Published at 18th of February 2026 6:48 am

Chapter 2044: Converging Forces, Encirclement and Slaughter

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Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan.

Triangular Venerable opened her eyes, a cold smile on her face.

"Indeed, Venerable Hong Mei and Silver Eyebrow Venerable also realize that even with the Abyss Clan and our Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan joining forces, we can’t take down Ye Feng. We need more reinforcements."

Triangular Venerable scoffed.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she took out a jade pendant and sent messages to other quasi-Heavenly Venerables of the Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan.

The War God Xing Tian Race and other peak forces, along with many other Cosmic Sea powers big and small, all began sending messages to their own half-step Heavenly Venerables and quasi-Heavenly Venerables.

For a time, cosmic forces surged and swirled.

Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan.

Venerable Hong Mei, Silver Eyebrow Venerable, Red Tail Venerable, and seven or eight other quasi-Heavenly Venerables arrived here to tour the Abyssal Demon Army being nurtured under the leadership of Triangular Venerable.

"How is the nurturing going?"

"There are already over a million abyssal demons, all complete, but the Master of the Abyss hasn’t been born yet; it still needs a little time."

"That’s not bad."

The group looked into the distance, where a large cluster of densely packed eggs floated in the void. Inside, various bizarre demons were curled up, looking quite terrifying.

But the eggs hadn’t broken.

All the eggs formed a large circle, with an even larger egg inside, like a blood-red heart, pulsing and nurturing even more extraordinary life forms filled with vigorous vitality.

"Once the Master of the Abyss is born, it’ll be stable."

Venerable Hong Mei laughed insidiously, others gaping at the blood-red glowing eggs, their faces lit red and vividly bright, looking quite frightening.

Outer Domain Battlefield One.

A giant black city had been built here, stretching for miles, where Mo Ying, Huo Yunjie, Wang Ping’an, Ji Ziling, Long Tianxing, and others were stationed.

Besides them, other cosmic powerhouses were present.

"Ping An, why did you shave your head too?" Ji Ziling patted Wang Ping’an’s shiny head.

"Haha, I learned it from Li Qiankun, isn’t that guy bald? I thought it looked good, so I shaved it too." Wang Ping’an laughed heartily, carrying a black pot.

"Pfft!"

Everyone laughed, finding Wang Ping’an amusing, shaving off his originally thick black hair, but his head was quite beautiful, a bald look indeed suited him.

Wow!

In the distance, many figures appeared on the sea surface, powerhouses from the Cosmic Sea, some from the Abyss Clan, others from different clans, their breaths vicious.

Counting carefully, there were as many as tens of thousands of groups!

Each group had at least a hundred or more Eightieth-layered Immortal Emperors, like locusts sweeping across.

This scene was exciting.

"Haha, so many merits!"

Huo Yunjie saw so many cosmic powerhouses, his eyes gleamed, only seeing them as merit points, not enemies, thus immediately drawing his sharp sword.

Clang!

Mo Ying similarly unsheathed her sword, eyes clear and bright, full of excitement, eager to try.

Others were the same.

Facing those strong enemies, what they imagined as fear did not exist, only excitement.

"Huo Yunjie, you’re doomed!"

A Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor shouted, with a thin fish tail, holding a three-meter-long trident in each hand, looking fierce.

"Haven’t you figured out your place yet? Just a mere Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor, simply courting death!"

Huo Yunjie rolled his eyes.

In the next instant, a brilliant sword light was released by Huo Yunjie, as if plowing the ground, splitting a huge gap in the cosmic sea army camp.

This one sword killed tens of thousands.

Including that boasting Hundred-layered Immortal Emperor.

"Where did you get the courage to battle, not knowing we are all half-step Heavenly Venerables? Even the half-step Heavenly Venerables in your clan are no match for us."

Huo Yunjie spread his hands.

Those cosmic sea cultivators, full of heat, rushing forward, had cooled down by now, realizing they had rushed to the wrong place.

"Damn it!"

"Which bastard told me this was Demon-quelling City, located at Outer Battlefield Area Two?"

"You idiot, this is Battlefield One!"

"What?"

"This place is Outer Domain Battlefield One, overseen by Huo Yunjie, Mo Ying, and other Misty Holy Sect half-step Heavenly Venerables, not Outer Battlefield Area Two, where Qiao Jiaxi is stationed."

"Retreat quickly, we rushed the wrong place!"

Countless cosmic sea powerhouses shouted.

They had intended to attack Demon-quelling City, guarded by fifty thousand disciples from the Misty Holy Sect, part of Outer Battlefield Area Two, with only one half-step Heavenly Venerable, easier to break than here at Battlefield One.

But who knew they came to the wrong place!

Those spreading false messages were simply treacherous!

"Which scoundrel propagated the fake message?"

Many cosmic sea powerhouses began to retreat frantically, their eyes filled with fear, wishing to grind the bones and ashes of those spreading false messages, and kill them a hundred times over.

"Trying to escape?"

"Regardless of whether you went to the wrong place, after today, you shall all perish!"

How could Huo Yunjie, Mo Ying, and the others let so many merit points escape? They quickly took action, eliminating millions of cosmic sea powerhouses before they could flee the Outer Domain Battlefield.

With that, the battlefield became peaceful.

The few half-step Heavenly Venerable disciples gained massively, sharing all the merits, the battlefield echoing with their joyful laughter.

Outer Battlefield Area Two.

Qiao Jiaxi stood atop the walls of Demon-quelling City, beside him was the heroic Jia Yulan, and on either side of the city walls stood tens of thousands of Misty Holy Sect disciples.

"Yu Lan, did you draw the lot?"

Qiao Jiaxi asked Jia Yulan beside him.

"Yes." Jia Yulan nodded, "I just drew lots in the Void Heavenly World. I will participate in the next half-step Heavenly Venerable proving battle."

"Congratulations in advance." Qiao Jiaxi clasped his hands, genuine joy on his face.

The next proving battle would be at the end of September.

Jia Yulan was ready.

"Brother, bad news, a large group of powerhouses has appeared from the Cosmic Sea, seemingly including several half-step Heavenly Venerables... no, it seems there are quasi-Heavenly Venerables!"

Second-generation disciple Ning Xiangxiang hurriedly alerted.

"Quasi-Heavenly Venerables?" Qiao Jiaxi’s face changed dramatically.

Though strong, truly confronting quasi-Heavenly Venerable-level powerhouses still had high odds of defeat.

"Cackle!"

A sinister laugh echoed.

All disciples turned towards the sound and saw distant water surging high, revealing a dense cosmic sea army of over a billion.

Leading them was a lame quasi-Heavenly Venerable.

Behind him were a dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables, followed by countless Immortal Emperors.

This was a strong offensive formation.

In an instant, the battlefield was filled with killing intent.

"Haha, our strategy succeeded, spreading false information, sending those minions to Outer Domain Battlefield One to die, drawing fire, while we take advantage of Outer Battlefield Area Two, reclaiming territory."

The lame leader laughed.

"The Venerable is wise!" The dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables gave thumbs up one after another.

"Right, no need to waste words, attack!"

The lame leader waved his arm, and behind him, the massive army immediately rushed, directly assaulting Demon-quelling City.

"Seems this is the main battlefield."

Qiao Jiaxi clenched his fist, his face serious, continually shouting, his body emanating various colors of halos, aura surging.[/p>

"Super Transformation!"

Qiao Jiaxi’s hair instantly absorbed the multicolored light, ultimately transforming into pure golden-green.

At this moment, his whole body was covered with demon patterns.

His aura had reached its peak.

This was his strongest form.

"Attack!" Qiao Jiaxi actively approached the limping Venerable, and the two collided several times in mid-air, eventually ending the battle with Qiao Jiaxi being blasted away.

"Senior Brother Qiao seems to be losing!"

The disciples exclaimed.

"You better take care of yourselves!"

A dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables stepped onto Demon-quelling City, and with a single palm, slaughtered hundreds of disciples of the Misty Holy Sect, causing Jia Yulan to be enraged.

"You deserve to die!"

Jia Yulan was trembling with anger, unleashing the improved version of "Falling Blooms in Profusion" by Ye Feng, and countless dazzling law lights floated around her, transforming into billions of sharp-edged pink peach flower petals, slashing everywhere.

Pffft! Pffft!

A large number of Cosmic Sea powerhouses were killed, their bodies heavily crashing onto the beach, shattered.

The remaining petals attacked the dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables, clashing fiercely but were all blocked by them, unable to inflict serious damage.

"Alas, the power is still insufficient."

Jia Yulan felt helpless.

Her combat strength was also ten times that of an ordinary Invincible Supreme Venerable, but after being suppressed by the cosmic-level pressure of the half-step Heavenly Venerables, her battle power was reduced to a tenth, unable to defeat any half-step Heavenly Venerable powerhouses.

"Junior Sister, we’re here."

A gentle voice sounded, and Jia Yulan quickly looked behind her, discovering that Huo Yunjie, a half-step Heavenly Venerable, had arrived at the scene.

There were several people behind him.

Mo Ying, Long Tianxing, Ji Ziling...

Boom!

Just then, Qiao Jiaxi was blasted away by the limping Venerable, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face pale.

"What tenacious vitality!"

The limping Venerable’s face was heavy, not expecting a mere half-step Heavenly Venerable like Qiao Jiaxi to withstand a renowned quasi-Heavenly Venerable like himself.

A sense of grievance spontaneously arose.

"Attack!"

Mo Ying alone faced a dozen half-step Heavenly Venerable cultivators, effortlessly restraining them.

"Besiege this person, preferably kill him."

Huo Yunjie raised his longsword, joining the battle with Ji Ziling and other half-step Heavenly Venerables, and together with Qiao Jiaxi, they besieged the limping Venerable.

"How did you arrive so quickly?"

The limping Venerable’s face was gloomy.

He deliberately spread false messages to create an illusion of the army besieging Outer Battlefield Area One, so that Huo Yunjie and others wouldn’t support Area Two.

That way, he could kill Qiao Jiaxi.

But surprisingly, the support came too swiftly.

"We knew there was deception all along." Huo Yunjie suddenly swung his sword, striking the limping Venerable, but it was blocked by the latter’s shield, not causing harm.

"Mere trifling skills, a few half-step Heavenly Venerables want to besiege me? Too confident."

The limping Venerable said disdainfully.

"Whether we can kill you, you’ll soon find out."

Qiao Jiaxi clenched his fists, looked at Wang Ping’an beside him, nodded to him, and was slightly stunned upon seeing his shiny bald head, identical to Li Qiankun’s.

"Haha, leave it to me!"

Wang Ping’an grinned, and started praising the limping Venerable fiercely, saying that he was handsome and elegant, his legs intact and powerfully vigorous, with profound cultivation, and wielding inexhaustible power, etc.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Upon hearing Wang Ping’an’s compliments, the limping Venerable glanced at his own lame leg, feeling puzzled, but soon he was besieged by Huo Yunjie and others, too busy to bother with Wang Ping’an.

A quarter of an hour later.

The limping Venerable suddenly noticed his lame leg starting to hurt, his face cracked and bleeding, and all the divine skills he deployed felt powerless, with uncomfortable symptoms all over his body.

"Damn it, is it a reverse curse?"

The limping Venerable looked at Wang Ping’an, who wore a smiling face, suddenly realizing the truth.

"Haha, you realized too late."

Wang Ping’an’s lips were swollen from the backlash, looking like two sausages, but he still tried hard to maintain a mischievous smile.

This angered the limping Venerable, his face turning blue.

"You’re finished!"

Huo Yunjie, Qiao Jiaxi, Long Tianxing, Ji Ziling, and other half-step Heavenly Venerables simultaneously performed joint techniques, unleashing the Heavenly Venerable Divine Ability "Infinite Combat Power". Plus, with the limping Venerable weakened by Wang Ping’an’s reverse curse, unable to withstand the siege.

Rip!

Huo Yunjie launched the Ultimate Sword Drawing Technique, a dazzling sword light tearing apart the limping Venerable’s shield, slashing his chest open. Others took the opportunity to follow up, quickly splitting him in half with the formation’s boost.

"No!!!!"

The limping Venerable exclaimed, astonished that as a quasi-Heavenly Venerable powerhouse, commanding billions of troops, he would be besieged and killed by mere half-step Heavenly Venerables.

It was too frustrating!

"The limping Venerable was actually slain?"

Everyone was stunned upon witnessing this scene.

"Next up, it’s your turn." Mo Ying, who was leisurely dealing with the dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables, saw the limping Venerable killed and immediately exerted full power, killing a half-step Heavenly Venerable in an instant, breaking the stalemate.

"She’s actually so strong!"

The remaining half-step Heavenly Venerables were shocked, hurriedly steering their escape light towards the depths of the ocean.

"Can you really escape?"

Above the sky, a calm and gentle male voice rang out, falling into everyone’s ears, causing each one to feel like they had been immobilized, collectively frozen in place, unable to move.

Splash!

Countless seawaters surged into the sky, precisely piercing the chests of those dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables, and slaying the remaining billions of troops.

"It’s Sect Master Uncle."

Huo Yunjie looked up and saw a tall figure appearing in the heavens, it was Ye Feng.

"Harvest the spoils!" Ye Feng said, his body gradually fading until it disappeared.

"Time to divide the rewards!"

Wang Ping’an and other disciples immediately refined the corpses of the Cosmic Sea powerhouses, extracting their essence, and condensing meritorious achievements.

The few half-step Heavenly Venerable disciples who contributed most, their merits skyrocketed to an equivalent of a dozen half-step Heavenly Venerable levels, eyes filled with ecstatic joy.

"Already gathered half of it."

Huo Yunjie clenched his fist.

If another one or two battles like this occurred, his merits could accumulate to one hundred percent, granting him a chance for baptism in the universe.

"So good, almost able to break through."

The others counted their merits, discovering that these top-tier battles were the best, with a single fight accumulating merits dozens to hundreds of times more than usual.

Cosmic Sea, Blood Moon Sea Demon Clan.

A long table.

Silver Eyebrow Venerable, Triangular Venerable, and more than a dozen half-step Heavenly Venerables gathered here, temporarily silent.

"I heard the limping Venerable is dead, and the remaining army of billions hasn’t a single survivor. Could it be Ye Feng or the Emperor Dragon Sovereign who intervened?"

Triangular Venerable said.

"It doesn’t matter anymore, the Abyss Demon Army is about to emerge, and the Master of the Abyss is in the final brewing stage, we’ve already won." Venerable Hong Mei grinned, coldness filling his eyes.

Once the army forms, he seeks revenge!

"Do you think the Master of the Abyss is stronger than the Destroyer’s Treasure Box?" Triangular Venerable frowned.

"The Destroyer’s Treasure Box is specialized in plundering the universe, combat ability is inferior to the Master of the Abyss. This time, with the Master of the Abyss leading the Abyss Demon Army, victory is assured!"

Venerable Hong Mei was full of confidence.

Rip!

A claw suddenly extended from a demon egg within the Abyss Demon Army...

[PS: The Chapter’s text is over 4200 words, good morning!]

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