Primordial Era: Starting with slaughtering all the gods and Buddhas in the sky

Chapter 91

The golden light in Huang Chen's eyes finally plunged completely into the depths of his consciousness, like a red-hot meteorite crashing heavily into the center of his soul. The next instant, the system notification sounded in its entirety, cold yet grand, making his eardrums throb.

【Ding! 】

[Obtained the prototype of a supreme treasure - the Seal of the City of Humanity's Flame]

Current status: Not fully developed

[Rank: Unknown]

[Note: Inheriting the torch of humanity, gathering the protection of all living beings, stabilizing the fortune of a city, and nurturing the vitality of a region]

[Warning: The host's current cultivation level is insufficient; he can only passively bear the effects and cannot fully activate them.]

Huang Chen felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a little blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

This thing is too heavy.

It wasn't that he was sinking into his physical body, but into his destiny, into cause and effect, as if the entire newly born city of fire had been pressed into the very marrow of his bones.

At the foot of the tower, Ashi called out again.

"grown ups!

'

Huang Chen then looked down and glanced at him.

"I'm fine."

'

His voice was not loud and was a little hoarse.

Ah Shi's pale face relaxed slightly, and he quickly raised his hand to wipe his eyes.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Old Tie craned his neck and stared for a long time, then swallowed hard.

"You call this okay?"

"Your face looks like a dead person's."

'

Huang Chen twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't respond.

He slowly loosened his fingers from the edge of the prison monument, his palms covered in bloodstains, and his knuckles were still trembling slightly.

The nascent city seal in his sea of ​​consciousness hung silently, with the ball of fire in the center beating extremely slowly. With each beep, he could feel the veins beneath the entire Flame City tremble slightly.

Li Chenshuo suddenly spoke.

"Go down first."

"Don't stay standing at the center of the formation."

'

Huang Chen hummed in agreement.

He stepped off the fire altar, his knees wobbling slightly as he landed. Ashi rushed over, reaching out to help him, but dared not actually touch him, and could only anxiously pace around beside him.

"My lord, shall we return to the quiet room first?"

"I'll go and ask someone to send the medicine."

'

"Replace the guards again. The city was in chaos today, and many people are still recovering—"

"Shut up."

Huang Chen uttered three words.

Ashi immediately shut his mouth.

Old Tie grinned and muttered under his breath as he watched from the side.

"Only you could handle this kid like that."

Huang Chen raised his hand and pressed his brow.

"Is the city in chaos?"

"Nothing's wrong."

'

The old buddy replied immediately.

"After last night's battle, everyone was like crazy. They were exhausted, but their energy was frightening."

Those who received dried meat and medicine set up sheds outside the city, with women and children sleeping around fires, while night patrollers walked in circles.

"Some people didn't believe they had actually survived, so they went to touch the city wall in the middle of the night."

'

"After touching her, she squatted there and cried."

After listening, Huang Chen remained silent for two breaths.

The wind blew through the city, carrying with it the smells of firewood, blood, hot porridge, and a mixture of fresh mud and tobacco ash. The smell wasn't pleasant, even a bit pungent, but it was far better than the smells in the Demon Cave, the Blood Pool, or the Spirit Cooking Workshop.

This is the taste of a living person.

Li Chenshuo looked at him.

"Take a half-day break first."

"I'll keep an eye on the city's defenses."

'

Huang Chen shook his head.

"We can't rest yet."

'

He closed his eyes and sensed his internal energy. The injuries from the great battle hadn't fully healed when the system's lottery forced in a nascent form of a supreme treasure. His consciousness and physical body felt as if they had been repeatedly crushed, leaving him numb with pain.

But he could sense that the city was different after the city seal was placed.

It's not just a formation, it's not just a wall.

It's like a small brazier that was just lit suddenly having a piece of really hot coals pressed into it.

"Ashi".

'

"Yes, sir."

"Organize all the people, food, wounded, and able-bodied men that have been gathered in the past two days into a book."

'

"Yes."

"Also, find all the literate people in the city, and teach them if there aren't enough."

Starting today, Fire City will establish rules: a military register, a worker register, and a patrol register.

Ashi nodded emphatically as he heard the rise and fall of his chest.

"Understood, sir!"

The old man rubbed his hands together.

"And what about me?"

Huang Chen glanced at him.

"Go ahead and swear at people."

The old man was stunned.

"what?"

"Whoever is lazy, whoever steals, whoever causes trouble, go and scold them. If you can't scold them, then hit them."

'

Lao Tie grinned.

"I'm familiar with this."

'

The people around him chuckled softly, and the tension that had been building all night finally eased a little.

For the next two days, Fire City was unusually peaceful.

During the day, some people repaired walls, some leveled the ground, some buried corpses, and some cooked porridge. At night, bonfires lit up one after another, and the cries of children gradually subsided, replaced by hushed conversations, coughs, the clanging of metal, and distant shouts of drills.

Huang Chen didn't stray too far from the city center.

While healing his wounds, he used the Humanitarian Flame City Seal to perceive the pulse of the entire city.

That thing couldn't be truly activated, but as long as it hovered in his sea of ​​consciousness, every wisp of smoke, every breath of life, every fear and hope of the City of Fire would subtly converge upon him, like countless tiny warm currents seeping into his bones and blood.

On the morning of the third day.

The sky was unusually high.

There wasn't a single cloud in sight.

The wind was gentle.

The newly erected flags outside the city walls fluttered slightly in the morning light. Women washed bloodstained strips of cloth by the waterwheels, while several boys ran along the street carrying wooden spears, shouting work songs as they ran. Old Tie was squatting on the city gate steps, munching on a dry biscuit, cursing the lazy new recruits next to him with every bite.

Ah Shi, carrying several thick volumes of bone paper scrolls, was running towards the city center.

"grown ups!

'

"The list of names cleared out last night—"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stopped.

It wasn't just him.

The entire city seemed to be held down by something.

The wind stopped.

The flag stopped moving.

A man on the city wall, about to bring down his mallet, froze in mid-air.

A string of water droplets splashing up from beside the waterwheel seemed to slow down suddenly, stopping in a shimmering arc in the sunlight.

Huang Chen suddenly looked up.

The sky hasn't changed.

Still clean, azure, and empty as if nothing were there.

But the next moment, a crack silently appeared in the center of the sky.

It wasn't thunderclouds, demonic energy, or any spatial rift that Huang Chen had ever seen before.

It was as if someone had lightly scratched the entire sky with their fingernail.

The crack was extremely fine, and then it slowly opened up.

There was no light inside.

There was no black either.

There was only an indescribable indifference.

The Humanity Fire Seed City Seal in Huang Chen's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled, and the central fire seed jumped violently.

The Prison Suppression Stele, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and even the blood and qi within the body were all forced to sink downwards in that instant.

One eye.

It slowly emerged from behind the crack.

Those don't look like the eyes of a living being at all.

too big.

It was so large that even when only a corner of it was visible, it seemed to fill the entire sky.

His gaze was cold and devoid of any emotion, not even malice, like someone looking down at a speck of dust or a swarm of ants.

Ashi knelt down with a thud, scattering the bone paper scroll in his hand all over the ground.

"grown ups……"

His voice trembled and cracked.

The old man had already stood up, not even bothering to pick up the pancake that had fallen on the ground.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Li Chenshuo and his companion, standing atop the outer city wall, turned around almost simultaneously, staring intently at the sky.

For the first time, the coldness on his face completely changed.

"Not an incarnation."

'

"It's like watching from a distance."

Huang Chen felt a tightness in his chest.

Just being seen made him feel as if his bones were about to crack. His Celestial-level blood and energy, which were originally enough to shatter mountains and veins, now seemed to be trapped in a boundless sea of ​​mud, circulating extremely slowly.

The system did not respond.

But his mind was roaring.

The supreme divine eye paused for a moment, as if confirming something. Then, deep within the rift, a figure blurred past, too distant to be clearly seen, only an aura of law that transcended all things descended.

Huang Chen clenched his teeth little by little.

Master Xuan Yao.

That high and mighty old man from the Jade Purity Daoist Court.

He didn't even come in person.

I only glanced at it from beyond the heavens.

Then, he extended one finger.

The sky darkened.

It wasn't that dark clouds covered the sky, but rather that all the light lost its color when that finger appeared.

It started as just a small dot.

Hanging behind the crack.

Then it became increasingly clear that if one could only read one fantasy novel in their lifetime, it would probably be *The Primordial Era: Starting with Slaughtering All Gods and Buddhas*. It grew larger and larger, like white jade, or perhaps celestial bones, its entire body composed of laws of extreme purity, its surface flowing with countless Dao patterns too intimidating to behold. It pierced through cracks, through the high heavens, through space and distance, moving slowly yet with an almost unhurried, yet undeniably crushing force, pressing towards the City of Firewood.

It hasn't really landed yet.

The newly built earthen slopes outside the city have begun to crumble.

The city's protective barrier rose up on its own.

First floor, second floor, third floor.

The Xuan Yin array flags, the Humanity Law Net, and the ignited fire nodes throughout the city vibrated simultaneously, with light patterns spreading upwards in concentric circles, barely forming a huge semi-circular light shield above the city.

next moment.

Click.

The first layer cracked.

It didn't explode.

Like thin ice being gently crushed by someone's fingertips.

Ashi was ashen-faced. He tried to get up, but his knees felt like they were being crushed by a mountain, making it impossible for him to stand. He could only look up and stare intently at Huang Chen.

"My lord... I can't move..."

Huang Chen also had difficulty moving.

That oppressive force wasn't directed at the physical body; it pressed directly on one's destiny, soul, vital energy, and karma. It was as if the entire world suddenly decided you shouldn't exist and then swarmed towards you.

The old man's forehead veins bulged, his hands braced on the ground, and he cursed until his voice cracked.

"Hold!

'

"Fuck his ancestors!"

"They won't even let people live after building a city?"

! "

Inside the outer city, cries and screams finally erupted.

Some tried to escape, but collapsed to the ground after only two steps. Others hugged their children, burying their heads tightly in their arms.

Some people knelt down in the heart of the city, their voices barely audible.

"City Lord!

'

"Lord, save me—"

Li Chenshuo withstood the oppressive aura and walked down the wall step by step.

With each step he took, the soles of his boots left blood-like cracks in the stone bricks.

"Huang Chen!"

"This is a quasi-saint attacking from a distance; if you can't block it and try to block it head-on, you'll die!"

'

Huang Chen didn't turn around.

His bones were creaking all over, but his eyes remained fixed on the giant finger that was getting closer and closer in the sky.

The second layer of the city's protective formation also began to collapse. The light barrier was slowly crushed by an unseen force, emitting a piercing friction sound.

It wasn't killing.

Huang Chen suddenly realized it.

That finger held neither the brutality of a massacre nor the madness of bloodlust.

It's colder.

Even emptier.

It's like erasing a mistake.

It's like someone casually flipping through a book, noticing dust on the corner of a page, and then reaching out to brush it away.

City of Fire and Fire.

Humanity flag.

A new order.

The blood that flowed from him and these people.

In the eyes of that Venerable Xuanyao, he probably didn't even qualify as an "enemy," but was merely an eyesore of karmic traces.

So he held up one finger.

I wiped it off.

The fire in Huang Chen's chest surged up suddenly, and along with his blood and qi, it made his throat taste metallic.

"Ashi!"

Huang Chen's voice was hoarse, but he kept it very steady.

"Listen up, people of the city."

He took a sudden step forward, and the bluestone beneath his feet shattered with a deafening roar. He used the Humanitarian Fire City Seal to forcefully amplify his voice throughout the entire city.

"Why are you kneeling?"

"The sky hasn't fallen yet."

'

The giant finger continued to fall.

The third layer of the city's defensive formation shook violently, and the fire in the altar at the city's center was suppressed to a mere wisp, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.

But just as Huang Chen opened his mouth, the Humanity Fire Seed City Seal in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled.

The scattered energy of the city seemed to be pulled back by that one sentence.

Not everyone can stand up.

But some people are crying and clutching the hands of the people next to them.

Someone shielded the child behind them and looked up at the sky.

Some people were trembling all over, but they still gritted their teeth and straightened their backs little by little.

Old Tie spat out a mouthful of blood, braced himself on his knees, and actually managed to stand up halfway.

Did you hear that?!

'

He roared in all directions.

"Stop fucking crying, all of you!"

'

"The city lord is still standing!"

Ashi's face was covered in tears and sweat. His fingernails dug into the ground, and all ten of his fingers were worn raw and bleeding. Finally, he slowly pushed himself from a kneeling position to a half-squatting position.

He looked up at Huang Chen, his voice hoarse from shouting.

"grown ups!

'

"I am here!"

That shout seemed to set the entire city ablaze.

It wasn't a sudden burst of fire.

It's the pent-up anger in a person's heart that's about to be extinguished.

The Humanity Fire Seed City Seal in Huang Chen's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly shone brightly, and the central fire seed truly pulsed for the first time. Every bonfire, every wisp of smoke, and every person who refused to bow their head in the city resonated with it from afar at this moment.

The system notification sound finally rang out.

【Ding!

An external force erasure-level impact detected!

A rapid increase in humanitarian sentiment has been detected!

】

[The prototype of the Supreme Treasure, "Humanitarian Flame City Seal," is currently undergoing passive resonance!]

Huang Chen suddenly raised his hand, his five fingers spread wide.

The city's central fire altar, the city's protective array base, the humanistic law net, the remnants of the prison-suppressing monument, along with the surging blood and qi within his body, were all pulled together in that instant. The nascent city seal in his sea of ​​consciousness, which was not yet fully solidified, was forcibly dragged half an inch out from the depths of his soul.

"Get up!"

boom!

The entire City of Firewood trembled simultaneously.

Cracks spread across the ground, the city walls shook violently, and many wounded soldiers and children were knocked down by the tremors.

Just as that giant finger of the Heavenly Dao pressed down a hundred feet above the city, a phantom yet extremely heavy Xuanhuang city seal suddenly appeared above Xinhuo City.

It is incomplete.

The edges are severely blurred.

The surface texture is incomplete, and the flame in the center is still very young.

But as soon as it appeared, the entire city's energy was united into one.

The giant finger pressed down.

The city seal is on top.

There was no earth-shattering noise at the moment the two made contact.

There was only one kind of grinding sound that made your teeth ache and your scalp tingle, like two millstones, one on top of the other, slowly grinding together above the City of Fire.

Huang Chen's arms bulged with veins, and his shoulder and back bones cracked one by one.

The stone bricks beneath his feet collapsed inch by inch, almost crushing him into the ground. Blood gushed from his nose, ears, and mouth, and even the corners of his eyes were split open with blood.

Ashi crawled forward like a madman.

"grown ups!

'

The guy tried to rush over, but was tackled to the ground as soon as he took a step.

Li Chenshuo gripped the long spear tightly, so tightly that the shaft bent.

"Huang Chen!"

The divine eye in the sky remained indifferent.

It's like looking at a grain of sand that dares to hold up the sky.

The Xuanhuang City Seal creaked under the pressure, and fragments of light kept popping out from its edges, as if it would completely dissipate at any moment.

But the clusters of fires in the city did not go out; instead, they burned brighter and brighter in the wind.

Someone started shouting.

"City Lord!"

One.

two.

ten.

One hundred.

The entire city of Firewood was in chaos, with cries, shouts, and screams all mixed together, eventually merging into a single word.

"withstand--"

Huang Chen growled in his throat and raised his hands another half an inch.

The Xuanhuang City Seal was forcibly raised one level.

This is the front line.

From the depths of the crack in the sky, a very soft, cold snort suddenly came.

Like impatience.

It seems ridiculous.

The next instant, the Dao patterns on that giant finger suddenly lit up, and the pressure increased dramatically.

Huang Chen's chest suddenly sank, and his knees slammed into the gravel with a thud.

The Xuanhuang City Seal shook violently.

Many people in the city coughed up blood on the spot.

Ashi's eyes turned red. He climbed behind Huang Chen and pressed his hand on Huang Chen's back. Even though it was no use, he still tried his best to push forward.

"grown ups!

'

"I'll cover for you!"

Old Tie also crawled over cursing and slapped A Shi on the back of the shoulder.

"Go to hell! One person can't hold their own!"

"I'm going too!"

'

Li Chenshuo stared ahead, gritted his teeth and stepped forward, pressing down on the remnants of the Prison Suppression Stele with one hand, forcefully pouring all his murderous aura and blood power into it.

"To hold the line!"

'

Three, four, a dozen, even dozens of chaotic forces gathered in the heart of the city in a way that was almost laughable.

The divine eye in the sky remains cold.

Huang Chen suddenly smiled.

His face was covered in blood, and he was grinning savagely.

"Wipe my city away?"

He stared at the sky, his voice slowly escaping through clenched teeth.

"Give it a try."

Deep within his sea of ​​consciousness, the seal of the Humanity Fire Seed City suddenly leaped.

The fire was lit.