Imperial God Emperor

When they heard this news, Ye Qingyu and Hu Bugui both were quite surprised. 

They didn’t expect the Immortal God Emperor Sect that had always closed its doors and protected itself. At such a precarious situation when all sects were fighting to protect themselves, to think they would dispatch so many people to stay in Flowing Light City in order to rescue fellow Human Race citizens. 

Ye Qingyu also could not help feeling more and more respect for this Emperor Court that had once saved the entire Clear River Domain.

From Nan Tieyi’s words and deeds to the innkeeper and other people’s actions today, the image of the Immortal God Emperor Sect was gradually growing clearer in Ye Qingyu’s mind. He was full of curiosity and respect for this sect.  

And Chen Zhengliang, who was burdened with infamy and nearly had his spine punctured by the whole city, was the descendant of one of the three major sects of Flowing Light City. In the former Flowing Light City, Chen Zhengliang was also known as a prominent figure, a talent among the younger generations, and one of the young geniuses. It was said that the City Lord had been secretly helping him cultivate, and he was one of the recommended candidates to assume the position of City Lord.

The fours words, ‘endure humiliation and blame’, could not be more apt for him. 

Ye Qingyu was also full of respect for this young man.

……

On the city walls.

They stood in a row, gazing into the distance of fifty miles away where the Demon Spider Race had set up an encampment. 

The Demon Spider Race’s withdrawal allowed the people of Flowing Light City to finally breathe a sigh of relief, but when the news that they were stationed fifty miles outside the city came, they undoubtedly felt as if a rock was pressing on their hearts again——especially for Chen Zhengliang and the other citizens of Flowing Light City, the psychological trauma shrouded them again.

So after a short arrangement of matters in the city, Ye Qingyu and the other people came to the city gate.

Looking afar, the entire Demon Spider Race’s Devouring Heaven Camp was in sight. 

The layout of the Demon Spider Race was extremely peculiar, it evidently was a military formation. The periphery was also set up in a very strange arrangement, and the tents also had a special positioning and order. Within the camp was a faint collection of the power of the tens of thousands of elites. The gathering of such a powerful force was like a mirage, constantly changing and wandering in the sky above, seemingly real.

Adding to this, countless different forms of rune demon-patterned defense equipment were in full operation, emitting bursts of black light, and enveloped the entire camp area.

From afar, there was also a black glow in the sky, towering into the clouds and propping up a circle of thick black cloud boundary walls.

Moreover, the evil spirits emitted from the black cloud boundary were intertwined with the a blood stench that flowed a hundred miles outside of the city, being drawn to each other in an extremely bizarre way.

Ye Qingyu coldly observed for a while, before he made a judgment in his mind.

Under such protection and formations, even for Immortal Step boundary experts, it would be incredibly difficult to break through.

And even if they were to storm over now and forcibly break through the elite army, the Demon Spider Race’s reinforcement corps would come right away and in an instant devour Flowing Light City till nothing was left behind. 

“The Demon Spider Race is defeated but will not retreat, the situation is still pressing, what do we do next?” Innkeeper Ling Xiaoran looked to Ye Qingyu with a worried expression.

Clearly he had also analyzed the situation before them. 

Now, Flowing Light City was like an arrow at the end of its flight. 

If Ye Qingyu and Hu Bugui were not here, the Demon Spider Race most likely would have returned in a swirl.

“There are hundreds of thousands of civilians in the city, we can’t evacuate them all, but if we leave them they will all die under the wrath of the demon spiders...” Chen Zhengliang said with a slight sigh, a never seen before exhaustion in his voice. 

“Yes, so many civilians, even if we flee tonight, where can we escape to...” Liu Minsheng’s eyes were full of worries, extremely troubled about the situation in front. 

“Ai...” The always quiet Scar-faced Jin also sighed faintly.

The several people present all knew well that, if they took advantage of tonight to escape alone, perhaps there would be a chance of surviving. 

But as early as the day that Flowing Light City had fallen into the hands of the enemy, they had already been hiding in the city, plotting the rescue plan to save the fellow Human Race citizens and protect the city’s tens of thousands of civilians. There was no way they would abandon them now.

“In any case, we must save the people, we can’t abandon them in the city to die!” Hu Bugui gazed into the black clouds soaring into the sky and the imposing manner of the Demon Spider Camp, before he turned to the others and said in a sonorous voice. 

His hands balled into fists, his eyes flashing a strong and resolute light. 

Ye Qingyu did not speak. 

He was still quietly watching the floating demonic qi in the distance, and the seemingly impregnable boundary of the Demon Spider Camp.

Although the situation of Heaven Wasteland Domain was still a mess and had not been resolved, Xing’er and the others were probably anxiously waiting for their news.

But the innocent people in the city cannot be ignored.

Especially when Hu Bugui had already declared his stance, he also must help.

As for how to save them, how to protect the city's tens of thousands of people...

Ye Qingyu still couldn’t think of a good plan. 

“By the way, since the Immortal God Emperor Sect had made an appearance, it should have a channel where they get information from, right?” Ye Qingyu seemed to suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Ling Xiaoran.

Ling Xiaoran and his wife exchanged a look. Although a little puzzled about Ye Qingyu's sudden question, they still nodded at the same time. 

“The Demon Spider Race has great influence, and control the majority of the area. My sect’s main information channel is definitely affected, but there are some not-completely-withered branches that can be used. The general situation can possibly be found out,” Ling Xiaoran looked at Ye Qingyu, saying quite proudly.  

“At such a situation it is already very good to have a rough picture.” Ye Qingyu gained a new understanding of the Immortal God Emperor Sect. 

But now, he still could not reveal his identity and tell them the whereabouts of Nan Tieyi. 

“I have to trouble Brother Ling to help inquire about the current situation of Clear River Domain, as well as the situation of the Hundred Spirits Sect...” he paused, his eyes flashed, “And the whereabouts of the two people from Heaven Wasteland Domain.” 

“A few months ago there was some news that the people from Heaven Wasteland Domain were trapped in the Greater One mountain range.” Ling Xiaoran slightly sighed, seeming recalling something.

“But then they suddenly disappeared, and there was no news after that. Even the Demon Race had not received the slightest news. It is as if they had vanished in Greater One mountain...” Ling Xiaoran revealed a helpless smile.

In recent months, in addition to planning to rescue the civilians of the city, the rest of the main forces were in search of the Young Emperor. 

At first, there was a signal from the Young Emperor himself that he was in Greater One mountain range, but no news was received after that. 

It seemed that the Young Emperor and the people of Heaven Wasteland Domain had gone missing from the Greater One mountains at the same time...  

“However, since Brother Tianhang had asked, then our Immortal God Emperor Sect will certainly do everything possible to find out for you.” The lady innkeeper Heng Yuge smiled, her voice gentle as the moon. 

Hu Bugui had introduced Ye Qingyu to everone as Tianhang, so everyone called Ye Qingyu Tianhang. 

“Yes, I believe that in a few days, there will be the first wave of news relayed over, no need to worry Brother Tianhang.” Still in a trance state, Ling Xiaoran’s eyes lit up, slightly nodding as he promised.  

“Don't worry, Lord Tianhang, cough cough... As long as the two of them agree to the matter, cough... there's nothing they can’t do.” Elder Zheng gently stroked his chest, slightly panting. His previous injury seemed to have damaged his origin source, and now he was struggling to support himself. 

Ye Qingyu nodded slightly.

The eyes of all people once again fell on the Demon Spider Race’s tents.

“Hey... the Demon Spider’s camp is shrouded in thick fog, I wonder what is going on inside...” Chen Zhengliang took a step forward, activating yuan qi. His eyes seemingly were exerting force to penetrate the barrier to see through the tents in the distance.

“Yes, to know one's own strength and the enemy's is the sure way to victory, but we know nothing about the other side...” 

“Sigh... Now we can only observe from a distance, we cannot rashly get closer to investigate.”

“If there are masters hiding in the camp, we would be caught unprepared...” 

Everyone were talking at once, all seemingly deeply worried.

Ye Qingyu also looked into the direction of the main tent, and after a brief thought he said, “I'll give it a try...”

He slightly closed his eyes, feeling the consciousness power slowly rising from his dantian.

It was as though bursts of strange power were wandering around his limbs and bones, and then spread toward and shrouded the void. In a flash, the area within a radius of thousands of meters was shrouded within this tyrannical consciousness power. The several people standing at his side also took on a look of astonishment.

This power firmly suppressed everyone’s consciousness and yuan energy. Both their physical and mental state sank into a strange and uncontrollable state, and they were almost unable to restrain their mind and even breathing began to become extremely difficult.

Even though they knew that Ye Qingyu was powerful, everyone was still stunned.

The innkeeper and the other people stared at Ye Qingyu in astonishment, thinking that he was hiding his true strength when he was fighting against the Demon Spider General before.

If you say that everyone was previously grateful and appreciative for this stranger, then now everyone was filled with respect and reverence for him.

Ye Qingyu took in the changes and reactions of the several people around him. 

He did not deliberately conceal his own strength. 

An appropriate display of power can enhance the confidence of the people against the enemy.

He relaxed his heart, and after a deep breath, a soaring monstrous wave swept towards the Demon Spider camp.

……

In the distance. 

Inside the main tent of the Demon Spider Race. 

The fog of the formation was suddenly stirred, like a wave had swept through.

Tong Wen, who was bent over the desk scribbling rapidly, suddenly felt his hand shaking, the brush stained with ink dropped onto his silk robes.

Aghast, before he put on an outer robe, he dashed out the main tent.

Only to see that the clouds in the sky were changing colours. The previously thick black clouds were faintly suppressed, swaying like it had been agitated and were producing disharmonic sparks of light. 

There was chaos at the left side where the beasts were settled. 

All different sized and different levels of demon beasts were emitting a red light in their eyes, howling and roaring as though they had suffered the most frightening scare.

The tens of thousands of black armoured soldiers resting in front were also horrified to see the strange scene rolling across the sky.  

The main generals of the other tents rushed out in the first moments. The stronger they were the more they could sense what was happening. The terrifying consciousness power coming from Flowing Light City was like a Fiendgod overlooking the entire Demon Spider Race's Devouring Heaven Camp. The unbelievable consciousness power had brought out a very shocked and horrified expression on everyone’s faces.

In a short moment. 

All the creatures in the Demon Spider's camp felt the strength of the consciousness power. 

Some of the lower-level Demon Spider soldiers’ consciousness and yuan qi were suppressed by the violently surging consciousness power, and had to grit their teeth and endure with all their strength.

“I didn’t think that there is someone so strong in Flowing Light City...” Tong Wen’s eyes flashed, eyes fixed on the source of the consciousness power in the distance.  

“Lord Tong Wen, what should we do now?” One of the generals gasped, his eyes were also full of worry.

Originally, they just had to keep watch outside the city and not let anyone escape, and when the reinforcement army arrived they can regain the lost territory and take back Flowing Light City.

But now the situation had suddenly changed, which threw them into panic. 

Tong Wen gave no response, his eyes sank, as though thinking about something.

If such an expert were to attack them now, they cannot reverse the situation. Even if the entire Devouring Heaven soldiers fought back, they would still be in danger of being destroyed... 

His eyes flickered with a trace of suspicion. 

If he had not guessed wrong, then the owner of that consciousness power must have something to do with the fat man that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Just then——

An unexpected change came again. 

In the sky beyond hundreds of miles, floating in the clouds, flashing brightly, just like it was surrounded by a cloud dragon, an enormous object pierced through the clouds. 

An enormous monster cut through the rippling void, suddenly coming into sight.