Infinity, starting from eternity

Chapter 585 First Battle with the Shepherd! An Ancient God in Chaos?

The True Demon's Indestructible Body!
Parchment!
Finally, he got his hands on it. Li Ping'an opened the parchment and sensed countless calamities surging within him. The first one was the character 'fire,' and his heart belonged to the element of fire.

The origin of the Big Bang was a ball of fire, and the starting point of all calamities is still fire. Countless patterns of flames, fire calamities, true fire, divine fire, immortal fire, fire of desire, and fire of the soul swept madly toward him.

Boom!

Li Ping'an suddenly felt as if his entire body was being burned by flames and turned to ashes. All sorts of calamities came rolling in, unstoppable, and it seemed that he would be burned to death in the next moment.

Don't underestimate this single word; it's the very first word of the scripture on the parchment scroll, and it's even more powerful than a third of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force.

The Great Five Elements Technique he cultivated, especially the Crimson Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, was far superior, representing the most powerful calamity and countless fire calamities.

"ocean!"

Li Ping'an conjured an ancient character in his mind. This was the first ancient character he had condensed since he created the True Magic Sect, representing the boundless ocean and its towering waves.

He wanted to test his strength against the "calamity" recorded on the True Demon Scroll.

"Boom!"

The moment the word 'sea' was uttered, it instantly ignited the parchment scroll's fury.

It felt it had been provoked. As the inheritor of the supreme true demon, how could it accept a counterfeit that seemed to be imitating its birth? How could it be willing to accept it?

The countless calamities of fire suddenly burst forth, all of them inflicted upon Li Ping'an, to give him the most severe test.

If you die, then you die.

As for the so-called true demon successor, just pretend he doesn't exist.

This is the essence of the demonic path; there is no such thing as mercy in hell.

"it is good!"

Li Ping'an laughed loudly, using his understanding of the character "sea" to encompass the character "fire" on the parchment scroll. No matter how big the flames were, they could not evaporate the sea!

He also disdained the true demon's successor. He refused to be anyone's successor and insisted on using his own methods to break through and subdue this parchment scroll!

The two collided and an incredible explosion occurred.

Water and fire are merciless; the heavens and earth tremble violently!
"Ahhh!"

"What happened!"

"Who dares to invade my Holy Hell? Are they courting death?!"

The entire Holy Hell felt like sitting on a volcano. Countless demons were terrified and panicked, while others roared angrily, trying to find out who was causing trouble here and plotting against the Great Sage as soon as he left.

"No, Your Highness, the True Demon Successor!" The four Demon Emperors who were nearby could no longer sit still; they were terrified.

Other demons who obtained this parchment have never experienced anything like this.

They mobilized all the demonic energy in their bodies in an attempt to resist, but to no avail. They only felt their bodies going from hot to cold, and countless fire tribulations and sea tribulations, even a portion of which dissipated, almost cost them their lives.

Those calamities coalesced into countless characters, taking root in their hearts.

"Slave kidnapping!"

Li Ping'an understood their roles. The highest levels of wisdom are interconnected. Not only could he conceive of using ancient scripts to control people, but the True Demon also possessed this ability, and even created a more perfect version of it than he had.

These four demon emperors have been completely refined into a script, a projection of calamity. They believe they are still alive, but in fact they have long since died.

They are walking tribulations; any further cultivation they undergo will only serve his purposes.

This indestructible body contains tens of thousands of characters, each character representing a tribulation, and each tribulation transforming into countless tribulations, linked together and indestructible. Once it is perfected, it becomes omnipotent, and itself becomes a tribulation.

It's like the calamity itself; everything else is merely a derivative of it. It also has hands and feet, so you can imagine how much control it has over itself.

"The wisdom of a true demon is indeed not to be underestimated. What a magnificent, indestructible body of a true demon!"

Li Ping'an closed the sheepskin scroll, and the fire tribulation on his body gradually subsided. He had already mastered this first realm, or rather, incorporated it into his system, making it his own method.

But every subsequent cultivation practice is a battle against the true demon's wisdom, a subjugation of the tribulations left behind by the supreme true demon.

Only in this way can he forge his own supreme demonic path.

"The true essence of demons is struggle!"

Some say that the Demonic Path is a form of resistance, a resistance against injustice. Li Ping'an disagrees. Everyone has their own opinion, and injustice is only part of the struggle. All things in the world cannot escape the word "struggle"!
Other demonic paths involve devouring or elucidating the origin of life, such as the Blood Sea Demon Ancestor, whom I had met once.

However, Li Ping'an could now discern the opponent's level of cultivation. It was far inferior to that of a true demon, or rather, among all the demonic ancestors and giants in the myriad worlds, there were few who could rival a true demon.

"I have the parchment scroll in hand. There is another treasure in this Hell of Saints and Sages that will be of great use to me."

Li Ping'an did not rush to leave. He walked through the Holy Hell, and no demon could see him wherever he went, as if he were standing in two different worlds.

Dong dong dong......

Although he did not reveal his form, everything that had just happened—the conflict between the Eternal Sea and the True Demon Fire—had turned the Holy Hell upside down, and it had not yet recovered.

"Investigate! Investigate! Who dares to act so recklessly in my Sacred Hell!" An ancient demon with five thousand energy scales was born and roared to the sky.

Chains of holy light from heaven wrapped around them. Li Ping'an recognized them as marks from the ancient war between the gods. Many of these ancient demons had participated in the ancient war between hell and heaven, and had fallen from the divine realm, suffering a crushing defeat.

"The rules of the mortal realm are somewhat terrifying."

Li Ping'an frowned slightly. He thought of Brahma and these ancient demons. They were all gods, but now they didn't even have a terrifying level of will. This mortal world was like an abyss, devouring and corroding their divinity.

Even supreme artifacts and divine weapons cannot defy the laws of the mortal realm and are reduced to mere mortal objects; only the Half-Step Boundless can withstand them.

No wonder the divine realm itself is wary of those who ascend to godhood in the mortal world and tries to block the ancient path to the divine.

"But the mortal realm is indispensable; without mortals, how can the greatness of the gods be highlighted?"

Just like the two opposing points of Tai Chi.

Li Ping'an seemed to have a sudden realization. He was now making progress in comprehending the true demonic path, and a Tai Chi diagram slowly appeared in his mind. The Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force and the True Demon Indestructible Body were thus mutually opposed and swirling, and their prototypes were gradually being perfected.

"No?"

He searched the entire Sage's Hell, even venturing into the lairs of ancient demons and trolls with five thousand energy scales, but found no trace of the Sage's Jade.

Li Pingan couldn't help but frown.

"Your Highness, the successor of the True Demon, what are you looking for?"

"I can help you look for it."

Just then, the figure of the Great Sage slowly emerged, a compassionate smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for Li Ping'an for a long time.

"Oh? Shepherd, would you be willing to help me search?" Li Ping'an stood with his hands behind his back, not surprised by the shepherd's appearance.

He's already raided their stronghold; if the shepherd doesn't react, wouldn't he become a laughingstock? How could he possibly maintain his position as the top dog in Hell?

It could even be said that Li Ping'an's easy acquisition of the parchment scroll was due to the shepherd's deliberate indulgence.

Both knew what the other would do next: Li Ping'an would only appear after the shepherd left, just as Ao Tian had done in the original story, placing the Immortal Execution King's Decree on General Saman to tempt him. However, Li Ping'an didn't fall for Ao Tian's trick, but willingly walked into the shepherd's trap because he needed the True Demon Sheepskin Scroll.

“Your Highness, successor of the True Demon, now that you have returned, you may stay in Hell from now on. I will prepare everything for your cultivation.”

"All the hells, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, are yours; endless demons and hell lords are willing to serve you."

The shepherd resembled a mature and composed prime minister, carefully tending to the young emperor who had just ascended the throne, his face beaming with kindness, showing no sign of the devil's cruelty and malice.

"Then give me the Philosopher's Jewel."

Li Ping'an extended his hand without ceremony, "As for staying here, there's no need. I believe in your abilities, Shepherd. You will manage Hell well and lead the demon race to prosperity."

"This is not okay."

The shepherd appeared behind Li Ping'an in an instant, like a phantom, saying, "Your cultivation is still too weak!"

"Hmph! I knew you had ulterior motives!"

Li Ping'an unleashed a palm strike, unleashing the Fire Calamity he had just acquired, while the Sea Character surged forth in equal measure.

This move truly embodied the fusion of the highest mysteries of the worlds of Saint King and Immortality, ending immortality and creating something from nothing. Immortality and nothingness merged here, and to the shepherd's astonishment, it knocked him back with a single palm strike.

"What power is this?"

Although the power of this half-step into nothingness and the fusion of the ancient characters of immortality is not strong enough, it is special enough that even the terrifying will seems powerless in front of it, the shepherd said in a deep voice.

"I have studied the parchment scrolls for countless years. I would not say I know all the calamities by heart, but I do know their general outline. However, I have not met the requirements and am unable to cultivate."

"This kind of calamity, which ends eternal life and creates something from nothing, is definitely not what is recorded on the parchment."

"You want to learn?" Li Ping'an smiled. "Kneel down and beg me."

"Arrogant! A mere ninth-level Mythical Realm cultivator who hasn't even stepped onto the Immortal Ladder, at most a late-stage Shock-level Willpower cultivator, what right does he have to challenge me? So what if he's a True Demon Successor!"

The shepherd's expression darkened slightly, then erupted instantly, unleashing a terrifying level of will that overwhelmed everything without reservation.

What happened just now was merely a test; now we're going all out.

The entire Sacred Hell was trembling, countless hellish realms began to shift, and the will of hell was echoing the shepherd; it could be said that at this moment, he was the embodiment of hell.

Although Li Ping'an was of noble status, his realm and will were indeed far inferior to the other party, just as the shepherd had said.

"Once I capture you, I'll thoroughly search your soul and uncover all your secrets!" the shepherd said in a chilling tone, his massive hand covering the heavens and earth, a force even the most arrogant in hell would find difficult to contend with.

Only now did he reveal his true colors. What a compassionate and peaceful sage! Bullshit!

In hell, there are no kind lives.

"The Great Reincarnation Technique! The origin of countless lifetimes, past and present lives, the power that permeates the cycle of reincarnation, descend!"

Li Ping'an showed no fear. A mark appeared between his eyebrows, which upon closer inspection resembled a lotus flower. A human figure sat cross-legged on the lotus flower, with chaotic energy spreading out.

It is as if the supreme gods and demons, the manifestations of the gods, and the will of the demons of hell, all sit within it.

With a flick of his finger, the power of reincarnation erupted.

The shepherd's expression changed drastically as he sensed a terrifying power, unlike anything of this world, descending upon him.

"Boom!"

With a crisp sound, hell was pierced!

Beneath the wormhole connecting the ancient past and the immortal realm, an unparalleled pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the boundless mortal world and the endless immortal realm. Even the ancient chaos could not withstand it, directly piercing through the end of the thirty-three immortal realms.

With a crack, a corner of the Wrathful Heavenly City shattered.

"who!"

The Emperor of Blazing Wrath stood up, his brows furrowed in astonishment. This power seemed even stronger, more ancient, and unfathomable than his own original form.

"From hell?" The Emperor of Wrathful Blaze's eyes flashed with apprehension, but he sat down again and did not pursue the matter further.

The depths of Hell are so profound that even the most powerful forces on the Ancient Road to Godhood are unaware of them. Naturally, the Great Emperor of Blazing Wrath was unwilling to provoke them and could only swallow his anger.

"Who exactly are you! This power not only contains the True Demon's Indestructible Body, but also the power of the gods, and even the aura of ancient chaos!"

"You are not the true successor of the demon." In the Holy Hell, the shepherd's body reappeared, his eyes filled with dread.

Just now, his body had been blown apart, but being in the Sage Hell, he controlled the central hub of the Hengsha Hell plane, making him virtually immortal. In the blink of an eye, he reshaped his body.

"I?"

“Not belonging to hell, not following the true demons, yet another being created in the world, let’s call him the Demon Lord!” Li Ping’an chuckled, the reincarnation mark between his brows glowing, black and gold energies flowing, bringing him a touch of evil.

Supreme Ruler, Supreme True Demon, Supreme Holy King... and now there is another Supreme Demon Lord.

He orchestrated the conquest of the celestial realms, igniting war and opening the passage to the Primordial Era, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. After reincarnation, this avatar of his truly dominated the demonic path, his demonic nature deeply ingrained.

What are saints and sages compared to hell? The evil deeds committed by the demons of hell are nothing compared to what Li Ping'an has done in just a few short years.

"You come from the ancient chaos?"

Although it was a question, the shepherd was almost certain that he sensed that ancient, chaotic aura, which did not belong to the mundane world. It was so out of place, yet filled with a great essence.

Ancient gods in chaos!

That's an aura that only exists in the ancient chaotic realm, the chaotic realm of gods!

This is something he, a great demon born in the Holy Hell after his defeat in the Hell War and the Fall of the Era, does not understand; it is only recorded in some ancient books.

It can also be called the 'Soul of the Ancestral God', which can only be born in the most ancient and barbaric Chaos Realm and grasp the origin of the gods.

Don't think that hell has no cultural heritage. Other hells may be like that, but the Holy Hell is an exception. The Holy Hell can be said to be the opposite of gods, transformed from gods who are unwilling to submit to their sovereign.

Although the True Demons built Hell, the growth of the Hell faction was largely due to these sages and great sages of Hell. They preserved civilization, created Hellish demonic arts and bloodlines, and were the embodiment of wisdom.

The wisdom of the demonic path is still wisdom, and it cannot be refuted.

The shepherd looked at Li Ping'an with deep eyes, seemingly deep in thought. "Demon Lord, you have already obtained the parchment scroll. The Sage's Jade can also be given to you, and even the entire Hell can be given to you!"

"I only need you to do one thing for me!"

"Tell me about it," Li Ping'an said, raising an eyebrow.

"Become a god! I need your help to become a god!" the shepherd roared. "In the mortal realm, even the most powerful creatures will eventually decay. Only by entering the realm of gods can one achieve eternal immortality!"

"At the end of the Ancient Road to the Divine Realm, there are powerful guardians of the ancient road. If we cooperate to kill them, it will not only be for my sake, but also for yours."

"No one can bear the thought of silently decaying in the mortal realm!"

He extended an invitation.

(End of this chapter)