Battle Through the Heavens: Harmony of Flame and Shadow

The Great Thousand World, vast and boundless, is home to myriad races and connects countless subordinate planes. As the highest world in the universe, the Great Thousand World is the center of it all. 

Countless peerless geniuses who break through the shackles of the lower planes eventually come to this world, where each of them, with their extraordinary talents, inevitably continues to write new legends at the center of the universe.

However, such an incredibly powerful Great Thousand World also has its own enemies, namely the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

Fifty thousand years ago, the Evil God led the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan to invade the Great Thousand World. In that battle, countless powerful beings from both sides perished, and the Great Thousand World even lost half of its territories. 

If it weren't for the appearance of an Immortal Great Emperor, an unparalleled expert who stepped into the semi-Master realm and forcibly sealed the Evil God at the cost of his own life, the Great Thousand World might no longer exist today.

With the Evil God sealed, the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, now fighting away from their home turf, was driven out by the cultivators of the Great Thousand World. However, the lands that fell to the Evil Clan and were tainted by demonic energy have now become the dominion of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

Since then, the Great Thousand World and the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan have been engaged in a confrontation lasting tens of thousands of years.

According to the prediction left by the Immortal Great Emperor, as long as the "Great Thousand Demonic Array" that seals the Evil God operates once every thousand years, after forty-nine cycles, the Evil God will be forever annihilated.

The recent cycle is the final forty-ninth time; the Great Thousand World must ensure the Evil God is exterminated without fail, while the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan aims to rescue their 'Evil God.'

This final confrontation will be the most intense battle between the two sides. For this, the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan will stop at nothing to ensure the Evil God's complete release from the seal.

In a spacious and bright room, bookshelves criss-crossed, filled with various ancient books, creating an atmosphere rich with scholarly scents. A small figure was quietly flipping through a book amidst the peaceful and silent ambiance.

The book was large, half the size of the child's body, with no title on the cover, yet the child was engrossed, as though it contained some rare article.

He wore a plain white robe, looking thin and small, about five or six years old, reading the book calmly and naturally.

All around him, streams of mist flowed, countless milky-white auras surged into his body, but were blocked by an invisible barrier as they touched his skin.

"Is there anything you don't understand?" An old figure approached slowly, his hands behind his back. He was tall and sturdy, with meticulously groomed gray hair that, although crystal clear, had lost its luster. His clear eyes carried a hint of desolation.

Given the old man's cultivation, he wouldn't be immortal, but living for thousands of years would be effortless. At his level, eternal youth was long within reach, yet his eyes were filled with grayness, as if he had lost hope in the future.

Only when he looked at the small figure before him did a glimmer of light appear!

The child, buried in his book, turned around. His face was delicate, his eyes dark and bright like black gems. Looking at the old man with traces of time on his face, he smiled sincerely, "Grandpa, you're here!"

Seeing his grandson's smile, the old man's eyes softened, but his heart was filled with bitterness.

Sitting down beside him, looking at the contents of the book, it turned out to be a chronicle of the battles between the Great Thousand World and the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, essentially a history of their war.

Glancing at the descriptions of the battles between the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, the various Supreme Beings, and Demon Emperors of the Great Thousand World, his eyes remained emotionless.

Gently placing his terrifying palm, which had an eerie eye embedded in it, on the child's head, the old man looked into his eyes, as if to remember him forever, and spoke softly.

"Where to? Out to slaughter our own kind? Or sent to the mouths of beasts? Or perhaps, used for breeding?" The smile vanished from the boy's face, his glowing eyes revealing a hint of disturbance.

He had been in this world for six years. Heaven gave him the opportunity to be a revered ancestor but also cursed him with a tragic life.

In this life, his name was Jiang Yun, and he belonged to the Evil Spirit Clan—those crafted by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan using the bloodlines of both the Great Thousand World and the Extraterrestrial Clan.

Their clan was exceptionally powerful, possessing Supreme Beings and more than a dozen supreme experts. In the Great Thousand World, they were on par with the five great ancient clans, a super force. Moreover, the Evil Spirit Clan could cultivate both demonic and spiritual energies, making their combat prowess terrifying.

Yet, life in the outer domain was not easy for them!

Did the Evil Spirit Clan not know about the cruel nature of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan? Did they not want to resist?

However, the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan consisted of thirty-two major races, each having at least one Demon Emperor. In their eyes, the strength of the Evil Spirit Clan was insignificant.

The Evil Spirit Clan only had one early-stage supreme clan leader, Jiang Ya. Not to mention defeating the Supreme Demon Emperor, who was the first under the Evil God and Immortal Great Emperor, even one or two of the thirty-two major races could wipe out their clan.

Their clan was rejected by both worlds and threatened by lives within the clan. Their supreme experts dared not act rashly and could only pin their hopes on the Evil God, hoping that once he emerged, he would free them from their present suffering.

As a special force cultivated by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan to disrupt the 'Great Thousand Demonic Array', the Evil Spirit Clan underwent the harshest training, their lives spent in ceaseless fighting.

Jiang Yun, due to his unique bloodline, was able to sit peacefully and read. Otherwise, he would already be wielding a battle knife, fighting magical beasts.

The fleeting sorrow in Jiang Yun's eyes pained Jiang Hong's heart. Jiang Yun had never seen his parents since birth. According to Jiang Hong, they died in a battle shortly after he was born.

Jiang Yun's birth was extraordinary. He lacked the most distinctive feature of the Evil Spirit Clan—the evil eye in the palm. This had shocked the entire Evil Spirit Clan, and he was hailed as the perfect bloodline.

His talent was as expected, possessing nine divine veins, the most supreme talent in the world. His presence gave the clan's supreme experts hope and even alarmed the Supreme Demon Emperor.

That day, Jiang Yun saw the most powerful being in this world, the Supreme Demon Emperor.

He was not the fanged, evil-looking figure of legends but instead had a compassionate aura, filled with empathy. His eyes alone were enough to make one feel no hostility, even a desire to worship.

The moment the Supreme Demon Emperor saw Jiang Yun, his fate began to change. Leaving behind a wisp of Supreme Demon Flame, the Supreme Demon Emperor departed, leaving everyone puzzled.

However, Jiang Yun had some understanding. Over the years, not only due to his grandfather, but the wisp of supreme flame in his body was also crucial.

Over the years, due to his talent, demonic and spiritual energies from the outer domain uncontrollably drilled into his body, but had been blocked. It now seemed that the Supreme Demon Emperor intentionally designed this.

Hearing Jiang Hong's cryptic words today, Jiang Yun already had his suspicions.