Luohu's Sermon on the Dao

Yangmei suddenly felt a vast and boundless aura sweep over her.

Her pupils suddenly constricted as Luohu opened the passage to the Demon Realm, standing within the void with demonic energy winding around her body and her aura restrained.

Yangmei's heart shook, her tone turning stammering: "Luohu, you... you have proven the Dao and become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal?"

Luohu smiled indifferently and nodded slightly: "So it is Fellow Daoist Yangmei. My opportunity has arrived, and I am merely going with the flow."

Yangmei was stunned in place, only recovering a moment later to cup her fists in a salute, her tone sincere: "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, on attaining the Great Dao!"

Luohu nodded slightly. Presently, she was already at the fifth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, back then you, Hongjun, Yinyang, and Qiankun joined forces to surround and kill me. Do you not plan to give me an explanation for that now?"

Luohu released her momentum, demonic energy surging as she fiercely suppressed Yangmei.

She was the reincarnation of a Chaos Demon God, and having proven the Dao through killing, her personality was tyrannical and bloodthirsty. Seeing Yangmei walk right into a trap, naturally she did not want to let her off easily.

"Please calm your anger, Fellow Daoist Luohu. Back then I was schemed against by Hongjun. I beg you to consider our shared sentiment as Chaos Demon Gods and not hold it against me. This is a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, meant as an apology to Fellow Daoist."

Yangmei acted decisively, knowing she was no match for Luohu, and hastily sent forth a spiritual treasure to apologize.

Though she excelled in the Space Law, she was ultimately only at the half-step Primordial realm, while Luohu was a Chaos Demon God on the exact same level as her.

If they were in the same realm, she could still run away, but now, that was impossible.

"Hmph, Fellow Daoist has a heart. Since you have compensated me with an Innate Spiritual Treasure, the karma between the two of us is now erased," Luohu said indifferently after taking the spiritual treasure.

She had learned from Chu Feng that the Dao-Demon Conflict was decreed by the Heavenly Dao, so it was considered normal for Yangmei to have been duped by Hongjun.

Hmph~ "Could it be that Fellow Daoist has obtained some opportunity? I have been stuck at the half-step Primordial realm for a long time. I ask Fellow Daoist to assist me; I want to progress so badly."

Yangmei looked at Luohu, asking for guidance with an open mind. If Luohu was willing to help, she could save at least hundreds of thousands of years of bitter cultivation.

Hearing this, Luohu curled the corners of her lips in a smile.

"Very well, follow me into the Demon Realm. Considering our shared sentiment as Chaos Demon Gods, this seat will expound the Dao for you for a millennium."

Yangmei's heart was startled. She had not expected Luohu to be so easy to talk to, and thought: Could this wretch have an ulterior motive? Does she want to trick me into her own territory to kill me?

Yangmei understood Luohu's personality all too well.

She sought revenge for the smallest grievance and was tyrannical and bloodthirsty; very few of those who provoked her ever came to a good end.

Seeing Yangmei hesitate, Luohu waved her slender hand and issued a dismissal: "If Fellow Daoist Yangmei feels that this seat means you harm, then the matter of the sermon stops here. Fellow Daoist, please return."

Hm?

She is letting me go just like that?

It seems Luohu's personality has changed, and she did not want to miss this opportunity, so she cupped her hands in a salute: "Fellow Daoist, I had no such intention. Very well, I shall impose upon you for a time."

"Please."

The corners of Luohu's mouth hooked into an imperceptible smile as she led Yangmei into the Demon Realm.

The moment Yangmei stepped into the Demon Realm, Luohu instantly unleashed her aura to suppress Yangmei while simultaneously sealing the passage.

Yangmei was startled, crying out sharply: "Luohu, what is the meaning of this? I trusted you so much, yet you would go back on your word? Do you completely disregard our sentiment as Chaos Demon Gods and wish to kill me?"

The corners of Luohu's mouth curved into a smile as she said: "Kill you? This seat has no such thought. This seat simply dislikes the look of you right now and wants to beat you up."

As soon as those words fell, Luohu instantly released her aura, firmly binding Yangmei in place as she executed her Dao techniques.

Yangmei's heart jolted with shock. Although she wanted to flee, under the absolute gap in strength, she simply could not break through Luohu's restriction and could only submit to Luohu's attacks.

After beating her for a long time, Luohu seemed unsatisfied, producing a spiritual treasure whip and lashing it down fiercely.

"Ah~"

Yangmei's miserable scream echoed throughout the entire Demon Realm.

A day later.

Luohu put away the spiritual treasure, the corners of her mouth curling into a smile. "I feel refreshed now, Fellow Daoist Yangmei. Next, I shall expound the Dao for you."

Yangmei: ???

What kind of operation was this?

After beating her up, she was now going to lecture on the Dao for her?

Did this woman have some serious mental illness?

Luohu chuckled. "Fellow Daoist Yangmei, where in this world is there a free lunch? I beat you up to vent my anger, and let that serve as the compensation for my sermon to you."

Hearing this, Yangmei rolled her eyes, thinking: As expected, this wretch Luohu is still the same old her—insidious, cunning, and holding grudges over the smallest things.

If Chu Feng were present, he would definitely give Hongjun a thumbs-up.

No wonder Hongjun had said back then that Luohu was no good person.

Good grief, judging purely by this personality of hers, she was undoubtedly a quintessential black lotus.

"Let's go. This seat has prepared spiritual fruits to assist you in proving the Dao."

Luohu smiled indifferently and flashed away, while Yangmei offered a slight hand salute and followed closely behind.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, the Dao you cultivate differs from mine; I can only explain it to you based on my own Dao."

Luohu still had confidence. After all, she was now at the fifth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm; even if her Dao differed from Yangmei's, she had the confidence to assist her in proving the Dao.

Luohu's gaze condensed as she released her aura and slowly spoke: "The Great Dao is formless and featureless; the law of the jungle is its very essence. Rather than lingering in a cowardly fashion under illusory rules, one is better off facing the cruelty head-on and shattering all difficulties with a demonic heart!

In the eyes of this seat, the benevolence and righteousness practiced by the righteous path—how are they not equally illusory?

Among the heavens and myriad realms, all phenomena of the world are empty; only strength is eternal!"

Along with Luohu's sermon, Dao charms emanated from her body, enveloping the entire Demon Realm.

Yangmei listened quietly. Although the laws she cultivated differed from Luohu's, she could still gain inspiration from them.

The Primordial World cared not for years, and time was worthless. In the blink of an eye, a millennium had passed.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, have you gained any comprehension?" Luohu opened her eyes and inquired.

Yangmei blinked, shaking her head slightly with a sigh: "Fellow Daoist, your intent to kill is far too heavy, and you are far too obsessed with victory and defeat."

Luohu sneered, looking at Yangmei to retort: "If one cannot win, what karma or human hearts is one even proving? Without using slaughter to control slaughter, how can one comprehend the Great Dao and walk further?"

Luohu slowly rose, her voice low and carrying supreme majesty: "Before the tribulation of the world's creation in years past, primal chaos was undivided and heaven and earth were unsettled. We three thousand Chaos Demon Gods occupied this place, living in grand harmony."

She paused, seemingly falling into memories, and slowly spoke: "At the time of the creation tribulation, Pangu disregarded our sentiment, fighting our three thousand Demon Gods alone. Countless fellow daoists became withered bones on Pangu's path of proving the Dao.

In the end, although Pangu broke the law with power, he was nevertheless schemed against by the Great Dao, exhausting his strength and dying, transforming into the Primordial World."

Yangmei sighed softly. Luohu's words had stirred her own memories. At the time of the creation tribulation, she had narrowly escaped and been reincarnated into the Primordial World.

Yet she never expected that the Great Dao of Yang seemed to vanish, and she herself had actually transformed into a female.

Chaos demons and innate living beings originally had no distinction of gender; transforming into a female was truly bizarre beyond belief.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, following one's true heart is the only truth. The three thousand Great Daos lead to the same destination by different paths. Do you... understand?"

With those words spoken, Yangmei fell into deep contemplation. Suddenly, the Demon Realm trembled, and the Space Law erupted from within Yangmei's body...