Qin Ruqing stood before the corpse of the beast emperor, looking down from a high vantage point.

She saw that the beast emperor’s true form was merely that of an ordinary beast.

Without the imposing disguise of immense size, his head, covered with eyes, appeared grotesque and repulsive, and the extra beast claws on his body looked out of place.

The Wolf King had told her that only the beast emperors of previous generations knew the beast emperor’s critical weakness, and only they could truly kill a beast emperor.

The ancient beast emperor had thus killed the current beast emperor, stolen his power, and attempted to truly revive, only to end up dying under an arrow infused with his own essence.

How could one not say that this was a case of karma?

After a moment of silence, Qin Ruqing picked up the beast core from the remains and returned to the blood formation.

With no one to control it, and having been destroyed in the previous battle, the blood formation had ceased to function.

Qin Ruqing’s gaze swept over her companions.

She deliberately checked their wounds and confirmed that the vision she had perceived earlier was not an illusion.

Her companions had sacrificed their own strength to give her a sliver of hope.

Without them, she might have truly succumbed when the blood lines pierced her.

And that sleep might have been eternal.

Qin Ruqing knelt on one knee, silently and solemnly saying, “Thank you.”

Thank you all.

After confirming everyone’s condition and retrieving Rui Fenhua outside the blood formation, her gaze finally fell on Tang Zifeng’s face.

His eyelashes were lowered, casting a shadow under his eyelids.

His handsome face was stained with blood, and because his eyes were closed, he looked particularly gentle and quiet.

Qin Ruqing couldn’t help but pause, recalling the moment of life and death… when she had heard Tang Zifeng calling her name.

This was likely due to the mental connection they had cultivated over time.

She took Tang Zifeng’s hand, feeling the calluses formed from years of artifact forging, and caressed them nostalgically before letting go.

Everything was not yet over.

Qin Ruqing reminded herself to focus on the more pressing tasks at hand.

Glancing at the direction of Tianxing Mountain, where the battle should have concluded, she raised her hand and calmly emitted a golden mist-like light that covered everyone.

—Restoring their strength.

Normal self-inflicted injuries and sacrificial power could not be fully restored without cost, but with the power of chaos, the damage could be mitigated to the greatest extent.

The first to awaken was Lu Wei.

As a practitioner of medicinal arts with long life force, Lu Wei had only been depleted of strength.

After Qin Ruqing restored the primal power, Lu Wei naturally regained consciousness.

She looked quite weak and, upon seeing Qin Ruqing, her eyes widened slightly, her mouth moving as if trying to say something.

Qin Ruqing took Lu Wei’s hand and said, “Third Sister, it’s over.”

“It’s over?” Lu Wei murmured disbelievingly.

The dark red sky and the immense blood moon had indeed disappeared, but had the war, the endless bloodshed… really ended?

Lu Wei could not help but grasp both of Qin Ruqing’s hands, hopefully asking, “Has the war ended?”

Qin Ruqing was silent for a moment.

She finally spoke with a confirming tone, “Yes, it’s over.”

She would ensure that it was truly over.

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Outside Tianxing Mountain, the battle had just concluded.

All the high-ranking human officials were covered in blood, their clothes drenched and dark red from the rain, clinging tightly to their bodies.

Ancestor Feng remained floating in the air at the forefront, holding a sword that had been broken in half.

His originally gray hair had turned silver. Behind hi., Feng Qinxue looked at him with concern.

The beast army also suffered heavy casualties.

Out of the more than ten demon kings, only five still had combat capability.

The rest were either beheaded or had damaged beast cores, severely injured.

“Shall we continue fighting?” Even though Ancestor Feng was forcing himself, his voice was still sharp and clear.

He was speaking to the Wolf King of the beast forces.

The Wolf King looked equally disheveled, one of his five eyes bearing a deep gash that bled continuously, as if wounded by icy sword energy, and was unable to heal.

“Continue? How could we not?” In reality, the Wolf King was reluctant to fight any longer.

He kept glancing towards Tianxing Mountain, where frequent, disturbing noises erupted, causing him anxiety.

He had several times felt an urge to go and see, but his position as the united war leader prevented him from leaving.

He was waiting for news.

Ancestor Feng did not understand the Wolf King’s underlying anxiety and waved his broken sword, taking a step forward.

“Even if all of our human forces perish today, we will never let you advance another step!”

His words were resolute, but in his heart, he was weighing if it was possible to blow up the remaining demon kings at the cost of his own life.

Ancestor Feng’s tired eyes showed a trace of exhaustion as he looked through the rain curtain towards Tianxing Mountain…

No news was good news.

The humans had emerged with outstanding individuals, and the death of an old figure like him would not be a great loss.

His gaze returned to the demon kings, and her eyes sharpened once more.

he seemed to be calculating the best place for self-destruction, her spiritual energy rainng within, ready to burst forth…

Just as the clock of destruction was about to start, a white, steady hand rested firmly on Ancestor Feng’s shoulder, instantly halting all activity within her.

“Thank you for your hard work, respected one. Leave the rest to me.”

Ancestor Feng’s body froze in place, a wave of immense shock rising in her heart.

He vaguely knew who was behind him but dared not turn around.

It was as if the answer stood behind him, and all unresolved matters would be settled the moment she turned.

Ancestor Feng took a deep breath, composed hi.self, and turned to see Qin Ruqing’s smiling face.

He opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

His gaze shifted downward and he saw Qin Ruqing’s other hand naturally holding something, still dripping blood.

The focus sharpened: it was a head.

The head was covered in a thick, viscous substance, mixed with blood plasma.

It was not hard to see that beneath the blood plasma were eyes.

Countless eyes had exploded, while the unburst ones stared in terror, their sclera bulging, and the pupils had become sharp bloodlines, filled with unwillingness and resentment.

It seemed that just a glance would subject a person to immense mental contamination.

The person behind hi. trembled and asked the question that the Feng Ancestor couldn’t bring himself to ask: “Commander… what is that?”

Qin Ruqing casually lifted the head and smiled, “This? It’s the head of the ancient beast emperor.”

The sound of rain intensified, pounding through the forest with a gale.

All the human soldiers on the battlefield stared in disbelief, turning their heads toward this direction, unable to believe their ears.

On the opposite side of the battlefield, the five remaining beast kings of the beast realm were all visibly shaken.

Four of them were either gasping for breath or unable to stand steadily.

The only one who seemed to maintain composure was the Wolf King.

The Wolf King was undoubtedly feeling conflicted.

From the moment he saw that human holding the head on the battlefield, everything seemed to freeze.

The roaring beast cries pulled the Wolf King out of his thoughts; the beast horde, having heard Qin Ruqing’s words, was on the verge of going mad.

He had to speak up: “She speaks the truth.”

“Our Emperor is dead.” The Wolf King said solemnly, word by word.

The other four beast kings looked at the Wolf King in shock, as if asking, “What are you saying!”

Qin Ruqing smiled, casually tossing the bloody head to the ground.

She then pulled out two light cores.

Humans might not recognize these light cores, but the beast race could identify them instantly.

These were beast cores.

Specifically, the core of a beast emperor, with a strong bloodline aura and royal pressure.

The only issue was that one of the light cores was only half of the complete one—it didn’t look broken in half, but rather like it had only grown halfway.

Qin Ruqing held up the two light cores and said, “This complete one, you should be very familiar with the aura, so I won’t elaborate.” This was the core of the current beast emperor who was killed.

“And this incomplete one, which is only half, comes from the ancient beast emperor. He killed your current emperor and attempted to revive himself by refining a new body. Now that his revival attempt has been thwarted by me, the gathered light core naturally ended up being only half.”

“Nonsense!” The beast army couldn’t believe it.

They all directed angry roars at Qin Ruqing, their momentum overwhelming, as if they were ready to pounce and tear her apart at any moment!

Qin Ruqing smiled lightly, unperturbed by the fragile threat, and said, “Is it that I’m speaking nonsense, or you can’t believe it?”

“Don’t you recognize the aura of your own emperor?”

From the moment she took out the beast cores, no beast dared to doubt her words.

This was indisputable ironclad evidence!

“Even if it’s true, so what!” Finally, one of the beast kings dared to admit it, saying angrily, “Whether it was the ancient beast emperor who killed our current emperor or not, they are both our kings, and you, who disrupted our king’s revival ceremony, just on that basis alone, my beast race’s iron cavalry will dare to sweep the human realm and fight to the death with the human race!”

“Sweep the human realm? Fight to the death?” Qin Ruqing was not at all angry, even smiling, looking at the beast king with pity, “It’s rare for you to be so loyal to your Emperor… but does your king know?”

“You are thinking of your Emperor, but your king is only thinking of itself!” Her voice, though not loud, rang clearly across the battlefield.

Before the beast king could formulate a rebuttal, Qin Ruqing’s expression suddenly changed.

In the moment all the beast soldiers had not yet reacted, she swiftly raised her hand, creating a powerful gust of wind.

The entire beast army was on high alert, just about to counterattack, but they found that this gust of wind carried no attacking intent, only like lifting a curtain.

A strange smell of blood rose as the gust dissipated.

The beasts, with their sharp sense of smell, were immediately alarmed.

Qin Ruqing’s voice rang out at the right moment:

“You all know your own affairs. Where does the blood for your beast realm’s blood pools come from? Why have previous sacrificial activities had such great power that they caused fundamental changes in ordinary beasts… If you say that was the past, then this war is what’s happening right now. The purpose? To make you bleed—both human and beast blood!”

“The blood array under your feet is a tomb that your own Ancient Emperor personally dug for you. He hopes you all die here in battle, all as nourishment for his revival!”

Qin Ruqing mocked and laughed deliberately!

There was no need for her to say more.

With the gust lifting the veil, everyone saw that their feet were covered with a dense, spiderweb-like blood array.

The blood array, seemingly absorbed with sauce, still glowed.

They all had a unified source—Star Mountain!

The beast army seemed greatly struck, some crouching on the ground, making painful moans and howls.

Only the Wolf King remained silent.

He looked at Qin Ruqing and suddenly said: “Young human unifier, do you remember the agreement we made?”

Everyone was shocked, including the human race behind Qin Ruqing.

The Wolf King produced an object from his mouth—it was the recording stone given to him during the peace talks with the human race.

This recording stone did not facilitate a peace agreement but was used by the Wolf King to record a scene.

—The conversation he had with Qin Ruqing in the rain that day.

The Wolf King activated the recording stone, and the voice from it said:

“I have one more condition… I want you to resolve the issue of the fusion of the two realms’ source laws. Until the matter of the laws is resolved, the beast race will continue waging war, never ceasing!”

“I agree.”