The elder's story had come to an end. And so the world continues on.
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In a small room an assortment of those widely respected. Gathered within, the elders, and leaders of sects, those dubbed gods of war, king, princes, princesses, and reclusive ancestors that had been long sealed away having entered closed-door cultivation.
Here a man of terrifying stature spoke, this man with only one leg, a man, aged and withered like a tree with its roots cut. Here he spoke, not as the strongest, nor the smartest, but as the one with the highest seniority, "My brothers, my sisters, today our species come together once more, to defeat one cursed, nay! Here we come together to rid ourselves of a plague that has been slowly eating at our races for generations."
"Here we meet today, for after all these years we laid hidden in seclusion, faking our deaths, and lying to our descendants, after all these years of hardship, we are finally prepared, the plan we fought for long ago. I'd like to say, finally it has entered fruition, a one-sided war shall soon begin.
In this war however, there will be no exceptions, to you all we are phantoms, no mistakes are ever to be made, and so, my brothers, my sisters, rejoice for that race dubbed Humanity, soon will pester us no longer!"
Their plan after all these years was theoretically successful, finally. Finally it had entered fruition.
And so on that day, all throughout each and every star system the word was spread in extreme secrecy, however, what was spread, what was mentioned by the senior figures of the species, was not the word of war, but a location, that all were to meet one day from now within the auditorium on the planet of Prouida.
And to all not Human? Of course, such words they were to never hear of such an event, and to those holding any close relation too mankind, they too were isolated. For none would be exempt, none would be spared from such an occasion, and so exempt they were not, for to die with at least your dignity, standing with the ones you side with, this is the law, and so in the dark, those allied with Humanity remain.
Time passes, and soon a day goes by.
From far and wide, countless gather together, coming together, to make an appearance under the roof of one auditorium. In the hearts of many, a smile... Looking around they had realized it upon the first glance, a gathering of species.
An event that had only happened twice throughout the entirety of time, however around as they searched, from the plethora of men and women three species were evidently missing, or had they not shown? In the hearts of all this question held their greatest interest.
Making their way inside, a true diversity, as species of countless filled the rows. Those coming here wherein the trillions however, this auditorium... Its size was truly unprecedented, for it to be this tremendous even with all the species gather, fill it was not.
To all present, feelings arose, to some the feeling of joy and expectation of something major, to others, however, a feeling of sadness. Here, something grand was to happen, something major, an event so great that would be documented in the eternal books of time.
In anticipation, they wait.
In a room, frozen solid, all sit still, and not even the slightest of sound rings out, not even a breath. To those present as if a sword was held to their neck, none dared speak, nor move, and so a room still, a room frozen in time. Within this room still however, pressure. None knew of anything, unknowing of what was about to go down, the air grew dry and across the necks of many, a cold sweat ran down.
...The pressure of not to speak, the pressure to not bring disgrace, nor harm upon one's race, to even insult one here was to disgrace a whole species, in this auditorium where all sat frozen, even basic words grew to be the deadliest of weapons.
Under immense pressure, none dared breath in the slightest, even as they sat at the very brink of suffocation, with their faces purple, and their eyes glowing red, to even move an inch, they refused, they'd rather choose suicide over humiliation, they'd rather commit suicide over the total annihilation of their species.
However, here just as all were about to suffocate themselves to death, appearing out of thin air five made their appearance upon the stage.
Even with all the elders and greater beings being here, none had seen, these five move at all, to appear out of thin air, the mouths of all opened wide, as their chins dropped. Complete astonishment.
For the five that stood before them, their ancestors, their protectors, their war heroes, all beings that were said to have perished long, long ago.
Around the air-cooled, and all took a deep breath before some began to scream out guesses at their identities,
Speaking from sheer exhilaration one screamed out, "Long Jiao. He's Long Jiao the dragon king!" Their mouths widen.
Following his words of excitement another shouted, "The divine maiden Hua Pi, I had heard she is the embodiment of the sun itself, didn't she reportedly go insane and fly into the sun killing herself 40,000 years ago?! How is this crazed woman still alive?!"
Retorting to the voice early a young man with a blazing spirit screamed his retort, "Ha you fool, did you truly think my ancestor would die to the mere sun? She has obviously just returned from a long trip, how dare you call her crazy, I'll kill you!" The crowd's mouths with exhilaration fall open.
"The... The... The!" Stuttering a young boy spoke, "Zhannnn... That... That mann... He's Zhan Luan!! Chaos itself, the god of war!" Veins within their eyes twitch as their eyes widen.
From this scream, all looked up to take a look, Zhan Luan was truly a legendary figure, revered by all. However, as all looked up and glanced upon their God of war, some began to shout,
"But standing behind the great God who is that?!"
"Yeah who is that?!"
At such a thing, Zhan Luan broke down laughing, rolling around on the floor while screaming, "HAHA AHAH-HA old friend it seems none remember you or your legend!"
Blushing lightly, whilst cursing out Zhan Luan the man unknown walked out from behind Zhan Luan, and with a light sigh, he spoke, "Ahh... Young ones, it has truly been too long since this one has ruled, it is understandable that none can remember my old withered self, nor can they remember the one that captured the east alone."
Upon the faces of all, sudden realization. This man before them, was the legendary Feng Dian, the only man to capture the east alone, a scientist that captured the east with only crazed inventions, and a vast array of unknown machinery.
Screaming out one said, "The god of engineering Feng Dian..!"
With their eyes widened, and their mouths hanging on their chests, they all screamed out, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Laughing lightly Feng Dian began to speak, "Today our species have come together for the same purpose. We have banded here today, to rid this world of a foe that has plagued us for years countless. Mankind, an enemy of us all, a species inept and cursed!"
"Today our species come together once more, becoming one, a single entity in which we all resolve, and so from here on out, my brothers, my sisters, heed my words, listen closely as I explain the severity of this war against mankind.
Mankind a plague, although weak, although inept, and although trash, they grow spreading their seed infinitely. We are the salvation! Under the alliance, we will cleanse this world from the chaos of Humanity.
Three days from now is the first prince's wedding commencement date. Ready yourself for war, for three days from now, the plan we meticulously calculated for thousands of years, a plan sketched out in the shadows of the Qilin, will be unveiled, showing itself upon this land for the first time."
Soon, very soon humanity as we know it will disappear without a trace.
In three days' time, the prince, Huo Hong was to marry the Divine Fairy, Chi Xue.
And so... As time passed, and the wedding drew near, all beings made their way to the main residence of the Qilin, the star of Qiu. To witness their wedding, to create an atmosphere grand, and to not demean, the Qilin, graced their own slaves, with a position to be part of their wedding ceremony.
To Humanity, everything was a chance, nothing could be missed, with such an opportunity placed before them, they would not even dare dream of declining such an invitation and so, here one day before the wedding, Humanity made its move, for their species inept, a journey across realms while unfeasible to most without outside help. Such a thing however, was a simple matter, to traverse a mere realm, truly it was something simple, and so the warp went unused by all but mankind.
Humanity, however, a species limited, they stood on the same level as a random rock on the side of the street trying to traverse time, incompetent and so, they could only take the time warp. A convenient way of travel created by the first immortal, Gong Shen.
Back then even while standing at the peak, and holding complete control of the world laws, to create a tear of space was simple, however, to create a tear that remained unfazed by time, to create a warp even Gong Shen had to travel far and wide to collect the resources necessary to traverse space.
This warp, one of a kind, and while Gong Shen had created it, the warp's range of travel was greatly limited.
And so while the warp would take them to Qiu, it would not take them to any settlement. The warp aged, issues show if the warp truly wished they could very well appear hundreds of meters in the sky above Qiu or in the middle of an ocean and so a day was set aside for travel.
There journey whether it be long or short, it was to begin, and so enter the warp, the countless of Humanity did.
On the other side, another trial for humanity.
As space distorted, and the gleaming sun pierced down upon their mortal souls, they open their eyes to mountains, they turn left, they turn right but only more mountains, they spin around, but all around, nothing but the vast mountain range. They were in a crater.
Befuddled, Humanity had reached a true wall in their path, a range of indomitable mountains. But even to attempt to climb they had to. Traversing the rocky terrain, their leather shoes tore apart and their feet bled. It was agony, but even in agony they moved forward, determined.
Distant, an eerie hollow rung out, and from the peak of the mountains five figures, jumped down with smiles upon their faces, laughing, "HAH-A-HA-HA-HA-HA." And soon to follow the faces of millions, nay! Trillions even, showed themselves, traversing their way down the mountain with their weapons readied.
At such a threat, humanity knew it, to them a species inept there was no exception, the end was here, however, cry or scream they did not, and instead upon their lifeless faces, a bright smile.
Complete obliteration in 4 mere seconds, Humanity was no more.
Mankind dead, the species of committee enjoy what freedom they have left.
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Ten long years pass, and upon this very same realm, a shadowy figure traverses the entire realm, in search of something.
A mere instant since his appearance, but he had traversed the whole realm, what he sought, here it was not.
Unbeknown to all this shadowy figure, grew frenzied, and revealing itself, it muttered, "Ignition." Its body ignites, a bird showing itself before all appears within Qiu breathing flames that burn all, and spewing lava that ignites even the soul.
In a mere instant a whole star lost its glow, and the ones proclaimed overlord, the Qilin, before this small bird, were rendered defenseless.
The world of martial arts ruthless, a world without mercy, one day you sit at the very peak, and the next you're nothing but a worm on the surface, a sitting duck.