As the sun set behind the western mountains, nightfall followed.

The moon had just started to rise, attempting to light the path of escape for the Human Race, yet it was quickly obscured by the thick mass of dark clouds.

Above the frigid Gang Winds of the Nine Heavens, golden-armored Demon Gods wielding sharp weapons looked down upon the various tribes of the Human Race. Their gazes were likened to beasts eyeing their prey and farmers admiring their domestic fowls.

From the day the Human Race was born, the Demon Clan had never once deemed them worthy of a direct glance.

Nuwa was revered as the Wa Emperor by their Demon Clan, a Saint of their own—almost all of the Demon Clan firmly believed in this!

In fact, whether it was Emperor Xi or Wa Emperor who were worshipped, both were Innate Great Gods born at the dawn of Creation of Heaven and Earth, having no relation to the Demon Clan.

It was simply because many of the Demon Clan had received blessings from the two Innate Great Gods, they spontaneously worshipped them.

When Demon Emperor Emperor Jun established the Heavenly Court, he took the opportunity to honor Fu Xi as Emperor Xi and Nuwa as Wa Emperor, using these empty titles to pacify and unify the people's hearts.

In reality, neither Fu Xi nor Nuwa had ever publicly acknowledged their joining of the Demon Clan.

But considering that they were both guests in the Zixiao Palace, they hadn't actively stepped forward to expose Emperor Jun's scheming, allowing him to leverage their reputations to sway and appease the masses.

This led many in the Demon Clan to firmly believe Nuwa was a Saint of the Demon Clan!

Some Demon Gods even made the outrageous claim that Nuwa created the Human Race to serve as the blood nourishment for the Demon Clan!

Such a rumor was widespread among the Demon Clan.

Even though most knew this to be a baseless absurdity, many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Demon Clan took these words as sacred decrees, showing no mercy in the slaughter of the Human Race.

They did not fear retribution from Nuwa.

For in their eyes, the Human Race was meant to serve as their blood nourishment!

To them, killing humans for their blood was a matter of course!

It was the same principle as humans rearing poultry, slaughtering and consuming them once they were fattened.

At this moment, in the pitch-black darkness of the land, scattered torches flickered like twinkling stars, casting a soft orange glow that merged into a sea of stars.

It was impossible to distinguish between heaven and earth at this moment.

Only the persistent flashing lights in the distance and the piercing screams reminded one of the terrifying reality.

Whether it was the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in the sky or the warriors of the Witch Clan on the ground, they were all like malevolent spirits, ruthlessly claiming lives under the cover of darkness.

On this barren land shrouded in the darkness of night, the fate of countless Human Race members was unknown as they met with calamity, their Essence Blood extracted by both the Witch Demon and Demon Clans.

Unquestionably, Shouyang Mountain, crowded with numerous members of the Human Race, had become the main battlefield coveted by both the Witch Demon Clans.

Some Great Witches transformed into giants as tall as mountains, crushing tens of thousands of the Human Race underfoot; while some Demon Gods revealed their gargantuan True Bodies and inhaled, swallowing thousands of humans with a single breath...

Xuan Du, Guang Chengzi, Yun Xiao, and the other Saint's Disciples stood courageously against the Witch Demon Clans during this critical moment when the Human Race was on the brink of extinction and dealt them heavy blows.

However, they were ultimately few in number and could not slay all the Witch Demons in an instant.

Furthermore, there were powerful Great Witches and Demon Gods among the Witch Demon Clans, with strength equal or even superior to these disciples when it came to Dao Xing.

Nevertheless, led by Daoist Xuan Du, the Saint's Disciples, each armed with a Spiritual Treasure bestowed by a Saint, were not without means to confront those Great Witches and Demon Gods.

In particular, Daoist Xuan Du, already possessing Daluo Dao Xing and wielding the Tai Chi Diagram and the Earth Leaving Flame Light Flag, made it so that even Great Witches and Demon Gods could not withstand many moves against him.

During this time, Yu Yuan also did not stand idly by, slaying two Demon Gods and crushing a Great Witch with his hammer.

Such actions caused Jiutian Xuan Nu, who had previously been skeptical of him, to be startled, promptly making excuses to approach him and speak words like "blind to a superior" and "all misunderstandings."

The Yun Xiao sisters also approached.

However, they did not do so with an ulterior motive like Jiutian Xuan Nu, but rather because Yu Yuan's Dao name was the same as a great power they knew of, so they came to inquire about the relationship between the two.

Yu Yuan neither revealed his identity nor outright denied it.

The astute and composed Yun Xiao sisters immediately understood his meaning and didn't voice it out loud, but their eyes could not hide the excitement and gratitude they felt.

Just then, a deep voice resonated down from the Nine Heavens.

"Who dares to obstruct my Heavenly Court's army here?"

A powerful being descended from the Nine Heavens, the low voice carried no hint of emotion.

Even hearing this voice, Jiutian Xuan Nu and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

The one who came was the Fei Lian Demon Saint of the Heavenly Court.

The night was already half over, and seeing that there were hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and hundreds of Demon Gods stationed at Shouyang Mountain, yet reports of the fall of some Demon Gods still surfaced, he personally came to investigate.

The Demon Clan was in a race with the Witch Clan to seize the Saint Blood and could not afford to lose this battle!

"Reporting to the esteemed Demon Saint!" A Demon God saluted with his fist, his voice grave as he reported: "It's the Great Master Xuan Du, a disciple of the Human Sect Saint, along with disciples from the two doctrines... These Saint's Disciples are too powerful; dozens of Demon Gods have already fallen to their deadly hands!"