Chapter 999 : The Old Man, The Youth

Even now, though the Calamity Demon God was gravely wounded, with the Abyss of Calamity shielding him, he remained nearly invincible—leaving the 3 of them utterly powerless against him.

Seeing that they could not slay the Calamity Demon God, Lyra turned to Eldrin with a grave expression and said, "He is protected by the Demon Abyss, my husband. Do you have a way to cut him down?"

"Fear not, though the Abyss is formidable, even it has its limits!"

Eldrin (Person Name) wore a placid expression, yet the moment his voice faded, a brilliant radiance erupted within the Violet Realm.

In the blink of an eye, boundless power of heaven and earth surged forth, ceaselessly beginning to confront the Demonic Abyss.

For tens of thousands of years, the Violet Realm had been suppressed by the Abyssal Demons. Though the Demon Gods had long used the power of the Abyss to imprison the Violet Realm, it was not without means to resist.

Now that the Outer Fiend had mobilized the Abyssal Veil to protect itself, it became difficult for the abyssal power to completely overwhelm the Violet Realm.

At this critical juncture of the great battle, the will of the Violet Realm's heavens and earth launched an immediate counterattack, as the raging power of the world began relentlessly suppressing the abyssal demonic force.

The Calamity Demon God sealed the Violet Realm with his own power, yet he never anticipated that this very act would cause the Abyssal Demonic Realm to become restrained by the Violet Realm.

Seizing the opportunity, Eldrin and the other 2 made their move. This time, their combined strike finally managed to shake the Abyssal Demonforce. To their astonishment, the defensive demonic energy trembled faintly, its radiance flickering.

"Damn it!"

"Hold them off for me!"

Ye Neng could tell the situation was dire—the Calamity Demon God actually showed a flicker of panic for a moment.

In haste, he let out a furious roar that shook the endless starry skies: "Children of the Demon Clan, come to my aid at once!"

As the voice of the Calamity Demon God faded, hundreds of millions of demons within the Demon Abyss crimsoned eyes.

In that very instant, their life souls seized, they poured their own qi, blood, and spiritual power into the Demon Abyss without regard for their lives.

Although most of these demons possessed modest cultivation bases, their numbers within the Abyss were nearly limitless. At the cost of their own lives, they actually caused the Abyss's power to grow increasingly formidable.

With the infusion of qi and blood essence from countless trillions of demonic beings, the Demonic Abyss finally stabilized, even overwhelming the celestial power of the Violet Realm.

"You're just drinking poison to quench your thirst!"

Eldrin remained unfazed by the Demon God’s final frenzy, his gaze fixed firmly upon the starry battlefield.

Amidst the starry expanse, the climactic battle between humans and demons raged on with relentless intensity.

Countless human great powers joined forces, unleashing overwhelming magical might to strike in all directions, determined to slay hundreds of millions of demonic beings and diminish the Abyss of Demons' formidable power.

"Slay—"

The battle in the void raged on, with humans and demons slaughtering each other to the brink of madness.

Eldrin gazed into the distance and saw blazing sword radiance erupting. A single sword energy from Lin Tianqi traversed untold thousands of miles, consecutively slaying 3 demonic race Primordial Spirits. Where the sword energy passed, hundreds of millions of demons were utterly annihilated.

Kael also unleashed his full power, golden Buddhist radiance blooming around him as violet Daoist essence swirled through the air, while his demonic heart devoured all in its path.

Amidst the great war, Kael carved a path of destruction through hundreds of millions of miles of starry skies, and unknowingly achieved a major breakthrough—forging 3 Pseudo Dao Fruits.

Above his head bloomed 3 celestial flowers, and upon each of these ethereal Dao Fruits sat what appeared to be a Buddha, a Dao Ancestor, and a Demon Sovereign respectively.

With the augmentation of these 3 Dao Fruits, although Kael had only just broken through to the Half-Immortal realm, his cultivation base nearly surpassed the limits of a Half-Immortal, proving even more astonishing than Lin Tianqi's.

With a mere flick of his sleeve, he sent a sweeping palm strike forward, where the 3 supreme forces of Buddha, Dao, and Demonic intertwined. Wherever it passed, the abyssal demonic realm was flattened for over a million li.

Amidst the crowd, Maris the Sea Steader (Person Name), the Li Fire Daoist, Dorian (Person Name), and others were engaged in battle, while powerful Primordial Spirits such as Lila (Person Name), Yan Purple Maiden, and Seraphina Qu (Person Name) were vanquishing the great calamity 1 after another.

But that was not all. From within those celestial rifts, 1 Eldrin after another and Dao Lords streamed forth from the Violet Realm, all eager to join the final battle to quell this cataclysm.

Eldrin saw Chen Changxuan, he saw Chen Silas, he saw the 5 Venoms Young Master, and he saw the Li Fire Vermilion Bird.

He saw the young cultivator fighting desperately while bathed in blood, slaying formidable foes at the cost of his own life. He also witnessed peak-stage cultivators in their prime striking out in all directions, charging deep into the abyss of demons despite their grievous wounds.

At this very moment, whether human or demon, regardless of cultivation level, every soul brandished their blades against the demons, striving to contribute their final measure of strength toward quelling this cataclysm.

Amidst the chaos, some met a gruesome end in battle, while others wielded sword energy that swept through everything in its path. Yet far more, bearing wounds and scars, continued their march toward almost certain death.

Kill!

A white-haired elder, his life force all but exhausted, drained the last vestiges of his magic power to desperately slay the demon before him and rescue the youth at his side. Yet this final effort left him utterly spent, like an oil lamp flickering its last.

Beside him, a young man with a pale face supported the elderly figure with trembling hands, his voice choked with fear and dread as he cried out, "Ancestor, Ancestor!"

"Don't worry, child."

The white-haired elder hunched over, as if clinging to his last breath.

His wrinkled old face was full of kindness as he gently stroked the youthful cheek of the boy beside him and smiled. "A 1000 years ago, when I was your age, I witnessed the birth of an immortal with my own eyes."

"To be able to personally intervene in quelling this calamity now, I can truly say this life holds no regrets."

The old man gazed at the youth, and in that fleeting moment, he seemed to see himself on a solitary boat, conversing with the Patriarch from bygone days.

A 1000 years had passed in the blink of an eye. The revered patriarch of old had long returned to dust, yet he had now become someone like that patriarch himself. The youth before him bore such a striking resemblance to who he had been all those years ago.

"Ancestral Elder..."

The young man wept bitterly, his pupils filled with unspeakable agony.

The deeds of the Patriarch in his youth, which he had heard recounted countless times, remained what he admired most. In those early years, the Patriarch—still young—had followed the tribal leader of that era across the endless Eastern Sea and witnessed with his own eyes the birth of an immortal.

All these years, he had only listened to such tales as stories. But now, having personally experienced this calamity and witnessed the Patriarch die to save him, his heart grew increasingly adrift.

"Do not be lost, do not be adrift."

The old cultivator shook his head and smiled wryly, "Our Patriarch has attained the Golden Core realm, with a lifespan of no more than 1 1000 years. To have witnessed the birth of an immortal with his own eyes and taken part in quelling the great calamity—this can be considered the greatest honor of his lifetime."

"Yet for us cultivators, if we cannot attain immortality, a 1000 years would be but a fleeting cloud in the eyes of immortals."

"You are still young, your path is long, and I hope you can walk it well, step by step."

"I hope you can surpass me, surpass the Patriarch of old, and no longer remain trapped in the Golden Core realm..."

The old cultivator's voice gradually faded, ultimately dissipating into nothingness.

The young man stood in stunned silence, his dazed eyes gradually clearing at last. He threw his arms around the old cultivator, then gritted his teeth and advanced with sword in hand, ready to resume the unfinished battle.

Just then, an elderly man with silver hair grasped his arm and shook his head, saying, "You're still young. The road ahead is long."

"Live well, and do not let his sacrifice be in vain."

"This campaign, I shall carry on in your stead..."

Within the vast demonic abyss, divine abilities, Daoist arts, magical treasures, and immortal swords clashed in a grand melee, as a life-and-death battle engulfed everything.

Eldrin stood silently beneath the celestial dome, taking in everything before him as his heart grew still.

"Harnessing the power of an entire realm to withstand the 86,000-year cataclysm."

"All of you, throughout this lifetime, have been worthy of the Violet Realm that nurtured you."

"This calamity should come to an end."

Eldrin murmured softly, stepping forward with serene grace as he ascended into the heavens.

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Chapter 1,000: Slaying the Demon God. This number was rather fitting, serving as a perfect conclusion to the Mortal Realm Arc.