Luo Hou's Legacy Secured! Establishing the Demonic Path, Founding the Demon Realm! The Dao-Demon Conflict Ends!

Di Tian naturally would not be foolish enough to fall for Luo Hou's clumsy provocation.

In his current state, Luo Hou was clearly prepared to smash the pot and take whoever he could down with him.

The moment Di Tian restored the flow of the world and appeared before everyone,

Luo Hou would undoubtedly detonate the Western Earth Veins at once.

Under such circumstances, he would have to have water in his brain to fight the other party.

Besides, he had come to make a deal, not to risk his life.

There was no need to put himself in danger!

"Fellow Daoist, don't bother trying to toy with me using such petty tricks."

"Do you think I'm like that bunch of fools led by Hong Jun?"

"Would I dare come looking for you without first figuring out even the most basic information?"

Upon hearing this, the madness in Luo Hou's eyes faded somewhat.

He understood that the other party had clearly learned of his plan to destroy the Western Earth Veins.

This did not surprise him.

Ever since the upgraded Devil Race Death Warrant had appeared, a frenzy of demon extermination had swept across the Primordial World.

As the leader and greatest beneficiary of this frenzy,

the Star Radiance Divine Court had not only plundered at least one-third of the Demon Race's treasures,

but also possessed the greatest number of Demon Race slaves.

By obtaining a few clues from those spineless wretches, then verifying them,

they could absolutely have guessed his intentions.

"Since you know my plan, yet refuse to show yourself and fight, what exactly do you want?"

Seeing Luo Hou drop his pretense, Di Tian stopped beating around the bush and stated his purpose.

"The God Slaying Spear, the Four Swords of Zhuxian, the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, and your True Spirit in exchange for another life."

"You'll be able to fight Hong Jun again, to openly settle who is superior and who is inferior. How about it?"

A trace of contemplation flashed through Luo Hou's eyes upon hearing this.

As for whether his plan to destroy the Western Earth Veins could kill Hong Jun,

he knew better than anyone.

Establishing the Demonic Path and founding the Demon Realm were the escape route he had prepared for himself should he fail to kill the other party.

At that time, as long as he abandoned his physical body and divine soul, merging his True Spirit into the Demon Realm and becoming an existence similar to the Heavenly Dao,

the karma of the Earth Veins' destruction and the Western Region's ruin

would no longer be linked to him.

Instead, it would all be transferred onto Hong Jun, who had driven him to death.

But if he truly took that step,

he would never again be able to enter the Primordial World.

It would be entirely a case of killing a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of his own.

"My strength is limited. I can only freeze heaven and earth for sixty breaths."

"There are only twenty breaths left now."

"If you refuse, then we part on bad terms."

Seeing Di Tian issue his final ultimatum,

Luo Hou no longer hesitated.

After all, a miserable life was still better than a good death.

Rather than remain in the Demon Realm and endure the torment of eternal solitude,

he might as well choose to trust the other party once.

"Fine!"

"I agree. Once I detonate the Western Earth Veins, you may take the Four Swords of Zhuxian, the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, the God Slaying Spear, and my True Spirit."

"As long as I can defeat Hong Jun once, what does it matter if I serve at your command for the rest of my life?"

As Luo Hou shouted inwardly, the time and space of heaven and earth began flowing once more.

As a Mixed Origin Golden Immortal at Perfection, Hong Jun naturally sensed that his own time had seemingly become disconnected from the world just now.

Yet he never imagined that Di Tian had been secretly interfering behind it all.

He merely took it as some unknown trick Luo Hou had employed in preparation to reveal his final trump card.

To avoid further complications,

he did not dare waste any more words.

He immediately joined forces with Yin Yang to launch their final killing blow.

This suited Luo Hou's wishes perfectly.

Since he had agreed to Di Tian's terms, he had to reclaim the Zhuxian Sword that Hong Jun had taken!

To ensure nothing went wrong, he used the Great Art of Demonic Disintegration, burning his origin and divine soul to forcibly raise his cultivation to Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Perfection!

Hong Jun and Yin Yang both thought

that he was preparing to drag them down with him. They instinctively retreated far away, not daring to approach him in the slightest.

Luo Hou was overjoyed at the sight.

He immediately dared not delay.

Wielding the God Slaying Spear and controlling the Immortal Severing Sword, Immortal Trapping Sword, and Immortal Slaughtering Sword, he charged straight at the three External Avatars of good, evil, and Self Corpse.

"Not good, he wants to take back the Zhuxian Sword!"

Hong Jun instantly understood his intention.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The cultivation Luo Hou had gained by burning everything

was not something three mere External Avatars could compare to.

Moreover, his goal was to seize the sword, not kill anyone.

By the time his cry fell, the Heart Piercing Lock suppressing the Zhuxian Sword had already been severed by Luo Hou!

"Hong Jun, it's true that the victor becomes king and the loser a bandit."

"But wearing the crown of victory securely is not so easy!"

With the Zhuxian Sword in hand, Luo Hou immediately formed hand seals and detonated the Western Earth Veins!

However, unlike the original course of events,

he knew that he had a chance to start over.

Thus, he did not take things to the extreme.

Fearing that the karma of destroying the Western Region would become attached to his new identity,

he only detonated

the Earth Veins within hundreds of millions of miles around Mount Sumeru.

After the explosion, aside from the core region being flattened and the terrain in the surrounding regions being shattered in many places,

the land did not suffer a devastating blow.

With the Western Land's foundation, along with more than seventy percent of its Earth Veins remaining undamaged,

it would take at most several hundred Eons to return to its peak.

If living beings were willing to lend a hand,

that time could be shortened considerably.

"With this, the karma I have to bear shouldn't be too great, right?"

As Luo Hou looked over the surrounding world and inwardly let out a long sigh of relief,

he immediately ignored Yin Yang, whose fate was unknown, as well as Hong Jun, whose eyes burned with rage and whose face twisted beneath the protection of the All Heavens Celebration Cloud.

He ascended directly to the Nine Heavens Cloud Top and began his final plan.

"Great Dao above, I am Luo Hou, Ancestor of the Demonic Path. Today, I perceive that the Primordial World is incomplete, that cultivators act recklessly, and that countless beings possess inferior temperaments!"

"I hereby open the Demon Realm of No Delusion, No Desire, No Law, and No Tribulations!"

"I establish the Tribulation of the Heavenly Devil to test the Dao hearts of future cultivators. A single thought turns one immortal, a single thought turns one demon; all consequences are of their own making!"

"From this day forth, as demons rise, the Dao declines; as demons decline, the Dao rises. This cycle shall repeat without end, undying and indestructible, never to cease!"

As his furious shout fell, boundless demonic qi swept across the eight directions, the Dao Rhyme Purple Lotus emerged from the void, and Ghostly Eerie Sound resounded through heaven and earth!

Even with the All Heavens Celebration Cloud protecting him, Hong Jun felt somewhat dizzy and lightheaded.

The killing intent and fury that had arisen in his heart earlier

now swelled ever further.

Even his eyes could not help but take on a faint crimson hue!

"Demonic Path—established!"

"Demon Realm—open!"

Looking at the vast ocean of Immeasurable Merit descending from above, Luo Hou did not use it to restore himself.

Instead, he poured all of it into the evolution of the Demon Realm.

In any case, it was useless for him to keep it. He might as well use it to strengthen the Demon Realm and prepare an escape route for himself.

"Hong Jun, this time you won through schemes and tricks. Next time, you will not be so lucky!"

As Luo Hou watched the Demon Realm visibly grow more complete and stable beneath the infusion of Immeasurable Merit,

he immediately laughed loudly as he bid Hong Jun farewell, his divine soul vanishing from heaven and earth!

The instant his True Spirit entered the Demon Realm,

Di Tian secretly collected it with the Chaos Pearl.

As for the Four Swords of Zhuxian, the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, and the God Slaying Spear, he had already taken them for himself when the Earth Veins exploded.

"Now that the Western Region has not suffered devastating damage, the karma Hong Jun owes is not that great."

"Will Jie Yin and Zhun Ti still be able to occupy two positions as Heavenly Dao Sages?"