Chapter 1227

Of all who knew Luo Fu's plan, Pingxin Niangniang understood it best and participated the most.

Even knowing Luo Fu's strength and his full scheme, Pingxin Niangniang had never dared hope that Luo Fu could truly defeat Ancestor Hongjun.

Like the Supreme Sage, Pingxin Niangniang believed that if Luo Fu could merely stand against Ancestor Hongjun, it would already be the greatest victory.

But Pingxin Niangniang never imagined the final outcome would far exceed her expectations—through Earth Dao and Human Dao, Luo Fu had completely suppressed Ancestor Hongjun.

In fact, even Luo Fu himself was somewhat surprised.

The ultimate goal of Luo Fu's planning had merely been to stand against Ancestor Hongjun.

If he could stand against Ancestor Hongjun and alter the entire Primordial World's balance, the so-called Journey to the West calamity would naturally become a joke.

But Luo Fu had not anticipated that after Earth Dao and Human Dao revived, Ancestor Hongjun chose to retreat into the Primordial World, dedicating most of his spirit to sealing Human Dao.

Ancestor Hongjun's choice gave Luo Fu the opportunity to utterly suppress him.

When Ancestor Hongjun chose to merge with Heaven Dao to continue suppressing Human Dao, his fate for the next several thousand years was already sealed.

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Heavenly Court.

"Even Ancestor Hongjun's avatar has been torn apart by Luo Fu—how is this possible? How could Luo Fu defeat the Ancestor?"

The Jade Emperor exclaimed in stunned disbelief, as if plunged into a dream.

He had never imagined Ancestor Hongjun could ever be defeated.

When Ancestor Hongjun personally struck at Luo Fu, the Jade Emperor assumed Luo Fu was certain to lose—even if he escaped being suppressed, he could only retreat into the Chaos Void.

Even after Luo Fu revealed his Heaven Dao-level power, the Jade Emperor still did not believe he could be Ancestor Hongjun's match.

But the Jade Emperor never imagined the one defeated would not be Luo Fu, but Ancestor Hongjun.

Though the Jade Emperor did not know the details of the clash between Luo Fu and Ancestor Hongjun, the fact that Luo Fu had torn apart Ancestor Hongjun's avatar was an ironclad truth.

If Ancestor Hongjun had not been at a disadvantage, he would never have allowed Luo Fu to tear apart his avatar.

Undeniably, everything that happened today was utterly dreamlike.

Even as a Semi-Sage, the Jade Emperor could not help doubting whether he was dreaming or under some illusion.

Before today, if anyone had claimed Ancestor Hongjun would be suppressed—or defeated—by a mortal, the Jade Emperor would have utterly refused to believe it. Yet the events just witnessed forced him to accept it.

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Earth Immortal Realm.

"It's done! Finally done! Though Human Dao has not yet fully broken free, Ancestor Hongjun has been utterly suppressed by Luo Fu—without his suppression, our human race is finally free."

Emperor Fu Xi, flushed with excitement, muttered to himself, barely holding his composure.

Not just him—Emperor Huang Di and Emperor Shennong also wore expressions of intense emotion.

They had never imagined they would ever regain their freedom.

Though Human Dao had not yet broken free, the Three Emperors could clearly sense Human Dao's power growing steadily—and they could now draw upon its strength.

Only now could they truly unleash the might of Human Dao Semi-Sages.

But most importantly, without Ancestor Hongjun's suppression, humanity no longer had to remain puppets of the Immortals and Gods.

This mattered more than anything else.

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Luo Fu saw all their excitement.

When he condensed the Primordial Thunder and struck Ancestor Hongjun's avatar, his spirit had already enveloped the entire Primordial World.

Destroying Ancestor Hongjun's avatar was an outright provocation; Luo Fu feared Ancestor Hongjun might lash out in desperation.

He himself was not afraid of Ancestor Hongjun, but the Twelve Ancestral Patriarchs and the Three Emperors could not withstand his rage.

So Luo Fu immediately spread his spirit across the entire Primordial World, monitoring Ancestor Hongjun's movements.

If Ancestor Hongjun made any move, Luo Fu could respond instantly and rescue the Twelve Ancestral Patriarchs and the Three Emperors.

Fortunately, Ancestor Hongjun did not act against the Twelve Ancestral Patriarchs or the Three Emperors.

When Luo Fu tore apart Ancestor Hongjun's avatar, Ancestor Hongjun merely diverted a fraction of his spirit to glance at Luo Fu, then withdrew his attention.

"It seems the karmic curse power affects Ancestor Hongjun far more than I anticipated!"

Through Ancestor Hongjun's reaction, Luo Fu instantly deduced that the karmic curse power affected him more than he had expected.

Ancestor Hongjun could not spare any spirit to attend to Luo Fu because the karmic curse power tied down the remainder of his spirit.

While maintaining the Three Thousand Dao Chains and suppressing the karmic curse power, Ancestor Hongjun's spirit was already stretched thin—he had no spare capacity to deal with Luo Fu, let alone target the Twelve Ancestral Patriarchs or the Three Emperors. Luo Fu's concerns were entirely unnecessary.

Ancestor Hongjun currently has no capacity to target the Twelve Ancestral Patriarchs or the Three Emperors; in the coming millennia, before Human Dao fully breaks free, he will have even less capacity to do so.

As time passes, Earth Dao and Human Dao's power will continue to grow.

This means Ancestor Hongjun must devote more spirit to sustaining the Three Thousand Dao Chains.

Even if Ancestor Hongjun could gradually erode part of the karmic curse power and reduce the spirit needed to suppress it, the constraints of Earth Dao and Human Dao would still leave him with little spare capacity.

Luo Fu had not expected it would be this simple to utterly bind Ancestor Hongjun.

It could only be said that the Primordial World's allure was too great, causing Ancestor Hongjun to willingly entrap himself.

Had Ancestor Hongjun not chosen to entrap himself by merging with Heaven Dao to suppress Human Dao, Luo Fu would have had few means to fully restrain him.

Having devoured half of Heaven Dao, Ancestor Hongjun was nearly invincible within the Primordial World.

Though Luo Fu had Earth Dao and Human Dao as his backing, his raw power was still no match for Ancestor Hongjun.

Yet with Earth Dao and Human Dao, Luo Fu could barely stand against Ancestor Hongjun—and their power originated from the Primordial World, on the same level as Heaven Dao.

Within the Primordial World, even if Ancestor Hongjun was stronger than Luo Fu, he could not overcome him.

Neither sealing nor killing him was possible.

With Earth Dao and Human Dao as his foundation, even with Heaven Dao's backing, Ancestor Hongjun could not crush Luo Fu.

Without the ability to crush him, killing or severely wounding Luo Fu was nearly impossible.