80: The battle has come to an end.

The self-detonation of a Hunyuan Golden Immortal is terrifying in its power.

The entire Zhu Xian Sword Array gate shook violently. Although Luo Hou had withdrawn to safety at the first moment, he was still struck by the aftermath of the explosion. Cracks appeared on his devilish body, and pitch-black devilish blood spilled into the Formation.

He had not expected Qiankun to be so resolute, and the God-Slaying Spear was knocked from his grasp.

"Luo Hou, I want you dead!" Yin and Yang, in the Xianxian Gate, his eyes splitting with rage, used the taiji diagram to recklessly smash open the Formation gate and charged toward Luo Hou.

The previous battle had already left him covered in wounds, and at this moment, holding back a breath of rage, he sought out Luo Hou and detonated himself.

The violent power was displayed once again. Luo Hou cursed inwardly, "They are all lunatics!"

In his panic, Luo Hou used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to protect himself, while the Heavenly Demon Tower blocked the suppression of the taiji diagram.

Yin and Yang's self-detonation left him severely injured, but he survived in the end.

Luo Hou ignored that wisp of incomplete Origin that had broken out of the Formation.

One must know that of the five people who broke the Formation, three had already died; in the end, he was the one who laughed last.

Luo Hou spread his arms and laughed wantonly, the Devilish Qi around him having reached its peak. He looked at the remaining two and said:

"I shall tell you this: this Formation cannot be broken without four people. Now that only two of you remain, I am invincible."

A chilling devilish shadow, hideous and terrifying, manifested the true form of the Demon God behind Luo Hou once more.

Yang Mei had persisted in the Formation for a long time and had also suffered many injuries.

Seeing that the situation was dire, he no longer cared about anything else; preserving his life was paramount.

He swept his willow branch toward the Void Realm, and the space rippled with layers of cracks.

Yang Mei said nothing more and dove directly into the spatial rift, departing.

Inside the Zhu Xian Sword Array, the Evil Qi surged like a tide. It seemed as if only Luo Hou and Hongjun remained in the world.

Luo Hou's devilish body was covered in wounds, yet he laughed even more crazily.

The Four Swords of Zhuxian circled around him, emitting ear-piercing clangs: "Hongjun, do you see? Yin and Yang is dead, Qiankun is dead, and Five Elements is dead. Even that old thing Yang Mei tucked his tail between his legs and fled. This Primordial World is, in the end, mine, Luo Hou's!"

Behind Hongjun, the All Heavens Celebration Cloud manifested, dispersing the abundant Devilish Qi, yet his expression remained calm.

He swept a faint glance at Luo Hou and said, "Luo Hou, you have fallen too deeply into the Demonic Path."

"Fallen into the Demonic Path?" Luo Hou laughed wildly, blood-red light surging in his devilish eyes.

"What is the Demonic Path? What is the Dao? The Dao can be the Demonic Path, and the Demonic Path can also be the Dao. Today, if I slay you, I shall be the Dao!"

"In the struggle between the Dao and the Demonic Path, the Demonic Path will ultimately prevail."

Hongjun's gaze was profound as he slowly said, "Luo Hou, you use slaughter for Dao validation, which is ultimately inferior. The Primordial World has a spirit; how can it allow you to act so recklessly?"

"Stop with your hypocritical righteousness!" Luo Hou sneered, the God-Slaying Spear back in his hand, its tip pointing straight at Hongjun.

"Hongjun, don't think that just because I am severely injured, I have no way to deal with you. Don't forget, this Zhu Xian Sword Array is still under my control. Even if I have only one breath left, I can still slay you!"

Before his voice had faded, he waved his hand violently. The Four Swords of Zhuxian trembled simultaneously, and billions of Sword Qi poured down like a rainstorm!

Hongjun was unhurried. He gently unfurled the pangu banner in his hand, and the Chaos Sword Qi swept across, neutralizing all the incoming zhuxian sword Qi.

The next moment, Luo Hou's figure disappeared again, only to reappear behind Hongjun, the God-Slaying Spear carrying the Evil Qi that destroyed everything as it thrust toward Hongjun.

Hongjun seemed to have anticipated this. His figure did not move, and the All Heavens Celebration Cloud behind him suddenly bloomed with boundless brilliance. An abstruse dao rhyme barrier appeared, forcefully blocking the lethal strike of the God-Slaying Spear.

"It is useless, Luo Hou." Hongjun turned around, his gaze calm as water, "I have long since seen through your methods."

Luo Hou's pupils contracted, and he became furious: "Posturing! No matter what, you cannot break my Zhu Xian Sword Array, unless you have three more helpers."

No longer engaging in verbal sparring, Luo Hou violently urged the Zhu Xian Sword Array. The four swords rang in unison, and the Evil Qi of the entire Formation gathered frantically, while countless Sword Qi began to surge back and forth.

Hongjun sighed softly and finally held nothing back.

He waved his sleeve, and three figures flew out from his body, transforming into three Daoists; they were his Three Corpses Incarnation.

"Luo Hou, the Zhu Xian Sword Array cannot be broken without four people. Now, there are exactly four."

Luo Hou's expression changed drastically, and his crazed smile finally froze.

He stared fixedly at Hongjun's Three Corpses Incarnation, a trace of fear appearing in his devilish eyes for the first time: "No wonder I always felt you were different from before. I didn't expect you to have embarked on another path."

"Could it be that this is also a path manifested by the Heavenly Dao!"

Hongjun said no more and, along with his Three Corpses Incarnation, attacked simultaneously, suppressing the Four Swords of Zhuxian.

Luo Hou was now severely injured and could only barely maintain the operation of the Zhu Xian Sword Array. He no longer had the strength to stop Hongjun and his three fully-powered Slaying the Corpses Incarnations from breaking the Formation.

Luo Hou roared, and the Devilish Qi went completely berserk. He recklessly channeled all his mana, the Evil Qi of the Zhu Xian Sword Array boiled, and the entire Mount Sumeru began to collapse!

"Hongjun! Even if I die and my Dao dissipates today, I will drag you down with me!"

Under his urging, the Four Swords of Zhuxian trembled frantically, and their connection to the earth veins became extremely unstable.

Rumble!

A series of deafening roars came from within Mount Sumeru, and an earth-shaking sensation was felt.

Luo Hou had a hideous grin on his face, the gloom in his eyes flashing away, replaced by a sense of triumph.

He had lost, but he did not believe he was defeated.

Five against one, three were killed in return, and one fled in panic. If not for Hongjun hiding so deeply, he definitely would not have lost.

The Four Swords of Zhuxian were urged frantically, and the entire sword Formation was undergoing drastic changes.

The countless Sword Qi no longer attacked Hongjun but went downward, slashing toward the core of the earth veins.

Hongjun finally realized what Luo Hou had done.

"You actually want to detonate the Western Land earth veins!"

Mount Sumeru was the ancestral court of the Western Land. If the earth veins here were destroyed, the entire Western Land would suffer.

In an instant, under the blessing of the creation jade plate, countless thoughts flashed through Hongjun's mind.

As long as he could seize the four swords, break the Formation, suppress Luo Hou, and then stabilize the agitated earth veins before the core was completely destroyed, everything could still be saved.

Was it too much to do? Hongjun did not have time to think.

His movements accelerated again. The three Slaying the Corpses Incarnations and his main body were all suppressing the four swords at the fastest speed.

At this moment, Luo Hou, who could only barely maintain the Formation, appeared again, blocking Hongjun's path.

Hongjun did not waste words and used the pangu banner to slay him directly.

But it was precisely this moment of hesitation, when he reached out to pull out the four swords.

The core of Mount Sumeru had already been destroyed, and the earth veins had been completely detonated.

Deep within Mount Sumeru, a violent explosion sounded, completely engulfing Hongjun.

The scattered Devilish Qi within the Formation re-condensed, and from within came Luo Hou's signature laughter once again.

"Hongjun, you also have today."

Finally, with Luo Hou's declaration of "the Dao dissipates and the Demonic Path rises, the Demonic Path rises and the Dao dissipates," the Demonic Path was proclaimed established.

And Luo Hou subsequently transformed into the Dao and departed.

...

From within Mount Sumeru, Hongjun crawled out.

Although he had the protection of treasures like the creation jade plate and the All Heavens Celebration Cloud, the explosion of the Mount Sumeru earth veins was enough to severely injure him.

Now, he no longer had the ability to protect the Western Land earth veins, not even for a radius of one mile.

He could only watch helplessly as the terrifying explosion continued to spread from Mount Sumeru to the surroundings.

At this moment, he could only pin his hopes on those two Fellow Daoists.

Although the culprit behind the destruction of the earth veins was Luo Hou, he had already established the Demonic Path and transformed into the Dao and departed.

And as the final victor of the Dao struggle, this final Karma would likely fall upon Hongjun.

At this moment, he saw, above the Western Land, a series of Wutong phantoms rising from the ground.

With momentum touching the sky, they suppressed the land.

It was he who made a move.