Free Web NovelChapter 1142: Chapter 359: Meeting of the Pride of Various Nations (Extra for Alliance Hierarch Shàng Bólíang bc!)
Within the halls of Qi.
Cao Jie gazed at Jiang Wang and slowly said, "As Qi’s celebrated prodigy, and having been dispatched to serve the country in the upcoming Yellow River Gathering, there are some things you ought to know. I have already spoken of the origins of the Yellow River Gathering. What I am about to discuss is ’resources’."
"Do you know the origin of the Channel-opening Pill?" he asked.
The origin of the Channel-opening Pill...
Recalling the old demon clan member he had seen in Xu Country, Jiang Wang faintly guessed something.
He spoke softly, "I know a bit."
"Then I need not elaborate further."
With a tone of reminiscence, Cao Jie said, "As everyone knows, it is only after our Human Race won the great war against the Demon Clan that we became the masters of this world. It was a brutal war from Ancient Times, concerning the sovereignty of this world and the survival of our Human Race. The flames of war ravaged every corner of existence, sparing no sentient being the ability to remain uninvolved."
"The Demon Clan was exiled beyond this world, and the Human Race became the masters of this world. The long and dark Ancient Times came to an end. How lengthy that era was, is now beyond verification. But it has ended..."
He then shifted his discourse, "However, the Demon Clan’s counterattacks never ceased. Time and again, they launched attacks from beyond this world, regardless of cost, heedless of life and death. The bloodshed of the Human and Demon clans was unending."
"The early history of the Ancient Era was marked by the Human Race’s protracted wars with the Demon Clan as they mounted counterattacks to reclaim this world. Yet, this situation changed during the middle of the Ancient Era.
The second Human Emperor of the Youxiong family, in alliance with three Dao Venerates, jointly constructed the Gate of All Demons, utterly severing the Demon Clan’s hope of returning to this world!"
The Taoist Sect was the earliest origin of cultivation, with the "Dao" at that time being that of the Great Dao.
All cultivators were collectively known as "Dao."
It was only later, as the cultivation world developed, that it began to diversify.
The Hundred Schools of Thought in this world all recognize "Dao" as the origin of cultivation.
And the three branches of today’s Taoist Sect, all inherited from ancient times, are considered orthodox. But this "Dao" is now just the "Dao" of the contemporary Taoist Sect,
unable to encompass as much as before.
The Human Emperor You Xiong and the three Dao Venerates were, of course, great beings. Completely ending the Demon Clan’s hope of a counterattack was also an unparalleled merit for the Human Race.
However, this was indeed the first time Jiang Wang had heard of the Gate of All Demons.
Moreover, had it not been for his journey to investigate the truth with Yin Guan in Pine Wave City of Xu Country, he would not have known what a "demon" looked like, let alone understand the relationship between the Demon Clan and the Channel-opening Pill.
Jiang Wang hesitated and said, "This Gate of All Demons..."
Cao Jie affirmed his guess, "The national capital of Jinguo, Sky Capital City, is built right atop the Gate of All Demons!"
Jing and Mu countries stand against the Demon Race at the brink of annihilation, while Qi unites small countries from the Eastern Region and the powers of the Near Sea Archipelago in continued fierce battles with the Sea Clan in the Lost World.
There was no reason that Jinguo, as the dominant force in the Central Region, should be exempt from bearing any responsibility.
So this was it...
The powerful Jinguo, whom everyone considered the strongest in the world, was guarding against the Demon Clan!
"So that’s how it is," Jiang Wang muttered to himself.
"The saying goes, ’The Son of Heaven guards the nation’s gates, and Kings die for the sake of the state.’ Emperor Jing, who founded Heavenly Capital, was indeed a great being," chuckled Cao Jie, "But well. Hehe, while the Demon Clan was once our Human Race’s adversary in a life-or-death struggle in Ancient Times, now, they are merely a resource for cultivation."
Since the Demon Clan could become the "raw material" for the Channel-opening Pill, naturally, they could be considered a resource for cultivation.
"But the demon clan isn’t something that Jinguo can shoulder alone, and they can’t bear it anyway. Which country doesn’t have an army fighting behind the gate of all demons?"
It turned out that all the great powers had armies fighting behind the gate of all demons...
Or in other words, having the capability to station troops to fight behind the gate of all demons is one of the criteria for being a "great power."
"Moreover, Jing Mu battling the demon race is utterly fruitless. There’s no need to mention Qin Chu. Our Daqi fighting the Sea Clan, after the changes in the Cang Sea, have rendered their Dao Veins unusable. The Sea Clan is dirt poor; Jiang Wang, you are a second-order Guard Sea Knight, and Zhao Nan also went to the Lost World this time. You know very well how it is."
"Add it all up, and only behind the gate of all demons can you gain something, and it includes fundamental gains such as channel-opening pills. The war is a war of the entire human race, and the gains are also for the entire human race. Jinguo surely cannot monopolize it."
Cao Jie finally said, "What resources are divided at the Yellow River Gathering? This is what they divide!"
He glanced at Ji Zhaonan and said, "Zhao Nan, you’ve been fighting behind the gate of all demons for years, talk to them about it."
No wonder it was said that Ji Zhaonan must know the truth about the Yellow River Gathering.
No wonder a powerful figure like Ji Zhaonan rarely appeared in Linzi, his whereabouts unknown for years.
So... he’s been battling the demon clan behind the gate of all demons all this time!
Jiang Wang finally understood where that indelible aura of slaughter on Ji Zhaonan came from.
Ji Zhaonan’s peerless armor had been put away after leaving Linzi, and at this moment, the Shao Hua Spear was also inside the storage box.
He wore a frost-colored martial outfit, his hands empty, but his sitting posture was straight and sharp.
At this point, he first let out a wry smile, "The demon clan is not so easy to fight." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
"Actually, during the Ancient Era, the grand battle between the human race and the demon clan was a losing affair, otherwise the ancestors wouldn’t have had to pour their hearts and souls into building the gate of all demons.
It’s only later, after some ancestors dedicated themselves to research, catalyzing wild beasts into fierce beasts, and using the demon clan to create demons with externally manifest natural Dao Veins, that channel-opening pills found a new source. One member of the demon clan can produce many channel-opening pills. Only then did the profits from subduing the demon clan begin to just about balance the losses.
After generations of development, to this point, it can be said that the gains outweigh the sacrifices. But this ’outweighing’ of sacrifice is also extremely brutal..."
After Ji Zhaonan added some ancient secrets, he continued, "The world behind the gate of all demons is vast. The demon clan itself is composed of many tribes. Naturally, some tribes are tough to fight, while others are easier. Some places are highly dangerous with high rewards, some are dangerous with lesser gains, and there are also treasures in places where danger is low and the rewards are considerable."
He looked at Jiang Wang, "The territory you mentioned dividing, it’s the territory behind the gate of all demons."
So, demon beasts were not naturally born, but cultivated by the human race after birth, in order to increase the production of channel-opening pills!
So, the war between the human race and the demon clan has continued from Ancient Times right up until today, and has never ended...
Jiang Wang sat upright with a solemn expression, and said earnestly, "I am enlightened."
With Ji Zhaonan’s background, talents, and demeanor, what good places could he not have gone to? But he silently battled behind the gate of all demons. If it had not been for this Yellow River Gathering, Jiang Wang would only have known that three disciples of the War God were still alive, but not who the second was.
For this general who bathed in blood fighting behind the gate of all demons, the highest reverence would not be misplaced.
Just like Ding Jingshan, who dutifully guarded the solitary island of the Lost World, they are both the spine of the human race.
Yet Ji Zhaonan casually smiled, "As you said, the Yellow River Gathering is just everyone coming together to divide territories, but how to divide, who should get some newly explored territories, who should take over the places where the garrisoned soldiers have all died... there needs to be a standard."
"Before everyone discusses, there must be a trial of strength. But it’s impossible to have the Grand Marshal of the nation fight to the death; nobody could control that... So, in the end, it’s up to us."
He said—
"This is the Guanhe Platform, the assembly of proud talents from all nations."
