Hongjun's voice remained calm, yet it carried a chilling indifference and cruelty.
"And..."
He changed tack.
"Did you think I brought you here merely to watch?"
"Of the benefits gained by seizing the Demon Gods' Great Dao and refining their origin, the Heavenly Dao will take seventy percent. You may have thirty percent."
"Thirty percent of the Chaos Demon Gods' origin will be enough to restore you to your peak, perhaps even... take you a step further."
"Then, you will no longer be a loser."
A lure!
A naked lure!
The Elder of Chaos's heart pounded wildly.
Anger, resentment, humiliation, and... a trace of longing he could not suppress.
Return to my peak?
Even go a step further?
It was something he had never dared to dream of!
Watching the violent shifts in the Elder of Chaos's expression, Hongjun knew he was wavering.
He said no more.
Facts were always more persuasive than words.
The next moment.
Hongjun slowly raised his hand.
His movement was slow, yet it seemed to stir the entire Chaos Sea.
Boundless Heavenly Dao power converged from the unseen, condensing in his palm into an unfathomably intricate gray rune.
Order and laws intertwined upon the rune, brimming with the intent to judge and purge every "heretic."
"No..."
The Elder of Chaos spoke instinctively, wanting to stop him.
But it was already too late.
Hongjun spread his fingers and pressed his palm toward the nearest Demon God corpse, which resembled a divine dragon with ten thousand wings.
Boom...
Vast swathes of divine radiance from the laws burst forth, bearing down upon the distant Demon God corpse.
In an instant.
The Demon God corpse, which had lain silent for countless epochs, shuddered violently!
Streaks of visible Great Dao laws, like golden chains, were forcibly dragged out of the