Chapter 199: with translation of chapter title

The Demon Ancestor laughed wildly, crazed and demonic.

In that laughter, it seemed filled with countless emotions that outsiders could not understand.

At the very least, Fengxi couldn't quite grasp it.

Fortunately, the laughter didn't last long and came to an abrupt stop.

Rahu Demon Ancestor's expression returned to its previous cold cruelty, his icy, stern gaze overlooking the vast Honghuang and endless spacetime.

"Sin is sin, a mistake is a mistake!"

"In all my deeds, right and wrong—why would I heed criticism from outsiders?"

"As a demon, I ought to act recklessly and domineeringly."

The Demon Ancestor said coldly.

"If I seize the final fruit of victory, then what is called righteousness and evil is not for me to dictate."

"To achieve this, one need only destroy this Honghuang universe and the myriad heavens' spacetime."

"I say this, and I will never abandon it!"

In the end, the Demon Ancestor was also the most obstinate world-ending great demon.

"You think you can succeed?"

Hongjun issued a righteous rebuke.

At the same time, the River of Fate let out a fierce rumble, as if echoing.

"Why can't I succeed?" Rahu Demon Ancestor said indifferently, "No matter how you put it, I am a Great Luo, indeed the highest Great Luo—undying, indestructible, immortal, immutable."

"A glimmer of light shines upon eternity… Though I may suffer a temporary setback, I have endless time to wait, waiting for a chance to turn the tables."

He suddenly spread his hands, and a boundless, endless gray-black aura surged forth, filling heaven and earth, filling time… This is the aura of great destruction.

"What's more…"

I bear the legacy of the Three Thousand Demon Gods' Great Dao, and I am the chief architect of this era's decline, thereby amassing vast resources… Although I could not directly destroy Honghuang to reap the greatest reward.

"If it could be manifested beforehand…" Rahu Demon Ancestor's stature grew ever taller, possessing the aura of standing tall between heaven and earth, "In this battle, who wins or loses is still undecided!"

"Perhaps I will possess invincible power and overturn everything!"

The Demon Ancestor will walk a path to darkness, slaughtering until the world falls silent!

Of course.

Given Rahu Demon Ancestor's insight and foundation, he might well possess such qualifications!

"Obstinate and unenlightened, dying without repentance."

Hongjun said coldly, "If so, I shall grant you ultimate eternal slumber!"

As he spoke, his form also expanded.

The more he expanded, the more illusory he became.

At the limit of expansion, he also became illusory to the limit, as if he had ceased to exist entirely.

No… it's not that he doesn't exist.

But rather, he has completely merged with this Honghuang!

With this change, the entire Honghuang universe suddenly gained a spark of life, a vitality.

It is as if a physical body has regained its soul.

Hongjun… the Heavenly Dao has attained perfection!

He now reverses this process, emerging from his former transcendence and leaping back in.

This is the plan entrusted to him by Fuxi the Great Sage, and it is also the most crucial final step of the entire River of Fate.

It requires the most crucial cooperation of the Heavenly Dao!

When Hongjun returns to his position, and his will descends from the unseen, he completely merges into the vast, sweeping River of Fate that traverses endless spacetime.

The greatest sublimation now unfolds!

Heaven and earth grow faint.

Time grows faint.

Only a single river shines.

It flows through the void, weaving the entire universe.

All the principles of the Great Dao, everything in existence, ultimately serve to depict a beautiful, vast world, along with the joys and sorrows of mortal beings.

Then.

And who, in the unseen, is driving and directing all of this?

When the River of Fate has fully elucidated all of this, the truth finally surfaces.

That is a being who is the greatest, most transcendent, most divine supreme one!

——Pangu!

The River of Fate surges.

And no one knows when or how.

A figure appeared upon this river.

He was enveloped in a hazy mist, three heaven-opening supreme treasures humming joyfully as they rotated around him, occasionally colliding and merging… finally, an ancient, heavy axe reappeared.

Pangu, the heaven-opening divine axe.

One person, one axe, both releasing a terrifying, boundless aura capable of breaking all shackles, bearing the countless beings of an entire vast world to transcend together, establishing an eternal, supreme spiritual will!

Rahu Demon Ancestor, whose dharma form is nearly that of standing tall between heaven and earth, was originally quite terrifying.

But when placed beside that greatest being for comparison… although their heights are not much different, anyone who sees the two beings will feel in their hearts the illusion of a heaven-and-earth difference!

Pangu is in heaven, but the demon ancestor has sunk down to the dust and earth.

Fengxi felt.

These two simply don't need to fight.

The moment they appeared, the outcome was already decided, long predetermined.

All the onlookers thought so.

What's more, not to mention the demon ancestor who is the party involved.

One can imagine no one knows better than him what it feels like to face Pangu directly.

But.

How could Luohou admit defeat?!

Even in death, he dies on the path of seeking the Dao.

Choosing the path of destroying Honghuang to achieve his own Great Dao, even if his body is shattered and his true self destroyed, he must still carry it out!

The Demon Ancestor, though he never does good deeds, full of schemes and plots… but he is ultimately a Great Luo who practices the Great Dao!

How could he lack the resolve to transcend life and death?

"Pangu… you're indeed strong." The Demon Ancestor stared, "In pure strength, I am far inferior to you."

"So I won't embarrass myself by using the Great Dao of divine powers passed down from the three thousand demon gods."

Luohou said, "Now I somewhat understand why this guy Yangmei emphasizes discussing the Dao… because in terms of strength, they lose completely."

"That's why, in discussing the Dao, there's a sliver of hope… Although you created Honghuang, destruction is always easier than creation."

"That's why I exist."

"They expect me, relying on the passage of time to grind, waiting for the problems of this Honghuang world to accumulate and ferment, then for me to sum up a method to break your Great Dao… but even if everything is reset, I will not take this path."

Luohou's plain narration.

For whom was his birth, all his purposes?

Not those innate deities, nor the Heavenly Dao's Hongjun, but Pangu!

Now that we can finally see this final boss, we ought to say a few words.

Regardless of whether this battle is won or lost.

Pangu also didn't rush to act, quietly listening.

A wind blew through the void, dispersing some of the mist surrounding him, revealing the visage of this great being.

——Very much like the Great Sage Fuxi!

Not exactly the same, but they share about seventy or eighty percent similarity.

Fengxi suppressed the urge to exclaim in surprise and set his mind to think.

He glanced at Luohou the Demon Ancestor and Yangmei the Great Immortal, each looking unsurprising, and suddenly came to a realization.

"That's right."

"The leader of the Fate River Plan is none other than the Great Sage Fuxi……"

"The primary prerequisite is that this mighty being evolves the Heavenly Mechanism River……"

"In this demon-subduing campaign, his merit is immeasurable……"

"Moreover, it seems few people know the true visage of the Great God Pangu……"

"Thus the Pangu that ultimately evolved was influenced by the Great Sage Fuxi, bearing considerable resemblance……"

"That's completely understandable."

"The Great God Pangu probably wouldn't care about these trivial details."

"Exactly!"

"That's how it is!"

Fengxi clapped his hands and stomped his feet, cheering his own cleverness.

"No wonder."

"The Ancestor Witch Houtu often finds the Emperor Xihuang displeasing to the eye… Of course it's displeasing!"

"Ancestor Witch, you were born from Pangu's essence blood… yet now there's this joke-like dark history; for the Ancestor Witch to find the Emperor Xihuang pleasing would be strange indeed."

——Everyone is a renowned mighty of heaven and earth, yet you want to be my father?

I can't stand it!

Might as well find a chance to kill him!

Fengxi pondered, and the more he thought, the more he felt this was the reasoning.

He gazed at Pangu, and the more he looked, the more he felt sympathy for the Great Sage Fuxi.

What is an undeserved calamity?

This is it!

Clearly he made such a great sacrifice for the cause of subduing demons, yet afterward people still begrudge his life… how pitiful.

"Fortunately, these sacrifices and contributions have already been repaid afterward."

Fengxi summarized all he had seen and heard, and suddenly felt that everything that had happened and would happen in the second era was essentially a continuation of this demonic calamity.

Some mighty beings who rose to power in the Witch-Demon era, truly high-ranking and influential, are not powerful merely because of strength; the most important thing is having achieved a great deed recognized by heaven and earth!

Take the Great Sage Kunpeng, for example—why could he become the demon master?

Was it because he created the demon script? Spread the Dao among the demon race?

But are these things difficult?

Could other mighty beings not do these?

If there were no benefit, forget it; but if there truly is benefit, why wouldn't others rush to do it?

And why do all beings only recognize this lineage?

Why does the will of heaven and earth in the Honghuang universe specially grant the Great Sage Kunpeng a patent merit bonus and carry out patent protection?

Likewise, the Emperor of Lesser Yang… the foremost male immortal!

Even this great being's scheming and strength must be acknowledged.

But without sufficient righteous cause, how could such honor be sustained?

Virtue, must be matched with position!

And there is no doubt.

In this demonic calamity, divinities like Kunpeng and Lesser Yang have glorious achievements, forging radiant virtue.

The Emperor of Lesser Yang tore open a breach in the killing formation, buying crucial time for the gods to escape.

The Great Sage Kunpeng sacrificed himself, drawing fire, laying a solid foundation for seizing the victory's fruit.

Such radiant virtue alone is enough to support them striking out on their own, a shout summoning followers, with the Heavenly Dao granting spiritual encouragement.

Even if they do not start their own venture but choose to join a great power… even if they miss the best opportunity, they will still be welcomed with the grandest ceremony and granted an exalted honorary title.

If it is the early stage of entrepreneurship?

Then they would have the highest position!

Like Nüwa and Xihuang.

The Great Sage Nüwa, who painstakingly cleansed the land in the Dragon-Phoenix Era—what immense virtue!

The Great Sage Fuxi, who pointed the gods toward the road to defeat the evil demon king Rahu, shining brilliance through the ages!

They became sovereigns of the Demon Race, which is only natural.

Even if the Demon Race were defeated.

Their achievements are still recorded in the Heavenly Dao's archives, imprinted in the memories of the gods.

So, one who openly creates humanity, another who is reborn as human emperor after death… everyone turns a blind eye.

We cannot let them bleed and weep.

Then does the Honghuang world still have fairness? Does it still have justice?

Even that greatest demon king Rahu has already been overthrown!

Who else dares to act recklessly?!

The history of the First Era lies right here.

Not to mention the ancient divinities who have personally experienced it.

Even future powerhouses who attain the Dao can easily witness it.

This highly educational true-record epic is enough for anyone to have a measure in their heart.

Knowing what can be done and what cannot.

Thinking this, Fengxi stroked his chin.

"Looking at it this way…"

"I was sent here not only so that Grandmother Houtu could have me accumulate stronger foundations, but also to give me final pre-employment training for the Great Luo Heavenly Will?"

"Indirectly telling me that, although the Great Luo realm has factional struggles, its overall core principles must be understood and upheld?"

"Then this is truly a meaningful lesson!"

Fengxi sighed lightly.

……

Just as Fengxi was feeling moved, the battlefield underwent a change.

The demon ancestor spoke of his feelings.

"My those predecessors, having been scared to death by your Pangu… actually hoped for the future."

"I will not do that."

"Because I am worried!"

Rahu's voice low, "How to handle if this world's development keeps spiraling upward?"

"What if a perfect leader appears?"

"So, when action is needed, we must act."

The demon ancestor's gaze deep, "Taking the initiative to strike out and eliminate all danger is the best method."

"But unfortunately, Pangu's appearance proves your idea unworkable." He raised his brows and sighed lightly.

"You are wrong." Rahu's tone suddenly rose, "His appearance has indeed put me in the most perilous situation… but it also let me comprehend a truth, entering a new world on the path of destroying the Dao!"

He looked at Pangu, each word deliberate.

"I have mastered a divine ability, specifically to deal with you, Pangu."

"With this move, I will decide our victory or defeat, even… life and death!"

Rahu restrained the destructive aura on his divine form.

Since his appearance, he has never been this tranquil and serene.

A pair of eyes, shining with unprecedented profound serenity, like the supreme sage who sees through all worldly things.

"In this heaven and earth, what is the greatest destruction?"

The demon ancestor muttered to himself.

"I once thought it was the passage of time."

"Every moment destroys the past world, burying former spacetime."

"Thus, as time goes on, the trend of destruction becomes ever more tumultuous and unstoppable."

"Because this world bears the heaviest past!"

"The past buried in the ages, while examining the present and the future… their occasional accumulated residues are downstream burdens, ultimately triggering the ultimate Great Calamity, returning Honghuang to Chaos."

But after seeing you, seeing you, the highest achiever of the Great Luo Realm, I realized... this might be of no use to you at all.

So I was thinking, what else... could be used as my weapon of destruction, to defeat you?

I may have already found it.

Luo Hou raised one hand and pointed at Pangu.

It is oblivion.

You created this world and ushered in the age of all things.

But one day, all beings... will forget you.

This... is the ultimate destruction.

(End of chapter)