The Despised Heavenly Demon

"Six Paths Heavenly Demon" sat at the far end like a small mountain. Compared to him, Meng Qi felt as tiny as a speck of dust. The pressure he radiated was almost tangible.

Yet Meng Qi seemed completely sure of himself. With the air of an old sage, he said, "You tossed the shaman who was performing the ritual into 'Six Paths,' and revealed the connection between Longevity Heaven and Great Freedom Heavenly Son. It seems you don't want him to awaken?"

Six Paths Heavenly Demon burst into laughter. He raised his right hand and rubbed his smooth, bald head. "No one wants another master looming over them. That goes for the human race and for Demons and Evil Gods alike."

He slowly rose, filling nearly all of Meng Qi's field of vision. The pressure intensified. "The Great Tribulation is coming. The Nine Abysses will gradually reappear in the world, and as time passes, the slumbering great figures will awaken one by one, spreading slaughter, depravity, and destruction everywhere..."

So the Nine Abysses would return, and evil demons and ghosts would once again walk the mortal world. Only then would the "eternal tribulation" the Wang Family spoke of make sense... As Six Paths Heavenly Demon described the coming "apocalypse," Meng Qi ignored the exaggerated threats and extracted the most important information. Over the course of decades, the rifts leading to the Nine Abysses would gradually multiply, and the demons and ghosts emerging from them would grow stronger over time. It was a gradual process—a lasting Hidden Danger, but not an imminent one.

"...When the final apocalypse comes, only those who have become great figures themselves will have any hope of surviving the calamity and welcoming a new era. To do that, you must seize every opportunity to improve yourself." Six