Knowing the outcome, Baidi still went, just to buy time for the King of Jiangling to forge the "fire seed"...

After arranging matters on Earth, the Prince of Jiangling entered the river of time and never returned...

Laozi, one of the Three Pure Ones, concealed cause and effect and hid in the void of the universe until he saw Shen Qian, and helped his avatar complete the "Heavenly Seal"...

Shen Qian suddenly understood the significance of Laozi's actions: it was to allow his royal avatars to escape the perception of "Heavenly Dao".

They reached the pinnacle, yet they also chose to jump off the cliff.

All for a belief...

If the "Way of Heaven" is unjust, then destroy the "Way of Heaven"!

They would rather burn themselves out than be assimilated by the "Way of Heaven" like Pangu.

"By combining the power of the five of us, we can barely match the will of Pangu, but we are still far from being able to have any real control over it."

The Demon King had regained his composure, as if nothing had happened. He said calmly with his hands behind his back, "You need to bridge the remaining gap yourself. So you must reach that realm that no one has ever reached before. That is the greatest weight that can truly tip the scales!"

"A body with ten orifices?"

Although it was a rhetorical question, the answer was already given before the question was posed.

Not just anyone can become a "spark".

Only he, who was unprecedented and whose body was a ten-aperture body that defied the laws of nature, could possibly reach that legendary realm, where the pinnacle of the three domains converged.

No one knows what kind of realm that is, because no one has ever reached it. But one thing is certain: it must be above kings and nobles. As for whether it is comparable to the Great Emperor, or even comparable to the ancestral realm of goddesses like Nuwa and Pangu, only Shen Qian himself can witness the answer.

“When you reach that point, you can return here to ignite the ‘embryo,’ but you must be fully prepared, because once the ‘embryo’ is ignited, no matter where you are, the ‘Heavenly Dao’ will immediately sense it.”

The Demon King said slowly, "Therefore, your chance, or rather the human race's chance, is only this once."

"I understand," Shen Qian replied with an indescribable feeling.

"Phew, this is great!"

The Demon King suddenly exhaled a heavy breath of stale air, his face becoming relaxed.

"Grandmaster?" Shen Qian looked over in confusion, wondering why the Demon King would suddenly utter such a sentiment.

"I've finally waited for you, and I've finally completed the final instructions. I can rest now."

For the first time, a hint of fatigue appeared on the Demon King's usually serene face.

A strange feeling stirred within Shen Qian's heart, "Grandmaster..."

The Demon King waved his hand, and the two unknowingly returned to the original main hall, where the Demon King's unimaginably vast form lay quietly.

"Sometimes I envy Bai Di and the others. They left first and it was a relief, but I have to stay here for endless years. Moreover, this place is isolated from all cause and effect. Even I don't know when you will come, or whether you will be able to come..."

The Demon King smiled faintly, and in that calm and breezy smile, his enormous body suddenly began to disintegrate inch by inch.

Along with them perished, so too did the ubiquitous "black spots."

"Grandmaster!"

Shen Qian snapped out of his shock and tried to stop the Demon King.

He is dismembering his own body!

In other words, this powerful emperor, who was clearly unharmed and even capable of dying alongside heaven and earth, was ending his own life with his own hands!

"There is no need to be sad or feel burdened. This is the path we chose."

The human bodies standing to the side of the Demon King began to become illusory, but he didn't care. "Only if we perish can you obtain the complete characteristics of an Emperor. Otherwise, how can you make the 'Fire Seed' perfect? ​​This is our mission, and you have your own as well."

Shen Qian stood there blankly, his eyes having become misty at some point, perhaps because he felt from the Demon King the kind of paternal love that only the Marquis of Jingcheng could have given him.

"Remember, you still need to find the Emperor's characteristics of the King of Jiangling before the 'seed of fire' within you can be considered initially perfected."

At the last moment, the Demon King gave some final instructions.

Where to look?

Shen Qian came to his senses, temporarily suppressing his grief, and hurriedly asked.

He already has the character cards for Buddha, White Emperor, and Heavenly Emperor, plus the Demon King's card now, so he's only missing the one for King Jiangling.

"I don't know." To Shen Qian's surprise, the Demon King shook his head.

Seeing Shen Qian's puzzled expression, the Demon King added, "Jiangling King is the mastermind behind everything. In order to sever the causal relationship, he will not reveal his Great Emperor characteristics to anyone. But if he has chosen you, there must be some clues left behind. You will have to find them yourself."

"clue?"

Shen Qian frowned, carefully recalling the past, but still had no clue.

This matter cannot be discussed outsiders, so the Prince of Jiangling cannot speak openly about it. However, Shen Qian is quite certain that in the one or two brief encounters he had with the Prince of Jiangling, the other party should not have given any hints.

Before Chen Qian could even think things through, the Demon King's sigh, which sounded both relieved and unwilling, echoed throughout the hall.

"There are some treasures in the seventh hall at the back. You can take them if you need them. From now on, everything will depend on you... Oh, and remember to take good care of Xiaoqing."

As the deep sigh dissipated, the hall became empty. The enormous demon king's body vanished completely, leaving only faint, beautiful light fading away.

Meanwhile, the human body of the demon king had also disappeared, leaving only a thin, fish-scale-like scale on the spot.

He stood quietly for a while before walking over and picking up the armor plate.

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