At the corrupted edge of the empire, where the land had already been contaminated, dark demonic qi stretched like a mountain range across the horizon, writhing and twisting as it slowly eroded the forests and rivers. From afar, it looked like an immense, boundless dark colossal beast was devouring the land.

Just then, the void ten thousand kilometers above began to tremble. Three figures radiating the oppressive might of demon gods descended, carrying a sweeping tide of demonic qi as they flew into the distance.

However, the moment they stepped beyond the empire's boundary, all three demon gods came to an abrupt halt. In their eyes, a force exceeding the limits of any demon god erupted hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. Invisible ripples of law shook the heavens and earth.

Livedes' expression changed drastically. "This is bad. Deorus really walked into an ambush!"

Among them, the demon god with the most powerful aura said in a low tone, "Deorus has always been cautious and shrewd. How could it act so foolishly now? Let's go. We have to reinforce it. If we're a step too late, that fool might already be dead. I've already notified Beketivi to come as backup."

Though enraged that Deorus had been reckless at such a critical time, the three demon gods didn't hesitate. They instantly tore through space and rushed ahead at blinding speed.

As the rising ruler of a new empire, Deorus ranked in the upper tier of all demon gods within the Purgatory Demon Clan, comparable to the late stage of the ancient titan level. With its unique bloodline power of time, it was even more difficult to deal with, much less to kill.

If it were ambushed and slain before the decisive battle, it would be a massive blow to the Purgatory Demon Clan's morale and would significantly weaken their top-tier combat strength.

However, just as the three demon gods crossed two hundred thousand kilometers, they once again halted.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sky collapsed. Four figures tore open the void and descended, surrounding the demon gods from all directions. Ahead stood Qian Tian, holding a black-and-white Divine Yin-Yang Wheel that split the world into two realms of yin and yang. Standing at the heart of this division, he seemed like the master of life and death itself.

To the left sat the elegant, unmatched Divine King Tarodell, with a third eye on its brow and enthroned upon the seat of a divine king. Behind it, a vast, boundless golden world slowly descended.

To the right stood Golden-Winged Divine King Tolstoy, a late-stage ancient-titan-level cultivator. Behind him spread five pairs of golden light wings that obscured the sky. He held a radiant golden sun in his hand.

From the rear came Faerie King Xuntian, its elderly face serene, its white hair and beard fluttering gently. A massive azure lotus bloomed beneath its feet, radiating an ethereal and transcendent aura.

"Despicable humans!"

Boom!

Livedes had only just let out a furious roar when Qian Tian struck without hesitation. The shining Yin-Yang Wheel stretched across the heavens, tearing space apart.

The invisible force of yin and yang, life and death, seeped into his principle. When it reflected upon the demon gods, their flesh and scales exuded the aura of corruption and decay.

"Damn Purgatory Demons." Xuntian's gaze turned frigid. Behind it, a six-armed manifestation reaching tens of thousands of meters tall appeared, each palm forming a different mysterious seal.

Hum!

The azure lotus beneath Xuntian's feet flared brilliantly, its glow flooding the sky. Its radiance began to dissipate the demonic qi surrounding the three demon gods. Like murky black ink being purified, their surroundings grew clearer, and as a result, their auras sharply declined.

At the same moment, Tarodell and Tolstoy unleashed their powers. Their might, nearly at the peak of the ancient realm, shattered the very heavens.

"You think you can kill us so easily? How naive." As Karotis spoke, its entire body erupted in a storm of dark-red light. Its domineering law force repelled everything, even Faerie King Xuntian's boundless azure brilliance.

Amid the clash of principles, Karotis, towering over sixty thousand meters tall with three heads and sixteen arms, stood rooted in the abyss. In one of its hands was a massive blood-red saber pulsing with dreadful energy. The sky collapsed under the saber light that pierced the heavens and earth. A maelstrom of black-and-crimson light surged forth, crashing toward the Divine Yin-Yang Wheel.

Boom!

The ancient divine weapon collided with the world-level weapon, and a blinding explosion erupted, signaling the collapse of that entire region of space. As an empire's ruler, Karotis possessed strength too overwhelming. Beneath the saber's crushing light, the Divine Yin-Yang Wheel trembled, while the realms of life and death began to shatter and be torn apart.

Waves of destructive force swept across tens of thousands of kilometers. Wherever the blood-red light passed, the land melted like snow beneath a scorching sun, layer by layer.

Just as the Divine Yin-Yang Wheel was being suppressed, Qian Tian's black-and-white hair turned entirely black. In the next moment, a far stronger aura erupted from his body. "Reverse life and death. Restore vitality from decay."

Boom!

The Yin-Yang Wheel radiated even more brightly. On the threshold between life and death, it clashed with the saber light hundreds of thousands of times in the blink of an eye.

While Qian Tian reversed the cycle of life and death to hold off Karotis, Livedes and another middle-stage ancient-titan-level demon god roared and revealed their three-headed, ten-armed true forms.

However, against the combined might of three peak ancient-titan-level divine and faerie kings, the two demon gods' principle domains collapsed instantly. Blood spurted from their mouths.

Boom!

Two black pillars of light fell from ten thousand kilometers above, crashing onto the earth already scorched by blood-red light and melted across hundreds of kilometers. The land fractured across a span of ten thousand kilometers, and a flood of dark-red fire surged from beneath the surface. Scalding lava and shattered stone were blasted tens of thousands of kilometers into the air.

The moment the three demon gods had appeared, the four from the human alliance had already divided their targets through a brief mental exchange. Qian Tian burned the origin of death to pin down Karotis. The stronger trio—Tarodell, Tolstoy, and Xuntian—surrounded and attempted to slay the two middle-stage ancient-titan-level demon gods.

However, at the demon god level, each one possessed numerous life-preserving methods and secret arts. Killing them outright would never be so simple. As the two demon gods were slammed into the earth, two massive auras erupted from beneath the ground like supernovas, surging more than tenfold as they burst skyward.

Boom!

The void collapsed. A colossal demon god phantom slowly emerged, towering between heaven and earth. Ten massive arms stretched behind it like mountain ranges, sweeping forth rolling shockwaves that crashed toward Tolstoy and the others. The immense force stirred the principles across tens of thousands of kilometers, shaking time and space.

"You're not leaving today." Seated upon the divine throne, Tarodell paid no heed to the towering phantom. The eye at the center of its brow glowed with dazzling brilliance.

At the same time, within the golden world behind it, an enormous golden eye also slowly opened. It was emotionless and cold, and its gaze shattered layer upon layer of the void, creating a pitch-black passage spanning over ten thousand kilometers. At the far end, the silhouettes of two demon gods emerged. Meanwhile, the towering phantom was shattered by a joint strike from Tolstoy and Xuntian. Torrents of demonic qi collapsed outward in every direction.

"I'll hold them off. Retreat into the shadows!"

Boom!

Karotis' roar echoed across the heavens. A blood-red saber light swept across the sky, unleashing an unmatched, tyrannical sharpness that severed space and time between the three kings and the other two demon gods.

Just then, black-and-white light poured down like a waterfall, forming a realm of life and death that connected the heavens and earth.

"Your opponent is me." At the boundary of the yin-yang world, Qian Tian lifted the Divine Yin-Yang Wheel once more, blocking Karotis' path.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

An even more intense battle erupted. Despite Livedes and the other demon god burning their origins, they couldn't break through the combined assault of the three superior divine and faerie kings. Their true forms were repeatedly shattered.

The mere twenty-thousand-kilometer gap between the two demon gods and the Dark Demonic Morkaya Empire, which once took only a few breaths to cross, now felt like the boundary between life and death.

From the direction of the Silver Forest Forbidden Zone, two more terrifying auras rapidly approached. Two versions of Chen Chu appeared in their True Demon God Forms, wielding halberds with their eight and ten arms. Behind them, streams of golden-white lightning blanketed the sky.

Even Karotis' expression shifted upon sensing the aura of one of Chen Chu's time clones, which was at the beginning stage of the ancient titan level. Livedes and the other demon god looked utterly stricken with despair, yet the two approaching Chen Chus only gave them a passing glance before flying past the battlefield, tearing through space toward the edge of the empire.

There, roiling waves of demonic qi churned violently as several powerful demon god auras closed in at astonishing speed. They were reinforcements summoned by Karotis, who had crossed through the Morkaya Empire to provide support from the far border.

This was precisely why it was so difficult to kill ancient-titan-level powerhouses from advanced civilizations. These beings not only possessed countless life-preserving techniques, but could also cross millions of kilometers in an instant, and were aided by equally powerful allies. As long as they delayed for even a moment, they could escape.

In the blink of an eye, a second demon-god-level battle erupted along the empire's border. Two of Chen Chu's time clones clashed head-on against three demon gods. One of them wielded a world-level weapon and was none other than Beketivi, the empire ruler of the Belvetan Empire.

Under the shroud of the dark domain, the three demon gods were even stronger. Even so, Chen Chu's clones held their ground. One at the ancient titan level faced two demon gods without faltering, while the other, at the late stage of the heavenly king level, intercepted a middle-stage ancient-titan-level demon god alone.

While that battle raged, two other demon gods stationed at the Greeta Battle Demon Empire's border lunged toward the human forbidden zone battlefield. If the human race's demon-god-level forces had all gone to ambush Deorus, then these two demon gods would be more than enough to slaughter the alliance's entire rear.

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