Chapter 82: with translation of chapter title

The battle to reclaim the Northern Wastes is about to erupt!

In the Demon Emperor's fury, twenty Great Luo True Dragons, including the Four Seas True Dragon King, led the vengeful alliance of demon folk from the Eastern and Northern Wastes, launching an attack against the dozens of great Wu and numerous Wu soldiers who had slaughtered and occupied the Northern Wastes.

Although these athletic great Wu have been tempered for long, their strength far exceeds that of ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortals, but fortunately the Four Seas True Dragons are no pushovers either!

As the hegemon of the primordial era, the dragon race may have declined now, but a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse; while other vassal races are uncertain, at least the true dragons' strength is indeed high.

After a fierce battle with the many great Wu, both sides suffered casualties.

The great Wu, their blood heated, had wanted to keep fighting, but… the timing, terrain, and human harmony were none on their side; instead, the earlier slaughter had aroused the hatred of the myriad demons of the Northern Wastes!

Thus, many wild Demon Race Great Luo Golden Immortals spontaneously joined the Egalitarian Heavenly Court, launching a war to defend the realm and pacify the people against the invading great Wu of the Northern Wastes; as time passed, the balance of power between the two sides gradually tipped…

These are the souls of all beings that I had Houyi collect when he slew the Demonfolk alliance of the Central Province; each is intact, and I originally intended to fashion new bodies for them before secretly sending them back to the Eastern Wastes.

But Xuandu said it while laughing: "Great Chieftain, don't worry, that grand formation cannot be laid out!"

Jin Bing sat in the pavilion, looking astonished at the person opposite him.

As for this time, coercing the Heavenly Court to cede territory and making an enemy of the Demon Emperor, all this is the disaster caused by my siblings' boundless ambition…

Great Chieftain, Lady Houtu entrusted me to deliver a message to you!

What… is this?

Before the crowd could start scolding him, Xuandu privately reported to you his observations from the Wu Clan: just as you thought, the Wu Clan has already split into two factions!

Therefore, this faction of the Wu Clan actually supports the Egalitarian Heavenly Court!

But who would have thought that upon hearing this reason, Lady Houtu actually relaxed, and then took out a black disc.

Lady Houtu's expression turned solemn:

Jin Bing's mouth twitched:

Ancestral Wu, there's no need to amuse yourself with Jin Bing; if you have something to say, just say it straight.

One faction, their blood heated, thinks the myriad demons are nothing special, the Egalitarian Heavenly Court is a pushover, saying they'll slaughter the Northern Wastes and they will; the Supreme Heavenly Court is also a softie, letting them carve up the Central Province and they will!

I know the Wu Clan has already offended the myriad races, so I dare not exonerate my clan; the guilty… indeed need to repay with their lives!

But since you brought them up, I'll return them to you face‑to‑face; you can revive them anytime, though their cultivation must be started anew… could this be exchanged for Houyi's life?

Having heard this, you thought, "Indeed, I shouldn't rashly launch a map‑wide barrage; the Wu Clan also has decent people… wait a moment!"

You anxiously hoped that when the time came, you could drag down the Six Saints to crush them in a one‑sided battle.

Jin Bing furrowed his brows:

Please forgive me, I cannot agree.

One faction cursed the demon traitors!

First, take a punch from my Pangu dharma‑body—if you don't die, we'll talk!

Outside Shouyang Mountain, in a makeshift wilderness pavilion.

Lady Houtu breathed a sigh of relief; she is naturally no defeatist, but firstly she does not wish to slaughter the innocent, and secondly… the six great fathers atop this True Immortal little flood dragon are truly terrifying, so for the sake of her siblings' lives she must collude with the enemy.

As for his appearance, he is quite familiar to her—firstly because she saw him in her past life, and secondly, perhaps due to the blood connection between sisters, she resembles her past‑life wife Xuanming quite closely.

Lady Houtu simply dropped the pretense and spoke frankly:

Regarding the Wu‑Demon war, although I cannot change their ambition, I have always believed it is wrong; all myriad races in the world ought to coexist equally, with no notion of one being higher or lower.

Some also believe that, since the Egalitarian Heavenly Court aims to fragment the vast power of the Supreme Heavenly Court in order to rule the wilderness of heaven and earth, it must pay some price—for example, releasing captives to demonstrate its magnanimity to the officials and populace under the Supreme Heavenly Court…

The two sides nearly came to blows over this…

One punch sent the Kun‑peng flying backward, two blows broke Taiyi's heart, and these three consorts of Di Jun—Xihe, Wangshu, and Changxi—were not spared tenderness; likewise, the Zhou Tian Star‑Dou Grand Formation was nearly smashed to pieces.

She was a beautiful woman, dressed entirely in goose‑yellow robes, with a faint gathering of earthly qi around her.

No, we were just griping at the opposition—how did you kid actually accept the local specialty?!

This proposal directly ignited the excitement of the Northern Wastes survivors; they even cursed these people for talking while standing without back pain, and for speaking up for the Wu Clan—could it be that they've taken fifty sacks of Mount Buzhou's local specialty from the Twelve Ancestral Wu?

You asked him, puzzled: "Even if the Wu Clan has decent people who support the Egalitarian Heavenly Court, that wouldn't affect the Ancestral Wu's fate, would it? The Twelve Heavens God‑Slaughter Grand Formation doesn't need the aid of great Wu anyway."

Xuandu, however, smiled mysteriously: "The formation indeed doesn't need great Wu, but what if it lacks an Ancestral Wu…"

Finally, unable to withstand the siege, the great Wu had no choice but to retreat from the Northern Wastes; they fled, but the ordinary Wu soldiers could not escape, and were all captured by the demon alliance; the Egalitarian Heavenly Court reclaimed the lost land, and the reclamation war ended in a total victory!

One, I won't concern myself with the life or death of those madmen; if you meet them on the battlefield, feel free to kill them!

This person is none other than the Ancestral Wu Houtu!

Lady Houtu smiled and said:

How so? Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, aren't you afraid I've come to behead you?

After the war, the Egalitarian Heavenly Court debated hotly over how to handle the Wu captives.

One faction cursed them for not understanding the big picture!

Because another faction of the Wu Clan thinks differently—they are not crazy, but rather calm; Houyi belongs to this faction, and the Xuandu that we contacted in the Wu Clan this time is also from this faction.

Why?

According to Xuandu's description, this faction of the Wu Clan has already gone mad, and is highly likely to summon the Ancestral Wu to unleash the Twelve Heavens God‑Slaughter Grand Formation, using force to sweep across the wilderness…

Jin Bing said in a deep voice:

Your Houyi, who campaigned against my Central Province, slaughtering my vanguard and countless demon alliance troops, must pay with his life!

If it weren't for Di Jun attaining sainthood and crushing it, the only way you could conceive of defeating it would be to have a few peak half‑sage powerhouses drag it into self‑destruction…

What, half‑sage? Sage?

Lady Houtu did not understand.

Evidently, the Wu Clan does have decent people, unlike those muscle‑brained fanatics who think the Wu Clan is innately noble; they believe that although the Wu Clan is powerful and enjoys some privileges thanks to Pangu, in essence they are the same as all other myriad spirits.

……

If this continues, the Wu Clan could easily take on both Heavenly Courts alone, establish a Supreme Wu Court, and thereafter enslave the myriad demons, dominating the wilderness!

Two, I will not participate in the Twelve Heavens God‑Slaughter Grand Formation, so you need not worry about its threat; but I cannot stop them, so they might indeed join the fight… you can ask a sage to intervene and restrain them, but please be sure not to harm their lives!

"Three, although our department's great and little witches will still follow the orders of other ancestral witches to go to battle, they will not strike heavy blows, so... please show mercy."

Hou Tu answered truthfully:

At this point, Hou Tu paused, then said solemnly:

Jin Bing raised his eyebrows:

"Okay."

Jin Bing looked at her determined eyes in surprise, thought for a moment, and said:

"What does the ancestral witch mean?"

【You: …】

【After all, no race is inherently evil, unless someone deliberately educates them in that direction!】

Jin Bing was stunned.

【Why?】

"Although the Wu Clan kills without incurring karma, they are not the utmost demons; therefore, since the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the Wu Clan, despite possessing Pangu's divine power, has never taken the initiative to cause chaos."

"【The delighted Xuan Du, carrying fifty sacks of Mount Buzhou's local specialties from the Wu Clan, returned to Mount Shouyang!】"

"Good, worthy of being a demon emperor who possesses the Wilderness with the posture of a True Immortal!"

"【The two sides arguing: …】"

"【You naturally want to slaughter all the prisoners, because this group's sins are heavenly; the total number of myriad races killed in the Northern Wasteland is counted in hundreds of millions, whether to appease public anger or out of personal feelings, they deserve a slash!】"

"【Northern Wasteland-born Demon Race survivors angrily submitted a memorial to you, requesting the execution of all prisoners to avenge the dead!】"

"【At that time you were startled; everyone banned Quasi-Sages and Sages, defaulting that the two Heavenly Court wars were limited to the realm of Great Luo Golden Immortals and below; in this situation, the Wu Clan actually wanted to let a Quasi-Sage-level ancestral witch take the field!】"

"【The ancestral witch is already overpowered; not to mention that Twelve Heavenly Gods Slaughter Grand Formation—you have personally seen in your past life how it variously bloodily abused Heavenly Court Quasi-Sages.】"

"【In your bewildered gaze, Xuan Du quietly initiated a private gathering……】"

"【But just at this moment, a person's return, however, changed your mind……】"

"As the Disc appeared, Jin Bing widened his eyes; he could clearly sense the massive soul aura within, many of which he recognized…… they were the human vanguards he personally brought out!"

"But he was not merely happy about the children's impending resurrection; instead, his thoughts flew back to his first life."

"He seemed to have forgotten something…… an important matter capable of somewhat easing the human supremacist ideology!"

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(End of chapter)