397: Ancient realm power?! How is that possible?!

Tens of thousands of Heavenly Demon Realm troops were densely arrayed across the land, like a black torrent, rolling in from the horizon. The sight stretched as far as the eye could see. The Killing Intent emanating from them seemed to want to dye this entire world into a Shura Hell. The desert trembled beneath their feet.

Inside the Imperial Pass.

Countless Cultivators turned pale. Just this aura made their hearts palpitate, and this was with the protection of an Imperial Formation. If they faced it directly, they would have long turned to ash!

How could they fight this?

What could they fight with?

In an instant!

The Imperial Pass city wall also fell into Chaos.

“Why did he suddenly attack?”

“Didn't Candle Nine Nethers and Lord Human Emperor have a one-day agreement?” someone roared, his voice trembling.

“An agreement?” a Hedao Cultivator scoffed coldly.

“What agreement would the Monster Realm have with the Human Race?”

After his words fell.

Across from the Imperial Pass, the newly appointed Clan Chief of the Nine Infant Clan revealed a sneer: “You ants, are you even worthy of making an agreement with Lord Demon Ancestor?”

“How laughable!”

With that, he looked up with reverence at the figure on the golden war chariot.

At this moment, An Huang's expression was calm, divine light swirling around him. He had received orders to begin attacking the pass, to scatter the Human Race's powerhouses, and ideally, to draw Shen Nian over as well, so that the Lower Realm side could smoothly complete their mission.

He had volunteered to attack the Imperial Pass for no other reason!

He had come specifically for Shen Nian!

That day, when confronting him at the Heavenly Abyss, An Huang had been enraged. In countless years, no Human Race member had ever dared to speak to him in such a manner!

He wanted to eradicate the other party!

These ruthless words made all the Hedao Cultivators on the Imperial Pass turn pale and gnash their teeth.

Gradually.

The sound of the carriage bells grew closer and closer, and the suffocating pressure enveloped everyone in the Imperial Pass!

From beginning to end, there was no movement from within the chariot, no words spoken, as if everything in this world—the joys and sorrows of billions of beings, the glorious splendor of all heavens, the bustling prosperity of the endless Mortal World—was entirely beyond his notice.

In a blink of an eye.

The Golden Bull had arrived. On the golden war chariot, the figure like a Chaos Divine Demon looked down upon all beings, his voice cold.

“Ants, why haven't you summoned your Human Emperor to defend?”

“With you, I can extinguish you with a flick of my palm!”

However, An Huang was met with an angry roar.

Daoist Yuan emitted Dao light and ascended to the sky, holding the Yin and Yang Bagua Plate, his aura climbing to its Peak state.

“If you want to fight, then fight!!”

“Our Human Race has no fear!”

On the Imperial Pass, voices echoed in agreement. These were the Hedao Cultivators from various Holy Lands and aristocratic families across the Five Domains of the Human Race, their voices shaking the sky!

“A mayfly trying to shake a tree...”

An Huang glanced dismissively.

The next second!

He moved!

This was the first time An Huang's true body had personally descended upon the Human Race's Imperial Pass in countless years, and also his first truly meaningful strike!

From within the war chariot, a hand covered in Chaos slowly extended. Its movements were very slow, yet filled with endless power, as if it could control the Universe.

“Boom!” In an instant, immeasurable Immortal Dao Symbols rained down like a storm, Chaos Qi exploded, and world-shaking Killing Intent erupted.

The great Formation of the Ancient Imperial City was triggered, and Daoist Yuan and other Hedao Cultivators all made their moves.

“Kill!”

Countless Dao and Divine Abilities blasted towards that hand, yet all of it failed to harm the palm in the slightest. Just one hand, yet it firmly suppressed the entire Imperial Pass Formation.

That palm seemed to possess the power to prop up the heavens, indestructible and awe-inspiring across the Universe.

No matter how the immeasurable immortal light erupted, it was unable to push it back.

“Kill!”

At this moment, on the ancient city, several old men appeared, exuding Death Qi. They seemed to have been in secluded cultivation for many years, having entered a death retreat here. Each of them circulated the power of a Peak Hedao.

Their faces were resolute, their eyes burning with a determination to die, as they let out tragic roars.

To perish together!

Only these four words could describe it!

Within the Imperial Light, countless Cultivators rose, while others, terrified, stared blankly at the indestructible giant hand in the sky.

Just at this moment.

Rumble!

The Chaos giant hand suddenly slammed down, striking the invisible Imperial Pass Formation.

The sky collapsed, the earth shattered, and ghosts wailed.

The entire Imperial City shook, as if it was about to completely shatter.

The entire world seemed to be undergoing a new creation, being refined anew.

At this moment, light flashed across heaven and earth, then instantly extinguished. No one knew how much time had passed; it was as if time itself had stopped.

Below An Huang was a pure land, untouched by destruction.

All his attacks were unleashed above, causing no accidental harm to his own people, and the Heavenly Demon Realm army remained completely unscathed.

However, on the Imperial Pass side, people trembled, their hearts filled with despair.

Daoist Yuan and countless Hedao figures fell like rain, all heavily injured and spitting blood.

One palm!

With one palm from the Immortal King, the entire Imperial Pass was utterly incapable of resisting!

Before long.

Crack!

The invisible Imperial Formation barrier suddenly became covered with dense cracks, spreading wildly in all directions like a spiderweb.

“Quick!”

“Maintain the great Formation!!!”

At this moment, a Hedao Cultivator sacrificed himself, turning into a pile of white bones, his life force and lifelong Dao pouring into the Formation.

Behold.

Clusters of sacrificial flames ignited!

And within the Imperial Pass, near the gate facing the Eastern Profound direction of the Human Race.

A group of children silently appeared. They looked at the city in the sky, their eyes filled with tears.

These children had grown up living within the Imperial Pass, but now they were being forcibly sent away, watching their loved ones die. Fear instantly enveloped them.

All the children were crying, muttering, “Dad, I won't go, if we die, we die together…”

“Brother, where is Lord Human Emperor? We're not afraid, Lord Human Emperor is here!”

Though young, they understood everything. They knew that this parting today would be forever.

“Grandpa!”

“No, Grandpa!” On the Imperial Pass city wall, a group of children wailed loudly, their cries echoing between heaven and earth.

In this extremely tense atmosphere, filled with despair and sorrow, a child was crying heartbreakingly, tears streaming like a broken dam down his tender face.

His cries were particularly piercing amidst the Chaos, as if he wanted to vent all the sorrow in this world.

However, at this moment, the child suddenly felt a warmth on his head, as if a warm current gently brushed past, soothing his extremely frightened heart.

Instantly, his crying stopped abruptly. His face covered in tears, with a hint of bewilderment and astonishment, he slowly looked up.

He saw a White-robed Figure, like an ethereal immortal light, suddenly appear without warning, standing quietly beside him.

The white robes were like snow, spotless, gently fluttering in the wind, as if untouched by any worldly dust.

Shen Nian lowered his head slightly and said softly and gently, “Don't be afraid.”

“Your grandpa won't die.”

At the same time.

An Huang sensed something and roared like thunder, “Shen Nian, today my true body has descended. Do you dare to fight?”

The sound vibrated the air, as if it would shatter the entire world.

The next second! It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly pressed the pause button on time itself. The entire world instantly fell silent; all sounds and movements froze at this moment.

The wind stopped blowing, the clouds stopped moving, and even people's breathing seemed to cease.

An Huang's pupils suddenly constricted, as if he had seen the most terrifying sight in the world.

His scalp tingled instantly, a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Because he hadn't seen how Shen Nian had moved at all.

Shen Nian stood quietly on the back of the Golden Bull, his posture tall and straight, his robes fluttering, just silently gazing at him.

Crack!

The giant hand shattered, transforming into starlight filling the sky. Time flowed backward. Those Hedao Cultivators who had sacrificed themselves re-materialized one by one, each looking as if they had seen a ghost.

“Reversing time, the power of the Ancient Realm, how is this possible!!!”