Chapter 88: Decisive Battle of the Three Realms (Part One)

Swish!

After exterminating the two Stab Cultivation Great Demon Gods, Zhou Yu traversed space-time and returned to the previous great formation.

At this moment, Fuxi was here, and the three golden‑armored alien tribes that had previously entangled him were already corpses, lying there.

Zhou Yu saw this and was not surprised.

These three aliens should be the Stab Cultivation Great Demon God's slaves, and they had taken a slave oath.

A slave oath means absolute control; when the master dies, the slave's true spirit shatters and they die.

"You Cang, have you become an Ancestor God? And your power," Fuxi's face still bore a trace of shock.

Indeed, it was astonishing.

Before the Great Tribulation, Zhou Yu's You Cang avatar was, in the eyes of the many immortals and demons of the Three Realms, merely an ordinary True God; later it also displayed top‑tier True God power, but that was all.

At this moment, however, he ruthlessly slew the two great Ancestor Gods.

The gap in strength was enormous.

"I have some opportunities; I'll explain in detail after the decisive battle," Zhou Yu said:

"Fuxi, go into my Cave Heaven Treasure first; I'm fast, I'll take you there directly."

Hearing this, Fuxi fell silent for a moment, then nodded.

Swish!

Zhou Yu waved his hand and gathered Fuxi.

At that moment, a strand of Zhou Yu's mental force entered his own Cave Heaven Treasure, silently enveloping Fuxi.

"Fuxi's mind is relatively intense in emotion," Zhou Yu thought as he took a step, traversed space-time away from the spot, pondering.

He probed the minds of many True God Dao Ancestors and gradually understood Elder Yuan's method of enslavement.

Fortunately, Elder Yuan's enslavement does not completely erase the enslaved's mind; instead it guides them based on their original spirit, forming controlled domination.

This aligns with the situation of enslaved True God Dao Ancestors in the Three Realms: without Elder Yuan's command, they are much like usual, possessing their own thoughts, emotions, and even enlightenment, hardly affected.

Many True God Dao Ancestors improved after being enslaved by Elder Yuan.

Take Fuxi, unlikely to have been enslaved only after becoming a leader, yet he still comprehended the opposing Celestial Dao.

The Ink Bamboo Dao Ancestor of Wujian Gate also reached leader level after enslavement.

Water Ancestor God Gong Gong, likewise only attained top Ancestor God power after enslavement; of course, during the current decisive clash of the two camps, Gong Gong did not display top Ancestor God strength.

The advantage of this enslavement method is that the enslaved slaves can continue to progress, and because they retain part of themselves, close observers rarely spot flaws. If their mind were completely erased, they'd be no different from puppets; even with perfect disguise, inconsistencies could eventually be noticed. Elder Yuan has enslaved so many True God Dao Ancestors for countless ages without any flaw showing, mainly because when these Ancestors are not in contact with Elder Yuan, they are indistinguishable from their former selves, and no one could sense anything amiss.

However, retaining some mind has a downside: it forces slaves to act against their innermost wishes, which may cause resistance.

Usually Elder Yuan lets these slaves leak bits of information, and no one objects, but if they were to exterminate close ones, that would be another matter.

"I guess, the moment Elder Yuan wants to control these True God Dao Ancestors to strike his own people is when he completely erases their minds," Zhou Yu concluded.

He also understood that if he wishes to save these Ancestors, the instant Elder Yuan decides to completely erase everyone's mind is his best chance.

It is precisely that moment when his success rate is highest.

"Regardless, this great decisive battle will completely eliminate the threat of Wujian Gate and Elder Yuan," Zhou Yu decided.

On the other side—

On the battlefield of the Three Realms' void, the two camps were locked in their fiercest melee, each side's strongmen finding opponents, battling wildly.

Formations like the Nüwa Repair Heaven Array combined with the Punishing Immortal Sword Array, controlled by the Three Pure Ones Daoist, were terrifyingly lethal; the Wujian camp could only have the already Ancestor God Huanmu Master to resist.

The Wind Demon, split into two bodies, used its speed advantage to restrain the two top Ancestor Gods Sui Ren and Hou Yi.

The Demon Hand Dao Ancestor clashed with Jue Ming.

The Ink Bamboo Dao Ancestor, unleashing leader‑level power, barely countered Shennong's One‑Yuan Two‑Form Array with its defense.

Ancestor God Gong Gong was restrained by Elder Yuan.

The Blood Hawk Demon Ancestor's true form and Second Primordial Spirit faced Zhou Yu's true form and Second Primordial Spirit.

At this moment Zhou Yu was somewhat idle; his main focus was on the many controlled Dao Ancestors. He had awakened only briefly, so he needed to gather as much of these True God Dao Ancestors' mind data as possible now to improve his odds when he acts later.

"If we keep killing like this, both camps will end up mutually destroyed," Elder Yuan said while entangling Gong Gong, nodding in his mind.

"However, I'm not in a hurry to act; the true mastermind behind this clash hasn't appeared yet," Elder Yuan sneered inwardly, he was also curious about who the behind‑the‑scenes mastermind truly was.

Is it the Lord of Heart Demons? Or someone he never expected?

Nevertheless, whoever it is, if a second Nüwa is not born in this great decisive battle, the Three Realms will be destroyed today.

Just as Elder Yuan was pondering, he suddenly received a message.

"Hm? The Stab Cultivation and his followers were exterminated? Was it You Cang the True God?" Elder Yuan was startled.

During this period, it was You Cang the True God, no, now it should be You Cang the Ancestor God; the shock the other side gave him was excessive.

First, it displayed Fifth‑tier space‑time power, and at that moment became an Ancestor God, capable of exterminating the Stab Cultivation Great Demon God and another Ancestor God.

"How did he become an Ancestor God?" Elder Yuan was also puzzled.

Unlike Dao Ancestor Qian Yu, You Cang is a bona fide True God born from the Pangu Chaotic World.

Even if he was possessed by a chaotic alien, such possession carries aftereffects; further breakthroughs are nearly impossible. Otherwise, if he had possessed Elder Yuan, he couldn't have remained without becoming an Ancestor God for endless ages.

"Not only became an Ancestor God, but also swiftly exterminated the Stab Cultivation," Elder Yuan mused.

Such strength is at least that of a peak Ancestor God.

"You Cang the Ancestor God is hidden too deep," Elder Yuan thought it was tricky; with his many preparations, if all went smoothly he could handle a peak Ancestor God, but any mishap would be disastrous.

"Damn, just when success seemed near, another You Cang Ancestor God emerged,"

Elder Yuan felt a hidden anger, but given his ancient patience, he instantly decided that if the matter was untenable, he would endure a while longer.

"However, if the Wujian camp is about to lose, I must continue to endure; I must preserve this identity first,"

Elder Yuan quickly reacted, secretly transmitting a message to Gong Gong; the two fought while retreating, speeding toward the battlefield's edge.

A peak Ancestor God is about to reach the battlefield; the outcome will be unquestionable.

When Elder Yuan covertly withdrew to the edge of the battlefield, Feng Mo faintly sensed something amiss.

"The servants of that Ci Xiu Great Demon God all died in an instant? What happened?" Feng Mo thought.

Having cooperated with the Ci Xiu Great Demon God, Feng Mo naturally knew it was a pact with Hu Mou Pi, so their communication was shallow; he only sent a messenger to the Ci Xiu Great Demon God's side.

The messenger reported that the servants the Ci Xiu Great Demon God left in his old lair all suddenly died in an instant for unknown reasons.

This news made Feng Mo feel something was wrong.

But he could not think of a reason at once; his intuition simply told him that the Ancient Ruins must be in trouble.

At that moment—

On the battlefield where Zhou Yu's true form, the Second Primordial Spirit, and Xuehu Mozu were battling, a spacetime vortex suddenly appeared, followed by a figure in black clothing emerging from it.

It was naturally Zhou Yu's You Cang split body.

"Hm?"

Xuehu Mozu's true form fixed his gaze, and the next moment the Dark Vast split bodies multiplied into countless copies, each brandishing a sword and attacking from all directions.

Each of these swords traversed spacetime at astonishing speed, and every strike was far stronger than that of a regular Ancestor God.

Although Xuehu Mozu is also at a leader level, he only matches a regular Ancestor God.

Facing the myriad divine swords coming from all sides, he felt his spirit trembling.

With a roar, Xuehu Mozu struck out with a palm, unleashing his strongest technique, yet it only blocked a tenth of the attack.

Snort! Snort! Snort!

Each sword pierced Xuehu Mozu's divine body.

He is only a True God divine body; in terms of survivability, he is far inferior to the previous Ancestor God divine body and the single‑armed Man‑Blade, which rivals a primordial treasure.

To kill the single‑armed Man‑Blade, Zhou Yu would have to unleash many techniques, but to kill a leader like Xuehu Mozu, whose survivability is average, it is considerably easier.

Snort!

In disbelief, Xuehu Mozu's divine body was instantly erased into nothingness.

In an instant, the entire battlefield fell silent.

"You Cang True God? Is that you?"

Everyone of Wu Jian Gate stared at the figure in disbelief.

"It is I."

Zhou Yu nodded and waved his hand.

In an instant—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The True God Dao Ancestors who were previously in the Ancient Ruins all appeared here.

"Enter formation."

As soon as these True God Dao Ancestors appeared, they each rushed toward their own great formation.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yu's You Cang split body directly traversed spacetime, heading straight for Wu Jian Gate's great formation.

"Dodge quickly," Feng Mo shouted angrily, discarding the Suiren Clan and rushing toward Zhou Yu's You Cang split body.

But as he drew near, he was met with an unimaginably terrifying sword.

A calamity‑annihilating spacetime.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Layers of spacetime power were infused, making this sword terrifying to the extreme; in Feng Mo's experience, this sword's sheer might ranked only below the strike Nüwa used to break through originally.

Feng Mo dared not meet it head‑on and had to evade.

At the same time, Zhou Yu's other sword also erupted.

A blade of light seemed to cut through the Three Realms' void.

Pfft!

A Wu Jian Camp's boundless formation was split in two by the sword light; instantly, thousands of Celestial God True Immortals and several True God Dao Ancestors were erased within it.

"This"

The strong ones of the Wu Jian Camp were completely dumbfounded at that moment.

"Lord of Heart Demons? What do we do?"

"Lord of Heart Demons?"

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Each strong one transmitted their voice to Feng Mo.

"Hold on for a moment, we retreat!"

Feng Mo instantly judged that not retreating now would mean total annihilation.

Swoosh!

Feng Mo instantly unleashed his full speed, dashing to each battlefield to gather the Wu Jian Gate's various forces.

However fast he was, he could not gather the entire Wu Jian Gate army in an instant.

While Feng Mo acted, Zhou Yu also struck in succession.

Great formations were torn apart, and all the gods and demons within were exterminated.

Even some of Nüwa's camp's great formations pressed the attack, annihilating remnants of the Wu Jian Camp; in war, there is no room for mercy.

At this moment, a thought that pervaded the Three Realms also fixed on the battlefield; it was the Lord of Heart Demons who had once merged with the Celestial Dao.

"This You Cang, how can his strength be so great?" the Lord of Heart Demons also felt surprised.

"If my divine technique 'Rotating River' had not fully matured, even escaping would not make me his match," the Lord of Heart Demons thought gravely.

In ancient times, he also lacked this strength; being trapped in the Celestial Dao, he only then figured out the myriad mysteries of the Spiraling River, and finally brought this divine ability to completion.

Of course, although he felt some apprehension in his heart, the Lord of Heart Demons wasn't afraid either; at this moment, what he was best at was preserving his life, and he believed that no one in the Three Realms could do anything to him.

Meanwhile, as the Lord of Heart Demons was thinking, the Heart Demon Dao within the Three Realms also produced a large number of heart demons due to the deaths of countless immortals and demons, and it was rapidly strengthening.

When this Dao had strengthened to a certain extent, the Lord of Heart Demons suddenly realized that an opportunity had arrived.

"Celestial Dao, you can't stop me!" the Lord of Heart Demons shouted angrily.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire Three Realms were trembling.

"What? What happened?"

The powerhouses of the Nüwa Camp and the Avici Camp were stunned; with their perception of the Three Realms, they naturally knew that this anomaly originated from the entire Three Realms.

Suddenly—

Boom—!

A golden rift piercing the Three Realms tore open in the void, within which endless rivers flowed.

Whoosh!

A river emerged from it, and the rift suddenly vanished.

The river surged forth, instantly arriving at the battlefield and condensing into a black-robed figure.

The figure's aura was extremely strong, and it possessed a unique charm that made people involuntarily become intoxicated and submit.

"Heart Demon?"

"Lord of Heart Demons?"

The powerhouses of both sides naturally recognized the figure appearing here at once.

"Hahaha, it's me."

The Lord of Heart Demons laughed loudly: "Everyone, it's truly been a long time."

Upon hearing this, many cultivators furrowed their brows.

"Heart Demon, you have merged with the Celestial Dao, so why have you emerged now? This Great Tribulation is surely your doing behind the scenes?" Feng Mo asked in a low voice.

"Haha, Feng Mo, what are you saying?" the Heart Demon smiled: "I only know that if I don't show myself, you'll all be slaughtered by the Nüwa Camp."

"Everyone, now that I have returned, I will naturally continue to protect you." The Heart Demon looked toward the Avici Camp's True Gods and Dao Ancestors who had not yet been gathered by Feng Mo.

Upon hearing this, the Avici Camp's True Gods and Dao Ancestors, who had been terrified from the slaughter, felt a stir in their hearts.

But they also didn't rush to speak; now the leader of the Avici Sect is Feng Mo, and Feng Mo is the one honored as the Myriad Demon Lord.

Mainly, in the ancient battle of destruction, Feng Mo took them away; this lifesaving grace, plus his ability to escape from the hands of the World Gods, made the Avici Camp's True Gods and Dao Ancestors wholeheartedly submit to him.

Seeing everyone's reaction, the Lord of Heart Demons also realized that it wouldn't be so easy for him to easily take over the Avici Sect at this time.

But the Nüwa Camp has produced a You Cang Ancestor God; he must win the support of the Avici Camp, otherwise, alone, he would be insufficient to fight the entire Nüwa Camp.

"It seems you don't believe me? How many of our brothers has the Nüwa Camp killed? I will avenge this for you!" said the Lord of Heart Demons, and suddenly his divine power erupted violently, instantly manifesting six rivers.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rivers surged toward the Nüwa Camp's great formations one after another; the power they contained was simply heart‑trembling.

But at this moment, Zhou Yu's You Cang avatar instantly unleashed the three‑headed, six‑armed divine ability, six sword lights bursting forth simultaneously and slashing at those six rivers.

"This power"

The Lord of Heart Demons' expression changed slightly; each of his arms was at the peak Ancestor God threshold, and only when his six arms united were they strong enough, but each of Zhou Yu's arms burst forth with power exceeding that of a normal peak Ancestor God, and when united they became even more terrifying.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The Lord of Heart Demons' six arms were instantly severed and worn away.

"You Cang Ancestor God, you're truly formidable; I'm curious—since you haven't comprehended the Celestial Dao, how did you become an Ancestor God and possess such power? Could you be a Chaos Foreign Race?" the Lord of Heart Demons said, staring at Zhou Yu.

"When you die, you'll naturally find out." Zhou Yu sneered.

"Heart Demon, even now you're still trying to sow discord among us? Whether You Cang is a Chaos Foreign Race, we know better than you." Sui Ren Shi shouted lowly, and the other mighty ones of the Nüwa Camp all cursed aloud.

What a joke—who would dare say at this moment that Zhou Yu's You Cang avatar is a Chaos Foreign Race? They'd be the first to wipe him out.

"You Cang, what do you propose?"

Everyone also began to ask Zhou Yu's You Cang avatar.

The power he displayed was enough for numerous True Gods and Dao Ancestors of the Nüwa Camp to regard him as their leader.

"Others, keep your eyes on Feng Mo and his group; Sui Ren Shi, Jue Ming, Hou Yi—you all have Ancestor God bodies—join me in killing this Heart Demon Lord." Zhou Yu spoke directly.

"Good!"

The three all nodded.

"Want to kill me?" the Lord of Heart Demons growled lowly, then transformed again into six rivers, but they were firmly suppressed by Zhou Yu's six divine swords, and his manifested rivers were shattered time and again.

Meanwhile, Sui Ren Shi, Jue Ming, and Hou Yi seized the opportunity to attack, barrage after barrage slamming into the Heart Demon's divine body, making his expression grim.

"Heart Demon, you are no match for them; in this battle we have already been utterly defeated—come, let's retreat together." Seeing this, Feng Mo also sent a mental message.

"Haha, Feng Mo, you really think I've lost?" the Heart Demon laughed while sending a mental message:

"My Spiraling River has reached perfection, granting me a near‑immortal body; among these four attackers, only You Cang Ancestor God can truly wound me, causing me to lose more divine power, while the strikes of Sui Ren Shi, Hou Yi, and Jue Ming are nothing to me."

"Observe You Cang Ancestor God's divine body carefully." the Lord of Heart Demons also said.

"His aura?"

"Yes, for You Cang Ancestor God to erupt with such power, he must be using some terribly draining divine ability; if he had started at his peak fighting me, it wouldn't be clear who would exhaust their divine power first, but he had already consumed a lot of divine power in the ancient ruins, and now his divine power consumption is already great." the Lord of Heart Demons laughed.

"When his divine power is nearly exhausted, that will be my moment to strike."

The divine body differs from magical power; magical power can be replenished with elixirs, but divine power? To quickly replenish it, one can only rely on Chaos Essence Liquid.

But the Ancestor God's divine body is too strong; to perfectly replenish an Ancestor God's divine body requires a million bottles of Chaos Essence Liquid, enough to bankrupt ordinary World Gods and Chaos Immortals.

Don't forget, he's skilled in time and space; even if his divine power is scarce, you can't do anything to him. He can fully lead the Nüwa faction's army in a temporary retreat, wait for his divine power to recover, then make a comeback. Fengmo said.

The Lord of Heart Demons frowned slightly upon hearing this, knowing that this was indeed a problem.

"Hmph, we must first defeat him to have a chance at negotiation; otherwise, having just escaped the Celestial Dao, would I just follow you into wandering?" The Lord of Heart Demons let out a cold snort.

Meanwhile, during the battle between the two sides, Old Man Yuan, who was hiding at the edge of the battlefield, saw this scene and felt delighted in his heart.

"Haha, this Lord of Heart Demons is truly helping me a great deal; once he has nearly exhausted that Youcang Ancestor God, it will be my time to act." Old Man Yuan secretly rejoiced in his heart.

The Nethergate Sect, regardless of victory or defeat, would never destroy the Three Realms, so being unable to kill Zhou Yu is a major problem; but Old Man Yuan is different—he only needs to win, and he will immediately plunge the Three Realms into premature great destruction.

After all, his goal is simply that one World Heart.

An ordinary World Heart is already a treasure that even World Gods and Chaos Immortals must value; this World Heart of the Three Realms is even more precious, for it was born from the collision of two World Hearts from different chaos worlds, and its value is who knows how many times greater than that of a common World Heart.

Actually, the problem of divine power consumption is not overly secret.

Even though the heart demon feigns weakness, his aura does not decline quickly; in contrast, Zhou Yu's Youcang avatar's aura drops rapidly.

The other experts who had been paying attention all saw through this at a glance and quickly noticed it.

"Youcang, we can't continue like this; there may be deceit." Sanqing Daoist immediately sent a voice transmission to warn Zhou Yu.

"It's fine; even if my divine power is nearly exhausted, retreating would still be easy." Zhou Yu spoke calmly.

He certainly knows his divine power is being consumed quickly, but he is doing it on purpose; otherwise, how could he lure Old Man Yuan into acting?

Only at the moment Old Man Yuan makes his move does he have the best chance to help free the True God Dao Ancestors who are under control.

The key is, even if his divine power is exhausted, Zhou Yu still has mental strength; his mental strength differs from the ordinary fifth level of mental strength, and given the mental strength inheritance he has received, once he engages in direct combat and combines it with his realm, he can actually unleash tremendous power.

Moreover, Zhou Yu still has many avatars that have not yet been deployed.

Thus, squandering divine power at this time is of no consequence to him.

"I have a move that might be able to kill this Lord of Heart Demons, but it requires a bit of preparation time." Hou Yi suddenly spoke up.

"Good, we'll create an opportunity for you, Hou Yi."

Zhou Yu smiled; he had been waiting for these words from Hou Yi, and without revealing more avatars, to slay the Lord of Heart Demons he still had to rely on Hou Yi.

Whoosh!

Hou Yi swiftly retreated at this moment; the axe in his hand disappeared, replaced by a bow.

"A bow?"

Experts on both sides felt a slight shock in their hearts; Hou Yi is famed for archery, and now he is using his signature weapon, which indeed demands attention and respect.

"Hmph, what's so special about a bow and arrow?" the Lord of Heart Demons sneered at this moment.

How terrifying is his River-Spirit form? Even the six divine swords of the Youcang Ancestor God with such might would only lightly wound him.

Hou Yi? He doesn't even bother to look at him!

"This Hou Yi really has hidden tricks?" Old Man Yuan also watched this scene.

Before, he had most feared Hou Yi, for Hou Yi's mental strength had reached the fifth level; if he were to comprehend some superior mental strength probing method, it would be possible to discover that many True God Dao Ancestors within the Three Realms have issues.

Therefore, Old Man Yuan had long controlled Chang'e, hoping to use her to enslave Hou Yi.

Unfortunately, Hou Yi kept hiding, giving him no chance.

Old Man Yuan also felt relieved that Hou Yi had not grasped any mental strength probing technique.

"This arrow really does have some strength."

When Hou Yi drew the bow at that moment, Old Man Yuan once again felt in his heart that even if he were to intercept this arrow, he would have to pay a price.

This Lord of Heart Demons has once again helped him greatly.

(End of chapter)