Chapter 160: The Curtain Falls

"Once Daddy takes you to the Realm of the Gods and we attain eternal life, it would be best for the two of us, father and daughter, to continue living in seclusion. We will have my five lovely maidens cook delicious meals for us every single day, living like emperors."

Chen Changsheng touched his chin as he spoke, a look of serene yearning quietly surfacing in his eyes. What kind of world would this Realm of the Gods, where they were soon heading, actually be?

"Mm."

Chen Die'er nodded once more.

Dozens of minutes later, the great battle finally came to an end.

The Ancient Emperor and the powerhouses of the Ancient Clan were all slaughtered.

The demon race achieved a complete and resounding victory in this epoch-making battle.

The earth, after the fierce fighting, was riddled with craters and pockmarks. Rivers of blood flowed across the ground, and the air was thick with a pungent, heavy scent of carnage.

Di Shitian and the members of the demon race stood there in a daze, unable to recover their senses for a long time.

The Ancient Emperor, the supreme existence of the Yinshue Realm, had ultimately died at the hands of Mu Wanqing.

The Ancient Clan, the foremost clan of the Yinshue Realm, had been utterly and cleanly massacred by them.

All of this felt as unreal as a dream.

After a long while, Di Shitian finally snapped out of his trance. He hurried over to the Blood Demon Ancestor and said respectfully, "Many thanks for your assistance, Blood Demon Ancestor!"

"Think nothing of it."

The Blood Demon Ancestor waved his hand dismissively, an expression of uncontrollable excitement plastered across his face.

Clearly, he was the one who had benefited the most from this epic battle.

The Heaven-Destroying Hand previously unleashed by the members of the Ancient Clan had worked to his advantage, directly restoring a vast portion of his strength.

Di Shitian nodded. Although their demon race had won a sweeping victory in this epoch-making battle, there was not a trace of joy on his face; instead, it was tinged with sorrow.

Suddenly, he shouted in a deep voice, "Tally the numbers and find out our total casualties among the demon race in this battle! After that, gather the bodies of our fallen warriors."

"Understood!"

Many members of the demon race immediately acknowledged the command.

An hour later, the corpses of the demon warriors who had fallen in the battle had all been cleared away and piled like a small mountain in the center of the arena.

Soon, someone poured fuel over the bodies.

The Holy Empress lit a torch and handed it to Di Shitian. "Grand Patriarch, please see these fallen demon warriors off on their final journey."

Di Shitian nodded and took the torch, profound grief evident on his face.

With a sudden toss, he hurled the torch. It traced an arc through the air and landed amidst the pile of corpses.

"Whoosh!"

The bodies instantly ignited, casting a fiery glow upon the faces of the gathered demon race members.

The entire area fell into a dead silence, broken only by the crackling and popping of sparks from the raging fire.

At this moment, the face of every single demon warrior was etched with solemn heroism, their eyes brimming with tears that shone brilliantly in the firelight.

Thanks to the Blood Demon Ancestor, they had ultimately triumphed in this cataclysmic battle.

However, the demon race had also paid a heavy price.

Only after the corpses of the fallen demon warriors had completely turned to ash did the atmosphere in the arena ease slightly.

Di Shitian wiped his dry face, walked over to Chen Changsheng and his daughter, and said respectfully to Chen Changsheng, "Young Master Chen, this time, we owe it entirely to the arrival of you and your daughter..."

Chen Changsheng interrupted him with a faint smile. "Grand Patriarch, the Ancient Clan came for me. In a sense, the calamity that befell your demon race was brought upon you by me."

Hearing this, Di Shitian's expression shifted drastically in alarm. He hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Young Master Chen, please do not speak of such things. Within this Holy Domain, apart from the Ancient Clan, none could rival our demon race. In recent centuries, our demon race has developed at a tremendous pace, and the Ancient Clan's guard against us has been longstanding. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain; a great war between our demon race and the Ancient Clan was bound to happen sooner or later. It is simply that this battle was brought forward."

"So that's how it is."

Chen Changsheng nodded in understanding.

With the Ancient Emperor and the Ancient Clan annihilated, the landscape of the entire Holy Domain would undoubtedly undergo a drastic transformation.

Now, the next thing Chen Changsheng needed to do was to ascend to the Realm of the Gods via the Stairway to Eternity.

Ever since learning about the Realm of the Gods from the lips of the Blood Demon Ancestor, he had harbored the thought of traveling there so that he and his daughter could attain eternal life.

The Realm of the Gods was also known as the Realm of Eternal Life.

...

Three days had passed since the epic battle between the demon race and the Ancient Clan, yet the entire Holy Domain remained in a state of turbulence.

Other sects, factions, and families within the Holy Domain were shocked to their very core.

"Good heavens, the demon race actually wiped out the Ancient Clan!"

"Even the Ancient Emperor, the supreme existence of the Yinshue Realm, was killed in that cataclysmic battle. It is said that the one who killed him was a disciple from a sect belonging to the Chunqiu Holy Empire in the Eastern Region."

"That legendary Young Master Chen was the catalyst for this epic war between the demons and the Ancient Clan. I heard that an ancient supreme demon directly emerged from the necklace of Young Master Chen's daughter."

"Word has it that that ancient supreme demon hails from an immensely higher celestial and divine world, possessing heaven-shaking combat prowess. Even Venerable Dayan was no match for him in a single move. The sole reason the demon race was able to annihilate the Ancient Clan this time is because of that ancient supreme demon."

"Heavens, what kind of existence is Young Master Chen, to be able to seal an ancient supreme demon from the celestial and divine world inside a necklace and turn it into a mere trinket for his daughter?"

"It is said that Young Master Chen and his daughter also hail from that immensely higher celestial and divine world."

"..."

The entire Holy Domain was buzzing with discussions about Young Master Chen and his daughter, their tones filled with awe and reverence.

The higher-ups of many sects and clans even came directly to the demon territory to pay a visit.

"Puyang Anlang, Master of the Heavenly Sound Valley, has specially come to pay his respects to Young Master Chen. This is a ten-thousand-year-old blood ginseng, a treasured heirloom of our Heavenly Sound Valley. We kindly ask Young Master Chen to accept it."

An old man in white robes approached Chen Changsheng and his daughter with utmost reverence, smiling in a thoroughly ingratiating manner.

"Valley Master Puyang, you are far too polite."

Chen Changsheng waved a hand and instructed someone to accept the gift.

Although he was "a mere mortal" and had no use for heavenly treasures, the people around him did.

The Heavenly Sound Valley was a saint-level sect, and the treasures of a saint-level sect needed no elaboration on their value. Only a fool would refuse them.

Seeing that Chen Changsheng had accepted the gift, the Valley Master of Heavenly Sound Valley was overjoyed and felt profoundly honored. He laughed heartily, "As long as Young Master Chen doesn't disdain it, as long as you don't disdain it! Haha, thank you, Young Master Chen!"

"Valley Master Puyang, you really are too polite."

Chen Changsheng sighed inwardly. Most people in this cultivation world still had sound upbringing, conducting themselves with decorum and courtesy.

Next...

"Lu Changtian, Patriarch of the Lu Family, has specially come to pay his respects to Young Master Chen. This is a long spear passed down through generations in our Lu Family, known as the Misty Cloud Spear. We kindly ask Young Master Chen to accept it."

"Patriarch Lu is too polite."

"Luo Qingsong, Master of the Myriad Swords Sect, has specially come to visit Young Master Chen. This is the Thousand Spirits Bead inherited by our Myriad Swords Sect, which can automatically absorb spiritual energy for the wearer to cultivate with."

"Sect Master Luo is too polite."

"..."

Visitors came in an endless stream, every single one of them a figure of stature and influence within the Holy Domain.