SACRED BODY OF THE IMMORTALS

Chapter 1016 - 1016 The Big Shot Behind the Scenes

Tianmu Continent, above the vast plains, the dying sun bled across the sky.

As far as the eye could see, countless bones were piled across the plains, forming mountains of corpses.

The blood that had flowed out gathered into rivers, winding through those mountains of the dead.

This was a true sea of blood and bones!

It was hard to imagine how many lives had perished on this endless plain.

Surely numbering in the millions and beyond!

And at this moment, in a core region of the plain.

Dense and countless, innumerable beings had made camp here.

Looking out across them — the Bloodbone Clan, the Goblin Clan, the Qilan Clan, the Birdman Clan.

All of them were slave clans, originally of the lowest standing.

But on closer inspection, the strength of these slave clan beings was, each and every one, far from weak.

Void Gods, True Gods, Celestial Gods and more — there were plenty of them.

It might not seem like particularly high cultivation, but for slave clans, it was truly rare.

And those with such cultivation were not just one or two — the vast majority of them were!

With over a thousand slave clans encamped here, how could the total number of beings be anything less than several million?

This had indeed become a force that could not be ignored.

At this moment, in the core region, there stood a tower ten thousand zhang tall.

It was a sacrificial tower.

And beneath the tower, a large crowd had gathered together.

They were unmistakably the clan leaders and chieftains of the various races.

At the center of the crowd stood a young man with long ape-like arms and a wasp waist, his build lean and powerful, his skin a dark bronze, his features resolute.

It was none other than Tuoba Yu of the Darkskин Clan.

Compared to before, he now stood tall and upright, his eyes bright as stars, and from his entire being radiated an extraordinarily powerful aura.

Unmistakably — the Sacred Lord realm!

This was rather astonishing.

One had to know that before, Tuoba Yu had been an utterly obscure junior.

The Sacred Lord realm was a level he could scarcely hope to reach in his entire lifetime.

Yet now, in less than a single year, Tuoba Yu had broken through to the Sacred Lord realm.

The most significant factor, naturally, was that Jun Xiaoyao had bestowed upon Tuoba Yu one-thousandth of his cultivation talent.

Beyond that, there was also the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art.

Tuoba Yu was the first to receive the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art and spread it outward.

The benefits he could reap from it were the greatest of all.

So with these two factors combined, Tuoba Yu was able to achieve such a terrifying speed of cultivation.

Of course, Sacred Lord or not —

Jun Xiaoyao needed only a single thought to make Tuoba Yu die a thousand deaths.

Not just him — any being who had cultivated the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art could have their life and death controlled by Jun Xiaoyao in a single instant.

Unless their cultivation and power far exceeded Jun Xiaoyao's by a great margin.

During this period, Tuoba Yu had also been utterly loyal, devoting himself wholeheartedly to spreading the faith.

Because it was the God of Fate and Creation who had changed his destiny, he naturally believed with a fervent devotion.

In less than a year, hundreds and thousands of slave clans across Tianmu Continent responded to his call and rose up in resistance.

Slave clans from other continents also answered in kind.

Tuoba Yu was directly elevated onto a divine pedestal.

He became the leader of the slave clans' liberation.

Revered by all slave clan beings, and honored with the title of Sacred Hero.

Most people, upon suddenly gaining such prestige and status, would absolutely let it go to their heads.

Tuoba Yu did not.

Because he knew who had given him all of this.

And now, Tuoba Yu and the leaders of the major slave clans had gathered together to hold an extremely important meeting.

"Sacred Hero, this cannot go on — we are simply no match for those Five-Vein Royal Clans."

"That's right, the Five-Vein Royal Clans have Supreme Profound Venerables and Creation God Venerables holding down the rear — we have absolutely no chance of winning."

"Our side has suffered devastating casualties. We are completely throwing ourselves against a wall!"

The clan leaders and chieftains of the slave clans were all chattering away.

Before this, Tuoba Yu's expansion had gone very smoothly.

Because they were the lowest and most humble of slave clans, no one had paid them any attention.

In fact, those lofty Quasi-Emperor Clans and even the Emperor Clans had, to this day, paid absolutely no heed to their slave clan alliance.

It was like ants — even if they formed a swarm, to a person, it was still just a matter of lifting a foot and crushing them.

So those Quasi-Emperor Clans and Immortal Emperor Clans simply would not concern themselves with the affairs of slave clans.

Even the Royal Clans generally would not bother.

As for the remaining General Clans, they were not an unbeatable opponent for slave clan beings who had cultivated the Dao Heart Seed Demon Art.

So all along the way, things had gone smoothly for Tuoba Yu.

But recently, five Royal Clans had suddenly joined forces, intending to encircle and annihilate their slave clan Fate Alliance.

When Royal Clans made their move, that was a different matter entirely.

Even the lowest-ranked among the top hundred Royal Clans was absolutely not something slave clans could withstand.

And it was not just one clan — it was five Royal Clans acting together.

This dealt a devastating blow to the slave clan Fate Alliance led by Tuoba Yu.

The two sides were not even in the same dimension.

It was a complete and utter dimensional strike.

Now even the slave clan leaders were starting to panic.

"Enough — quiet down first. All this clamor, what does it look like!"

Tuoba Yu furrowed his brow deeply and let out a low shout.

The entire gathering fell silent.

Though Tuoba Yu was not old in years,

he, bearing the title of Sacred Hero, already commanded immense prestige among the slave clans — standing above tens of thousands.

"This matter is not so simple. Why would those Five-Vein Royal Clans suddenly join hands and come after us?" Tuoba Yu said.

"Could there be some other reason?" the Goblin Clan's chieftain probed cautiously.

"If my guess is correct, there is someone behind those Five-Vein Royal Clans." Tuoba Yu said in a grave tone.

"What!"

This conjecture left every clan leader present utterly stunned.

Because to them, the Royal Clans were already a godlike existence.

What could possibly stand behind the Royal Clans and command them?

"Could it be a Quasi-Emperor Clan, or a true Emperor Clan?" the Qilan Clan's chieftain said, his face going pale.

This instantly sent every clan leader present trembling, their faces drained white as paper.

Never mind the Immortal Emperor Clans.

Even the Quasi-Emperor Clans were, to their slave clans, a divine existence!

"Heavens, an Emperor Clan has set its sights on us!" Some of the clan leaders were shaking to their very core.

Those were the lofty, supreme Emperor Clans.

A single word from them could casually obliterate a Royal Clan.

Dealing with the likes of them would be easier than crushing ants underfoot.

"It's not confirmed yet, but there is certainly a great figure pulling strings behind the scenes." Tuoba Yu also found this deeply troubling.

"Right, those Five-Vein Royal Clans said they're giving us seven days to surrender ourselves — perhaps there would still be a chance to survive…"

At this point, some of those with servility bred into their very bones began to speak up.

"Enough — is that really what you're thinking in your hearts?"

Beside Tuoba Yu, a strikingly beautiful young woman with wheat-toned skin and a graceful figure let out a cold rebuke.

She was none other than Tuoba Yu's elder sister, Tuoba Lan.

"But we simply cannot deal with them." Many of the clan leaders wore bitter expressions.

At this moment, Tuoba Yu spoke: "I believe that the God of Fate and Creation will never abandon us."

"Next, we will hold a prayer ceremony and sincerely pray to the God of Fate and Creation to help us through this crisis!"

Tuoba Yu was, after all, the very first pawn to have been won over by Jun Xiaoyao.

He was also the most fervent believer of all.

When faced with a problem like this, the first thing Tuoba Yu thought of was to pray to the God of Fate and Creation.