Chapter 480: The Annihilation of the Demon Civilization, The Sin of One

Chapter 480: The Annihilation of the Demon Civilization, The Sin of One

On the battle ship, Liu Bing stood guard. This vessel was actually one of her top-grade Void Deity Artifacts, used for quiet cultivation during long-distance travel.

"Haha, the battle begins." Liu Bing laughed, "This Power Matrix is too weak, far inferior to the one laid out by the Heaven and Earth Single Blade using the terrain to his advantage."

Fang Hai, Lin Lan Yue, San Ye, and Lant, all Half Immortals, were left dumbfounded. In their imagination, even if Li Yuan's strength was overwhelming, they thought it would still require some means to break through the Power Matrix of the Demon Civilization.

But in reality?

With a single thought from Li Yuan, the sky and earth underwent a color change.

"Isn't the Demon Palace supposed to be a True Artifact?" Fang Hai spoke in a deep voice, "How can it not withstand Li Yuan's Domain?"

"Alliance Leader Fang Hai, the power of my brother's Domain is no less than that of a True Artifact," Liu Bing said with a smile.

Suddenly, Liu Bing's eyes narrowed, and she spoke softly, "The Void Deity of the Demon Civilization has appeared, and the strongest aura likely belongs to the Eastern Demon, Male."

Everyone looked in the same direction, all holding their breath.

A battle between deities? In the overwhelming Heaven and Earth River Domain, the pitch-black temple radiated endless brilliance, and countless black flames were born out of thin air, colliding and annihilating with numerous tawny air currents.

Blocking the invasion of the Domain.

"Who is it?"

A deafening roar echoed through the heavens and earth.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Three figures exuding powerful auras flew out of the Demon Palace—the Eastern Demon, Northern Moon, and Heaven Gold, all Void Deities.

As the three Void Deities emerged, they saw the battle ship emitting a powerful aura in the void, along with the silhouettes on its deck.

The crucial moment.

The black-clothed youth in the void, he seemed to possess only the aura of a Half Immortal, but the soaring sharpness he exuded caused their hearts to tremble.

"The one on the battle ship is Fang Hai."

"Li Yuan? Are you Li Yuan? I thought you had perished!" The Eastern Demon, Male, stared at this scene in disbelief, his eyes fixed on Li Yuan.

The Northern Moon and Heaven Gold, both Void Deities, felt even more chilled.

Although they didn't know what had happened in just over a decade, they wondered how Li Yuan, who was once at the Flying Heaven Realm, could have grown to this extent.

They were clear that today was a major disaster for them.

If they couldn't withstand it, death was certain.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! More figures flew out of the Demon Palace, all exuding Half Immortal auras. They stood at the edge of the Demon Palace, each looking at the scene in the void with terror.

Dressed in black.

Confronting the three Void Deities of their civilization.

"It's Li Yuan."

"Li Yuan of the Seven Stars Civilization." Many Half Immortals recognized Li Yuan's identity, as his attire was exactly the same as it was fifteen years ago.

"It's only been a few years."

"How could he have grown to this level?" These Half Immortals were hesitant, gazing at the void in shock.

The Heaven and Earth River Domain, which enveloped the eight directions, with giant yellow dragons swimming within, deterred any thoughts of escape from these Half Immortals.

"The battle has begun."

"The Eastern Demon, Male, has made his move." In an instant, all the Half Immortals of the Demon Civilization, along with Fang Hai and the others, looked over.

...

"Li Yuan?"

"No matter how powerful your Domain is, as long as you're still a Half Immortal, you're doomed to die!" The Eastern Demon, Male, roared thunderously, transforming into a dazzling black light, his speed reaching the extreme.

The Eastern Demon still held hope, believing that Li Yuan's Domain relied on a secret treasure.

After all, for a Half Immortal to burst forth with the peak strength of a Void Deity? Looking back at the history of the Mortal Realm, only Dong Fang Ji had achieved this.

Moreover, even Dong Fang Ji didn't dare to kill him back then.

Boom! Wherever the black light reached, the tawny air currents instantly turned into nothingness.

He rushed to kill Li Yuan.

Hum~

In the Eastern Demon's voice, there was an invisible soul fluctuation, which instantly descended.

As a Void Deity at the peak of his power, having lived for two thousand years, the Eastern Demon's soul and will had grown to the limit of a Void Deity.

Sensing that Li Yuan was not to be trifled with, he naturally gave it his all.

Unlike Half Immortals, Void Deities progressed slowly, and they often delved into various aspects such as soul attacks, artifact forging, pill concocting, and formation techniques, seeking to break through by drawing parallels.

"Too weak."

"Eastern Demon, as the leader of a civilization, your soul attack is too weak." Li Yuan directly transmitted his voice.

This soul attack had no effect on Li Yuan whatsoever.

"His soul defense is also this strong? How is this possible?" The Eastern Demon was incredulous, "Li Yuan's soul will is probably no less than mine."

"Soul attack won't work."

"Then let's go with a physical attack." The Eastern Demon had already rushed to attack.

Not only him, but the Northern Moon, Male, also charged forward, wielding two silver crescent blades.

Boom! The Heaven Gold, Male, emitted a vast golden light, and his aura was also quite formidable.

The three Void Deities erupted with full force.

"One at level 56, and two at level 54?"

"He has cultivated some formidable techniques." Li Yuan's eyes narrowed, and with a single step, he transformed into a hundred-meter-tall figure.

The Nine Star Pulse, 'Ten Thousand Paths Emperor'.

As a Half Immortal, even with an extremely high realm, to engage in combat with a Void Deity, one would at least need to employ a Body Cultivation Star Technique; otherwise, they would be at a significant disadvantage in terms of strength.

As for other Star Techniques? Li Yuan believed there was no need to use them for now.

"Suppress!" Li Yuan didn't even bother to wield a weapon, waving his hands, and infinite power gathered, causing his arms to swell instantly, resembling a pair of heavenly pillars in motion.

Directly unleashing a devastating attack on the three Great Demons of the Demon Civilization, the highest-ranked among the Void Deities.

With his arms, he unleashed the 'Boundary Cloud Gun', a technique with a terrifying might.

"Boom!!"

Li Yuan's arms clashed with the dazzling black light, the silver moon blade light, and the golden light, creating a terrifying shockwave that shook the heavens and the earth at the point of impact.

"Rumble, rumble!"

Li Yuan's two arms, like two massive divine spears, effortlessly struck down the Eastern Demon Void Deity, sending him flying. He was no match for Li Yuan.

As for the Northern Moon and Heaven Gold Void Deities, Li Yuan didn't even intentionally attack them. With all their might, they were merely brushed by Li Yuan's arms, sending them tumbling like ordinary people hit by a car.

Their divine bodies trembled, revealing countless cracks.

"Not bad." Li Yuan nodded slightly, "At least their survival skills are much stronger than those of the Demigods."

During the Ancestral Realm war, those Demigods seemed to possess the strength of mid-tier and peak-level Void Deities, but their survival skills were far weaker.

"What?"

"How is this possible?" The Northern Moon and Heaven Gold Void Deities were chilled to the bone.

"The three of us are giving it our all." The Eastern Demon Void Deity couldn't believe it, "How can we still be at an absolute disadvantage? How can his arms possess such formidable power?"

In the previous clash, he only felt like he was clashing with a pillar of heaven.

But he didn't know that even after Li Yuan unleashed his full power, his strength still fell short of his own. Yet, the might contained within the True God secret technique was too terrifying.

In terms of cultivation realm, the gap between them was immense.

Not just the three of them, but also the hundreds of Demigods of the Demon Civilization behind them, couldn't believe it either.

On the battle ship.

Fang Hai, Lant, and the other Demigods were also shocked, witnessing the might of Li Yuan's arms.

At this moment, they truly believed.

This direct confrontation was the best way to gauge one's strength. Li Yuan, as a Demigod, fought against three Void Deities, and was still the dominant force?

What kind of terrifying power was this?

"Even my teacher back then couldn't compare to Li Yuan now." Fang Hai thought to himself.

...

"Eastern Demon, do you have any more tricks?" Li Yuan calmly asked, looking down at the three Void Deities.

"Hmph!"

"I don't believe it." The Eastern Demon Void Deity gnashed his teeth in anger.

Rumble, rumble~

The Demon Palace, which had been suspended in the air, suddenly shrank, and a huge tower transformed into a short, shuttle-like weapon, falling into the Eastern Demon Void Deity's hands.

"Ah!"

"No! What's happening?" The group of Demigods within the Demon Palace was terrified.

"Kill!"

The Eastern Demon Void Deity held the 'Short Shuttle' and slashed through the heavens, launching another attack on Li Yuan.

"He's using a True Artifact?"

Li Yuan sensed the aura emanating from the 'Short Shuttle' and nodded slightly, "Alright, let me experience it."

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's two giant arms shrank, and a huge silver spear appeared in his right hand.

'Silver Moon Divine Spear', a Primordial Divine Armament, unleashed with Source Power, Li Yuan executed the eighth style of 'Boundary Cloud Gun' – Heaven and Earth Single Blade!

"Whoosh!"

Where the divine spear reached, a terrifyingly thin, heart-wrenching crack appeared in the vast heavens, as if tearing the world in two.

A spatial fissure! The might of this spear technique caused a crack in space, and even though the fissure instantly healed, it still made the hearts of all the powerful beings present tremble!

"What?" The Eastern Demon Void Deity, who had some confidence, saw the fleeting spatial fissure, and his heart trembled, but he was still forced to wield the short shuttle.

Clang!

The two weapons clashed in the air, distorting space, and the Eastern Demon Void Deity felt the terrifying force sweep through his body, sending him flying. Even though the 'Demon Palace' had weakened its power by ninety-nine percent, it still caused the death of over ninety percent of the hundreds of Demigods hiding within the Demon Palace, through the palace walls.

The Eastern Demon Void Deity crashed into the ground like a shooting star.

"Rumble, rumble!"

The weapon clash, combined with the Eastern Demon Void Deity's impact, created a terrifying shockwave that spread in all directions.

Two thousand kilometers away.

Some residents of the Demon Star first noticed that the edge of the world seemed to have a new planet, engulfing the region where the legendary 'Demon Sanctuary' was located...

And not long after.

"Boom! The earth shook, the ground tore open, and the shockwave was like a tidal wave, instantly causing the ground to undulate and all buildings along its path to turn into ruins.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Even nearly two thousand kilometers away, a large number of Source Power martial artists and ordinary people were instantly affected and perished.

"What's happening?"

"An earthquake?" The residents of the planet's more distant regions felt the buildings tremble, followed by the collapse of one building after another.

This was a clash almost at the True God level.

Once unleashed, it would be a nightmare for any planet.

...

Inside the Heaven and Earth River Domain.

"Run!"

"Quick, let's go!" The Eastern Demon, Northern Moon, and Heaven Gold Void Deities were all terrified.

Too powerful.

Li Yuan's unleashed power far exceeded their imagination, causing them to lose their courage to resist.

"If we run, we might still have a chance." The three Void Deities fled in three different directions.

"Run?"

"If I let you run, that would be a joke.

"Li Yuan's gaze turned icy cold as he uttered, 'Domain.'"

Rumble! The Heaven and Earth River Domain, which had previously enveloped the eight directions, now erupted with full force.

"Roar~"

"Roar~" The yellow dragons, which had been roaming about, also joined in the outburst, roaring towards the North Void Deity and the Heaven Gold Deity.

At this moment, under Li Yuan's domain empowerment, each of the nine yellow dragons could unleash strength comparable to the mid-level Void Deity.

This was the ultimate might of the 'Nine Dragon Divine Armor.'

Rumble! Four yellow dragons confronted the Northern Void Deity, and five others besieged the Heaven Gold Deity... Completely trapping them, their relentless attacks swiftly weakened their vitality.

Hiss!

Li Yuan, with a swift movement, appeared before the Eastern Demon Void Deity. His body instantly divided into nine, and he unleashed the 'Ten Thousand Shadow Void,' the silver moon divine spear in his hand howled as it ruthlessly suppressed the Void Deity.

Li Yuan felt it was time to end this.

"This! This! This!... This Li Yuan didn't even unleash his full strength just now." The Eastern Demon Void Deity realized this, and roared in anger, "Are you toying with us?"

"I am indeed toying with you."

"Giving you a glimmer of hope, only to plunge you into despair." Li Yuan's icy gaze intensified, "You have repeatedly brought calamity upon my Seventh Star Civilization, and this is your retribution."

The Eastern Demon Void Deity was both anxious and furious, his heart filled with despair.

Rumble!

The overwhelming spear light howled, relentlessly striking the Eastern Demon Void Deity's body, causing his vitality to rapidly diminish.

...

In the void.

"This?"

"Too terrifying." Fang Hai and Lant, the male half-deity, were left dumbfounded. Even with the Eastern Demon Void Deity summoning a true artifact, Li Yuan's attacks made him appear like a foolish dog.

Especially when Li Yuan manifested nine illusory bodies, it was impossible to distinguish the real from the fake. Even the illusory bodies' attacks were terrifying, estimated to rival the strength of a mid-level Void Deity.

"Too strong. The Demon Civilization is about to be annihilated." Lant, the half-deity, was filled with excitement, and there was even a glimmer of tears in his eyes, "Haha, we're going to win, Dong Fang Ji. Do you see it?"

"The war with the Demon Civilization is finally coming to an end."

Lant, the half-deity, was indeed thrilled.

His entire life had been dedicated to fighting against the invasion of the Demon Civilization, and at one point, he had felt utterly hopeless.

Even with the rise of Dong Fang Ji, he had only seen a glimmer of hope for the survival of the Seventh Star Civilization.

"Li Yuan."

"In just fifteen years, you've become this powerful?" Lin Lan Yue stared at the terrifying figure in the void, a figure capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

...

The three great Void Deities of the Demon Civilization struggled with all their might, but it was all in vain.

Under the relentless onslaught, their life force weakened, and their resistance diminished.

Suddenly—

"Whoosh!"

Countless silver chains erupted from Li Yuan's body, coiling like giant serpents, aiming to bind the three Void Deities completely.

"Li Yuan, you want to capture us?" Northern Moon, the female Void Deity, was filled with despair. She had never imagined that the 'ant' from before, a mere insignificant creature, would become so powerful.

"Boom! Boom!" The Eastern Demon, the male Void Deity, struggled with the Demon Palace in hand.

"You're right."

"I could easily kill you, but I choose to play with you, letting you sink into despair." Li Yuan's gaze remained icy cold, his voice even colder, "Later, I will let you witness the mass extinction of your Demon Civilization's planets, the complete annihilation of your entire civilization."

"And in the end, I will make the three of you kneel before the 'monument' of our Seventh Star Civilization's Flying Star."

"There, in front of all the people of our Seventh Star Civilization, I will behead you, avenging the hundred lives lost in our civilization."

Every word Li Yuan spoke carried an air of iron-blooded ruthlessness, deeply affecting the hearts of the three Void Deities.

"Li Yuan!!"

"I admit you're powerful, and you indeed have the strength to annihilate my Demon Civilization." The Eastern Demon, the male Void Deity, suddenly erupted with a deafening roar, filled with despair and a hint of determination, "But if you think you can capture me, make me apologize? That's a dream!"

"A dream!!!"

Boom!

A terrifying aura erupted from the Eastern Demon's body, like an exploding star, as if he had chosen to self-destruct.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The countless silver chains, though powerful, couldn't directly capture him.

Not only the Eastern Demon, but the Northern Moon and Heaven Gold, in their despair, also chose to self-destruct.

Even deities had their dignity.

They would rather die than be humiliated by Li Yuan.

"Self-destruct?"

"Do you want to die, with my permission?" Li Yuan's cold voice echoed through heaven and earth.

And into the hearts of the three Void Deities.

Boom!

An invisible soul fluctuation instantly enveloped the three Void Deities, and the endless terror of their soul power instantly eroded their hearts.

A true god-level soul secret technique—Myriad Realms!

"This?" The Eastern Demon felt like he had fallen into an endless darkness, unable to sense the divine fire within him or the power source.

Even the strongest Eastern Demon was like this, let alone the other two Void Deities.

The gap between them was simply too vast.

In an instant, the three Void Deities were completely subdued. The silver chains that had enveloped them, penetrating their bodies, star veins, and divine fire, instantly suppressed and bound them.

With this, even their ability to self-destruct was thwarted.

Capturing divine beings alive is often far more challenging than killing them.

"Through repeated confrontations, weaken their resistance, and then use soul secret techniques to subdue them all at once," Li Yuan said as his body returned to its normal size, looking at the three individuals restrained by the divine artifact chains before him.

If he only sought to kill them, Li Yuan could have easily done so.

However, capturing them alive, especially the Eastern Demon Void Deity, was a task of considerable difficulty.

Boom! Liu Bing maneuvered the battle ship, swiftly descending, as Fang Hai, Lan Te Demigod, and Lin Lan Yue all flew out of the ship.

"Li Yuan!" Xue Bu Demigod exclaimed with excitement.

"You captured them alive?" Fang Hai was astounded, for he, too, was a Void Deity, and thus understood the immense challenge of capturing a peak Void Deity.

Even a newly ascended True Deity would not dare guarantee capturing a being like the Eastern Demon Void Deity.

"I told you so," Liu Bing smiled. "They were never a match for my brother."

"It was necessary to capture them alive," Li Yuan said solemnly. "Killing them would have been too easy."

"Li Yuan, are they asleep?" Lan Te Demigod couldn't help but ask, his gaze fixed on the Eastern Demon Void Deity.

This being had caused him to wake from nightmares countless times.

Now, he was bound like a dumpling.

Suddenly, the Eastern Demon Void Deity abruptly opened his eyes, his eyes blazing with a growl of rage: "Kill me, Li Yuan! Kill me!"

His soul and will, at the peak of a Void Deity, quickly regained consciousness, even without a soul defense artifact.

"You've woken up quickly," Li Yuan said.

"Shut up," Li Yuan said coldly, and with a thought, the Eastern Demon Void Deity was silenced.

Huff! Li Yuan scanned the area.

Buzz! An invisible force swept over, and the Northern Moon Void Deity and Heaven Gold Void Deity also woke up.

Upon waking, they couldn't speak, but their eyes conveyed their desire to die.

"I told you, you'd regret it," Li Yuan said coldly.

Li Yuan turned to Fang Hai and Lan Te Demigod: "Principal Fang Hai, Senior Lan Te, shall we go together?"

The two exchanged glances and nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

Huff! The group flew back to the battle ship, where the three Void Deities of the Demon Civilization were also bound by divine artifact chains, lying at the edge of the ship.

"Take a good look," Li Yuan said, gazing at the three.

If it were the Tianliang Civilization or the Immortal Ruin Civilization, Li Yuan's desire to kill would not be so strong.

But for the Demon Civilization, Li Yuan's hatred ran deep.

It was the hatred of the entire Seven Star Civilization.

The Demon Civilization had caused the Flying Star Civilization's multiple extinction crises and even its near-total extinction.

"Xiao Bing, go to the Demon Star and block their access to the dimensional channel leading to the starry sky," Li Yuan instructed. "Let fewer of their Demigods escape."

"Okay," Liu Bing understood Li Yuan's murderous intent.

Whoosh! The battle ship flew, slicing through the sky and quickly leaving the area.

"Quick, escape!"

"Escape!"

The remaining strong members of the Demon Civilization were unaware that the three divine beings had been captured.

But the members of the Demon Civilization scattered across the planes knew the situation was dire.

They were in the process of evacuating.

"Escape!"

Li Yuan's gaze was indifferent, and his invisible soul fluctuations instantly swept over thousands of miles of land.

Witnessing this, Lin Lan Yue and San Ye Demigod felt a shiver, with a hint of reluctance, but they remained silent.

Fang Hai, Lan Te Demigod, and Xue Bu Demigod, on the other hand, were filled with excitement.

Huff! The battle ship roared.

Every corner of the Demon Mountain was subjected to soul attacks, wherever Li Yuan's divine perception reached.

Time passed.

With Li Yuan's speed and the rate at which he swept his divine perception, in the next day, Li Yuan, accompanied by Fang Hai and Lan Te Demigod, followed the star realm gateways between planets, engaging in a pursuit to kill.

In the Celestial Star Continent, Li Yuan refrained from killing members of other civilizations unless necessary.

But facing the Demon Civilization, Li Yuan's desire to kill was insatiable.

The entire Demon Civilization was plunged into an unprecedented mass extinction.

In the end, Li Yuan descended upon the Demon Star, and the Demon Civilization's highest sanctum, the Demon Civilization Monument, was utterly destroyed.

At this moment, except for a few Demigods who had escaped into the starry sky, the entire Demon Civilization had been annihilated by Li Yuan.

The Eastern Demon Void Deity, Northern Moon Void Deity, and Heaven Gold Void Deity, standing before the completely collapsed civilization monument, were utterly broken.

"Li Yuan, wasn't this a bit..." Fang Hai couldn't help but say.

"Yes, it was a bit much," Li Yuan said calmly. "I know."

"But this is the clash of civilizations."

"I don't want to leave any hidden dangers for the future."

"So, if the heavens truly want to bestow the sin of slaughter, I alone will bear the responsibility," Li Yuan's calm voice carried a chilling intent.

(End of Chapter)

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