Published at 27th of April 2026 6:21 am

Chapter 1985: War Preparations (2)

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Su Yu and the others said nothing. Just then, the air around them turned heavy. A massive mountain stood before them. Su Yu stared at the mountain in shock.

Human Mountain. He had thought that it would only be a regular mountain. He had never cared too much for it. But the size of the mountain was truly shocking.

It was too big.

At a glance, it was at least a hundred thousand meters in height. The entire mountain was emitting a powerful aura. Quite a lot of people were gathered at the foot of the mountain.

Noticing that March was looking down, Celestial Devil smiled and said, "The experts have arrived with quite a lot of regular people. The chaos race has been murdering indiscriminately recently. The minor races were terrified so they brought their family here for protection."

Almost everyone gathered below them was below the Daofuse Realm. As for the Daofuses, most of them had ascended the mountain.

There was a large palace at the top of the mountain. Back then, humanity had built it to serve as the new imperial palace. The construction was not completed as the ancient past had collapsed before humanity could finish building it. After some light renovation, the three major races had turned it into a venue for their assembly.

"We can go straight to the top of the mountain." Celestial Devil said, "Most people are here already. As for those who are still absent by tomorrow, I doubt they will bother to come."

From his tone, it was likely that those who were absent would not enjoy the consequences.

***

The closer they were to the Human Mountain, the more clearly they could feel that this was a powerful mountain.

The power of laws around it was incredibly dense. And the power of laws here was emitted by the mountain itself instead of the River of Time.

March, Su Yu, and Lan Tian flew up the mountain in silence.

Some other experts were also arriving, accompanied by the experts of the three major races depending on which direction they were coming from.

Eventually, a palace appeared before their eyes.

Before they were even there, a laughter rang out as someone spoke, "Fellow Daoist March, you're finally here. Welcome, respected guest."

March's eyes turned solemn for a split second before he spoke with the same lazy tone, "You are too polite, Venerable Moon."

Venerable Moon.

Su Yu knew this name. March had told him about this divine previously. Celestial Devil and Venerable Scrape were devils, Venerable Nether was a nether, Venerable Dao and Venerable Desolate were immortals, and Venerable Moon was a divine.

The devil and immortal races had two Venerables each. As for the divine race, it seemingly had only one. But March suspected that there were more. The divine race had maintained a low profile for many years. However, nobody could doubt their strength and accumulation.

Ignoring everything else, one only needed to look at the Divine Consort in the Lower Realm. That was a dao companion of the Divine Pseudo Emperor, a true fossil with incredibly high seniority. Since someone with that seniority was still around, one could only imagine what else the divines had been hiding.

Su Yu remained on alert. These Venerables were no weaklings. He had to be extremely careful around them.

***

Before long, they entered the large palace.

They arrived in a circular hall.

The design was rather unique.

No matter where one stood, the five zones at the center of the hall would be the center of one's vision.

March explained through a voice transmission, "This was designed by humanity back then. The five zones you're seeing were meant for Human Emperor and the Four Cardinal Kings. They were the core of humanity, and the placement inside this room signified that."

"The room itself emphasizes that everything revolves around the five."

The room had designed in a way that one would never be able to neglect the five regardless of where one stood. Of the five zones, three were already occupied. Unsurprisingly, they were occupied by the devils, immortals, and divines.

After leading March's group into the room, Celestial Devil flew toward the zone occupied by the devils with a smile on his face. A purple-haired expert was already seated there. He did not react to their arrival, as though he was unaware of their presence.

From the divine's zone, the soft-looking Venerable Moon smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist March, why don't you take a seat here?"

As he said that, he pointed at an empty zone. One of the five central zones. That caused numerous gazes to converge on March before he could even react. Most of them were Daofuses, but there were heavenly kings in the mix as well.

After taking a look at the empty zone, March flashed his usual innocent smile and said, "It's fine. We don't have too many people in our group, so we'll make do with a random spot."

At that, a white-haired immortal opened his eyes and said flatly, "Fellow Daoist March, just take the seat since you're here."

The purple-haired devil, known as Venerable Scrape, finally opened his eyes and spoke, "Fellow Daoist March, there are five central zones here. Fellow Daoist Nether isn't here yet, so we'll keep one of the zones for him. You can take the other."

Once again, numerous gazes landed on March. Slowly, the atmosphere in the room turned heavy. Should they take that zone? March did not want to do it. That was most certainly not a good seat to take.

He wanted to refuse the offer, but everyone was staring at him. He swallowed and said, "No, no thanks. That old fellow from the fate race isn't here yet. He deserves this seat more than I."

He added, "Or the dragons. Or the phoenixes. All of them deserve this seat more than I. Even the primordial giants deserve this seat more than me."

He laughed and asked, "Right, where's Brother Thunderstorm of the primordial giant race?"

Primordial giant race.

Venerable Scrape said, "We don't know if Thunderstorm will exit his seclusion for this. He did not bother to show himself even during Hundred Battle's escape not long ago. He might still be in deep slumber. But you, Fellow Daoist March, seemed quite energetic during Hundred Battle's escape. Clearly, you are capable of maintaining your strength without going into deep slumber."

March cursed inwardly. Outwardly, however, he smiled and said, "Looks like all of you have a deep misunderstanding of me. So be it. April, you will represent us during this assembly. Do what you deem fit. I'll be listening and nothing else."

Hearing that, Su Yu glanced at the experts before flying toward the empty zone in silence.

Venerable Scrape and the others remained expressionless, but they couldn't hide the smile in their eyes. What was March thinking? He had actually accepted the offer. The iron devourers landed and remained in silence.

To their left was the zone occupied by the divines and to their right was the sole central zone left empty. Once again, silence engulfed the room.

Nobody said anything.

Su Yu noticed some dragons among the gathered experts. After the death of Blood Dragon Marquis, some of their experts from the Dao Origin Land had emerged. They were led by a dragon at the level of a heavenly king. Evidently, the dragon race was still quite powerful.

They also had more than one Daofuse here. However, it did not seem like they had a Venerable. They were in a weaker position than the nether race.

The silence did not last for long. After a while, two giants entered the room.

"Thunderstorm!"

Venerable Scrape and the others opened their eyes again. Beside Thunderstorm was Venerable Desolate of the immortal race. Thunderstorm was a peak expert from the primordial giant race. He was an ancient being as well. From his aura, he was seemingly as strong as a Venerable.

The primordial giant race was an ancient race, also one of the top powers during the primordial past. However, they had been keeping a low profile for many years. Thus, the myriad races were unsure of their position in the current conflict.

There were rumors claiming that the primordial giant race was entangled with Hundred Battle King, but the myriad races were unaware about the truth. Very few people knew about the descendant Hundred Battle King had produced with someone from the primordial giant race.

Venerable Scrape said, "Fellow Daoist Thunderstorm, one empty zone remains. Since Venerable Nether isn't here yet, why don't you take a seat?"

The primordial giant had a valiant presence and ferocious eyes. His upper body was bare, while his lower body was clad in some sort of fur.

Hearing the offer, he glanced at the others with his fierce eyes before speaking with a booming voice, "Fellow Daoist Venerable can have it."

After saying that, he glanced at the iron devourers with surprise.

March had actually chosen one of the central zones. There might be a price to that. Ignoring the others, he moved toward a random empty spot in the room, followed by a smaller giant behind him who was a Daofuse. Together, they sat down somewhere in the second innermost circle of the room.

***

"April, these aren't comfortable seats to take."

March sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "That's Thunderstorm, a peak expert from the primordial giant race. According to what I know, he's similar in strength to me. If even he's refusing a central seat, it's not appropriate for us to sit here..."

Su Yu replied, "The five central zones symbolize the five central figures in this room. Those seated in the five central zones will be the ones leading this assembly. Since we're already here, we might as well take one of the central zones."

With that, March had nothing else to say. More and more people were arriving. Apart from the bigger races, the minor races had their own seats as well. After all, they were here during the first assembly. Thus, they knew where they belonged.

There were five zones in the first circle. As for the second circle, there were more than ten zones. The dragon, phoenix, primordial giant, golden peng, kunpeng, and spirit races were all seated there.

These were also the more powerful races in the Lower Realm. As for the hou race, they did not seem to have a strong presence in the Upper Realm. Su Yu couldn't find them in the second and even the third circles. However, he did notice a large spatial beast seated silently in the third circle.

A certain understanding dawned on Su Yu. The first circle was meant for those with Venerables. The second circle was meant for those with heavenly kings. The third circle was meant for those with peak Daofuses. Beyond that, one also needed to have a Daofuse in the race to stay seated.

This signified that there were more than ten races up here with heavenly kings among them. Since there were about thirty to forty races seated in the third circle, it signified that there were also thirty to forty races with peak Daofuses among them.

The various races were collectively known as the myriad races, but there were really only three to four hundred of them in the Upper Realm. And fewer than a hundred of them were qualified to participate in this assembly.

After all, those without Daofuses would not come. Even if they did come, they wouldn't be qualified for a seat. Some of the races that were still in the Lower Realm had gone extinct in the Upper Realm. There were also some newly appeared minor races that only existed in the Lower Realm.

As for the races without Daofuses in the Lower Realm, such as the five elemental race, they wouldn't be too powerful in the Upper Realm even if they were relatively powerful in the Lower Realm.

Su Yu observed everything in silence.

***

The wait lasted about two hours.

Finally, several powerful auras arrived. The laughter of Venerable Nether rang out as he said, "Brother Heavenly Fate, let's end our conversation here. We can catch up again in the future."

With that, two figures appeared in the room.

Venerable Nether and Heavenly Fate Marquis.

Heavenly Fate Marquis was a genial-looking old man, forming a clear contrast with the gloomy man beside him.

Before anyone could say anything, Heavenly Fate Marquis smiled and said, "Is everyone here already? I guess I'm late."

Then, he sat down somewhere beside the zone taken by the primordial giants. He did not even give anyone the chance to say anything about the last central zone.

As for Venerable Nether, he glanced at Venerable Scrape and the others. Seeing that everyone was silent, he smiled and moved toward the empty zone beside the iron devourers.

With that, all five central zones were occupied.

Divine, devil, immortal, iron devourer, and nether races.

Among all of them, the iron devourer race seemed incredibly out of place. From strength alone, the iron devourer race might be weaker than the fate and primordial giant races. Yet, neither of the two wanted to take one of the central zones.

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