Because Qi Ping had fallen into a deep slumber, the Unity-stage battlefield had become the greatest uncertainty. Had the Master of Life and Death, Meng Tianqi, not successfully broken through to the Unity stage, the entire Unity-stage battlefield would likely have been doomed to failure.
In the first stage of the Unity battlefield, the Demon Blade Bai Liyun had exploded with his limit strength but still perished under the siege of numerous Unity-stage demons. Therefore, in the battlefield that originally belonged to Bai Liyun, more than half of the Unity-stage Saint Demons had survived.
And in the battlefield where Qi Ping had originally been, although nearly half of the Saint Demons had died at his hands—and many others had died as sacrifices to the black demon dragon—quite a few Unity-stage Saint Demons had still survived.
Thus, on the current Unity battlefield, the total number of Unity-stage Saint Demons was still quite staggering. So many Saint Demons gathering in one place brought an incredibly horrific sense of pressure. Coupled with the fact that the black demon dragon had ignited their bloodline power, the increase in strength for the Unity-stage Saint Demons was the most significant, making the demons on this battlefield even more terrifying than before.
In fact, they were even more terrifying than in the first stage! From their current strength, even if the first-stage Qi Ping and Bai Liyun had joined forces, they would have found it difficult to defeat so many empowered Unity-stage Saint Demons.
And even more troublesome was that Qi Ping was currently overextended from his fight with the black demon dragon and had to fall into a deep slumber, sealing himself within shields and arrays. Thus, the Unity battlefield now had to rely on Meng Tianqi and the Demon Blade that Bai Liyun had become.
At this moment, the Master of Life and Death, Meng Tianqi, stood alone facing the crowd of Unity-stage Saint Demons. His entire aura was constantly shifting, existing in a state that was neither living nor dead. At times, his vital energy vanished completely as he fell into absolute deathly silence; at other times, he radiated new life, erupting with a horrific and vigorous vitality.
Parts of his body were constantly withering and dying, only for other parts to recover and be reborn. A massive and terrifying Life-Death Domain enveloped him. Every inch of space within it constantly displayed phases of birth and death, bringing a strong sense of distortion and discomfort.
In this state, Meng Tianqi was expressionless. Under the influence of his Life-Death Intent, his entire being had become incredibly strange. Not a shred of emotion could be seen in his eyes; there was only the rise and fall of life and death. Only when he looked at the Unity-stage Saint Demons did a bone-chilling intent to kill radiate from his gaze.
Even more surprising was that although Meng Tianqi had just broken through to the Unity stage, his cultivation had directly exploded to the Middle Unity stage. It had to be said that the entire world-domain war had provided him with a massive boost. Especially after absorbing a staggering amount of life-death thoughts—particularly thoughts of death—his strength had reached an unprecedented peak.
Furthermore, as one of the most powerful laws between heaven and earth, the power of the Life-Death Law was beyond doubt. Added to Meng Tianqi's current state of being neither alive nor dead, he could push this power to its ultimate limit. That horrific Life-Death Domain seemed capable of distorting all surrounding space. Thus, even though he had not yet reached the Peak Unity stage, his aura was not at all inferior to those Peak Unity-stage Saint Demons.
It was only because the Saint Demons were so numerous that Meng Tianqi's aura appeared slightly weaker when standing alone.
However, he was not fighting alone. In his hand was a terrifying Demon Blade with an even more horrific aura! Simply by being there, it could make heaven and earth tremble!
After Qi Ping had injected the staggering vitality from the black demon dragon into the blade, its aura had surpassed any previous stage. This Demon Blade was the essence of Bai Liyun's life and his core demonic thoughts. It already possessed extraordinary power, especially after devouring a large amount of laws and wills from the ancient battlefield; its Dao-fruit had reached an incredibly startling level.
In the first stage of the war, this blade had been wielded by Qi Ping to devour the life essence of many Unity-stage demons, allowing its strength to recover significantly and its demonic thoughts to grow stronger. But what truly caused the blade to undergo a startling transformation was the fight against the black demon dragon. Under the pressure and tempering of the Time Domain, Bai Liyun's demonic thoughts had reached a higher level within the Extreme Realm. The Extreme Realm was the most suitable environment for the improvement of demonic thoughts and demonic nature.
Now, simply by standing there, the blade could easily affect a radius of a million miles, turning all things into demons. It could mobilize incredibly staggering power. And after Qi Ping injected the vitality of the black demon dragon, the Demon Blade—which had been slightly weakened by Bai Liyun's death—had returned to its startling peak, even surpassing Bai Liyun's strength when he was alive.
The only pity was that the current Bai Liyun had only been revived as a phantom of demonic thoughts. He retained part of his combat instinct but had not yet recovered his memories from his life, meaning he couldn't truly display his full combat strength. Especially lacking a cultivator's foundation as support, the time the blade could erupt with power was very limited.
However, the Demon Blade currently sensed a familiar aura that made it feel secure and trusting. Thus, the imposing Demon Blade voluntarily fell into Meng Tianqi's hand, with strands of black demonic qi wrapping around him frantically.
The phantom of Bai Liyun that the blade had recovered began to grow weird, root-like tendrils that burrowed deep into Meng Tianqi's body—from his flesh and meridians to his blood, and all the way to the Unity-stage Dao-fruit in his Dantian! The entire scene looked horrific.
Meng Tianqi did not stop this. He allowed the strange roots of the Demon Blade to take hold in every part of his body, perfectly connecting with his Life-Death Dao-fruit. On one hand, it was out of trust for Bai Liyun; on the other hand, he clearly felt a massive and horrific power flooding into his body as the blade's roots took hold.
With the help of this Demon Blade, he would be able to display an even more terrifying combat strength! And the blade could also use his Dantian Dao-fruit to maintain a high-intensity combat state for a long time.
In the instant the two completed their connection, a horrific aura shot into the sky. Terrifying demonic thoughts and life-death thoughts instantly swept across a million miles. Countless masterless law powers trembled in this moment, as if welcoming the birth of a horrific existence capable of shaking the heavens and the earth.
Shortly after the two completed their connection, the barrier between them and the crowd of Unity-stage Saint Demons abruptly opened. Without a word, both sides instantly charged at each other!
Leaving aside the horrific aura of Bai Liyun wielding the Demon Blade that swept across millions of miles, the Unity-stage Saint Demons themselves each possessed the power to destroy the world. They either had an aura as deep as the sea, massive and hard physical bodies, or were demonized forms of ancient fierce beasts and super sacred beasts. Some possessed the treacherous powers of the Mystical Side... any one of them possessed the horrific strength to slaughter all living beings.
The pressure brought by these powerful beings uniting was easy to imagine. An ordinary Unity-stage cultivator facing such a formation would likely be suppressed by the aura alone until they could hardly resist. Especially those Saint Demons with Mystical Side powers—they possessed the strength to instant-kill an ordinary Unity-stage cultivator.
However, Meng Tianqi was currently in his special "neither living nor dead" state and had his powerful Life-Death Domain for protection; he did not fear such Mystical Side powers. And the Demon Blade contained horrific demonic thoughts that even time could not grind away, so it naturally wouldn't be countered by such powers either.
The power of this man and this blade belonged to the most brilliant and powerful systems within the human cultivation tradition. They were also among the few methods capable of countering the Mystical Side. Thus, neither Meng Tianqi nor the Demon Blade would be suppressed by Mystical Side powers; they could resist such influences and fully display their terrifying combat strength.
The battle erupted instantly!
In this moment, there were no flashy feints or sophisticated tactical arrangements; there was only the ultimate collision and slaughter of individual combat strength. This battle was undoubtedly heaven-shaking. The moment the two sides clashed, the sky and earth began to collapse frantically as horrific energy leaked out!
In the midst of the sudden, world-shaking slaughter, a terrifying demonic blade-glow—carrying the weight of the Life-Death Grinding Stones—slashed down ferociously. A Late Unity-stage Saint Demon was instantly pulled into it, being ground into pieces by the power of the Demon Blade. Even though it might have had a sliver of hope for survival, under the pressure of the Life-Death Grinding Stones, its origin was ground away bit by bit until its life essence was completely devoured!
Slaying a demon with a single strike—this terrifying record instantly shocked the entire field. And because of the blade's devouring and suppression, Meng Tianqi's "neither living nor dead" state was not afraid of the demonic will's backlash. Both the man and the blade could devour the demons' power to recover without any reservations.
The entire Unity-stage battlefield was instantly turned into the most cruel grinding ground. Numerous horrific attacks simultaneously landed on Meng Tianqi's body, instantly tearing and crushing his flesh and soul. The combined power of so many Unity-stage Saint Demons was not something an ordinary Unity-stage cultivator could resist. But strangely, after Meng Tianqi's life was completely crushed, he miraculously recovered to his original state.
The Demon Blade itself was composed of countless shards and a series of demonic thoughts; it completely lacked any fear toward such pulverizing attacks. As long as the demonic thoughts were not extinguished, the blade could use devoured power to quickly restore itself.
Thus, although Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun were repeatedly crushed under the combined siege of the Saint Demons, they always managed to recover quickly and strike again! Although their overall aura was noticeably weaker than before being crushed, it didn't stop them from having the strength to continue slaying the Saint Demons.
By the time the familiar Demon Blade and Life-Death Grinding Stones descended again, a Middle Unity-stage demon was easily ground to death. Almost every few moments, a Unity-stage Saint Demon would fall. Such a result would be a brilliant achievement even in the wider universe.
While the subsequent attacks from the Saint Demons landed on the man and blade again, they still couldn't cause fatal damage. At this time, Meng Tianqi truly realized the fundamental difference between his state and these Saint Demons.
From the most intuitive perspective, he was using his own death as the price to comprehend the Life-Death Law. The Demon Blade was also using the most insane method to improve and strengthen its demonic thoughts, remaining standing even within numerous horrific powers. This was the most fundamental and ultimate law power they had comprehended through countless dangers and suppressions.
In contrast, these Unity-stage Saint Demons mostly relied on bloodline power or devouring other demons to promote themselves; they fundamentally lacked the ability to break through their own bloodline limits. This kind of power—which relied on inherited talent—was indeed strong enough to destroy the world when facing ordinary cultivators who only knew how to cultivate step-by-step.
But facing cultivators who had truly comprehended laws and techniques to their limit, the power they possessed was merely a shallow application. They simply couldn't touch the true origin of power. This resulted in them being unable to fundamentally slay cultivators who had comprehended the ultimate laws of heaven and earth, which was one of the reasons Meng Tianqi and the Demon Blade could avoid fatal damage and recover quickly.
While bloodline power granted every Unity-stage Saint Demon a strength that was above average and allowed them to devour the top-tier spells and powers of other beings and worlds, the bloodline also fundamentally limited their growth. Because they had not experienced a complete cultivation process to gain their innate spells and bloodline powers, they simply couldn't comprehend the essence of bloodline power. The existence of the Demon Nest also suppressed every single demon to prevent them from losing control.
This resulted in them lacking sufficiently lethal methods when facing truly top-tier power.
"So you are nothing more than a pack of demon runts shackled by bloodline power... you, who only rely on devoured power, fundamentally do not understand what the true origin of law power is."
After recognizing this essence, Meng Tianqi immediately adjusted his combat style. He only needed to retreat into the true "space between life and death" at the moment the other demons' attacks arrived. This allowed him to avoid the vast majority of the lethality and minimize the weakening of his state. He also conveyed this discovery to the Demon Blade in his hand through his will, and the demonic thoughts within the blade instantly understood this path.
Thus, the next time the man and blade faced an attack, the damage they suffered was significantly reduced. In fact, after slaying three Unity-stage demons in a row, their power had not significantly weakened. Although this process was extremely difficult and painful, as long as they could win, everything was worth it.
Thus, a most shocking massacre began!
Numerous powerful Unity-stage demons erupted with power, causing the entire world to feel as though it were collapsing. An area of tens of millions of miles was easily obliterated as the world seemed to reach its end! But no matter how powerful those attacks were, there was always a strange figure wandering between life and death. Carrying a Life-Death Domain and holding a horrific Demon Blade, he dragged a set of Life-Death Grinding Stones.
Every time this figure appeared, it almost always took the life of a Unity-stage Saint Demon.
At this point, the entire situation was completely reversed! Because they had been made glorious by their bloodline, they were also shackled by it. As servants facing the true masters of power, they were like beasts that had lost their fangs; they simply couldn't create much of a wave.
After a heaven-shaking slaughter, the entire Unity-stage battlefield for tens of millions of miles had been obliterated into shards and void. Countless demons with horrific auras fell one after another, leaving behind only massive corpses without a shred of life.
On the entire battlefield, the only one still standing was that tattered figure surrounded by the Life-Death Law and a heaven-shaking Demon Blade.
With this, the world-shaking war finally came to a total conclusion.
Unity-stage battlefield: Star-Sea World, Victory!