"I cannot control you, therefore, you are a threat."
"We are both of the same path; I believe we can understand each other. I shall send you on your way now!"
As Fang Ming's Heavenly Emperor-level magic power surged, the heart demon in his hand seemed to melt, gradually turning into ashes.
Luo Hou, the Demon Ancestor, cast a final, unwilling glance at Fang Ming before sighing deeply:
"I, with the path of demons, traversed chaos and failed to seize control of the Great Desolation Continent, defeated by Hongjun."
"I thought I could recuperate in this Heart Demon Realm and make a comeback in the Age of Dharma's End..."
"Never did I expect to be defeated by a junior like you."
"The situation is decided, and I am bound to die today. However, I have no regrets for practicing the demonic path..."
"Though I perish as a demon, my heart remains unrepentant!"
"There is always a defeat..."
Luo Hou's voice gradually faded.
The Heart Demon Realm, this great thousand world, was truly on the verge of collapse without Luo Hou.
Before it crumbled, Fang Ming withdrew from the Heart Demon Realm.
The difference between him before and after entering was that in his hand, he now held the Dao Fruit of Demonic Path, a broken Dao Fruit.
"A broken Dao Fruit, the Dao Fruit of Demonic Path, which also contains the laws of the Great Dao of Demons..."
"A fractured Dao Fruit can be seen as Luo Hou's primordial demon god essence... albeit severely damaged."
As Fang Ming comprehended the Dao within the fractured Dao Fruit, he felt his understanding of the demonic path rapidly increasing.
...
Year 120,000 of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar.
The Heavenly Emperor entered the Heart Demon Realm, annihilated the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou, and preemptively crushed Luo Hou, who had the possibility of resurrection.
Many humans, from the Heavenly Court's Gazette, learned of the legend. It was recorded that if Luo Hou's resurrection plan had been successfully executed, he would have truly recovered his former strength as a Chaos Demon God in twenty billion years, and even advanced further.
He would have been among the top ten strongest of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods, a peak practitioner of the Hunyuan Wuji realm.
Luo Hou's plan and his intentions for his return were undeniably formidable.
However, the Heavenly Emperor descended upon the Heart Demon Realm and annihilated Luo Hou.
Luo Hou was frustrated, dying in the Witch-Demon Era with his half-step Da Luo strength, instead of living until the Age of Dharma's End...
"The Heavenly Emperor exterminates the rebellious god, beheading Luo Hou."
"For the Human Race Heavenly Court, all hidden dangers have been eliminated..."
"Now, the only remaining threats are the Chaos Demon Gods deep within the chaos and Dao Ancestor Hongjun..."
Many humans had come to this consensus in their hearts.
...
Year 200,000 of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar.
The Human Race had already produced one hundred and fifty Great Emperors.
One hundred and fifty existences at the Heavenly Dao Saint level!
This was a terrifying number!
Even with immortal divine herbs, Great Emperors of the Heaven-Shielding World only had a lifespan of twenty thousand years. Under normal circumstances, they could not live for over two hundred thousand years, nor cultivate for that long!
But all the powerhouses in the Human Race Heavenly Court had this condition, and they also possessed a universal cultivation method that allowed them to cheat.
Of the one hundred and fifty Great Emperors, at least one hundred and forty-five had ascended to the Great Emperor level by relying on the universal cultivation method and following the same Dao.
These advantages had created an unprecedented miracle in the Heaven-Shielding World.
One hundred Emperors coexisting in the world...
And Fang Ming, under these circumstances, had already completed the path of becoming an immortal across nine lifetimes, ascending to the realm of a Mortal World Immortal!
"Mortal World Immortal..."
Fang Ming silently felt this realm.
He generated longevity substances within himself.
No longer needing to rely on external longevity substances to live.
In terms of shedding dependence on the external environment, this was an evolution of life!
The former Fang Ming had little interest in venturing into the chaos and dared not stray too far from the Great Desolation world.
But now, Fang Ming could confidently declare that he could directly roam the chaos! No longer restricted by longevity substances!
Even the myriad worlds rumored to have been opened by Chaos Demon Gods deep within the chaos, Fang Ming could now explore them if he wished!
"The myriad worlds opened by Chaos Demon Gods... deep within the chaos..."
Fang Ming recalled that when he was chasing the Three Sages and had just stepped beyond the range of chaos covered by the Heavenly Dao, he did not venture further, knowing his limits and retreating.
If the former Fang Ming, with his Mortal World Immortal cultivation, had gone directly into the depths of chaos to see what those legendary worlds opened by Chaos Demon Gods were like, it would have been possible.
However, even though Fang Ming had now achieved Mortal World Immortal and possessed the strength to do so, he did not particularly wish to go there.
Because Fang Ming now had more important matters to attend to!
"The Five Saints of the Heavenly Dao are merely suppressed by the Nine Heavens Sealing Pillars; ultimately, they are still alive."
"Previously, I lacked the strength to annihilate them, which is why they were allowed to live. But now, my strength is that of a Mortal World Immortal..."
A cold glint flashed in Fang Ming's eyes!
The Heavenly Emperor-level powerhouse who had lived seven lives in reverse could easily defeat Heavenly Dao Saints and Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortals with a single finger.
The former Fang Ming already had some confidence in completely annihilating the Five Saints.
But to completely annihilate the five Heavenly Dao Saints would surely alert Dao Ancestor Hongjun. At that time, with Hongjun's return and his Heavenly Emperor cultivation, Fang Ming might not have a full grasp of dealing with him.
Fang Ming then chose not to intervene.
Now, having cultivated to the Mortal World Immortal realm, truly holding both the observable and unobservable universes in his grasp, possessing the power to destroy universes with a single blow...
Possessing the power to destroy the Great Desolation world with a single blow!
Fang Ming no longer intended to let the Five Saints of the Heavenly Dao remain sealed!
Because, even considering his cultivation alone, excluding artifacts, he was already comparable to a peak Hunyuan Wuji powerhouse. Even in the ancient Chaos Era, he would have been among the top ten Chaos Demon Gods!
Apart from Pangu, Fang Ming was confident in dealing with other Chaos Demon Gods, even top-tier ones like the Time Demon God, Karma Demon God, and Space Demon God!
He was confident in dealing with them based on his cultivation alone!
As for Dao Ancestor Hongjun—this practitioner who was only ranked as upper-tier among Perfect True Immortals, but ultimately not a quasi-Immortal King, was no longer Fang Ming's match...
What if he ruled the Heavenly Dao and became the will of Heaven?
Fang Ming now had a full grasp that he could break into the Heavenly Dao, into the will of Heaven, and utterly destroy the Heavenly Number, the Will of Heaven, and the Heavenly Dao represented by the old Daoist Hongjun!
"Heavenly Dao..."
When Fang Ming fought with the Grand Pure Sage, the Grand Pure Sage resurrected an infinite number of times. He had long known where the Heavenly Dao was in the Great Desolation world!
At this moment, with a single thought, an immensely terrifying magic power swept through the nine heavens, shaking the entire Great Desolation world, completely forcing the Heavenly Dao out of an unknown space!
A pair of giant eyes manifested in the Great Desolation world. It mechanically repeated, sentence after sentence.
"Who... who is it? Who has driven Me out of the Heavenly Dao space?"
"Death! Death!"
"Yin Yang Divine Thunder! Chaos Divine Thunder! Annihilation Divine Thunder! Grand Pure Divine Thunder!"