A Heavenly Dao Demon God?
Everyone froze at those words.
Before Hongjun had been slain, his true form had been an earthworm in Chaos. When Great God Pangu created heaven and earth, he had hidden among the corpses of the Chaos Demon Gods and clung to life...
He survived until the Dragon-Han Calamity, when he fought the Demon Ancestor Luohu, killed him, and gained the fortune of the Primordial Wilderness.
He became Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who preached at the Purple Firmament Palace.
But things seemed different now.
Hongjun had returned through the power of the Returning Ruins. He had not reclaimed his original demon-god body. Instead, he had anchored himself to the final strand of Primordial Violet Qi and formed a body directly from Heavenly Dao Power...
In other words,
Hongjun had gained enormously from this!
He had changed his very origins. Calling himself a "Heavenly Dao Demon God" was no empty boast.
Seeing this,
Di Jun's heart tightened.
Would the Human Dao be consumed?
But after a moment's thought, he relaxed. Hongjun could return in a body formed from Heavenly Dao Power because he had once merged himself with the Heavenly Dao. Their ties ran deep.
"So..."
"Our earlier guess was right!"
"The Immeasurable Tribulation really is a test from the Great Dao... Otherwise, how could Hongjun have returned as a Heavenly Dao Demon God?"
Di Jun sighed inwardly at the thought.
Then he turned his gaze toward the others in the void. With the Heavenly Dao all but seized, what would become of Taiqing and the other Heavenly Dao Saints?
Meanwhile,
inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation,
Taiqing Sage and Sage Yuanshi wore bitter smiles. All their former composure and calm were gone, leaving only regret.
"Heavenly Dao... Saint..."
"Hahaha!"
Yuanshi laughed bitterly.
Of all the Heavenly Dao