Seven Luminaries Immortal Formation, Seven Martial Gods, All Assembled

After bidding farewell to Li Lingyue, the two of you continued to busy yourselves with your own endeavors.

You came to the Great Wilderness and used the Aura of Myriad Races to track the aura of the Four Ancestors, meeting them once again.

"Benefactor! You're here!"

Hongluan followed beside the Vermilion Bird. Upon seeing you again, her feathers trembled with joy.

The Vermilion Bird noticed your cultivation base.

"A Martial Saint? You've actually improved this quickly?"

Hongluan flapped her wings excitedly.

"Benefactor is amazing as expected!"

The Azure Dragon coiled above the clouds. He lowered his massive dragon head and asked coldly,

"Chen Yi, what is your purpose in seeking us out again? We have already followed your words and forcibly brought the demon race mingling in the human living areas back to the Great Wilderness. Yet, we still haven't seen any sign of the Dragonkin you mentioned!"

"Brother Azure Dragon, launching a realm war is no trivial matter. The Dragonkin will not make a move until they are fully prepared. Their preparation time is also our preparation time. Today, I have come to see all of you to present a distinguished guest."

Saying so, you summoned the Myriad Soul Golden Banner. As its divine light scattered, Hu Tiangong slowly walked out from the golden veil of light.

In an instant, the pupils of the Four Ancestors quaked, feeling a sense of awe originating from their very bloodlines.

"Demon Emperor?!"

"No, it's the son of the Demon Emperor. It's the young master of our Demon Realm!"

The lofty Azure Dragon dove down, throwing himself heavily onto the ground to atone for his previous disrespect of looking down upon the young master from on high.

He kicked up a massive cloud of dust, making the surrounding earth shake and mountains tremble.

The gigantic White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird all prostrated themselves on the ground, expressing their loyalty and reverence to the young master of the Demon Realm.

Hu Tiangong's translucent soul was actually about the size of a human. He looked at the four behemoths and gave a faint smile.

"I didn't expect you all to still remember an old relic like me from thirty thousand years ago. It seems the purity of your bloodlines is quite high."

The purer a demon's bloodline, the more bloodline memories they inherited, allowing them to know what happened in the previous generation, the generation before that, or even many generations prior.

You recounted your journey to the Demon Realm to the Four Ancestors.

Hu Tiangong corroborated your story from the side.

Upon learning that the Dao Protector of the demon race had been tortured for thirty thousand years, the Four Ancestors all roared at the sky, their fury reaching the heavens, every single one of them bristling with rage.

"Dragonkin!! You have bullied our demon race too much; we share a bitter hatred that cannot coexist under the same sky!!"

The furious Azure Dragon leveled a mountain peak with a single sweep of his tail.

Hu Tiangong told the Four Ancestors that he was now a departed soul and could not leave the Myriad Soul Banner.

Once he detached from it, the power of the Underworld would drag him away.

After the Four Ancestors learned of this, the way they looked at you clearly changed.

"We trouble Benefactor to take care of our young master on our behalf. Whatever our demon race can do, we are at your command, Benefactor!"

Now, all Four Ancestors were calling you Benefactor.

You had liberated the demon race's Dao Protector, giving the demon race a chance to produce a new Dao Protector so their destiny would no longer be suppressed.

You had brought the young master of the demon race, who had been drifting in the Demon Realm unable to pass on, before them, allowing the demon race to regain their backbone.

If you weren't the benefactor of the entire demon race, then who was?

You actually had an important matter to discuss with the Four Ancestors during this visit.

It had been some years since Hu Tiangong entered the banner.

You would sometimes chat with him to learn more about the secrets of the past.

You learned that he had a way to restore the Dragon and Phoenix corpses to Martial God level strength.

You had actually seen this method before.

It was the very demonic art he used to crush Huo Feihuo in the last simulation—Myriad Demon Divine Power!

However, this was a mutually destructive move.

It required the sacrifice of a massive number of living demons.

In the last simulation, Hu Tiangong could only sacrifice demonic departed souls, which was actually far from reaching the upper limit of this technique.

If living demons were sacrificed, restoring the Dragon and Phoenix corpses to Martial God level strength was absolutely achievable.

Hu Tiangong spoke to the Four Ancestors.

"If the Dragonkin occupy the Human Realm, all living beings in this realm will face only one fate—being slaughtered to release the Qi of the Mortal World. But little friend Chen Yi and I have made an agreement. When the day comes that we truly need to sacrifice our clansmen, we will all go into the Myriad Soul Banner and be brothers! When the day comes that little friend Chen Yi's cultivation reaches the heavens, he might even be able to reforge our physical bodies!"

In this simulation, these words you said to Hu Tiangong naturally carried the suspicion of painting empty promises.

But looking toward the future, in reality, you were confident in achieving it.

The Azure Dragon threw his head back and laughed heartily.

"Young Master, say no more! Our race lost our homeland, the Demon Realm. How can we sit back and watch this second homeland be destroyed by the Dragonkin as well! Our lives can only be spent slaying the enemy; we absolutely cannot die pointlessly under the butcher's knife!"

With this, out of the seven Martial Gods required for the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array, you already had God Xiaoyao, Patriarch Shen, the Dao Protector, the Ancestral Dragon of Daqian, the Dragon Corpse, and the Phoenix Corpse!

You were only missing the final one!

Although three of these six were deceased, as long as they could unleash Martial God level strength, they could still serve as array cores.

"Looking at it now, the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array really has a chance..."

If the Dragonkin arrived a bit later, you might even be able to reach the Martial God realm yourself with a little hard work!

Hu Tiangong returned to the Myriad Soul Banner, and you bid farewell to the Four Ancestors.

On the way back to the Holy Land, you unexpectedly ran into Hua Wuyan.

"Senior Hua? Why are you here?"

Hua Wuyan was carrying a flower basket, walking in mid-air.

With every step she took, her body would glide forward a great distance parallel to the ground. It was unknown what kind of movement martial art this was.

"I'm here to see an old friend."

You looked around and found the place somewhat familiar.

You knew who she came to see.

"Is it your master, the Great Demon?"

"Yes, with him, your Seven Luminaries Immortal Array will gain another Martial God array core."

"He still possesses Martial God realm strength?"

You knew that this Great Demon was also one of the past Dao Protectors, only he practiced demonic arts.

Moreover, he had died long ago and even transformed into a forbidden zone in the Great Wilderness, occasionally wreaking havoc on the surrounding demons.

"He hasn't retained his power; rather, he has never completely died. A sliver of obsession has kept his remnant soul from perishing. At the necessary moment, he can also restore his Martial God level strength. Since there is a possibility of cooperation in the future, why don't you come with me to see him."

You nodded and followed Hua Wuyan to the Mountain of a Hundred Deaths.

Hua Wuyan stood at the peak of the mountain and spoke toward the Great Wilderness forbidden zone, which was billowing with thick black smoke.

"Master, I have found the item you need. I hope that in the future, you can fulfill your promise and contribute your strength to help this child set up the array against the enemy."

Two masses of scarlet light lit up within the forbidden zone, resembling a person's eyes.

"You really found it? Do not deceive me! Otherwise, there will be no need for the Dragonkin; I will slaughter the Human Realm myself!"

"How could I not know your methods? Why would I deceive you?"

"Good! Breaking a promise and needlessly breeding inner demons is not something I would do! Rest assured, when this child calls upon me, I will definitely strike!"

After saying this, a dark light flew toward you.

You wanted to dodge, but Hua Wuyan signaled that there was no need.

"This is the mark Master left upon you. Through it, you can summon him at any time. However, do not use it until the moment the formation is established. He is only willing to act once."

At this moment, your heart surged with excitement.

To think that the seven Martial Gods required for the Seven Luminaries Immortal Formation had actually been gathered, pieced together against all odds!