Cut off my way home? You'll sacrifice the entire other world in return!

Li Fan stood atop the peak, looking down at the land below.

The once prosperous Central Plains is now a desolate wasteland.

There is no sect.

There was no sign of human habitation.

There were only endless ruins and bones scattered everywhere.

Taiyi has completed its mission.

The entire high-level combat force of Zhongzhou was slaughtered.

Those once high and mighty cultivators have now either become members of the skeleton army or turned into resources in Li Fan's storage space.

Everything of value was looted.

Li Fan's storage space is almost full.

But this is not enough.

Far from enough.

What he needs is the origin of the entire world.

That is the most precious thing.

"Father God."

Taiyi's voice rang out from behind.

Li Fan did not turn around.

"explain."

"The Central Plains have been cleared. The Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Regions have also been cleared; all forces within the four seas have been annihilated."

Taiichi's voice was calm.

"The high-level combat power of this world no longer exists."

Li Fan nodded.

What about casualties?

"The skeleton army suffered 3.2 million casualties, but replacements have been completed. The current total is 14 million."

"And you?"

"No injury."

Li Fan turned around.

He looked at Taiyi.

Three months later, Taiyi had fully adapted to this body.

His white hair still reached his waist.

The vertical line between his eyebrows remained tightly closed.

But her temperament has changed.

The awkwardness of its initial birth has disappeared.

Instead, a sense of composure prevailed.

A composure born from having witnessed life and death.

"Well done."

Li Fan said.

Taiyi lowered his head slightly.

"It's what I should do."

Li Fan withdrew his gaze and looked at the ground beneath his feet again.

"There's something I need to do next."

"You lead your skeleton army to retreat into the void."

Taiyi didn't ask why.

It simply nodded.

"Yes."

Then it turned and led its 14 million-strong skeleton army into the sky, disappearing from Li Fan's sight.

Only Li Fan remained at the summit of Demon Peak.

He stood there quietly, experiencing the world.

The Great World of Xuanhuang.

It was once a place teeming with powerful figures.

Abundant resources.

It is a world that the main god pays close attention to.

But it's useless now.

The strong have all perished.

The resources were completely plundered.

All that's left are ordinary mortals.

And the origin of this world.

Li Fan closed his eyes.

His divine sense spread out.

It covers the entire planet.

He sensed the presence of countless lives.

mortal.

Ordinary mortals.

They do not practice cultivation.

They don't understand magic.

They simply lived and multiplied on this land.

Work at sunrise.

They rest when the sun sets.

They had no idea what had happened three months ago.

They were unaware that all those aloof cultivators had perished.

They were unaware that the ground beneath their feet was about to collapse.

They were just living their own lives.

An ordinary life.

An ordinary life.

Li Fan opened his eyes.

His gaze remained completely unwavering.

He had seen this scene far too many times.

In the first world, the magical world, he was the Demon King for ten years.

There are mortals in that world too.

They also lead ordinary lives.

In the end, he sacrificed the entire world.

Those mortals transformed into spiritual energy in their dreams.

There is no pain.

There was no struggle.

The silence simply vanished.

In the second world, the wasteland mechanical world, he devoured the entire planet.

This is now the third world, the Xuanhuang Great World.

There are still mortals in this world.

Billions of ordinary people.

They are different from those cultivators.

They did nothing wrong.

They simply live on this land.

But their fate was already sealed.

Li Fan looked down at his palm.

There lay a crumpled piece of paper.

Missing Person Notice.

The missing person notice was handwritten by his parents.

The paper is quite old.

The edges and corners are worn.

The handwriting is already somewhat blurred.

But he could still recognize the words.

"Li Fan, male..."

"If you have any leads, please contact..."

Li Fan's fingers gently traced the words.

He remembered the braised pork from his family's house.

I remembered my mother's nagging voice.

I remembered my father's silent figure.

I was reminded of that ordinary yet warm home.

"wait for me."

He said softly.

Then he put away the missing person poster.

Raise your head.

His gaze hardened.

He took a step.

His figure vanished.

When it reappears, it will already be outside the atmosphere.

In the void.

Li Fan hovered there, looking down at the planet below.

The Great World of Xuanhuang.

A giant planet.

Its diameter exceeds 100,000 li.

It is many times larger than Earth.

From the void, the planet appears as a deep blue color.

That's the color of the ocean.

Continents are located in the ocean.

It looks beautiful.

It was very peaceful and serene.

But all of this is about to end.

Li Fan took a deep breath.

A terrifying power began to surge within him.

That was the energy he accumulated after devouring two worlds.

Endless demonic energy.

"boom!"

His body began to swell.

His skin turned jet black.

His eyes turned blood red.

The Tai Chi Divine Wheel appeared behind him.

The black and white divine wheel spun rapidly, emanating an aura of world destruction.

This is his real identity.

The true form of the demon god.

Perfect.

He used this form to sacrifice the entire world back in the magical world.

In the wasteland mechanical world, he used this form to devour the entire planet.

Now he wants to use it again.

The demon god's true form is still expanding.

Eventually, his body grew to a terrifying size.

He sat cross-legged in the void.

And the Xuanhuang Great World was within his embrace.

Li Fan looked down at the planet in his arms.

He can see the mainland.

You can see those mortals who are like ants.

They are still living.

Still busy.

Still striving for tomorrow.

They don't realize how insignificant they are.

They didn't realize that their fate was in the hands of others.

Unaware that death had already arrived.

Li Fan stretched out his hands.

The two palms slowly approached the planet.

Encircled by the void.

His palm did not touch the planet.

But an invisible force has already enveloped the entire world.

That is the power of laws.

The laws of devouring, refining, and destroying.

The three laws intertwine to form a cage.

The vast and mysterious world was firmly locked away.

Cracks began to appear on the planet's surface.

From one to two.

It went from two lines to four lines.

From four lines to countless lines.

It spread to the entire planet.

"Refine!"

Li Fan spoke.

There is only one word.

But this word contains boundless power.

"Boom!"

The entire planet began to tremble.

The collision of continental plates.

Huge waves surged in the ocean.

Mountains and rivers collapsed.

The river has dried up.

The cracks are getting bigger and bigger.

A small village on the surface of a planet.

The night is dark.

The villagers were already asleep.

An old man was lying in bed, snoring softly.

He had a dream.

I dreamt of myself when I was young.

I dreamt of my wife and children.

I dreamt of those wonderful times.

A smile played on his lips.

Then his body began to become transparent.

It felt like something was being pulled away.

flesh.

skeleton.

Soul.

Everything is being stripped away.

Transformed into specks of light.

It floated into the sky.

They merged into that enormous figure.

The old man did not wake up.

He is still having that beautiful dream.

Until it disappears completely.

The same goes for everyone else in the village.

the man.

woman.

elder.

child.

They all turned into light in their sleep.

There is no pain or fear.

They simply disappeared quietly.

It was as if they had never existed.

Such scenes play out all over the planet.

Cities, villages, tribes, camps.

The same scene is playing out wherever there are people.

Billions of ordinary people.

At the same time.

It transformed into spiritual energy.

In the void.

Li Fan watched all of this unfold.

His expression remained unchanged.

He'd seen it too many times.

He felt a little uncomfortable the first time.

There will be some guilt and hesitation.

But now he's numb.

It's not just numbness.

It means acceptance.

He accepted that this was the price.

The price of going home.

He is willing to bear the cost.

Even if it means bearing the lives of countless living beings.

Even if it means becoming a true demon.

He was willing.

Because that's his home.

It was the only place he wanted to go back to.

"boom!"

The planet trembled even more violently.

Those cracks have penetrated deep into the earth's core.

It split the entire planet into countless fragments.

But the fragments did not scatter.

They were firmly locked in place by Li Fan's power.

Then the compression process begins.

Li Fan could feel something flowing into his body.

That is the origin of the world.

This world has existed for billions of years.

It has accumulated countless primordial forces.

He is now absorbing all these origins.

"nice one."

He said softly.

The origin of this world is purer than that of the magical world.

It's also more intense than the wasteland mechanical world.

After all, this is a world of cultivation.

Profound heritage.

Abundant resources.

Unfortunately, all of this will become nourishment for him.

The mass eventually shrank to the size of a fist.

It floated in Li Fan's palm.

This is everything in the Xuanhuang Great World.

All matter.

All the energy.

All the laws.

All living beings.

Everything was compressed into this tiny bead.

Li Fan looked at the beads in his palm.

The beads have a strange color.

Dark yellow.

Profound.

Heavy and substantial.

It contains the essence of a world.

"good."

Li Fan nodded in satisfaction.

Then he opened his mouth.

Swallow the bead.

"Gulp."

The bead slid down the throat into the stomach.

Then it erupted.

Terrifying energy exploded within his body.

It impacted his meridians.

It impacted his physical body.

It impacted his soul.

"Um........."

Li Fan grunted.

His demonic form began to tremble.

It's not because I can't handle it.

Rather, it's because the energy is too abundant.

It takes time to digest.

He sat cross-legged in the void.

Begin circulating the cultivation technique.

The Tai Chi wheel spun rapidly behind him.

The Yin Fish devours energy.

Yang Fish Analysis Rules.

The two work together to decompose, absorb, and transform everything in that bead.

time flies.

Li Fan remained seated cross-legged.

Not moving at all.

His aura was constantly changing.

stronger.

It's getting more and more terrifying.

The true form of the demon god is also changing.

The muscles are firmer.

The bones are stronger.

His skin became even darker.

His eyes became even more bloodshot.

The Tai Chi wheel behind him was also changing.

It gets bigger.

It became brighter.

It became even more mysterious.

I don't know how much time passed.

Li Fan opened his eyes.

A glint of light flashed in those blood-red eyes.

"A breakthrough has been achieved."

He said softly.

His cultivation level has improved to another level.

He no longer knew what level it was.

The cultivation system of this world is not suitable for him.

All he knew was that he had become stronger.

It's much stronger now.

Li Fan retracted his demonic form.

The body shrank to its normal size.

He was suspended in the void.

It was pitch black all around.

There was nothing there.

There wasn't even starlight.

Because the stars in this region are all drawn by the gravity of the Xuanhuang Great World.

Now that the Xuanhuang Great World is gone, all those stars have deviated from their orbits.

Scattered into the depths of the void.

Li Fan didn't care at all.

He turned and looked into the distance.

There floated an army of fourteen million skeletons.

There's also Taiyi.

"come over."

Li Fan's voice traveled through the void and reached Taiyi's ears.

He nodded slightly.

It flew towards Li Fan, leading an army of skeletons.

A moment later, Taiyi came to Li Fan.

"Father God."

It lowered its head slightly.

Li Fan looked at it.

How are you feeling?