Even at the cost of suffering injuries, Black Bear could not hold back Haotian, who had already fallen to the demonic path. Likewise, after his battle with Black Bear, Haotian was grievously wounded, blood dripping ceaselessly from his body.
Although Black Bear was only the second corpse Gungun had severed, and by ordinary logic should have been no match for a true two-corpse Quasi-Saint, one must not forget that Gungun was a supreme Quasi-Saint who had severed all three corpses. Moreover, Black Bear had spent these years governing Buddhism, receiving abundant blessings from its fortune. Thus, unlike the second corpses severed by Great Powers such as Bai Ze and River Styx, its cultivation differed little from that of an ordinary two-corpse Quasi-Saint. With its many formidable divine abilities and spells added to the mix, Haotian could not possibly defeat it outright.
At that moment, Haotian was rushing toward the Dark Abyss with Chenxiang.
Years ago, when a mysterious force had suddenly abducted him from the Heavenly Court, it had brought him to the Dark Abyss. There, he had encountered an exceptionally terrifying being-a wisp of true spirit the Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had left in the Primordial World.
That wisp of true spirit had once hidden within the World-Destroying Black Lotus, causing the Heavenly Emperor to take a tremendous fall. Over the years, he had grown increasingly powerful. Only the constraints of heavenly destiny had prevented him from reentering the Primordial World and appearing before its living beings.
Haotian... had failed to resist his threats and temptations. After being abducted, he had held out for three days before finally being forced to submit, abandoning the orthodox path for the demonic one and switching to cultivating the Demon Dao.
Strangely enough, after falling to the demonic path, his strength had actually