a group formed by imitating top‑level experts, innately divine—shaped from the Dragon Ancestor's form."

Such a tribe stands at the post‑natal limit in every respect, perfect and flawless.

Translate: "Such a clan can be said to have reached the postnatal limits in every aspect, flawless."

But, when they encountered the supreme artifact of the Dao of Creation?

They cannot escape a bloody collapse.

Even though the Dragon Clan has top-tier experts, ordinary Great Luo beings can still muster at least a dozen, yet it's all in vain.

First, they specialize in their craft.

Second, their opponent is a major Demon Race conglomerate.

They resisted, but ultimately failed.

As a Great Luo, they themselves are unharmed.

Yet they cannot perfectly protect the clan, causing the later-born Dragon Clan to bear an extra 'reverse scale' defect.

Moreover, a race that preys on dragons appears, a natural counter that is utterly unreasonable.

Although soon, the leaders of those races are dragged out and beaten to death one by one by the Dragon Clan's Great Luo... but the fundamental problem cannot be changed, it's disgustingly aggravating.

Finally, even as mighty as the Dragon Ancestor, he can only reluctantly say——

"Having an extra reverse scale isn't necessarily bad."

"Flawlessness leads to destruction; the once-perfect Dragon Clan was actually a kind of imperfection, easily losing oneself in perfection and unable to progress."

"Now having a reverse scale actually lets one see oneself more clearly; it's a blessing, not a disaster."

This reasoning sounds like that.

But if you ponder it carefully, you'll know how thick the self-consolation is.

This is the price of being the one who sticks out.

Who let the Dragon Clan bear such an obvious sign of betting on the human race?

The Demon Race high-ups, without hesitation, slaughter dragons to warn all clans, fiercely striking... where is their authority!

The sovereign of the Monster Clan Heavenly Court, with the coldest command, makes the entire Demon Race warlike, all people soldiers.

In this process, opposing voices are not lacking, and moreover the Wu Clan's remnants stir up trouble.

But in the end, they were all carried out by the Demon Emperor with his overbearing and outstanding abilities.

Di Jun truly has real ability.

Meanwhile, the Demon Race adjusts its system while also having the Demon Emperor serve as the supreme commander of war.

Taiyi!

This mighty one, taking the east as sovereign, each day rides in a carriage, passes the Silver River, reviews the great army, with a mighty and terrifying presence.

Striking the Chaos Bell shakes the vast star sea, boundless starry sky.

Numberless demon soldiers, upon hearing the bell rise, upon hearing the bell train, upon hearing the bell rest, temper their bodies and drill formations.

Moreover, countless demon gods each occupy a part of the star sea, using the starry sky as drum, the Great Dao as mallet; war drums sound ceaselessly all day, echoing through ancient starry skies, spreading across the vast wasteland.

Every flick of a finger, hundreds of millions of billions of stars move with the drumbeat, turning into shooting stars in the celestial sphere, flashing and vanishing, crossing vast time and space, either transporting supplies or troops.

In the end, everything is in place; each huge star becomes a camp, overlooking the land and rivers from the star sea.

In the turning of stellar orbits, immense power is stored; at any time it will ferociously plummet, in the shortest time performing the most terrifying destructive strike, sweeping away all tendrils spread by the Wu Clan!

According to information gathered by the Wu Clan, the Demon Race's strategists, in a top-level decision, proposed the strategic plan——

Once all-out war is launched, we must at the fastest speed cut off the Wu Clan's various bases, break their development plans, force them into a state of fighting separately, unable to employ their own superior advantages over the Demon Race, drowning the Wu Clan's elite troops in an ocean of demon soldiers, beating them to death!

This is an open plot.

In the Wu-Demon chess match, the Demon side takes the first move, opening with a 'cannon two to platform five' central cannon, killing intent looming, making the Wu Clan's decision-makers each feel great distress.

"These days are hard to get by."

Fengxi pours out his bitterness.

"The Monster Clan Heavenly Court gives me a feeling of being too seasoned; acting is too decisive and frightening... really I can't bear it."

He drinks with the captain of Houtu's guard, Dayou, and pours out his worries.

These days, facing the Demon Race's daily changes, he barely managed to resolve them, but his inner pressure is also great.

"The Monster Clan Heavenly Court..."

Dayou shook his head: "You can block it, that's already quite good."

"After all, some of those people aren't just seasoned as you feel... they have truly been tested in great battlefields."

Dayou slowly said: "In the previous era, the Dragon and Phoenix factions fought to the death, three thousand Great Luo each participated... and back then, someone was already part of the decision-making level, holding the fate of countless beings as a chess player."

"In this era, those chess players are still active, and the vast majority have joined the Demon Race."

"Who let this Demon Race actually be a continuation of the previous era's human way? Many people's hands are still stored there."

"Sigh."

Fengxi sighed and scratched his head.

The Demon Race, having inherited the previous era's essence, is an indisputable fact, a tremendous and terrifying wealth.

System, war experience, foundation... living off old capital, they are unimaginably strong.

Even though these years the Wu Clan has struggled to catch up, and there have been supreme figures pouring crazy funds into development, it cannot be called starting from scratch... dealing with the Demon Race is also arduous.

Faced with the Demon Race's opening central cannon, one must respond with a knight move, focusing on defense.

As the pawn laid out for reincarnation, Fengxi fully mobilized to resist the Demon Race's all-people-soldiers tactic.

Meanwhile, the brotherly alliance—the Dragon Clan—must also help, not let them face the Demon Race's pressure alone.

Besides Houtu the ancestral witch's arrangements, some top combat power is dispatched to pull and restrain the Demon Race's high-ups.

Also, Fengxi-led think tank team, for the Dragon Clan's struggle for authority and legal principle, to resist suppression by natural enemies.

To this end, they even set their sights on Pangu's body, pondering to take some scriptures from above, using the principle of world evolution to resolve the attacks of the demon-summoning banner.

In short.

When the former peaceful years passed, when the Purple Azure Second Meeting concluded.

Fengxi's mental and physical exertion drained him, making him become excessively thin all at once.

「We haven't even fully started fighting yet! 」

He sighed deeply, 「It's just the early stage of operations. 」

「Everyone still has some reservations about Hongjun; they insist on seeing him fully unite with the Heavenly Dao before they can set their minds at ease, tear apart their faces, and beat the brains out of the opposition. 」

「Otherwise…… I also don't have time to come out and take a break. 」

Fengxi shook his head.

「Ha. 」 You laughed, 「This period of time is very precious for you. 」

「Take advantage of the opportunity, strive to improve yourself…… otherwise you'll go crazy later. 」

「Forget it, forget it, let's not bring up this sad topic…… drink, drink. 」 Fengxi changed the topic, poured You a drink.

He was enjoying this rare leisure time.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, Fengxi asked a question.

「Right. 」

「The Dao Ancestor is now united with the Heavenly Dao, hiding alone in the Purple Azure Palace…… aren't you all afraid of what tricks he might pull? 」

「What if he claims to have united with the Heavenly Dao, but actually found another way to avoid it…… wouldn't that be terrible? 」

Fengxi was worried.

「Well…… just put your mind at ease! 」

You said boldly, 「There will absolutely be no mistakes. 」

「Hongjun said that without the Infinite Great Calamity he won't emerge, which means without the Infinite Great Calamity he won't emerge! 」

You smiled mysteriously.

(End of chapter)