Chapter 653 This Time, Humanity Is No Longer Fighting Alone

Central BattlefieldLu Chen, clad in a golden robe, still stood proudly in the air, unleashing world-destroying spells with a mere thought, engaging in a back-and-forth clash of Dao techniques with Yu Shan.King Che was dead.But he merely uttered a disdainful remark: "Useless trash."He wasn't Cang Fu of the Ming Clan; his surname was Cang, not Ming. His surname was Lu, the royal surname, second only to the Lu Heavenly Emperor, and he had no need to give face to any princes or princesses.Because princes and princesses are renewable resources, Lu Chen is non-renewable.Furthermore, shortly after King Che's death, a celestial star map appeared in his palm.This star map was the same as the one Li An had seen, the only difference being a massive celestial shadow on it.Third-Order Celestial Martial, Lu Clan's Realm-Suppressing Shadow.The connection between the Immortal Realm and the Lu Clan is weak, and the Immortal Realm's will to resist is extremely strong, as is its resistance. Therefore, unlike the previous Underworld Emperor, they cannot easily absorb the fortune of individual planets. It is necessary to use the Lu Clan's Realm-Suppressing Shadow to imprint the Lu Clan's mark upon the Immortal Realm.This is a fundamental solution to the Immortal Realm's ownership problem. As the war continues, the Immortal Realm's fortune is indeed decreasing, but its will to resist is also weakening, allowing the Realm-Suppressing Shadow to take advantage of the situation.At this moment, the overlap between the Realm-Suppressing Shadow and the Immortal Realm's star map has reached 45%. When it reaches 100%, the Immortal Realm will completely belong to the Lu Clan.And like Li An's Heavenly Dao Soul, although not fully integrated, it is already usable.The 45% overlap allows the Lu Clan to descend the Great Fortune Pillar and begin extracting the fortune of the Immortal Realm's territory.The two complement each other; the extraction speed increases with the increase in overlap. The faster the extraction, the faster the overlap increases.This is the key to this war.Lu Chen looked at Yu Shan with disdain: "I must say, your cultivation of the Great Dao is indeed extraordinary. You and I cannot determine a victor in a short time.""Unfortunately, there is only one you in the Immortal Realm. Apart from those two ancient immortals, Liu Sheng, and Zhou Chongli, the rest of our elite forces pose no threat to us.""Originally, seeing Chen Changsheng, Kong Fangxiang, and the tyrant's wife behind Zhuque, along with other former subordinates of the tyrant, I was somewhat worried.""But I've already seen it.""They're all dead." A hint of disdain flashed in Lu Chen's eyes as he said, "So, in the final battle with the Heavenly Realm, the tyrant burned everything he and his former subordinates possessed.""Not just their lifespans, but also their past selves in the River of Time.""The tyrant's method of defying fate allowed him to use a puppet of defying fate to exchange with someone else's past self, thus..." "This is a true resurrection, dragging people from the past to the very end of the timeline, with all causal damage borne by the Rebellious Puppet.""Having cultivated Daoist arts to this level, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it unparalleled in the world.""Unfortunately, even with such power, it couldn't withstand the first alliance of the thirteen kingdoms.""In that battle, we witnessed the Tyrant's power, but also the combined strength of the thirteen kingdoms.""Now it seems our worth is still increasing.""In the final battle, the Tyrant even burned the past bodies of his former subordinates; at least apart from Zhou Chongli and Zhuge Tianming, not a single truly living person has been seen yet.""They're all dead, merely embodiments of will, lacking true life signs.""A group of rebellious ministers unwilling to die, presuming..." "To return as a heroic spirit to contend with true life is nothing but a mayfly trying to shake a tree!""This time, my Lu clan will utterly annihilate them, leaving them never to rise again!"Yu Shan looked up expressionlessly and said, "You can't do it.""This time, I'm here.""You?" Lu Chen sneered, "Do you think I underestimated you?""You can recreate the incident where you forcibly severed the Heavenly Emperor's avatar with the Heavenly Sword back then, so I was prepared. Those desperate moves are useless against me!""Besides that, what else do you have?"Yu Shan calmly said, "The Heavenly Realm's weakness is obvious.""A person's bloodline determines their level of attainment, not because of insufficient ability, but because of insufficient status. They will be restricted by your Emperor.""You, Lu Chen, are perfectly capable of reaching the fifteenth Heaven, but you only..." "He's a national advisor, and national advisors can't reach the realm of a monarch. He can only regretfully reach the 14th level of the Heavenly Realm.""The remaining commanders are even more pitiful, 13th, 12th, 11th... each level is clearly defined, to the point that even if your entire army descends to the mortal realm, you can't sweep through it." Lu Chen said indifferently, "The distinction between ruler and subject is a natural law. What's the point of saying this?""This isn't a natural law." Yu Shan shook his head. "This is just a concept you created yourself.""It makes you always think that the strongest will decide the course of a war.""Now that King Che is dead, who can stop Li An from dismantling your Great Fortune Pillars?" Lu Chen looked down at the star map in his hand. A powerful energy fluctuation was clearly moving rapidly towards the Great Fortune Pillars standing in the Sixteen Provinces.Li An! Lu Chen's expression remained unchanged.According to Yu Shan, the mortal realm's countermeasure was simple.The nine Great Fortune Pillars were now gathering immense fortune, but they all bore the imprint of the Lu clan, so they could only be fed back to the Lu clan's powerful members.If the mortal realm could erase the mark on the Pillars of Great Fortune and replace it with the mark of the Celestial Realm, then these nine pillars would become the greatest weapon of the mortal world!Lu Chen shook his head, saying, "Li An is indeed a genius, but he alone cannot turn the tide of the battle, nor can he break through the defensive line we have set up around the Pillars of Great Fortune.""Is that so?" Yu Shan remained expressionless. Four blank talismans appeared before him, and he swiftly wrote four large characters on them.Celestial Realm Grand Array!"Open!" The long-sealed array was activated once more.Lu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.If a powerhouse at the eleventh or twelfth level of the Celestial Realm used this array, their combat power would experience a qualitative leap.The power of the entire Celestial Realm converged on one person, raising the Dao Fruit realm of the array wielder by a full level.But what use is it to someone like Yu Shan at the fourteenth level?If a King Realm expert could be supported by an array, then it wouldn't be called a King Realm expert.Suddenly, Lu Chen recalled what the other party had just said.The outcome of a war isn't necessarily determined by the strongest…Lu Chen abruptly lowered his head and looked at the star map again.Immortal Qi!Boundless immortal qi, like a white immortal sword, soared into the sky and rapidly converged into Li An's body!“You actually dare to give the Immortal Realm's grand formation to a human!?” Lu Chen was terrified.He saw the resolute look in Yu Shan's eyes.“What you said may not be wrong.”“Today, the heroes who once conquered the Heavenly Realm and liberated the mortal world are now only a fragmented will, no longer possessing the power to threaten you.”“But the legacy they left behind has taken root and sprouted, becoming a towering tree that can hold up the sky alone.”“More importantly, this battle is no longer a lone battle for humanity.”“The Immortal Realm will give it its all.”As the words fell,Yu Shan's aura expanded.Within the vast net of heaven and earth, Lu Chen saw a boundless, open blue sky, and this sky was beneath Yu Shan's wide robes. He stood with his hands behind his back, head slightly tilted back, exuding an aura of dominance.Lu Chen's eyes darkened, an uncontrollable sense of crisis rising within him.He subconsciously cast a divination for himself.The divination result was—Great Fortune, implying that this battle was utterly without danger, and victory would be effortless.However, this divination did not bring Lu Chen joy; instead, it intensified his sense of crisis several times over, causing a chill to run down his spine.What kind of ridiculous divination was this?Most of the people were already dead; what did this have to do with great fortune?There was only one possibility.Lu Chen stared intently at the white-robed Immortal Ancestor before him.Those calm, still eyes seemed to reflect a horizon that Lu Chen could never reach.His mastery of divination far surpassed Lu Chen's own at this moment, casually weaving a divination of great fortune for him.What did this mean?Lu Chen's expression shifted uncertainly.Only now did he realize that he was not facing a mere ant who only knew how to use underhanded tricks and never posed a threat, but the only celestial king in history to single-handedly kill the Heavenly Emperor's human form.