Chapter 216: Great Upheaval of Heaven and Earth, the Demon Calamity!

Inside the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, Gu Jiangming and his family were having a brief reunion.

However, between Heaven and Earth, even the most mediocre deity in the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Realm could feel the decline of Heaven and Earth.

It was even said on Longhu Mountain that Heaven was wailing and the universe was crying out for help! The world naturally could not ignore the words of that person on Longhu Mountain. As time passed, and as the Northern Border was devoured of its vitality by those individual cultivators, Heaven and Earth also reacted.

This reaction, falling upon those Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Realm deities, meant they clearly perceived the decline of their own strength.

This era was, after all, a great age of deities. For those in the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment, unless they had reached a certain realm, their Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Dao Principles were linked to the Heavenly Net. As Heaven and Earth declined, the strength of these deities in the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Realm naturally declined as well.

By this state of affairs, the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment deities within the Human Race's territory had also realized what kind of unknown change had occurred in the Northern Border; it was precisely because of that change that Heaven and Earth were withering.

Yet, a very realistic situation lay before all the strong figures of the Human Race.

The withering of Heaven and Earth caused the strength of those Enlightenment deities to diminish, but the great demons of the Northern Border, who practiced the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Method, saw their strength grow significantly.

In this trade-off, it took three or five Human Race deities to contend with a single Demon Race Enlightenment deity.

Under these circumstances, even though the Human Race knew a massive change had occurred in the Northern Border, they were unable to go there, and even the Human Race's own territory was constantly being lost.

The old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain had also come out of seclusion. In a single day, the old Celestial Master traversed one billion eighty million miles, and wherever his gaze fell, more than forty million of the Demon Race perished.

Shocking great demons joined forces to stand in the Northern Border, yet within ten days, the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain suppressed and killed fourteen Demon Race deities.

Ten days later, the Qilin Clan leader, Ye Ming, blocked the path of the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. The old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain fought the Qilin Clan leader Ye Ming for a month, and the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain returned heavily injured.

The old Celestial Master risked heavy injury to fight Ye Ming in the Northern Border. The old Celestial Master lost this battle, but he finally saw—he saw what the Northern Border looked like now.

A thousand miles of scorched earth, ten thousand miles of desolation, a million miles without a trace of people, and a hundred million miles without a sign of life.

It was also because of this life-or-death battle by the old Celestial Master that the world finally knew what kind of change had occurred in the Northern Border.

Inside the Human Central City, the Human Emperor Bell rang for nine consecutive days. All Heaven and Earth Enlightenment deities within the Human Race's territory took their seats in order, and even those Enlightenment deities of other races who lived within the Human Race's territory and were on good terms with them sent their thoughts.

In the Central City Grand Hall, over six hundred and seventy Enlightenment deities stood in rows, and sitting in the seat of honor was the pale-faced old Celestial Master.

On this day, the many supreme powerhouses of the Human Race finally learned what change had occurred in the Northern Border. All forces and races within the Human Race's territory would exhaust their strength to operate the Human Four Lands Array, and it was also announced to the human world: the upheaval of Heaven and Earth is imminent; do not seek to live, or you shall die!

After the meeting, the Shushan Sword Immortal displayed brilliant, murderous intent, leading over six hundred and seventy Heaven and Earth Enlightenment deities to patrol the Northern Border.

Along the way, they killed over forty Demon Race Enlightenment deities. When the many supreme powerhouses within the Human Race's territory saw the desolation of the Northern Border with their own eyes, they no longer held any shred of luck in their hearts. From then on, those within the Human Race's territory sought survival in the Extreme Realm.

Everyone could see that if the Human Race's territory were to become like the Northern Border, apart from those in the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment, all other living beings would have only a path to death.

This was a struggle of races, and also a struggle for survival! From this day on, the Human Race's territory fell into complete chaos. It was not just the Demon Race that was going mad; the Human Race was going mad as well.

Everyone knew that if one did not step into the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment Realm after that desolation spread, there was only a path to death.

The Demon Race was struggling; they once again restored the law of the jungle from the ancient era, hoping only to step into the Enlightenment Realm before Heaven and Earth collapsed.

The Human Race was also struggling; for a single portion of resources, dozens of powerhouses of the same realm would often fight and kill one another.

Order was collapsing, and rules were reversing.

Even though the supreme powerhouses of the Human Race had the heart to maintain order, the Human Race's territory was simply too vast—so vast that even the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment could not look after every corner of the Human Race's territory. It was also unknown from when it began that the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Method started to spread from the Northern Border into the Human Race's territory.

Some humans who could not resist the temptation practiced the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Method, causing the vitality of an entire region to be severed.

In a short span of three months, the entire human world changed more drastically than it had in the previous one hundred and forty thousand years. Even though the Human Emperor Hall in Central City had issued a notice, regarding all cultivators who practiced the Swallowing Heaven and Earth Method as demons, and stating that anyone who encountered a demon could kill them.

Perhaps since the birth of Heaven and Earth, there had never been the concept of "demon" in the world, but from then on, the concept of the demon truly took root in people's hearts.

Even compared to the Demon Race, ordinary people feared demons more.

The Demon Calamity was endless in the world, and there were beacons of war in every corner of the Human Race's territory; even Leping County, which was closest to Donghai, could not be spared.

But fortunately, in Leping County, there was Jiu Jiu and Long Xi.

Although the Demon Calamity was terrifying, Jiu Jiu patrolled the vicinity of Leping County every day, ultimately preserving the peace of Leping County.

In fact, the entire Great Jing, because of its location on the southeastern frontier, was the dynasty that suffered the least damage under this Demon Calamity.

Yet, although Great Jing suffered slightly less damage, it still had to provide supplies and even send powerhouses to other regions.

The death of the previous Emperor of Jing had marked the beginning of the Demon Calamity, and the current Emperor of Jing could only use all his strength to make amends while also protecting the borders and the people.

Inside the Qilin Grotto-Heaven!

"Finally reached Spirit Transformation..."

"In three months, I have finally improved my strength a little!"

"With the assistance of Mingyue's divine ability, although this advancement was fast, the foundation is solid. After all, Mingyue solidified me on the False Wanglin Mountain to the Heavenly Human Realm."

"Cultivating the Spirit Transformation Realm from the Heavenly Human Realm, how could the foundation not be solid?"

In the Niankong Villa of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, Gu Jiangming slowly opened his eyes and then sighed softly.

Gu Jiangming was not unaware of everything happening in the outside world, but what if he knew? Gu Jiangming did not know who was pulling the strings behind the scenes, and coupled with the knowledge that there were immortals in the Great Wilderness, Gu Jiangming could only watch helplessly as the Human Race's territory suffered.

Gu Jiangming knew better than anyone that to stop this catastrophe from continuing, he had to possess strength equivalent to the Red Lotus Demon Venerable.

Even the strength of the Red Lotus Demon Venerable was not enough.

Others did not know, but Gu Jiangming had vaguely sensed that this Heaven and Earth catastrophe might be an Ascension Tribulation prepared for him! "I hope it is not you..."

"If it really is you, how am I to face you?"

Gu Jiangming stood up and walked through this false Niankong Villa, unable to help but let out a few sighs.

Just as Liu Moran had vaguely sensed that Gu Nianmo was related to the changes in the Northern Border, Gu Jiangming also had a vague feeling in his heart that his son might be the one preparing for ascension!

(End of chapter)