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Luo Hou looked up, his blood-red eyes blazing with intense light.

"Hongjun, the billion-dollar prize has been acquired."

"You use the Way of Heaven to suppress my demonic path, use destiny to confine my freedom, and use the karma of saints to seal me under Mount Sumeru, making me suffer the torment of Buddha's light day and night."

"Now that all the sages are dead, the Way of Heaven has collapsed, and destiny has been reversed."

"Do you think this counts as karma?"

Hongjun remained silent, gazing at Rahu and then at Xuandu.

When those indifferent eyes swept over the figure in blue, a slight ripple finally appeared.

So, this was Xuandu's last son.

All the Heavenly Saints perished, the Dao declined and the Demonic Ones grew stronger, Rahu awakened, and the Nine Heavens reached their peak.

This man has calculated every step to the extreme.

"Xuan Du, you do have more backup plans than I thought."

Hongjun spoke, his voice still calm, but beneath that calmness lay a hint of deep meaning.

"But do you think that being at the peak of the Ninth Heaven of Rahu can stop me from entering the Heavenly Dao?"

Xuan Du shook his head and spoke, his voice not loud, yet clearly penetrating the void.

"This disciple never intended for Rahu to stop you; I only wished for him to see you off."

Hongjun's gaze narrowed slightly, as if he were pondering the meaning of those words.

Luo Hou stood amidst the surging demonic energy, his blood-red eyes gazing at the sky, at the gray figure about to merge with the Eye of Heaven, a chilling smile slowly spreading across his lips.

He raised his hand, and demonic energy surged out, condensing into a jet-black pillar of light, which shot straight toward the pillar of light of the Eye of Heaven!

"The decline of the Tao and the rise of the demons is the predetermined fate of the Great Tao."

"The weaker the Heavenly Way, the stronger the Demonic Way."

"Hongjun, the weaker the power of the Eye of Heaven becomes as you burn the origin of the Heavenly Dao to break through, the stronger my demonic power becomes."

"Given this ebb and flow, how long can your Heavenly Dao Gate hold out?"

As the sound faded, the pitch-black beam of light collided violently with the gray-white beam of light from the Eye of Heaven.

"boom!!!"

The void shattered, and the laws were annihilated.

Where the two forces collided, a huge rift appeared out of nowhere.

Within that rift, the three thousand laws twisted and surged.

The Eye of Heaven was trembling violently, its grayish-white light flickering uncertainly.

Hongjun's figure froze in mid-air.

That step, which was about to merge into the Eye of Heaven, was abruptly cut off.

He looked down at Rahu, at that dark figure, and at the demonic energy soaring into the sky.

In the depths of those eyes that had remained indifferent for billions of years, a faint ripple finally appeared—a look of solemnity.

Rahu is right. The weaker the Heavenly Way is, the stronger the Demonic Way is.

He burned the essence of the Heavenly Dao to break through, and the power of the Eye of the Heavenly Dao became weaker and weaker.

But Rahu grew stronger and stronger.

As one side gains and the other loses, that gate to the Heavenly Dao is slowly closing.

Houtu stood beside Xuandu, gazing at the slowly closing Heavenly Gate and Hongjun's suspended figure in mid-air. Suddenly, a bright light shone from her chaotic eyes.

She got it.

I understand completely now.

Xuan Du's destruction of Mount Sumeru was not without reason.

He is awakening Rahu and releasing the demonic power that has been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao for billions of years.

Using the power of the demonic path to restrain the power of the heavenly path.

With Rahu at the peak of the Nine Heavens, he slowed down Hongjun's progress.

With the force of the collapsing Heavenly Dao, Hongjun's last escape route was completely sealed off.

"Xuan Du, you truly have a flawless plan."

Houtu spoke in a low voice, her tone tinged with emotion.

"You knew from the beginning that Hongjun would burn his origin to break through."

"You knew from the beginning that after the Heavenly Saint fell, the Dao would decline and the Demon would rise, and Rahu would awaken."

"Therefore, Rahu was placed at the foot of Mount Sumeru very early on."

"Let him do the most appropriate obstruction at the most appropriate time."

"admire."

Xuan Du gently shook his head, but deep within his calm eyes, he remained fixed on the gray figure in the sky, his gaze never wavering.

"It's too early to say you admire him. Hongjun hasn't lost yet; he still has one last chance."

Houtu followed his gaze.

Above the sky, although the light of the Eye of Heaven flickered, the gray-white pupil deep within its core had not been completely extinguished.

Hongjun stood within the pillar of light, his gray Daoist robe fluttering in the wind under the dual tearing of demonic energy and the Heavenly Dao.

He gazed at the dark figure below, at Rahu's blood-red eyes, at the surging demonic energy, and remained silent for a moment.

He then spoke slowly, his voice as cold as ancient ice.

"Rahu, you have indeed exceeded my expectations."

"But do you think you can stop me with just a peak ninth-level expert?"

You're wrong.

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand.

The Jade Disc of Creation hung above his head, and three thousand Dao patterns shone brightly at the same time.

The light was so intense, so dazzling, so vast, that it instantly illuminated the entire sky.

"Since there's no hope of breaking through, then let's not try."

"In the name of the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, I burn the last three parts of my original essence."

"I will annihilate you, Xuandu, Houtu, and this entire world."

As Hongjun's voice faded, the sky fell silent.

The grayish-white Heavenly Eye stopped flashing at that moment.

The three thousand Dao patterns lit up at the same time. The light did not spread outward, but collapsed inward, compressing the origin of the Heavenly Dao over billions of years into a single point.

The entire primordial world held its breath in that instant.

Xuan Du's pupils contracted slightly. He sensed that the power deep within those gray-white eyes was rising at an irreversible rate.

The power was so terrifying that even he, at the peak of the ninth heaven, Houtu at the peak of the ninth heaven, and Luohou at the peak of the ninth heaven, could not withstand it.

Because that was the self-destruction of the Heavenly Dao.

It was Hongjun who used himself as a catalyst to ignite the last three primordial energies.

He, as the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, wanted to take them on their journey together.

"He is self-destructing the Eye of Heaven."

Houtu spoke, her voice extremely hoarse.

Xuan Du nodded without speaking, staring intently at the gray figure.

The Chaos Pearl hung in his palm, with forty-nine restrictions circulating wildly.

The crimson-gold light of the Eye of Humanity surged, as if sensing the impending pressure of destruction.

The gray-white light of the Eye of Heaven grew stronger and stronger. There was no longer any order in that light, only pure collapse, pure destruction, and pure death.

The entire sky trembled, and the void for billions of miles cracked.

On the vast, ancient land, billions of living beings knelt in submission.

Before Sishui Pass, the fighting ceased, and the soldiers of both armies looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with fear.

In Chendu City, hundreds of millions of humans lay prostrate on the ground, unable to rise. They sensed it—the terrifying pressure emanating from the depths of the heavens, enough to wipe out the entire primordial world.

"Xuan Du".

Hongjun's voice came from the depths of that gray-white light, still indifferent, but with an unprecedented decisiveness.

"You could have calculated everything under heaven, but you couldn't have foreseen this day."

"You have orchestrated a scheme for billions of years, broken my destiny, killed my saint, and awakened Rahu."

"But you can't stop the self-destruction of Heaven."

"With this strike, the entire primordial world will perish for you."