The defending general of Bloodbath City did not choose to send equally powerful warriors to intercept the enemy. Instead, he opted to use a large number of specially made armor-piercing crossbows, along with the magic attacks of mages, to focus fire on the charging orc warriors.
Seeing this, the orc warriors did not retreat, but instead chose to use their aura armor to withstand the human attacks. However, while their aura armor defended against the magic attacks of the mages, it was easily pierced by the armor-piercing crossbows.
After being wounded by the armor-piercing crossbow bolts, the aura armor maintained by the orc warriors began to falter. This weakened armor was then vulnerable to magic, and the orc warriors sustained even more serious injuries. Having lost the life of one of their powerful members, the orc warriors were forced to retreat.
For some time afterward, the orcs continued their attacks on the human Bloodbath City.
The orcs used various methods to attack Bloodbath City, but all of them were repelled by the well-equipped humans.
After the war lasted for several months, the orcs, whose million-strong army had suffered more than half casualties, had no choice but to withdraw.
After the orcs collected all the arrows fired by the humans and withdrew, the first great battle between the humans and the orcs came to an end.
Following the conclusion of the largest war in the history of the Tianyuan Continent, various wars, large and small, broke out between the Beastmen and the Winged Race, the Winged Race and the Demon Race, the Beastmen and the various marine races, and the various marine races and the Merfolk.
Time began to slowly pass amidst the turmoil of the Tianyuan Continent.
As wars broke out one after another, more and more powerful individuals began to grow stronger after being tempered by blood and fire.
The 180th year after Yuanhao fell into a deep sleep.
At this time, the combined strength of the various races on the Tianyuan Continent exceeded one hundred, with cultivation reaching the late stage of the second level of the extraordinary realm.
The number of powerful individuals at the second-tier limit of the extraordinary realm has exceeded ten. Among them are Feng Yan, the high priest of the Feathered Clan; Fuxi and Nuwa of the Human Clan; Jing Tao, the patriarch of the Shark Clan; and Nu Feng, the winged king of the Tiger Clan.
Of course, they were unaware that in the northeast of the Tianyuan Continent, on that vast land, lived a race whose majority of its members had reached the limit of the second level of the extraordinary realm—the Destruction God Race.
The once sparsely populated Destroyer Gods have, through years of reproduction and growth, grown to nearly 100 people.
The first batch of Destruction Gods had all reached the limit of the second level of the Transcendent Realm. Among the newly born Destruction Gods, the most outstanding individuals had also reached the limit of the second level of the Transcendent Realm. Furthermore, apart from a few recently born infant Destruction Gods, even the weakest member of the Destruction God Clan possessed the cultivation level of the second level of the Transcendent Realm.
In that same year, Yuan Hao, who had been sleeping in the Time Tower for hundreds of millions of years, awoke.
"Huh, I actually woke up naturally? Instead of being awakened by divinity? It seems that even with the help of the Heavenly Dao in secret over the years, the development of various races on the Tianyuan Continent has been slower than I expected."
After Yuan Hao put away the Time-Space Tower, he appeared in the Heavenly Dao Space of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm. The divinity that was in the Heavenly Dao Space immediately merged with Yuan Hao upon seeing him.
After merging with the divine, Yuan Hao began to observe the current situation of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
Looking at the Heavenly Dao Space, which has now expanded nearly a hundred times in size, with the remaining source energy and the source energy crystal that has grown from the size of a house to the size of a fist, Yuan Hao felt somewhat emotional.
"Over the years, the source energy generated by the Tianyuan Sacred Realm has been fully used to supply the operation of the Time-Space Tower and to help me recover from my injuries, and there is very little left. The scale of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm has not increased in the slightest over the years. Perhaps the only gain is the numerous living beings and the countless stars that have begun to condense."
After learning about the development of various races on the Tianyuan Continent over the years, Yuan Hao began to carefully analyze his current situation.
"After exhausting all the treasures in the Tower of Time, my injuries have finally recovered to almost their full extent. Now, if anyone dares to run wild in the Inner Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, unless they have reached the Transcendent Ninth Tribulation cultivation level or possess a Transcendent artifact, I can make them die in the Inner Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm."
"Hmm! The number of intelligent life forms and the scale of powerful individuals in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm have barely met the minimum standards for advancing to a Lesser Thousand World. In the world coordinates I have, there is a small world quite close to here, and there is a decent talent in it. After we devour that small world, we can begin to work on advancing the Tianyuan Sacred Realm to become a Lesser Thousand World."
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Chapter Seventeen: The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
Looking at the various rules and principles of heaven and earth that now permeate the entire Heavenly Dao Space, Yuan Hao said with some regret, "The overall strength of the laws of the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm has increased by about one-third. It seems that guiding all living beings in heaven and earth to comprehend various laws and principles has indeed played a significant role in the growth of the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm. Unfortunately, these laws of heaven and earth are still too weak. Although they are not negligible for the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, they are not of much use to me."
"Now all the conditions for the Tianyuan Sacred Realm to advance to a Lesser Thousand World have been met. With my abilities, I can easily suppress a Lesser Thousand World that has no Heavenly Dao and only instincts. I can go directly and devour that Lesser Thousand World, and then let the Tianyuan Sacred Realm advance to a Lesser Thousand World."
After speaking, Yuan Hao took out the Time-Space Tower again. The Time-Space Tower, which distorted the surrounding spacetime and shone with the power of spacetime, spun in Yuan Hao's palm.
With a wave of his hand, Yuan Hao caused the source energy crystal, which was already only the size of a fist, to visibly shrink even further.
At this moment, an invisible power suddenly emanated from the spacetime tower spinning in Yuan Hao's hand. After covering the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, this power suddenly flickered and disappeared along with the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
At an unknown distance, the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm was transported to a void.
This void was very different from the void where the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm had been. The void power here was very weak, and the void was completely calm. In this calm void, the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm existed like a small bubble, and not far in front of the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, the omnipresent void power had disappeared.
There, endless chaotic energy surged, repelling the surrounding void energy. This boundless, limitless chaos was the Chaotic Realm where countless worlds existed.
Within the chaotic realm, not only do countless worlds of all kinds exist, but also a large number of chaotic gods and demons are born from chaos.
Chaos gods and demons are nurtured by endless chaotic energy. They are not only born with control over a Great Dao, but are also unaffected by the chaotic energy flow within the chaos.
However, with every gain comes a loss. Chaos gods and demons were born from chaos under the influence of the Great Dao, and most of them met a tragic end because of this influence. Among them, the most famous is Pangu.
Actually, many people don't know that Pangu, who was born from the creation of the world and also perished because of it, seemed to have lived a very tragic life under the control of the Great Dao.
In reality, it is not so. The Pangu who is present throughout the myriad realms and is creating the world at any time is actually a contingency plan left behind by an unparalleled powerhouse after his true spirit was annihilated, in order to be resurrected and able to defy the heavens and return by treading the long river of time after endless ages.
Yuan Hao appeared outside the Eternal Holy Realm and looked towards that boundless chaotic realm.
"I see. It seems that after such a long time, because it was located on the edge of the Chaos Realm and was occasionally eroded by the power of nothingness, that once small world has declined to the point of falling into a plane."
Yuan Hao flashed back to the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, on the Tianyuan Continent.
"Greetings, Father God!"
Yuan Hao glanced at the Destruction Gods kneeling and bowing before him, nodded slightly, and told them to stand up.
"The seal on this area will be lifted soon. You should prepare yourselves. Po Jun and Wu Qu, come with me."
"Yes, Father God!"
The two most powerful members of the Destruction God Clan bowed to Yuan Hao in response.
Seeing this, Yuan Hao nodded, then took out the Time Tower. With a gentle spin, Yuan Hao and the two Destruction Gods disappeared.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, heroes rose up across the Central Plains, and the martial arts world was in turmoil. Countless heroes and warriors clashed over the two weapons, the Dragon-Slaying Saber and the Heaven-Reliant Sword, stirring up endless bloodshed.