Wu Shattered Star River

Time passed quickly, and another half-year went by.

During this time, Jiang Han spent his days either in secluded cultivation or listening to news of Xuan Ji and healing… Xuan Ji.

In half a year, Xuan Ji returned three times, each time heavily injured. The Demon race didn't arrange for a Great Demon to kill him, only dispatching Demon Emperors.

Xuan Ji grew more courageous with each battle, not fearing ordinary Demon Emperors. After fighting for a while, he would successfully retreat.

Each injury was caused by the arrival of a powerful Demon Emperor, forcing him to retreat when he couldn't withstand them.

Accompanying Xuan Ji's repeated injuries, the eighty-eight interfaces of the second line of defense dwindled. In just one year and nine months, only fifteen interfaces remained; the rest had been completely conquered.

Over ten million soldiers from the Heavenly Court side had died in battle, including one Immortal Emperor.

"Prepare to withdraw!" Ziwei, the Heavenly Emperor, issued the order. The second line of defense had stalled them for nearly two years, which was enough.

Based on their calculations, the Azure Emperor should have already been resurrected, right? Would another year be enough for him to recover his battle strength?

The Demonic Seed within the Jade Emperor's soul should be almost refined, right? With the Jade Emperor's battle strength restored and a leader in charge, perhaps the situation would improve?

Of course, all of this was based on Ziwei Heavenly Emperor's calculations. What if the Azure Emperor couldn't be resurrected? What if the Jade Emperor needed several more years to refine the Demonic Seed?

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor had no choice but to defend step by step, striving for more time.

A month later, Jiang Han began to withdraw early. This time, the retreat was relatively far, directly withdrawing to a great world near the Heavenly Immortal Court called the Taiwang Realm.

This interface was almost the last line of defense before the Heavenly Immortal Court. If the Taiwang Realm were breached, the God and Demon armies could directly reach the Heavenly Immortal Court.

The Taiwang Realm was the base camp for the third line of defense; its fall would signify the breaking of the third line.

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor and the others had all teleported to this interface, including the Heavenly Emperor, the Earthly Emperor, Qiu Yu, and Qingchen Layman.

Jiang Han was placed in a huge manor, the residence of Ziwei Heavenly Emperor, next to the manor where the Longevity Heavenly Emperor resided.

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor's placement of Jiang Han here made her intentions clear: anyone who touched Jiang Han would be declaring war on her.

After the experts withdrew, the army began to retreat, gradually falling back to the third line of defense.

The third line of defense was weak but vast, long, and large.

From the second line of defense to the boundless starfield of the Heavenly Immortal Court was all the third line of defense, encompassing over ten thousand interfaces, or more than ten thousand Immortal Kingdoms.

The citizens of a small portion of these ten thousand-plus interfaces were not evacuated; only the majority were moved. The rest were prepared to stay and fight to the death.

At the same time, armies would be stationed in each major interface, along with experts.

If the God and Demon armies wanted to attack the Heavenly Immortal Court, they had to pass through these ten thousand-plus interfaces.

They only had two choices: either charge straight in or clear the way, conquering these ten thousand-plus interfaces.

The essence of this line of defense lay in the fact that experts would be scattered and hidden. Except for the Heavenly Emperor level, no one else knew where the experts would be lurking.

The Heavenly Court had spies, but their level wouldn't be too high, certainly not at the Immortal Emperor level.

Even if there were Immortal Emperors who were spies, they wouldn't know the troop deployments.

All the interfaces were sealed off. To know if there were experts lurking inside, they had to attack and open a blind box.

Perhaps some interfaces would be blasted open, only to find no experts inside, allowing a few Demon Kings to occupy it.

Or perhaps an interface would be stormed, only to reveal several Immortal Emperors lurking inside!

Everything was unknown, which would cause great trouble for the God and Demon races, delaying them and allowing for ambushes that would cost them many losses.

Each interface had hidden teleportation arrays, which were top-secret. In situations where they couldn't withstand the enemy, the experts inside could teleport away.

Therefore, it would take a long time for the God and Demon races to conquer these ten thousand-plus interfaces, costing them many soldiers and experts.

Of course…

The God and Demon races could ignore these interfaces, charging straight into the Taiwang Realm and then concentrating their forces to attack the Heavenly Court.

But their rear would be cut off, with interfaces everywhere. The Heavenly Court armies and experts could ambush them from every interface.

The God and Demon armies in the void would be like rootless duckweed, groping in the dark without any intelligence.

The most important point!

If the Heavenly Court colluded with the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall and secretly mobilized experts to ambush them, then Xue Lun, Shen Tianwen, and the others might be able to escape, but those God Emperors, Demon Emperors, God Kings, and Demon Kings might not escape, because these ten thousand-plus interfaces could intercept them.

Xue Lun and Shen Tianwen learned the general situation of the third line of defense from the spies. They didn't dare to make a decision and separately sought instructions from the Demon Ancestor and the God Lord.

Several days later, the Demon Ancestor and the God Lord both sent messages, instructing them to slowly advance, clearing the way!

The God Lord and the Demon Ancestor shared a relatively unified view: as long as the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall didn't participate, the Heavenly Court would definitely be unable to resist the strength of the God and Demon races.

Since victory was assured, there was no need to take risks. It didn't matter if the time was prolonged. They considered it normal for an extermination war to last thousands of years. Only a few years had passed so far?

As for the Azure Emperor's resurrection, the God Lord and the Demon Ancestor didn't care. The two supreme powerhouses had absolute confidence that they could openly crush the Azure Emperor and the Jade Emperor.

Even if the Azure Emperor were resurrected, wouldn't it take him several decades to recover his peak battle strength?

Therefore, the Demon Ancestor and the God Lord weren't in a hurry and chose the most稳妥方案, pushing forward step by step.

… …

"Alright!"

After learning that the God and Demon races had begun to clear the interfaces one by one, Ziwei Heavenly Emperor summoned Jiang Han and said, "Since the God and Demon races have chosen to flatten these ten thousand-plus interfaces, Jiang Han, you can play your part when the God and Demon armies are dispersed."

Jiang Han had been cooped up in the Misty Rain Realm for two years, and he was already impatient. He asked, "Aunt Jiang, how should we fight? Tell me! Should I just charge over there?"

"Charge your head…"

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor rolled her eyes and said, "I have already sent a message to the Qintian Palace, asking them to arrange for Daoist Huang Qi to come and cooperate with you."

"Daoist Huang Qi can help you conceal your aura and help you evade the tracking of Xue Lun and Shen Qi. You can lurk in the major interfaces and ambush the enemies."

"Conceal my aura?"

Jiang Han's eyes lit up. If it could help him conceal his aura, Xue Lun and Shen Qi wouldn't be able to lock onto him, and he could easily shuttle through countless interfaces, ambushing the enemies.

"Old Brother Lu!"

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor turned her gaze to the Longevity Heavenly Emperor and said, "Since there's nothing happening here anyway, why don't you accompany Jiang Han on this trip? If the enemy doesn't mobilize a Great Demon or Supreme God Emperor, you can hide and remain still. If they do, you'll be responsible for helping Jiang Han escape."

"Alright!"

The Longevity Heavenly Emperor nodded without objection.

Among so many Heavenly Emperors, the Longevity Heavenly Emperor's defense and life-saving immortal arts were the strongest. Ziwei Heavenly Emperor had sent him after careful consideration.

With the Longevity Heavenly Emperor present, even if Jiang Han encountered danger, he would have a chance to retreat safely.

"Give it your all and kill them fiercely!"

Ziwei Heavenly Emperor turned her gaze to Jiang Han and said, "The more fiercely you kill, the higher our morale will be, and we'll be able to stall for more time!"