Chapter 228: A Single Sword's Cold Light Shines Across Fourteen Provinces!

For the Human Race, these ten days were perhaps the longest ten days of their lives.

Every single day, Enlightened Deities familiar to these Human Race powerhouses bled and fell.

In truth, these Enlightened Deities of the Human Race were already exhausted; even though those in the Enlightenment Realm possessed great stamina, the experience of fighting with all their might day after day was something these Enlightened Deities had never encountered in their past years.

Although the Northern Front between the Human Race and the Demon Race had existed for tens of thousands of years, the powerhouses of both races had always maintained a sense of restraint during their battles.

Yet this time, the fighting and slaughter were a one-way street with no retreat.

Those demons infected by demonic thoughts only thought of turning the living beings before them into their own cultivation resources and corrupting the Merit on their opponents into their own demonic power.

Even before the campaign began, the old Celestial Master had already given many instructions to the Human Race.

But watching their old acquaintances fall before their eyes, and then looking at those demons who seemed as if they would never feel fatigue, caused a massive drain on the morale of the Human Race's Enlightened Deities.

Human nature is complex after all; even if some knew that behind them stood hundreds of millions of the Human Race, this terrifying meat grinder ultimately made some people feel cowardly.

Originally, ten days would not have been considered long, but under the influence of such pessimistic emotions, cowards who fled from battle eventually appeared among the Human Race's deities.

In the past, if the old Celestial Master, the Gan Emperor, and many other Human Race monarchs had seen such a sight, they would surely have severely punished those who avoided battle and fled.

But at this moment, neither the old Celestial Master nor the Gan Emperor could spare any thought for anything else.

As the war deepened, the old Celestial Master and the Gan Emperor no longer possessed even half the aura of a Quasi-Supreme; to put it bluntly, if the old Celestial Master and the Gan Emperor were thrown into any city of the Human Race at this moment, they would likely be mistaken for beggars.

The Celestial Master Dao Robe, which had been passed down for who knows how many years, was now just tattered rags.

Even the Celestial Master Sword in the old Celestial Master's hand was now pitted and scarred; if it were thrown away, no one would believe that such a sword was the clan-protecting divine artifact that had guarded the Human Race for so many years.

As for the Human Emperor Bell in the Gan Emperor's hand, it was also pitted and scarred; how could such an appearance still be worthy of the name Human Emperor?

Yet even so, the old Celestial Master and the Gan Emperor continued to fight fiercely before the demonic monster Yeming, for no other reason than that they knew clearly they had nowhere left to retreat.

Behind them was the Human Race; if they allowed this demonic monster Yeming to enter the Human Race's territory, the lands the Human Race had managed for over a hundred thousand years would all be reduced to a Motu! "The Human Race..."

"Even though there is much filth within the Human Race, in no matter which era, the Human Race has never lacked those who would sacrifice their lives for righteousness!"

"I have lived for I know not how many years, and in those long, long years, only the Human Race has left me with the most profound impressions!"

Ziwu the Heavenly Human stood beside Gu Nianmo; no one knew how long they had been watching the battle, nor could anyone discover that two Heavenly Human Dao Lords had been closely observing this campaign all along.

If one looked closely, one could see that there was a hint of lament and sighing in the eyes of Ziwu the Heavenly Human.

If Gu Nianmo were not by his side, Ziwu the Heavenly Human would likely have taken action himself by now.

But with Gu Nianmo right there, no matter what Ziwu the Heavenly Human thought in his heart, he could only look at the scenes before him with an expression of unbearable pity.

"If they give up resistance, they will not die!"

"When I ascend to immortality, they will also be able to recover from the sinking of the Demon Prison!"

Gu Nianmo's eyes were without joy or sorrow, as if the scenes before him were nothing more than passing clouds. Ziwu the Heavenly Human listened to these words from Gu Nianmo and remained silent.

"By the way, have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"

"What is the name of that Shushan Dao Venerable, and who is his wife?"

Gu Nianmo did not dwell on the matters of the battlefield with Ziwu the Heavenly Human; as the battle unfolded, Gu Nianmo had already learned the specific strength of the demonic monster Yeming.

Even though Yeming had lost his reason, Yeming's strength surpassed a First-tier Supreme and was slightly inferior to a Second-tier Supreme.

After all, Yeming himself was of the Qilin Clan, and races like the Qilin Clan were almost all known for their physical bodies; coupled with the enhancement of demonic energy, Yeming's physical body was the strongest war weapon in the world.

And while watching the battle, Gu Nianmo kept hearing rumors about Shushan.

If these were just ordinary rumors, Gu Nianmo would not have taken them to heart, but since the surname of the Shushan Dao Venerable was actually Gu, Gu Nianmo could not help but take it to heart.

"Old Dragon brought the news back not long ago."

"The Shushan Dao Venerable mentioned by the Celestial Masters of this era is indeed surnamed Gu, and furthermore, his name is the same as your father's!"

"Not only that, but Old Dragon also found out that the Shushan Dao Venerable's wife is named Jiu Jiu..."

Facing Gu Nianmo's inquiry, Ziwu the Heavenly Human responded truthfully after a brief silence.

Just as Ziwu the Heavenly Human had expected, when Gu Nianmo heard this information, his eyes became complex once again.

The era when the Shushan Dao Venerable appeared was an era where Gu Nianmo happened to be at a very critical juncture.

Although he had heard in the Great Wilderness that an existence had been born in Heaven and Earth long ago who was suspected of breaking through destiny and briefly achieving the Heavenly Human Realm, Gu Nianmo had not taken it too seriously in the past.

Yet now, with the identity of the Shushan Dao Venerable exposed, how could Gu Nianmo's mood not be complex? "So, what exactly did you experience?"

"I originally thought you were reviving by re-gathering your imprint when Heaven and Earth were weak, but the Shushan Dao Venerable is also you..."

"Was everything back then arranged by you long ago, or was it all within your plan?"

Gu Nianmo's eyes grew increasingly complex; doubt and confusion flickered in his heart. The more he searched for information on Gu Jiangming, the more Gu Nianmo realized his father was becoming increasingly mysterious.

It was as if after the Heavenly Human Era, the shadow of Gu Jiangming had been present in every single era?

"The sword immortals of Shushan have arrived!"

"It is said that the sword immortals of Shushan are an anomaly of this era; in an era where the Divine Path is prevalent, these Shushan sword immortals instead cling to the old ways, only blindly practicing the cultivation methods of the past."

"With Heaven and Earth weakening, the ones growing the fastest are not those deities, but rather these Shushan sword immortals!"

The gazes of Ziwu the Heavenly Human and Gu Nianmo suddenly turned toward the southern territory, where more than ten sword lights were sweeping across with a haughty air.

These sword lights were inexplicably domineering; as the ten-plus sword lights crisscrossed, they gave the terrifying illusion that even Heaven and Earth could be severed! As the sword lights flashed, the demonic energy that had originally permeated half of the Northern Front actually emitted a clear sense of fear, as if, as if these demonic energies could feel that those sword lights were their nemesis! (End of chapter)