[After bidding farewell to Li Lingyue, the two of you continued to pursue your respective endeavors.]
[You arrived at the Great Wastes, using the Aura of Ten Thousand Races to seek out the Four Ancestors' presence, and met them once again.]
["Benefactor! You're here!"]
[Hong Luan, who was beside the Vermilion Bird, trembled her feathers with joy at the sight of you.]
[The Vermilion Bird noticed your cultivation level.]
["Martial Saint? How did you advance so quickly?"]
[Hong Luan flapped her wings excitedly.]
["Benefactor is truly incredible!"]
[Azure Dragon coiled high atop the clouds, lowering his massive dragon head as he asked coldly.]
["Chen Yi, what do you want from us this time? We've already done as you said, forcefully bringing back all the demons who had infiltrated human territories to the Great Wastes. But those Dragon-Men you spoke of are still nowhere to be seen!"]
["Brother Azure Dragon, launching a world war is no trivial matter. The Dragon-Man tribe won't make a move until they're fully prepared."]
"Their preparation time is also our preparation time."
["Today, I've come to bring you all a distinguished guest."]
[With that, you conjured the Ten Thousand Souls Golden Banner, and a sacred radiance scattered. Within the golden curtain of light, Hu Tiangong slowly walked out.]
[In an instant, all four Ancestors' pupils trembled violently as they felt a deep, bloodline-born reverence.]
["Demon Emperor?!"]
["No, it's the Demon Emperor's son, our Demon World's Young Master!"]
[The lofty Azure Dragon dove straight down, slamming himself heavily against the ground to show contrition for his previous disrespect toward the Young Master from on high.]
[He kicked up a massive cloud of dust, causing the earth around them to shake violently.]
[The enormous White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird all prostrated themselves on the ground, expressing their loyalty and reverence to the Young Master of the Demon World.]
[Hu Tiangong's translucent soul was actually about the same size as a human's. He gazed at the four colossal creatures and let out a faint laugh.]
["I didn't expect you old fossils to still remember me from thirty thousand years ago. It seems your bloodline purity is quite high indeed."]
[The purer a demon's bloodline, the more they inherited from their bloodline memories—essentially knowing events from the previous generation, or even the one before that, or many generations prior.]
[You recounted your journey to the Demon World to the Four Ancestors.]
[Hu Tiangong corroborated your story from the sidelines.]
[Upon learning that the Demon Guardian had been tortured for thirty thousand years, all four Ancestors roared at the heavens, their fury burning so brightly it seemed to singe their hair, every single one of them bristling with rage.]
["Dragon-Man tribe!! You've gone too far in bullying my race! This hatred is irreconcilable!!"]
[In his fury, Azure Dragon flattened a mountain peak with a single sweep of his tail.]
[Hu Tiangong told the Four Ancestors that he was now a lingering soul, unable to leave the Ten Thousand Souls Golden Banner.]
[Once he separated from it, the power of the Underworld would drag him away.]
[After learning this, the way the Four Ancestors looked at you had clearly changed.]
["We implore Benefactor to care for our Young Master. Anything within the power of our Demon Tribe, we place at Benefactor's disposal!"]
[At this point, all four Ancestors were addressing you as Benefactor.]
[You had liberated the Demon Guardian, allowing the Demon Tribe the chance to produce a new Guardian, and their fortune was no longer suppressed.]
[You had brought the Demon World's Young Master—who had been adrift and unable to find release—before them, once again giving the Demon Tribe a pillar of strength.]
[Weren't you indeed the Benefactor of the entire Demon Tribe?]
[In truth, the real reason for your visit this time was to discuss something important with the Four Ancestors.]
[Hu Tiangong had been in the banner for quite some time now.]
[Sometimes you would chat with him, learning more about the secrets of the past.]
[You had discovered that he knew a way to restore the Dragon and Phoenix Corpses to Martial God-level power.]
[You had actually seen this method before.]
[It was the technique he had simulated last time to crush Huo Feihuo's demonic art—the Ten Thousand Demonic Divine Power!]
[However, that move was a mutually assured destruction technique.]
[It required sacrificing a large number of demonic beings.]
[In the last simulation, Hu Tiangong could only sacrifice demonic spirits, which fell far short of reaching this technique's upper limit.]
[If living demons were sacrificed, it would absolutely be possible to restore the Dragon and Phoenix Corpses to Martial God-level power.]
[Hu Tiangong spoke to the Four Ancestors.]
["If the Dragon-Man tribe occupies the human world, every living being in this realm will face only one fate—slaughter, to release the Mundane Qi."]
"But I've already made an agreement with Young Friend Chen Yi."
"When the day truly comes that we need to sacrifice our kin, we'll all go together and be brothers in the Ten Thousand Souls Golden Banner!"
["Once Young Friend Chen Yi's cultivation reaches the heavens, he might even be able to reshape our physical bodies!"]
[In this simulation, your words to Hu Tiangong were, of course, a bit of wishful thinking.]
[But looking to the future, in reality, you were confident you could achieve it.]
[Azure Dragon laughed heartily at the heavens.]
["Young Master need not say another word! My tribe lost our homeland, the Demon World. How can we sit idly by and watch this second home be destroyed by those Dragon-Men as well! Our lives can only be spent in killing enemies, never in dying uselessly beneath their blades!"]
[At this point, the seven Martial Gods required for the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array now included the Free and Unfettered God, Founding Ancestor Shen, the Guardian, the Great Qian Ancestor Dragon, the Dragon Corpse, and the Phoenix Corpse!]
[Only one final one was missing!]
[Although three of these six were deceased, as long as they could exert Martial God-level power, they could still serve as Formation Cores.]
["It seems now that the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array really has a chance..."]
[If the Dragon-Man tribe arrived just a little later, you might even be able to reach Martial God yourself through hard work!]
[Hu Tiangong returned to the Ten Thousand Souls Golden Banner, and you bid farewell to the Four Ancestors.]
[On your way to the Holy Lands, you happened to come across Hua Wuyan.]
["Senior Hua? What are you doing here?"]
[Hua Wuyan was walking through the air, carrying a flower basket.]
[With every step she took, her body would move forward a significant horizontal distance. You had no idea what movement technique that was.]
["I've come to see an old friend."]
[You looked around and realized this place seemed somewhat familiar.]
[You knew who she had come to see.]
["Is it your Master, the Great Demon?"]
["Mm. With him, your Seven Luminaries Immortal Array will gain another Martial God Formation Core."]
["Does he still have Martial God-level power?"]
[You knew that this Great Demon was also one of the past Guardians, except he practiced demonic arts.]
[And he had died long ago, turning into a forbidden land within the Great Wastes, occasionally wreaking havoc on the surrounding demon tribes.]
["He hasn't retained his power so much as he has never completely died. A single obsession keeps his remnant soul eternal and undying. At a critical moment, he can still restore Martial God-level power."]
["Since there might be a need for cooperation in the future, why not come with me to meet him?"]
[You nodded and followed Hua Wuyan to the Hundred Death Mountains.]
[Hua Wuyan stood at the mountain peak, speaking toward the Great Wastes Forbidden Land, which was billowing with thick black smoke.]
["Master, I've already found what you needed. I hope that in the future, you will fulfill your promise and contribute your strength by setting up this array against the enemy for this child."]
[Two clusters of blood-red light lit up within the forbidden land, like a pair of eyes.]
["You truly found it? Don't you dare deceive me! Otherwise, there's no need for the Dragon-Man tribe—I'll slaughter the entire human world myself!"]
["How could I not know your methods? I wouldn't dare deceive you."]
["Good! Going back on my word and inviting heart demons is not something I do! Rest assured, when this child calls for me, I will surely act!"]
[With those words, a beam of dark light shot toward you.]
[You wanted to dodge, but Hua Wuyan signaled that there was no need.]
["This is the mark Master left on you. Through it, you can summon him at any time. However, don't use it until it's time to form the array. He's only willing to act once."]
[At that moment, your heart surged with emotion.]
[The seven Martial Gods needed for the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array—through a patchwork of sources and methods—had finally been assembled!]

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