Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 1148 The Secrets of the Celestial Patrol, The Supreme Demon King

Zhang Yuan placed the Zhenyue Token on the table and calmly said, "It's not a legend."

He paused, his gaze lingering on the sheet of metal for a moment.

His voice was not loud, but it carried a power that transcended time: "Yue Battalion, Yue Battalion of Tianyuan City. I saw their flag on that city wall back then."

Qin Yue suddenly looked up, staring intently at Zhang Yuan: "You saw him on the walls of Tianyuan City?"

"I've seen it." Zhang Yuan's voice was calm, but his eyes reflected the flames of war from millions of years ago.

"At that time, Tianyuan City had not yet fallen. At that time, the military flag of the Yue Battalion was still planted on the top of the east city wall, fluttering in the wind."

"Their leader's surname is Yue, and his given name is Qing."

His finger lightly traced the character "岳" on the metal sheet.

The Zhenyue Army was once personally commanded by Zhang Yuan.

Qin Yue stared at the pitch-black token in silence for a long time.

Then he stood up and gave Zhang Yuan a solemn military salute.

"The reinforcements from the Zhenbei General's Mansion, Qingtian Pass, and Canglang River have all arrived and are awaiting Mr. Zhang's command."

……

That night, countless bonfires were lit on the Canglang Plain.

With the addition of reinforcements from three directions and the existing troops in the camp, nearly 100,000 people gathered on this wasteland.

The flames stretched out in a continuous line, like a burning city, illuminating the night sky for dozens of miles around.

Zhang Yuan stood on a secluded earthen slope outside the camp, gazing northward.

Qin Yue stood beside him.

After a long silence, Qin Yue spoke.

His voice was deep, as if squeezed from his chest: "Mr. Zhang, do you know what this place is really called?"

Zhang Yuan turned to look at him.

Qingsongjie is just the name that is currently used.

Zhang Yuan didn't even know his real name.

Qin Yue's gaze fell on the dark horizon in the distance.

"This place is called the Thirty-Two Domains of the Sky."

"Millions of years ago, three thousand six hundred Sky Continents were separated from the primordial world and sank into the spacetime rift, becoming isolated from the world."

The night wind blew across the earthen slope, making Qin Yue's voice sound somewhat faint.

He didn't look at Zhang Yuan; his gaze remained fixed on the darkness in the distance.

It's like looking through that darkness at a scene from millions of years ago.

Zhang Yuan nodded.

He knew that.

"Millions of years ago, the masters of this land were the Celestials."

"The Celestial Race rules over all races in the primordial world, maintaining the laws of Heaven and suppressing the origin of the primordial world with 3,600 patrol continents."

Zhang Yuan didn't say that in the primordial world today, humans and nature still reign supreme.

Qin Yue nodded, then turned to Zhang Yuan: "Sir, do you know what Xuntianzhou is facing?"

What are we facing?

Zhang Yuan thought of that large hand.

That massive hand could easily shatter heaven and earth.

Even with his current cultivation level, he wouldn't dare say he could stop that giant hand.

Qin Yue shook his head, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes: "In that abyss, which even celestial beings cannot reach, lies another kind of being."

"The supreme being among the Heavenly Demons."

Supreme!

Indeed, it's not just among the celestial beings that there are Heavenly Venerables.

The demon race also has powerful beings of this level!

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and waited for Qin Yue to continue.

This information did not circulate in the primordial world.

Although back in the primordial era, Zhang Yuan had guessed that the Heavenly Demon Clan also had top-tier experts behind them.

Otherwise, the primordial celestial beings would not be in a defensive position.

In the primordial world, there were celestial beings, countless great demons, and divine beasts.

Despite its immense power, it was still invaded by the Heavenly Demon, demonstrating the profound strength behind the Heavenly Demon.

Qin Yue looked down at the sprawling camp below and said softly, "The Heavenly Demons were born from the Abyss of Depth, beings formed from the twisted obsessions of living beings after the destruction of all realms."

"Their power level has surpassed the limits that even a Venerable One can control."

Qin Yue's voice trembled slightly in the night wind. Zhang Yuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

really.

In the battle of Tianyuan City, the Heavenly Venerable faced an existence of that level.

He didn't speak, but his breathing slowed.

Back then, Tianyuan City was the last barrier of Xuntian Continent.

When the city fell, all races were wiped out, and the three thousand six hundred patrol continents were taken away by the Celestial Venerable and disappeared at the edge of the primordial world.

In fact, these Sky Continents are trapped in this spacetime rift, unable to escape for millions of years.

Qin Yue turned his head and looked at Zhang Yuan.

His gaze held an extremely complex emotion.

"Mr. Zhang, do you know why Xuntianzhou was sent out of the prehistoric world?"

Zhang Yuan remained silent for a moment.

His voice was soft: "Because the Primordial World cannot support the 3,600 Sky Continents, nor can it sustain the Supreme Powerhouses."

“That’s right.” Qin Yue nodded. “When all 3,600 patrol continents are operating simultaneously, the amount of Heavenly Dao essence that needs to be drawn from the Primordial World is astronomical.”

"If the Celestial Venerable wants to fight the Supreme Demon, he must concentrate all his power. But even if he concentrates all his power, he is not certain of victory."

Zhang Yuan's gaze became even more profound.

He met Emperor Jun Tianzun on the ninth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower.

On that occasion, the Celestial Venerable said one sentence: "In order to change."

He wanted to turn the illusion of a million years ago into reality and change that doomed history.

but why?

Why didn't the Celestial Venerable directly take action and destroy those Heavenly Demon Supremes back then?

Why did he choose to take Xuntianzhou with him and leave like a deserter?

A thought suddenly flashed through Zhang Yuan's mind.

It's not that we can't beat them.

The consequences of the battle are something the Celestial Venerable cannot afford.

If the Celestial Venerable and the Supreme Demon King were to fight with all their might on the primordial land, the entire primordial world would crumble.

All the living beings of all races who are still alive, and all the remaining descendants of the celestial beings, will not be able to be saved.

Therefore, the Celestial Venerable chose another method.

He took Xuntianzhou with him.

This Sky-Piercing Continent is like a nail, driven into the rift of time and space.

It is both the key to the seal and the bait.

but……

If that's all there is to it, why not tell the people here the truth?

Why should the people here live in ignorance, generation after generation, for millions of years?

Qin Yue's voice interrupted his thoughts: "The owner of that hand is one of the avatars of the Heavenly Demon Supreme who squeezed in through the gap back then."

"Back then, the Heavenly Palace paid an extremely heavy price to reseal it."

"But the seal is loosening. And the speed at which it is loosening is faster than anyone expected."

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and looked at the black Zhenyue Token at his waist.

The token gleamed with a dull luster in the night light.

The fine lines seemed alive, slowly shifting for a moment under his gaze.

He remained silent for a long time.

Then he spoke, his voice unusually calm: "General Qin, you said Xuntian Continent, is it for sealing that hand, or for something else?"

Qin Yue's body stiffened slightly.

He did not answer.

Zhang Yuan noticed this subtle reaction.

He didn't press further, but a storm was raging within him.

The primordial wilderness could not support three thousand six hundred patrolling continents.

Unable to provide for the supreme being.

The Celestial Venerable chose to retreat because he was not certain of victory in his battle with the Supreme Demon.

But if...

If the Celestial Venerable left behind the Sky Patrol Continent, it wasn't to seal anything at all.

If Xuntianzhou itself is a larger scheme.

A scheme that even the Heavenly Demon Supreme's avatar was kept in the dark.

What kind of scheme could that be? (End of Chapter)