After reaching the second rank, Li Qi did something else momentous.
The Karma Demon fell, and the Demon Prince advanced to the second rank.
More precisely, the Karma Demon had not died. The Demon Prince had merely stolen the source of his power, seizing control over "karma" through a "deeper understanding."
It was an utterly astonishing achievement: a third-rank cultivator forcibly devouring a second-rank one, directly stripping away the other party's Dao Path, incorporating it into himself, condensing his Dao foundation, and ascending to the second rank.
No one would have believed it if they heard it.
Yet he had done it.
That was the Demon Prince.
A monster personally raised by the Heavenly Demon and Buddha, two first-rank beings. He had inherited Formless Heaven while also undergoing all the trials of Retribution of Karmic Sin.
It was difficult to say what exactly he was, but no matter what, at least he stood on Li Qi's side now.
The Demon Prince had one virtue: he was exceedingly "straight."
He never took detours. He would keep walking until he reached his destination. His target had once been Li Qi, and Li Qi had suffered bitterly because of it.
But now, the Demon Prince's target was the Heavenly Demon.
It should be the Heavenly Demon's turn to have a headache now. Why had he made the Demon Prince into this?
And the Demon Prince should have the Buddha's protection behind him, shouldn't he? After all, having mastered Formless Heaven, he might even become a future Buddha. Even if those first-rank Buddhist figures had chosen seclusion after Buddha's extinction, they probably would not abandon him completely.
Everything was moving in a better direction.
As for Li Qi, this time, he had once more confirmed that he was right.
Higher intelligence could not stop