The Ancestor of All Demons

Old Man Shi Pi was not aware of Shi Feiyang's three future plans. He speculated through calculations that if Shi Feiyang couldn't ascend to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, he might take the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain as a foundation to carve out a small Cave Heaven World, hiding inside with everyone to wait for the spiritual energy revival after the Dharma Decline Era.

Such days of barely surviving couldn't compare to the grand vision of Deng Yin and his followers to demonize the entire world.

It's simply a firefly compared to a bright moon, a candlelight compared to a scorching sun!

Thinking of a future where the whole world is a sea of blood, with countless divine demons and asuras roaming through it, his blood started to boil all over his body!

Back in the day, gaining entry to the Asura Sect due to his asura-natured temperament, and fighting through a horde of demon cultivators with asura-like nature to eventually become the highest Sect Hierarch, his inherent nature and style were evident even then.

It was just that these years he had faced setbacks wanting to advance further in the Demon Path, forcing him to endure and even consider turning from demon to Buddhist.

His asura nature was just suppressed for years, now awakened by Deng Yin and the Princess of Stone God, it burst forth!

The Western Heavenly Bliss World sounds good, with its ground paved by golden bricks, seven layers of net, decorated with Seven Treasures, filled with various pearls and glaze… only to deceive the naive common folk!

Buddhist cultivation requires breaking "all that I possess," constantly letting go, once achieving complete detachment, breaking "belief in the body," the body must be abandoned, finally breaking "belief in self," letting go even of consciousness…

Perpetual light and tranquility in that Bliss World have absolutely no meaning!

Instead, with blood seas surging throughout the world, divine demons flying between Heaven and Sea, engaging in bold and unrestrained feuds, that is more worth aspiring for!

The more Old Man Shi Pi thought, the more he felt this path suited him better, so he directly made a pact with the Fire Spirit God…

Back in the grand hall, after the two Asura Sect Hierarchs left, Deng Yin and the Princess of Stone God once again used the Blood Demon Great Method to influence Shi Zhu's mind, subtly seeping into his subconscious like a breeze sneaking in at night, making him doubt Shi Feiyang and curious about past life events, subtly stirring Shi Zhu's subconscious to constantly clash against the seal Shi Feiyang placed on him, slowly releasing fragments and pieces of past life memories…

Under the joint attack of these two top Demon Masters, few in the world could remain unaffected.

Even Old Man Shi Pi knew how formidable they were, not daring to meet them alone, specifically bringing along the Fire Spirit God, knowing the demon techniques are formidable and unpredictable, a single lapse in vigilance, and one might fall prey.

If it were the original Kuzhu Old Man, he would have had his mind influenced by the two, either his meridians withering and divine energy disorderly, leading to Deviation, or having his primordial spirit secretly controlled, evoking greed and anger unconsciously acting according to their will, unknowingly becoming their puppet.

Now Shi Zhu, though not as profound in Effort as the original Kuzhu Old Man, was purer, utilizing the True Immortal Skill of the Mysterious Sect, making his combat strength equal to the original Kuzhu Old Man.

But dealing with such magical attacks, mana strength is secondary, more importantly is the cultivation of Heart and Dao.

Shi Zhu's primordial spirit, primordial qi, and primordial essence formed a cohesive whole, nurturing an inseparable unity, a single thought moving his essence and energy together.

In Alchemy Dao there's a saying: "True soil captures true lead, true lead captures true mercury. Lead meets true soil and does not sink, mercury meets true lead and does not fly."

When mind and primordial qi are harmonious, delusions are less likely to arise.

Shi Zhu discarded the peripheral mental methods of his past life, in this life, following Shi Feiyang to practice the Mysterious Sect's orthodox skills, although he hasn't cultivated into a Yang God, he reached a very high Realm, soon detecting Deng Yin and the Princess of Stone God's secretive actions, then operated the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Great Technique, integrating divine qi harmoniously and indistinguishably, refining the Dan nine times, restoring and reverting, ceaselessly regenerating…

Deng Yin and the Princess of Stone God initially found the Blood Demon Great Method to be effective, feeling quite smug, knowing that the Supreme Divine Skill in the Blood God Scripture would even affect Shi Zhu. If they ultimately controlled Shi Zhu, completely steering him into the Demon Path, they would gain another top expert on their side.

The best part is, Kuzhu Old Man and Shi Feiyang have a deeply entangled karma, Shi Feiyang invested much effort in nurturing him. If he turned against them, it would certainly impact Shi Feiyang's state of mind, allowing them to exploit the opportunity to use the Blood Demon Great Method to secretly control Shi Feiyang's primordial spirit.

They felt the memory sealing on Shi Zhu was loosening, ready to exert further effort to break it entirely, when suddenly Shi Zhu unified spirit and essence, becoming inseparable, with essence, energy, and spirit forming a round morning sun, whirling rapidly, their Blood Demon Great Method was unexpectedly rebounded, leaving no room for maneuver!

The two exchanged surprised glances, unwilling to concede, launching another combined attack.

This time, they didn't pursue being silent and formless, appearing calm while secretly casting, but instead directly performed hand seals, pointing one finger at their forehead, another at Shi Zhu, casting with all their might.

Deng Yin was rather domineering, directly injecting immense demon thoughts into Shi Zhu's mind.

His mana had already reached a realm where nothing was forbidden; with this act aimed at Shi Zhu, even the Red Corpse God Monarch and the Jiulei God Monarch sitting nearby felt an instant surge of anger, their hearts pounding loudly, blood rushing upwards, directly into the pupils. They wished they could leap up immediately, unleash their most deadly weapons, and blow up this Demon Palace, scatter the Divine Sword Peak, and obliterate the entire world into dust!

After all, the two were demon lords who had cultivated for a thousand years. Deng Yin's attack wasn't aimed at them, so they quickly reacted, hastily standing up from their chairs, retreating a bit, concentrating their minds, extinguishing the fire of anger within.

The Princess of Stone God was much gentler, casting a spell to make Shi Zhu reminiscence about past beauties, recalling the wonderful times from a thousand years ago during his learning days. At that time, his fellow disciple Lu Yu was still a little girl with two braids, competitive in nature, having only joined slightly later than him. She competed with him in everything, and he always let her have her way. Watching her smile so brightly and beautifully each time she bested him made him very happy too.

Later came Han Xiao, a handsome young lad, polite to him, and quite clingy, often asking him all sorts of strange and whimsical questions with his imaginative mind...

The master said his mind was agile, his comprehension was extremely high, a genius in cultivation. If used well, his efforts would yield more than double the results, with future achievements surpassing both himself and his fellow disciple. But precisely due to this, his thoughts were too mixed, his mind too restless, prone to numerous future tribulations, with just one wrong move, leading to eternal damnation.

These memories stirred and scattered once released, piecing together fragments into incomplete stories.

The Princess of Stone God used the Blood Demon Great Method to ensure he only recalled the most beautiful moments, ones evoking deep nostalgia, hard to forget, then severed at key points and conclusions...

Such precious memories had been deliberately sealed!

She was guiding here, while Deng Yin was pushing with anger over there, aiming to incite Shi Zhu to resent Shi Feiyang, breaking through the seal in one stroke, fully recalling all past memories.

Within Shi Zhu, the Golden Core rotated smoothly, with divine energy emerging, golden light radiating from inside out, lighting up his entire body, flawless!

Both of them continued casting spells, intensifying their efforts, with the Jiulei God Monarch already retreating to the corner imagining scenarios with his fierce wife, beauty concubines, and children in the Demon Palace, his nose turning sore, full of nostalgia, before his anger surged again, blood filling his pupils, teeth grinding with hatred towards Shi Feiyang down to his very roots.

The Red Corpse God Monarch, slightly higher in Dao level and mana, with a better temperament, and protected by Heavenly Blue Divine Sand, was less affected but couldn't resist shedding tears, his face growing red with anger, his facial muscles twitching... even those dispersed mana waves made his resistance strenuous.

However, no matter how hard the couple exerted their spell, Shi Zhu's Golden Core continued driving his primordial qi lively and vibrant, connecting heaven and earth naturally with Dao techniques, the situation stabilizing more and more, wholly unaffected in the end.

"My, didn't expect you to cultivate life and Dao to such a degree upon reviving your cycle!"

Deng Yin realized that influencing consciousness with magic couldn't harm Shi Zhu anymore. He separated his hands, shooting Blood Shadow Demon Light from each fingertip, interweaving into a Blood Net encircling Shi Zhu.

Shi Zhu opened his eyes, automatically a set of Six Roots Pure Bamboo flew into his hand, with five more surrounding him like the petals of plum blossoms, sustaining the Blood Net.

The Princess of Stone God asked, "Can you really let go of a thousand years of past memories? Do you have no suspicion of Shi Feiyang sealing your memories? No grievance at all?"

Shi Zhu laughed loudly, "Today's Shi Zhu is no longer the Shi Zhu of the past. I have lost myself, do you realize?"

All four present were demon lords of millennia, Deng Yin practiced dual cultivation of Dao and Demon, knowing these words were from Zhuangzi's Theory of Unity, unexpectedly repurposed by Shi Zhu here.

Everyone had read the Theory of Unity, they knew what it meant, but their understanding and insight into it varied.

Deng Yin understood it the deepest and immediately comprehended Shi Zhu's meaning, somberly stating, "This person can never be recruited under our banner, today we must kill him to eliminate a great future threat!"

He completed speaking, both wrists vibrating, merging the Blood Light Demon King up and down, forming a spherical constriction inward, pressing tightly.

The Princess of Stone God also shot out demon lights from ten fingertips, weaving into the existing demon light, intertwining the two layers of demon net more densely, and within each mesh produced a Blood Flame, each Blood Flame reflected two red figures, silhouettes of the Princess of Stone God and Deng Yin, countless silhouettes directed ten demon lights each targeting Shi Zhu in the center...

In an instant, billions of demon lights intertwined fiercely from all angles towards the center, their brilliance concentrated, becoming bright and dazzling, finally forming a scarlet light sphere about a meter in diameter.

The pair's moves were extremely swift, with powerful mana, Shi Zhu's Six Roots Pure Bamboo were unable to resist, the cyan light quickly withering and receding, with two bamboo stalks stained red.