Chapter Fourteen: The Demonic Slaughter of the Human Tribe, the Three Pure Ones Block the Road

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court with a group of heavenly soldiers and generals, his face dark as iron. He scolded the officials for a while before gradually calming down, but still sat coldly on the throne, making those officials who had not yet achieved the status of a true saint feel suffocated.

  Emperor Jun came to the main hall from the back hall and saw that Dong Huang Taiyi still had a displeased expression. He waved his hand to dismiss the crowd, waiting until only two people were left in the entire hall before saying to him: "Younger brother, let's put aside the matter of Hongmeng's purple energy for now. There is something that concerns the life and death of our demon tribe, we must be cautious!"

  Dong Huang Tai Yi was shocked and asked: "What's going on? Is it an attack by the Wu tribe?"

  Di Jun shook his head and said: "The Wu tribe has not attacked, but it is another matter. This matter concerns the Holy One, we must be cautious."

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi was even more shocked and hastily said: "What is it after all? Brother, why don't you quickly tell me!"

  Di Jun said solemnly, "A thousand years ago, I was momentarily distracted and suddenly realized that even as a quasi-saint, ordinary external objects shouldn't have shaken me. So I closed myself off for a thousand years, using the River Chart and Luo Book to deduce the heavenly mechanism, and astonishingly discovered that my demon clan's luck is slowly dissipating."

  "Alas, how can this be! Since my brother and I established the Heavenly Court, we have had my Pre-Heavenly Treasure, the Hunyuan Bell, and my elder brother's Hetu Luoshu to suppress the flow of Qi. The flow of Qi should be long-lasting and unyielding, so how can it dissipate?"

  Di Jun said solemnly: "This is a fact, it cannot be disbelieved."

  The Eastern Emperor Taishi asked: "Brother, do you know why our demon clan's fortune is declining?"

  Di Jun snorted and said with a surge of killing intent, "After calculating for thousands of years, I finally figured out that the decline of my demon clan's luck was due to that newborn human."

  The Eastern Emperor Taizong exclaimed: "What is the reason for this?"

  "Brother, you should know that Nüwa is the creator of the human tribe and a saint of the demon tribe. As such, the human tribe has inherited some of the demon tribe's aura, but they are naturally inclined towards the Tao and have an easier time cultivating it compared to us demons. Over the years, the three teachings have spread among humans, producing many great practitioners, although none have yet achieved true sainthood. However, there are already dozens of Golden Immortals, not to mention Taiyi Golden Immortals. The human tribe's aura is rising rapidly. If that were all, their few Golden Immortals would hardly be enough to shake our demon tribe, but what's worrisome is that the human tribe has developed so rapidly in such a short time, I fear it won't take long for them to become a major threat to us demons. We must not let our guard down!"

  The Eastern Emperor's eyes flashed with cold light as he said in a chilly voice: "Very well, I will lead the heavenly generals to descend into the mortal world and exterminate humanity, thus eliminating the great calamity!"

  Di Jun hastily said: "Younger brother, you must not be rash. The human race was created by Nüwa Niangniang after all, and there are five saints who established teachings and proved the way because of it. How can we easily destroy it? Why don't younger brother come with me to the palace of Nüwa Huang to pay respects to Niangniang and see what her intentions are?"

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, we can't lose face in front of the Sage, so let's go to the Jade Palace with Brother Long." After speaking, he didn't hesitate and went with Emperor Jun to the outside of the Jade Palace on the 33rd Heaven. However, the palace gates were tightly closed, and there was no one to greet them.

  The two of them exchanged a glance. Di Jun bowed respectfully in the direction of the palace and said, "Di Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi have come to pay respects to Your Majesty. We hope that you will grant us an audience!"

  The voice had just fallen, and the palace gate creaked open, and a fairy in a five-colored silk dress walked out. The fairy bowed to the two of them and said: "Cai Feng has seen the two demon emperors, the queen says 'the human race is after all what I created, it should not be exterminated', please consider it." After finishing speaking, she bowed again and returned to the palace, closing the gate.

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi was perplexed and just wanted to go forward and knock on the door to ask, but Emperor Jun hastily pulled him back, saying: "This is a sacred place of the Tao, we must not be rude! Let's retreat." Having said that, he pulled the Eastern Emperor Taiyi away from the Primordial Chaos.

  Inside the Queen of Heaven's Palace, on the cloud bed, the Goddess Nuwa waited until the two had left, then let out a soft sigh and murmured to herself: "Is what I've done right or wrong?" Her voice gradually faded away, and the lights in the palace went out, with no one left in sight.

  Di Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi returned to the Heavenly Court, and before they had even sat down, Dong Huang Tai Yi hastily asked: "Elder brother, why did you pull me back? If I don't ask for an explanation, how can I be at peace?"

  Di Jun smiled and said: "Younger brother, don't be impatient, the princess has made it clear, younger brother will understand if he thinks carefully!"

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Not bad, not bad. We don't have to exterminate the human race. As long as we control the population of the human race within a certain range, we will be worry-free!"

  Di Jun also smiled and said: "That's right, this matter will still have to trouble you, brother!"

  "For the great cause of our demon clan, what's a little hardship? My elder brother is waiting for my news in Heaven."

  Di Jun nodded and then joined forces with Dong Huang Tai Yi to deceive Tian Ji. He instructed, "Younger brother, leave early and return early, don't delay, lest the Wu tribe takes advantage of the opportunity to attack the Heavenly Court."

  The Eastern Emperor Taizong said: "Elder brother, rest assured, I will definitely go and return early!" After finishing speaking, he left the grand hall and assembled a thousand million heavenly soldiers and generals to descend into the mortal world.

  The demon clan and its demon soldiers landed on the vast continent, following the orders of Dong Huang Tai Yi, slaughtering all humans they encountered, regardless of age or sex. Moreover, those ferocious demons sucked human blood and refined human souls to increase their cultivation.

  A surge of resentment shoots up to the sky, rolling up the remaining clouds, and the resentment spreads throughout the vast world, without disappearing, covering the entire heaven and earth. Billions of human beings were slaughtered, unwilling to die, those souls that had not been devoured by the demon tribe transformed into resentment, gathering together in the sky, wailing and wandering, refusing to enter the six paths of reincarnation and be reborn.

  This grievances however is the shocking of the vast and wild world's great divine, everyone calculated with fingers already knew that human tribe was being slaughtered by demon tribe, they sighed in succession, but again had no choice, after all demon tribe's power was too strong, they were just scattered cultivators, besides they weren't human tribe, what did human tribe's life and death have to do with them?

  The Witch clan had originally made preparations to welcome the battle when the Demon clan made a big move, but they did not expect that the Demon clan was not coming for them, but to slaughter the Human clan. The 11th Ancestor of the Witch clan couldn't understand what the Human clan had done to deserve such a big fuss from the Demon clan. As the saying goes, "it's none of my business", so they hung high and watched the excitement, since the Demon clan wasn't coming for them after all.

  At this time, a group of human tribe cultivators had gathered behind Kong Xuan and You Chao's Hou Yi, gazing at the resentment in the sky, each with a sorrowful and indignant expression. Kong Xuan turned his head back, his eyes scanning over the remaining tens of millions of humans, two lines of hot tears falling down his cheeks, still tens of millions, only tens of millions! The hundreds of millions of human tribe were slaughtered by the demon tribe in such a way, he seemed to see those terrified blood-stained faces, hear those despairing cries, and those struggling souls. He had spent ten thousand years with the human tribe, already having deep feelings for them, the human tribe regarded him as their master, he regarded the human tribe as his children, now the human tribe was brutally slaughtered, how could it not make him sorrowful and indignant?

  Millions of pairs of eyes filled with longing gazes far away in the direction of Fangzhang Island, that is their last hope in their hearts, they are waiting for the arrival of the Holy Father.

  Kong Xuan muttered in his heart: Teacher, have you ever seen the suffering of human beings?!

  Fangzhang Island, Hongyuan coldly looked at Laojun Yuanshi Tongtian Dao: "Why are you blocking me?"

  The Old Master sighed and said, "Fourth Younger Brother, as the Holy Father of the Human Tribe, you should know that the Human Tribe is destined to be the main protagonist in the future. However, in this vast and chaotic world, witches and demons are rampant, and the flow of energy is long and winding. Now that Hou Tu has transformed into a cycle, without her, the Witch Clan cannot set up the Twelve Heavenly God-Killing Arrays. The Demon Clan has already surpassed the Witch Clan by a head, and if the Human Tribe wants to rise, it must be at the expense of the decline of the Witches and Demons. Now, the demons' slaughter of humans is actually self-destructive to their own energy. This is what Heaven has ordained - for the Human Tribe to prosper, they must undergo this calamity."

  "Hong Xuan coldly laughed and said: 'What a great carefree saint! Don't you forget that if it weren't for the human race, how could you have become immortals? Nowadays, humans offer sacrifices to you every day, and you receive their incense. Now that humans are in trouble, it's fine if you don't save them, but instead you block me here, how can you be so heartless?'"

  The Old Lord did not speak, Yuan Shi scolded in anger, Tong Tian felt ashamed and guilty.

  Now that the Three Saints have blocked the way and Hong Xuan is trapped, how can the human race survive from the slaughter of the demon clan?

  Resentment fills the three realms, whose tears will sympathize with humanity's blood?