The real world.

Xuanyu City bustled endlessly.

At Taiyi Jinhua Mansion, cultivators came and went, occasionally vanishing in a flash of golden light.

Shi Yinhua, Qingyu, and others were multitasking incessantly.

Currently, the Donghua Taoist Alliance controls the southern region, ruling over forty million square kilometers of territory and eight hundred million souls. From the heavens above to the Netherworld below, the daily affairs piled up could exhaust eight diligent emperors to death.

Even so, Shi Yinhua still found time to undergo a wind tribulation. This level of time management skill made everyone in the Taoist Alliance give a thumbs-up in admiration, calling it unbeatable.

"The Four-army system of Heaven-Earth-Demon-Human comprises a total of 80,000 soldiers. The Heavenly Army has Chiyou and Drought Evil, two Primordial Spirits, and 20,000 cultivators. The other three armies each have at least two Harmonization cultivators and multiple Primordial Spirits. The daily costs…"

The Heavenly Army is primarily composed of cultivators specializing in combat arts, making it the most elite force. The Earth Army, centered around Divine Dao Earth Spirits linked to mountains, rivers, and arrays, focuses on defense.

The Human Army specializes in Daoist Soldiers, strange techniques, Ghost Cultivation, and Human Immortal Martial Way, generally working collaboratively to maintain order within the Taoist Alliance.

The Demon Clan mostly consists of demons and monsters.

Over the course of ten years, even the demons have grown accustomed to the Immortal Ranking System.

The Taoist Alliance managed them relatively loosely, combined with ample positions available, making the requirements for joining the Immortal ranks not too difficult. Increasing numbers of demons joined the system, and the Alliance ensured they had tasks to perform. After some discussions, they decided to form a specialized unit led by Divine Turtle and Lingying.

"Have all the Bright Magical Artifacts been distributed?"

Shi Yinhua looked toward the Civil and Military Immortal Officials beside him.

"Yes, each person received a full set of five items, with over two million still left in reserve."

Bright Weapons themselves aren't particularly powerful but are extremely effective against spirits, demons, and other unholy entities.

In the Heaven-Earth-Demon-Human Four-army system, all except for the Demon Army could use Bright Weapons.

Boom!

At that moment, a strange ripple spread across the surroundings.

Upstream of the Taoist Alliance's greatest river, the Yangtze, lay a massive Eight Diagram formation shaking the heavens and the earth.

Surrounding the Eight Diagram formation were mountains, rivers, the Five Mountains True Form, thunder, hurricanes, Divine Ghost Dao Soldiers, Mystical Turtle, Black Snake, and other strange phenomena.

"Finally succeeded!"

"Haha, ten years of effort wasn't in vain. What should we name this array?"

Among those present were Earth Evil, Yuanbo, Zhengxin, Mei Hua, and even Yang Xiao.

At the forefront stood the Divine Turtle.

"Who would have thought Yang Xiao Taoist would know how to set up restrictions? Why don't you name it?"

The Divine Turtle smiled and suggested.

"Just a bit of knowledge. How about calling it the Heaven-Earth Eight Wasteland Array?"

"Good, a great name!"

"Excellent!"

Soon, the name of the massive array was decided.

This array connected mountains, rivers, and the majority of Earth Energy across the realm. It was capable of killing even Harmonization cultivators and repelling entire armies.

Even if demons launched a large-scale invasion or if there were no defensive troops present, this array could still block their attacks.

The completion of the array significantly enhanced the Donghua Taoist Alliance's homeland defense capabilities.

Now, if demons dared to invade, they were doomed to die.

Xuanyu City.

Flanking the Heavenly Master's Dojo were the Civil and Martial Arts Academies.

The Military Academy was the North Pole Demon Exorcism Institute, with Chiyou as its Dean.

Chiyou was the most unique Harmonization Weapon among the six, unlike the others who displayed mechanical rigidity. Apart from being bound to Song Lin, he was almost entirely normal—and could even turn against his master.

However, after realizing the benefits of following Song Lin and understanding that the latter could take his life at any given moment, Chiyou had settled down.

He meditated in his cave mansion, inhaling and exhaling as he absorbed energy from the void to replenish his vitality.

Having cultivated Military Dao to Chiyou's level, ordinary food and pills could no longer meet his requirements.

If he were to rely only on ordinary food, he would need to eat several million portions, forcing him to draw energy from the void directly.

The hall was filled with abundant vitality, enough to vaporize steel within moments.

After a long while, Chiyou opened his eyes and spat a few times in irritation.

"Damn it, my mouth's so dry it's like bird feathers! War, war! I want to fight, damn it!!!"

Chiyou roared into the sky, the horns on his forehead gleaming with lethal intent.

Chiyou craved demon flesh—more and more—to further enhance his cultivation.

There was no food in the world more suitable than demons.

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed from the skies.

"This is bad!"

"All units, assemble at Spring View Platform!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack? Haha! I'm coming!"

Chiyou was initially stunned, but his face quickly broke into an ecstatic grin.

Someone dared to invade? They must have eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's guts.

From the northern Moyu Country came the Day-covering Tianpeng, Dragon Head Black Tiger, Netherworld Qilin, Copper Dragon, and Black Water Kui Niu—the five Harmonization Tribes—leading sixteen Harmonization cultivators and the cannon fodder army from the Jiuxiao Demon Country in an all-out attack.

This time, the entire army mobilized, with the Human Clan and countless half-demons leading the charge, vowing to crush the Donghua Taoist Alliance in one decisive battle.

Moyu Country lay in the vast northern Great Desert. From an aerial view, it dwarfed Wu Country by several times its size.

Unlike the isolated Demon Islands, the Great Desert interacted frequently with the Human Clan, giving rise to many savage half-demons.

The number of these half-demons reached tens of millions, even billions, combined with the billions from Jiuxiao Demon Country, forming a massive cannon fodder army.

Relying on their overwhelming numerical superiority, they needed no strategy, merely advancing en masse.

Against such a rush, ordinary Taoist alliances wouldn't be able to respond in time.

But the Donghua Taoist Alliance's Civil and Martial Academies, along with the Four-army system, allowed rapid mobilization of their forces.

"I'm coming!!!"

Chiyou led his 20,000 troops in a grand march to the border.

Lingying followed closely behind with 20,000 Demon Army soldiers.

The Earth Army activated the massive array; a translucent shield resembling a turtle shell enveloped the homeland, while floods, landslides, and magma poured down upon the invading demons.

The Human Army of two million martial artists also moved to lower-tier battlefields.

This battle shook the heavens and earth, plunging the sun and moon into darkness.

Meanwhile, Yujue Demon Country launched an attack on the Northwest Xuan Sect Shangqing Dao Alliance, prompting the Donghua Taoist Alliance to dispatch a Harmonization cultivator for reinforcements.

Both sides fought three consecutive large-scale battles involving millions of troops each.

In one battle, Chiyou earned a formidable reputation as the nemesis of demons.

In these three battles, Chiyou and Spirit Treasure Celestial Master stood on the front lines, slaughtering Harmonization demons. The demonic offensive slowed down, unable to mount a large-scale attack, and entered a stage of strategic attrition instead, with gains and losses on both sides.

At the same time, the Donghua Taoist Alliance was able to free up resources to send reinforcements to the northwest.

The Donghua Taoist Alliance held its defenses skillfully, forming a battle line as impenetrable as a turtle's shell.

Yet the demons, with their massive numbers of cannon fodder, limited the Human Clan from launching offensive strikes, forcing them to rely on arrays for defense.

Among the Demon Islands, however, there was no movement. It seemed they were brewing some sinister plot—or perhaps, as intelligence suggested, preparing for the Dragon Abyss Conference.

This war lasted for six whole years.

The Human Clan demonstrated astonishing resilience, unafraid of any demons or ghosts. Six years later, they had lost not an inch of territory.

Now, Moyu Country found itself in a dilemma.

They could either go all-in, betting everything on a single battle—to either succeed or face annihilation—or continue their current strategy of attrition through cannon fodder deployment.

The Human Clan, though lacking vast reserves of manpower, had enough endurance to last for decades or even centuries. In the end, the advantage would be theirs.

The Human Clan awaited Song Lin's instructions.

As the battle reached its climax, Song Lin returned to reality from his contemplative state.

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