Chapter 444: Chapter 231: Celestial Desolation Empire, Battle of the Fallen Saint (Part 2)

It was also after the Battle of the Fallen Saint that the Celestial Desolation Empire disintegrated, leaving the Wilderness to take on the current situation where various nations occupy it.

Only a few dynasties, such as the Great Victory Dynasty, were established later and were not under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Desolation Empire."

Wei Fan was somewhat moved, and although he hadn’t counted precisely, there were at least a dozen or twenty human dynasties in the Wilderness, with an uncountable population.

To know, even for a Martial Venerable Powerhouse, crossing the vast territories of the human race from one end to the other would take ten days or more to fly.

Such vast territories were once ruled by a single empire, the power of such an empire is unimaginable, and yet, in the end, it fell. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Was the Battle of the Fallen Saint related to the disintegration of the Celestial Desolation Empire?"

Li Yunfei glanced at Wei Fan: "Back in the day, the Saint Master of the Celestial Desolation Empire was ambitious, wanting to flatten all the sects in the Wilderness and gather all the power of the human race to eradicate all Demon Fiends.

The Demon Fiends feared a unified human race, and even the Guangling Sect did not want to be ruled by the Celestial Desolation Empire.

Thus, the Battle of the Fallen Saint erupted, with the Martial Saints of the Guangling Sect and the Demon Saints of the Profound Crane Sect joining forces to besiege the Saint Master of the Celestial Desolation Empire.

In the battle, the three Great Saints almost perished together, passing away successively.

With the fall of the Saint Master, the Celestial Desolation Empire disintegrated, and the Demon Empire ruled by the Profound Crane Sect also collapsed, forming the current situation where human nations were dominant and Demons fought separately.

The greatest beneficiaries were the Holy Sect of Guangling. They seized the opportunity to unite with many sects in the Wilderness to form the Desert Martial Alliance, which not only the Demon Fiends dared not provoke but even the human imperial dynasties feared.

Had it not been for the later emergence of our Demon Hunter Organization, which decisively severed the Desert Martial Alliance’s interference with the imperial dynasties, it wouldn’t be the monarchs ruling the human race now, but the sects!

That battle had unimaginable consequences; not only Great Saints died, but many king-level powerhouses also perished, and numerous heritages were interrupted.

Even after two thousand years, no Saint-level individuals have emerged in the Wilderness."

Yet again, these sects, nothing but leech-like parasites, played a part in the downfall of the Celestial Desolation Empire.

Sects not resisting Demons was a situation that existed even two thousand years ago.

Liu Guangyu looked at Wei Fan: "So be careful, the Desert Martial Alliance, to prevent a repetition of what happened two thousand years ago, will certainly find a way to kill someone like you who harbors great hostility toward the sects.

If not for your Demon Hunter identity, and Guangling Sect being different from two thousand years ago, they likely would have attempted to kill you."

In fact, the current Wilderness is a battleground of many forces: idle Demons, the Demon Heaven Alliance, the Profound Crane Sect, the Desert Martial Alliance, the Demon Hunter Organization, and various imperial dynasties!

After some conversation, Li Yunfei and Liu Guangyu finished their healing.

For a Martial Venerable Powerhouse, as long as a body part wasn’t utterly shattered, the injuries were minor, and healing was quick.

Liu Guangyu stood up and cupped his fists: "Though the Double-headed Elephant Venerable is dead, there are other Demon Venerables in Yunzhou, please help, Venerable Guardian Wu, to reclaim the cities occupied by Demon Fiends!"

The Demon Fiends, seeking revenge for the Flying Tiger Venerable incident, caused an all-out uproar in the Daqian Kingdom, the worst-hit area being Yunzhou, where Demons seized three cities.

Though they are small cities, they must be reclaimed; otherwise, tens of thousands will be left homeless.

The reason these cities were seized by Demon Fiends ultimately comes down to insufficient top-level forces. They could only allocate their strongest forces to the city with the largest population, forsaking the smaller cities.

"Alright!"

Wei Fan nodded, digesting the news he heard from Li Yunfei and Liu Guangyu. In the grand scheme, there were still only two forces, humans and Demon Fiends.

The difference being, the Demon Fiends were unified against the human race, whereas on the human side, only the imperial dynasties and the Demon Hunter Organization resisted the Demon Fiends, while the Desert Martial Alliance hardly engaged in the struggle against them.

Even if disciples joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, it was just some fledgling disciples out for training, and the strong didn’t care about the Demon matters.

Seeing Wei Fan agree, Liu Guangyu was delighted and looked back at Li Yunfei: "I have to hold Yunzhou City, please Brother Li, accompany Venerable Guardian Wu to kill several Martial Venerables of the Demon Heaven Alliance!

I will notify Kuang Shaohua and the others, all to follow Venerable Guardian Wu’s orders."

Li Yunfei agreed and immediately took Wei Fan and Long Xueyi soaring into the sky.

"We’ll head to Qingshui City first. The worst of the revenge incidents involve Qingshui City, which was seized by Demon Fiends over twenty days ago!"

The initial slaying of the Flying Tiger Venerable began with their investigation into Zhong Zhenyu’s collusion with Demons. In fact, many of the Flying Tiger Race clan members escaped, and the Dragon-Horned Deer clan was nearly exterminated by the Qingshui City Demon Suppression Bureau after the powerful Demon Fiends, such as the Dragon-Horned Deer Monarch, were slain by Wei Fan.

In retaliation, the Demon Fiends first annihilated the people of the Qingshui City Demon Suppression Bureau.

Of course, the first act of revenge on Qingshui City for the Dragon-Horned Deer clan was due to a member of the Demon Heaven Alliance present, a Dragon-Horned Deer honed into a Demon Venerable.

This Dragon-Horned Deer, who had become a Demon Venerable, was also the first Demon Heaven Alliance member to appear in Yunzhou and whose cultivation was not much weaker than the Double-headed Elephant Venerable. Liu Guangyu initially came to Yunzhou to suppress this Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable.

Soon after, however, the Double-headed Elephant Venerable arrived, which forced Liu Guangyu to pass on the Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable to others.

The three cities in Yunzhou that were attacked were led by this Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable, who now uses Qingshui City as a base camp, gathering underling Demon Fiends to reside therein.

"Don’t the Demon Hunters have any other experts coming to Yunzhou?"

Wei Fan was puzzled; although in the Daqian Kingdom, humans were no weaker than Demon Fiends, otherwise the kingdom would have long been upturned by Demons.

"There came a predecessor at the Four-Colored Golden Body Ninth Forging level, but even he could not contend against the Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable; he could merely balance it through collaboration with other Martial Venerables. Otherwise, Yunzhou would have lost more than just three cities!"

Wei Fan nodded: "Increase the speed, don’t let these beasts escape!"

The Double-headed Elephant Venerable, a disciple of the Profound Crane Sect, likely had its Life Token placed there. News of its death might not yet have reached the Demon Heaven Alliance members, but time makes uncertainty.

Once the death of the Double-headed Elephant Venerable spreads, Demon Venerables weaker than it will surely deduce that a formidable figure has arrived in Yunzhou.

...

Qingshui City did not become desolate due to being occupied by Demon Fiends, the city remained bustling with activities.

Of course, the individuals bustling about were not humans but Demon Fiends disguised as humans.

They occupied the city’s houses, boldly moved in, and even set up markets to trade items among themselves.

"A leg of an Acupoint Martial Artist, for one Divine Weapon!"

"Brain matter, fresh from the True Qi Martial Artist, one Human Essence Pill per piece!"

"A stunning beauty, for a piece of Celestial Martial Artist’s flesh!"

...

The shouting calls from within the city gave an appearance of thriving prosperity.

"These beasts, they dare to trade us humans as mere goods!"

Kuang Shaohua sat atop a hill, his face ashen.

He wanted desperately to rush into Qingshui City and kill all these beasts, but a glance at the Demon Hunter Xie Cailin nearby made him hold back.

Even Xie Cailin, a Demon Hunter at the Four-Colored Golden Body Ninth Forging level, was no match for the Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable; charging into Qingshui City would be suicide, and their task was to guard against the Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable, preventing him from seizing more cities.

Xie Cailin frowned slightly: "This beast seems different today; ordinarily, it would have attacked us by now, but today it has remained silent!"

He looked up towards Qingshui City to see that the Dragon-Horned Deer Venerable remained, but it seemed uncharacteristically good-tempered today.

Kuang Shaohua was taken aback, finding Xie Cailin’s observation reasonable.

As he was about to respond, he suddenly felt his Waist Token tremble, hurriedly taking it out to infuse his Heart Spirit and inspect.

In the next moment, Kuang Shaohua leapt to his feet.

"What’s happened?" Xie Cailin looked on with surprise at the expression change on Kuang Shaohua’s face.

"We must leave quickly; this beast is deliberately stalling us, the Double-headed Elephant Venerable has been hiding its strength, Liu Guangyu and Li Yunfei are in danger!"

Speaking, he soared into the sky, heading toward Yunzhou City.