The Ninth Chaos Epoch, Hongjun's Secret

"Oh, you actually know a great secret concerning Hongjun Daozu?"

"How great?"

Taiyi immediately laughed.

"Very great."

To his surprise, Six-Eared Macaque answered with a solemn expression.

Taiyi's smile faded.

"You insolent monkey, do you know the crime of deceiving the sovereign?"

"Deceiving me is ten thousand times more serious than deceiving the sovereign!"

Taiyi said with a cold sneer.

"I would never dare deceive the Supreme."

"If I have concealed anything, I will accept whatever punishment the Supreme sees fit."

Six-Eared Macaque bowed deeply and replied with utmost respect.

"Very well. Tell me, then. I shall analyze it."

Taiyi spoke with an indifferent expression.

In his view, although this Six-Eared Macaque possessed one-quarter of the Chaos Demon Ape's origin—

—it was still nothing remarkable.

What Taiyi valued was not Six-Eared Macaque's role in the Journey to the West Calamity.

Nor was it Six-Eared Macaque's origins.

Rather, it was the trace of the Chaos Demon Ape's true intent of battle contained within Six-Eared Macaque.

During the World-Creation Epochal Calamity, although the Chaos Demon Ape was weaker than the first-tier Chaos Demon Gods—

—its Dao of battle laws allowed it to fight Heaven and Earth, making it invincible in close combat.

If Great God Pangu had not been uniquely favored, worthy of being called a Child of the Great Dao, and half a realm ahead of the other Chaos Demon Gods in the Half-step Great Dao Realm—

—he might not necessarily have defeated the Chaos Demon Ape in actual combat.

Among the Three Thousand Chaos Gods and Demons, the Chaos Demon Ape's combat power could basically rank among the top three.

If he could awaken the true intent of battle within Six-Eared Macaque and extract it, it would be a useful asset.

"Although Hongjun crippled my cultivation back then, my innate