Chapter 990: Cooperating with Luo Hou

Luo Hou felt a fierce killing intent in his heart, yet he was caught in a dilemma.

If he were to strike, he would inevitably expose his identity; not only would he fail to kill Di Qi, but he would also alert all factions.

The true bodies of the Saints might even seize the opportunity to return to the Primordial World.

But if he did not strike, he worried that Di Qi would expose his identity.

After repeated deliberation, he finally decided to remain still for now and not act rashly.

On one hand, Di Qi might not necessarily know that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.

On the other hand, even if Di Qi knew it was him, he might not necessarily expose him.

He had been too arrogant in the past, which was how Hongjun had found an opening.

Now that he had a second chance, he decided to be more steady.

"Hmm!"

Just at this moment, Luo Hou's eyes narrowed.

He suddenly saw the void before him, where a strand of primordial Demon Qi appeared out of thin air and shot straight toward him.

Within the pitch-black primordial Demon Qi, a speck of golden light was exceptionally distinct.

Bang!

Not far in front of him, the primordial Demon Qi exploded, and the speck of golden light within it expanded, transforming into an image of Di Qi, who stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at him with profound eyes.

"Di Qi!"

Luo Hou stood up abruptly, his expression gloomy.

He was shocked in his heart.

Di Qi was actually able to find this place!

He had guessed that Di Qi might know of his existence, but he never imagined that the other party could find him here.

One must know that ever since he arrived in this future, he had been cautious and careful; after quietly retrieving his Innate Supreme Treasure, the God-Slaying Spear, his Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and the Demon-Suppressing Tower, he had used the God-Slaying Spear to disrupt the Heavenly Secret.

Under such circumstances, logically speaking, even a Saint should not have been able to know his location.

How did Di Qi manage it?

At this moment, he felt wary of Di Qi to the extreme, and he had to regard this junior with seriousness.

"Greetings, Demon Ancestor!"

Yin Qi smiled gently and cupped his hands toward Luo Hou.

This was not his true body, nor was it his Three Corpses or a Clone, but merely a wisp of divine sense.

Although Luo Hou was wary of Yin Qi, his expression remained unchanged as he said indifferently, "Di Qi, it seems I still underestimated you; you were actually able to find this place. Speak, what is the matter?"

While shocked in his heart, he also let out a long sigh of relief.

Since Di Qi had come to find him personally, there must be something to discuss, and he would not expose his existence and location.

As long as there was room for discussion, everything could be negotiated.

Yin Qi said, "Just some minor tricks, Demon Ancestor need not be wary. I came this time to seek cooperation with the Demon Ancestor."

Luo Hou raised an eyebrow: "Cooperation? I am the Demon Ancestor, and the Righteous Dao and Demon Dao are incompatible; you have come to seek cooperation with me, are you not afraid of Hongjun finding out?"

Yin Qi countered, "Does the Demon Ancestor think that by following the Time River, you can hide it from the Dao Ancestor?"

Luo Hou's expression turned gloomy, and he shook his head.

If it were in the past, he might still have held onto a glimmer of hope.

But if even Di Qi could find him, let alone Hongjun.

Precisely because of this, his expression was gloomy, and his heart was filled with both anger and helplessness.

Hongjun clearly knew of his existence, yet he ignored him, evidently not taking him to heart.

This kind of disregard was the greatest insult.

Yin Qi smiled and said, "The Dao Ancestor has already merged with the Heavenly Dao; in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, the Righteous Dao, the Demon Dao, or even the Evil Dao, the Demon Dao, etc., are all parts of the Great Dao.

As long as you do not destroy the Primordial World, even if you slaughtered all living beings, I fear the Dao Ancestor would not care.

Since that is the case, what do I have to fear?" The Heavenly Dao is the concrete manifestation of the will of the Primordial World; as long as it does not endanger the safety of the Primordial World and does not provoke the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao simply will not care how the Primordial World develops.

Because in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, the rise and fall of civilizations and races are merely a process of the world's development.

It is just like a person who would not pay attention to a war between two groups of ants.

Unless those ants crawled onto the person.

Luo Hou had to admit that Yin Qi had a profound understanding of the Heavenly Dao.

But at the same time, he felt even more helpless.

Hongjun had already reached a height he could not attain, and taking revenge in the future seemed like a distant prospect.

However, everything must be done step by step.

Hongjun was only temporarily stronger than him; he did not believe it would always be this way.

He was stronger than Hongjun back then, and he would surely be able to do so in the future.

Thinking of this, he looked at Di Qi and said calmly, "How do you want to cooperate?"

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Yin Qi said, "First, let me tell you some things you likely do not know yet: the Witch and Demon races are planning to resurrect Di Jun, Di Jiang, and the others, and with the support of Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, this plan is accelerating rapidly.

It is highly likely that Di Jun, Di Jiang, and the others will be resurrected before the Demon World is born.

If Di Jiang and the others are all resurrected, and the twelve Ancestral Witches set up the Du Tian Shensha Array, the Demon World you are gathering will likely become a wedding dress for others."

Luo Hou's pupils constricted, and he stared straight at Yin Qi: "You actually know of my plan? Who exactly are you? Also, you tell me these things—are you not afraid that I will become a Saint?"

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "During the Fengshen War, I was merely a Great Luo Golden Immortal, yet I dared to play the Saints in the palm of my hand; do you think I would be afraid of you? Also, why do you think the true bodies of the Saints were driven out of the Primordial World?"

Luo Hou just stared at Yin Qi, his thoughts racing.

This Di Qi appeared composed, likely possessing a trump card to deal with a Saint, which was why he did not fear him and even came to propose a partnership.

But what could this trump card be?

Was it some peerless treasure, or perhaps, was Di Qi also about to achieve World Sanctification?

Or did he rely on the protection of Nuwa?

In the end, Luo Hou leaned toward the idea that Di Qi possessed some kind of trump card to deal with a Saint, along with the protection of Nuwa.

As for achieving Sanctification.

Achieving Sanctification was not that easy.

Even he, having gathered the Heavens Demon World and the Demon World, still needed to borrow the incomplete will of the Chaos Demon God.

If World Sanctification were so easy, this Honghuang would be filled with Saints everywhere.

Subsequently, he thought of what Di Qi had mentioned.

Having come to this future world, he had long since learned everything that would happen in the future, knowing the power of the Du Tian Shensha Array of the Wu Clan, which could actually condense the Pangu True Body and possess Saint-level power.

If Di Jiang and the others were resurrected, not to mention him potentially working for someone else's benefit, he himself would likely be severely wounded or even perish.

Therefore, he must either gather the Demon World in advance or sabotage the resurrection ritual of the Wu Clan.

After a long while, Luo Hou said, "Thank you for the reminder; how do you wish to cooperate?"

Yin Qi smiled.

Telling the Wu Clan's plan to resurrect the Ancestral Witch was, of course, to borrow a knife to kill someone.

He had not the slightest bit of goodwill toward the Wu Clan.

If Luo Hou wanted to condense the Demon World with the Witch God Realm as the core, the Wu Clan had to be crippled, otherwise, it would be working for someone else's benefit.

"Naturally, it is to deal with the Saints!"

Yin Qi said, "Once the Demon World is born and you use it to achieve Sanctification, the true forms of the Saints will certainly return to Honghuang. At that time, you will be their primary target. I wonder if you have any plans for this?"

His conflict with Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun was a personal one.

But the conflict between the Saints and Luo Hou was a struggle over orthodoxy.

A struggle over orthodoxy is always a matter of life and death, even more so than personal conflicts; therefore, once the Saints return to Honghuang, they will certainly deal with Luo Hou first.

Of course, it is also possible they might finish him off as well.

After all, he is ostensibly still a Peak Quasi-Saint; for Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun to kill him would be nothing more than a flick of the hand. (End of chapter)