Chapter 923: If the Human Race is not unified, the conquest shall not cease!

"Law of Heaven and Earth!"

Yin Qi did not show weakness either, manifesting the Law of Heaven and Earth, likewise transforming into a giant billions of zhang tall.

The Heavenly Blade in his hand also grew to several dozen miles in length.

"One blade to open Heaven!"

Yin Qi shouted loudly.

The blade light appeared suddenly, flashing and vanishing in an instant.

This blade seemed capable of Opening Heaven and Earth, tearing apart the endless Chaos.

The terrifying blade light was branded into the minds of everyone present.

Ah!

Chiyou screamed, his body severed at the waist.

Countless blood poured down like a torrential rain, dyeing the blue sky red.

Just as Yin Qi was about to press his advantage, the hairs all over his body suddenly stood on end, his scalp tingling, and almost without thinking, he utilized Space Law, appearing hundreds of thousands of miles away in an instant.

Just a moment ago, he had smelled the scent of death.

The very instant Yin Qi vanished, a snow-white jade palm surged out from within Chiyou's body, striking toward the void where Yin Qi had previously been.

Before the jade palm arrived, the surrounding ten thousand miles of space had already solidified.

Under this palm, the endless space collapsed from all directions toward the center of the palm, as if it were collapsing into a black hole.

If Yin Qi had not escaped in time, he would have been severely injured even if he did not die.

Perhaps only by bringing out the Eastern Emperor Bell could he have protected himself.

Houtu!

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, Divine Light shone brilliantly in Yin Qi's eyes.

He gazed into the distance at the snow-white jade palm, seemingly seeing a peerless beauty in a white dress standing in the void, gently waving a palm.

It was Houtu!

More accurately, it was a means Houtu had left within Chiyou's body.

It had been activated when Chiyou faced a threat.

Boom—!

The space collapsed between the palms, causing a terrifying and horrific explosion that made the entire firmament shake violently, causing countless stars to be shaken down from the Outer Starry Sky and fall into the Primordial Continent.

Chiyou did not hesitate at all; he pulled his two halves together and leaped away, vanishing from the spot.

This battle came suddenly and ended just as quickly.

Yin Qi looked around, feeling pairs of eyes watching him from across infinite distances.

There were Saints, as well as Haotian, Minghe Laozu, and their ilk.

Yin Qi cupped his hands toward the various directions with a smile, considering it a greeting, then transformed into a stream of light and descended, finally disappearing into Zhaoge, leaving behind only a boiling crowd.

"So strong, truly so strong, who exactly is he?"

"Tsk tsk, if it weren't for the contingency left by Lady Houtu, this Chiyou would be dead for sure."

"No wonder Haotian couldn't do anything to the Witch and Demon races; it seems they both have contingencies left by Saints."

"That goes without saying. If not for the support of Saints, would the Witch and Demon races have been able to retreat to the Outer Starry Sky and the Witch God Realm? They would have perished long ago."

"The Human Race is about to rise."

"I am very curious, what charm does Di Qi have to make a Quasi-Saint willingly submit?"

Chaoge.

The Altar in the east of the city.

Countless gazes were once again cast upon Yin Qi.

Kong Xuan, Li Mu, and others beneath the Altar were also filled with curiosity.

Originally, they had assisted Di Qi only because he was the Human Emperor; in reality, they did not have much awe for him.

But now, they felt a sense of awe in their hearts for no apparent reason.

Yin Qi smiled gently: "I believe everyone is curious about his identity, so I shall introduce him to you all. His name is Chen Nan, the First Offering of my Great Shang, with the cultivation of the Quasi-Saint Initial Stage."

Upon hearing this, the crowd began to discuss it fervently.

"Chen Nan, I've never heard of such a person."

"It's normal not to have heard of him; we hadn't heard of Tianyu Daoren before either. The Primordial Continent is so vast, it's normal for there to be some reclusive Quasi-Saints."

"Chen Nan, Chen Zhan, could they be brothers?"

... Yin Qi raised his hand to press down, and the entire venue fell silent.

With a solemn expression and eyes like torches, he announced loudly: "I declare, from this day forth, my Great Shang Celestial Dynasty shall wage war externally. If the Human Race is not unified, the conquest shall not cease."

"If the Human Race is not unified, the conquest shall not cease!"

"If the Human Race is not unified, the conquest shall not cease!"

"If the Human Race is not unified, the conquest shall not cease!"

A million Immortal Dao soldiers roared one after another, their voices resounding through the clouds.

After the sacrificial ceremony ended, the Thirty-Six Legions that participated in the military parade quickly returned to their stations via the Teleportation Array; preparations for the expedition had long been ready, and they immediately threw themselves into battle.

The Thirty-Six Great Legions were each divided into dozens of detachments, with each detachment responsible for conquering one region.

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And each route would further split into dozens of detachments.

Through Teleportation Arrays secretly set up by Tianluo Hall, and the Jieyin provided by moles planted within various factions, squads of Great Shang soldiers descended like divine troops, suddenly appearing in the core regions of various powers.

Whether it was a national Du Cheng or the ancestral lands of a tribe.

This campaign was not like the Fengshen War, which required attacking one strategic pass after another in an orderly fashion; instead, it aimed to use every possible means for victory, with the goal of paying the smallest price.

Facing the army of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty, the high-level figures of the various factions could not react in time, and were either captured or killed.

Apart from the major factions, although there were quite a few Golden Immortals in the Primordial Continent, numbering in the hundreds, when spread across the vast Primordial Continent, factions with a Golden Immortal holding the fort were very rare.

Basically, a Mysterious Immortal was a hegemon of a region.

For example, in the Dayong Immortal Dynasty, a peak Mysterious Immortal could rule over a territory spanning ten million li in Fang Yuan.

As for the Thirty-Six Great Legions, they had 180,000 Mysterious Immortals, and with over 30,000 Mysterious Immortal Class Warships, this meant the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty could simultaneously attack 210,000 Mysterious Immortal-level factions.

Of course, this was in theory.

Limited by the number of troops, the first batch of targets for the campaign numbered only a thousand or so.

In this battle, the Dayong Immortal Dynasty was also among the first batch of targets.

The Immortal Emperor of Dayong seemed to have sensed something and had already left Yong City, so under the arrangements of Chen Xi, the Great Shang army took over the entire Immortal Dynasty without encountering almost any resistance.

As for the eight super sects within the Immortal Dynasty, they also announced their submission to Great Shang at the first opportunity under the leadership of their Mysterious Immortal ancestors.

As for other factions, it goes without saying.

No matter what, Chen Xi was the consort of Di Qi.

With this connection, their status within the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty in the future might not be low, and could even rise to a higher level.

……

The Great Shang Celestial Dynasty's external campaign naturally attracted the attention of all factions.

When they saw the Great Shang army strike in full force, deploying 180,000 Mysterious Immortals, 30,000 Mysterious Immortal Class Warships, as well as over two million warships and 3.6 billion troops to attack over a thousand factions simultaneously, everyone was dumbfounded.

They were not only shocked by the strength of the Great Shang army, but even more shocked by its precision.

Attacking over a thousand factions simultaneously, and all with a single decisive strike—the preparation work, the coordination of the armies, and the Imperial Court's precision in controlling the troops involved were simply at a catastrophic level.

Even a Saint could never achieve this.

At the same time, this rigorous and meticulous war model of Great Shang also made the various factions suddenly wake up, suddenly feeling that what they had been doing was not fighting a war, but merely the reckless brawling of commoners.

Even the Witch and Demon races, and even the Long-Feng Qilin Sanzue.

Although they had fought each other for millions of years, no true art of war had been born; they relied entirely on high-end combat power to sweep through everything, without any technical substance.

In fact, this was also normal.

The Primordial Continent, after all, was an Immortal Ascension World where infinite power belonged to oneself.

As long as you were strong enough, where would you need any strategy? Just sweep through everything directly.

Just like Hongjun Daozu.

He could be completely ignorant of the art of war, and he could be completely ignorant of politics.

But as long as he was willing to establish a Celestial Dynasty, then the various factions of the Primordial Continent would have to honestly announce their accession and bow their heads in submission.

Of course, this is not to say that the art of war is not important.

Just like this Great Shang external campaign, with the strength of the Great Shang army, it could likewise sweep through a territory of hundreds of millions of li, but it would definitely be time-consuming, and the final losses would also not be small. (End of this chapter)