The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 265 Don't Ascend!

"Calamity arises and falls; this calamity is one you cannot avoid today."

Ning Hao remained expressionless, her voice low and devoid of any hint of sarcasm.

Before him stood a magic seal, its vital points bound by golden locks.

Fayin did not argue, but simply looked at him quietly.

Then he looked around the empty space surrounding the main hall.

A crimson robe then appeared from the void and landed beside Ning Hao.

At this point, Fa Yin finally spoke, "Years ago, we ventured into the Martial God Realm together. Our comrades joined forces to break the great formation and finally obtained the Seal of Myriad Laws. Later, when that scoundrel heard of the Martial God's relic's emergence, he came to hunt us down. Many of our comrades fell victim to his cruelty. Back then, we didn't know that this scoundrel was a Heavenly Demon, allowing him to feign death and escape. Now, you're allied with him. Have you truly forgotten the hatred of those years?"

These words are filled with anger at their lack of ambition and resentment at their heartlessness and ingratitude.

But Ning Hao remained unmoved, his face showing not a trace of emotion.

"Hatred is nothing more than this." The red-robed demon lord spoke first.

Her face was hidden behind a crimson hood, obscuring her entire appearance, and her figure was concealed within a large robe, leaving one to wonder whether it was flesh and blood or a wisp of smoke.

After capturing attention with a single sentence, she immediately launched into her long discourse: "The safety of heaven and earth and the freedom of all living beings are of paramount importance. Now, the immortal elders of the celestial realm, relying on their status as the masters of all realms, wantonly manipulate the lives of beings in all realms, interfere with the changes in the Heavenly Dao of the mortal world, the Nine Netherworlds, and the Demon Realm, and even manipulate the calamity energy, causing immense suffering to the mortal world. Xiniu Hezhou should not have suffered such an end, but in the end, it has fallen into the state of the end of Dharma and the end of the calamity. People may think that it is due to the immortals' unbridled fighting, but in fact, all of this is because the immortal elders manipulate the calamity energy, wanting to seize the souls of all living beings through the great calamity in order to refine their so-called immortal techniques and divine skills."

After a passionate speech, Fayin, who already knew some of the "truths," listened in a daze.

Such inside information, combined with real-life events, made him, even though he wasn't a gossip, extremely concerned about news so closely related to himself.

After finishing her account of human affairs, she began to talk about the Heavenly Demon Realm.

"In the past, our Heavenly Demon Realm was just like the Human Realm, a world for all sentient beings. Like the Human Realm, it was a place of birdsong and fragrant flowers, where all living beings respected and loved each other. All beings cultivated together, maintained the peace and order of heaven and earth, and upheld the balance of the Heavenly Dao. But the Immortal Realm suddenly sent many soldiers to slaughter our realm. They even used the Heavenly Divine Weapon, the Earth-Opening Shuttle, to destroy our realm's core, plunging our realm into a final calamity. Life withered and all laws perished. Fortunately, we joined forces to respond to the Heavenly Dao, sealed off heaven and earth, and built the Ninefold Womb Realm Great Demon Realm, keeping the Immortal Realm's soldiers out. Only then did our realm not turn to ashes."

"In the past, our realm was not called the Heavenly Demon Realm. This was due to the decree of the Immortal Elder of the Immortal Realm, which established the rules. We are no longer allowed to think about or remember our realm's original name. Now we can only call it the Heavenly Demon Realm."

When the story of the Demon Realm was told, Fa Yin was slightly surprised. In the end, he opened his mouth but could only remain silent.

He never imagined that the Demon Realm had such a history.

"Now, the tragedy that happened in my world is about to be repeated in the human world. Although I am not a human being, I cannot bear to see such a tragedy happen again. That is why I have entered the human world to find the key to this calamity and will help the human world resolve it."

After a lengthy discourse, the Red-Robed Demon Lord finally extended her olive branch.

Fayin fell into deep thought. Although he had learned the "truth" about the mortal world from Qin Molong and knew that the immortal realm nurtured all living beings, he did not know how to react to the "truth" he was facing now.

The Demon Realm, the Human Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Nine Netherworlds...

It's truly unbelievable that such a story exists in the demon realm.

Even with this past, the crimes committed by the Demon Realm in the past are undeniable. Therefore, when Fa Yin came to his senses, he found it hard to believe the Red-Robed Demon Lord's words.

However, she also saw the deductions of the Dharma Seal, and these things did indeed happen. The Immortal Realm did interfere in human affairs, but there is currently no evidence to prove that the Immortal Realm committed any crimes. As for the great calamity, that is only one side of the story.

Although Qin Molong also mentioned the great calamity, Fa Yin only knew that from ancient times to the present, various wars in the human world have never stopped. Whether it was the struggle for supremacy among the three races or the conflict now provoked by this Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Laws, they have been endless and have never stopped at any moment.

He couldn't see what the great calamity was, nor could he see the calamity energy "floating" in the human world.

Therefore, the theory of a great calamity is not very plausible.

That is, the idea that the celestial realm manipulates the situation in the human world is plausible, and there is some evidence to support it.

In addition, the information conveyed by the remnants of ancient immortals and gods suggests that there may indeed be ambitious individuals in this world, and the immortal realm would certainly not lack such beings.

However, he still couldn't believe the Red-Robed Demon Lord's one-sided story. After all, she had been identified as a demon, with countless sins on her mind, harming human beings and seizing spiritual treasures and opportunities. In fact, she was the truly unforgivable demon.

"Fayin, what do you mean?" Ninghao finally asked.

Fayin then said solemnly, "It is our duty to prove the truth to humankind."

"Mm." Ning Hao nodded.

"Back then, you were so pragmatic, and you are still so now. I knew I hadn't misjudged you," Ning Hao added.

Fayin replied, "That seal should have belonged to you back then, but it insisted on following me, so it ended up on my body. It was only natural that it was returned to its rightful owner."

Ning Hao's face showed a hint of reminiscence: "The Seal of Myriad Laws, the Martial God's legacy, it was this treasure that allowed me to see the true face of the Immortal Realm and reminded me of an ancient hero who closely followed the Martial God and ascended to immortality."

"Martial Saint." Fa Yin's expression darkened slightly.

This is the first true Ascended being in human history.

"Yes." Ning Hao nodded. "After his ascension, he left behind a piece of advice—Do not ascend!"

"It is likely that he saw through the conspiracy of the immortal realm and recognized the trickery of the God of War back then, which is why he warned future generations in this way. Unfortunately, later generations misunderstood his meaning. The immortal realm is still beautiful and one can still attain great liberation and truly transcend the mortal world."

"People are inherently foolish, easily swayed by rumors; it's been like this for a long time," Fayin said.

"The immortal elders of the celestial realm hold their positions without doing any work, wantonly manipulating the fates of mortals and usurping the merits of all living beings. They deserve this calamity," Ning Hao said calmly.

But he saw the anger emanating from the seal.

He seemed to truly believe that the immortal elder from the celestial realm, whom he had never met, had committed so many evil deeds.

Fayin actually felt that they weren't lying to him, but that these things had really happened.

"Immortal Lord, the most urgent task now is to set up the Ninefold Womb Realm Great Demon Realm to isolate the inside from the outside and prevent the Immortal Realm from interfering in the human world," the red-robed Demon Lord advised.

"And present this formation to me." Ning Hao spread his hands.

The red-robed demon lord was slightly taken aback. He had thought she would say a few more words to persuade her, but he did not expect Ning Hao to be so proactive.

"Please wait a moment, Immortal Lord," said the red-robed Demon Lord.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a chill beneath her.

The reason was that her red robe was torn to shreds by a powerful force.

(End of this chapter)