The great celestial war between immortals and demons ended, with both sides proclaiming their own victory.

From the Demon Sect's perspective, they successfully defended their Mountain Gate and seized the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag as a Mountain Guardian Treasure, naturally deeming themselves the victors.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Dao was also celebrating their victory.

Because they achieved their goal of promoting the prestige of the Immortal Dao, and the Immortal Realm was about to be opened, the Ancestor of Demon Path would personally attend the inauguration!

What does this imply?

It implies that Demon Ancestor Luo Hou had conceded!

If he hadn't conceded, why would he agree to visit our Immortal Realm right after we attacked the Mountain Gate?

Thus, the Immortal Dao also claimed a great and special victory.

Under such an atmosphere, both the immortals and demons started their own celebration ceremonies.

However, a minor incident occurred within the Demon Path.

Taixuan Demon King Ming River, died!

Yes, you heard right.

In this celestial war, the only high-ranking figure who truly died in battle was Ming River.

On the side of the Immortal Dao, the worst off was Emperor Donghua, severely wounded and unable to recover due to the treatment from Xi He.

Compared to him, the death of Ming River seemed quite tragic.

This was also a major reason why the Immortal Dao considered it a sweeping victory.

As for why Ming River died in battle.

The reason is simple—he sought death.

He harbored the motivation to cultivate the Ghost God Dao more deeply by facing death, and got the Three Pure Ones to send him off.

After Daoist Lord Yu Qing Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Jing Yao declined,

Daoist Lord Yu Chen tearfully drew his sword and sent Ming River on his way.

The Qingping Sword achieved its first divine slaying since its creation, and even killed the Lord of Killing, thus transforming on the spot, likely to upgrade itself soon.

Ming River used his death to fulfill the destiny of the Qingping Sword.

Daoist Lord Yu Chen was quite moved and stayed at Sumeru Mountain to mourn for three days.

"Cultivating a Dao Fruit doesn't necessarily mean one must be killed, right? One could also undergo Soldier Resolution, conversion, or annihilation. Why must one die at the hands of another?" Xuanqing returned the two great Killing Swords Yuan Tu and Avici and the Karma Fire Red Lotus back to the Blood Sea Mansion.

"Who knows what he was thinking, perhaps Ming River Daoist just liked it that way?" Meng Wuyou said, acknowledging that Ming River had never taken the conventional path, "Using himself as an experiment wasn't his first or second time."

"A god of killing, after all, likely has a bit of a suicidal tendency."

"Plus, with the ultimate Ghost God Dao Fruit you deduced, which involves constantly facing death to live, of course, he wanted to try."

"This time, let's not retrieve him yet, let him resurrect on his own." Xuanqing sealed the Blood Sea Mansion and then returned to the Netherworld.

"Are you sure your injuries are really okay?" Meng Wuyou asked with concern, standing beside Xuanqing. She could clearly detect injuries on him inflicted by the Pangu Banner, closely related to the Pangu Dao.

This made Meng Wuyou somewhat worried, as it involved Pangu, and should not be underestimated.

"Minor issues." Xuanqing didn't seem to care much about his injuries.

"If you think it's too terrifying, actually you can adjust your state."

"For example…"

Xuanqing paused, then his thoughts shifted:

"What relation does the injury of Shanghe Xuhuang Daojun have with me, Emperor Youming?"

As soon as these words fell, Xuanqing's figure split into two.

Shanghe Xuhuang Daojun, with the Heavenly Demon Tower above his head, stood indifferently beside Xuanqing.

"Thanks, Daoist friend," Xuanqing bowed to him.

"No need for formalities, this is my duty," Shanghe Xuhuang Daojun returned the courtesy with a bow and then vanished in a flash of light.

Now, the original self was fine; it was still Him that was injured.

He needs to rest and recuperate in the Demon Sect for a while.

Meng Wuyou witnessed this and couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Such a level of injury, yet it can still be transferred?"

"It's not really transferring,"

Xuanqing thought for a moment and then said, "After all, it's all me."

Each of the Innate Divine Beings is an expert in their own right.

Daoist Lord Xuhuang is equivalent to a part of Xuanqing's spirit.

Now, the injury is both on Xuanqing and not on Xuanqing.

When Xuhuang heals, it is actually Xuanqing who heals.

"Alright, stop talking about me." Xuanqing asked with a light smile, "How did it feel to clash with Nuwa?"

"After she and Fu Xi performed the act of Heaven Creation, and deduced the Human Immortal Dao Fruit, I suspect that they both might have reached before the beginning of the world."

"Her?"

Meng Wuyou recalled the battle with Nuwa, her forehead immediately creasing with irritation, her face also slightly displeased.

"Hmph, Nuwa never seriously fought with me!"

"She brought a whole cheer squad constantly making a ruckus, annoying me to death."

It was evident, Meng Wuyou harbored deep resentment towards Nuwa.

This pair of good sisters have been deeply fated.

Hmm, and there's Houtu.

All harming each other.

"Is that so?" Xuanqing nodded slightly, so it seems her true strength wasn't revealed.

"No worries, she's bound to go to the Chaos Era; you can chat with her then."

"Probably won't meet her, right?" Meng Wuyou wasn't hopeful, considering everyone knows that to confirm their Da Luo status, one needs to go to the Chaos Era to undergo the 'correction' by Pangu.

But when to go and to which time point, all that is unpredictable.

Currently, the only ones who truly travel against time to that era are Hong Jun, Yang Mei, and Luo Hou.

Xuanqing and their last visit was accidental; Wuyou suspected that Pangu God specifically made an exception for them because he saw they could stir up troubles.

Such an exception in the entire Primordial was unprecedented.

And due to this, Xuanqing and their group completed the steps of forming the Da Luo Dao Fruit and undergoing Pangu's 'correction,' thus earning the title of Da Luo Supreme.

However, due to the special nature of the Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit, their Da Luo can be played with more diversity.

But no matter the deeds, it's still Da Luo.

Once Da Luo is confirmed, it's eternally confirmed. That's not only talking about the eternity of Da Luo but also that it can be sought repeatedly.

Not just proven once.

After proving the Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit, one could completely continue proving the Ghost God Dao Fruit, Ghost Immortal Dao Fruit, Dark Dao Fruit, Netherworld Dao Fruit, and other unconventional Dao Fruits, etc.

According to Xuanqing's wild ideas, aside from a proving method of "defying Taiwu," it might also be possible to take the "proving Three Thousand Dao" path.

That is, proving all Three Thousand Great Dao one by one, gathering the Three Thousand to become the one, and likely becoming a "Pan Gu Real Person."

And such a Pan Gu Real Person might just be the unopened Pangu who completed "proving by force."

Otherwise, one couldn't explain why, among all Chaos Demon Gods, Pangu could make each axe strike count.

"Do you think it's possible that last time Pangu God brought us to the origin point of the Chaos Era was for letting us stir up troubles, thereby using this opportunity to observe the Great Dao of each Demon God, and then casually proving all Three Thousand Great Dao?"

When Xuanqing shared this wild idea with Meng Wuyou, she pondered for a moment.

"I think you could go ask Pangu God yourself, since you're going to the Chaos Era anyway," Meng Wuyou looked at Xuanqing seriously.

Sometimes she truly admired Xuanqing's wild imaginations.

Because this theory and this path were very plausible.

The only downside is that the difficulty of "proving Three Thousand" is much higher than that of "defying Taiwu."

The former requires proving each path one by one, whereas the latter only needs deep cultivation on one path, continuously defying.

"But that's also a nice direction to verify."

Meng Wuyou smiled, "I can try it in my dreams; the dream world doesn't need to stick to the basics."

"One dream for one Great Dao, slowly proving them, if I fail, it's no big deal."

Xuanqing expressed support: "Be bold in trying, careful in verifying!"

"Uh-huh!" Meng Wuyou's face was adorned with a sweet smile.

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