Conspiring with the Heavenly Dao

Within the void, the Demon Sovereign and the Heavenly Dao spoke for a long while.

Upon returning to Saint Venerable Hall, he learned that the three Heavenly Emperors had already gone back to heal their wounds.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao would not allow him to kill them. They still had to be kept alive to maintain contact with the Immortal Spirits.

Since the end of the ancient era, their connection with the Immortal Spirits had never been severed.

The Demon Sovereign could pressure them into continuously luring Immortal Spirits over to their deaths.

Using the corpses of Immortal Spirits and chaotic ferocious beasts, they could make up for the losses the Heavenly Realm had suffered over the years.

Only when enough Immortal Spirits had fallen would the Heavenly Dao truly bestow Primordial Violet Qi.

Even if they selected the sole Heavenly Emperor in advance, the Heavenly Dao would still make that Heavenly Emperor slaughter enough Immortal Spirits and chaotic ferocious beasts before allowing him to attain the Dao.

As for the other immortals and gods, the Heavenly Dao could only do its best to prevent the three Heavenly Emperors from undergoing aberrations.

The contest among the three great Heavenly Emperors had also changed into another form: either only one remained, or they breached the Holy Land and slew the Demon Sovereign.

The Demon Sovereign could only accept this, because the Heavenly Dao had offered a price he found difficult to refuse.

For every batch of Immortal Spirits killed, the Heavenly Dao would grant an additional reward of the power of Heaven.

The Heavenly Dao was incomplete now and could do nothing to him, but likewise, he could do nothing to the Heavenly Dao.

Both sides could only make use of each other and see whether the Heavenly Dao recovered first,