The abyssal plane.

A High God-level powerhouse whose lifespan was nearing its end appeared. He looked at the human entrance not far ahead, his expression incomparably cold.

"The Demon Progenitor promised me that even if I fail my Ascension Trial, he will still grant my descendants certain privileges. Those talented juniors of mine will receive unlimited resources for cultivation, and an even stronger High God-level powerhouse will be arranged as their backer.

In that case, even if I fail the Ascension Trial, I will not need to worry about my descendants being wiped out because no powerhouse remains to protect them."

This demon race High God-level powerhouse had already reached the peak of High God level.

Before this, he had tried all kinds of methods to extend his lifespan and increase the amount of time he had before the Ascension Trial.

However, because he lacked confidence, he had delayed until now and still had not attempted to ascend.

Thus, the demon realm proposed that instead of letting him die in vain because of the Ascension Trial, he might as well answer the Demon Progenitor’s request and personally take action for the demon realm.

Even if his Ascension Trial failed, his descendants would still be guaranteed protection.

At that moment, a terrifying voice suddenly came from the outside world.

"John, the good days of you humans are about to end. You dare declare war on my demon race with your meager strength? Next, enjoy what true terror feels like!"

Rumble!

The next moment, the aura around John began to surge violently.

"What’s going on? Does the demon race want to destroy the entire human world?"

John rubbed his eyes.

He knew that the life level of High God-level powerhouses had already reached a higher realm. Existences like that could destroy an entire world with a mere gesture.

For them, destroying the human race truly was not difficult.

Thinking of this, John decisively opened his backpack.

He took out the Human Life-and-Death Decree he had obtained earlier. The moment the decree appeared, it felt extremely cold in his hand.

According to the effect description, this decree could bind more than ten races. If anything happened to the human race, those ten races would suffer corresponding bound damage.

"Since the myriad races want to destroy my human race, then I’ll use this decree to bind entire races together and put them on the same line as humanity."

With this thought, John immediately used the item.

[System Prompt: You have used the Human Life-and-Death Decree. Please select the races to bind.]

"System, I want to bind the demon race, Beastkin, Machina Race, Warshapers, Undead, Divine Race, Swarmborn, Origin Race, Elemental Race, and Jade Race."

[System Prompt: Binding successful. The human race has now been completely bound to the ten great races!]

[System Prompt: From this moment onward, if disaster befalls the human race, the other ten great races will suffer the same disaster!]

As the Racial Life-and-Death Decree completed its binding, all kinds of strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the homeworlds of those ten great races.

This scene was instantly sensed by the High God-level powerhouses of the ten great races. When they realized that enormous changes had occurred in the lands where they resided, their expressions changed drastically.

"Damn it! Is this the human race’s counterattack? Hurry and make the demon race stop!"

"It’s over! It’s over! That John is actually vicious to this extent. He directly bound us together and wants to perish together with us!"

"Don’t panic. I think the demon race has already received the news as well. They may not continue taking action."

"That’s right. We simply didn’t react in time. Since the human race has bound the demon race, perhaps the demon race will also be destroyed along with them. So he won’t take action."

"Damn it. What a pity that we currently have no way to dispatch High God-level powerhouses to suppress the human race. We’ve been directly restrained by John."

"Should we send High God-level powerhouses to continue suppressing the human race?"

"At this point, there’s no need to bring that up anymore."

"With the current situation, as long as the human race does not leave the human plane, it will probably be very difficult for us to make another move against them."

"Damn it. Truly damn it."

In the abyssal plane, that peak High God-level powerhouse of the demon race had just been about to act when an urgent voice transmission rang beside his ear.

"You absolutely cannot act! That human John used some unknown evil art to bind our demon race plane together with the human plane. Once the human plane is destroyed, the demon race plane will also be destroyed along with it. Senior, please stop!"

When the demon race High God-level powerhouse heard this, his expression changed drastically.

"How could this happen?"

In the abyssal plane—

Rumble!

The big shots of the myriad races roared continuously.

"The human race is truly hateful! Without strength, they can only rely on strange items and evil arts to cling to life. If you have the ability, undo the racial binding and fight us in a real battle!"

"That coward John! If he can’t win, he drags us down to die with him. He is simply shameless to the extreme!"

"A mere human race doesn’t dare fight head-on and only knows how to survive with these sinister items. All the myriad worlds are ashamed of you!"

"Once we find a way to sever this binding, we will crush the human bloodline until not even dregs remain!"

After ensuring the safety of the human plane, John no longer had any concerns.

Alone, he stepped into the teleportation passage leading to the demon realm.

With a flash, he had already appeared in the demon realm, within air that was scorching hot and filled with the smell of sulfur.

The moment he steadied himself, a terrifying aura surged toward him from ahead like an overwhelming tide.

It was precisely that peak High God-level powerhouse of the demon race whose lifespan was nearing its end.

The old man wore a dark-red robe. His withered face was embedded with a pair of eyes like the abyss itself.

Looking at John, who had come alone, the corners of his mouth curled into a ferocious sneer.

"John, you actually dared to come."

The demon race High God’s voice sounded like rusty iron scraping together, harsh and unpleasant.

"You dare charge into my demon realm alone. Should I praise your courage, or should I laugh at your ignorance of death?"

"A mere demigod-grade ant dares face a peak High God alone?"

"Don’t tell me you think that just because you killed a few Demigod Limit existences, you can show off before a High God?"

John looked at him expressionlessly, his tone calm.

"Are you done?"

The demon race High God narrowed his eyes.

"Still sharp-tongued when death is at hand."

John did not say anything more and directly activated an invisible strength.

World Balance Decree!

This was one of the rewards he had previously obtained from the Space Tower. Its effect was to lock onto a certain Zone and, after activation, forcibly pull the levels of all targets within that area to the same level as the user.

Using it now against this demon race powerhouse was just right.

[World Balance Decree has been used!]

[Current Region: Entire Demon Realm!]

[Balance Effect has taken effect: The levels of all hostile targets have been forcibly adjusted to Level 450!]

[High God-level might has been sealed. Only High God-level physical body strength is retained!]

As the system prompt appeared, the aura of the peak High God-level demon race powerhouse suddenly plummeted.

His originally heaven-shaking divine might was like a punctured balloon, rapidly withering at a visible speed.

His level fell wildly from Level 590 all the way down.

It directly dropped to Level 450...

The same level as John!