Beyond the Timescape

Fighting raged in all the universes in the staging areas of the eastern theater. God armies poured forth from various locations, like unstoppable blades surrounded by mutagen. Intense fighting broke out around the dao flags in all the universes.

In some universes, the altars atop which the flags stood were reduced to ashes in an instant. The dao flags were contaminated by mutagen, and crumbled into dust. The cultivator armies in those locations were very unlucky. Some experienced mutation, some were enslaved by the gods, and some just died horrible deaths. It was a brutal scene.

However, in some universes, the altars stood strong. The dao flags continued to emit immortal energy, and the defending cultivators stood against the gods. But a price was paid. The battlefield soon reeked of blood and gore.

Taken in as a whole, the staging areas of the eastern theater were full of endless slaughter. The central army of the eastern theater arrived to provide backup. That army fought back and forth with the army of the gods. They were like dogs snapping at each other. Casualties were inflicted on both sides.

Death dirges rang out constantly! The eastern theater had turned into a brutal, blood-soaked grindstone.

As the grindstone turned, gods and cultivators alike were sucked in, their bones crushed, their flesh pulverized, their souls eradicated. Blood oozed out. And thus, everything became stained with red.

Eventually, it was like a blood-red lantern, flickering on the battlefield between the Fourth and Fifth Star Ring. Gradually... it attracted some attention. However, it was only a dimly flickering light, not enough to attract a lot of attention. The light needed to be brighter. The smell of blood and gore needed to be stronger.

More god armies arrived. More cultivator troops showed up.

Each side had different goals. But all of it served to make the fighting in the eastern theater grow more intense. There was no respect for life in war. There were only ideals and viewpoints that motivated each side to fight and kill.

To the gods, these cultivators were lower beings insulting their superiors. They were trying to overthrow the rule of the gods. If it had been something far, far away thēy might have ignored it. But the Fourth Star Ring was simply too close to the Fifth Star Ring. And the Sixth Star Ring was special. What was more, there was a new God Lord, and that meant thēy needed sacrifices. Because of that, the gods in the Fourth Star Ring had to wage war.

In contrast, the cultivators didn’t think of themselves as lower beings insulting their superiors. They were fighting for freedom. They were fighting to escape slavery. As humans, they were inherently strong-willed. Once they stood up, they would be unyielding! They would never bow down again!

And thus, the slaughter grew increasingly intense.