Published at 18th of April 2026 6:38 am

Chapter 1968: Holy Race (3)

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Hearing that, the ancestor nodded. "There were three major leaders among the Torchbearers. Of the three, Bing Ku and Dan Yu are dead. But the key person is not dead. This mysterious key person has been hidden for many years. Back when Yue Luo asked Hundred Battle King about it, he told Bing Ku to invite the final Torchbearer out. But Bing Ku claimed that the final Torchbearer was the true leader of the Torchbearers. All of them could die, but not him. Thus, Hundred Battle King was forced to give up."

He frowned and continued, "That would explain Zi Yan's presence in the Upper Realm. Bing Ku had the strength of a Venerable. This real leader must not be weak either. Someone like that was definitely capable of capturing and coercing Zi Yan."

The ancestor gasped and said, "The two pseudo kings with Zi Yan might also be the remnants of the Torchbearers. From what we know, Zi Yan must have been captured by the third Torchbearer, or perhaps she had betrayed us."

He appeared both furious and helpless.

The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier said, "Ancestor, we can try to explain, but I doubt it will do anything."

"Explain?" The ancestor asked, "Would you trust the explanation of your enemies? Would you trust the words of an unknown party who has stayed in the shadows for a hundred thousand years? Would you trust the words of the party that had sealed Hundred Battle King?"

It was obvious that the myriad races would never trust their words. What nonsense. They had been hiding in the shadows and stirring trouble for a hundred thousand years. They were also the ones who had sealed Hundred Battle King away before freeing him. They had even killed a large number of pseudo kings. Would the myriad races trust their words?

The ancestor ordered, "Notify all our people who are still outside. Recall all of them. Notify those still in seclusion and have them be on standby. The myriad races might start acting against us not long after their assembly. In the past, they were unwilling to go too deeply into the Chaos Mountain. But that might change after the recent incident.

"Try to move the ancient beasts at the outer region and gather them all up. Do not give the myriad races the chance to eliminate these beasts separately. Gather them up and make the myriad races pay for acting against these beasts. Prepare for war.

"Also, spread what we know among the myriad races. It doesn't matter if they're willing to trust us or not. Make them aware that there might be another party at play here. The Torchbearers are still around. Don't forget to keep an eye out for Hundred Battle King."

The middle-aged man hesitated slightly and said, "Should we...get Yue Luo to try..."

After a short silence, the ancestor nodded and said, "I will notify Yue Luo about this. Even if she can't get him under her influence once more, she needs to keep him occupied. We can't allow him to mess things up for us. Since secrecy is no longer possible, we shall show them the strength of the holy race."

The old man stood up, revealing his incredibly powerful aura, and declared coldly, "Back then, our king, Control King, contributed greatly to humanity. The devils were tamed. The heavenly chasms were suppressed. The dragons were cowed. The contributions of our king was comparable to even Culture King's. However, the evil Culture King slandered our king before the foolish Human Emperor. The incompetent Human Emperor believed his lies and punished our king.

"Since humanity was unwilling to tolerate us, our king established a new race. The holy race. A hundred thousand years have passed. We have accumulated countless experts. The world...shall belong to the holy race.

"Six thousand years ago, the incompetent Hundred Battle King led humanity to a disastrous defeat. While humanity was declining, we prospered. As the fortune of humanity dropped, we continued producing countless experts. Since we can no longer hide ourselves, we shall educate the myriad races on who the true rulers of all existence are."

As he spoke, numerous powerful auras surged in the room.

All of them roared in excitement.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Scheme or not, the fact stands that the myriad races lost nine pseudo kings while the Torchbearers lost two pseudo kings. Eleven were gone just like that. The various races have been weakened considerably. Even the heavens are siding with us."

It was pointless to speculate about whether this was a scheme when they were lacking so much information. However, the myriad races had certainly lost nine pseudo kings, including Blood Dragon Marquis. It was also true that the myriad races had been weakened by these losses.

The old man known as the ancestor laughed. He felt a lot better viewing this entire incident from such an angle. It was true that the myriad races had been weakened. It was a pity about Zi Yan, though. No, not at all. She deserved her death.

That piece of trash must have betrayed them. The Torchbearers wouldn't have been able to scheme against them so easily otherwise. The old man wondered if Zi Yan had at least completed her mission in the Death Realm before dying.

He did not spend too much time thinking about that. With Zi Yan dead, he had no way of learning more about the Lower Realm. However, there was no rush. They would know the truth when the connection to the Lower Realm was restored.

After sending the others out of the room, the old man thought briefly before stepping into thin air. A short while later, he reappeared somewhere shrouded in darkness.

Somewhere nearby, a dark gate was visible.

Numerous powerful auras could be felt around the gate.

This was the core region of their lineage. This was the Hell Gate, the same place Control King had been punished to guard back then. As the old man arrived, some of the people there opened their eyes, some greeted him, and some looked at him curiously.

The old man walked straight ahead. Before long, he arrived at the gate. A woman with perfect figure was seated in front of the gate.

Sensing the old man's approach, she opened her eyes and looked up at the old man. She had a pair of eyes capable of generating boundless infatuation in a man without any effort.

"Ancestor..."

Even her voice was boundlessly gentle and seductive.

Even the old man had to take a moment to regain his calm when facing the woman. He said, "Yue Luo, your strength has grown even scarier than before."

"You praise me too much, Ancestor."

The woman smiled, causing the old man's face to flush red yet again. He took another moment to calm himself, inhaled deeply, and said, "Hundred Battle King is free. Only your seal is left on him."

Yue Luo asked, "He's...out?"

With a look of recollection, she spoke softly, "I'm happy to hear that. I greatly regret sealing him back then. Is he really out, Ancestor?"

The old man ignored her words. He had learned that one should never trust anything Yue Luo said.

"I'm here to"

"I understand, ancestor." Yue Luo sighed and said, "I'll see him. I wronged him back then. I will allow him to do whatever he wants to me. I only hope for his understanding. I did that for my people, and he did what he did for his people. We can only blame destiny for letting us meet but not llowing us to be together..."

The old man took another moment and said, "Get ready and leave. Even if you can't take him down, be sure to keep him occupied. Also, the third Torchbearer has appeared. They are scheming against us. If possible, try to turn Hundred Battle King against them. If that's not possible, so be it."

Yue Luo spoke softly, "Ancestor, how can you be so cruel? Hundred Battle King has just regained his freedom. He needs rest."

The old man did not say anything about that. He knew her current situation, and he didn't want to get tangled up in this topic. He said, "You will deal with Hundred Battle King. The myriad races might try entering the Chaos Mountain. We are too busy to deal with Hundred Battle King for now."

Then, the old man turned and walked away. Behind him, Yue Luo's soft voice rang out, "Are you leaving just like this, Ancestor? Why don't you stay and experience some of Yue Luo's warmth?"

The old man walked faster than before.

The dark space was filled with people, but the immediate surroundings of Yue Luo were completely devoid of people.

After leaving the dark space, the old man ordered, "Be on standby for battle."

"Yes!"

Numerous voices answered. With that done, the old man was relieved. He departed. Not long after, Yue Luo stepped out of the darkness. Instantly, everyone nearby vanished.

"Heartless, the lot of you!"

Her gentle voice was filled with bitterness. The moment she complained, some of the people in the area had the urge to console her. But before anyone could do anything, someone coughed, releasing a slight ripple and waking everyone up.

Yue Luo looked even more heartbroken than before as she said, "Fine, fine. So be it. I'll go see Hundred Battle King. All of you are heartless. I'm so disappointed."

But next, the bitterness on her face faded, replaced by a seductive smile. When she was finally gone, numerous people exhaled in relief.

Someone said, "She's finally gone. She is getting more and more terrifying."

"Is Hundred Battle King really free?" "Good. Thank heavens for that. Yue Luo will finally have something to occupy herself with."

"I reckon Hundred Battle King will fall for her all over again. That idiot..."

"Forget about him. A war is coming. Be on standby, everyone."

Slowly, the discussion ended.

Deep inside the dark space, several eyes appeared on the dark gate, gazing upon the world outside.

Cold and emotionless eyes.

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