I only want to win over the fairy.

It would be incredibly foolish to fight to the death indiscriminately simply because the other party is an ancient demon race.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the ancient demon race has not yet broken ties with the human race and started a full-scale war, and that the ancient demon race, such as Shen Tu, is willing to cooperate. Otherwise, cooperation is basically out of the question.

You agreed to cooperate with Qiu Yuelian, and Shen Tu has expressed his desire to join your cooperation as well.

[As the disciple of the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone of Life, Shen Tu could have chosen to enter the Forbidden Zone of Life to avoid the crisis brought by Gui Ming, and wait for the new era after the other's death to participate in the path to becoming an emperor, thus proving himself as the Great Emperor. However, since you have chosen to rebel against the Lord of the Forbidden Zone and want to perform such a feat as reversing the emperor's rule, how could she, unwilling to be subordinate to you, possibly give up?]

[Then you signed a solemn oath: First, before defeating Guiming, you shall not kill each other in any way; second, when one of you is in danger, the other two must come to your aid; third, you shall do everything in your power to gather all the allies you can to work together to defend world peace.]

Should we cooperate to fight the enemy together...?

Shen Tu pondered for a moment and immediately understood what it meant. Bai was very strong and talented. He was the strongest person Shen Tu had ever seen so far, without exception. Even Gui Ming only had the advantage of going first.

Gui Ming? Hmph, he's nothing more than a relic of a bygone era, relying on the advantage of living countless more millennia than others, plus a sudden stroke of luck to act like a ruthless, scheming scoundrel. He's not even worth a fraction of Bai's worth.

If Bai were from the same era as her, or the same age, she would have beaten Bai's head to a pulp.

Unfortunately, Bai is still in her infancy. She is like a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by fish. So it's not a problem that she needs to rely on other external forces to fight against this whale that has already grown up. Although she thinks that no matter how many small fish there are, they are still small fish, she will still abide by the oath she made with others.

She checked her prestige and power among the ancient demon race and began to win them over. She had done this many times in her previous simulations, so she was naturally adept at it. However, in the past, she had always won them over to seize territory in the Nine Provinces and then fight with the human race. This time, she was winning them over and cooperating with the human race, which was a first for her.

However, for the ancient demon race, this battle was also a fight for survival, so cooperating with the human race was not unacceptable. After all, seizing the land of the Nine Provinces and going to war with the human race was ultimately just for survival, to live a better life and to obtain more benefits.

[Upon returning to the ancient demon realm, you summon the high-ranking officials of various powerful races, explaining to them that the ruler of Guiming Heaven has been reborn and has regained the strength of an emperor. You declare that the existence of this being threatens the survival of the ancient demon race, and urge the entire ancient demon race to unite with the human race to fight against this common enemy.]

"Shen Tu, our demon race's supreme leader, Li Yu, has only recently died, and you're already jumping out like this. It seems you really want to become the new supreme leader of the demon race." The chief of the Moon-Eating Rock Eagle clan was the first to stand up and refute you: "And what's the point of making peace with the human race? Have you forgotten that it was the human race who drove us out of the Nine Provinces and became the masters of heaven and earth?!"

The appearance of the first to speak out immediately prompted the other ancient demons to echo: "Since the ruler of Guiming Heaven has already regained the position of Great Emperor, are you asking us to fight against her? Isn't that courting death? Or have you already reached some kind of agreement with the human race and want to become a traitor?"

[Your doubts are growing, and no high-ranking member of the ancient demon race is willing to confront a supreme being, especially one who is the renowned Lord of the Forbidden Zone, and one who has already regained the title of Great Emperor.]

A bunch of short-sighted good-for-nothings!

Guiming is a creature of the ocean. If the other race becomes the ruler of heaven and earth and changes the world to be the most suitable environment for their growth, then every one of you will have to soak in the sea. You can survive by relying on your strength, but I don't believe that your descendants, who fly in the sky and run on the ground, can survive soaking in the sea.

Damn, I really envy the Human race.

Humans are all very capable fighters, and there are many talented people among them. They unite to fight the enemy when they encounter danger. In contrast, the ancient demon race was not only divided among its various races, but also fought each other for various reasons. When faced with a major crisis, they would just cower like turtles, which would infuriate even a snake!

Only when these demons have the upper hand and are attacking the weak will they charge like crazy, as if they're on steroids, fearing that the benefits they're about to gain will be taken away by other races within the ancient demon race.

I'll stab you bunch of idiots twice, and I'll kill you all sooner or later!

What a lack of vision!

However, using force doesn't seem to work either. After all, if he uses his strength to suppress the demons, wouldn't they immediately bow down and become his servants when they see Guiming?

What a nuisance! When did I ever need to win over this bunch of trash? They're just a bunch of opportunists who follow whoever is stronger. If I hadn't agreed to cooperate with Bai, I would have just killed the leaders and shown my strength. The rest would have obediently listened to me.

But for now... let's put in a little more effort.

Although she couldn't understand why Bai needed to win over these small fry, she knew he must have his reasons. Studying his actions would greatly help her surpass and defeat him.

[You know that getting these guys on your side requires more than just intimidation; you also need to make them understand the consequences of letting Gui Ming run rampant. For the forbidden zone of life, the world being submerged by the ocean is nothing, but for the ancient demon race, it would be a disaster for about 90% of their species. You need to get them to spontaneously stand with you and fight against Gui Ming together.]

[You first killed a few ringleaders to intimidate the clan leaders, then copied the methods of rallying morale you learned from Bai and applied them to the ancient demon race. Unfortunately, these old guys are all seasoned demons, long past the age of impulsive charges, so they weren't very interested in what you said. However, they strongly opposed the idea that Guiming, after becoming the ruler of heaven and earth, would plunge the world into a vast ocean.]

A small number of high-ranking members of the ancient demon race have begun to shift their stance.

[In February of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, after several months of effort, you successfully persuaded the high-ranking members of various powerful races within the ancient demon race to join forces with the human race to fight against the Guiming and prevent large swathes of land from being submerged by the ocean. However, in return, the ancient demon race would demand the territories of the Five Continents within the Nine Provinces.]

Qiu Yuelian had long been accustomed to the greed of the ancient demon race.

Even if you demand the entire land of Kyushu, she will only say "oh" and feel that the other party has asked for too little. She might even suggest that the other party simply take all of Kyushu and then brand the entire human race with slave marks.

After all, she had witnessed the greed of this race countless times, and she was no longer affected by it. Since she had no intention of giving anything, why would she have any emotional reaction?

After we finish cooperating with the ancient demon race, we'll turn around and kill all these troublemakers!

The greatest external enemy at present is Guiming. Once Guiming is defeated, the enemy of the human race will naturally become the ancient demon race, so at that time...

Hehehe, giving the ancient demon race a little shock to the human race.

[In March of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, at your urging, countless immortal sects, led by the nine great immortal sects of Zhongzhou, agreed to join you in resisting Guiming. They knew that Guiming was the master of the forbidden zone of Guiming Heaven, a forbidden zone of life, and that his emergence would be a sign of the dark upheaval. If they did not resist, they feared they would soon become food for the master of the forbidden zone.]

That's really good; these immortal sects are quite shrewd and pragmatic.

When they fought against the ancient demon race before, these immortal sects all felt that they could stay out of it with their own strength, or even cooperate with the ancient demon race to gain more benefits. However, Gui Ming, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, has directly shattered their illusions. After all, when the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone was born in the past, it was often accompanied by dark turmoil. Every single powerful cultivator from the immortal sects would become food for the Supreme Being to prolong his life.

Especially now that the one who has appeared is the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, the supreme among supreme beings. The mere appearance of such a supreme being is enough to terrify countless immortal sects to the point of being unable to extricate themselves. Such beings are usually rare, and their appearance is always accompanied by bloodshed and carnage.

Moreover, now that the Human Emperor Palace has lost contact, the fact that she, as the Holy Maiden of the Human Emperor Palace, has personally come to persuade them has greatly increased their credibility and sense of crisis. After all, this is the Human Emperor Palace now, and who knows if they will be next?

In May of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, all the immortal sects and ancient demon races above the Qianyuan Realm in the Nine Provinces gathered to fight against the Lord of the Forbidden Zone of Guiming Heaven.

[Bai Yi, wielding the Human Emperor's Sword, requests to serve as the vanguard and confront Gui Ming head-on.]

This battle is a battle for the survival of our race!

Chapter 167 The Three of Us Are Determined to Rampage Through the Gags (6000 words)

There are always countless troubles in the world.

Gui Ming is not the strongest enemy Bai Yi has ever encountered. In fact, he might not even be in the top ten of the strongest enemies he has ever faced in simulations.

Whether it was the simulation where he pacified the restricted area or the simulation where he transcended, Guiming could only be considered an elite monster at most, except that it was an elite monster in the later stages.

If you put a monster from the late game in the early game, its inflated stats alone are enough to cause you a huge headache.

In many games that Bai Yi has played, if the stats of late-game monsters were placed in the early game, they could even outclass a bunch of bosses. A classic example is the Forge Knight in the Old Man's Ring. If placed in the early game, it wouldn't just outclass all of them, but it would at least be stronger than some of the monsters that take over.

Gui Ming is even more monstrous than that. She is like a teardrop that was about to die, suddenly winning the resurrection match, resurrecting on the spot, and then coming to the old version of Duel Links to show people her powerful "immortal" strength. She seems to be trying to wipe out the old version of Axe Kings one by one.

The first one must be a limited edition!

If Gui Ming's original actions only threatened the people of Tianxuan Peak, now he has threatened the peace of the entire world.

In order to survive, humans, ancient demons, and other creatures living on this land had no choice but to cooperate. Without unity, they were destined for a desperate path to death.

They cannot survive without fighting! This is the struggle they must make to survive!

After entrusting the tasks of winning over the immortal sects of the Nine Provinces and summoning the ancient demon race to Qiu Yuelian and Shen Tu, you voluntarily left Tianxuan Peak to find combat forces that could serve as the main force to resist the threat from the forbidden zone of life.

You found Yu Gonghua and Bai Ze, and invited them to join forces, which they accepted.

At this stage, Yu Gonghua's combat power is not particularly strong. However, since the opponent is a celestial beast, the Phoenix, and possesses various supernatural abilities, it is possible that she could unleash extraordinary power at crucial moments.

Of course, Bai Yi's real purpose this time was not to recruit Yu Gonghua, but to bring Bai Ze into the team.

Large-scale dungeons like the Conquest of Guiming require more than just combat strength, coordination, and numbers; they also require solutions to many issues, such as logistics and finance, especially finance and logistics.

Bai Ze is quite wealthy; if they could access her personal savings, it would be enough to elevate everyone's strength to a new level.

Even disregarding Bai Ze's wealth, as a goddess of the innate Holy Spirit clan, her combat strength, though not particularly impressive, is more than sufficient for support. In this situation, any boost would be extremely significant, especially since her own strength still has considerable room for improvement. Naturally, she could fully benefit from the support effect with almost no loss.

As a teammate, Bai Ze is definitely qualified.

She might not be able to carry the whole team on her own, but she's probably the best at helping others carry the team.

Bai Ze naturally had no intention of refusing Bai Yi's invitation. The reason why her clan was almost wiped out was because of that forbidden zone supreme being.

Although the forbidden zone that destroyed her race was the Primordial Ancient Land, not the Guiming Heaven, this did not stop her from hating all forbidden zones. She gave up because she realized that she was no match for the Supreme Being, and that the Great Emperors born in the human race afterward were no match for the forbidden zones.

Since there's no way to resist, it's better to just give up and wait to die.

It's nothing more than dying of old age, or waiting for the supreme being of the forbidden zone to reappear, unleash a dark upheaval, and destroy everything.

She has a psychological trauma related to dangerous and terrifying places like the forbidden zones of life.

However, if given the opportunity to rebel against these forbidden zones, she would definitely contribute her strength without hesitation. After all, there are not many beings who dare to confront the supreme beings of the forbidden zones. Even emperors would not be willing to take the initiative to face the supreme beings of the forbidden zones. After all, how many people are willing to give up everything they have now, even their lives, to fight to the death against the forbidden zones after being subservient for so many years and fighting for so many years to obtain this power and status?

Not to mention that Bai Yi is the one who is actively driving all of this.

Don't underestimate Bai Yi just because he's not that strong now. He actually accomplished the feat of annihilating all ten forbidden zones of life. That potential alone is enough to convince me.

He is a being capable of creating miracles and opening up the future. He possesses a unique power that always turns the impossible into the possible and rewrites Bai Ze's understanding.

Therefore, she chose to follow Bai Yi's invitation.

Besides, you didn't have a choice, did you?

She looked at Yu Gonghua, who was holding her hand tightly and insisting that she accept the invitation and not allow her to refuse, and shook her head helplessly.

This guy is still as savage as ever.

[In April of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, you accepted Bai's invitation to join.]

In May of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, all the immortal sects and ancient demon races above the Qianyuan Realm in the Nine Provinces gathered to fight against the Lord of the Forbidden Zone of Guiming Heaven. Bai volunteered to lead the main force against Guiming, but was ridiculed by many powerful figures.

"Heh heh heh, where did this little brat come from? This isn't the way to stick your neck out. Didn't the Xuantian Sect teach you when to speak and when not to speak?" The Penglai Immortal Mountain Sect Master, the Heavenly Mountain Demon, sneered. "Let your sect master speak; you have no right to speak here."

Bai Yi shook his head upon seeing this.

What kind of time is this to be doing this seniority-based ranking system? But it's not like he can't understand it.

These old guys have trained for so many years, overcoming all sorts of deadly challenges and striving to break through bottlenecks. When they were young, in order to improve their strength, they had to be suppressed by those old guys of their generation and constantly humble themselves.

Now that they've finally cultivated to a high level and reached this position, seeing a lower-level cultivator, whose strength is far inferior to their own, spouting nonsense and acting all high and mighty will naturally break their guard.

Why should I have to be humble and subservient when I'm young, while you can be so spirited and confident?

—I've worked so hard for so many years to climb to this level and this position, why don't you respect me, why are you able to show off like this?

—You should get out of my way and lie obediently behind your elders.

Although Bai Yi had no intention of doing so, the reason he stood up was because only he and Xuan Yuanmeng could confront Gui Ming head-on, and he needed to use the Human Emperor Sword to gather the power of all human cultivators. However, he did not expect that simply by standing up, he would touch on the sore spot of some people.

It was wrong of me to touch on your sore spot, but I will not apologize. After all, outdated old things shouldn't set up their own rules and restrict the development of new forces!

It's because you old guys are always like this that the new generation has ended up looking like this bunch of bastards.

This cycle repeated itself until the entire Nine Provinces and the entire cultivation world were utterly corrupt.

Having already reached a state of tranquility and emptiness, you were completely unconcerned by the ridicule of others. You simply drew the Human Emperor's Sword and solemnly announced to all the cultivators present that you would become the leader of this war against Guiming.

Inside the hall, there was much discussion about you wielding the Human Emperor's Sword. As everyone debated and pondered what to do, the Xuan Tian Sect stepped forward first, acknowledging you as the leader of this campaign against Gui Ming, and openly putting pressure on the various sects and the ancient demon race: "This is the true sect leader of our Xuan Tian Sect. Our sect leader wants to become the leader in this battle. Do you have any objections?!"

Under the leadership of Qin Xin, the Grand Elder of the Eternal Night Cult, the Eternal Night Cult also fully supports you.

Although Shen Tu harbors many grievances against you and is unwilling to submit to your authority, he has stepped forward to support you as the temporary leader of the demon race, considering his three consecutive defeats to you.

[The Holy Maiden Qiu Yuelian of the Human Emperor Palace voluntarily acknowledges that you are the newly appointed Human Emperor by the Human Emperor Palace.]

See, this is trust.