Lu Yang raised his head and watched the Heavenly Demon Finger surge toward the heavens. A sense of helplessness crept into his heart.
The Heavenly Demon possessed God-level combat strength. Even a mere severed finger was beyond what he could suppress at his current level.
Only a god could suppress a god!
A Supreme at the peak of the Ninth Realm was only a hair's breadth from demigodhood, yet still couldn't accomplish this.
At that moment, all Lu Yang could do was watch helplessly as the Heavenly Demon Severed Finger escaped the Abyss and flew ever farther beyond the Nine Provinces World.
Ten thousand years ago, at the end of that catastrophe,
the Heavenly Demon tore through the world barrier and sent down a finger, nearly destroying the world.
At the crucial moment, Ji Tianjun attained demigodhood. With the Divine Artifact left behind by the Demon God, and aided by the Nine Provinces World's suppression of beings from the Outer Domain, he finally managed to sever one of the Heavenly Demon's fingers.
It could be said that only the combination of every favorable factor had barely been enough to stop the threat of world destruction.
But the Heavenly Demon still lived, while the Demon God had already ascended and vanished without a trace.
Once the severed finger returned, the Heavenly Demon's body would be whole once more, and the Nine Provinces World would soon face another world-ending catastrophe.
"How does one become a god?" Lu Yang asked.
After attaining the Ninth Realm Supreme, Lu Yang could clearly feel that he had reached perfection.
Mastering the power of the Great Dao seemed to be the pinnacle of the Nine Provinces World.
Once a martial artist reached the point of attaining the Great Dao along the Path of Martial Dao, it seemed