Hua Dou and Kun Peng sat cross-legged in the void as the Killing Qi between heaven and earth gradually dissipated.
Hua Dou rose to his feet and sighed. "The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation has been broken."
Kun Peng muttered to himself, "How did the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation end up with so little power? It couldn't trap the four Saints, but it should at least have been able to do some serious damage."
Hua Dou looked up at the sky. "The Heavenly Dao has placed its own restrictions upon it. Even Saints cannot act as they please. Though Saints are powerful, their primordial spirits are entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, and every action they take is subject to its constraints. The general course of heaven and earth cannot be changed. Only by following its natural order can one endure through the ages."
Kun Peng asked, "Immortal Lord, what do you plan to do?"
Hua Dou replied, "Since we're already in the West, we're not far from the Netherworld Land. Yunxiao's Good Corpse manifested as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and I have a past connection with her through our discussions of the Dao. I'd like to go see her."
Kun Peng said, "Then I'll take my leave, Immortal Lord. I've only just broken through and still need to stabilize my cultivation. Besides, there's a Kun fish at Demon Master Palace that hasn't yet awakened its intelligence. I fear it may cause even more bloodshed."
"Go as you please, fellow Daoist. And thank you for your help." Kun Peng transformed into a mass of Black Wind and vanished from heaven and earth in an instant.
Meanwhile, a major event had occurred in the Blood Sea. The Nether River Daoist had returned to the Devil Dao, leaving the vast holdings of the Blood Sea under