The Sword God traveled by sword, traversing thousands of mountains and waters, stopping at the Supreme Academy midway.
Using his demigod senses, he observed Zhou Yang diligently cultivating in the training room, nodded with satisfaction, and then departed.
He passed through a wilderness and entered the Gui Xu.
The fierce beasts began to increase in number, and at a glance, all sorts of fierce beasts were everywhere, like cattle and sheep on a grassland.
"It's been over a month since the last cleanup, and the number of fierce beasts has more than tripled. I'll take this opportunity to clear out the Gui Xu."
After all, his Supreme Academy was at the forefront of the Gui Xu, and if a beast tide erupted, they would be the first to bear the brunt.
He drew his sword and charged, his sword stroke unleashing ten thousand sword shadows, filling the sky and earth with the silhouettes of swords.
*Puff!*
*Puff!*
*Puff!* The sounds of slaughter were endless as fierce beasts fell by his sword.
After clearing out a batch of low-level fierce beasts, he continued deeper into the Gui Xu. Along the way, he encountered several new spatial rifts, which he ruthlessly destroyed with his sword.
"Our human race is undergoing a great change. Before things stabilize, we should avoid any unnecessary complications." He frowned and, with another sword strike, annihilated a large group of fierce beasts.
Thus, he journeyed on, leaving a trail of fallen fierce beast corpses behind him.
The next morning.
With a single sword stroke, he decapitated three ninth-tier fierce beasts, shook the blood from his blade, and continued onward.
By now, he had entered the depths of the Gui Xu, where the fierce beasts were also more powerful, with ninth-tier beasts everywhere.
His combat was not as effortless as before, but ninth-tier fierce beasts were not infinite. After killing over a hundred of them, he managed to scare them away.
The Sword God, not bothering to pursue, sheathed his sword and prepared to enter the World of Fallen Gods.
"Roar!" Suddenly, a piercing roar echoed from afar, drawing his attention.
He frowned and was about to investigate when he detected a familiar aura.
"This is... the Alien Beast Realm?"
The Alien Beast Realm was the Wind God Dragon Realm, the enemy of the Gui Xu War.
Months ago, he had personally destroyed the spatial rifts to the Wind God Dragon Realm. Had they reopened them again?
With some suspicion, he quickened his pace, casting several stealth skills along the way to conceal his aura and form.
Finally, he understood the reason for the roar.
He saw a silver-white cat emerge slowly from a spatial rift and then heard it say, "With the power of the Dragon God, guided by our clan's spatial energy, we have finally rediscovered this world."
It raised its feline head, its silver eyes flashing with a dangerous glint.
The Sword God was slightly surprised because, in his perception, this cat was a demigod-level alien beast.
In the previous great battle, their demigods had not appeared, and they were defeated in haste. Their spatial rifts were also destroyed by him, so the demigods never even got a chance to participate.
This time, they had returned, most likely for revenge.
What to do?
"This Gui Xu War is unavoidable, no matter what. Then I won't avoid it!" The Sword God gritted his teeth and quietly retreated a few steps.
Instead of entering the World of Fallen Gods, he went to Central City to deliver the news to Lord Yan.
Lord Yan was greatly alarmed, "I knew that a world with gods couldn't possibly lack demigods. They are now coming aggressively, and we must respond in a timely manner. Even if they come, we are not afraid, for we are no longer the humans of the past!"
Years ago, they had almost failed. It was only Lin Yu's kamikaze tactic that caught the enemy by surprise, and the Sword God's demigod power that destroyed their spatial rifts, that allowed humanity to triumph.
That battle had been too perilous.
This time, their human race was no longer the same and would surely be viewed with new respect.
It would have been better if they hadn't come, but since they were here, it was a perfect opportunity to show them the current strength of the human race.
The Sword God said, "You quickly invite the demigods from the major races. We must deploy our troops in the Gui Xu in advance."
Their human race currently controlled a vast territory of 300,000 li, and there were many races with demigods. Although they were not obligated to submit to the human race, they had to help if the human race encountered danger.
Lord Yan nodded and immediately said, "Alright, I'll notify them at once!"
The Sword God grunted and said, "I've scouted the area. They've only sent one silver-eyed cat and haven't fully opened the spatial rifts yet. Based on my experience, it will take at least ten days to open the rifts, so we have time to prepare. There's no need to rush."
"I'm just worried about unexpected changes," Lord Yan's eyes showed evident concern.
The Sword God nodded and chuckled, "At worst, we can just ask Lin Yu to come out. What's the big deal?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Yan burst into laughter, "Hahaha, that's right. When you mention Lin Yu, I feel completely at ease."
The thought of Lin Yu effortlessly killing demigods sent a wave of reassurance through him.
"However, Lin Yu is currently at a crucial juncture of his breakthrough. We shouldn't disturb him for now. Let's set up our defenses first. Also, I'll make a trip to the World of Fallen Gods to find some treasures."
"What treasures are you looking for?"
"Broken demigod artifacts and divine artifacts. These things are not uncommon in that world."
"Find me a suitable one."
"Will do!"
With that, he departed.
...
A flash of light.
The scenery before the Sword God's eyes changed drastically, and he found himself in the World of Fallen Gods.
Emerging from a cave, a large pit caught his eye.
"That battle was truly brutal!" he sighed.
After a moment of contemplation, he chose a direction to travel. His destination was an ancient battlefield.
In the past, he dared not go there because of the aura of fallen gods underground, but now he was fearless.
Several divine corpses had already perished, so the weaker divine corpses dared not emerge. He could now search for broken divine artifacts with peace of mind.
Upon arriving at the ancient battlefield, his figure was noticed by residual souls of gods lurking in the shadows.
"What is he doing?"
"A mere demigod dares to come to the ancient battlefield? I'll kill him!"
"Are you tired of living? Have you forgotten whose backing he has?"
"Right, right, that human is too powerful. Even the residual souls of God of Light and others are dead. We should be cautious."
"That's right. As long as he doesn't bother us, let him do as he pleases."
"..."
A group of residual souls chose to lie low and ignore the Sword God.
After searching for a while, the Sword God only found a few broken demigod artifacts, all severely damaged. However, the materials were excellent, and if melted down and reforged, they would become new demigod artifacts.
"There are quite a few demigod artifacts here, but divine artifacts are too rare!" the Sword God muttered.
He searched for a long time but found no broken divine artifacts.
Suddenly, he sensed something and discovered the aura of divinity under a giant willow tree.
He strode over and chuckled, "So this divine artifact can still move!"
He swung his sword and shaved away the topsoil, revealing a dagger that was rapidly moving in the dirt.
"Come here!" He unleashed a large hand seal, and an energy hand grabbed the dagger, snatching it into his grasp.
Opening his hand, he saw that the dagger was broken, but still incredibly sharp.
He put it away and continued his search.