Bring Calamity Upon the Violet Heaven Palace: The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon King, Mara!

He couldn't spare a thought for what the Heavenly Demon had said earlier.

In a daze, they listened as the Great Dao took shape, shaking the Chaos. The Gods in Zixiao Palace were utterly entranced.

Only Heavenly Demon Jidu, lurking in the shadows, watched and waited, feeling somewhat vexed.

Because Hongjun was deliberately protecting them with his lecture, he couldn't make a move against the Gods for the time being. What he'd said earlier was true: the Gods had to form a thought before he could provoke their Demon Thoughts.

He was everywhere and nowhere, appearing wherever a soul existed.

But for that very reason, he was also nowhere at all, unable to take form anywhere. His sole foundation was the Heavenly Demon Great Dao itself, which had also merged with the Heavenly Dao.

He lived almost side by side with Hongjun—one might even say they were nearly one and the same.

This left him somewhat incensed.

"523 How could I have suddenly attained the Dao this way?!"

"Could it be that Luohu has been dead for too long, and the power he left behind instinctively followed the Heavenly Dao's mandate to complete itself?"

"And the first thing I encountered when I woke up was that fellow Hongjun!"

"The memories preserved within Luohu's Great Dao Laws had made it clear long ago that the old man was not to be trifled with!"

"I must grow stronger as quickly as possible and poach from the Immortal Dao of the soul. I absolutely can't let Hongjun succeed!"

Jidu sighed, then set about provoking the Demon Thoughts in every soul across the Primordial Wilderness, growing the Heavenly Demon clan.

He planned to feast while the Gods had yet to return, Hongjun was occupied, and the powerful beings of the Primordial Wilderness still knew