Chapter 923

In earlier years, the earth veins of the Western Continent of Niuhe were almost entirely filled with demonic qi.

These demonic qis were painstakingly sorted and sealed by Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

To become a saint, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin were by no means lacking in heavenly talent.

It was not surprising that prolonged exposure to demonic qi allowed them to comprehend some of its essential truths.

But Ancestor Hongjun forbade the existence of the demonic Dao, so Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin were forced to disguise these insights, merging them with their own understanding of the Path of Salvation, forming the current Path of Salvation.

"Buddhism was originally demonic" — this statement was utterly correct.

"How is this possible? Why would demonic qi appear in Sumeru Heaven? Buddha light is the strongest counter to demonic qi — why has it been corrupted by it?"

Gazing at the demonic qi-corrupted Sumeru Heaven, Saint Zhunti lost his composure and roared at Luo Fu, his eyes filled with mad killing intent:

"Luo Fu, did you do this? Did you bring the demonic qi to Sumeru Heaven?"

Though Saint Jieyin said nothing, his gaze locked tightly onto Luo Fu, heavenly dao energy swirling around him, as if ready to strike at any moment.

Shhh!

Faced with the churning demonic qi, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin could only ignite all the Buddha light within Sumeru Heaven, attempting to suppress every trace of demonic qi.

Sssss~

Under Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's control, the Buddha light finally stirred, beginning to erode the demonic qi.

But the demonic qi within Sumeru Heaven was far too abundant; even with Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin personally intervening, they could not suppress it all in a short time.

"You're acting now? It's already too late. You're not just being targeted by demonic qi."

As Luo Fu spoke, a chilling wind suddenly arose within Sumeru Heaven.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Crack!

Struck by the chilling wind, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin felt something deep within their souls suddenly rupture — a searing pain erupted instantly.

It was the pain of their true spirits.

Even saints could not endure such agony from their true spirits.

Splash!

Waves of black resentment qi surged forth from within Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

This resentment qi was the karmic curse force sealed by Ancestor Hongjun.

Karmic curse force is not easily sealed.

Though the Karmic Dao is inferior to the Heavenly Dao, it is still one of the most elusive daos.

Under Luo Fu's prior manipulation, Ancestor Hongjun's Heavenly Dao seals had no real effect.

Within the resentment qi, countless true spirit silhouettes flickered in and out, each gazing at Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin with hatred.

The moment the resentment qi appeared, the demonic qi within Sumeru Heaven seemed drawn to it — vast quantities of demonic qi instinctively converged toward the resentment qi.

After absorbing the demonic qi, the true spirit silhouettes within the resentment qi twisted into madness, their bodies radiating thick demonic qi.

If the believers of Sumeru Heaven had merely been corrupted by demonic qi,

then the true spirit silhouettes within the resentment qi had directly fallen into demonic lords.

The true spirits within the resentment qi numbered more than hundreds of millions, and most had been powerful in life; though only fragments remained, the combined power of hundreds of millions of true spirit fragments was still terrifying.

Hum!

As these true spirits simultaneously fell into demonic lords, they directly triggered the Dao of Demons.

A mad, malevolent dao force suddenly shattered its seals and descended upon Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

Boom!

The demonic qi and resentment within Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin suddenly boiled violently.

The next instant, all demonic qi and resentment fused into one and tore free from Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

With the departure of the resentment, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's true spirits no longer felt the piercing pain.

But their moods did not improve — they grew even worse.

For they realized the demonic qi and resentment that had left them had taken the form of two human figures.

These two figures were no one else — they were themselves.

The demonic qi and resentment had coalesced into perfect replicas of them.

The only difference was that their true selves radiated Buddha light.

While the demonic qi replicas were wreathed in demonic qi.

"Luo Fu, what trick have you used? Can mere demonic qi imitate saints?"

Gazing at the two malevolent figures identical to himself, Saint Jieyin could not help but demand of Luo Fu:

"Luo Fu, you don't seriously think two impostors like these can defeat us?"

Saint Zhunti also spoke up, but as he did, fear flickered in his eyes.

He had just sensed the two impostors — and discovered their aura was identical to his own.

Meaning, aside from being unable to command heavenly dao energy, the two impostors possessed identical strength to them.

"This is not my doing — it is your karmic retribution."

Luo Fu spoke no lie; these two demonic qi figures were truly not his creation.

He had merely awakened all the karmic ties binding Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

The demonic qi appearing in Sumeru Heaven was also a karmic debt they had once accepted.

Karma knows no good or evil.

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin sealed and eroded countless demonic qis, causing the Dao of Demons to vanish from the Primordial Chaos — naturally, they had forged karmic ties with the Dao of Demons.

Moreover, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin stole a portion of the Demon Dao's authority and fused it into the Dao of Conversion.

As a result, their karmic ties to the Demon Dao became even heavier.

Luo Fu never expected that merely stirring up karma would cause all demonic qi across the Western Continent of Cattle-Feeding to erupt.

Moreover, this demonic qi merged with the true spirits within resentment, transforming into two duplicates identical to Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin.

At first, Luo Fu merely hoped to use the power of karmic curses to utterly cripple the resurrected Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin, forcing Ancestor Hongjun to play another card.