Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

When the scale of war expands to an unimaginable extent, strategy and tactics in the ordinary sense lose their original meaning.

The border between the thirteen eastern states and the Wanling Domain stretches for over 20,000 li. Although towering mountains rise along the border and great rivers flow into the vast ocean, they cannot stop the army's advance.

Demons possess benevolent bodies, humans possess benevolent hearts.

High mountains and great rivers were insurmountable barriers for the army of Daqi, but they could not stop the demon army of a certain race.

The diversity of races and their physiques adapted to the natural environment allow the demon race to fight under any harsh conditions.

In other words, the entire front line stretched for over 20,000 li, and any location could become the target of a small force's attack.

If a full-scale war breaks out, there is no perfect defense plan.

Because of these complex reasons, Jun Cheng'an never intended to defend from the very beginning. He used the Apocalypse Warship, betting most of his trump cards, and took the concept of offense as defense to the extreme.

No one cared what caused the war, nor did anyone care whether the Great Qi killed the demon children first, or whether the demons killed the people of the Great Qi first.

Similarly, no one cared whether the general the demon race demanded had actually committed some heinous crime.

As a result, the traditionally conservative Demon Kingdom of the Myriad Spirits Domain acted out of character, sending a large army to the border and forcing the Great Qi to hand over the murderer.

Amidst the undercurrents swirling in the Great Qi court, the moment the reason for war was presented, the outcome was already predetermined.

For Jun Cheng'an, this border conflict can be described as a godsend, giving him the possibility of consolidating his military power and disrupting the existing court structure.

In the fourteenth year of the Tian Shun era, the war between the Great Qi and the Demon Alliance of the Myriad Spirits Domain broke out in full force.

In the first year, the Great Qi army, mainly composed of local troops from the thirteen eastern states, mobilized a total of over six million troops, with thirteen armies attacking the border of the Myriad Spirits Domain.

The Apocalypse warship hovered above the Eastern Pole Pass, blotting out the sun, and its roaring cannon fire leveled the small hill inhabited by the demon race.

In just one year, the Great Qi Empire made rapid progress, capturing seventy-six demon cities and killing more than 700,000 demons, achieving a near one-for-one exchange and a resounding victory.

Compared to the vast number of humans, the demon race in the Myriad Spirits Domain is much rarer, making it much more difficult for them to reproduce or develop intelligence.

The total number is only about 100 million, which is only one-fifth of the total population of Daqi.

The reason it has reached its current number is because the Myriad Spirits Domain is the only continent among the Nine Domains that is dominated by the demon race. With countless demon kingdoms of all sizes, it has attracted demons from all over the world to settle here, which has led to the prosperity of the Myriad Spirits Domain today.

Correspondingly, the demon race is born with a powerful physique.

Even a relatively weak rabbit demon, once it grows up, can easily kill a farmer who toils in the fields year-round.

If it were a powerful group like a tiger demon, bear demon, or lion demon, even a team of thirty or fifty strong men would have a hard time defeating a single adult demon.

Only trained armies and martial arts practitioners can fight these demons.

This is a difference in race, a characteristic bestowed upon each living being by heaven and earth, which can only be compensated for through cultivation after birth.

Throughout their long history, humanity has developed a wide variety of cultivation methods, including internal energy cultivation, physical cultivation, mental cultivation, mechanisms, and formations...

While the demon race has also created some methods, most of them still specialize in physical strength.

In contrast, most human martial artists place less importance on physical strength and focus more on cultivating true qi and internal energy.

Their drastically different paths of development destined the human race to grow ever stronger, while the demon race remained stagnant and was gradually driven out of the most fertile lands.

In the war of the fourteenth year of the Tianshun reign, the Qi region achieved a great victory.

When the news reached back, public morale was greatly boosted.

Throughout the country, everywhere you look, there are pro-war advocates—in brothels, restaurants, elegant residences, teahouses, small towns, farmlands…

Everyone was discussing the war on the frontier, and everyone proudly held their chests high.

On the streets and alleys, vendors who used to keep their heads down now stretch their necks and walk with their heads held high.

Even the beggars on the roadside who were struggling to make ends meet could chat with him, excitedly discussing things with the other beggars.

The Emperor is wise and benevolent! The Emperor is mighty and powerful! Those sons of bitches will be utterly destroyed!

Whether they can get any food tonight depends on whether their shouts can satisfy the common people and even the wealthy.

What? You're asking me if I've ever seen a monster in my life, and if I even know what a monster looks like?

You can tell from this that you haven't read many books. Books say that demons are the most evil, and they look grotesque and eat people every day.

That was a man-eating monster! The Emperor was able to defeat such a monster; shouldn't we be grateful and sing his praises day and night?

You said you haven't eaten for two days? You're starving! Could you please have some food for me?

Where did this filthy beggar come from! Get out of my way! Don't dirty my eyes!

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"Damn it! It was their people who first invaded our territory and wantonly captured our children! What's wrong with us seeking revenge? And now they're even turning around and accusing us of invading them!"

"That's right, these damned humans have been capturing our children for years, selling them at high prices to powerful families on their borders. Countless children have lost their lives because of this over the centuries!"

"These children are the future of our respective races; how can we allow humans to treat them like commodities for sale?"

"This cannot be tolerated! Absolutely cannot be tolerated! Today they cede one city, tomorrow two, over and over again. Sooner or later, the last pure land of my demon race will be occupied by the human race. When that time comes, where will my hundreds of millions of demon compatriots live?"

"The Great Qi are insatiable. More than a hundred years ago, they seized vast tracts of our land and massacred countless compatriots. Now they have returned once again, wantonly encroaching on our territory and slaughtering our people..."

"King of the Heavenly Dogs, do not be agitated. The human race is powerful, and the Great Qi is the most powerful human empire in the Nine Domains, with numerous soldiers, generals, and experts. How could we possibly be their match?"

"#####! If we can't win, we just give up? Are we supposed to hand over the land where our ancestors have lived for generations? And watch them kill our people?"

"Fight! This battle is a must! And it must be fought fiercely! Otherwise, sooner or later, our descendants will all become commodities in the cage of humanity!"

"We can fight, but we need a unified set of rules. Otherwise, with tens of thousands of demon kingdoms acting independently like this, we simply cannot stand a chance against the Great Qi!"

"Don't humans have emperors? Let's imitate their model and elect a temporary demon emperor to lead the entire demon alliance during the war and fight the humans to the death!"

"Easier said than done. We demon kings don't care, but the powerful demons under our command are all unruly and unwilling to submit to each other. Who will become the demon emperor?"

"After all that babbling, if you ask me, this so-called Demon Emperor should be rotated among the thirteen Demon Saints! Let's wipe out those damn humans!"

"My Sirius clan thinks it's acceptable!"

"My Tengu clan agrees!"

"The Snow Fox clan agrees!"

"The Azure Phoenix clan has no objections!"