Legend of the Great Sage

ome “lowly” work, transporting over the materials from distant lands, or even the ocean, so this hall could be built.

It was said that the Featherfolk had once designed a staircase of clouds that wound around Dragonshead mountain without ever dispersing, leading straight to the top of the mountain, but it was destroyed in the flames of war afterwards, just like the hanging gardens meticulously designed by the Giant Lumberfolk.

However, the boulders forged by Fire Devouring folk and the metallic patterns personally laid down by the Metal Essence folk could not be destroyed that easily.
Even after thousands of years, they continued to stand and shine.

This was probably the one and only time the godfolk had poured their efforts together shoulder to shoulder to achieve something.
Afterwards, even when the demonfolk invaded, it had been filled with schemes and skirmishes with one another, even hoping their enemy races to be destroyed by the demonfolk.

These lowly “slaves” were the best cannonfodder, especially the humans that could turn into demonfolk at any time.
Instead, they were closer to the daemons that could serve as mounts.

But back then, humans already possessed their own sects, schools and even beliefs.
The generations upon generations of cultivators blazed open a trail, using cultivation methods that grew more and more profound to shorten their distance with the godfolk.
Over a long period of accumulation, the Daemon race produced an endless number of Daemon Kings too, each possessing powerful abilities they were born with and an unruly temperament.

Finally one day, the gods and the demons both sustained heavy losses.
The slaves gained their freedom and the mounts broke free from their reins.

By the time the young man had travelled across the nine provinces with the hawk and wolf, climbing up Dragonshead mountain, the godfolk had already become the otherfolk, while the hall had gone from the senate to the imperial court, continuing to rule over the nine provinces.

At this moment, the emperor of Great Xia sat on a golden dragon throne.
His appearance beneath his crown was filled with a sense of dignity and authority.

The full court of officials and generals, the three ducal ministers and the nine ministers, all held ritual sceptres, standing to the two sides.

In such a spacious hall, it was just unavoidable for the figure of humans to seem insignificant, but the auras they gave off truly made them seem like giants, and that was the result from intentionally holding back.
Otherwise, any single one of their aura was enough to fill the entire hall.

A stern voice echoed through the hall, “As the governor of the Harmony province reports, the buddha nemesis has rampaged through the Harmony province, leaving none alive.
Apart from the capital, Daliang city, and where the Great Banyan Tree King stands, the other cultivation sects have all been destroyed.
Many cultivators have retreated to Daliang city.
The daemons of the Harmony province had received the Great Banyan Tree King’s warning, either hiding deep underground, gathering by the Great Banyan Tree King’s side or downright fleeing from the Harmony province.”

The Guardian Hawk God paused, before summarising, “The Harmony province is done for.”

The hall was so silent that they could even hear a pin drop.
The danger of the buddha nemesis was so great that it took everyone by surprise.

They all gazed towards where the three ducal ministers stood.
Grand preceptor Dong was no longer around, while the faces of the remaining two became sunken.

Originally, standing in their positions, the only thing they had to consider was facing the tribulation and ascending.
The threat of death had ceased to exist a long time ago, but now, they deeply experienced it once more.

Grand preceptor Dong had not even died a meaningful death, basically butchered casually, dying as worthlessly as a mortal.
Back then, that had already been viewed as a challenge towards all of Great Xia.
As it seemed now, perhaps she had not taken Great Xia seriously at all.

The emperor of Great Xia asked, “Where is she right now?”

“We are unable to pinpoint her location.
She might have come to the Dragon province.”

There was a series of whispers in the hall.
What were they supposed to do if the buddha nemesis came to the Dragon province? Were they supposed to hide on Dragonshead mountain like the governor of the harmony province? But their sects and dwellings were all scattered throughout the Dragon province.
If they retreated or avoided her, that would be a great disgrace.