Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 1616: Chapter 1654: Battle Record

In the eyes of the crowd.

The earth split open with a crack, and a tall middle-aged man, dressed in blue, with an air of righteousness, flew out from the underground.

It was Xingyuan Venerable!

Jiang Fan raised an eyebrow, noticing something peculiar.

If it were in the past, he wouldn’t be able to tell, but with his perception in the Divinity Transformation Realm, he saw that the Xingyuan Venerable before him was merely a paper figure.

"Junior greets Xingyuan Venerable."

Xingyuan Venerable looked at the round moon Divine Ring on the back of his head, with deep gratification on his face:

"How is True Words?"

This time, it was Jiang Fan’s turn to feel guilty, he said: "Quite... quite good."

Xingyuan Venerable added, "Then after you returned, did you communicate?"

Jiang Fan felt even guiltier: "A bit of deep communication."

Xingyuan Venerable’s eyes lit up with joy, it seemed the two of them had resolved their past differences.

He patted Jiang Fan’s shoulder with satisfaction: "Entrusting True Words to you, I am relieved."

"You two should engage in more deep communication and understand each other well, even though you aren’t in harmony now, feelings will grow over time."

"I believe you will both be happy."

Jiang Fan’s heart was pounding.

Thankfully, Xingyuan Venerable didn’t know that he and True Word Venerable were already husband and wife in reality.

Otherwise, being a leader of Confucianism, he would never allow an unmarried daughter to lose her chastity.

"Ahem, Venerable, first tell us about the current situation in Hunyuan State."

"We all came for the great battle against the giants."

Ice Heart Venerate looked at Jiang Fan’s guilty demeanor from afar and laughed, covering her mouth: "Is it your turn today?"

She intended to cause him a little trouble, but upon hearing about the great battle, she withdrew her mischievousness.

She also hurried over, examining Xingyuan Venerable, and said: "Where is your true self?"

Xingyuan Venerable did not answer but first looked around, filled with gratitude:

"You all have gone through great battles, surely suffering the loss of relatives and friends, making it hard to accept, yet you came for the great battle in Hunyuan State, my apologies."

"I bow to thank you on behalf of Hunyuan State."

He bent down and gave a deep bow to everyone.

Jiang Fan said seriously:

"Senior, you overestimate us. If Hunyuan State falls, how can the other eight states remain safe?"

"The fate of the Nine States of Central Earth is one; since the Ancient Giants have come with all their might, we must gather all our strength to thoroughly battle them!"

A thousand-year war, it should come to an end!

Whether we succeed or fail depends on this battle!

Ice Heart Venerate secretly nodded, except for the stain of stealing her bellyband, Jiang Fan was impeccable in other aspects.

She said: "Our Holy Spirit State not only brings Nascent Souls and Divinity Transformations, but Wan Yun Sage will also personally come."

"Our Holy Spirit State stands or falls with Hunyuan State!"

Xingyuan Venerable was slightly moved.

"With you united compatriots from Central Earth, even if we lose this battle, we have no regrets before future generations!"

"Now let me tell you about the battle situation in Hunyuan State."

"As you have seen, Hunyuan State lost!"

"Two hundred and eighty-three sects are now erased, over four thousand Nascent Soul Confucian Practitioners lie eternally in this land."

"Now only over thirty sects remain, three hundred Nascent Soul Confucian Practitioners."

"Hunyuan State’s thousand-year foundation was emptied in one battle."

Jiang Fan’s heart clenched tightly.

He had anticipated a grim battle in Hunyuan State, but he didn’t expect such brutality!

Over four thousand Nascent Soul army is more than twice that of Taicang State.

In the end, only three hundred remained!

And out of over thirty sects, nine out of ten were destroyed!

If the states hadn’t arrived in time, all living beings might have been almost wiped out!

Ice Heart Venerate’s delicate eyes trembled with deep sorrow:

"Were the enemy tribes you encountered this strong?"

Xingyuan Venerable gave a bitter smile: "Above us was the Blood Moon Royal Court."

"It had a Blood Moon King, thirty Giant Kings, plus three thousand Ancient Giants."

"The most troublesome part was a blood pool that could convert our Human Clan."

Jiang Fan closed his eyes.

The Blood Moon Royal Court’s strength was twice that of Hunyuan State!

This was already a deadly situation, similar to Taicang State.

And with the deadly Ancient Blood Pool, how could Hunyuan State avoid a great defeat?

Xingyuan Venerable looked compassionate:

"Many Nascent Soul Confucian Practitioners refused to be converted and perished together with the enemy in battle."

"So, though we were nearly annihilated, the Blood Moon Royal Court also suffered great losses, with less than a thousand Ancient Giants remaining."

"Giant Kings, seven out of ten were gone."

"Five-star Giant King, Blood Moon King was severely wounded by me through Confucian techniques, unable to recover."

"Later, the Great Wine Sacrifice informed the various states, and the Blood Moon King, fearing entrapment, led the remaining forces back to the Connecting Sky Black Pillar, waiting for the gathering of Ancient Giant armies."

Jiang Fan showed reverence.

Hunyuan State had fought and destroyed twice as many enemies as themselves.

Two thousand Ancient Giants equivalent to Nascent Soul Middle Late Stage, theoretically, Hunyuan State needed two thousand Nascent Soul Middle Late Stage Confucian Practitioners.

But Hunyuan State had at most a bit over a thousand.

On the Divinity Transformation Realm level, it was with fifteen Divinity Transformations that they destroyed over twenty Giant Kings!

To achieve such a battle record, likely among Hunyuan State’s Confucian Practitioners were the tragic and solemn stories of Taicang State’s Nine Aperture Nascent Soul like moths to a flame and Tingtian Bodhisattva offering themselves to the tiger.

He murmured: "Hunyuan State, though defeated, is still honorable."

Xingyuan Venerable shook his head and said: "Everyone was inspired by your Taicang State."

"One of the weakest states, with only three to five Divinity Transformations, and not even five hundred Nascent Soul Middle Late Stage."

"Yet it was the first to gain a great victory, first bringing a glimmer of hope to Central Earth."

"Thus, the Confucian Practitioners used your Taicang State as an example, fiercely battling the Ancient Giants, shedding their last drop of blood."

Strong figures from the various states all simultaneously looked at Jiang Fan.

Ice Heart Venerate also couldn’t help but cast a curious glance: "How exactly did your Taicang State fight this battle?"

She only knew that Taicang State won, but didn’t know what the enemy’s strength was like.

It seemed that Black Sun Royal Court should be the weakest among the Heavenly Nine Divisions.

That Taicang State could win was partly due to their fearless demeanor, but also due to Black Sun Royal Court being the weakest.

Jiang Fan calmly said: "Black Sun Royal Court’s one thousand Ancient Giants were wiped out, all eight Giant Kings were slain."

Everyone understood.

Indeed, Black Sun Royal Court was the weakest, with only eight Giant Kings; any state could handle it easily.

But Jiang Fan added: "Additionally, we completely annihilated the Ninth Army of the Central Tribe."

Huh?

Ice Heart Venerate raised her eyebrows, exchanging looks with Xingyuan Venerable.

She realized that Xingyuan Venerable shared the same doubt.

Did they mishear something?

Did the Central Army really descend upon Taicang State and get annihilated?

Xingyuan Venerable exclaimed in shock: "The information I have is that the Ninth Army has a Five-star Giant King, and forty Giant Kings."

Jiang Fan recalled the fall of Tingtian Bodhisattva, Jian Lanjiang, and the five assisting Divinity Transformation Venerable, and his face showed no pride.

Only heaviness.

"Yes, the Ninth Army descended upon Taicang State in two batches."

"We went through three great battles in succession, and finally, sacrificing many lives, we completely annihilated the Ninth Army."

Instantly, silence filled the place.

They silently calculated in their hearts, Black Sun Royal Court’s eight Giant Kings, plus the Ninth Army’s forty, isn’t that...

Nearly fifty Giant Kings?

But how many Divinity Transformations did Taicang State have?

Even with reinforcements, there were only a dozen of them, how did they wipe out fifty Giant Kings?

As a reinforcement, Red Dust Venerable shamefully said: "Though I assisted in the last battle, I did not kill even one Giant King."

"Half of them were slain by Starfire Venerable."

"Oh, including the Ninth Army’s Five-star Giant King, Netherworld King."

Clang——

The atmosphere solidified.

Someone’s sword slipped from their hand, falling to the ground, making a crisp metal collision sound on the stone.