The Human Sovereign's Command

This was a world of fire, vast and endless. In scale, it even surpassed the Heaven Realm and the Netherworld Kingdom! This single world was equivalent to a hundred Grand Xia worlds.

This was the sacred land of the human race!

It was a world created by the oldest and most powerful existence of the human race—‘Suiren’.

After Lady Nuwa created humanity, the human race was still very weak. At that time, Suiren was already born. In his youth, he comprehended the art of ‘drilling wood to create fire’, united the then-fragile human race, and led them through the brutal ancient era of Fiendgod dominance. With great insight and perseverance, Suiren forged an incredible path.

He was the supreme Human Sovereign, respected by all of humanity, the foremost of the Three Sovereigns!

Suiren was low-key and pragmatic. He roamed the Chaos, excavating and carving out a vast major world within it—the ‘Blazing Sun Major World’. This became the true sacred land of the human race. The ‘size’ of a world created by a major power could also show their strength, and Suiren’s Blazing Sun Major World was second only to the Nuwa Major World.

In terms of power—

Suiren was unfathomably deep. In ancient times, the extremely warlike Fiendgod Zhurong, himself a Primordial Elder God, had fought Suiren and admitted defeat. If Fuxi and Shennong still occasionally appeared in the Three Realms, then Suiren had always been in seclusion… but his existence was a tremendous deterrent. He was the oldest and most powerful existence of the human race. Even though he did not leave his seclusion, no one in the Three Realms dared to forget him.

Even the Seamless Gate was deeply wary of this strongest being of the human race. Once, a powerful Chaos Outsider encountered Suiren in the Chaos and was directly killed by him! The scene had shaken the entire Three Realms, making the Seamless Gate even more cautious of him.

His strength made the human race the undisputed leader of all races, and even the True Gods born from the primordial Chaos had no objections.

…

Atop a towering, majestic mountain of flame.

A man dressed in almost nothing more than a beast-hide skirt sat cross-legged. His black hair was loose, yet each strand seemed like a dragon’s horn, holding inconceivable power. His face was thick with a beard, and his eyes seemed to pierce through past and future. Though he sat on this mountaintop, he could already see through the entire Three Realms.

Though he was transcendent, with the Great Tribulation upon them, he was observing everything.

“Wozi.” Suiren’s voice was deep and powerful, directly transmitting to the ears of a woman among a group of several thousand people who were silently cultivating before a hundred-thousand-zhang tall divine statue, thirty thousand li away.

“Father.”

A human woman with divine patterns on her face stood up. The patterns on her face were from the time when humanity was experimenting with various cultivation methods. Wozi was one of those who had risked danger to try, and was later taken in by Suiren as an adopted daughter.

“Take your division and go. Rescue Ji Ning.” Suiren gave the order.

“Understood.” Wozi replied respectfully.

…

Suiren was the most ancient of Human Sovereigns. Thus, he had many powerful followers. In the ‘Blazing Sun Major World’ alone, there were over ten Daofathers and tens of thousands of Empyrean Gods and True Immortals. The number of Celestial Immortals was astonishingly high. As the sacred land of humanity, it was arguably the most powerful of all the human race’s major worlds.

The Seamless Gate did not even dare to try and infiltrate it.

A Void Boat was sailing through the endless Void, sometimes tearing through the void to arrive elsewhere, sometimes flying at high speed.

On the Void Boat.

Ji Ning and the Seven Radiance Empyrean Gods did not dare to be careless.

“The forces of the Seamless Gate are formidable. If we get trapped, we will surely die.” The Seven Radiance Empyrean God transmitted mentally.

Suddenly—

“Ji Ning, hold on a little longer. The Human Sovereign, Suiren, has dispatched the Empyrean God Wozi, commanding three hundred and sixty-five Empyrean Gods and True Immortals to come to your aid.” Patriarch Subhuti’s voice rang out in Ji Ning’s mind.

“Good.” Ji Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Ning looked back. Behind him, a black flying shuttle was pursuing at high speed.

…

“Damn it, we were so close.” On the black flying shuttle, nearly three hundred Empyrean Gods and True Immortals had gathered. At the forefront was a tall, skeletal Fiendgod. The two balls of flame that served as his eyes blazed as he stared into the distance. “If that Ji Ning had been just one step slower, our Seamless Infinite Formation would have been enough to seal off space and time, leaving him no way to escape. Just a tiny bit more, but now we can’t catch up no matter what. Damn it, it’s truly damnable.”

“The major powers on the Nuwa Alliance’s side are also quite resourceful. We moved fast enough, tearing through the void from the Third World to get here. In that brief moment, they discovered us and informed Ji Ning. Ji Ning also fled quickly.” The man beside him, holding a curved saber, said solemnly.

“Yes, a pity.”

“Just one step away.”

These Empyrean Gods and True Immortals were all filled with unwillingness.

Fortunately, Patriarch Subhuti had warned him in time, and Ji Ning did not hesitate to unleash his Void Boat and tear through the void to flee. He was just one step ahead! If he had been a single step slower, the enemy would have activated their Seamless Infinite Formation, completely sealing off a ten-thousand-li radius. With the might of such a grand formation, even a Void Boat would find it difficult to tear through the void.

Unfortunately, Ji Ning had slipped away before the net was fully cast.

Ji Ning was now constantly on the run, and the Void Boat was incredibly fast, preventing them from even closing the distance.

“Pursue.”

“This is a life-or-death chase. If this Ji Ning makes a single mistake, we can trap him.” The Skeletal Fiendgod’s voice was low and deep. When fighting for one’s life at the edge of death, a single misstep due to panic would allow them to catch up.

One fled, the other pursued.

Through the endless Void, major worlds, minor worlds… they frantically fled and chased. Ji Ning was piloting a Void Boat, while the Seamless Gate side was also piloting an Innate Supreme Treasure, the ‘Heavenly Witch Shuttle’. Both were extremely adept at speed and tearing through the void, and for a time, they were evenly matched.

“Not good.” The Empyrean Gods and True Immortals on the ‘Heavenly Witch Shuttle’, including the Skeletal Fiendgod, all changed expression.

Ahead, above a vast ocean, a fiery mountain peak was suspended in the air. Figures stood on the mountain peak, each exuding an ancient aura. They were all powerful human experts from the primordial era. At their head was the fierce, murderous female Empyrean God, Wozi, behind whom stood three hundred and sixty-five Empyrean Gods and True Immortals.

At the same time, the Void Boat flew beside the fiery mountain peak, and two ten-thousand-zhang tall Fiendgods walked out from within.

The two armies faced each other from a distance.

Both were elite units of their respective camps. One side was already proficient in the ‘Seamless Infinite Formation’ created by the Seamless Gate’s ‘Godking’, while the other could also form the formidable ‘Stellar Constellation God Formation’. In the primordial era, Empyrean Gods and True Immortals using this formation could fight True Gods and Daofathers.

“Do you wish for battle?” The female Empyrean God Wozi looked over coldly, her voice ringing through heaven and earth.

“Beiming.” The Skeletal Fiendgod pointed at Ji Ning, saying coldly, “You got lucky this time. You escaped by just a single step. But what you are doing… is courting death.”

“Courting death? Then kill me. Come on.”

Ji Ning looked back, his voice just as cold. “If you have the ability, kill me. I’m right here. Your fierce words mean nothing.”

“Fine.” The Skeletal Fiendgod ground his teeth.

The two balls of flame in his eyes rolled. He swept his gaze over the powerful Empyrean Gods and True Immortals standing on the fiery mountain peak, and could only swallow his unwillingness. Although Ji Ning’s actions were a gamble… as long as he could hold out for a little while, he would get reinforcements from the Nuwa Alliance. Without a decisive final battle,

facing an enemy army of this size, the Seamless Gate camp had no choice.

“Withdraw.” The voice of the Godking rang out in the minds of the Skeletal Fiendgod and his group.

“Let’s go.”

The Skeletal Fiendgod could only say, unwillingly.

Rumble~~~

The Heavenly Witch Shuttle directly tore through the void and flew away.

…

In the Third World, the Godking and Daofather Bixuan stood in the Void, watching.

“Damn it.” A cold light flickered in the Godking’s eyes.

“A pity. We were only one step away.” Daofather Bixuan said coldly, “Just one step short, and we couldn’t catch him. That Ji Ning has the Innate Supreme Treasure ‘Void Boat’. This Void Boat existed before our Seamless Chaosworld and the Pangu Chaosworld went to war. It was originally a treasure of Daoist Threelives… Threelives was truly a valiant general. Extremely fierce, and he showed no mercy to himself.”

“Yes.”

The Godking nodded.

He also remembered that fierce and powerful Daoist Threelives. Although he had not mastered a Heavenly Dao, relying on his True God body and the terrifying divine ability ‘Starseizing Hand’, he had caused several True Fiend Daofathers on the Seamless Gate’s side to fall at his hands. The Starseizing Hand was simply too powerful.

“Ji Ning has the Void Boat. To kill him, we either have to seal off space-time first, or set a trap and such. The other option is to use an even better flying-escape treasure. The only things stronger than the Void Boat… are Chaos Treasures.” The Godking frowned. “We only have one Chaos Treasure on our side that is good at flying and escaping. It’s with Daofather Demonhand! Daofather Demonhand is very reclusive and may not be willing to entrust such an incredibly important Chaos Treasure to some Empyrean Gods and True Immortals.”

“Yes, with Demonhand’s personality, it would be very difficult to get her to agree.” Daofather Bixuan nodded.

Daofather Demonhand…

This was a truly terrifying great demon who had once caused a tide of slaughter across the Seamless Chaosworld. Just hearing her name filled countless experts of the Seamless Chaosworld with fear. The reason her hands were so powerful was different from Daoist Threelives. Daofather Demonhand’s hands were so strong because she had obtained a pair of glove-type Chaos Treasures from the Chaos. From then on, she delved into divine abilities, creating the ‘Great Annihilation Demonhand’ technique. She might not be as good as the Lord of All Demons in fleeing, but in direct combat, she was his equal. In the beginning, it was the ‘Demonheart Lord’ who managed to suppress this true demon among demons.

“This Ji Ning… he truly is seeking death.” The Godking grew more furious the more he thought about it. Ji Ning killing fifteen Empyrean Gods and True Immortals had a small impact on their overall strength, but it affected his layout in the Three Realms. If he continued with his current deployment, then Ji Ning’s next sneak attack would succeed again.

But if he changed the deployment, it would require changing the entire layout across all the major worlds of the Three Realms. The cost was simply too great.

…

Meanwhile, Ji Ning was thanking the Empyrean God Wozi.

“Luckily, fellow Daoist Wozi and all of you arrived, or I, Ji Ning, would have been in grave danger.” Ji Ning had already dismissed the Karmic Punishment Deity and teleported the million Immortals into the Starseizing Major World. Only the seven Empyrean Gods and True Immortals, including Red Snow, stood beside him.

“I was merely following the orders of the Human Sovereign, Suiren, to rescue you. If you wish to thank anyone, thank the Human Sovereign.” The female Empyrean God Wozi nodded to Ji Ning with a smile. Behind her, the ancient human Empyrean Gods and True Immortals all nodded to Ji Ning. They were all very friendly towards Ji Ning, because he, too, was of human descent. These Empyrean Gods and True Immortals, who had risen to power when humanity was still weak, valued their race even more.

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