Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 157 The Balance of the Four Great Clans
All 50,000 demon cultivators possessed by the Heavenly Demon were mobilized to launch a full-scale attack on the dozen or so purple-gold dragons.

The other demon cultivators continued their attack on the righteous energy that enveloped Tianshui City, hoping to weaken it.

However, the 200,000 cultivators in the city, seeing more than a dozen giant dragons appear, became even more motivated and attacked the demon cultivators.

The Heavenly Demons have an innate fear of dragons, and even when they bow down to demon cultivators, they dare not go all out.

However, the dozen or so dragons did not confront the Heavenly Demon head-on. Instead, they continuously spewed purple-gold mist to surround the demon cultivators who were being possessed by the Heavenly Demon.

Jinlan quickly called for other demon cultivators to provide support, attacking the purple-gold mist to help the Heavenly Demon slay the giant dragon.

The battle quickly reached a stalemate, with the 200,000 cultivators in the city, aided by their righteous energy, fighting to a draw with the 500,000 demon cultivators.

The dragon then resorted to guerrilla warfare, exhaling a breath of purplish-gold mist before immediately hiding within the righteous energy that enveloped Tianshui City.

The demons were already overwhelmed by the purple-gold mist, and dared not rush into the golden light to fight the dragon.

"Brother, contact Father. We must send more men!" Jinlan made the decision immediately.

"Little sister, I'm afraid we can't spare any more troops, otherwise the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty will launch a counterattack!" Jin Peng declined.

"There shouldn't be any major problems with the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty for the time being; Father will make the arrangements," Jinlan said, unwilling to give up.

"Little sister, look!" Jin Peng was about to contact his father in desperation when he suddenly noticed a golden light surging towards him from afar.

"They're going to attack us!" Jinlan exclaimed in alarm. "Brother, contact Father immediately!"

Jin Peng's speed in contacting Jin Hong was not as fast as the speed at which the golden light rushed in. All the demon cultivators outside Tianshui City were surrounded by the golden light!

Donglai Ziqi had no time to play with the demons, so he directly transferred all the righteous energy maintaining the Golden Path and 100,000 cultivators outside Tianshui City.

The 500,000 demon cultivators were immediately in danger. Jinlan urged Jinpeng to contact his father while she quickly gathered the demon cultivators together.

However, the purple aura from the east gave her no time at all. Under the fierce attack of 300,000 cultivators, the golden light's encirclement grew smaller and smaller.

"Little sister, Father wants us to make peace with Zi Dong!" Jin Peng shouted as soon as he contacted his father.

"What?!" Jinlan frowned, glanced at the 500,000 demon cultivators surrounded by golden light, and nodded helplessly.

"Zi Dong, let's make peace!" Jin Peng shouted to Jin Guang outside the city as soon as Jin Lan agreed.

"Eastern purple aura, can you annihilate all 500,000 demon cultivators within the golden light?"

Zi Dong scouted the situation outside Tianshui City. If he could annihilate all 500,000 demon cultivators, then capturing Demon Heaven Peak would be a piece of cake.

"Do you know the consequences of annihilating 500,000 demon cultivators?" Donglai Ziqi asked, somewhat annoyed.

"What consequences?!" Zi Dong was taken aback by the question; he really couldn't think of anything.

"Once these 500,000 demon cultivators are completely annihilated, the major powers of the Central Continent will join forces to destroy the Daoist sects of the Eastern Continent!" Donglai Ziqi's voice was very solemn.

“Wouldn’t cultivators from the Central Continent have their cultivation suppressed if they went to the Eastern Continent? How could they possibly annihilate the Daoist sect?!” Zi Dong was puzzled.

"The major powers of the Central Continent can temporarily suppress the storm on the Stormy Sea and divert the source energy of the Central Continent to the Eastern Continent, which is enough to annihilate the Daoist sects," explained Donglai Ziqi.

"Then what are we even doing in the Western Continent?!" Zi Dong was immediately enraged. How could they play if they couldn't kill the demons?!

"Of the four great clans of the Heavenly Fortune Continent, none can be easily destroyed, as that would cause the continent's collapse," Donglai Ziqi continued, "However, none of the other three clans can stand idly by and watch one clan grow too powerful, so they must be suppressed!"

"How many people should we kill?" Zi Dong asked helplessly, not expecting that the four major clans of the Tianyun Continent would have such a tacit understanding.

"Within 100,000!" Donglai Ziqi's tone was somewhat unfriendly. This kid's murderous aura was too strong, and he had to be taught a lesson.

"Then let's kill 50,000 first and see. We must suppress the arrogance of the demon race!" Zi Dong said arrogantly.

[The demons have already made peace, and you still want to kill people?!] Donglai Ziqi is furious. As a Taoist cultivator, how can you be so utterly devoid of morality?

"The Demon Clan is only pretending to make peace. If we agree to their demands, they will attack Tianshui City again!" Zi Dong said disdainfully.

"Kill them when the demons attack again. Now that we've made peace, we can't kill them!" Donglai Ziqi rebuked.

"Alright." Zi Dong didn't insist anymore. He was just angry and wanted to teach the demons a lesson, but he didn't expect to be taught a lesson by Donglai Ziqi.

The purple aura from the east immediately withdrew its righteous energy, and the demon army retreated like a tide, restoring peace to Tianshui City.

"Father, let's ask the Central Continent for help." Jin Peng and Jin Lan rushed back to Demon Heaven Peak and made the request in unison.

“The major powers in the Central Continent are all struggling to survive, so there’s no way they can come to our aid.” Jin Hong shook his head helplessly.

"What should we do?!" Jin Peng immediately became nervous. Zi Dong alone could suppress the entire demon race, and they couldn't even gain a foothold in the Western Continent.

"I have already sent people to the Northern and Southern Continents to ask the Demon and Witch Clans for support," Jin Hong said solemnly.

"Father, haven't the demon race and the witch race already joined forces with the Daoist sect?!" Jinlan was stunned.

"Isn't that all because of Zi Dong?" Jin Hong revealed a cunning smile: "As long as we keep Zi Dong tied down in the Western Continent, the demon race and the witch race will no longer ally with the Daoist sect!"

Zhou Xinyu and Feng Qingwu received news almost simultaneously that the demon race and the witch race were harassing the Eastern Continent again, and had even entered the Western Continent.

"You mean, Master wants us to go to the Northern and Southern Continents to deal with the Demon and Witch Clans again?!" Zi Dong was taken aback upon hearing this.

“My senior brother said that as long as you appear in the Northern and Southern Continents with righteous energy, the demon and witch races will once again join forces with the Daoist sect,” Zhou Xinyu explained.

"Just taking a stroll!" Feng Qingwu was very excited; she loved doing things like this to show off.

"You make it sound so easy!" Zi Dong immediately flared up, glaring fiercely at Feng Qingwu. Did she think he was just some nobody?

“Zi Dong, what the Pavilion Master means is that you return to the Central Continent and then build a teleportation array in both the Northern and Southern Continents, which will scare away the demon and witch races,” Zhou Xinyu quickly said.

"What about the Western Continent?" Zi Dong agreed, but once he left, all the previous efforts on the Western Continent would be in vain.

"You don't need to go yourself to build the teleportation array; my clone can do it," Donglai Ziqi suddenly said.

"I don't need to go personally to build the teleportation array. You can just go back to the Central Continent!" Zi Dong instructed Zhou Xinyu in a pretentious manner.

"What about the Righteous Qi?!" Zhou Xinyu asked curiously, as she did not have the ability to control the Righteous Qi.

"Donglai Daozu's clone will help you!" Zi Dong waved his hand impatiently. With Donglai Ziqi's clone around, what couldn't be accomplished?

(End of this chapter)