Undercurrents Stirring

"With the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Hongjun brat, what will you use to fight This Devil Ancestor?!"

Luohu's eyes were sinister as he looked toward Jade Capital Mountain.

Over these Eons, Luohu had continuously drilled the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. By now, he could wield it skillfully in battle.

Luohu dared to guarantee that even if Hongjun possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure, he would still be no match for the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Luohu had a premonition that the final battle between himself and Hongjun was about to begin.

"It is also time to prepare a strategy against that Hongjun brat.

Judging by Hongjun brat's usual way of doing things, he will surely gather a group of Daoist Friends from the Chaos era to deal with This Seat.

This Seat should also prepare some means to counter this move of Hongjun brat's."

Luohu was not so arrogant as to think that, with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation—unbreakable without four Saints—he was invincible in the Primordial Wilderness.

There were quite a few Chaos Demon Gods like Luohu himself, who had reincarnated into the Primordial Wilderness from the Chaos era.

Most of them were at the Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, or even the Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Take Yang Mei, the Space Demon God ranked third in the Chaos era, for example.

Luohu was not certain he could defeat him.

More than a dozen Eons ago, Yang Mei had already reached the Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Who knew whether, after more than a dozen Eons, Yang Mei had advanced to the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable realm?

If Hongjun gathered beings such as Old Ancestor Yang Mei to intercept Luohu together, then even with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, he might not be able to withstand them.

The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had already been fully refined. It was time for Luohu to gather some Daoist Friends of his own and join forces against Hongjun.

With a flicker of his form, he left the space beneath Mount Sumeru and appeared within the Demon Cult's headquarters on Mount Sumeru.

"Jidu, how is the Demon Cult developing now?"

Luohu's figure suddenly appeared upon the long-vacant seat of the Demon Cult Leader.

Within the great hall, several Demon Cult elders had been arguing fiercely.

The moment they saw Cult Leader Luohu appear, they hurried forward to pay their respects.

The being Luohu had called Jidu was none other than the Demon Cult's First Elder.

Jidu's cultivation had already reached the Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Such cultivation was no longer weak even among the powerful experts reincarnated from the Chaos Demon Gods.

"This subordinate greets the Cult Leader.

Reporting to the Cult Leader, after so many Eons of steady development, our Demon Cult has absorbed several hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals.

There are over a thousand Primordial Unity Golden Immortal clans and tens of thousands of Golden Immortal beings!

Now, the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires has advanced to the Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Heavenly Demon E Zhu and Earthly Demon Xie Tu are both at the peak of the Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and are about to break through to the Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

There are also five other elders at the Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!"

Such a force was undeniably formidable in the present Primordial Wilderness.

Even any one of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans of old could not compare to the current Demon Cult.

"Excellent, Jidu. You have not disappointed This Seat. You have developed the Demon Cult beyond this Devil Ancestor's expectations.

This Seat will soon wage war against that Hongjun brat. Once the battle is over, This Seat shall become a Heavenly Dao Saint.

At that time, This Seat will not skimp on your rewards.

Giving you a Heavenly Dao Saint Position would be no trouble at all."

After hearing Jidu's report, Luohu was highly satisfied and immediately painted him a rosy picture.

Luohu was not some brute who knew nothing of managing a sect.

He understood that if one wanted a horse to run, one had to feed it grass.

With a great battle imminent, Jidu and the other Demon Cult elders had built the Demon Cult into such a mighty force.

Naturally, Luohu had to show his appreciation.

The key was whether he could defeat Hongjun. If he could not, then everything else was empty talk.

"You have all done well too. Once This Seat defeats that Hongjun brat, there will naturally be rewards."

Looking at the Demon Cult elders such as the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, Heavenly Demon, and Earthly Demon, Luohu likewise painted them a rosy picture.

However, in Luohu's view, he was not merely making empty promises.

He was certain that he could defeat that fellow Hongjun.

He had the Demon Cult—what did Hongjun have? An Immortal Cult? He did not.

Luohu possessed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, unbreakable without four Saints, and he also possessed the God-Slaying Spear, the supreme killing treasure once wielded by Shen Ni, the Beast Emperor.

What did Hongjun have?

Luohu had never discovered Hongjun to possess any powerful Innate Supreme Treasure or Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Even if Hongjun ultimately invited Daoist Friends from the Chaos era to aid him in battle, he, Luohu, could likewise invite Daoist Friends from the Chaos era to fight at his side.

That was Luohu's confidence.

"Unfortunately, the contingency This Seat prepared back then—detonating the earth veins of the Western Continent—

was ultimately ruined because that ant Beginning Qilin merged himself with the earth veins of the Great Desolation World. It can no longer be used."

Luohu secretly lamented it. After Beginning Qilin fused with the earth veins of the Great Desolation World, the earth veins of the Western Continent could no longer be controlled by Luohu.

Wanting to drag the earth veins of the Western Continent into Self-Destruct had become impossible.

"So be it. If the earth veins cannot be used, then so be it.

That brat Hongjun has yet to earn the right to force This Seat that far."

Luohu was incomparably confident.

"What has that brat Hongjun been doing lately?"

The Devil Race spies the Demon Cult had planted near Jade Capital Mountain existed precisely to monitor Hongjun's every move in real time.

This had been decided when Luohu first established the Demon Cult.

"Reporting to Cult Master, according to the latest news from the spies, Hongjun has already emerged from seclusion and is heading toward Old Ancestor Wuxing's cultivation grounds.

I fear Hongjun has gone to join forces with Old Ancestor Wuxing."

Hongjun's appearance had been grand and ostentatious, without the slightest attempt at concealment. The Demon Cult's spies could easily learn his movements.

"Just as This Seat guessed, that brat Hongjun truly intends to seek out allies to help him deal with This Seat.

Since that is so, This Seat cannot simply sit and wait for death. This Seat shall also seek out a few Daoist Friends for assistance.

Hongjun, let us see which of us can find more helpers!"

Luohu immediately decided to seek help.

"You shall lead the members of the Demon Cult in drilling this grand formation. When the day comes for my decisive battle against Hongjun, we shall fight with this formation."

Before setting out, Luohu, to be safe, also passed down a grand formation to Jidu and the other elders of the Demon Cult.

This formation was named the Myriad Demons Formation. With Primordial Golden Immortal elders as its commanders, it united Myriad Demons of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, and Golden Immortal realms.

It could unleash extremely formidable power. If the commanding elder possessed sufficiently great cultivation, it could even erupt with the might of a saint's single strike.

After making these arrangements, Luohu also set off to seek allies and join forces against Hongjun.

Compared to the newly born Innate Deities of the Great Desolation, who traveled in groups of three or five, making the land lively and bustling, the truly high-level great powers of the Great Desolation were instead stirring beneath the surface.

Because of the movements of the two mighty figures, Hongjun and Luohu, these top great powers of the Great Desolation gradually divided into three camps.

One faction supported Hongjun's Immortal Path, one supported Luohu's Demonic Path, while the other remained neutral and offered help to neither side.

Taiqing and his Two Brothers knew nothing of the undercurrents flowing among the top cultivators of the Great Desolation.

The Sanqing left Kunlun Mountain and traveled all the way toward Buzhou Mountain, which towered between heaven and earth.

"Father God truly was great, creating such a vast and boundless Great Desolation World and bringing forth the myriad races of the Great Desolation.

I wonder whether we Sanqing can attain a realm of greatness like Father God's."

Throughout their journey, this was what Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao spoke of most often.

Whenever the Sanqing arrived at an immortal mountain or blessed land, they would remain there for a time, experiencing the mysterious wonders of that place's creation.

After spending several Eons, the Sanqing finally arrived at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.