Of course, Han Xuanji did not voice these thoughts. Instead, he replied:
"You need not worry about the safety of the Wu Race World. I never intended to let the Wu Race World take the brunt of the attack; doing so would be meaningless."
In truth, at his current Realm, the factors deciding the scales of victory were never the combatants below the Limitless Primordial level. Even the weaker Limitless Primordial Powerful Experts couldn't influence the situation much.
Only top-tier combatants standing at the peak of Chaos, like the Immortal Ancestor and the Supreme Divine Venerable, could truly determine the outcome.
Currently, the Immortal Extermination Alliance had the Demon Ancestor, the Dragon Ancestor, the Star Ancestor, and others, while his side had the Immortal Ancestor, the Supreme Divine Venerable, the Taishang Dao Venerable, the Yuanshi Dao Venerable...
There were also experts like the Nirvana Dao Venerable at the Middle Stage of the Limitless Primordial. Thus, Han Xuanji wasn't panicked at all; he even felt like laughing.
"Is that all?"
The Immortal Ancestor nodded slightly and agreed:
"Xuanji is absolutely right. The core of this great war is the duel between us. Your responsibility as Ancestral Wu is not to head-on resist the main force of the Immortal Extermination Alliance, but to prevent any stragglers from intruding into the Immortal Domain and harming living beings."
Upon hearing this, the doubts and panic in Di Jiang's heart vanished instantly.
He had always worried that the Wu Race would be used as pawns to take the blow and be sacrificed for nothing. Now, hearing the words of Han Xuanji and the Immortal Ancestor, he finally set his mind at ease and understood that Han Xuanji had already planned everything with confidence.
"Thank you, Dao Venerable, and thank you, Father God! I understand. I will return now and pass down the order to hold the defensive line firmly. I will not fail the trust of the Dao Venerable and Father God!"
Di Jiang still didn't change his way of addressing them. After speaking, he left excitedly.
Clearly, he wanted to share this good news with his brothers and sisters.
...
Time flew by.
On this day, outside the Immortal Realm.
The Demon Ancestor, leading the Immortal Extermination Alliance, had already arrived at the outermost defensive line of the Immortal Realm. He turned to look at the countless armies surrounding him; their collective Aura was incredibly vast.
The Demon Ancestor's Aura rose to its peak, and his voice rang through Chaos like thunder, reaching the ears of every expert in the Immortal Extermination Alliance. His tone was impassioned and highly inflammatory:
"Everyone! Today, we gather here for one purpose: to trample the Immortal Realm and seize the secret of transcendence!"
"That Xuantian Dao Venerable is indeed powerful, perhaps the one with the most terrifying Breakthrough speed in the history of Chaos!"
The Demon Ancestor changed his tone and said:
"But it is precisely this Heaven-Defying strength that proves he hides a monumental secret—one that is surely closely related to the Dao Ancestor's method of transcendence, or perhaps even a shortcut to Transcendence!"
"As long as we slay Xuantian Dao Venerable and seize the secrets he holds, every one of us will have the chance to break through our shackles, step onto the path of transcendence, and escape the constraints of the will of chaos!"
The Demon Ancestor's voice became even more fervent.
"The Immortal Realm is but a tiny place. No matter how strong Xuantian Dao Venerable is, he cannot stop us, nor can he stop the five of us, the top experts of Chaos, from joining forces! Today, let us trample the Immortal Realm and seize the Opportunity for Transcendence together!"
The Demon Ancestor's words ignited the blood of countless experts present.
Looking around, in this army, there were quite a few Limitless Primordial experts, and those who had stepped into the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm already exceeded a million.
Such a grand gathering of experts was the most exaggerated in the history of Chaos!
"I didn't expect to face such a peerless expert today..."
"I previously heard that Xuantian Dao Venerable is the number one Prodigy of Chaos. Even the world I come from has rumors about him."
"It's fine. With so many experts joining forces, let alone one Xuantian Dao Venerable, even a few more would have to die!"
"Let's go! Trample the Immortal Realm!"
Countless experts of the Immortal Extermination Alliance conversed. Naturally, those who could participate in such a battle were not weak; the lowest cultivation level was at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal rank. Those with lower cultivation wouldn't dare to participate.
The Qi of these people surged, and the Aura they condensed was incredibly majestic, as if it were about to completely swallow the entire Immortal Realm.
At this moment, a figure in green robes slowly stood at the highest point of the Immortal Realm's outermost defensive line, his sleeves fluttering, his posture as upright as a pine tree.
It was Han Xuanji.
Alone, facing the massive army of the Immortal Extermination Alliance, he showed no fear. Instead, he carried a majestic Aura of one man holding the pass against ten thousand. The pressure around him, though not ostentatious, was enough to rival the Aura of the army, causing the surrounding Chaos Qi Sea to churn slightly.
"This Demon Ancestor is quite cautious..."
Han Xuanji said softly. He used his Divine Sense to probe the number of experts in the army: over a million Primordial Chaos Experts, including over a hundred Limitless Primordial!
According to the usual tropes, the big villain boss would underestimate the protagonist's combat power and often duel the protagonist one-on-one.
But the Demon Ancestor he faced was constantly forming alliances and consistently overestimating his combat power.
However, on second thought, Han Xuanji felt this showed he was still very low-key. Even if the Demon Ancestor overestimated him, it wasn't by enough.
"Just a hundred Limitless Primordial, with a bunch of them just making up the numbers having newly entered the Realm? Who are they looking down on?"
This scene was fully witnessed by the armies of both sides.
On the Immortal Realm's side, countless returning experts, Disciples of the Xuantian Dao Palace, and Cultivators of the Immortal Realm all felt longing and awe seeing Han Xuanji standing alone and composed.
Jiang Hao, Yun Wuji, Lu Fan, and others were also standing on the defensive line, their eyes burning as they looked at the white-robed figure, their hearts filled with shock.
"It's a pity I can't fight alongside Master."
Jiang Hao felt somewhat helpless. He didn't think the problem was that his cultivation was growing slowly.
It was that his Master, Han Xuanji, only fought high-end matches every time; he simply couldn't keep up!
Lu Fan felt this most deeply. He felt like he could only be a spectator every time, shouting 666 from the sidelines. Back when he was a small Cultivator in the Lower Realm, he watched Han Xuanji sweep through everything alone. After Ascension, he was still watching Han Xuanji sweep through everything...
And now, even after reaching the peak of the Immortal Realm, attaining the status of Sovereign Human Emperor, and entering the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm, he still could only watch Han Xuanji sweep through all enemies.
Yun Wuji thought to himself: "When will I have such strength and such majesty, to dare face a billion-strong army alone?"
Other Disciples of the Xuantian Dao Palace more or less had similar thoughts.
Except for Xiao Bai, who had transformed into a White Tiger. Although he looked ferocious on the outside, his eyes were lazy.
It was as if he were saying: "When does the fight start? I want to go home and lie down after it's over."
Having accompanied Han Xuanji through countless battles, although he basically never exerted any effort, they won every time...
Xiao Bai indicated that he was already used to it.
The Immortal Ancestor hid his presence nearby and was in no hurry to act. Looking at Han Xuanji, he nodded slightly, a gratified smile appearing on his lips as he remarked:
"Xuanji indeed has the style I had back in the day."
Beside the Immortal Ancestor, the Taishang Dao Venerable and the Yuanshi Dao Venerable stood side by side, their eyes also full of emotion and complex expressions.
The Taishang Dao Venerable spoke slowly, his tone carrying a hint of sighs:
"Indeed. I thought Fellow Daoist Han was just a gifted junior, but I didn't expect his strength to be far above ours already. Truly, the new generation surpasses the old."
The Yuanshi Dao Venerable nodded slightly in agreement:
"With him and Lord Immortal Ancestor here, the Immortal Realm is safe."