Chapter 151 The Great Battle of Three: With our remnant souls, we will protect the eternal flame of the Nine Provinces. ...

In the void, the towering, illusory image of the Dharma finally dissipated under the erosion of the black light.

"Ahem~!"

Xu Wuzhong Jiuli let out a muffled groan, and bright red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Her body swayed, and her breath began to weaken.

"Roar!!! Kill!!!"

The massive demon army roared deafeningly, their eyes filled with greed as they stared at the devastated lands of Kyushu.

The jade bottle was covered with cracks, each crack being an open spatial passage, which could no longer stop the Void Demon Clan's advance.

“Go back, I can handle things here,” Void Zhong Jiuli said to her other self.

Jiuzhou Zhong Jiuli shook her head, drew her bow and shot three arrows, briefly halting the approaching three demon emperors. "I will not let you fight alone here. I believe in them; they can hold off the demon army."

Her gaze fell on the small jade bottle, its body cracked, revealing hidden mountains and rivers within. Unfortunately, she couldn't see the figure she longed to see.

"What a joke! My demon race's hundreds of millions of troops can trample the Nine Provinces in less than half a day!" The old ape roared and swung his Star Staff to attack again.

Beyond the heavens, the battle belonging to the Emperor level has begun once again.

......

From the depths of the endless sea, dozens of figures burst forth from the sky.

Even across the endless sea, everyone could still feel the terrifying fluctuations emanating from beyond the heavens. They could also see the lone figure fighting, and the black torrent pouring down from the crack.

"Go! Stop them!" Hei Yang waved his hand and used his great supernatural powers to lead everyone across the endless sea to the front line of the battlefield.

At the same time, powerful auras erupted from all over the Nine Provinces. Countless reclusive cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending and Mahayana stages, regardless of whether they came from sects or were independent cultivators, rushed into the sky without hesitation.

These cultivators, who might have had disagreements in the past, put aside their differences and joined forces. Some used ancient formations to seal the sky, others used top-tier illusions to confuse the demon race, and many more revealed their true forms to stand in front of the demon army.

This was undoubtedly a futile attempt, like throwing an egg against a rock. Faced with the overwhelming demon army, these cultivators were but a drop in the ocean. But the moment everyone saw Zhong Jiuli's figure, they understood that there was no way back.

Their best chance of retreat lies outside the Nine Provinces, where they will fight against an unimaginably powerful enemy. If they retreat any further, they will lose their homes.

Bai Ye, Ming Wushuang, and the others stood suspended in the sky, guarding the huge rift in front of them.

Her eyes gleamed with golden light as she took in the entire scene in the sky. In the distance, thousands of Mahayana and Tribulation Transcending cultivators from various states had formed dozens of battle formations according to their sects and regions, each guarding a spatial rift.

However, after entering the Nine Provinces, the massive, dark army of demons did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, they roared and remained in place, watching the crowd with predatory eyes.

"They're waiting for their army to assemble." Bai Ye's eyes sharpened, and he shouted, "We can't wait, we'll attack now!"

In the distance, others also noticed the problem and shouted, "Form ranks and attack!"

In an instant, countless brilliant lights shone from the human cultivators' ranks. Sword beams poured down like a galaxy, magical treasures streaked across the sky like shooting stars, and talismans were hurled in heaps at the demon army.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst the deafening explosions, large swathes of the demon army were wiped out.

The next second, a dozen or so humanoid beings, riding offspring of divine beasts, charged out of the great formation. With a roar, they each led a large army and charged towards the human cultivators' camp.

"Oh no, it's those demon emperors." Bai Ye's figure flashed, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall true form, and he pounced directly on the humanoid creature.

With a swing of its claws, illusory images of stars appeared in the sky, crashing down on the enemy formation with a thunderous roar.

"It's you, you little tiger cub!"

The humanoid creature recognized Bai Ye, and a look of resentment flashed in its eyes. It also manifested a Dharma form and fought against the white tiger Dharma form.

At the same moment, a humanoid creature flashed and appeared in front of Bai Ye, raising its hand to grab her throat, intending to strangle this tiger cub that was causing trouble in the demon realm.

Bai Ye's golden "king" character between his eyebrows glowed, directly blocking the humanoid creature's outstretched hand. "Hei Yang, this is for you to use."

She yelled behind her, refusing to engage the humanoid creature, and leaped directly into the demon army's ranks.

"Hmph, daring to come to Kyushu, I'll make sure you ugly things never leave here!" Bai roared, his tiger-like howl shaking the heavens.

She stretched out her tiger claws and grabbed at the sky, and countless stars followed, merging in her palm and finally transforming into a black hole capable of devouring everything.

Bai, holding the black hole, plunged headfirst into the densest part of the demon army.

"boom!"

The black hole exploded silently on the battlefield, tearing hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers to shreds with its terrifying gravity; their flesh and bones were swallowed by the black hole. That area was instantly blasted into a vacuum.

"You little brat, don't rush so far ahead!" Bai Shu exclaimed, then charged into the demon army's ranks.

Bai Ye flicked his tail, scooped up his mother, and tossed her onto his back. "You're on top, we'll cooperate."

"Watch this!" Bai Shu formed hand seals, triggering extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth.

A towering tornado rose from the ground, and Bai Ye's palm blazed with golden light, which transformed into countless weapons that merged into the storm.

A storm tornado carrying golden weapons swept across the battlefield, leaving a trail of blood and flesh in its wake, as if it were a meat grinder.

Blood rained down from the sky.

The mother and daughter worked together seamlessly, unleashing a devastating attack that annihilated hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers, greatly boosting the morale of the human race. Everyone fought the demon army with even greater fearlessness.

On the other side, Hei Yang clashed with the humanoid creature, and in less than a hundred moves, he destroyed the humanoid creature and its mount together.

She didn't linger, but instead rushed towards the distant reinforcements. She was determined to kill those demon emperors; if left unchecked, those dozens of humanoid creatures could easily sweep across the Nine Provinces.

This battle to seal the heavens lasted from day to night, and then until dawn the next day, with fierce fighting never ceasing.

At first, the cultivators of the Nine Provinces were able to hold off the demon army outside the heavens with their bravery. But as one battle formation after another was broken, one group of cultivators after another died.

This defensive line built with flesh and blood still collapsed.

Bai's snow-white fur was soaked in blood, making it impossible to tell whether it was demon blood or her own. As the tiger's claws swung, blood continued to flow.

Ignoring her own injuries, she kept glancing down at the ground below.

Countless spirit boats, like a flock of startled birds, fled in panic at low altitude. Each spirit boat was crowded with mortals with terrified faces. The young cultivators tried desperately to maintain order, but they were still unable to salvage the chaos.

As more and more demons rushed down, spirit ships were continuously invaded and slaughtered by the demons.

The young tea shopkeeper at the entrance of Sanqing City felt very unlucky. At her age, neither too old nor too young, she couldn't squeeze through the teleportation array and could only take a spirit boat to the Wilderness State.

Before the spirit boat had gone very far, the Void Demon Clan stormed in. She could only shrink herself up, hiding herself, and repeatedly prayed, "Grandma, if you know this from beyond the grave, please bless your granddaughter..."

"Ah... Ahhhhhh~~"

A splash of hot blood hit his face, and the young shopkeeper's voice instantly became distorted!

She scrambled out of her hiding place, wiping the blood from her face haphazardly, and shouted towards the faintly visible white-clad figure in the sky, "Sect Leader Zhong!!!"

"Help me~~~!"

After shouting that, the young shopkeeper had no strength left to run away. He knelt on the blood-soaked deck, his hands and feet weak, watching helplessly as a dark wolf claw swung towards him.

Just as the claws were about to crush the shopkeeper's head, a blood-red figure descended from the sky.

Bai Ye descended like a meteor, her tiger claws flashing as she smashed the void wolf to pieces with a single blow. The next second, she moved with lightning speed, quickly obliterating all the void beasts on the spirit boat.

Even after Bai returned to the shopkeeper, she remained frozen in place, unable to react.

Bai also stretched out his paw and waved it in front of her, asking, "Waiter, are you scared out of your wits?"

The shopkeeper finally came to her senses, her body went limp, and she collapsed into a pool of blood. Ignoring the warm blood soaking through her clothes, she said in a trembling voice, "I wasn't scared stiff, I was scared to death."

"It's good that you're not dead. You can't die, you haven't even had your wedding yet." Bai said, opening his dantian space and taking the entire spirit boat inside.

Her figure flashed repeatedly in this space, and she collected all the spirit boats that were fleeing like headless flies.

This was the only way she could think of; she would do everything in her power to save as many people as she could.

Unfortunately, in this catastrophe that swept across the world, the power of an individual was far too insignificant.

Even though Bai tried his best, countless spirit boats still turned into burning fireballs in the black tide and fell towards the earth.

The cries of countless living beings echoed across this land.

Above the sky, the defensive line was also rapidly collapsing. As more and more cracks fell, it was no longer meaningful for Ming Wushuang and the others to continue defending this spatial rift.

Old Lady Bai waved her hand and said, "We can't hold out any longer. Go down and rescue people, then retreat to the Wilderness State!"

The mournful sound of horns echoed throughout the heavens and earth, and the surviving cultivators began to fight and retreat.

Bai Ye, Ming Wushuang, Chu Sanniang, and other young cultivators took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of covering the rear. Covered in blood, even with their hands and feet torn apart and their bodies pierced, none of them retreated a single step.

"Little Tiger, don't stay behind. Let's go to the front. I can collect all the spirit boats," Little Green said.

Upon hearing this, Bai transmitted the message to everyone before transforming into a streak of light and rushing forward. Her figure flashed wildly in the sky above the Nine Provinces, and wherever she went, spirit boats filled with mortals disappeared one after another, collected by Xiao Lü into her own little world.

Without the spirit boat's hindrance, the retreating force could finally speed up its advance. The surviving cultivators, all covered in wounds, headed towards the desolate continent.

At this moment, everyone was incredibly grateful for Zhong Jiuli's foresight. It was her decisive order to relocate that allowed the flame of Kyushu to be preserved.

Even if the land is shattered, as long as everyone defends the desolate state, there is still hope.

Bai Ye and the others fought and retreated, spending several days until they reached the Wilderness State, where they were all on the verge of exhaustion.

Everyone originally thought that they could rest for a while after arriving here.

But within the capital of the Great Li Dynasty...

The once seemingly vast capital city is now teeming with refugees, every inch of its land overflowing with them. From the air, the land appears as a dark mass of people, stretching to the horizon, a chaotic and overwhelming scene.

The sky was filled with spirit boats, layer upon layer, like mobile houses, crowding the sky above the capital, even the nine towering pagodas were completely obscured.

Beyond the light screen, countless refugees were pouring in, blocked by the protective array, crying and shouting, trying to enter the capital.

“We can’t get in…” A young cultivator who had fought alongside Bai Ye for many days looked at this scene and sighed helplessly.

She wiped the blood from her face, revealing her delicate features, and chuckled softly at the crowd, "Then let's continue killing!"

With that, she gripped her longsword and charged towards the approaching demon army.

"If we can't get in, we'll kill them all! Kill them all!" Old Lady Bai made a decisive move, leading everyone to counterattack against the demon army.

"kill!!!"

The battle cries shook the heavens as the exhausted cultivators, dragging their heavily wounded bodies, charged back into the rear once more.

Upon witnessing this scene, Liu Xianyue and the others in the capital immediately set out to rescue them.

Just then, the nine towering pagodas hummed and trembled, and a dazzling light burst forth from the white jade pagoda.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, nine figures seemed to transcend time and space, appearing atop the tower.

Enveloped in a chaotic aura, their figures were somewhat blurred, but their clothing revealed that most of them were not from this era.

However, many elderly cultivators recognized some of the figures and immediately exclaimed, "These people... I've seen them in ancient books. They were all supreme experts who fell in ancient times."

There was only one person who was not recorded in ancient books. She was the tower spirit who had a brief encounter with Bai, and was the person closest to the present day.

In the dilapidated courtyard, Granny Jiang gazed up at the figure she had longed for, and tears finally streamed down her face. She had waited here for countless years, her hair turning white with age, and finally, she had waited for this moment.

As if sensing something, the tower spirit gazed at the small courtyard in the distance, a slight smile appearing on her lips.

The two were separated by many obstacles and could not make eye contact at all, but Grandma Jiang also smiled, her smile was extremely bright.

"With our remaining souls, we will protect the flame of civilization in the land and ensure it never goes out."

A desolate Daoist chant echoed between heaven and earth, and nine illusory figures simultaneously formed hand seals, transforming into dazzling streams of light that disappeared into the great formation.

In an instant, the light barrier erupted with dazzling divine light. Originally only covering the capital, the light barrier rapidly expanded outward, bringing the many refugees outside the city under its protection. Those demons who touched the light barrier were reduced to ashes by the divine light.

The light curtain continued to expand until it covered most of the desolate state. Only then did its magnificent divine power gradually subside, transforming into a soft halo that flowed endlessly.

Liu Xianyue immediately led her people to meet them and brought the group of wounded into the city. At the same time, she also began to treat the refugees in the Little Green Space.

The Myriad Elephant Pavilion, suspended above the capital, was temporarily used as a treatment center. Disciples of the Myriad Elephant Pavilion moved among the crowd, delivering healing medicine to the wounded.

After using the elixirs and applying medicine to their wounds, the wounded soldiers' pale faces finally regained some color.

Bai finished circulating his energy for one cycle, opened his eyes, looked around, and said, "I have Chaos Divine Water here."

With just one sentence, everyone in the entire hall turned their attention to him.

"After taking it, you might be able to break through, or you might... die." She paused, observing everyone's expressions. "You all saw how dangerous it was when I broke through before."

Lin Jinghong used her longsword to support herself as she stood up. One of her legs had been damaged in the previous battle and had not yet fully regenerated.

Even with one leg missing, her posture remained upright, like a divine weapon drawn from its sheath. "I'll eat it. As long as it makes me stronger, it's worth it!"

"We, the pride of the nation, cannot lag behind others!" Guan Yun laughed heartily.

"Hey, I want some too!" Jiao Jiao rushed into her arms and shouted.

Bai caught the little turtle and looked at everyone.

Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "Little tiger, there's no need to ask any more questions. Even if you don't eat, we don't know if you'll live to see tomorrow."

"that is!"

"Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well take a gamble."

The crowd echoed in unison, their eyes showing no fear.

"Alright, then let's eat it. The worst that can happen is death." Bai Ye waved his tiger claw and took out a large ball of Chaos Divine Water.

The divine water possessed a spirit, suspended in the air without dissipating, emitting a green luster, and looked less like water and more like a lump of jade.

Lin Jinghong struck first once again. Without any hesitation, she pointed a finger, summoned a ball of divine water, and drank it down.

Her movements were swift, just like her sword; she herself was unyielding and unstoppable.

"You're always the first one to charge ahead!" Mu Qingyin, Guan Yun, and the others laughed and scolded, then calmly stepped forward, took the divine water, and drank it.

They were all outstanding figures who led an era, with unwavering resolve, showing no fear even when they knew the road ahead was fraught with danger.

Ming Wushuang, Bei Qianxue, Shi Manman, and others also stepped forward one after another, took the divine water, and consumed it.

When it was Li Chengfeng and the others' turn, Bai waved his hand to stop them: "Wait a moment, the vitality and death energy contained in this divine water are extremely terrifying. Take some and let Senior Sister Hua and the others study it to see if it can be diluted before everyone takes it."

Upon hearing this, Hua Jinhe immediately stepped forward, took a handful of the divine water, and examined it carefully.

During this brief pause, those who had consumed the divine water began to exhibit unusual symptoms.

Lin Jinghong's sword energy soared into the sky, and her lower leg, which was halfway regenerated, suddenly withered and shrank. Then, her entire flesh and blood began to decay, and a dense aura of death emanated from her seven orifices.

This horrifying scene spread like a plague, and soon, muffled groans echoed throughout the hall, with a dense aura of death and vitality alternating.

Bai also summoned Xiao Lü, asking, "Can you stay here and protect everyone?"

Little Green shook its leaves in response.

Seeing that everyone's condition was relatively stable, Bai stopped looking and stepped out of the hall, gazing up at the widening crack in the sky.

The two figures in white became increasingly clear in the crack, and Bai could see that they were both at a disadvantage.

time......

What she needs now is time, but unfortunately, that's exactly what she lacks most.

"Xiao Wang, where is the plot in the book? Can we win?" Bai asked in his mind.

[The story...is taking a little different turn than it is now, but you guys will definitely win! You're the main characters, how can the main characters die instead of the villains? Otherwise, the author would probably want to receive death threats from readers!]

Bai nodded and smiled, "Although it's a bit of blind confidence, I also think that none of us will die, so improving our cultivation is the most important thing."

After she finished speaking, she leaped onto the roof, took out a large ball of divine water, and put it into her mouth. Then she closed her eyes and focused all her energy on circulating the Great Creation Scripture.

Even though she had already experienced it once, Bai still convulsed in pain when she took the Chaos Divine Water again. Life and death clashed in her meridians, and each collision nearly made her grind her teeth to pieces.

Bai endured wave after wave of impact, and each time she calmed down, she would take out the divine water and drink it again, repeating the cycle endlessly.

She had to hurry, even faster, to improve her cultivation level; she couldn't let Zhong Jiuli hold out alone for too long.

During this period, most young cultivators advanced to a higher realm. Young geniuses like Ming Wushuang and Chu Sanniang even broke through their cultivation barriers one after another.

Lin Jinghong and the others also successfully broke through and entered the Ascension Realm. Even Old Lady Bai, with the help of the divine water, took another step forward and stepped into the True Immortal Realm.

The tribulation lightning above the capital has been relentless for the past few days, with people undergoing tribulation almost from morning till night. When these people break through to higher realms and undergo tribulation, they directly rush into the demon army, using the power of the tribulation lightning to blast the demon army to pieces.

For a time, they managed to keep the demon army from advancing an inch.

However, not everyone succeeded in breaking through to the next realm. Several very old cultivators, after consuming the divine water, suddenly lost control of their deathly aura, and no matter how much Xiao Lü tried to revive them by urging their life force, she could not save them.

The bodies of those old cultivators turned into skeletons almost instantly.

The medical practitioners present quickly realized that young people, with their abundant vitality, were better able to withstand the invasion of death energy, while the old cultivators, whose lifespans were already limited, would have their remaining vitality completely depleted once the death energy entered their bodies.

This discovery led many of the older generation to stop consuming the divine water. Meanwhile, a group of young people, including Li Chengfeng, Li Shoumo, and Ayu Dayue, began to use the divine water to rapidly improve their cultivation.

Time passed quietly, and Bai Ye and the others rapidly improved their cultivation levels with the help of the Chaos Divine Water.

While meditating and regulating their breathing, Bai also discussed with Liu Xianyue and others the arrangements for dealing with the subsequent attack by the demon army.

Meanwhile, the situation within Kyushu deteriorated rapidly.

The Void Demons scattered across various states soon discovered that this world was empty. They wandered among the deserted cities, traversed the spiritual veins of various sects, and greedily absorbed the spiritual energy of this world.

After several days, these Void Demon Clan members regrouped and formed large armies, heading towards the Wilderness State.

From the air, the scene was extremely terrifying.

The black tide surged in from all directions, like countless streams converging to form a colossal wave that crashed against humanity's last stronghold.

"How can there be so many..."

The human cultivators stationed at the edge of the formation trembled at the sight, their eyes filled with horror.

The horde of demons that swarmed in was simply too large, so numerous that it blotted out the sky and was impossible to count.

Not to mention that the army also concealed many enormous beasts, as large as mountains, whose strides caused the entire world to tremble.

On the city wall, Liu Xianyue and the other human powerhouses had grim expressions. Outside the great formation, there was not only a massive army of demons, but also dozens of terrifying beings at the level of demon emperors. Above the sky, there were even more terrifying beings struggling to pass through spatial rifts and arrive in this realm.

"How long can this formation hold out?" someone asked in a trembling voice.

Li Shoumo's gaze fell on the Tower of Babel. The tower, which had just regained its spiritual light a few days ago, was now rapidly dimming again.

She shook her head and said, "I don't know either, maybe in a few days."