Do You Seek Death?

Whether it was Hongjun or Ancestor Five Elements, their combat strength at this moment had already approached that of the former Beast Emperor, Shen Ni.

But in Li Xinghe's eyes, it was nothing more than children squabbling.

The two exchanged blows, neither able to gain the upper hand, and Ancestor Five Elements began to grow anxious.

This Hongjun was harder to deal with than expected, and the fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation were profoundly mysterious, far more formidable than he had imagined.

Just as their fight reached a deadlock, the flow of time around them suddenly seemed to slow down.

"What divine being is this?" Ancestor Five Elements' face changed—such means were unfathomably profound.

Hongjun sensed it and immediately retreated, having witnessed something similar during the siege of the Beast Emperor, Shen Ni.

Sure enough, the next moment, the Five Innate Banners surrounding Ancestor Five Elements suddenly lost control and vanished into the void.

"My treasures... Who? Get out here and face me, Old Man!" Ancestor Five Elements roared in fury. These were his foundation—without the Five Innate Banners, how could he contend with Hongjun?

Seeing this, Hongjun fled without hesitation. To hell with the guidance of the Heavenly Dao—survival came first.

Anyone who could alter the flow of time, even if not Daoist Shichen himself, was undoubtedly a great power.

To snatch even a top-grade spiritual treasure so brazenly—this was too ruthless.

In truth, he was overestimating Li Xinghe. Stealing another's treasures wasn't an all-powerful art.

First, it required catching them off guard. Second, some treasures were bound by fate and hard to seize. Third, if a treasure had been fully refined, it was nearly impossible to take.

For instance, if he had tried to take the Five Elements Pagoda just now, it wouldn't have been so easy.

That pagoda had been refined by Ancestor Five Elements across two lifetimes, every restriction thoroughly mastered.

As for the Five Innate Banners, he had only obtained them recently, and each of the five banners required partial refinement to unleash their power.

Ancestor Five Elements, merely a Golden Immortal of the Origin at the initial stage, could only activate a fraction of the banners' might. Fully refining them would take who knows how many years.

"Adoptive Father is mighty!" Xuan Ming and Houtu cheered from the shadows.

"That old Hongjun fled so fast—I should have tried to snatch his Jade Plate of Creation fragments," Li Xinghe regretted silently.

But then again, in the Primordial World, one had to lie low to survive long.

Back in the Chaos World, the Three Thousand Demon Gods, knowing full well they were no match for Pangu, still threw themselves at him recklessly—courting death.

Only that sly Hongjun lurked in the shadows, secretly devouring the Demon Gods' blood essence to strengthen himself.

"Forget it. Hongjun is blessed by fate and favored by the Heavenly Dao. I'll let him off for now. But that old Five Elements won't be so lucky!" Li Xinghe strode out boldly.

"You! Li Xinghe!" Ancestor Five Elements was stunned.

In the Chaos World, though Li Xinghe was weak in strength, his identity was unique. All the top-tier Demon Gods knew of his existence.

Out of nowhere, a 3,001st Demon God had appeared in a Chaos that originally only housed the Three Thousand Law Demon Gods.

And this fellow had called Pangu his brother, even offering advice during the Great Calamity of Creation.

Many Demon Gods had died horribly because of Li Xinghe's meddling.

"I've been looking for you for a long time. Didn't expect you to be hiding here—truly asking for death." Li Xinghe saw through Ancestor Five Elements' scheme at a glance.

Trying to devour the Five Elements origin of the Primordial World and destroy it—wasn't that like the God of Longevity hanging himself, courting death?

Did he really think the Heavenly Dao was just for show?

No wonder Ancestor Five Elements didn't exist in later ages—he was digging his own grave here.

Look how clever Hongjun was, biding his time until he attained the Dao before revealing his ambition.

And even then, he used the excuse of the incomplete Heavenly Dao, claiming to sacrifice himself to mend it, while slowly assimilating and devouring it instead.

"Spare me the nonsense. Return my Five Innate Banners." Ancestor Five Elements had some self-awareness, unlike that hothead Qian Kun.

Even if he didn't know Li Xinghe's true strength, Hongjun's reaction told him he was in deep trouble.

Li Xinghe possessed a Chaos Supreme Treasure. The way he had silently stolen the Five Innate Banners just now, without a trace—Ancestor Five Elements knew he was no match.

"Five Innate Banners? Yours? Is your name written on them? Go ahead, call them—see if they answer," Li Xinghe said flatly.

"You..." Tales of Li Xinghe's shamelessness had long spread across the Primordial World.

Back in the Chaos, he had stolen the Chaos Pearl from someone just because they ate dumplings without soy sauce. Who knew how wicked this brat could be?

"Fine, this seat considers himself unlucky. The banners are yours. Until we meet again." Ancestor Five Elements snorted coldly.

The old fellow was clever enough. Li Xinghe's earlier move had involved the Law of Time, making him strongly suspect a connection to Daoist Shichen.

In the Chaos World, origins mattered immensely. At first, the top-tier Demon Gods had looked down on Pangu, seeing him as nothing but a brute with immense strength.

But no Demon God dared to slight Daoist Shichen. If not for Pangu, he would have been the true first Demon God.

During the Great Calamity of Creation, Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny had vanished without a trace—there had to be something behind it. Until he figured it out, Ancestor Five Elements dared not act.

Li Xinghe smiled faintly, blocking his path instead of stepping aside. "Since you, Five Elements Demon God, are so sensible, how about I treat you to a meal?"

"Old Man doesn't eat dumplings." Ancestor Five Elements immediately recoiled—was this guy still eyeing his Five Elements Pagoda?

"You misunderstand. I wanted to offer you some fruit to replenish your energy." Li Xinghe slowly produced a fruit from the Karma Tree.

At the sight of it, Ancestor Five Elements' face turned deathly pale.

Few knew the secrets of the Karma Demon God, and Ancestor Five Elements happened to be one of them.

That thing was a treasure the Karma Demon God cherished above all else—one fruit ripened only once per One Yuan Meeting, rarer than even the Ten Great Spiritual Roots.

"You killed Karma?" Five Elements Demon God's expression turned grave.

In terms of origin, the Karma Demon God stood above him; such was the pecking order among Chaos Demon Gods—scorning the weak, revering the strong.

If even Karma had fallen to Li Xinghe's hand, then he himself was truly in danger.

"Consider this: eat this fruit, or I'll treat you to dumplings," Li Xinghe said calmly.

Killing the Five Elements Demon God carried no psychological burden for him, nor did he need to worry about Heavenly Dao's reckoning.

To be precise, if he slew the Five Elements Demon God, the Heavenly Dao would likely bestow merit upon him, for he would have averted a crisis in the Primordial World.

"I want to try," Five Elements Demon God said, knowing full well what swallowing that fruit would mean.

He was naturally unwilling to be controlled by Li Xinghe; a top-tier Demon God had his pride.

"Are you sure you want to cease to exist?" Li Xinghe's Chaos Pearl and Hongmeng Measuring Ruler were already itching for action.

Ancestor Five Elements' lips trembled. Just what kind of being was this? Was he truly the weakest Demon God of Chaos?

The Chaos Pearl and Hongmeng Measuring Ruler far surpassed Hongjun's fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation—he stood no chance against them.

"Suddenly, I don't want to cease anymore!" A true man knew when to bend and when to stand tall; Ancestor Five Elements had an epiphany.

It wasn't that he lacked integrity—it was simply that every move Li Xinghe revealed was more astonishing than the last.

"Smart choice. Soon you'll understand that I did this to save you."

"Subduing the enemy without fighting—Adoptive Father is mighty!" Xuan Ming and Houtu sprang forth.

Ancestor Five Elements silently swallowed the fruit of the Karma Tree and immediately felt the karmic connection binding him to Li Xinghe.

From this day forward, his life and death rested in Li Xinghe's hands.