Chapter 815

Nether River Demon Ancestor, what he finally left for this world, is a towering, boundless silhouette.

Going forth, I will slash the Heavenly Dao!

The surviving innate divine saints gazed at this back view, their faces complex despite barely clinging to life.

Alone, treading the Purple Sky and striking the Azure Heaven—what grandeur and determination!

Strike the Azure Heaven.

Though the myriad gods oppose him, they secretly hold a complex reverence.

"Nether River..."

Xuanyuan murmured, wanting to say something, but ended up saying nothing, altering his words to, "Wish you success."

"This is inevitable!"

With each step, the Demon Ancestor ascends a heavenly layer, and karmic fire red lotus blooms across the world.

He never looked back, but the supreme killing intent left a clear trace.

The Yuantu and Avici swords, two supreme weapons of the Slaughter Dao, imprint their legacy and thunder into the Human Dao.

Amidst twists and turns, the Xuanyuan Sword was forged.

Upon the annals of history, the Xuanyuan Sword's edge shines even more brilliantly!

The legacy and blessing of one who is close to Pangu!

"Boundless Hell, punishing evil and promoting good, is the ultimate law!"

In the vast darkness, amidst the earth-shattering era wave that followed the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor across ages, a young figure's imprint solidified, walking calmly, merging into the body of the Nether River Demon Ancestor at this moment.

That is he, once a member of the innate divine saints of the Dragon-Phoenix era, carrying his past experiences into the present.

Past and present coexist now, and it seems to be preparing to transcend, opening a new chapter from now on.

The Demon Ancestor imprinted his vast, boundless will upon heaven and earth, giving the Human Dao's sentient beings a baptism—that is the ultimate principle of punishment!

He controls karma and slaughter; today he opens hell, punishes evil and promotes good, rectifying the law.

And this requires a sacrifice!

Heaven breaks the law, sharing the guilt with the people!

What else, compared to wielding the Heavenly Dao as a blade, could be a more shocking sacrifice?

If the Heavenly Dao does evil, it too must be slain!

The Demon Ancestor borrowed the Eastern Emperor's Dharma Dao, traced this Dao imprint, yet also returned his own Dao and principle, becoming the most ferocious blade to make up for the final flaw!

This achievement ultimately fell into the Human Emperor's hands, granting the Human Dao the greatest interpretive authority.

Xuanyuan softly sighed, only silently blessing the Nether River.

Meanwhile, in secret, some past events recorded in the Human Dao scattered with the wind.

For example, a certain Demon Ancestor once used the Yuantu and Avici swords as a painting, which was purchased at a high price by some art-appreciating divinities, seemingly achieving some secret transaction.

Another example: in the Lich era, the Buddhist sect is suspected of financial fraud; the Nether River Great Sage is suspected of condoning it, with hidden interest exchanges.

Etcetera, etcetera.

These 'improper' pasts have all become insignificant at this moment.

A supreme Pangu summarized the Nether River Great Sage's work experience, brushing it off with a light laugh.

"Who hasn't had a youthful, clueless time?"

"Knowing one's mistakes and being able to change is the greatest goodness."

"Approve Pangu!"

A vermilion brush lightly strokes, turning a page of history and blessing it.

Of course.

Approval is approval, but there is no longer a threshold.

But to cross over, one must still step forward oneself!

Proving the Dao is ultimately one's own affair.

Others can exempt one from external calamities, but the internal tribulation of proving the Dao as Pangu still must be walked by oneself.

The Nether River has locked onto Hunyuan, seeking to sacrifice this Dao Ancestor to heaven for boundless magical power—this person, no matter how you say it, must rise up in resistance.

The Demon Ancestor needs to overcome this final obstacle!

And the Nether River Great Sage has also gained enlightenment.

"Going forth, tread the Azure Heaven, shatter the Purple Sky."

"To hear the Dao in the morning, to die in the evening is enough."

"I have staked everything."

"To prove the Dao, if one goes and never returns..."

"Then it is a one-way journey!"

The Demon Ancestor tread through the vast darkness, rushed through the void, placed all heavens and myriad Dao under his feet, and entered the boundless infinite realm.

That is the foundation of the wilderness, and also the abode of the Heavenly Dao server!

Here stands a boundless, magnificent palace that suppresses eternity, enduring forever, immortal and indestructible.

——the Zixiao Palace!

The Nether River Great Sage gazed at the hall with indifferent eyes, strode forward, the Five Movements Dao's aura boundless, the Human Dao's blessings surging endlessly, the Asura Slaughter Dao, the Hell Dao... all his achievements condensed into one body, he forcibly flung open that tightly shut door!

In its deepest part, there is the Dao Ancestor bowing his head over documents, countless papers, Hunyuan's head full of silver threads, exhausted beyond endurance.

He works day and night without rest, maintaining the wilderness's stability, eliminating program bugs, and battling countless clever talents who misapply their abilities and always seek loopholes—among them are many Great Luo.

Even without difficulties, one must create difficulties for the Heavenly Dao.

Even without work, one must create work for the Dao Ancestor.

In the mortal world, there are countless those who defy heaven, always wanting to seize all the creation of heaven and earth to achieve themselves…… This all needs to be handled by the Dao Ancestor!

That was never an easy task…… because, to ensure the diversified development of the human Dao, promoting the theme of harmony between heaven and humanity and educating the masses, it was destined that the Heavenly Dao could not handle its work in a one‑size‑fits‑all manner; it had to carry deep educational significance…… and so on and so forth.

The Dao Ancestor bears a heavy burden; operating the Heavenly Dao is certainly no blissful affair…… Well, this is also what the gods call a blessing, albeit a somewhat deficient one.

Little money, lots of work, 007—pure compulsory labor.

Otherwise, Hongjun would not have thought of rebelling against the innate divinities.

Because, this is truly a bottomless abyss!

It was merely the struggle of those years; the Dao Ancestor failed.

To the gods, the Heavenly Dao…… isn't it just their creation?

The tools we created still lecture us about human rights?!

You've rebelled against me!

Take a social beatdown punch from me!

Therefore, the Dao Ancestor has been trapped in this position for countless years.

However, in this era, the Dao Ancestor saw hope.

He supported Di Jun, letting him become active, establish the Monster Clan Heavenly Court, and remove his shackles.

But, it was a matter of time and fate.

The Demon Race's Heavenly Court has collapsed!

The most steadfast demon emperor fell on the battlefield, and the human race's Taihuang Divine Dynasty ultimately won victory.

Moreover, misfortunes never come singly.

A Demon Ancestor leapt up, seeking to slay him to achieve the Dao!

To establish a human Dao legal civilization, Minghe intended to use Hongjun to fill the pit, taking over the undertaking that Emperor Donghua had failed to accomplish.

Minghe stormed the the Zixiao Palace, shattered the immortal doors, wielded a killing sword, and coldly gazed at the Dao Ancestor.

If Hongjun sensed something, he set down his work, lifted his head, and looked at him.

At this moment, the air seemed to congeal.

The rules collapsed, order was "killed," time fell into chaos—one instant returned to before the creation of heaven and earth, the next instant arrived after the end of the universe.

The collision of two supreme paths reduced everything to emptiness!

"I had thought many would come to kill me here."

The Dao Ancestor rose leisurely, seemingly oblivious to the killing intent of Minghe the Demon Ancestor, saying, "There's Nüwa, there's Di Jun, there's the Dragon Ancestor……"

"But I didn't expect you to outpace all of them."

"Remarkable, remarkable……"

Hongjun smiled, his gaze carrying a hint of looking down, as he fixed his stare on Minghe the Demon Ancestor.

He nodded, then shook his head, "What a pity, what a pity."

"After all this hard work, it will all come to nothing."

"To step into the the Zixiao Palace and bare your fangs at me is the gravest mistake of your life."

"That's not necessarily so." Minghe the Demon Ancestor's eyes, deep and terrifying, said, "You have the backing of the Heavenly Dao, which is indeed immensely powerful."

"But in this universe, the Heavenly Dao…… has never been the strongest!"

"Not to mention, you have long been bound and heavily suppressed by the gods, grand yet empty."

"Moreover, the human Dao is the answer of the age!"

"You lack the Dao and have lost virtue; you've already lost the people's hearts…… What's so hard about slaying you?"

"My hell has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Minghe leveled his twin swords, the law of the netherworld gradually suffusing this hall, "Do you think that, being exalted above, you can look down on humanity?"

"The chaos of this era— the masses are guilty, the gods are guilty, and you bear great sin as well!"

"The karmic flames have burned throughout Honghuang, lacking only your the Zixiao Palace…… How could you escape?"

"I will send you to oblivion!"

The Demon Ancestor's killing intent shakes ancient and modern times.

"Hmph!" the Dao Ancestor chuckled, "This sounds a bit like a hero challenging an evil dragon."

"Do you want to kill me?"

Hongjun smiled faintly, "Then, let's give it a try."

With a sweep of his duster, myriad Dao vanished.

Governed by the Heavenly Dao, it shattered past, present, and future!

Minghe the Demon Ancestor faced it coldly; his true form remained still, but the law of the netherworld clamored, bearing the sins of all beings, and swept sideways like that!

"Fall of Heaven!"

One bloody arm after another stretched out from the void, grasping toward the transcendent Dao Ancestor, dragging him into the netherworld hell.

Smashing the pedestal that looked down on humanity, even "Heavenly Father" would be cast down!

Who can remain exalted?

No one!

The wronged spirits, the dead unable to rest…… one era after another chained together, cursing the unjust heaven and earth, the belated justice, preventing the perpetrators from falling into the netherworld to reap their just deserts.

Fortunately, Minghe the Demon Ancestor came forward and voiced justice for them.

The Demon Ancestor completed the good and evil of the human Dao, and thereby comprehended a supreme divine ability.

Under his sword, all beings are equal, even the heavens!

The Dao Ancestor is the pinnacle of existence in the universe; even the primordial divinities, compared to him, are one in heaven and one on earth.

But does that matter?

No!

No matter how strong you are, no matter how tyrannical you are, on the execution platform, the guilty shall be put to death!

Pull down the status of the Heavenly Dao, drag it into the most just realm.

Unthinkable spacetime transformations, boundless hell, will swallow even the Dao Ancestor!

"I will carry out your execution, I will send you to oblivion."

"Minghe rules over hell, transcending it, 'The suffering of all beings, the sorrow of the Human Dao... an exalted existence like yours born thus will not understand, but today you will have enough.'"

"Hell is endless, time is endless, form is endless... I will punish you with infinite calamities!"

"This is a slaughter belonging to the Human Dao realm, surpassing even the edge of the Demon-Slaying Sword... kill the person, exterminate the heart!"

"I'm very curious, how long can you endure?"

Minghe spoke softly, the hell evolves calamity, the evil of all beings, the sorrow of the Human Dao, are all set in motion, becoming the most terrifying crucible in the Honghuang heavens and earth, to thoroughly refine Hongjun!

"Hum!"

The Heavenly Dao's law erupts, seeking to pierce this hell.

However, it failed!

Hell becomes the heavens and earth, this is the Hell Dao.

Asura masters slaughter, this is the Asura Dao.

The two Dao arise together, becoming the vicious weapons of the Human Dao, capable of exterminating everything!

Although the Heavenly Dao is extraordinary, the Human Dao can overturn heaven and earth, turning marvels into decay!

The most unfathomable thing in the world... is the human heart!

The Heavenly Dao protecting the Dao Ancestor, amidst layer upon layer of collapse and separation, cannot withstand the Hell Dao and Asura Dao.

Layer after layer of protection is shattered; even the slightest ripple of its dissipation can create heaven and earth, forge countless Myriad Heavens, or else overturn time and sink into the boundless great realm.

But when the karmic fire bursts forth and burns, all this is offered as sacrifice, offered to the Human Dao in the darkness, not shifting due to the Dao Ancestor's will!

The Human Dao, the greatest power, governs existence and non-existence, life and death; overturning heaven and earth is trivial.

Even if the Human Dao encounters problems or falls ill, it still possesses extraordinary great power.

Minghe, the Demonic Ancestor, comprehended its subtleties, evolved divine abilities, using the Asura Hell as an altar, placing the Dao Ancestor upon it, intending to offer him as a living sacrifice!

Perhaps, because of the Dao Ancestor's strength, this process will be arduous, consuming immeasurable ages.

But, the Endless Hell, hell is endless.

Here, the existence of time is merely a concept defined by people.

The sentence of hell is terrifying to the extreme, making all evildoers shudder.

The Eighteen Levels of Hell, even the weakest level, a passage of three thousand seven hundred fifty years in the human world counts as only a single day there!

Furthermore, thereafter, each level doubles!

After passing through the eighteen levels, infinite punishments stack, eternally falling into the endless, it is the world's most terrifying nightmare!

The Dao Ancestor is deeply trapped therein, provoked by the Hell Dao to activate the Supreme Human Dao, offered as a living sacrifice; even with supreme divine abilities, perhaps he cannot escape death, sleeping eternally!

"Excellent divine abilities, excellent methods."

"Hongjun trapped in dire straits, yet never panicked, his tone hinted at amazement, he exclaimed in praise, 'Dare to come seek trouble with me, Minghe, you are indeed not here to offer heads, you have some skills.'"

"But..."

"Suddenly, he laughed, 'Using the Human Dao to forge my death, to offer me as a living sacrifice, is your ingenuity, an original idea.'"

"But this way..."

"You will also receive a great surprise."

As Hongjun said this, Minghe, the Demonic Ancestor, instantly sensed that something unexpected was happening.

"Huh?"

"Wrong!"

"Very wrong!"

The Demonic Ancestor became alert, immediately going on guard.

At the same moment, the hell's sacrifice and blazing karmic fire had already shattered the Heavenly Dao's protection, touching Hongjun's body.

But just then, the sacrifice was suppressed, the karmic fire burned, yet it could not incinerate the Dao Ancestor's body.

"If Heaven had feelings, it too would grow old; the righteous path of humanity is vicissitude."

The Dao Ancestor let out a long sigh; his gaze at this moment held clarity and vicissitude coexisting—one eye pure and clear, the other stained with the dust of ages, covered by the vicissitudes of past events.

Ruthlessness and utmost affection are mixed together, making it hard to distinguish.

The blazing karmic fire scorches Hongjun, arising from sin, consuming everything.

But when faced with the Dao Ancestor, it seems to burn away his extraneous dust, giving a sense of returning to the origin!

"Huh? Not right!"

Minghe, the Demonic Ancestor, changed countenance, having perceived something: 'Hongjun... you are not merely a Heavenly Dao spirit medium?!'

Sensing the change, he wanted to withdraw the sacrifice, but discovered it had slipped out of control!

"Minghe, oh Minghe..."

"You, wielding weapons and committing murder, have come here with the posture of a brave dragon-slayer."

Hongjun chuckled, "But..."

"Who, in their youth, isn't a brave one?"

"Just that, after enduring beatings, I changed my heart, altered my original intention..."

"But today I must thank you for helping me regain something..."

(End of chapter)