Chapter 200: Jieyin and Zhunti Worry, Chen Ku's Selfish Heart!

Under the starkly different reactions from all sides.

At this moment, in Heaven Demon Mountain.

As Luo Hou's words fell.

After a long while, above the nine heavens, finally an anomaly arose.

Boom—

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao sensed it, rumbling without cease, vast and mighty, deafening.

Rosy light burst forth, auspicious colors gushed out.

Purple qi permeated out, wrapped in boundless Heavenly Dao merit, slowly descending.

Of course, this merit is far from comparable to that when Nüwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti attained the Dao.

Yet this is already enough to shock the world.

"Hiss... Is the Heavenly Dao merit truly descending?"

"Does this not mean that the Heavenly Dao has already acknowledged Luo Hou's Dao?"

"How could the former demon ancestor still obtain acceptance from heaven and earth?"

"Um... All things exist, thus they have their reason."

"It seems our previous understanding of the demonic path was still too superficial."

All beings felt shock and regret, unable to help but exclaim repeatedly.

In the hearts of all beings, the karmic obstacles Luo Hou once created were greater than those of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin three clans.

Therefore, no one expected that today Luo Hou would reappear and actually receive the Heavenly Dao's acknowledgment.

While Luo Hou watched this scene, his mind surged, his face frenzied, he was unable to contain his excitement.

"Haha, it can indeed be done, it can indeed be done!"

"From now on, this seat need no longer hide and conceal."

Luo Hou laughed loudly to the sky, unrestrained and arrogant, his aura overwhelming hearts.

If before this, Luo Hou still harbored some doubt in his heart.

Then, with the descent of Heavenly Dao merit, those doubts were completely dispelled.

Everything was as Chen Ku said: heaven and earth accepted the existence of the demonic path, allowing the Heart Demon Realm to be established.

How could Luo Hou not be delighted?!

His gaze toward Chen Ku was also filled with ecstasy and gratitude.

Immediately, without further words, torrents of merit poured down continuously, flowing into Luo Hou and Chen Ku's bodies.

This time, Chen Ku's gain amounted to about three or four tenths of the Heavenly Dao merit, astonishing.

After all, the position of Vice Sect Master of the Heart Demon Realm is second only to Luo Hou.

Moreover, all this was originally Chen Ku's own initiative, guiding Luo Hou to make it succeed.

Chen Ku smiled faintly, letting the merit enter his body, yet still did not use it to raise his cultivation, strengthen his talents, etc.

He took the merit he had gathered, stored it again, awaiting future use for other purposes.

Thereafter, he turned his attention to Luo Hou.

Only see, as vast streams of merit poured in, Luo Hou's aura suddenly began to surge, rising step by step, turbulent and surging, as if endless.

Primordial qi gradually emerged, spreading, overwhelming the heart.

Former Luo Hou cultivated the Primordial Dao.

By relying on merit to augment his body, he also restored his former cultivation.

Not long after, Luo Hou's aura directly reached the early stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

More crucially, under the infusion of merit, Luo Hou's form is no longer as illusory as before, merely a remnant soul state.

Divine radiance shone, flesh and blood intertwined.

This day, Luo Hou also reforged his Dao body, form and spirit complete, reappearing between heaven and earth.

He had constantly thought of seizing Chen Ku's body before, merely wanting a new Dao body to deceive the Heavenly Dao's investigation.

Now that the Heavenly Dao has already acknowledged, naturally there is no need for another's Dao body.

Therefore, Luo Hou can openly reforge his own Dao body, manifesting completely between heaven and earth.

Moreover.

At this moment, the range of Heaven Demon Mountain also undergoes endless transformation.

A complete great realm takes shape, within which demonic dao qi surges, covering the heavens and earth.

Every thread of demonic dao qi can become a Heart Demon Tribulation, descending into the hearts of all beings.

The profound and mysterious demonic dao principles revolve around Luo Hou, causing his Dao body to radiate, qi and blood surging.

The Heart Demon Realm has been established!

From now on, Luo Hou is truly immortal and indestructible, eternal through the ages.

Unless the Heart Demon Realm is destroyed and the Primordial Wilderness beings will never produce heart demons again.

But.... is that possible?!

If so, it would be almost equivalent to overturning the entire Primordial Wilderness heaven and earth, remaking it.

Undoubtedly, this trump card is so powerful as to be inconceivable.

Beside him, although Chen Ku's body did not display such astonishing phenomena.

His mind, however, gave rise to a profound and wondrous sensation.

As long as the Heart Demon Realm exists, Chen Ku can likewise be immortal and indestructible.

Even if his flesh and primordial spirit are completely annihilated, he can still be reborn by borrowing the heart demons of all beings.

Similarly, as the Heart Demon Realm grows stronger, Chen Ku also gains more fortune's support.

This is the miraculous aspect of being the Vice Sect Leader of the Heart Demon Realm.

After a long while, the myriad celestial phenomena gradually faded.

Luo Hou's whole body, that awe-inspiring, terrifying aura, also gradually retracted and solidified.

After countless ages, it once again openly manifested between heaven and earth.

This feeling made Luo Hou feel as if he had crossed worlds.

He happily examined himself for a moment.

After a while, he finally looked at Chen Ku.

"Haha, great!"

"This time, I shall thank you, Dao friend Chen Ku."

Unbeknownst to them, Luo Hou's way of addressing Chen Ku had changed to 'Dao friend'.

This shows that, in Luo Hou's heart, he already regards Chen Ku as a peer of equal strength.

Moreover, regarding the ownership of divine treasures such as the God-Slaying Spear and the Twelve-Grade World-Ending Black Lotus, Luo Hou no longer cares to quarrel.

Compared to that, today's great opportunity is far more precious than any spiritual treasure.

Hearing Luo Hou's words, Chen Ku smiled faintly.

"Hehe, we merely benefit each other."

"As long as you, Dao friend, don't forget our previous promise... that will be enough."

Chen Ku said thus.

Upon hearing this, Luo Hou was startled.

Then he realized that Chen Ku referred to the fragment of the Creation Jade Disc mentioned earlier.

After all, he had said he would give this to Chen Ku.

Smiling knowingly, Luo Hou had no hesitation.

He flipped his palm, and a fragment of the Creation Jade Disc appeared.

Seeing this, Chen Ku's pupils contracted.

Compared to before, this fragment's aura was mighty and endless.

Visible to the naked eye, strands of the Great Dao's laws flowed within it.

Even, like chains forged from immortal gold, the Order Divine Chains stretched across, intertwining and exuding an overwhelming pressure.

Each Order Divine Chain contains ineffable Great Dao power.

"Is this really it?!"

Chen Ku had no doubt that this was indeed another fragment of the Creation Jade Disc, sharing the same origin as the one held by Hongjun Dao Ancestor.

Only this primordial Chaos Supreme Treasure could possess such astonishing aura of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

At the same time, Chen Ku realized that the fragment Luo Hou had taken out earlier was indeed a fake.

"Hehe, no wonder you're famous for your cunning and deceit, Demon Ancestor."

"Earlier, I really was almost deceived."

Chen Ku thought this in his heart and spoke it openly without hiding.

Now facing Luo Hou, Chen Ku felt no need to be polite or wary.

Being called cunning and deceitful by Chen Ku, Luo Hou did not get angry.

"Hehe, aren't you the same?"

Luo Hou replied in this way.

Although they have not interacted much, Luo Hou also knows that this kid Chen Ku is certainly no pushover.

If we talk about shamelessness, this kid surpasses even Jieyin and Zhunti.

They exposed each other's shortcomings.

After the words fell, they laughed heartily again.

If other great beings saw this, they would surely sigh, 'Truly, like attracts like.'

Afterwards, Chen Ku unceremoniously stored the Creation Jade Disc away, to study it later.

Now, the trouble Luo Hou caused has been resolved.

Moreover, Chen Ku has not forgotten the original purpose of venturing deep into Heaven Demon Mountain.

"We have reached an agreement."

"Next, we should also collect all the demonic qi of the Western Heaven and Earth."

Chen Ku said this, looking at Luo Hou.

The endless demonic qi of the Western Heaven and Earth was intentionally caused by Luo Hou to hinder the West's revival.

Therefore, only he could take it all back.

Similarly, this is another reason Chen Ku chose to assist Luo Hou.

After all, without Luo Hou personally acting, purifying the West's demonic qi would still take several Great Calamities.

Even, in later ages, the West gave rise to Mara and Wu Tian, beings spawned by demonic qi, who became enemies of the Buddhist sect.

In the end, even the Buddha had to reincarnate to completely resolve it.

In short, as long as Luo Hou's true self acts, we can avoid endless trouble.

Luo Hou did not say much about this.

He and Chen Ku share a relationship where honor and disgrace are mutual.

Naturally, they will no longer secretly scheme.

Or put another way, continuing to obstruct the West's revival would, in the end, be of nothing but harm to Rahu himself.

He nodded, and Rahu immediately struck out.

"Ordain!"

He gave a soft shout.

At the same time, wondrous and incomparable, mysterious and ineffable demonic Dao laws spread outward from his surroundings.

The power of these laws was unstoppable, piercing the void and landing in the vast Western Heaven and Earth.

But in just a moment, waves of thick, surging demonic qi, as if summoned, gathered and surged wildly toward the Heart Demon Realm.

Three hundred......

Five hundred......

One thousand......

As far as the eye could see, it stretched across sky and land, seemingly endless.

Tens of thousands of strands of demonic qi seeped out from every corner of the Western Heaven and Earth, countless in number.

Under the influx of such terrifying demonic qi, even the newly formed Heart Demon Realm expanded by tens of thousands of li.

Rahu's expression was somewhat awkward.

This is all the karma he himself created; now he has personally summoned it forth, exposing it before all beings, which also makes Rahu's feelings rather complex.

Seeing this, Chen Ku couldn't help but feel a pang of alarm.

"Damn... good thing we spared Rahu's life."

"Otherwise, who would notice that this guy has unknowingly sown so much demonic qi?"

Chen Ku secretly sighed.

However, he also let out a long breath.

After Rahu's measures, even if some demonic qi remains in the West, nine times out of ten it has surely vanished completely.

Henceforth it will only circulate within the Heart Demon Realm and will no longer affect the cultivation of other beings in the West.

Given time, the Western Heaven and Earth will surely recover fully, its vitality and fortune no longer inferior to that of the Eastern Heaven and Earth.

The demonic qi surged mighty and vast.

Without needing Chen Ku to say more, Rahu continued to act, dispersing the Heavenly Demon Grand Formation he had previously set up.

As the Demonic Dao Grand Formation dissipated, the figures of Jieyin and Zhunti also appeared once again.

Only this time, unlike before, Jieyin and Zhunti faced Rahu without the former mortal hatred and anger.

Obviously, although they had been trapped in the Heavenly Demon Grand Formation, they were fully aware of what had transpired beforehand.

"Disciple, you......"

Jieyin opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

Zhunti, standing nearby, also showed a worried expression.

Nothing else!

They felt great worry over Chen Ku aiding Rahu, establishing the Heart Demon Realm, and himself becoming the Lord of the Heart Demon Calamity and the Vice Headmaster of the Demonic Dao.

The danger posed by Rahu needs no further explanation.

To ally with him is hardly different from scheming with a tiger for its skin!

Chen Ku also understood the thoughts of his own master and uncle-master.

He didn't say much, just gave a faint smile.

"Hehe, master, uncle-master, rest assured."

"Disciple, I have my own sense of measure!"

He replied in such a manner.

Hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti also found it hard to say more.

Indeed!

All along, Chen Ku's actions have been so thoroughly considered that even Jieyin and Zhunti are sometimes amazed.

Moreover, with Rahu present, Jieyin and Zhunti also find it inconvenient to press further.

Furthermore, Rahu is the reincarnation of the Great Dao Devil God; wanting to utterly exterminate him is no easy task.

Jieyin and Zhunti silently nodded, and could only accept this fact.

Of course, the grudges, anger, and hatred accumulated over endless ages are not so easily dispelled.

Jieyin and Zhunti also had no desire to speak much with Rahu, nor any inclination for pleasantries.

Just as everyone thought the matter was over and it was time to leave,

Chen Ku, however, suddenly changed expression, having thought of something.

"Right!"

He looked at Rahu and said:

"Although the Heart Demon Realm has been established, it ought to bestow the Heart Demon Calamity upon all beings."

"However, for now, I cannot let the Heart Demon Calamity fall upon any being in the West below the rank of Golden Immortal."

"After all, the West is not like the East; at the very least, beings need a period to recover."

Chen Ku's words implied that, for now, the so‑called Heart Demon Calamity can only be inflicted upon Eastern cultivators, and must not touch any Western being.

After all, the West has been impoverished for too long, and true experts are few and far between.

If the Heart Demon Calamity were added to their trials, their cultivation would become even more arduous.

This can also be said to be Chen Ku's private consideration for the West!

Fortunately, no Eastern experts are present; otherwise, hearing this, they would surely curse aloud.

Then we Eastern powerhouses are supposed to die?!

As for Chen Ku's words, Rahu merely pondered slightly, then nodded without any objection.

That's natural!

Moreover, Fellow Daoist, you are the Vice Sect Master of my Heart Demon Realm, naturally possessing authority.

If you do not consent, I will not easily bestow the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Rahu's response also gave Chen Ku full face.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ku's expression eased, and his heart surged.

This wave... is steady!