Yujue Mountain.

At this moment, the peak was faintly shrouded, and the earth trembled continuously, as if some colossal being was slowly awakening.

Bang!

The oppressive dark clouds were torn apart, and a gigantic foot stepped onto the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Every movement shook the entire land, the vibrations growing increasingly intense.

A figure, towering and immense at approximately eighty thousand zhang, made its move.

This was a giant adorned in a pitch-black dragon robe.

His eyes were like stars, his horns like iron towers. His spine rose and fell like a mountain range stretching endlessly, his arms were like pillars holding up the heavens, and his feet were ancient peaks that stood immortal across the ages.

This was the Taishi Demon Emperor, an ancient demon with mastery over the Mountain Dao. His body was one with the Demon Country's land, reaching a realm where he was the earth, and the earth was him.

At the pinnacle of his cultivation, he would become a star, just as the stars would become him.

This was the Great Dao of the Taishi Demon Emperor.

Rarely was his intervention seen, because his sheer movements brought catastrophic consequences that were difficult to contain.

Moreover, great mountains dislike moving. To remain motionless for centuries or millennia was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Greetings, Demon Emperor!"

"The Demon Emperor's brilliance illuminates the sun and moon, may your life be eternal as heaven!"

As the Taishi Demon Emperor revealed himself, the Ten Thousand Demons bowed reverently, worshipping this great demon who had ruled for countless ages.

Theoretically speaking, all demons were nurtured by the Taishi Demon Emperor. After all, they were born on this land, and this land was the very body of the Demon Emperor.

The scattered rocks beneath the feet of the Taishi Demon Emperor rolled together, forming a towering giant.

"Stone Master, what is happening?"

The Taishi Demon Emperor had sensed issues brewing on the frontlines. The Human Clan seemed to have produced an extraordinary being, though he didn't yet know the specifics, so he began to inquire.

"The Donghua Taoist Alliance Celestial Master, Song Lin, has broken through and comprehended the Innate Dao. All Harmonization Demon Masters except for the Five Directions Evil Gods have died at the frontlines. Most of the Harmonization Demon Masters in the country have already rushed to provide support."

"Innate Dao? Interesting, very interesting."

The Taishi Demon Emperor's curiosity was piqued.

It had been so long since he had encountered the Innate Dao. If he were to capture it and forcibly comprehend its essence, what then?

Harmonization isn't limited to aligning with only one Dao. Two, even multiple Daos are possible, though this often proves far more demanding in terms of effort.

Generally, cultivating multiple Daos is less effective than focusing on one. But if it were the Innate Dao, the Taishi Demon Emperor couldn't help but find it worth pursuing.

This could be the key for him to break free of the Small Thousand World.

The Innate Dao possesses a universal quality across the Ten Thousand Realms, ensuring that cultivation wouldn't degrade in another world.

Relying solely on an Acquired Dao at most allows one to dominate this particular universe, but such triumphs held little appeal.

Perhaps to other cultivators, reigning as an everlasting Divine King in this Small Thousand World's universe was far more enjoyable than venturing beyond to wage battle.

But the Taishi Demon Emperor was a being with ambition. How could he vegetate in this little pond, content to play king forever? He sought to ascend to the ultimate pinnacle, transforming himself into a Divine Court, eternal and indestructible.

Even if Song Lin's talent exceeded his expectations, in the Demon Emperor's eyes, he was still nothing more than a slightly stronger Harmonization cultivator, forever incapable of grasping the ultimate mysteries of a Heavenly Court.

The Moyu Qilin warranted slightly more attention, but no more than that.

"If Song Lin is willing to surrender, I might consider sparing him."

The future Divine Court would need such powerful individuals; the Taishi Demon Emperor was reluctant to kill him.

A Heavenly Court without humans would not suffice. The Mortal World's order still required humans to oversee its governance.

This was what set him apart from the rest of the Demon Clan.

While demons favored annihilation, the Taishi Demon Emperor had developed a masterful sense of responsibility, refraining from going too far.

With these thoughts, the Demon Emperor turned into black smoke and vanished.

Moyu Country.

Bang!

Thick dust surged as a pitch-black Qilin erupted from the ground, its expression immensely feral, exuding an air of overwhelming malevolence.

Qilins were originally auspicious beasts, but once corrupted by evil, they became the most ominous harbinger of their era.

Ordinarily, it would remain in secluded cultivation, uninvolved in worldly matters. Today, however, its emergence heralded a torrential rain of blood falling across the land.

Day turned into night, and ghastly evil ghosts and spirits roamed the earth.

With the arrival of two Emperor-level demons, the world itself began to transform with peculiar phenomena.

All demons followed in their marching footsteps.

One loomed vast as heaven-supporting pillars, while the other was as sinister as the sovereign of hell.

The entire Demon Clan was now galvanized under their sway.

Soon, they neared the headquarters of the Donghua Taoist Alliance.

"Attack!"

The towering figure of the Taishi Demon Emperor made the mountain where Donghua resided appear minuscule, barely reaching his knees.

He raised his right foot and stomped down hard upon the peak.

This stomp was not a mere display of power but an attack that drew from the combined force of the earth and mountains spanning tens of thousands of miles, as if the world itself had joined the assault on the Donghua Taoist Alliance.

After all, the Taishi Demon Emperor was the master of the Great Dao of the Earth—he was the legendary Imperial Earth.

The entire land was his to command.

In the Demon Emperor's perception, there was a faint sense of someone watching him. The figure was a youth clad in white robes, radiating a brilliant golden light, meeting his gaze unflinchingly at this moment.

Bold!

The Taishi Demon Emperor mused.

However, now was not the time to dwell on such. He intended to break Song Lin's psychological defenses step by step, like an eagle toying with its prey.

Just when it seemed Song Lin was fated for death,

Song Lin retrieved all the Heavenly Master Seals, including the Dragon Head Master Seal, and shattered them with a single palm strike.

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed.

Bang!

Dragons awakened. Mountains collapsed, only to be reshaped into new peaks, their majesty immense and overwhelming, as though countless divine dragons were reviving within heaven and earth.

In a span of several tens of thousands of miles, all the terrain shifted, and rivers changed their courses to converge.

The geography was remade, and the source of it all was the very mountain where the Donghua Taoist Alliance stood.

The peak transformed into a mountain range towering ten thousand li high, overlooking the world. The earth veins spanned thousands of miles, becoming the axis of heaven and earth.

"Impossible!!"

The Taishi Demon Emperor's expression turned to one of utter shock as his massive body began to crumble inch by inch. His colossal foot had already become ashen remnants ages ago.

And yet, what astounded him most was not that—his sense of control over the earth had vanished entirely. The entire land was now enshrouded in a mysterious network.

This sensation was akin to being demoted from the earth's favored child to a mere orphan—once beloved, now disowned.

The source of all this was the mountain before his very eyes.

"An Immortal Mountain? A Divine Court?"

Meanwhile, the Moyu Qilin, arriving belatedly, gasped in shock.

The axis of heaven and earth, the origin of mountains and rivers.

Kunlun revealed itself, and on Kunlun Peak, the Palace of the Polestar radiated dazzling brilliance while the Divine Court manifested upon the land.

Only then did the demons realize their folly.

The so-called Shenzhou Land Sinking Plan—they now recognized it for what it truly was: a scheme to transform the very land, forging a man-made Heavenly Court.

"Taoist Qilin, let us strike together and seize this Divine Court!"

Having processed what was unfolding, the Taishi Demon Emperor's eyes gleamed with greed.

A ready-made Divine Court—it had come right to them!

The two Emperors exchanged knowing looks, manifesting their enormous Dharma Images.

A Mountain-and-Earth Dharma Body and a Cataclysmic Dharma Body—two demons resembled mythological Demon Gods assaulting the heavens.

On the peak of ten thousand li, within the Palace of the Polestar.

In the resplendent Divine Court, Song Lin sat upon the Dragon Chair, enveloped in seventy-two beams of light. Upon his head rested a Purple Gold Crown, and he donned a robe emblazoned with purple dragons and phoenixes, resembling a Divine King commanding the stars.

Behind him, the radiance of the earth and water veins gathered from most parts of Wu Country.

"Kunlun is finally complete!"

"So this is the Ancestral Court. I've truly broadened my horizons today."

"Can we now call ourselves Immortals too?"

The crowd gazed at the fruit of their years of toil.

On either side of the hall, the Taoists resembled Immortal Gods ascending to the celestial ranks.

"Indeed, the Human Clan finally has its Ancestral Court."

Song Lin couldn't help but sigh emotionally.

The Ancestral Court was akin to their own Heavenly Court. Within the territory controlled by the Ancestral Court, the Taoist School would become the absolute favored child of heaven, able to cultivate as they pleased. If they encountered difficulties, they could immediately report to the Divine Court, which would promptly dispatch forces.

Or perhaps summon mountain and river deities, the might of the Grandmaster, talismans, and more.

All in all, the Taoist Alliance's control had strengthened, and even low-level cultivators in the mortal world now had powerful backing.

"No need to rush; let us first deal with the powerful enemies."

Everyone turned to the treasure mirror floating in the hall's center, which displayed the two Demon Emperors approaching in haste.

"Do not panic. Mere demons cannot breach the defenses of the Divine Court."

Song Lin lightly performed a hand gesture.

Seventy-two beams of light poured into the Emperor Sword.

Then, a single sword's radiance slashed downward.

Repaying them in kind.

This strike absorbed the earth's power from the artificial Kunlun ancestral veins.

Heaven and earth themselves assisted Song Lin in slaying his foes.

Heaven's timing, earth's advantage, and human harmony—the threefold force of heaven, earth, and man.

With one sword strike, the Taishi Demon Emperor's Mountain-and-Earth Dharma Body was shattered. His true form, a three-inch yellow figurine, fled in panic and vanished.

With another strike, the Qilin's back was slashed, spilling dark yellow drops of blood as it retreated.

Song Lin did not give chase, for Kunlun's influence had yet to extend into the demon-infested lands.

Kunlun rises; demons retreat.

This battle reclaimed all of Wu Country's territory at its peak, uniting the Human Clan.

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