Chapter 1668: 18: I Am Your Family!
Chapter 1668: Chapter 18: I Am Your Family!
“Victory!”
“A great victory! A great victory! We slew a hundred thousand demons before the formation, an unprecedented victory!”
“We defended the Fifth Industrial Center, safeguarded the Dragon Remains Battleship, the evil demons suffered such a huge defeat that we’ll be safe for years!”
With the return of the frontline armor and Dragon Remains Battleship, all the Sky Islands within the control range of the Desolate Alliance resounded with cheers, everyone was overjoyed, tearfully praising the frontline warriors. The Feathered Armor that had landed on the ground was now buried in flowers and blessing notes. Even the soldiers, who were supposed to control the populace, couldn’t suppress their smiles, genuinely laughing and celebrating together.
In fact, there had been a period when the morale of the soldiers and civilians at the Fifth Industrial Center was very low. Although the task of repairing the Dragon Remains Battleship was a huge honor for any industrial Sky Island cluster, the accompanying responsibility was also heavy. Particularly, the inevitable attack from the evil demons kept everyone on edge.
Facing unavoidable sacrifices and tough battles, no one had a hundred percent hope of surviving, whether it was the cultivators going to the battlefield or the civilians, many families had already written their wills, or even simple confessions, hoping that when the Desolate Alliance gathered corpses in the future, they would know people once existed and resisted here.
With such a belief of fighting to the last moment, they exerted every effort to complete their daunting mission… Such heavy pressure also explained why evil demons could develop traitors within the Desolate Alliance.
But this oppressive feeling was dispelled by the great victory from the front lines.
An incredible victory; on the side of the Desolate Alliance, there were less than three thousand casualties, yet the number of enemies killed was thirty times that of the evil demons… No matter the time or place, no one would believe such numbers are exaggerated because it just felt like a dream.
But the reality was even more unbelievable than a dream — according to frontline reports, the vanguard not only shot down more than nine evil demon battleships but also, for the first time ever, captured a True Demon General!
The dreamy joy filled everyone’s heart. For a moment, some people, wanting to verify whether this was an illusion by the evil demons, ruthlessly stabbed their own thighs, injuring themselves seriously enough to end up in a sanatorium.
And all this was because of that sudden reinforcement.
Platinum Armor.
Or rather…
An Jing.
A hundred years ago, a legendary figure, Evil Suppressing Sword Master, Seven Fiend Tribulation… It was his first return, his first appearance, leading to such a massive victory.
For a time, many cultivators and the masses born after the celestial collapse began to wonder…
What kind of person is An Jing?
Soon, they would know.
As the battered Feathered Armor returned from the front lines, the Sky Islands, which should have erupted in even greater cheers, suddenly fell silent just before opening mouths.
Because, as the platinum armor at the center of the formation gradually approached, the flowing clouds over the heavenly dome, the churning air sea, all gradually subsided, settled, and became calm.
The invisible and heavy pressure, like a sword’s edge hanging before everyone’s eyes, made all subconsciously halt their celebration, their spines chilled.
The churning clouds and waves could not hide the shining platinum Stars; it was so dazzling that its sheer presence drew all attention, seized all joy.
Calamity.
A great calamity was coming, closing in.
An ominous sign of calamity was brewing. For a moment, amidst the clouds in the heavenly dome, thunder intertwined, with a cool autumn breeze rising, white frost spreading on all glass and metal objects, bringing cold and fear.
At the same time, all sounds throughout heaven and earth became resonant, like the ringing of swords, and all light became straight and sharp, every detail clear, as if threads of light wove through the air, revealing dim metallic dust.
Autumn arrives with sound, frost returns with solemnity.
Calamity dust darkens, the cosmos mourns.
“This is…”
An old soldier who had experienced the celestial collapse and witnessed the majesty unveiled by the Heavenly Venerate before it looked up, near trembling, and murmured as he gazed at the platinum sun, “This is the omen of the manifestation of the Taibai Dao… But isn’t it only when attaining ’Creator Venerable’ that such a thing occurs?”
“Why, why would a True Person, merely revealing their aura, possess such a Great Dao omen?!”
However, seeming to sense that the entire Fifth Industrial Sky Island Cluster, due to his presence, suddenly halted the celebration of victory, the platinum brilliance over the heavenly dome withdrew its pressure and radiance.
Instantly, the thunder ceased, the winds calmed, the frost retreated, the light dust fell, and everything returned to normal.
A feeling of gladness, joy after surviving a calamity, began to emerge in everyone’s heart.
Celebration and cheers filled the Sky Island inside and out again, as if that earlier silence never existed.
“It seems my other fragments have not yet been retrieved, my own Primordial Spirit essence, Taibai and tribulation, really are too ostentatious.”
In mid-air, An Jing felt somewhat regretful. Although he had lost many memories, he was naturally well aware of what power he had, especially the power he could currently use.
His revival’s Primordial Spirit was the purest ’Gold’, that is Taibai, also carrying a bit of the Sha Tribulation Qi from the Tai Shi Yuan Evil, simply put, it was purely [Taibai Luminous Godly Ban].
This Harmonization Level cultivation, after An Jing developed his Pocket World Technique, was no longer his sole focus of cultivation, but rather became integrated with other Five Emperor Techniques, merging into his True Spirit Body.