The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 408 The Great Demon Ascends, the Dao Fruit Gradually Becomes True

Magic and magic are both forms of Taoist arts. Only by understanding the Tao can one achieve mastery from beginning to end, making the impossible possible and the illusory real.

All spiritual practice is like this: learn from heaven and earth, and then transform that knowledge into one's own.

The Heavenly Demon General's great immortal technique enveloped the Heavenly Demon King in an instant, creating a misty, swirling fog that seemed to transform into a secluded world, where countless wonders appeared: lightning, fire, natural light, aurora, sunlight, moonlight, and starlight.

All things that have ever existed in the world reveal their mysterious light within this space.

They washed over the majestic body of the Heavenly Demon King, and all living beings in the Heavenly Demon Realm could see it clearly.

The Heavenly Demon Lords were terrified. If such a powerful immortal technique were to fall upon them, they wouldn't be able to withstand it for even a moment.

But the Demon King didn't care at all, as if he had only encountered a light breeze and drizzle. The breeze was blowing and the drizzle was caressing his face, and it wouldn't cause him any harm.

The Heavenly Demon General's expression changed upon seeing this. After all, this powerful divine power was not a hasty test, but an attack he had been preparing for a long time. Yet, this attack could not even scratch the Heavenly Demon King's body.

The moment he was astonished was the moment the Heavenly Demon King made his move.

This colossal giant, with 1,800 thick arms, never fixed his eyes on the tiny Heavenly Demon General, yet his arms seemed to have eyes, already locking onto the Heavenly Demon General.

dong dong dong...

It was as if thunder was pounding a drum, and fists rained down. The moment it began, it shattered the great immortal technique that enveloped it, and then punch after punch landed in the void.

The punch was so natural, it seemed to have no trace of magic, it was just like a mortal throwing a punch.

The Heavenly Demon Lords viewed it this way from afar, and the Heavenly Demon Commander felt the same way when facing him.

However, he remained vigilant and on guard. After all, given the size of the Heavenly Demon King, the impact of his fist was as if it were the size of a cavern itself. With such force and weight, any space would be smashed to pieces.

If 1,800 punches were delivered, even the immortal realm would be destroyed.

Therefore, the Heavenly Demon Realm is currently in turmoil, with various demonic energies gathering and dispersing at different times, and various scenes of impending doom are unfolding between heaven and earth.

Such a thing was something that only the Heavenly Demon Lords had brought to all the worlds in the past, but now the Heavenly Demon King was giving it back to them.

Moreover, in the past, the Heavenly Demon King would not have used this punch when hunting the Demon Lord. He would have devoured the Heavenly Demon Lord with just a grab or even a breath.

So the Heavenly Demon General truly lived up to his title of "half-step Golden Immortal," managing to force the Heavenly Demon King to unleash his "trump card" technique.

When such a simple and unadorned fist fell, the Heavenly Demon General had nowhere to dodge. He tried to use all kinds of Great Dao to resist it, but he felt that they were useless. He wanted to use the Great Dao of Existence to transform his own reality into the nature of heaven and earth, whether it existed or not, but he couldn't. These fists were locked on his true spirit.

But the more this was the case, the more the Heavenly Demon Commander felt that he had made the right decision to come.

The Demon King was the biggest obstacle to his transcendence and ascension.

No living being born in the Heavenly Demon Realm can escape His confinement. Even the true spirit has left a trace in Him. That is the power rooted in the Great Dao, the power of the Heavenly Dao that governs all the Great Daos in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

The Heavenly Demon General felt that he was not perfect, that he was just a hair's breadth away from becoming an insurmountable chasm, and that he could not become a Golden Immortal.

The Golden Immortal achieves perfect harmony within himself, attains the Dao fruit naturally, and gathers all his own laws; only in this way can he attain and prove the Dao.

Now that his true spirit is trapped by the Heavenly Demon King, how can he break free from the shackles of the Great Dao in one fell swoop, so that he can completely and perfectly exist within the Great Dao and become an embodiment of the Great Dao?

The Heavenly Demon General grew increasingly excited as he faced the Heavenly Demon King's fist, realizing that his chance to break free of the Half-Step Two-Word technique was right before him.

Since even the Great Dao could not subdue Him, the Heavenly Demon Commander retrieved a seal and a jade ruyi in the blink of an eye.

This is the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm.

Let the Heavenly Dao face the Heavenly Dao directly, and see whether the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm or the Heavenly Dao of the Demon Realm is more powerful.

Bang!Bang!

The Demon General eventually realized he had misunderstood.

The powerful force is neither the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm nor the Heavenly Dao of the Demon Realm.

It was the Heavenly Demon King.

The seal representing the Heavenly Dao of the Celestial Realm and the jade ruyi were shattered, turning into countless fragments scattered into the Heavenly Demon Realm.

However, they also created an opportunity for the Heavenly Demon Commander to escape the time it would take for the Heavenly Demon King's fist to fall.

He took this opportunity to escape from the Heavenly Demon Realm, knowing full well that he had no chance of defeating the Heavenly Demon King there.

This one is not like the Heavenly Emperor Yang, who has never truly held sway over the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm.

The Heavenly Demon King can be said to be the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Once he left the Heavenly Demon Realm, the Heavenly Demon Commander felt as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted from his shoulders, as if fighting the Heavenly Demon King in the Heavenly Demon Realm was like being shackled.

Right now, on this void sea, looking at the Heavenly Demon Realm, which resembles a pitch-black egg, the Heavenly Demon Commander's aura is growing stronger every day.

A dense radiance appeared around him, like oil and grease, which was the manifestation of the countless great Daos he had comprehended. At this moment, it emerged in this originally colorless chaos, influencing everything around it, as if a world was about to break out of its shell.

but no.

Because the fist that had just enveloped him in the Demon Realm had actually landed again.

Rumble.

Amidst the chaotic, surging waves, a single will is penetrating this world sea where no matter or life can exist.

A terrifying force descended upon him once more.

dong dong dong.

With a single punch, he shattered the Heavenly Demon General's sturdy body.

But his body quickly regenerated, and in this moment of change between nothingness and reality, he dodged the second punch that seemed to come at the same time.

But the third punch wasn't so lucky.

His new body was instantly smashed.

However, he took this opportunity to dodge the fourth punch.

This happened about 890 times; his body was destroyed 890 times, but in the end, the fist did not fall again.

During this time, he couldn't retaliate even if he wanted to, because it all happened in an instant.

Those Heavenly Demon Lords who wanted to come and watch could not catch up; they only saw the Heavenly Demon Commander standing motionless on the sea of ​​the void world.

But then they felt a sense of unease.

An indescribable fluctuation appeared on the body of the Heavenly Demon King.

"He's going to destroy the Demon Realm!" A Demon Lord discovered this.

The demons cried out in alarm, but they were powerless to stop it.

The Heavenly Demon Commander's desire to destroy the Heavenly Demon Realm is tantamount to his desire to annihilate the Heavenly Demon King and other Heavenly Demon Lords who also reside within the Heavenly Demon Realm.

In an instant, the Heavenly Demon Lords' divine thoughts flashed rapidly, and countless vicious curses were born in that instant, all of which were related to the Heavenly Demon Commander.

But the Heavenly Demon General didn't care. In his eyes, these were nothing more than ants whispering and insects lamenting.

His heart was set on the Great Dao, and he had no feelings for the living beings in the world. He could only resonate with the Great Dao, but could not be of one mind with these demonic beings.

At this moment, all he wanted was to destroy the Heavenly Demon Realm and reclaim that trace of his true spirit.

His desire was simple: "So you all die to help me realize my dream."

But then he suddenly heard himself crying out in pain. The Heavenly Demon General hadn't expected that his own body was resisting his actions.

It seems he can indeed destroy the Heavenly Demon Realm this time.

The invisible fluctuations brought about tangible fluctuations, and the entire void world sea was no longer calm. The wind and waves turned into tsunamis, crashing against the nearby pitch-black egg-shaped sky and earth.

Boom! Rumble!

Heaven and earth were being destroyed, and countless great paths and laws were embracing each other and perishing, like a candle being blown out by a strong wind.

The Heavenly Demon Realm was thus destroyed, and by the supreme demonic material it itself had nurtured.

But at this moment, the Heavenly Demon General seemed to have gained unprecedented satisfaction.

Demon, demon, demon! He is the demon, the real demon.

At that moment, he seemed to have grasped the true meaning of the demonic path, and perhaps the demonic path would be born from this.

The demonic path is born for destruction; the ultimate destruction is what makes a true demon.

Destroying a region is the ultimate form of destruction.

When the world is destroyed, all living beings will curse and swear, resent and plead, hate him, envy him, and even yearn for him.

Heartless, ungrateful, immoral, lawless, devoid of conscience and nature.

That is the way of the devil.

Having gained this profound understanding, the Heavenly Demon Commander suddenly had a strange thought: to completely abandon the Great Dao of Existence and directly devote himself to the Demonic Path.

This is a terrible thought.

He dared not take it, much less could he take it.

But that was the demonic path, the demonic path he comprehended, a path that had never been born in the world before, or rather, a path that was being conceived.

Such a Great Dao will surpass countless Great Daos; it will be incomparably great, even if other Great Daos exist...

The Heavenly Demon General immediately stopped his thoughts, realizing that it was the unborn demonic path that was bewitching him.

Perhaps this is the way of the demons; even before it was born, it possessed extremely terrifying magical power.

But this also demonstrates his success.

However, a sense of melancholy lingered in his heart.

He suddenly realized that he had not achieved perfection.

The Demon King didn't perish?!

At the same time, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and all sorts of chaotic ideas appeared in his mind.

He eventually grasped a key point.

"congratulations."

But then he heard a celebratory shout and saw a figure appear before him.

It turned out to be the Heavenly Demon King, who had just been fighting to the death with him.

Those 1,800 arms left a deep impression on him.

"you?……"

Before he could finish speaking, the Heavenly Demon King ignored him and plunged into the chaos of the Void World Sea, instantly transforming into a new Heavenly Demon Realm.

All the beings of the Heavenly Demon Realm that he had destroyed before were among them, and the Heavenly Demon Lords who had already perished were still stuck in the moment of cursing and vilifying him.

At the same time, the Heavenly Demon General felt his body slowly disintegrating.

But this was not an attack from the Heavenly Demon King, but rather a summoning from another realm, or rather, another dimension.

"Ascension?"

"But I haven't crossed that threshold yet."

Although the Heavenly Demon General had many questions in his heart, there was no time to lose.

Upon sensing the call, he voluntarily released himself from the constraints of his body, and his primordial spirit dissipated, leaving only his pure true spirit responding to the call.

He seemed to see a new world.

A realm that has existed since time immemorial, standing above all other realms.

"The realm of gods?"

He quickly sensed the name of this place.

Its vastness even extends above the void world sea; it is truly boundless.

Furthermore, there is no concept of a lower realm of matter; only the Great Dao and the True Spirit can exist there.

"Is this what ascension is? Where is that immortal elder?"

"only……"

"And who am I?"

The moment he entered this place, the Heavenly Demon General lost his sense of control.

In an instant, he was corrupted by another spiritual force, and from then on, the Heavenly Demon Commander was no more.

At the same time, Luo Zu, who was sitting upright by the campfire on the flying boat, felt that his illusory Dao Fruit, which was dispensable, had become much more solid.

(End of this chapter)