Chapter 28: Heaven-Measuring Ruler VS God-Slaying Spear! Demon Clan's Absolute Kill Order!

Diti's time walking through Honghuang Tian Di was not long.

But Luo Hou had long known what the other had done and roughly what their cultivation level was before they disappeared.

Now, in just a dozen or so aeons, the other could ascend from late-stage Great Luo to Primordial Golden Immortal through dual cultivation of body and law.

They had even reached the early-stage limit of Primordial Golden Immortal, approaching the mid-stage.

Such talent and potential are truly worthy of being the orthodox rulers of Honghuang Tian Di.

Given enough time, even Primordial Great Luo would not be their final limit.

If we do not kill him in his infancy while he is still weak,

there will surely be endless future troubles!

"You only realize this now?"

Hearing Luo Hou's cold snort, Diti's eyes remained indifferent as the guess formed—a fact that chilled him.

"I thought you two had come to pay respects to the mountain originally."

"It was simply because you feared my potential."

"That's why you traveled all the way from the Honghuang lands to the Purple Forbidden Emperor Star, trying to lure me out to kill me!"

"The result."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of shock flashed in Luo Hou's eyes.

Originally, I thought Diti didn't dare leave with them out of cowardice.

But he never imagined that the other's behavior back then was entirely a disguise.

He had actually long known Hongjun's purpose!

As for why only Hongjun was mentioned,

that's because at first he truly didn't know.

Even on the way back to the Honghuang lands.

He also wondered why the other insisted on going to the Purple Forbidden Emperor Star to invite the newly born Diti!

The answer to all this lay within Honghuang Tian Di, as he sensed the opportunity to achieve the Dao.

He also gradually came to understand Hongjun's intentions at that time.

"Wait… then, that seemingly simple invitation back then,"

"actually Hongjun and Diti both knew full well, leaving me as the clueless idiot kept in the dark?!"

Realizing this, Luo Hou's anger could no longer be contained.

"You're asking for death!"

With a fierce roar, his demonic might surged several times over!

Crimson blood-sha illuminated the starry sky, and the wails of countless vengeful spirits echoed through heaven and earth.

Boundless killing intent instantly converged, seizing souls and snatching spirits!

The Four Swords of Zhu Xian enveloped the four directions, suppressing the void!

The God-Slaying Spear rose like a dragon leaving its nest, piercing the heavens!

"If you have the ability, come try it."

After the cold snort, Diti did not hide his sharpness, bursting forth with all his divine might.

In an instant!

The breath of destruction covered the sky and blocked the sun!

The light of merit shone upon the sea of stars!

The power of spacetime suppressed heaven and earth!

Starlight brilliance burst forth in an instant!

The Great Dao of Strength was instantly infused!

With strength commanding myriad laws to follow, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler rose, and the heavens trembled!

"Just as I said at the start, old-timers of the bygone era, don't even think about stirring up wind and rain."

"Not coming to seek revenge on you now is already quite good."

"Yet you are the one who first came looking for trouble with me."

"How ridiculous!"

The Heaven-Measuring Ruler and God-Slaying Spear clashed violently without cease, shaking heaven, earth, and spacetime, drawing the gaze of countless beings.

Diti coldly sneered, continually mocking Luo Hou and provoking his anger.

Hoping he could fight him to the bitter end.

By then, keeping him here permanently would not be a mere fantasy.

"More talk is useless—die!"

Luo Hou's eyes burned with anger nearly solidified, and his wielding of the God-Slaying Spear grew ever more ferocious.

Soaring killing intent spread like a scene of all spirits slaughtering each other!

It seemed as if hundreds of millions of resentful spirits wailed, incessantly disturbing Diti's soul.

Yet, protected by the Merit Golden Wheel, Merit Auspicious Clouds, and Opening Heaven Merit—threefold safeguards—

Not to mention Luo Hou at this moment; even if he reached Primordial Great Luo and wielded the God-Slaying Spear with full power, spreading however terrifying a scene of slaughter,

it would still affect him not at all!

"Where are the Star Gods?"

Wang Shu gazed at the starry sky amidst the fierce clash, anticipating Luo Hou's moves against Diti, killing intent gradually arising in her eyes.

"At the command of the Taiyin Star God!"

People have all come knocking on the door; if they remain as silent as wood, without anger or fire.

Then they can truly commit self‑punishment as atonement.

Moreover, Wang Shu is not only within the Star‑Shining Divine Court.

Her position is that of the Taiyin Star God, second only to the Star Emperor.

She is also one of Diti's companions, a mid‑stage Primordial Golden Immortal expert.

When the Star Emperor is absent, all defer to the Taiyin Star God.

It is the first absolute heavenly rule that Diti placed at the top, never to be altered!

"Issue a decree over the primeval earth to all members of the Divine Court who go out."

"Order them to sever all dealings with the West."

"Anyone who trades privately with Western beings, kill them!"

"Slay demons and their related beings, reward!"

"This command is permanent; when the Star Emperor returns from battle, the one who decapitates the most will be awarded a premium innate spirit treasure and a Hundred‑Thousand Star‑Radiance Pill!"

"Agreed!"

The unanimous response fell together.

The innate Star Gods began contacting their subordinates walking the primeval earth, the subjugated races, to convey Wang Shu's orders.

"How dare you come to the door and insult the Divine Court, you are truly rotten!"

"Everyone obeys, follow me to the West, slay the demon forces, repay the Star Emperor's grace!"

"Kill all those connected to the demons, to repay the Star Emperor's favor!"

"……"

Slogans and shouts of this sort.

Resounded continuously over the primeval earth.

Tens of thousands of years of trade have already spread the name of the Star‑Shining Divine Court across the whole heavens and earth.

All the myriad beings look at the innate Star Gods, who conduct peaceful trade, possess a steady nature, and greet everything with a smile.

Yet the vengeful, raging leaders of the vassal races surge toward the Western lands in a swarm.

Most choose to retreat three feet, refusing to contend.

As for the remaining few, they are merely opportunists and speculators.

They are ready to see if there is any profit to be scooped.

……

Time flows gently; the heavens and earth do not betray.

Since the two began fighting, more than a hundred years have passed.

Initially, Luo Hou believed that with his own cultivation, even if he couldn't utterly crush Diti, he could still be slightly ahead.

But as time passed, Diti's tactics kept emerging.

At times he wielded the Great Dao of Strength to command space‑time, stars, emperors, destruction, and other great ways, engaging Diti in close combat.

At other times he used the Star Pen together with Celestial Ink, the Unmoving Inkstone, the Spirit Script Book, and the Lawful Divine Patterns to clash with Diti at range.

Sometimes he set the Celestial Main Star as the formation eye, turning myriad stars into veins, waving his hand to lay out killing, trapping, controlling… various array formations.

It truly left him a bit flustered.

But that wasn't what angered him the most.

What was even more infuriating was that Diti kept swallowing all kinds of pills.

Restoring injuries, replenishing mana, unleashing power, assisting formations…

One could say he had everything, inexhaustible and endless!

Now the war has lasted a hundred years.

Diti shows not a single sign of consumption; even his clothes and hair remain spotless and perfectly tidy!

In contrast, his own mana has long fallen behind consumption, gradually edging toward depletion.

His whole body is in utter disarray!

His disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and scarred body are his most authentic portrait now.

"Damn it, if the Four Swords of the Exterminating Immortals had not yet been forged through boundless killing aura…"

"They cannot unleash their full power; they can only perform auxiliary attacks."

"No matter how many tactics you have, they are already buried beneath my sword's edge!"

(End of Chapter)