22: Chapter 22 Defeating the Beast King and Pioneering the Demonic Path

On Mount Sumeru, time passed like a shuttle, and two Yuanhuis had already gone by.

The entire Innate Grand Array shrouding Mount Sumeru had not yet vanished; it looked as perfect as ever.

However, the energy within those ordinary Innate Living Beings and Innate God-Demons had long since been exhausted.

They were neither Innate Sacred Beings nor beings of the Daluo Realm.

They lacked the ability to treat wherever they stood as a Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, nor could they utilize their own Dao to draw power from the Chaos.

Even top-tier Innate God-Demons at the Taiyi Realm could only absorb some power from the Primordial World's Void Realm to recover their magic power.

This power still belonged to the Primordial World; only by drawing power from the Chaos could one be considered as giving back to the world.

Maintaining such a powerful Formation on Mount Sumeru was simply impossible with power below the Daluo Realm.

They had no choice but to slowly recover their magic power within Mount Sumeru.

Of course, some Innate Living Beings felt that something was amiss.

Because the exterior of the Formation on Mount Sumeru now looked battered and dilapidated, with visible cracks that made it seem as if it could be shattered in the very next second.

Even so, Luohou did not extract the Origin power of Mount Sumeru; instead, the Spiritual Qi on Mount Sumeru grew even more majestic.

There were even faint signs of new innate spiritual objects being born, and an innate magic treasure had emerged.

This did not look like a Formation about to break at all.

If the crisis were truly that dire, the Spiritual Qi throughout Mount Sumeru would definitely have been drained for defense.

Outside Mount Sumeru, the Innate Beast Emperor also had a vague, ominous premonition. Although he had just been born and had not experienced much, he was not a fool.

At this moment, he had a feeling that Luohou was putting on an act for him.

Yet, looking at the Formation outside Mount Sumeru that seemed on the verge of collapse, he felt reluctant to give up.

What if it were real? The gains would be immense.

He was the Innate Beast Emperor, also bearing the will of the Chaos Demon God.

Compared to ordinary Innate Beast Kings, he possessed another method.

That was to devour the remains of Chaos Demon Gods, making his power even stronger.

With this thought, an idea welled up in his mind.

Self-detonation—detonating his Physical Body. Although its power might not reach the Hunyuan level, it would still surpass the ultimate limit of Peak Daluo.

Without the slightest hesitation, he began to act. Manifesting his Vicious Beast form, he charged toward Mount Sumeru.

"World-Extinguishing Finger."

In the Void Realm, a youth clad in black robes stepped out. The power of ten thousand Daos gathered in his hands—life, death, Yin and Yang, creation... ultimately evolving into the prototype of a Major Thousand Worlds.

A speck of destruction and terminal power began from nothingness, completely shattering this prototype of a Major Thousand Worlds, condensing it all into the power of a single finger.

The power of this finger pierced directly through the Innate Beast Emperor's Physical Body, even striking toward his past and future timelines.

In the Void Realm, only a speck of his Innate Indestructible true spirit remained.

"Power of Mount Sumeru, suppress him for me!"

At this moment, the power of Mount Sumeru, aided by the Innate Beast Emperor's head and the refining of several Innate Beast Kings, was mobilized by Luohou's Incarnation.

He was no fool; beings of the Daluo Realm would leave imprints across the past, future, and present timelines.

A battle at this Realm would inevitably traverse all time and space.

Beings like Hongjun could not possibly be unaware of this. Since they had not succeeded, Luohou did not believe he could succeed either.

The only way was to suppress him, treating him as a perpetual motion machine, a tool to continuously enhance the power of Mount Sumeru.

"Luohou, you deserve to die! I will definitely return!"

As he spoke, that wisp of Innate Indestructible true spirit vanished along with the aura on Mount Sumeru.

He did not know where he had hidden to resurrect.

Listening to the Innate Beast Emperor's unwillingness and roars, Luohou did not take it to heart; instead, he said disdainfully:

"Still claiming you'll return? How laughable. Do you really think you're Grey Wolf?"

Although he said this, Luohou could not feel relaxed in his heart.

The Innate Beast Emperor's strength was ultimately not weak, with cultivation at the Peak Daluo level.

If he were to advance any further, they would be in some trouble.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. This outcome can be considered a bountiful harvest. It is time to found the Demonic Path."

Luohou returned to his Immortal Cave. Regarding the matter of founding the Demonic Path, he already had some ideas in mind.

The Demonic Path did not refer to slaughter and devouring, nor was it simply about strengthening oneself by harming the interests of the world.

Nor did it symbolize evil or greed.

The Demonic Path followed the path of 'Only I Exist'. If I achieve the Dao, what does it matter if I pay a price?

When the Dao is achieved, everything can be compensated for; the fallen living beings and all things can likewise return.

This path also had no so-called limitations.

Luohou had an epiphany, and his myriad insights transformed into the nourishment for the birth of the Demonic Path.

His gaze swept across this world, then looked at the Parallel Timelines and Small Worlds outside the Primordial World, and finally at the living beings beneath Mount Sumeru. One by one, innate dao scripts manifested in his hands.

Ultimately, an innate dao scripture was born, named the Heavenly Demon Dao Scripture.

Luohou did not hide it in the slightest; this Heavenly Demon Dao Scripture was branded between heaven and earth.

At the same time, the emergence of the Demonic Path appeared in the eyes of countless Innate Sacred Beings at this very moment.

On Yujing Mountain, Hongjun sensed this message in an instant. Feeling the Heavenly Demon Dao Scripture between heaven and earth, his expression changed slightly, his heart skipped a beat, and he looked leisurely toward the direction of Mount Sumeru.

"Sigh, what a Demonic Path, what an excellent method. Such a scripture, such a heterodox Dao—is he truly not afraid of severing the future of this world?"

On Yujing Mountain, Hongjun could not help but sigh, a trace of killing intent in his eyes.

This Demonic Path was not targeted at them, these Innate Sacred Beings, nor at those top-tier Innate God-Demons with hopes of reaching the Daluo Realm, and certainly not at those Innate Living Beings with profound Luck.

It was targeted at the lowest-level Innate Living Beings between heaven and earth.

They lacked Aptitude, had average Luck, and would perish if they did not take a gamble.

They would choose to cultivate this Heavenly Demon Dao Scripture because this Cultivation Technique was not some so-called Innate Legacy, but rather equivalent to taking the fastest shortcut.

Directly following Luohou's path, comprehending his Dao and methods.

Although Luohou was an Innate Sacred Being born from the Way of Destruction, he was not ignorant of other Daos. By drawing parallels, he had reached the threshold of the Daluo Realm for the Daos of heaven and earth.

It could only be said that his Great Dao of Destruction was the strongest and most suitable.

Regardless of which Dao those Innate Living Beings cultivated, it was equivalent to inheriting Luohou's insights into that Dao. It could be said that there were almost no Bottlenecks below the Daluo Realm.

Only the Daluo Realm might perhaps restrict those Innate Living Beings to some extent.

Once they successfully achieved a Breakthrough to the Daluo Realm, the Heavenly Demon Dao Scripture would become even stronger, and Luohou's insights into that Dao would likewise become even stronger.

The insights of ten thousand Daos would merge into Luohou's body, becoming the nourishment for the growth of the Demonic Path.

One could imagine how terrifying the speed of his cultivation would be.

"Luohou must be killed."

A trace of killing intent appeared in Hongjun's eyes. He had not been idle all these years; he also wanted to open up a new Dao to verify his path, but it was not the Demonic Path, nor was it taking such a shortcut.

Rather, it was to coexist with the Primordial World, earn Karma from the world, comprehend the world, and ultimately give back to the world.

A path of gradual progress to achieve the Daluo Realm.

But before he had completely founded it, he encountered this situation.

Among hundreds of millions of living beings, there would always be a few who could reach the Daluo Realm.

The emergence of Luohou's Demonic Path gave him a vague feeling that it would be the Dao enemy of the Dao he would open up in the future.