World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2117 - 1005: Millennium Dark Lunar Eclipse! War Begins!

Upon hearing Dienie’s words, even the Demon Prison Manager, being merely an energy life form, shivered violently.

"This, this doesn’t seem appropriate."

Dienie said, "Don’t you have that ability?"

The Demon Prison Manager replied, "The power is there, but it can only be executed in the most terrifying situations, such as when the Demonic Prison Secret Realm is about to be seized by the Dragon Temple, then we could choose to perish together, by self-destructing the Heavenly Demon Tower."

This Heaven and Earth Barrier is not only the barrier between dragons and demons, but also the place where the energy of the entire world converges, a gathering point for countless dimensions in the world.

Back then, forcibly opening the Northern Gate allowed humans to directly pass through the Heaven and Earth Barrier into the Demon Territory, which also caused the energies within the Heaven and Earth Barrier to lose balance, tearing many dimensional entrances, causing powerful energy to either drain away or backflow, resulting in an imbalance of the world’s energy.

Thus, since then, the world has been plagued with incessant disasters.

Earth-shattering volcanoes, terrifying earthquakes, and other drastic changes to mountains and rivers occurred in rapid succession, especially natural disasters in the Demon Territory, which truly brought catastrophic harm to certain races.

Therefore, Emperor E Tian created nine Heavenly Demon Towers within the Heaven and Earth Barrier, sealing and guiding the torn dimensional entrances into the secret realms of the demon towers.

Thus, the Heavenly Demon Towers are not just secret realms for the Demon Race’s cultivation, but also the towers protecting the world, the sky-holding jade pillars stabilizing the entire demon territory.

Since the nine Heavenly Demon Towers were established, peace has returned to the Demon Territory. A simple example is the disappearance of the Chiyan Volcano, which turned into the Chi Yan Sea. It was Lanling who, to demonstrate his divine power, reignited the Chiyan Volcano by special means.

After this, Emperor E Tian wanted to construct an Energy Gate leading to the Human Kingdom, so he opened a crack in the Heaven and Earth Barrier, known as the Eternal Curse World. However, before this gate was completed, Emperor E Tian vanished.

From then on, the Heaven and Earth Barrier was once again imbalanced. Although the emergence of the Eternal Curse World was not as destructive as the Aurora Gate, many dimensional entrances were still torn, causing the world’s energy to become imbalanced again, affecting primarily the Human Kingdom.

Therefore, ever since, the Human Kingdom has faced an unceasing hardship.

It wasn’t until the ascension of the Dragon Emperor, who constructed several Heavenly Demon Towers within the Heaven and Earth Barrier, known as the Dragon Prison Secret Realm, that the forces emanating from the newly torn dimensional entrances within the Heavenly Demon Towers were subdued, restoring peace and tranquility to the Human Kingdom, marking a grand achievement of the Dragon Emperor.

Of course, the reason the Dragon Emperor could construct the Divine Dragon Tower of Heaven and Earth was thanks to learning from Emperor E Tian’s energy study secrets, which contained clear instructions on constructing the Heavenly Demon Towers. Emperor E Tian intended to inform his successors how to handle dimensional tears and maintain control in case of world energy imbalances.

Therefore, destroying a Heavenly Demon Tower is equivalent to ripping open many dimensional crevices.

Instantly, the energies of those dimensions would madly surge forth, destroying the energy balance throughout the world. Though this means even greater disasters for the Demon Land, because these opened dimensional crevices mostly target the Demon Territory.

Thus, the consequences of destroying a Heavenly Demon Tower are extreme; it’s unknown how much land would be torn apart, how many volcanoes would erupt, how many tsunamis would occur, or how many mountains would be leveled.

"So, Your Majesty the Empress, I truly cannot do this, unless the Divine Dragon Temple were to take over my Heavenly Demon Tower, or even fully invade the Demon Territory, only then would I have the right to act." The Demon Prison Manager said, "Moreover, the order must come personally from the Demon Emperor."

Empress Dienie said, "Very well, now is already the final moment. The Demon Emperor, to acquire the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline, has already stepped into the trap, entered the construction of Danzhou Plane in the Lunar Holy Palace, and is imprisoned within his own mind domain. The army of the Divine Dragon Temple has already gathered in the Ten Thousand Mountains, ready to advance southward at any moment."

Then, Empress Dienie took out an energy scroll and unfurled it, declaring, "This is the decree of the Demon Emperor. It orders you to destroy the Heavenly Demon Tower during the millennium lunar eclipse, tearing open many dimensional entrances to cause energy backflow and disrupt the energy balance of the world. If necessary, destroy two, even three towers!"

The Demon Prison Manager shivered violently again.

He knows of the millennium lunar eclipse!

In this world, there is a total lunar eclipse every few hundred years, but a true dark lunar eclipse only occurs once in several millennia.

Because there are two moons in the sky, regardless of whether the other moon is an energy reflection, there are indeed two moons.

When the two moons, the sun, and this Dragon Demon Planet align, a complete dark lunar eclipse occurs, which is the total lunar eclipse.

When the millennium lunar eclipse comes, the moon will completely lose its energy projection onto the terrestrial world.

Thus, the Lunar Holy Palace will temporarily lose its energy control over the Danzhou Plane.

Speaking of which, it seems unreasonable, because the total lunar eclipse is actually the Dragon Demon Planet blocking the moon, preventing the sun’s light from reaching the moon, yet the energy on the moon can still project onto the ground.

However... all energy from the moon originates from the sun. Once a total lunar eclipse occurs, the energy emitted to the moon by the sun will be completely blocked by the Dragon Demon Planet, causing the entire moon to lose its energy source instantaneously. So, energy operation partially halts.

A dark total lunar eclipse only happens once every few millennia, and the actual time of complete energy cut-off is very brief, lasting less than three seconds – only during those three seconds does the Dragon Demon Planet entirely block it.

Only within these three seconds does the Lunar Holy Palace lose control over the Danzhou Plane. Nonetheless, the Danzhou Plane continues to operate according to its original energy inertia.

As is known, the Danzhou Plane is a constantly changing and distorting plane, crossing space, time, and other dimensions, continuously changing, akin to a constantly auto-updating system. And the system administrator is the Lunar Holy Palace.

However, during the dark total lunar eclipse, there are three seconds when the Lunar Holy Palace loses control over the Danzhou Plane. At that time, the Danzhou Plane will be in a paused state, maintaining a fragile balance through energy inertia.

Yet at this time, Lanling is still unable to escape his mental prison.

So, by having the Demon Prison Manager destroy the Heavenly Demon Tower, a multitude of dimensional entrances are torn open instantly, powerful energy within begins backflowing, instantly destroying the world’s energy balance, thus completely dismantling the energy balance maintained by the inertia of the Danzhou Plane.

By then, theoretically, the entire plane laws of Danzhou will dissipate instantly, all plane prisons will also disintegrate instantly, and Lanling can immediately escape.

This is Lanling’s plan, an unimaginably insane plan.

After hearing Dienie’s words, the Demon Prison Manager was silent for a moment and then said, "As commanded!"

It was always the way; even before Lanling became the Demon Emperor, he frequently asked him to break the rules, let alone now, as Lanling is the Demon Emperor.

It truly isn’t a rule-abiding energy life form.

"Do you know the timing of the millennium lunar eclipse?" Dienie inquired.

"I do know!" the Demon Prison Manager responded.

And then, he quietly began counting down: "12600, 12599, 12598..."

Dienie said, "Remember, if destroying one isn’t enough, destroy two, or three, keep going until the Demon Emperor responds."

"As you command." The Demon Prison Manager said: "12569, 12568..."

Next, Di Nie and the Demon Prison Manager began counting down the seconds simultaneously...

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"12567, 12566..."

At this moment, Yao Xing was also counting down.

The time was almost up. It released an energy mark and left it in the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, like a beacon.

Then, it left immediately.

"Whoosh..." Yao Xing flew away from the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, using less than ten percent of its energy, constantly shuttling through the twisted planes of Danzhou.

Constantly shuttling, shuttling, shuttling...

"Puff..."

Suddenly, the view opened up, and Yao Xing burst out of the Danzhou plane, flying continuously northward.

In just half an hour, Yao Xing had flown tens of thousands of miles, reaching the Heaven and Earth Barrier, directly entering the entrance of the Dragon Prison Secret Realm.

In this world, there was no place it could not go. Moreover, it was the highest form of energy in this world, capable of truly hiding in the invisible. Only its master could detect its presence.

Otherwise, the Divine Dragon Temple had successfully captured the Dragon Emperor, and even captured the Demon Emperor, but they were always unable to capture Yao Xing, only hoping it would exhaust its energy and get lost within the Danzhou plane, never thinking of capturing and imprisoning it.

Therefore, when it entered the Dragon Prison Secret Realm, even if there were several hundred powerful Temple Priests of the Divine Dragon Temple here, they would still have no chance of realizing its presence.

Entering the first Heavenly Demon Tower of the Dragon Prison Secret Realm, Yao Xing called out: "Where is the Dragon Prison Manager?"

Suddenly, a light flashed, saying: "Lord Yao Xing, where is the master?"

Its reference to the master was, in fact, the Dragon Emperor.

They were undergoing a very special energy exchange, and even if there were Temple Priests of the Divine Dragon Temple within the Dragon Prison Secret Realm, they would have no chance of noticing.

"The master has been imprisoned by the Divine Dragon Temple. I am working on a rescue plan." Yao Xing said, "I order you to destroy the Divine Dragon Tower when the millennium lunar eclipse arrives. One tower isn’t enough, make it two, or even three!"

The Dragon Prison Manager muttered to itself: "Analyzing permissions, Yao Xing’s authority surpasses the Divine Dragon Temple. Analyzing execution feasibility, seventy-five percent..."

It was evident that this Dragon Prison Manager’s energy life form was much more rigid compared to the Demon Prison Manager.

"Affirmative." The Dragon Prison Manager said: "There are people cultivating in the Dragon Prison Secret Realm now, should they be informed to leave?"

"No need." Yao Xing said.

"As you command." The Dragon Prison Manager said: "Starting countdown, 7199, 7198, 7197..."

...

In the Sky Holy Palace, the four giants sat in a small meeting room.

In front of each of the four, there was an hourglass.

There was also an exquisitely refined crystal clock, almost identical to the ones on Earth, but far more refined and accurate, surpassing even Swiss luxury watches in precision.

Time ticked away, second by second.

The four giants were all waiting for the arrival of the millennium lunar eclipse.

Gu Ban suddenly said: "Zhi Yan and Huai Bingyi have already gathered all the legions. Shall we go to war?"

Shi Tian and Tian Daoqi exchanged a glance, then nodded: "Go to war!"

...

"Go to war!"

With the command, the Divine Dragon Temple Legion led by Zhi Yan and Huai Bingyi, along with three giant airborne fortresses, crossed the border of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, advancing into the territory of the Flame Demon Empire.

Aimed at the still under-construction Tower of Heavenly Fiends and Deities, they opened fire.

At the same time, the imperial consort of the Flame Demon Empire, Northern Territory Prince Na Xue, led six Hell Knights and an army of a million, charging fiercely forward.

The two armies erupted like a comet crashing into the Earth, exploding instantly.

The war between the Flame Demon Empire and the Divine Dragon Temple burst forth fiercely!

And in the prison plane of Danzhou, Lanling sat cross-legged in the air, across countless planes, using planar divine power to assist Na Xue and the Hell Knights in battle.

Meanwhile, with closed eyes, he silently counted down in his heart.

5000, 4999, 4998...

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