Chapter 86: Total War, The Prologue

The forms of Otherworld gods vary, some beast-like, some human, others deformed, but they all share one common trait: the deep gold in their eyes, which is a symbol of divinity.

And at this moment, Jiang Qin saw a true god!

The four phantom shadows above the firmament were as high as mountain ridges, radiating ten thousand zhang of divine light, and through the clouds, one could vaguely glimpse their divine expressions.

For over a hundred years, humanity on Lanxing has been in constant contact with Otherworld gods and has mastered some basic information about them, so when the four gods appeared, Cang Ling had already recognized their identities.

There is also a strict hierarchical order among the gods, divided into four major factions.

Night, Day, Time, Space.

The four great divine factions each perform their own duties, led by four great leaders.

Just at this moment, divine sounds descended from the firmament; clearly, they had not opened their mouths, yet the divine sounds echoed across the entire land, resounding between heaven and earth.

"Tiny insects, daring to pry into the radiance of gods."

"Pitiful race, pitiful world, Cang Ling Sword... you have actually fallen to this point, discarding your original body to take on a human form, keeping company with insects; do not remain obsessed, it is time for you to fulfill your mission."

The divine sound was vast and mighty, making one want to submit.

A pressure descended upon Jiang Qin, and a voice in his heart was telling him to kneel and worship; he gritted his teeth and did not let this will occupy his consciousness, but just doing this had already exhausted all his strength.

And beside him, segments of dust-covered memories in Cang Ling's mind were rapidly awakening.

These were memories from before she came to this world, the truth she had been constantly pursuing for a hundred years; previously, no matter how hard she tried, she could not recall even a shred, but at this moment, as she faced the true bodies of the gods, it was as if some opportunity had been triggered, and the memories deep in her mind were being completely unsealed.

Thousands of years of memories surged forth like a tide.

Jiang Qin was still struggling to resist the will within his heart.

But soon, a scorching sensation surged from deep within his body; that will seemed to be burning, and it no longer whispered.

The Day god noticed this and cast a glance at the insect below.

"Interesting, to think a mere insect actually carries the power of rules, how strange... this rule does not belong to either of the two worlds, it seems capable of resisting our intrusion, but... that is all it is."

Divine power surged, and the light of the divine bodies grew even brighter.

A hot wind swept down from the firmament; though it had no physical form, it was mixed with gang-qi, blowing through Jiang Qin's body and then turning into nothingness.

It seemed to have no effect.

But soon, cracks appeared on the surface of Jiang Qin's body; his body was disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye. 【Mysterious Snake Restoring Life】 was frantically activated, trying to repair the cracks, but the speed at which the cracks appeared was far faster than the speed of repair.

Many methods were completely ineffective.

In a moment's time, Jiang Qin's physical body turned into a pool of flesh and blood, scattering onto the ground.

From a biological perspective, he was undoubtedly dead at this moment; his aura and existence could no longer be felt in heaven and earth, and in the eyes of the four gods, above that pool of mangled flesh, a faint phantom shadow was floating.

It was Jiang Qin's soul, protected by a golden light.

At this moment, Cang Ling finally absorbed all her memories; with a thought, the Space divine power that had imprisoned her body dissipated silently, and her body radiated an aura of the same origin as the gods.

The Golden Dragon Pattern Sword appeared abruptly, held in her hand.

Cang Ling slashed out with a sword, expressionless, tearing a rift in space, wrapped Jiang Qin's soul in rules, and charged into the rift with him, and the world on the other side of the rift was... Cangling Jie!

The four gods did not stop her; their goal had already been achieved.

Cang Ling had returned to Cangling Jie.

She would complete that final vacancy in the rules; when that time came, the Heavenly Dao rules would be complete, and the Heavenly Dao of Lanxing would no longer have any chance to resist.

The Space god raised a hand, swirling with the power of space rules.

"Begin, unveil the prologue to the war between the two worlds!"

The Night god, Day god, and Time god also simultaneously channeled the power of rules, continuously surging toward the Space god's divine body, helping him tear open the barrier that existed between the two worlds.

Just as the world barrier was shaken by divine power.

All the Law-realm Martial Artists of Lanxing felt this change, their expressions changed drastically, and they all simultaneously unleashed their full strength to reinforce the barrier.

While the Heavenly Dao power of Lanxing took action, the Heavenly Dao of Cangling Jie struck at the same time.

The Heavenly Dao power of the two worlds was now evenly matched, locked in a stalemate.

As the barrier was shaken, the terrain of Lanxing began to change; two cities were clearly only a hundred miles apart, but suddenly a primeval jungle appeared between them, and the jungle was vast in scope.

It was not occupying the original Lanxing regions, but the landscape of Cangling Jie was forcibly merging, forcibly stuffing its landscape into Lanxing.

In a palace located at a core stronghold of Huaguo.

More than ten Huaguo Law-realm Martial Artists in seclusion vomited blood simultaneously; they were constantly reinforcing the barrier, but at this moment they were suffering the backlash of the barrier, as a more powerful force was attempting to break it.

"Not good! The Otherworld gods are going to break the barrier ahead of schedule!"

"We must not let them succeed; all Law-realm Martial Artists must stop all seclusion and cultivation, and exert all strength to reinforce the world barrier. Lanxing is not yet prepared for war; we must not let them break the barrier at this time and descend upon our world!"

"Damn it, are they crazy! They are actually willing to exhaust their own origins."

"Something must have happened that we don't know about, otherwise they wouldn't have acted so suddenly. Immediately spread the news; the whole country is to enter the highest state of alert. At the very least, we cannot let them descend into the cities, otherwise, it will be a catastrophe, and billions of citizens will be in danger!"

"Fight with everything we've got...!"

This 'tug-of-war' lasted for more than a month.

After losing more than ten Law-realm experts, Lanxing successfully stabilized the barrier with the help of Heavenly Dao power, but a corner of the barrier had already been breached, forming patches of special space.

Countless Fierce Beasts appeared on the land of Lanxing; they roared at the sky, celebrating.

As a corner of the barrier was breached, they were no longer restricted by the Rift, and any Fierce Beast below the seventh rank could descend upon the land of Lanxing through this corner.

Various countries were suffering unprecedented disasters.

Within a single day, dozens of small countries had their national gates trampled by Fierce Beasts, turning into a living hell!

Only the top-ranked countries could rely on experts to guard the Frontier and barely maintain stability, preventing those Fierce Beasts above the fifth rank from breaking into the country, but even so, the deserts, jungles, frozen plains, and water regions that appeared within the country, containing countless Fierce Beasts, left seven hundred cities facing a desperate situation.

Huaguo dispatched all its forces to consolidate the cities, abandoning one-third of its cities in just one day.

Concentrating limited forces in powerful cities to resist wave after wave of beast tide attacks.

This is an invasion of the world,

If we win, then our home and country can be preserved;

If defeated, then the clan shall perish and the race be extinguished, reduced to food for the Fierce Beast!