Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

"The Heavenly Demon Realm, huh..."

Gu Changjin had just finished speaking.

The six-armed demon ape could no longer suppress the horror in its eyes.

The next second, boom! boom! boom!

Thick black mist gushed out from the pores of its entire body.

The demon's body, which was originally three zhang tall, quickly withered, and its six arms simultaneously formed a strange seal. The space was forcibly torn open by the black mist, creating a thin crack.

The six-armed demon ape didn't even utter a harsh word before turning and disappearing at an astonishing speed.

One moment it was in front of Gu Changjin, the next it had turned into a nearly invisible black line.

pity……

boom!

The black line had only flown a hundred feet when it crashed into a barrier that was not even visible to the naked eye.

The entire cloud of black mist was thrown backward.

"What?"

The six-armed demon ape suddenly raised its head.

Ahead lay more mountains and forests.

The sky remained unchanged.

But no matter which direction it rushes in, it will eventually be blocked by an invisible force.

Left side won't work, right side won't work, and burrowing underground won't work either.

It even transformed into hundreds of demonic thoughts, attempting to escape from different directions.

As a result, every wisp of demonic thought that flew to the edge of the void was directly bounced back.

Gu Changjin stood still, without moving an inch.

"When I noticed something was wrong with you, I had already sealed this place off."

"Trying to run now? It's probably too late."

As soon as he finished speaking, the illusory realm slowly closed in.

The area that originally covered hundreds of miles was instantly compressed.

The black mist on the six-armed demon ape surged wildly.

The more you struggle, the tighter the surrounding rules press down.

At last.

click!

Its six arms froze simultaneously, its body was firmly fixed in mid-air, and even its eyeballs could not move.

Only the black mist deep within the soul continued to frantically ram against the constraints of the illusory realm.

Gu Changjin walked up to it.

"Why are you running?"

"Since they're all from out of town..."

"Why don't we get to know each other?"

The six-armed demon ape was unable to speak, but the black mist visibly trembled.

Gu Changjin smiled and placed his right hand directly on its head.

"Come! Let this old man see what you're plotting."

The aura of the ethereal realm flowed into his palm.

The six-armed demon ape's soul defenses crumbled layer by layer.

A flood of memories not belonging to this world began to pour into Gu Changjin's mind.

The Heavenly Demon Realm, a boundless demonic land, is a place where the desires of all living beings converge, and countless heavenly demons are born from the impure thoughts, inner demons, and obsessions of all living beings.

The creature residing within the six-armed demon ape before us is called the Heavenly Demon Heart Ape.

Of course, this six-armed demon ape is merely its physical form in this life.

The true Heavenly Demon Heart Monkey's original form remains in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

If his strength were converted into the cultivation system that Gu Changjin was familiar with, he would have almost reached the Mahayana level.

This time, I descended only to relinquish a portion of my essence, and was reborn in the body of a demon in this world.

However, the Heavenly Demon Heart Monkey did not come here alone.

Above it, there is a demon lord.

Gu Changjin continued reading.

Soon, the aged face of the Grand Preceptor of Liang appeared in his memory.

"It really was you."

The Grand Preceptor of Liang, who was hailed as the strongest man in the human race, was indeed the true mastermind behind this scheme.

The opponent's true form in the Heavenly Demon Realm has reached the limit of the True Immortal realm.

If one goes any further, one can be promoted to the Demon King in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

However, the so-called Demon King is far from being the true pinnacle of the Heavenly Demon Realm.

He can only be considered the lord of one of the demon realms.

Even so, it's terrifying enough in this world that hasn't yet completed its upgrade.

Hundreds of years ago, this demon lord sensed that this world was about to have an opportunity to ascend.

Thus, he severed a wisp of his origin ahead of time and was reborn as a human.

He cultivated himself along the way and eventually became the Grand Preceptor of the Great Liang Dynasty.

At the same time, a group of celestial demons under his command also followed him into this realm.

Some have been reborn as humans, some have possessed demons, and some even exist among the real people in various places today.

Upon seeing this, Gu Changjin's expression finally became more serious.

No wonder.

He had previously felt that the Heavenly Dao of this realm favored demons too obviously.

In retrospect, the real trend is indeed the upgrading of the world order.

But Heaven's choice was clearly pushed by someone.

The Way of Heaven has no true wisdom; it is more like a vast set of rules that maintain the operation of the world.

We instinctively gravitate towards whatever is beneficial to the world's growth.

What these demons do is quite simple: constantly make the path of demons appear more advantageous.

Demons grow rapidly and can push the limits of the universe.

The appearance of the Great Demon Sage will help the world to advance to a higher level.

Given this, the will of Heaven naturally leans more and more towards demons.

And those seven demonic sages in the long river of destiny...

Gu Changjin continued to look through the documents. The first six-armed demon ape, the second, the third, and all the way to the seventh, almost all of them had already been targeted by the Heavenly Demon.

Some of them were reincarnations of celestial demons, while the rest were prepared to be forcibly eroded before their breakthrough.

Once all seven Great Saints have appeared, the world's upgrade will be complete, and the old era of humanity will come to a complete end. At that time, the seven Great Saints will all defect simultaneously.

Those demonic pawns within the human race will also tear through the last line of defense.

The true Demon Lord will act from outside the world.

They attacked from both inside and outside, seizing the moment when the upgrade was completed and the Great Dao was reorganized, and directly usurped the foundation of the world.

The current level of the Heavenly Dao in this world is roughly equivalent to that of a True Immortal.

Once the ascension is complete, there is a chance to truly step into a level above True Immortal.

What the demon wants is the world fruit born in this instant, to ascend through a realm and send himself past the limits of true immortality.

"Goodness."

Gu Changjin couldn't help but sigh.

This guy's plan is even more cunning than his.

Humans and demons are all pawns; even the Heavenly Dao is gradually manipulated to complete their ascension.

After everyone had worked so hard, the fruit was picked by the Heavenly Demon.

"No wonder I always felt that this trend was going a little too smoothly."

Gu Changjin wanted to continue reading.

He needed to know exactly how many people the Imperial Advisor had buried in each state, and how the Demon Lord planned to break through the world barrier at the last moment.

But at that moment, deep within the soul of the Heavenly Demon Heart Monkey, the black mist suddenly stopped struggling.

Gu Changjin frowned.

wrong!

The black mist suddenly expanded.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

A sharp laugh exploded from the six-armed demon ape's soul.

"You want to search my soul?"

"Dream on! You are neither from the Heavenly Demon Realm nor a being of this realm!"

"Then let's die together!"

Gu Changjin instantly understood what it wanted to do.

boom!

The source of the Heavenly Demon directly self-destructed.

It wasn't to kill Gu Changjin, but to completely expose the aura of outsiders here to the Heavenly Dao of this world!

Black demonic energy surged into the sky, forcibly tearing open a gap in the area that was originally shrouded by the void.

The last wisp of consciousness of the Heavenly Demon Monkey roared with maniacal laughter.

"Once Heaven locks its gaze on something foreign, it will inevitably eliminate it!"

"I may die, but I've only lost one source of my essence!"

"After returning to the Demon Realm, it can naturally be reassembled!"

"And you? Die along with this last bit of my essence!"

Boom!

The sky suddenly darkened.

Gu Changjin looked up.

An invisible "eye" seemed to open from the depths of the world at this moment.

The purple lightning appeared without any warning.

It fell instantly!

The remnant soul of the Heavenly Demon Heart Monkey laughed even more maniacally.

"They're here!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Purple lightning pierced through the valley.

Then... it struck the exploding black mist with perfect accuracy.

Boom! Boom!

The demonic energy was instantly cleaved away by more than half.

"..."

The Heavenly Demon Monkey was dumbfounded.

Its last wisp of consciousness stared blankly at Gu Changjin.

Gu Changjin was still standing there.

Everything's fine, nothing's wrong.

The aura of the Heavenly Dao even swept over him.

Then just ignore it.

All the purple lightning bolts rushed towards the Heavenly Demon Heart Monkey.

Why?

"You are too..."

Gu Changjin looked down at his own body, then at the black mist that was about to be cleaved apart.

A smile slowly spread across his face.

He completely withdrew the aura of the illusory realm.

All that remained on my body was the scent of my native body.

Born in Blackrock Town, with a clear record of twenty years, his physical body is local, and in the eyes of the rules of heaven and earth, his soul is also local.

As for the real Gu Changjin?

The Dao and the Fruit are originally him.

"no way."

Gu Changjin shrugged.

"I am indeed from out of town."

"But this body... is a local resident."

boom!

The second bolt of purple lightning struck.

The last bit of consciousness of the Heavenly Demon Monkey completely dissipated.

Gu Changjin looked up at the sky, which was gradually returning to normal, but his eyes narrowed little by little.

Seven great demon saints, the Heavenly Demon Realm, the Grand Preceptor of Liang, and the world's ascension.

"It seems the previous plan... needs to be changed."