Chapter 841 - 835: Father God Luo Hou

At this moment, in the Demon Lord’s heart, the hatred for the Buddha surpassed even the hatred for Lin Yuan.

The Demon Lord sought to conspire against Heaven and Earth, while Lin Yuan sought to conspire against the Void.

Ultimately, the Demon Lord and Lin Yuan were merely fighting over interests.

However, ever since that palm of the Buddha struck the Demon Lord’s head, sacrificing him to the Chaos Star Beast.

The hatred between the Demon Lord and the Buddha became a deep-seated blood feud.

The Demon Lord now greatly desires to survive, willing to pay any price to continue living.

And the belief driving the Demon Lord’s survival is to seek revenge against the Buddha.

The Demon Lord’s skull passed through the Chaos Star Beasts kneeling in bizarre postures on the ground.

Quietly retreating backward, as if these Chaos Star Beasts didn’t even see the Demon Lord.

Still kneeling on the ground, emitting those eerie sounds.

After retreating a few steps, the voice of that Father God in the Void echoed once more.

"Child, where are you going?"

Even though the mysterious Father God hadn’t specifically named anyone.

The Demon Lord knew that this "child" referred to him.

The Demon Lord had never been addressed as a child before.

Being called a child for the first time, the Demon Lord couldn’t help but tremble inwardly.

Is he calling me?

Which mysterious Father God is calling me?

What does he want from me?

The Demon Lord’s heart filled with three consecutive questions.

However, before the Demon Lord could voice his questions, the mysterious Father God’s voice once again echoed around.

"Child, come here!"

"Child, come here!"

"Child, come here!"

The mysterious Father God called out three times in succession, and the Demon Lord saw a high platform appear ahead, with a throne atop it.

On the throne, it seemed as though an elder was sitting there, beckoning to the Demon Lord.

However, when the Demon Lord looked at the throne again.

The elder had vanished, and the throne was gone as well.

The unknown is the most terrifying.

The Demon Lord felt an unprecedented sense of fear, unable to grasp this Father God’s full nature.

He could even say he knew nothing about this Father God at all.

In such a situation, naturally, the Demon Lord didn’t want to approach the Father God; he only wished to escape this eerie place as quickly as possible.

Not going?

The Demon Lord indeed didn’t want to, but the Chaos Star Beasts present didn’t agree.

All the Chaos Star Beasts collectively turned their heads towards the Demon Lord, emitting "buzzing" and "whimpering" sounds.

This time, the rhythm of the "buzzing" and "whimpering" was clearly faster.

"Do not defy Father God’s order!"

"Those who defy Father God’s order will die!"

"Die, die, die."

If the Demon Lord couldn’t understand the Chaos Star Beasts’ words, it would be one thing.

But, unfortunately, he could understand their meaning.

Listening to the threats of the Chaos Star Beasts, the Demon Lord stood there in a daze, not daring to take another step back.

The Demon Lord knew well that if he took even one more step back, the Chaos Star Beasts would swarm him and tear him apart.

The Demon Lord hesitated.

Moving forward, he was uncertain of the mysterious Father God’s intentions.

Retreating meant certain death.

The choice, in truth, was quite easy to make.

After a slight hesitation, the Demon Lord made his decision.

He chose to move forward to meet this mysterious Father God.

Thinking of this, the Demon Lord’s skull floated toward that mysteriously illusory throne.

Once the Demon Lord’s skull floated toward the mysteriously illusory throne, his consciousness became hazy, entering into another mysterious space.

The Demon Lord’s experience at this time bore some resemblance to Lin Yuan’s previous experience inside the Blood Coffin.

The mysterious space the Demon Lord entered now seemed to share the same origin with the space Lin Yuan had entered in the Blood Coffin back then.

It was both illusory and real, half-true and half-false.

Upon entering this space, the Demon Lord saw an old man.

An old man exuding authority without anger.

"Child!"

"You’ve arrived!"

Seeing the Demon Lord, the naturally authoritative old man opened his eyes.

Father God?

Is he the Father God the Chaos Star Beasts spoke of?

The Demon Lord sensed this Father God seemingly bore no malice and tentatively asked, "You..."

"Who are you?"

The naturally authoritative old man looked at the Demon Lord and slowly began to speak: "The cultivation technique you practice comes from me...."

"Impossible....."

"Absolutely impossible!" Before this Father God could finish speaking, the Demon Lord shook his head and denied it directly: "The cultivation technique I practice was created by myself, how could it come from you?"

The naturally authoritative old man smiled slightly, explaining: "You think these cultivation techniques were your own creation, but in reality, it’s merely the cultivation technique making you think so."

"During cultivation, the technique has subtly altered your consciousness, aiming to transform you into me."

Demon Lord: "????"

These words of the so-called Father God made the Demon Lord shudder with fear upon close reflection.

If what he said is true, then it’s not the Demon Lord practicing cultivation, but the cultivation technique practicing the Demon Lord.

"Are you deceiving me?" The Demon Lord’s skull brimmed with indescribable anger.

This mysterious Father God, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, looked at the Demon Lord and slowly said: "What reason would I have to deceive you, given your current state?"

Demon Lord: "????"

This statement could be said to have rendered the Demon Lord speechless.

Indeed!

What does the Demon Lord have that anyone would bother to deceive him for?

Just before, without this Father God’s intervention, he would have already been devoured by the outside Chaos Star Beasts.

"You....."

"Who exactly are you?"

"What are your intentions?" the Demon Lord asked with a trembling voice.

The naturally authoritative old man seemed lost in recollection, slowly opening his mouth to speak: "I am Luo Hou, from the Returning Ruins."

"Among the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins, I was the strongest one."

"Back then, I comprehended the Path of Transcendence. Just as I embarked upon it, those bastards, out of jealousy, severed my Path of Transcendence."

"I was trapped in this dark, sunless place, keeping company with those monsters every day."

"I made up my mind to avenge them, to destroy the Returning Ruins."

"I fed my flesh and blood to those monsters, allowing them to grow stronger."

"Under the nourishment of my flesh and blood, these monsters grew at an incredibly fast pace."

"Countless years passed, my flesh, bones, and organs were all fed to these monsters, and I nurtured a monster army strong enough to annihilate the Returning Ruins."

"Eventually, I succeeded in obliterating the Returning Ruins, slaughtering those bastards who cut off my Path of Transcendence."

"But I also lost my physical body, leaving only a remnant soul trapped here."

"I sensed that the Returning Ruins is reviving."

"This remnant soul of mine can barely hold on, and I want you to take my place, to become the Father God of these monsters."

"I want you to lead these monsters, return to the Returning Ruins, and help me destroy it."

At this point, the naturally authoritative old man’s expression changed, his tone turning icy as he said: "You have no choice, you must agree with me!"

"If you dare not agree, I will ensure you are tormented endlessly, and then be devoured by these monsters."