Rocks rained down like a torrent, crashing and shaking the entire domain.
The God of Earth Element's eyes widened in disbelief as the overwhelming killing intent erupting from Lu pressed down on him with suffocating force.
How could he not recognize this aura?
After clashing with humans for so long, he knew full well that only one thing in the human arsenal could unleash such terrifying slaughter: the Saint-Slaying Array.
It was the killing formation left by the eternal Saint who guarded the chaos depths.
That ancient Saint—the first of humanity—had achieved enlightenment amid crisis, comprehending and deploying the array on the day of ascension. It slaughtered tens of thousands of immortal-tier and higher gods and demons, including nearly a thousand heavenly god-tier and great dao-tier beings.
That battle crippled the gods-and-demons clan, taking endless ages to recover.
Countless corpses and souls of gods and demons had forged this horrifying killing intent.
This was the Absolute Heaven-Sealing Array.
Humanity's greatest killing formation—arguably the Primordial Starry Sky's deadliest.
Even the elemental gods feared it deeply.
The reason the gods-and-demons clan could rampage unchecked lately was precisely because the Saint-Slaying Array in the human ancestral land had been destroyed.
Yet now, the God of Earth Element sensed its presence... inside his own domain.
"The Saint-Slaying Array?"
He gasped in shock.
Deploying it required considerable time and precise divine soul control.
If it were easy, Xiaoyao Zi wouldn't have died back then.
"Impossible! Even if you comprehended it, you couldn't deploy it this fast!"
The God of Earth Element roared, fear creeping in.
How had Lu done it?
How had this man accomplished what even Xiaoyao Zi could not?
Instant Saint-Slaying Array... Not even a Saint's illegitimate child could pull that off.
Suddenly, realization dawned.
His teeth gnashed as fury blazed in his eyes.
"You were stalling for time!"
"You were secretly deploying the Saint-Slaying Array!"
He couldn't hold back.
Lu, now enveloped in terrifying killing intent that materialized like countless suspended blades slicing the air, gave the God of Earth Element a half-smile.
"Don't spout nonsense... You were the one blabbering nonstop."
The God of Earth Element choked.
Lu was right. He had intended to drain the Saintly will from Lu, but though he succeeded... the Lu without it had completed the array's deployment.
You might as well have kept the Saintly will!
He had tried to mess with Lu's mindset, wearing down the will.
Instead, Lu's array had wrecked his own composure.
"Surprised? Unexpected? See, sometimes less talk is better—strike when you should."
Lu said.
Bang!
The God of Earth Element retreated without hesitation.
He absolutely could not let the array envelop him—escape would be impossible.
The Saint-Slaying Array...
Its infamy was well-earned.
Though controlled by Lu, not Xiaoyao Zi... he wouldn't gamble his life.
He had to flee and spread the news.
Otherwise...
Today's encirclement of humans would become the gods-and-demons clan's collapse!
Flee!
He shot backward.
Space compressed in an instant under his power.
But how could Lu let him escape?
Sleeve rolled, piece pinched.
Placed on the board!
Clack!
The Spiritual Pressure Chessboard expanded explosively, usurping the entire domain.
The God of Earth Element felt a chill. Then, his surroundings turned blood-red.
He was enveloped!
Ice ran through him. With a divine soul surge, he piled falling rocks around himself, compressing them into rocky armor.
Lu smiled.
Another piece fell. Countless killing intents converged on the god.
"This piece... for the human array masters who died because of you."
Lu said calmly.
The piece dropped.
Killing intents gathered.
Saintly will swept through. Blood-red intent formed falling leaves swirling in a gale.
Around the God of Earth Element, leaves of pure killing intent drifted.
They stacked into blood-colored figures.
Each radiated power rivaling his own—infused with Saintly will.
Each held a sharp longsword forged from blood leaves.
Another piece.
"This one... for bullying my little padded jacket."
Killing intent soared.
Slash! Slash!
The figures encircling him raised their blood blades and struck.
The blades pierced effortlessly, ignoring his sturdy rocky defenses.
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Wound after wound opened on his body.
They multiplied. His divine soul trembled.
It was truly the Saint-Slaying Array!
This tangible Saintly killing intent...
He couldn't hold.
Memories flooded back: tens of thousands of gods and demons perishing instantly under it.
That battle had devastated the clan, teaching a harsh lesson.
They had always avoided human killing arrays.
Yet now he was trapped inside one.
Old fears amplified infinitely.
Lu watched the god drown in endless intent, his divine body melting like snow, and felt a thrill of awe.
He had imagined the array powerful... but not this terrifying.
A peak Quasi-Saint couldn't resist long.
Ultimately reduced to ash.
A peak Quasi-Saint—overlooking realms from the starry sky's apex.
Yet here, survival was impossible.
Lu inhaled deeply.
Quickly grabbing the Earth Origin Beast Ancestor Statue to steady himself.
His Earth indestructible demon body erupted with suction, drawing earth origin power from the statue nurtured by the god for eons—far richer than the drained Wood one taken by the Black-White Empress.
The influx filled him with power.
Absorbing while watching the god wail miserably in the array.
His body melted away, revealing his divine soul.
Lu eyed it greedily—recalling Old Fire's soul, which had greatly benefited the Five Phoenix.
No waste.
With a thought, he prepared to utilize it.
But hearing the god's still-mighty roars, Lu let the array grind him longer.
Time passed.
The god's aura scattered.
Finally, Lu intervened.
Divine soul surging, he pulled the god's soul into the Preaching Platform.
The Eight Trigrams array descended, imprisoning it.
Freed from the array, the soul regained clarity.
And roared in fury.
"Feel it?"
"Old Fire once shone brightly here... benefiting billions in the Five Phoenix."
"You'll be like him—an unsung hero. I'll remember you both forever."
Lu said calmly.
The soul sank.
Next moment, nearly shattered.
The Fire Element God... killed by this man?!
Unbelievable.
Captured?
Better to have perished in the array.
An elemental god... imprisoned in such humiliation? Unbearable.
Lu smiled, ignoring him.
Imprison for now.
No rush. The platform was secure—no escape.
As the soul entered...
The god's body disintegrated completely. His uncontrolled earth origin domain collapsed.
Revealing the interior to outsiders.
Many still worried for Lu.
But as it dispersed...
A massive half-head fell, smashing into the restored vast sea.
Boom!
Waves soared. The severed head, cleaved by killing intent, still radiated terror.
All stared in shock.
Xuan Yue, surviving array masters, Luoyang in the sky, and Five Phoenix cultivators... stunned.
That head... the God of Earth Element's!
Dead?!
An invincible-under-Saint elemental god...
Silence—only waves and muffled whale cries from the frightened giants.
In the void.
Lu dismissed the array, reclining in his thousand-blade chair, white robes fluttering, expression serene.
Killing an elemental god... not his first.
His heart was calm—perhaps from experience. No ripples, even boredom.
"Young Master Lu... slew an elemental god?"
"How?"
"Worthy of Young Master Lu—invincible no matter how!"
After silence, Five Phoenix cultivators erupted in frenzied roars.
Zhulong exhaled in relief.
Ning Zhao, Ni Yu, Yi Yue beamed.
Far off, Lu Changkong over the sea released his worry.
Worthy son—excellent, just like his father.
Around the lake heart island, Xuan Yue was ecstatic. An elemental god fallen before her eyes—unseen in ages.
Success!
Humanity... saved!
With Lu's comprehension and the god removed, deployment would take time—but possible.
"Young Master Lu! I am Xuan Yue, array master under Xiaoyao Zi of the Primordial Immortal Domain. I can assist in deploying the Saint-Slaying Array!"
Xuan Yue declared fanatically.
From earlier indifference to now zeal—incredible shift even to her.
With her aid, deployment would speed up.
Surviving masters echoed, offering help—honor and validation.
Yet...
Under expectant gazes...
Lu smiled gently.
No answer.
Glancing at the fervent dead masters' bodies, he sighed.
Raised hand, forming seals. Eight Trigrams runes floated.
A vast array formed in the void, profound and swirling...
Like summoning souls.
The world dimmed. Soul fragments coalesced—shattered souls of the masters regathered.
Lu tore open the underworld entrance.
Souls entered, reincarnating.
One day, reborn as Five Phoenix beings.
Xuan Yue's emotions surged—best ending for them.
Regathering souls so completely... impressive means.
She could do it, but a full reincarnation cycle? Only the Five Phoenix had that.
"On behalf of the old masters, thank you, Young Master Lu."
Xuan Yue said.
"Worthy of respect..."
Lu smiled, returning the courtesy.
She renewed her offer.
Others hoped.
But Lu shook his head.
"No need."
Xuan Yue and masters froze.
In their view, deployment was complex.
Comprehension one thing, deployment another.
Yet Lu needed no help?
Why?
They puzzled.
"The Saint-Slaying Array... is already deployed."
Lu smiled.
No explanation. Pointed to the half-head floating on the sea...
Xuan Yue and masters fell silent.
Far away.
Black-White Empress arms crossed, black-and-white eyes wide in surprise.
She knew he spoke truth—deployed and used to slay the god.
"Unbelievable... Instant Saint-Slaying Array? The gods-and-demons clan is in trouble."
She shook her head, eyes excited.
Next: Five Phoenix counterattack.
These years stifled—perhaps identifying with them via Zhulong.
Now counterattack horn—she thrilled, chaos-born killer at heart.
Lu lingered little.
As she said: counterattack time.
With a thought, he tore space, appearing in Five Phoenix starry sky.
The black-white beast, cocooned in earth origin by the god, struggled.
Lu patted lightly—cocoon shattered.
Freed, it sighed relief.
But spotting displeasing Lu, forced polite awkward smile.
Lu waved smilingly.
It turned fluffy ball, settling on his lap.
Old He lived, but weakened—no more fighting.
Luoyang, new Quasi-Saint, rushed excited—awed by the slaying.
"Gather forces, head to Ninth Heaven passage... rendezvous with Senior Tonggu."
Lu ordered.
Luoyang stunned, then eyes lit.
"Counterattack?"
Lu nodded.
Luoyang trembled excitement, raising Flame-Tipped Spear in roar.
Zhulong, Lu Jiulian, Dantai Xuan gathered.
All earth element realm gods and demons in Five Phoenix—dead.
"You join Luoyang, gather army, rendezvous at Ninth Heaven..."
Lu said.
Zhulong now Quasi-Saint level—huge aid.
"Young Master Lu?"
Dantai Xuan sensed oddity.
Lu smiled: "I'll exit via Five Phoenix passage..."
"Block their retreat... encircle them."
All: "..."
One man encircling gods-and-demons army?
Classic Young Master Lu—domineering.
No explanation. He headed to Five Phoenix passage.
Emerging in Primordial Starry Sky.
Sealed the passage.
"Afraid? We go surround-kill gods and demons..."
Lu stroked black-white beast's fur, grinning.
It shivered—this man insane.
Not even Quasi-Saint... yet so bold. One man, one beast encircling clan?
Mad?
Think you're the ferocious Black-White Empress?!
But no refusal—life in his hands. Forced smile again.
...
Beyond Ninth Heaven.
Battle stalemated.
Six human Quasi-Saints held; gods-and-demons couldn't break—yet only time.
Ninth Heaven passage: meat grinder.
Countless god-demon corpses piled, bloody scarlet staining all.
Immortal-tier, great dao-tier... even heavenly god-tier bodies.
Human side: Tonggu Daoist and Quasi-Saints bloodied, wounded everywhere.
Clashing dozens heavenly gods—slain over ten—but exhausted, lamps dry.
In void.
Gods of Gold, Water, Wood on Kun Beast's back watched brutal passage, smiling confidently.
"Old Earth should have breached the new immortal martial world... Felt him use Earth Origin Statue."
Water said.
"With his strength, plus two heavenly gods and elite team—crushing a world guarded by one human Quasi-Saint shouldn't be hard."
"When he emerges from inside, Tonggu and Xuancang will despair."
"Can't wait to see their faces..."
Gold sneered.
"Should we act? They're spent—Old Earth not out yet, no need wait."
Wood frowned, sensing wrong.
Delay risks change—kill Tonggu now.
"You go?"
"Tonggu spent, but could hug you for mutual destruction..."
Gold glanced.
Wood silenced.
True...
Peak like Tonggu—never underestimate. Mutual end? Tears.
"Plenty heavenly gods left—let them drain. Safe."
"When Old Earth emerges first, probe state—we strike sure and steady."
Gold said.
Elder Xuancang pale. Outside array: thick layers initial, high, immortal corpses...
Nearly ten thousand dead gods-demons.
Mostly low-tier—but huge drain maintaining array, aiding kills, handling lows. Coughing heartblood.
With Saint-Slaying Array, they wouldn't dare!
Xuancang grim, gritted—continued.
Tonggu cold. Quasi-Saints fearless—exhausted but unafraid.
"Why elemental gods not enter?"
"If they do, I'll self-detonate—take one!"
One gritted hatefully.
Tonggu icy gaze.
Waiting for elemental gods—to pull one down.
Their death—chaos in clan, breathing room for humans.
Alas, too cautious.
Learned from Xiaoyao Zi.
"Regret... no elemental god killed..."
Tonggu clenched fist.
Far off, heavenly gods regrouped, launching waves.
Sensing humans' limit.
Human Quasi-Saints prepared detonations...
Killing far more heavenly gods—worth it.
Suddenly.
Behind Ninth Heaven passage.
Battle cries erupted.
Tonggu and humans stunned.
In starry sky.
Elemental gods on Kun Beast smiled.
"Here..."
"Old Earth comes."
Aura surged—prepared strike.
But froze.
From passage...
Flame-Tipped Spear blazing fire origin shot out.
Boosted by Xuancang array—pierced heavenly god.
Luoyang fire-armored, stepped out.
Zhulong black-white eyes beaming rays—array-boosted, scattering heavenly gods...
Tonggu and exhausted humans stunned.
Then joy!
"Two more human Quasi-Saints—congratulations!"
Tonggu roared delighted.
Behind...
Chai Feng led ancestral land geniuses, prodigies—stepped out fearless, killing intent sharp.
Dantai Xuan, Lu Jiulian, Five Phoenix cultivators crossed.
Cries swept starry sky.
Most shocking...
Five Phoenix powerhouses dragged... broken half-head.
The God of Earth Element's.
Gold, Water, Wood horrified—entire clan chilled!
Dead?!
Watching races shocked.
Humans... desperate counterattack.
Earth Element God dead?
How?!
Suddenly.
Watching races sensed—gazed gods-demons rear.
Gold, Water, Wood turned.
Beyond sealed Primordial Immortal Domain immortal source...
Unnoticed...
White-robed youth in wheelchair, petting beast, blocked retreat.
At passage mouth.
Tonggu twitched.
Brother Lu... there?
Getting cocky?!
Yet amid gazes...
Lu sat serene.
Stroked uncomfortable black-white beast.
Raised face, robes fluttering, smiled: "You're surrounded..."
"Surrender."
All: "???"
