Chapter 667

Chapter 667: Full Recovery

In the year 6140 of the Xia calendar, the spiritual energy surged once again.

This surge of spiritual energy was not like before, but a full recovery, allowing Cao Ying to easily regain her Tao Achieving cultivation.

Lin Jiang immediately sent people to awaken all the dormant individuals in Qingyun, while he himself took Cao Ying and others to Cloud Mountain to wake Lin Ying and Big Shadiao.

"Brother"

Lin Ying woke up from her slumber and the first person she saw was Lin Jiang, which made her happy instantly.

"Little Bird"

Lin Jiang saw Lin Ying waking up and was very happy. After more than forty thousand years, the siblings met again.

"Little Ying"

Lin Ying saw Cao Ying, who walked over with a smile and then asked Lin Jiang to leave. She knew Lin Jiang didn’t know what to say and realized he was becoming more and more silent.

Lin Jiang quickly left the cave. Lin Ying took almost half an hour to come out.

"Brother, I…"

"No need to say more. Everything is arranged. Just follow me."

Lin Jiang said, not knowing what to say. Lin Ying didn’t want to sleep, it was Lin Jiang’s insistence. They had a bit of an argument back then.

Lin Ying was sad since Lin Die’s death. Lin Jiang thought she might be depressed. If it weren’t for the Lin family’s concern, Lin Jiang might have chosen to live out his days like Gu Pingbo did.

Now, Lin Jiang is getting ready to do the same. So, when Lin Huafei’s Lin family cultivators wake up, Lin Jiang enthusiastically introduces women to them. Now, the Lin family has hundreds of people again, and even Lin Jiang has arranged their generation.

Lin Jiang brings Lin Ying and them to the estate on Cloud Mountain, where his largest Spiritual Herb Garden is located. This place was built by Lin Jiang at great expense.

Everything is ready. In the first half of the month, Lin Ying will get to know this world, guided by special people. At the same time, she will restore her cultivation. When her cultivation is fully restored, Lin Jiang will arrange for Lin Huafei and the others to visit Lin Ying. He will also arrange for her to seclude herself for cultivation and so on.

"Actually, Lin Ying has already become your Heart Demon, right?"

In the evening, Cao Ying comes to find Lin Jiang and says to him.

"It may not be a Heart Demon, but it is indeed an obsession."

"What about me?"

"You also count."

"Really?"

"I won’t lie to you."

"Hehe, that’s good then. I’ll give my portion of precious medicine to Lin Ying, so she can break through Tao Achieving quickly."

"No need, my portion is enough for her."

Lin Jiang shook his head. He had many rare spiritual medicines, but not many that could be effective for Void Achieving, there was no need for Cao Ying’s sacrifice.

"You should also be on high alert, in a few months at most, the demon clan will launch a counterattack."

"I know, that’s why you’re more important, you are our guarantee of strength in battle."

"But if you die, my existence would be meaningless."

"·····"

Lin Jiang was a bit overwhelmed by this affection, he didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

"Haha, I know you don’t know how to answer, I’m not forcing you."

"I’m sorry."

"Why are you asking about this?"

"Nothing, go practice, I have something to do."

Lin Jiang said, Cao Ying didn’t say much and left quickly.

Lin Jiang started to overthink, Cao Ying was right, his fixation on family had become an obsession. If he wanted to achieve his goals, he needed to resolve this issue or it could become a problem.

Considering his own situation, Lin Jiang thought about the current challenges. The biggest challenge for humans was the recovery of spiritual energy, with at least three Demon Emperors from the demon clan, while the human side only had one Tao Achieving, making it difficult to resist.

The new generation of disciples hadn’t grown up, and spiritual energy recovery had not even reached a hundred years. Even if they were geniuses, the time was too short for them to take on serious responsibilities.

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Deep within Gray Cloud Mountain on Penglai Continent

At this moment, a huge phoenix tree known as the Phoenix Perching Phoenix Tree is growing here. The phoenix tree is the key to the rebirth of the Phoenix clan.

The Demon Queen doesn’t understand the rebirth ceremony of the Phoenix clan, but since the Demon King of the Phoenix clan exists, there is no need for the Demon Queen to worry. At this moment on the phoenix tree, a flame appears, continuously condensing, and Old Phoenix is about to undergo rebirth.

"Boom"

For three whole days, the glowing fire continued to grow stronger, and then the spiritual energy from all over gathered for thousands of miles, leading to the appearance of a fiery phoenix engulfed in fire.

With a cry, the fiery phoenix made all the Demon Kings around shiver with fear, showing their instinctual submission to the divine beast.

"Ancestor."

Seeing the fiery phoenix slowly extinguishing the Phoenix Fire on its body, the Demon Queen approached and inquired, but received no response.

"Demon Queen, the Ancestor has just undergone a rebirth, and their memories have not yet returned."

"How long?"

"As his cultivation grows and slowly recovers, the Ancestor is in Nirvana, unlike us, having plenty of treasures, probably taking ten to twenty years."

"Too long."

"Lady Demon Queen, this is already the fastest."

"Alright, I’ll entrust the Ancestor to you, take good care of him."

"Yes, Ancestor."

"Let’s go."

Demon Queen nodded, thinking Old Phoenix could recover quickly, then she could discuss with someone, but since Old Phoenix hasn’t recovered, she still needs to handle the current affairs independently.

Back at the Demon God Temple, all demons had gathered, Demon Queen glanced around, seeing about a dozen high-ranking demon tribes members, all at least sixth level in cultivation, any lower would not qualify.

This is not all of them. There are many demons sleeping, probably more than a thousand. About half of them are little demons, direct descendants of many demon bosses. The remaining five hundred are at different levels from the fourth to the sixth. Except for a few like Feng Thirteen, all are alive, as demons live much longer than humans.

"You all know the topic of today’s meeting. The spiritual energy has fully recovered, we have regained our strength, and humans have also regained their strength. However, there are far fewer sleeping cultivators among humans. According to our spies, there are only a few hundred left. It can be said that now is the weakest time for human strength and the time for our demons to dominate the world."

"In the past, my husband Feng Jiu didn’t destroy the human race to make amends for the will of heaven. But now, I am determined to destroy the human race for two reasons. Firstly, it is a battle of races – survival of the fittest. This world is only so big, and all the wild lands have been cultivated by humans. There is no place left. Whenever humans take a resource, we lose out on one.

Secondly, it is for revenge. Our demon ancestral homeland is in the eastern part of Shen Continent today. We were driven out, and we were almost killed…"

"Demon Queen, when shall we seek revenge?"

"Demon Queen, I have long wanted to destroy these humans. The opportunity to become immortal belongs only to our demon clan. It was hard for the Demon Emperor to make amends for the will of heaven. Why should humans have a chance to compete with us?"

The demons all voiced their opinions, filled with fighting spirit. They held a deep resentment towards humans, based on not only past grievances but also current interests, enough to take action.

"Well said. Let’s first head north to resolve the humans in Penglai Continent. Once we have no more worries, we will gather all demons and attack Shen Continent to reclaim our ancestral homeland."

The Demon Queen said that the people in the north of Penglai Continent are beside them and must be dealt with first.

The Demon Queen gave a simple order, and the evil spirits quickly got ready. They gathered a large army of monsters from Penglai Continent and the Demon Queen also sent some to Ying Continent, the abbot, and the Demon Kings in the west of Shen Continent. She commanded them to attack the human race to prevent them from helping Shen Continent.

The unusual activities of the evil spirits were soon discovered by Huaxia through satellites. The evil spirits used evil clouds to hide themselves, but they couldn’t hide completely.

In the command room of Leon Base, Lin Hongcong on duty was having a video call with Lin Jiang to report the previous information.

"Ancestors, the evil spirits have gathered monster armies in various places. They are planning to attack in maybe half a month. The forward base is our first line of defense, but we cannot defend it."

"I understand. Recruit all the people back and deploy war robots at the forward base."

"What about Leon Base?"

"We can’t give up on Leon Base. Within three days, I will gather 100,000 doses of genetic elixirs and provide a large amount of ammunition. You distribute these to the local residents and have them defend together. Also, I will send a certain amount of tactical nuclear bombs."

After recovery of spiritual energy, many people who could not cultivate immortal arts chose to train in martial arts. The strength of ordinary people has actually been enhanced, but it’s still not enough. So, Lin Jiang produced a large quantity of genetic elixirs in the style of Qingyun, which could help them quickly improve their strength to the limit of ordinary people, reaching the strength of the later stage of Qi Refining.

In addition, there were conventional weapons, many of which were obsolete in Huaxia due to the introduction of spiritual energy weapons, so they were considered obsolete.

"I understand, the Leon Spiritual Stone Mine?"

"Once the first line of defense is breached, we will stop working and gradually retreat, preparing for a complete defeat."

"I understand, Ancestor."

Lin Hongcong nodded. The indigenous people were just pawns, about to be sacrificed. They were stationed here to delay the attacks of the demon clan, to weaken them. Eventually, they would have to leave.

"Be careful. I won’t send any more experts. If things get bad, run on your own."

Lin Jiang told Lin Hongcong that the demon clan was too powerful. There was nothing more they could do but stand firm. Whether they could survive this ordeal was uncertain.