Chapter 1078

Wu Tie blended in with the Gongsun clan, his eyes blazing with fervor as he watched those promising dragon talents.

Translation: "Wu Tie mingled among the Gongsun Clan people, his eyes fervently gazing at those Potential Dragon Elite."

Check: "Gongsun Clan people" -> "Gongsun Clan people". We used "Gongsun Clan people". Good.

No wonder they are the elite, carefully selected from humanity's youth after the matriarchs poured countless efforts into them.

Translation: "Indeed, they are the elite painstakingly selected from the human youths after the old matriarchs exhausted countless efforts."

We used "old matriarchs". Good.

Pure, passionate, brave, loyal, yet not foolish or obstinate.

Translation: "Simple, hot-blooded, brave, loyal, yet not foolish, single-minded."

They are flesh-and-blood young people with ambitions.

Translation: "They are young people with flesh, blood, and aspirations."

They are not cold, ruthless, emotionless killing machines.

Translation: "They are not cold-hearted, cruel, ruthless killing machines."

For humanity's future and the righteous cause in their hearts, they can, in the prime of youth, voluntarily seal themselves in icy coffins, quietly awaiting the matriarchs to awaken them.

Translation: "For the future of the human race, for the great righteousness in their hearts, they can, in the prime of youth, voluntarily be sealed in icy ice coffins, quietly awaiting the old matriarchs to awaken them."

They can, for the passion deep in their bones, even if they are strangers, as long as there is a call, they will quickly unite together.

They can, for the trust and cultivation of the old matriarchs, no matter how many enemies, no matter how strong the enemies are, they sing passionately, not shying away from traveling trillions of li to come to Qi Island for a bloody battle, to sacrifice themselves.

Their persons are filled with all the goodness that Wu Tie can imagine that humanity ought to have.

Hmm, perhaps a hulky fellow like this is a bit rough in appearance, not as 'beautiful' or 'good-looking' as the delicately carved porcelain doll like Gong Sun Yao; but their inner selves are so wonderful.

They are the hope of humanity.

Wu Tie's body shuddered slightly; he narrowed his eyes and gazed out at the sea beyond Wa Island, still standing on the backs of several great dragons, the dazed elders of the Xihuang line.

These old fogies, have they now come up with a way to deal with Gong Sun Yao?

Now Gong Sun Yao has won the backing of many high-ranking humans, and in name he holds the 'orthodox authority over humanity recognized by Wa Island'.

The Xihuang lineage is severed from the common folk and countless human kingdoms and tribes; they stand aloft, looking down on all beings, and have basically had no contact with these 'weak' human forces.

The Wa clan is different; its matriarchal system has largely merged with humanity as a whole.

Countless empresses of divine sovereigns are Wa elite; countless tribal matriarchs are Wa beauties; countless family matriarchs are Wa maidens.

The promising dragon talents can defy the commands of the Wa Emperor's edict.

Over ninety percent of Wa matriarchs and maidens will support the bearer of the Wa Emperor's edict; moreover, they can absolutely influence over seventy percent of human forces, drawing them under Gong Sun Yao's battle banner.

Holding the Wa Emperor's edict, Gong Sun Yao's dominance is already assured!

"I will make you realize how grave a mistake your actions today are." Gong Sun Yao pointed at Zhao Xiao Xiao and others, sneering: "Once I exterminate the extraterrestrial demons and remove all external threats to humanity, I'll see how you face the world's people."

Zhao Xiao Xiao bowed deeply to Gong Sun Yao, then straightened her body and solemnly said: "We seek only justice, not empty fame!"

"We seek only the correct path; even if it is filled with venomous snakes and thorns, we will never turn back!" Luo Chen gripped his spear, brandishing it and letting out a high-pitched spear cry.

Gong Sun Yao led the Gongsun clan and the high-ranking members of humanity, then turned and departed.

As he was leaving, he smashed the wooden chair he had been sitting on into pieces with a slap… Gong Sun Yao swore he would create a throne a hundred times more majestic and imposing than the throne in the Heavenly Court's Lingxiao Palace.

He even began to recall, from the Wa Island archives, the ceremonial entourages of the ancient heavenly emperors of mankind… Well, no matter what regalia those emperors used, Gong Sun Yao vowed to surpass them by at least tenfold.

Does the Son of Heaven drive a chariot pulled by eight horses?

Hehe, when Gong Sun Yao travels, he cannot use a white horse; he must use white dragons… One hundred and eight white dragons pulling the chariot—what grandeur!

His mind was filled with all sorts of outrageous ideas; Gong Sun Yao had become somewhat unhinged due to the defiance of the promising dragon talents.

In a corner of Wa Island, surrounded by mountains, Qing Ning—pale-faced, breath faint, with a conspicuous dagger wound on her chest—stood quietly beside a massive teleportation array, escorted by dozens of guards.

Gong Sun Yao landed with his large entourage, hurried to Qing Ning's feet, and cried out hoarsely: "Mother, your injuries are severe; why have you come out…"

Qing Ning gently waved her hand; on her soft, exquisite features appeared a hint of a loving smile: "Wa Island has suffered disaster; I am nearly its sole surviving matriarch—how could I stay idle?"

Pointing to the massive teleportation array on the ground, Qing Ning whispered: "Fortunately, Mother knows every blade of grass and tree on Wa Island inside out; this array must be the source of the demon invasion seven days ago."

"Mother will remain on Wa Island to investigate the origins of this teleportation array; Yao'er, dare you, while the demons' vitality is greatly weakened, lead our people… to counterattack their nest?"

Qing Ning fixed her gaze on Gong Sun Yao: "Mother knows this carries enormous risk, but… this is the sole glimmer of light that humanity has found in the endless darkness over countless years… this is the single thread of life the matriarchs had calculated for us."

"If you… if you could truly inflict heavy damage, even annihilate the demon lair…"

Gong Sun Yao cut off Qing Ning's words, declaring proudly: "Mother, don't say more; for the future of humanity and for countless of its children, what do I have to fear?"

Turning around, Gong Sun Yao's stern gaze swept over all the high-ranking members of humanity present: "Lords, clan chiefs, elders, the stewards of humanity… in this campaign, we value excellence over numbers."

"I, Gong Sun Yao, am merely an ordinary youth among humanity's billions… yet I dare to risk everything for humanity's future. I ask you all: will you follow me… straight to strike the Yellow Dragon, to slay the extraterrestrial demons until heads roll and blood flows like a river?"

Gong Sun Jun stepped slowly from the crowd, glanced at Qing Ning, then at Gong Sun Yao, and nodded with a smile: "There's no reason for a father to stay behind while his son fights for humanity at the front. Yao'er, I, as your father, will bear the banner for you!"

Gong Sun Jun laughed loudly, reached his right hand into the void, and a metal flagpole appeared in his grasp.

With a "whoosh," a large banner unfurled on the pole; its blood-red field bore a massive, earth-yellow bear roaring skyward, its aura mighty and solemn, filled with the ancient, primordial domineering majesty.

Humanity has the Bear Tribe, one of its most noble and ancient clans; countless human emperors have arisen from this ancient, esteemed lineage.

Gong Sun Jun, Gong Sun Yao, and all the Gongsun clan members present stared fervently at the bear roaring heavenward.

The ordinary Gongsun clansmen felt their blood boiling; they sensed a strange feeling, as if a pair of sacred, ancient eyes, spanning the river of time, had fallen upon them.

They inexplicably surged with boundless fighting spirit, and their hearts swelled with the highest sense of honor.

They are members of the Bear Tribe, bearing the most esteemed surname in the world.

They will inherit their ancestors' glory, just as their forebears led humanity from barbarism to civilization; today they will lead humanity from darkness into light!

One after another, the high-ranking members of humanity stepped out of the crowd.

They solemnly saluted Gong Sun Yao, saying nothing.

They entered the ancestral spirit realm, condensed their Dao imprints, their power surged, they gained limitless lifespans; having received so much, they must inevitably give something in return.

The army of the descending gods has indeed suffered a heavy blow; now, pursuing them in their weakened state, perhaps they will achieve extraordinary merit.

Some bold and fierce clan leaders decided to appear in person and follow Gong Sun Yao into battle.

Some shrewd and cunning clan leaders, however, prepared to hold the fort at home, letting the clan's equally Dao-imprinted 'core backbone' go with them. After all, the merits earned by these backbone clansmen will eventually be credited to them, won't they?

Soon, Gong Sun Yao assembled a great army led by tens of thousands of venerable-level commanders, backed by millions of half-step venerables or cultivators who have reached the great perfection of the divine realm.

"Speed is essential in warfare; delay is unwise… we… march forward to kill!"

Gong Sun Yao raised a holy weapon suffused with rising purple aura, its majesty unmatched. Though this holy armament falls short of the golden holy sword wielded by Wu Tie by a notch, it still radiates authority in all directions, emanating boundless imperial pressure.

Wu Tie gazed deeply at that holy weapon, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

Thus, after an hour, Wu Tie set foot upon the Heavenly Crystal Battle Star!

For countless years, ever since the allied army of the gods defeated the rebel army formed by humanity's ancestors, this is the first time a formal human legion has set foot on this supergiant divine artifact whose entire body is forged from crystal stone.

For countless years, countless members of the human race have once reached this place.

They were either human geniuses personally plundered by the incarnations of the gods, or human monsters sacrificed by the gods' minions, or on Mu Dalu, those who generation after generation worshipped the gods and offered sacrifices, waiting until their lifespans were about to end, then brazenly offering themselves as sacrifices to the gods—human traitors.

Or they were helpless prey unable to resist.

Or they were fawning lackeys.

Those of the human race who have ever set foot on this giant crystal star are nothing more than these two kinds.

But today……

Hundreds of scribes from the common human populace mixed in the army were twitching all over, frantically recording what they had witnessed with words on bamboo slips and with their souls on jade slips!

These precious records will, many years later, allow countless descendants of the human race to sing them forever——

Our ancestors once failed, but we, their later descendants, have never given up.

Under the leadership of Gong Sun Yao, the most outstanding bloodline descendant of the great Youxiong tribe, we have washed away the shame of our ancestors' defeat and set foot upon the gods' forbidden land!

This is an enormous crystal space.

Its diameter spans thousands of li, its height reaches tens of li, the ground is paved with solid seven-colored crystal, upon which are inscribed massive spatial formations.

When the human army buzzed into view from a giant teleportation formation, thousands of Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe members scattered in all directions were momentarily stunned.

A Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe member a hundred zhang tall rose from behind a huge control platform, pointing and shouting harshly: 'Lackeys, which prince's slaves are you? Where is your leader? Why only you have been sent back? What happened on Wa Island?'

Gong Sun Yao flung the five great banners he held.

Five-colored spiritual mist enveloped the entire crystal hall.

The bodies of over a thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe members stiffened, immobilized by a sudden Dao pressure from the void.

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe member who had shouted spewed blinding seven-colored divine light from his whole body, and with difficulty, his right hand inch by inch poked at a flashing red button on the control platform.

A Gong Sun clan Elder strode forward, raised his blade and chopped off the Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe member's head in one stroke.

'Pierce his brain core and heart core!' Gong Sun Yao said calmly: 'The vital points of the Heavenly Crystal Fiends lie exactly there; if we completely crush their brain core and heart core, they will have no chance to revive.'

'Otherwise, as long as either the brain core or the heart core remains, if buried in a crystal vein they can draw crystal power to be reborn.'

Gong Sun Yao sneered: 'These fiends are rather interesting… Hmm, don't completely crush their brain core and heart core; these things can be used for forging weapons, ensuring that the divine arms we craft later will possess extraordinary spirituality!'

The Gong Sun clan Elder drew a specially made triple-edged spike, lightly pierced the Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe member's brain core and heart core, then broke open his sturdy divine body and extracted from within two crystal polyhedra the size of water jars, flashing with enigmatic light.

'Kill them all!' Gong Sun Yao waved his hand.

Wu Tie drew a deep breath, then his body swayed slightly and he vanished directly from the crowd.

Present were tens of thousands of Venerables, millions of half-step Venerables, and peak Divine Sovereign human elites; Wu Tie's presence was already faint, so no one noticed his sudden disappearance.

The great force surged outward in all directions; amidst the flashing blades and sword light, over a thousand Heavenly Crystal Divine Tribe members were instantly reaped.

'Be careful, do not destroy the formations here, do not damage any of the equipment.' Gong Sun Yao shouted loudly: 'This is a magnificent supreme divine artifact of the Heavenly Crystal Fiends, capable of traversing the Primordial Chaos, wandering the void, possessing vast power and endless wonders… From now on, this Heavenly Crystal War Star will be another treasure to safeguard our human race!'

Wu Tie's form merged into the void, the Heavenly Mirror in his hand flashing with enigmatic light.

Viewed from outside, the Heavenly Crystal War Star has a diameter of about a hundred thousand li, but its interior unknown how many layers of space are folded, densely packed and overlapping, its internal volume so huge it makes one dizzy.

Countless crystal corridors, countless crystal halls, and countless storerooms and living spaces of various sizes are densely distributed throughout this vast interior space, making it a hundred times more complex than a hundred thousand beehives and ant nests smashed apart and reassembled.

However, no matter how vast the interior space of the Heavenly Crystal War Star, it all lies within the detection range of the Heavenly Mirror.

The Heavenly Mirror has endless marvels; Wu Tie has already locked onto the hall within the Heavenly Crystal War Star where the crowd is densest, magical fluctuations strongest, and the furnishings most luxurious and arrangement most imposing.

Inside that hall are five great thrones, with two slightly smaller chairs placed to the left and right.

Wu Tie had already seen them, lying on the floor before the thrones, surrounded by a great throng of divine spirits: Xuanwu, Youzu, and the five other supreme leaders.

Wu Tie swiftly shuttled through the void, continually shifting toward that hall along a straight trajectory.

Inside the Heavenly Crystal War Star, the special Dao rhythms of foreign divine spirits permeate; the world in which these foreign races survive, their spatial structure and characteristics differ considerably from the spatial Dao of Mu Dalu.

If it were Gong Sun Yao and the others, it would be utterly impossible to break through space and move here.

But Wu Tie… besides having comprehended the three thousand Dao and eighty-four thousand side paths of the Pangu Continent, he also earnestly contemplated the foreign Dao from deep within his bloodline, directly originating from the primordial source treasury of the Pangu sage of ancient times.

These foreign Dao, Wu Tie has not yet condensed their Dao seals.

But he has also brought their comprehension to the great perfection of the Divine Sovereign realm.

Combined with his own formidable magical power, within the unfamiliar, special spatial structure of the Heavenly Crystal War Star, Wu Tie moves about as freely as a fish.