Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 737: Lord Demon’s Power

At this time, Weng Jieguo's Dao fruit had been completely consumed in the previous battle with Jun Modao. His body disintegrated and his Dao fruit collapsed.

In Chu Tai's opinion, not only Weng Jieguo, but in fact many cultivators in Wenxia Gorge in the past also had their Tao fruits consumed by the light that penetrated the past. Even if they did not die immediately, they would inevitably attract the Daluo Tianguang to ascend and prolong their lives.

"Fellow Daoist, it's still not too late for you to escort Tianguang."

Chu Tai tried to persuade him, but was rejected by Weng Jieguo.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, you don't need to persuade me anymore. I know exactly what I am doing, and I know that this is the only way to save everyone."

"Why is this so?"

Weng Jieguo looked at Chu Tai and said, "Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. I can't have both, so I'd rather sacrifice my life for righteousness. Wait, there's a bigger problem. If I ascend, then there will be no hope. Am I right, old man?"

As he spoke, Weng Jieguo looked at the old man Haha who appeared behind Chu Tai.

"He's right. Jun Modao's plan is far better than I expected. Now that guy's plan is complete, I came here to arrange my funeral."

As he said this, Haha Patriarch looked at Chu Tai and said, "Although I was rejected once, I still want to ask you, are you willing to inherit the way of witchcraft?"

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment. He could feel that at this moment, Old Ancestor Haha was really planning to entrust his son to the care of others.

But he still shook his head. Upon hearing this, the old ancestor sighed, looked up at the sky and said, "Well, it just so happened that when that guy made a fuss, I had not yet fully mastered the way of witchcraft. Even if I die this time, the inheritance of the way of witchcraft will not be completely cut off. Go and rest, go and rest!"

A rosy glow rose from the body of Old Ancestor Haha, and the shadows of many gods appeared one by one, following the old ancestor's steps and moving upwards.

At the same time, many second and third rank cultivators also felt the subtle changes in Middle-earth.

The goddess in the Great Light Palace widened her eyes and whispered, "How is this possible!"

The light and shadow that General Xu Xiang had sent away first from Dongji also turned back quickly, with flames rising around him.

As for Chu Tai, who was standing next to Ancestor Haha, he immediately protected the boy from the Ban family behind him.

At this time, above the sky, countless silver snakes of golden light were running around in the dark clouds, cutting the dark clouds into pieces, as if the sky was torn into pieces.

"The Saint King Avenue did not actually stop the power of the Monarch Demon..."

Chu Tai felt the power behind the sky, which came from the power of the first-grade cultivator Jun Mo.

Logically, this powerful being who had separated himself from the original Saint King Avenue system was also rejected by the Saint King Avenue, and it was difficult for his power to reach the Central Plains.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty never acknowledged its connection with Junmo, and why the inheritance of the Saint King Avenue remained safe and stable after Junmo achieved the first level.

But now, there seems to be a problem with this biggest layer of shelter.

Haha, the ancestor, sighed and said, "Earlier, the Sovereign Demon Dao used me to pollute the subconsciousness of all living beings with my empty heart. At the same time, I also used the Witch Dao to establish a little lead in the human world under the influence of the Saint King Avenue. Another cultivator of the Sovereign Demon Dao established twenty Yin-Yang Roads of Life and Death in the Central Plains, which pried open that little lead. Although it did not allow the power of the Saint King Avenue to fully materialize, it was enough to draw down some of his power."

"Boy, you'd better go back to the cave. You can't watch the battle that's about to happen, even if you have the protection of the divine treasure."

Haha, as the ancestor was speaking, several ancient instruments suddenly appeared around him. They were condensed with ancient and powerful power. In terms of the status they displayed, they were not inferior to the power of Junmo that was about to appear in the dark clouds above the nine heavens. However, Chu Tai could also see that the aura of these ancient instruments was very incomplete and incomplete.

"how about you?"

Facing Chu Tai's question, Haha Patriarch did not answer, but looked at Weng Jieguo and said, "Do you need my help?"

"If you are willing, that would be great!"

Weng Jieguo struggled to stand up, looked at Ancestor Haha, raised his hand and pretended to hold a bow. A faint ray of light emerged from his hand, and with the sound of a vibrating bowstring, the light pierced Ancestor Haha's body.

A faint glow emerged from his heart, and the old ancestor said in a daze: "I didn't expect that I would have to keep this light! Thank you very much."

Haha, Old Ancestor did not look back, and Weng Jie Guo turned into a stream of light behind him and disappeared, following the breath of witchcraft and the power of the previous light arrow, dispersing to various places in the world.

Many of the people who had just survived were staring blankly at the tragic scene around them.

He lost his home, his land, his money, and most of his relatives.

Coupled with the influence of the previous Junmodao power, the remnants of the forces of decadence, numbness, greed, indifference, sex and desire began to surge again.

But at this moment, a faint light rose in their hearts, not strong, not sacred, not strong, just a little bit. Those who might have fallen into depravity again seemed to have found a little hope to move on. They stood up and prepared to pack up the things that could still be used.

Old Ancestor Haha was able to feel all of this, and the ancient objects around him glowed with dazzling light one by one, carrying him slowly into the air, obviously intending to place the battlefield high in the sky.

Many fourth-grade celestial beings who were practicing in the Thousand Lights Floating Island began to curse, but after seeing what Ancestor Haha did, most of them consciously adjusted their positions and remotely constructed one layer of magical prohibitions after another, trying to slightly mitigate the impact of the war that would soon occur.

"Is this really useful?"

Xuan Chong and the other two looked at Taoist Yuanming with some confusion.

These two were also Chu Tai's old acquaintances. The former once helped Chu Tai, and the latter was once on good terms with the Emei Sect.

But as time went by, Taoist Yuanming realized that something was wrong and chose to leave. Together with Xuan Chongsan, he went into seclusion in the Thousand Lights Layer, hoping to avoid the limelight. Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, the place they chose became the most tragic battlefield.

But they couldn't let the two of them leave directly, so they could only painfully perform various magic spells and set up numerous legal prohibitions.

Taoist Yuanming was not clear about Xuanchong Sanren's doubts, and could only smile bitterly and said, "Even if it has a little effect, it's good."

After saying this, Taoist Yuanming seemed to sense something and hurriedly greeted the people around him. Then he saw Li Xuan, a fourth-rank celestial being from the former Chu State, who was also in the sky. Seeing him coming, Taoist Yuanming hurriedly said, "I didn't expect that fellow Taoist would practice here. It's really great. It just so happens that the "Miraculous Sutra of the Five Virtues of Heaven and Man Explained by the True Lord of the Universe" that I practice and the "Great Golden Book of the Three Treasures of Natural Gods" that fellow Taoist Xuan Chong practiced are both the methods passed down by the Hunyuan Patriarch, but the results they seek are different and they are not very compatible. If you, who are also from the Hunyuan lineage, practice the "Great Yin and Yang Sutra" to coordinate, it will definitely work smoothly and make the defense of this place a step higher."

"I just saw two Taoist friends setting up the formation from afar, and I knew the severity of the situation. Wait a moment, another Taoist friend will be here soon."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he called a heroic young man in green clothes and introduced him, "This is fellow Daoist Xuan Xuanzi, also from my Hunyuan lineage, and the 'Tai Shang Fu Jiu Tian Qing Qi Xuan Miao Jing' he practiced is even more unique. With the cooperation of the two Daoists, we can build a simple Tai Shang Qing Jing Wonderland."

Xuan Chong Sanren and Yuan Ming Daoren nodded repeatedly and released their magic weapons to cooperate with each other.

Clear air surged above Xuan Xuanzi's head, and the Nine Heavens Pure Qi carried the Nine Heavens Pure Air Tower out, transforming into the foundation of a fairyland surrounded by auspicious clouds.

Taoist Yuanming then threw out his most precious treasure, the Yuanming Diamond. The purple Qi that brought blessings, virtues, and good fortune, and warded off disasters, carried the diamond and made it rotate in the air, combing the pure air around it.

Xuan Chong Sanren threw out the Taixuan Five Star Wheel and used the natural Qi of the Three Caves Feixuan to circulate the changes of the five elements.

Finally, Li Xuan used the Yin and Yang of the two poles and the true Qi to carry it, and released the Yin and Yang Pendant and waved the Xuanwei Sword, constantly connecting the inside and the outside, and sorting out the fairy light talismans that gradually emerged around him. After all, similar situations to theirs were not uncommon in the Thousand Light Layer at this moment.

As the aura around Old Ancestor Haha was surging, many immortal lights, Buddha lights, and treasure lights continued to intertwine and cooperate with each other, forming a large number of tightly structured legal prohibitions. Dense Taoist seals, Sanskrit, immortal spells, and Buddhist scripture passages appeared and disappeared from time to time, like countless chains blocking the surrounding void, trying to lock up the power constantly accumulating in the void.

But no one had any idea, so they could only use the floating island as the foundation and combine it with many treasures to increase its weight.

During this period, the mountain ghost originally did not want to get close to the floating island where he lived. After all, the reincarnation of the mackerel was closely connected with this place, even though Chu Tai and other Buddhist masters expressed that they could help him find another habitat.

"Don't try to deceive me. If I leave here, will I still have any connection with those creatures? I will not have the foundation I have now in the future..."

Before Mackerel could finish his words, he was suppressed by the mountain ghost with a slap. Master Tianque, who was about to take action, saw this and put his hands together and said, "Daoyou is decisive, which makes me seem persistent."

"The master was merciful and didn't want to bother with this guy. On the contrary, I acted early and seemed cold-blooded."

As he said this, he worked with several great virtues to seal the mackerel, extract its spirituality, and have people take it and the residents on the island away. He then mobilized the power on the island and gathered it in the large formation below.

In an instant, above the thousand layers of light, layers of immortal light and Buddha light blended together to form a floating rosy glow, like a curtain, falling layer by layer. Each ray of light seemed far and near, showing an incomparably beautiful color, and there were countless phantoms hidden in it, showing the infinite exquisiteness of the immortal and Buddhist ways.

And when this mysterious operation reached its peak, phantoms appeared on the floating islands one after another.

Around these phantoms, there are either the magnificent scenery of heaven or the wonderful scenery of sacred mountains, as well as pure lands, caves, mandalas, and blessed lands. At the very least, there are ceilings, golden lamps, necklaces, and auspicious clouds.

Endless floating fairy music and ethereal Buddhist chanting echoed in all directions, allowing those virtual shadows to gradually condense into shape.

Their images may be that of the Heavenly Lord, the Taoist Lord, the Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the True Lord, or the Arhat. Each of them is the embodiment of the destiny of a certain Taoist tradition. At this moment, they are all gathered in the thousands of layers of light to guard the sky.

"Can they succeed?"

Xiling in the Great Light Palace asked the goddess.

"Such a method gathers the power of all immortals. A third-rank immortal would certainly be intimidated by it. A second-rank immortal would also have to think twice before seeing it. But this time, we are facing the Sovereign Demon..."

The goddess was silent for a long time, and then said, "Do you two know what the Lord Demon's method is?"

"Isn't it the dark side of human nature, the negative side of humanity, the collection of evil thoughts of all living beings? The supreme ruler, the tyrant who controls all changes..."

Chang Su mentioned several titles of the demon kings in succession, but the goddess did not nod.

"Although all sentient beings think that the Dao Fruit of Jie and Zhou's Law and Principle symbolizes the dark nature of mankind, and is the concrete product of plunder and oppression in human nature, they believe that all evil thoughts, malice and evil deeds that rely on the dark side of human nature are manifestations of his power, and regard slavery, exploitation, tyranny and other behaviors as manifestations of his power. But in fact, this is not the case..."

“Is it a highly cohesive order?”

Xiling spoke again and expressed her guess.

"It's good that you can think of this level. It can be regarded as seeing the essence of it."

The goddess looked into the void, and saw a hand gradually emerging from the layers of dark clouds, and said: "The essence of the Sovereign Demon Dao Fruit is actually one word - power."

"force?"

Xiling and Chang Su looked at each other, were stunned for a moment, then thought of something at the same time and looked towards the Central Plains.

Chu Tai felt the same as the other two, but the moment the shadow of the hand gradually appeared, he knew that his previous guess was wrong.

"The true foundation of Junmo is power! That's right, the so-called foundation of order is violence. The foundation of all domination, rule, and control is actually based on violence. Only the power above all else can create the most stable order, because under this violence, all beings are equal! Everything can be in order, because everything that does not conform to the order will be destroyed by violence."

Thinking of this, Chu Tai recalled the characteristics of the three third-grade cultivators of Junmo Dao, and soon understood another point.

"Even this violence not only acts on the body, but also on the mind. Under the rule of the Sovereign Demon, individuals do not need to have too much personal will, which in itself conflicts with the concept of the fourth-grade Heavenly Human Dao. Therefore, all cultivators who practice the Sovereign Demon Dao will eventually become uncontrollably empty and hollow in their hearts. At the same time, they will be easily affected by the power of the Sovereign Demon. In essence, the three of them are also a way of deriving the Sovereign Demon Dao Fruit, and one of the powers of the Sovereign Demon..."

"So, has Junmo already calculated the current situation? Was all this destined when Junmo Dao cultivators entered the Central Plains?"

Chu Tai suddenly felt a sense of fear in his heart. For these first-rank cultivators, when did they start their plan and when did they make their move?

In other words, when did they target Chu Tai? When did they increase their stakes?

Wait, the choice I made? Was it really my choice?
Chu Tai couldn't help but feel such doubts in his heart.

At the same time, the Demon Lord of Nothingness stopped the True Lord Hunyuan and said with a smile: "Daoyou, it seems that I am more skilled this time!"

(End of this chapter)