"His ferocious beast demon god origin, though greatly incomplete, and the ferocious beast Great Dao laws, also greatly incomplete.
"But this damaged Dao fruit still has research value..."
Fang Ming floated away.
Leaving the Great Thousand World of the Endless Abyss.
A human race guardian outside, a Great Luo realm human, saw Fang Ming emerge and saluted, "Heavenly Emperor, that Shenni..."
Fang Ming smiled, "That Shenni indeed did not completely perish, and there is a possibility of revival. But his condition was extremely poor, and he had no power to resist at all before I annihilated him."
That Great Luo human naturally knew Fang Ming was being modest.
Because the Endless Abyss, even Heavenly Dao Saints had never entered, clearly they dared not.
Therefore, apart from the Heavenly Emperor, no other human could delve deep inside to find and annihilate Shenni, even if his condition was bad, he was still hidden in the Endless Abyss...
It wasn't that easy to kill.
Only the Heavenly Emperor of the entire human race could annihilate this former Hunyuan Wuji Demon God...
...
Heavenly Emperor Era, Year 80,000.
The Heavenly Emperor descended to the deepest part of the Primordial Continent, the Endless Abyss, and annihilated Shenni, who had not yet revived when he was weak.
The former Emperor of Ferocious Beasts, a Chaos Demon God, was thus strangled in his weakest moment.
When this news spread throughout the human race, the humans were excited. Clearly, the Heavenly Emperor slaying the ancient legendary figure Shenni thrilled them immensely.
The alien races, however, looked despondent.
So, even the Beast Emperor Shenni, once a Chaos Demon God, had died at the hands of the Heavenly Emperor.
...
Heavenly Emperor Era, Year 120,000.
Time flew by, another forty thousand years passed.
The Heavenly Emperor had long ago ordered many humans to find those Chaos Demon Gods suspected of being able to revive, and ensure their true demise, their complete annihilation.
Only in this way could these Chaos Demon Gods pose no threat to the rule of the Human Heavenly Court.
There were only a few Chaos Demon Gods who had once been active in the Primordial World's history.
Ancestor Yin Yang and Ancestor Qian Kun, these two Chaos Demon Gods, after investigation by the Human Heavenly Court, were found to be truly dead, with no means of revival.
Luohu's Immortal Slaying Four Swords had already annihilated all their primordial spirits.
And Shenni had been completely annihilated by the Heavenly Emperor.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun, there was no need to confirm, he was alive.
Great Immortal Yang Mei, having ventured into Chaos, was also alive.
Therefore, in the Primordial World, only one remained, Ancestor Demon Luohu, whose means of revival was unknown.
According to discussions among many high-ranking members of the Human Heavenly Court, based on the title of Ancestor Demon, he was almost on par with Dao Ancestor.
A demon god of such renown should live up to his name. If even Shenni could revive, there was no reason why Luohu couldn't.
And if Luohu had left behind a method of revival, the first place to suspect would be the legendary Heart Demon Realm...
"The Heart Demon Realm... does this Great Thousand World truly exist?"
The Patriarch of the Yanwu Clan, who had cultivated to the peak of Quasi-Emperor, inquired.
Sitting beside him was the Patriarch of Kui Shui, also at the peak of Quasi-Emperor.
He replied, "According to the reports from below, it can be confirmed that the Heart Demon Realm truly exists."
"In the past, when Ancestor Demon Luohu was defeated by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, he made a Heavenly Dao oath: 'When Dao perishes, demons rise; when demons perish, Dao rises.'"
"Therefore, in the Primordial World, during the Nine Tribulations of Golden Immortal, the Heart Demon Tribulation appeared."
"The Heart Demon Tribulation, we previously thought it was the Heavenly Dao causing our inner flaws, making us defeat ourselves."
"The so-called heart demon refers to the dark places deep within our own minds."
"But, are these heart demons truly inner demons existing in our own emotions? Or are they influenced by - Luohu?"
"Heart demons arise from nowhere and go nowhere, they are not physical things. The so-called going into a demonic trance seems related to it..."
"This is the report from below."
The Patriarch of the Yanwu Clan took the report.
It stated: "According to investigations by many humans."
"It has finally been confirmed that the so-called going into a demonic trance by cultivators, and even the Heart Demon Tribulation during the Nine Tribulations of Golden Immortal, are very likely influenced by the same external demon, rather than the Heavenly Dao causing our inner greed, making us defeat ourselves."
"It is known that there is only one so-called heart demon, and it is basically certain that this heart demon is a trace of Luohu's essence."
"And in that Heart Demon Realm, there is likely only one heart demon, named Luohu..."
The Patriarch of the Yanwu Clan continued reading, and the report stated: "The Heart Demon Realm is suspected to be a Great Thousand World, but its form of existence is not that of a material plane, but a spiritual plane."
"To enter the Heart Demon Realm, one can only seek it through spiritual means, and cannot find a physically existing location."
The Patriarch of the Yanwu Clan murmured, "A spiritual plane? Is it a Buddhist technique?"
The Patriarch of Kui Shui said, "Buddha and demon are originally one. Who knows what relationship the Buddhist sect in the Western Land had with Luohu's demonic path back then. It is not strange that Luohu's created world, the Heart Demon Realm, exists deep within the mind."
"It's just that with this spiritual plane, no matter how many of us there are, we cannot find any trace of it. We can only ask the Heavenly Emperor to act again."
The two then went to ask Fang Ming to act.
...
Heavenly Emperor Era, Year 120,000.
After obtaining numerous clues about the Heart Demon Realm, Fang Ming, using the Karma Ring as a foundation, finally opened the path to the Heart Demon Realm, located deep within the minds of all beings in the Primordial World.
"Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave..."
Fang Ming entered the Heart Demon Realm and saw a bizarre and magnificent Great Thousand World. He knew this was a technique of the spiritual path.
In the later Journey to the West era, Zhunti Saint's three corpses, Patriarch Bodhi, could use the power of an old Quasi-Saint to create a Middle Thousand World like Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, based on the mind.
In essence, it seemed miraculous, but it was merely the ingenious use of the spiritual path and the mental path.
If the Saint's three corpses could achieve this, then Luohu, the Ancestor Demon, who was once a Hunyuan Wuji Demon God, could naturally do even better.
It was possible to open up a Great Thousand World, reside deep within the minds of all beings in the Primordial World, and not be detected by Hongjun.
Fang Ming set foot in the Heart Demon Realm.
Although this Great Thousand World was bizarre and magnificent, there were no truly existing sentient beings.
Seemingly there were many beings, but they were all illusions, merely the numerous beings evolved by a single heart demon, which was a part of Ancestor Demon Luohu's essence!
Fang Ming looked up.
In his eyes, the Heavenly Dao consciousness of this Heart Demon Realm was the heart demon, which was Luohu's true form.
"Luohu's condition is not good."
"Not much better than Shenni."
Fang Ming felt the formless, intangible power of thought and sighed.
Luohu cultivated the Great Dao of Demonic cultivation, yet he had now turned to the spiritual path to open up the Heart Demon Realm, and was using the emotional power of sentient beings to heal his injuries.
His current state, though he possessed consciousness, Fang Ming could only estimate that he had not yet recovered to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
To have fallen from a physical demon to merely a spiritual consciousness, being called a heart demon, this was not evolution at all, but devolution!