now,

The Demon Emperor's indifferent voice rang out, "Self-destruct?! Hmph! Are you sure you can do it?"

As the sound faded, Hongjun Daozu felt a powerful force suppress his true spirit, and scarlet runes sealed off a portion of his true spirit.

In an instant,

Hongjun Daozu was somewhat flustered; his true spirit could no longer self-destruct.

At this moment, Hongjun Daozu was naturally unwilling. Now he could no longer harm the Heavenly Demon Emperor in the slightest, and his true spirit was dissipating little by little. He had no ability to resist and could only let the Heavenly Demon Emperor take over his body, completely turning him into his puppet body.

"Go in peace. I will use your body for a while longer, as a way of repaying you for expanding your defenses!"

As the Demon Emperor's voice faded, the last bit of Hongjun Daozu's true spirit was devoured and completely dissipated.

Having taken over Hongjun's body, the Heavenly Demon's power was significantly stronger, with a continuous stream of power flowing in from the Heavenly Demon Realm, allowing it to reach its peak.

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at the same time,

Outside the Chaotic Heavenly Palace,

The four sages—Cundi, Jieyin, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Taishang Laozi—have been tortured beyond recognition.

After tormenting Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, and the others enough, Xiao Si's indifferent voice rang out.

"Kill them!"

As the voice faded, the eyes of the four sages, including Yuanshi Tianzun, were filled with anticipation.

If it weren't for the control exerted by Di Jun and the other three, they would have committed suicide long ago. Since they were already prepared to die, it would be better to spare them some torment.

As the true spirits of the Four Sages gradually dissipated, reflecting on their lives, from their ascension to sainthood in the primordial chaos, standing atop its peak, they had schemed and plotted for their own benefit. They were immortal, living as long as heaven and earth, all for the sake of transcendence. Countless lives perished in their schemes; all were merely pawns.

However... in the very end, everything will be nothing. They never imagined that one day they too would perish, and all the causes and effects would be returned.

The concepts of cause and effect sound superstitious and have a mysterious feel to them.

Buddhism believes that all phenomena arise or perish according to the principle of cause and effect.

Cause is the agent of production, and effect is the product of production. Moreover, every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause. Cause and effect are clearly intertwined. The delusion and enlightenment of the ten realms are nothing more than causal relationships. Just as external objects and the subjective mind of sentient beings are mutually causal, the ignorance of sentient beings gives rise to the view of self, which in turn is influenced by external objects. These objects arouse the greed of sentient beings, which leads to evil deeds, which in turn lead to rebirth and suffering, and suffering further intensifies ignorance. Each is both cause and effect, mutually causal.

Cause and effect exist in the world, in the transcendent realm, in the realm of delusion, and in the realm of enlightenment. According to the Four Noble Truths, suffering and its origin are the causes and effects of the worldly realm of delusion, while cessation and the path to cessation are the causes and effects of the transcendent realm of enlightenment. In terms of time, cause and effect pervade the past, present, and future. In terms of space, except for unconditioned phenomena, all things are governed by the law of cause and effect.

This is not superstition. You reap what you sow. Sowing beans is the cause, and reaping beans is the effect.

Sowing evil seeds will reap evil fruit. This is not just an empty saying or a joke. Evil consequences will always come; it's just a matter of how and when. There's no escaping it.

People may not do good, but they must never do evil!

Ahem, I've gone off on a tangent.

Getting back to the main point,

With the deaths of the Four Sages, Xiao Si, Hong Yun, Di Jun, and Donghuang Taiyi joined the battle against the Heavenly Demon army.

In a short time,

The battlefield situation was one-sided. Although the Heavenly Demon Army was numerous and had many strong warriors, they could only become the weak who were slaughtered!

...

at this time,

In the chaotic heavenly palace,

Within the killing formation,

The battle grew increasingly fierce. Outside the killing formation, the Chaos Heavenly Palace had long since vanished into nothingness due to the residual power, a vast expanse as if the universe had not yet been created and the world had not yet formed.

At this time,

The celestial king's descent clashed with the raging sea of ​​blood. Drops of demonic blood converged into a sea of ​​blood, attempting to devour the celestial king's illusory body. The divine runes within each drop of blood bloomed to their fullest extent, and the demonic blood was arranged in a mysterious way, forming a formation within a formation, exuding a vast killing intent.

The illusory figure of the Immortal King remained unmoved, surrounded by Dao talismans and divine power flowing around him. With every gesture, the surging sea of ​​blood was suppressed, its arrangement disrupted, and the formation within the formation could not be formed.

This naturally surprised, angered, and alarmed the prince.

The strange phenomenon of the Chaos-born Azure Lotus clashed with the form of towering white bones.

A towering azure lotus swayed, its surface teeming with mysterious runes. As the runes poured forth, countless layers of Daoist energy and supreme laws manifested. Powerful humanoid skeletons lunged at the lotus, their bodies engraved with crimson runes that swirled, revealing within the unparalleled crimson power the unorthodox and unpredictable abilities of the Heavenly Demon Clan.

However, before this towering blue lotus, the runes it emitted blocked it all. When the streaks of blue light descended, the humanoid skeleton turned into nothingness.

Prince Bone's expression was also grim; the power of Houtu's divine abilities was truly terrifying.

At the same time,

Within the vast golden sea of ​​suffering, ripples spread, and a golden lotus bloomed with boundless golden light. Daoist runes swirled around the golden sea of ​​suffering, and the true meaning of the Dao emerged.

The myriad shadows that Prince Shadow transformed into either surged above the golden sea of ​​suffering or were swallowed up by it. The immense power unleashed by the countless golden lotuses also obliterated countless shadow forms, killing them all.

Of course, the Shadow Prince had many incarnations, seemingly endless, making it difficult to determine a winner for the time being.

But the immense pressure made Prince Ying solemn, and his expression showed a hint of surprise.

At this time,

The Yin-Yang Diagram of Life and Death also unleashed boundless Yin-Yang power. The Blood Prince's fire-based body was absorbed into the Yin-Yang Diagram, which imprisoned the Yin-Yang Great World. The true law remained undying, and the Daoist essence continued unbroken. The two forces of Yin and Yang evolved the Great Dao of Yin and Yang to its ultimate limit.

now,

The Fire Prince was the one who suffered the most. He was really struggling to withstand the suppression of such a vast Yin-Yang world. Even his Demon Flame Body appeared somewhat dim due to the suppression.

Over time, his fire avatar will inevitably be worn down, devoured, and reduced to nothingness by this Yin-Yang Great World, becoming nourishment for this Yin-Yang Great World.

Houtu's cold voice rang out at this moment, "Still too weak. Submit your execution now, and you will be spared from suffering and can leave in peace!"

The Four Heavenly Demon Princes: ⊙﹏⊙! ?

The insults were off the charts, the taunts were off the charts, and the anger had reached its peak!

"Hmph! Our Heavenly Demon Clan has its own spirit and integrity, why would we beg from you!" The Blood Prince's voice rang out.

Prince Shadow added, "War is a fight to the death, and even death is an honor!"

"It's not over yet, and the outcome of this battle is still unknown. How do you know you won't be the one to die? We haven't used all our strength yet. Let's see who dies!" Prince Bone chimed in.

As the sound faded,

The other three princes echoed in unison, "Excellent!"

After saying that,

The four Heavenly Demon Princes all performed the same action: a drop of their essence blood drifted out and merged into the supreme killing formation.

The moment the essence blood merged, its supreme killing array unleashed an extreme and terrifying power. The killing array swirled, and its power was many times stronger than before!

"Not bad, come! May you all perish!"

At that moment, Houtu's cold voice resounded.