True Essence of Destruction, Number One Ruthless Person of Primordial Wilderness

Hmm?

The Dao of Destruction?

Now Lei Jun was genuinely taken aback.

Shen Ni spoke again.

"Moreover, the realization of this Dao is also connected to you!"

"Connected to I?"

Lei Jun fell silent for a moment, a guess forming in his heart.

"After the Godslaying Spear failed to be forged, This Seat realized that the odds of contending with the Heavenly Dao were less than two-tenths!"

"If you were to interfere again, it would likely drop by another tenth!"

"Thus, This Seat changed course."

A brief pause.

Shen Ni's consciousness remained faint, yet it was like a final burst of radiance before death.

Thrilled beyond measure.

"This Seat is curious—if your cultivation were to rise further, what would your odds be in a contest with the Heavenly Dao?"

"This Seat's goal is to destroy the Primordial Wilderness, that is true!"

"But why must it be done by This Seat's own hand? Could it not be done by another?"

"This is what This Seat has been scheming all these years!"

"Otherwise, do you think This Seat's strength is limited to this?"

Lei Jun frowned slightly, understanding Shen Ni's meaning.

At the same time, Lei Jun couldn't help but recall.

Earlier, when the Chaos Demon God Shell emerged, the Heavenly Dao Will did not manifest!

Why didn't it manifest?

Clearly, it wasn't because the Chaos Demon God Shell had no impact on the Primordial Wilderness.

Rather, it was being held back!

"Do you know that when This Seat fought you, the Spiritual Light here was less than one-tenth of its full strength?"

"If not for that, do you think the Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation could have beaten This Seat to this state?"

"A pipe dream!"

"And the reason This Seat did this was to sacrifice the vast majority of the Spiritual Light!"

"To merge the Dao of Destruction into the Heavenly Dao!"

At this moment.

Lei Jun understood.

He fully grasped Shen Ni's meaning.

Then he took over the conversation.

His expression cold.

"So, from now on, to maintain the stability of the Primordial Wilderness, the Heavenly Dao might adopt rather extreme measures? Even..."

"Destruction?"

"And once I become a source of instability, the Heavenly Dao might have cause to act?"

"Hahaha!"

Shen Ni let out a loud laugh, his tone approving.

"Your insight is truly astonishing!"

"One word and you grasp it all!"

"It seems This Seat did not choose wrong!"

"To that end, This Seat has decided to give you one more great gift!"

"This gift is called..."

"Destruction!"

As he spoke.

That faint wisp of Shen Ni's Spiritual Light suddenly erupted with boundless black radiance!

In an instant.

The heavens, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars all dimmed!

Including Ziwei Star.

Fortunately, the black radiance came and went just as quickly.

In less than an instant.

It dissipated.

Like someone turning off a light, then turning it back on immediately.

But the key point was not this.

It was the Dao of Destruction within that black radiance!

Shen Ni had actually sacrificed himself to the Dao!

Destroyed himself!

To show Lei Jun a demonstration of the True Essence of Destruction!

At this moment.

Even Lei Jun couldn't help but be moved.

In a sense, Shen Ni was also a seeker of the Dao.

And a devout one at that!

To pursue destruction, he did not hesitate to destroy himself!

As long as Lei Jun was willing.

He could even glean much from it.

It was not impossible to comprehend the Dao of Destruction.

No wonder Shen Ni had said.

This was a "great gift."

At this moment.

Shen Ni had completely fallen.

In heaven and earth, there was no longer a single trace of him left.

Even the possibility of resurrection was gone.

The Beast Emperor of an era, Shen Ni.

Had thus fallen!

But Lei Jun knew that Shen Ni's influence on the Primordial Wilderness would not fade.

One could even say it would be far-reaching.

Including himself.

He was one of them!

Lei Jun had not yet come back to his senses, feeling a sense of loss.

There were many reasons for this melancholy.

But the main reason was still Shen Ni's words.

That final black radiance.

Besides being a "great gift," was it not also a confirmation of Shen Ni's words?

Shen Ni had truly comprehended the Dao of Destruction!

And now.

Not only had he integrated it into the Heavenly Dao, but he had also displayed it before Lei Jun's eyes.

Making it unforgettable for Lei Jun.

Leaving an impression in his heart.

"As expected of the Dao..."

"It lies not only in instantaneous destruction, but also in its far-reaching influence!"

"Whether or not doubt arises in my heart, and whether or not the Heavenly Dao makes a move against me, as long as this seed is planted, calamity will be born sooner or later."

"If the Dao of Destruction had existed within the Heavenly Dao back at the Blood Sea, I likely wouldn't have been caught in a dilemma."

"In a sense, Shen Ni's act has also completed the Heavenly Dao!"

For a moment.

Lei Jun was filled with emotion.

As for why Shen Ni had revealed all this to him.

Instead of hiding it.

The reason was simple.

What Shen Ni truly wanted to destroy was the Primordial Wilderness, whether it was the Heavenly Dao or Lei Jun.

All of that was merely incidental!

Thus.

If he concealed this and said nothing, and Lei Jun remained unaware of it, Lei Jun would easily suffer a loss.

At that point, wouldn't his goal be unattainable?

Shen Ni wished to use Lei Jun's hand.

To contend against the Heavenly Dao.

And thereby destroy the Primordial Wilderness!

Hence.

Shen Ni voluntarily revealed the truth.

Not only that.

He even deliberately gathered his True Body here, along with the Demon God Remnant, almost "handing it over for free" as he fell to Lei Jun's strike.

Add to that the black light of destruction...

This could entirely be described as helping Lei Jun "level up"!

After all, even if Lei Jun failed.

Shen Ni would not lose out.

Because his struggle against the Heavenly Dao had little chance of success to begin with; even with the Godslaying Spear, it only went from ten or twenty percent to about thirty percent.

No decisive change was made.

Though this was a scheme.

Even after being exposed, it remained hard to resist.

If Lei Jun were given another chance to choose, he would very likely make the same decision.

After all.

Even if he did not take the opportunities from the Chaos Demon God Shell, would Shen Ni refrain from merging the Dao of Destruction into the Primordial Wilderness?

Clearly impossible!

At this moment, Lei Jun understood many things.

Shen Ni's choice.

Was deeply moving.

For a time.

Aside from gaining insight.

Lei Jun's feelings were also somewhat complicated.

To be precise.

Shen Ni did not die by Lei Jun's hand.

He committed suicide!

He split his own Origin Spiritual Light into two parts.

One large, one small.

Lei Jun only dealt with a small portion.

To say "dealt with" was actually somewhat inaccurate.

Because...

Shen Ni had clearly come to "deliver experience"!

The Chaos Demon God Shell.

The True Body Seed.

Even the Dao of Destruction.

All were no exception.

He even revealed all his schemes to Lei Jun.

Or rather.

This too was part of the calculation.

Within Shen Ni's scheme, there was not only Lei Jun, not only the Heavenly Dao.

But even himself!

For this reason.

Even his own fall was part of the calculation!

Including that final faint wisp of Spiritual Light.

None were spared!

It had played its part.

Was this not precisely what left an impression in Lei Jun's heart?

It was also the seed of destruction!

As for this—

Lei Jun couldn't help but sigh even if he wanted to.

Shen Ni was too ruthless!

Ruthless toward others, and even more ruthless toward himself!

To achieve his goal—

He had begun planning his own martyrdom hundreds or even thousands of Eons in advance!

And without a trace of hesitation!

"Say what you will!"

"I, Lei Jun, hereby name you the Number One Ruthless Person of Primordial Wilderness!"

"No! It should be Wolf Destroyer!"

"Even more ruthless than a ruthless person!"

All that could be said was—

None of the great powers of Primordial Wilderness were fools.

The so-called extreme begets reversal.

The only Fierce Beast born with intelligence from countless Fierce Beasts—

Could hardly be stupid.

Having suffered losses at Lei Jun's hands twice—

He would surely learn his lesson.

Would he so abruptly manifest the Chaos Demon God Shell?

Clearly impossible.

"It must be that the Heavenly Dao was restrained by his Dao of Destruction, temporarily unable to extricate itself—hence the suddenness!"

"I never expected!"

"That I would become the 'bait,' played for a fool!"

This was truly being played for a fool.

The Dao of Destruction—

Even now, it left an extremely deep impression in Lei Jun's heart.

"So this is a 'Dao'?"

"Its might is indeed far above 'Dharma'!"

"Could the immense destructive power of the several Tribulation Periods after Primordial Wilderness be related to this?"

"Thus, the Heavenly Dao never had any schemes—or rather, it never had any at all!"

"All its actions were for the stability of Primordial Wilderness."

It was just that the methods might have been...

a bit extreme?

The Innate Three Clans contended for fortune.

They fought fiercely across Primordial Wilderness.

What to do?

Annihilate them!

This included the Wu and Yao Clans, and even the conflict between the Chan and Jie Sects.

None were exceptions.

But the problem lay in the process—

It also caused harm to the world itself!

Mount Buzhou collapsed, heaven and earth sank.

Even shattering into pieces!

Perhaps—

In the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, this was necessary to maintain the stability of Primordial Wilderness.

But...

Is that really the case?

"Clear Cache"—it certainly should exist.

Lei Jun does not oppose it.

But to harm the "system" itself in the process of clearing the cache—that goes a bit too far.

In a sense.

The Heavenly Dao, infused with the Dao of Destruction, resembles an out-of-control "Artificial Intelligence"?

Lei Jun thinks so.

"Though not entirely, there are indeed flaws!"

And.

These flaws might be aimed at him!

Even if it's only a possibility.

Lei Jun has no choice but to guard against it.

"Though fallen, he still exerts influence."

"In the end, whether I die or the Heavenly Dao dies, Shen Ni's plan will be at least half complete!"

"What a well-laid scheme!"

The urgent matter now.

Is to continue raising his cultivation.

To reach Qi Refining perfection as soon as possible.

Only when the Ancestor is born, no longer constrained by material energy, Can he truly transcend the Primordial Wilderness!

At that time.

Even if the Heavenly Dao personally steps in, it won't be able to do anything to Lei Jun.

Thus.

He can attain true freedom in the Primordial Wilderness!

With a thought from his Divine Sense.

The gains from this trip to the South Sea are all clear.

A broken Demon God Shell.

A profound Dao of Destruction.

And many True Body Seeds he had been searching for!

Suddenly.

Lei Jun once again feels the urge to go into seclusion.

Then, with a single thought.

He returns to Ziwei Star.

After a brief estimate.

"During this seclusion, the first batch of Innate Gods and Innate Lifeforms should be taking form, right?"