Chapter 854: The Truth Revealed

Returning Ruins has three thousand Demon Gods, a total of three thousand Tier One powerhouses.

Luo Hou knew that just relying on those tentacles of his to feed the Chaos Star Beast could not possibly destroy Returning Ruins.

So, Luo Hou steeled his resolve and directly sacrificed his own flesh.

He fed his entire body to the Chaos Star Beast, raising countless Tier One Chaos Star Beasts to gain the strength to battle Returning Ruins.

The events that followed were clear.

Luo Hou controlled the Chaos Star Beasts to invade Returning Ruins, while the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins rose in resistance.

The final result was that Returning Ruins was thoroughly destroyed, and the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins were utterly annihilated.

The situation of the Chaos Star Beasts was not much better.

All of the Chaos Star Beasts were slain by the three thousand Demon Gods.

Unfortunately, they did not know that Luo Hou’s soul still lingered within the Chaos Space.

The Chaos Star Beasts now are those reborn by the Chaos after the battle of Returning Ruins.

Thus, these Chaos Star Beasts are relatively weak.

At this point, the grievances and feuds between Luo Hou and the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins are all sorted out.

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In the Void.

The Demon Lord and the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins stood in stalemate, having just watched the grievances and feuds of Luo Hou and the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins.

Demon Lord: “?????”

The Demon Lord’s mind was a bit muddled; having watched these grievances and feuds, his head felt “buzzing”.

No, not right!

Completely not right!

What he saw didn’t match what Luo Hou had told him.

Luo Hou’s version described the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins as a worthless group, only capable of envying others.

Now, the version the Demon Lord sees clearly depicts Luo Hou as a selfish person sacrificing others for his own transcendence.

In this depiction, the Demon Lord finds Luo Hou somewhat similar to the Buddha.

All for himself, willing to abandon anyone.

At this moment, it’s hard for the Demon Lord to empathize with Luo Hou.

Of course, it’s not that the Demon Lord is so righteous.

But because the Demon Lord had been sacrificed by the Buddha, leading to his current fate.

Learning that Luo Hou is similar to the Buddha makes him uneasy.

“Demon Lord, you’ve seen it, right?”

“I only showed you this to tell you that it wasn’t the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins who wronged Luo Hou.”

“But Luo Hou wronged the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins and the place of his birth, Returning Ruins.”

“If Luo Hou hadn’t recklessly withdrawn too much power from Returning Ruins, it wouldn’t have declined so quickly,” said the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins with firm voice.

The Demon Lord was somewhat embarrassed; he felt justified initially, but now it’s clear that Luo Hou was at fault!

If he had known that Luo Hou was at fault, the Demon Lord would have taken direct action without saying anything!

“Dammit, even Luo Hou deceived me,” cursed the Demon Lord inwardly.

In fact, it wasn’t that Luo Hou deceived him.

But rather, Luo Hou even deceived himself.

Luo Hou previously connected himself to the Chaos and Path of Transcendence, absorbing excessive violent energy, leading to his mental breakdown.

After his mental breakdown, Luo Hou lived in his own world.

The true nature of reality was unimportant; to Luo Hou’s heart, things were as he imagined.

In the world of mental illness, imagination is reality.

The Demon Lord glanced at the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins across from him, and said with slight embarrassment: “Since the truth is as such, Luo Hou’s matters have nothing to do with me from today onward.”

“However, I still want to kill you all, seize Returning Ruins, Heaven and Earth, and Void. I aim to become the lord of the Four Realms.”

By the Four Realms, the Demon Lord naturally included the Chaos World.

The Chaos World is the Demon Lord’s true base of operations.

The Chaos World, given enough time, can cultivate countless Chaos Star Beasts.

The Demon Lord plans to use the humans in Heaven and Earth as sustenance to rear his Chaos Star Beasts.

When his group of Chaos Star Beasts becomes strong enough, perhaps the path Luo Hou could not complete, he, the Demon Lord, might walk.

What is the path Luo Hou could not complete?

Without a doubt, it is the Path of Transcendence.

At this moment, the Demon Lord’s curiosity piques toward that world with infinite possibilities above the Chaos.

Having just watched the grievances of Luo Hou and the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins, learning there exists a realm above the Chaos.

Now, the Demon Lord has already dismissed Heaven and Earth, Returning Ruins, and Void as insignificant.

Moreover, even Chaos appears unattractive to him.

Although Chaos can cultivate countless Chaos Star Beasts, in the Demon Lord’s eyes, it is a dirty, bleak place, like a cage.

“The world above Chaos is the true world for me, the Demon Lord.”

“I must go to that world full of infinite possibilities,” the Demon Lord silently vowed in his heart.

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Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins also raised his gaze toward the Demon Lord, his eyes firm, filled with murderous intent.

“Certainly!”

“Encounter a Chaos Star Beast, kill it; encounter two, kill them both.”

“This is my will and the will of Returning Ruins,” declared the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, his words strong and resolute.

As the current master of Returning Ruins, he must bear his responsibility.

Facing the Chaos Star Beasts that devastated Returning Ruins years ago, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins can show no mercy.

Just as this moment, the Demon Lord bears Luo Hou’s will.

Even though the Demon Lord no longer acknowledges Luo Hou.

The title Father God for Luo Hou has been replaced with calling Luo Hou directly by name.

Nonetheless, the Demon Lord still wants to confront the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, destroying all of Returning Ruins.

Because this is his responsibility.

When he chose to accept Luo Hou’s power and become a Chaos Star Beast, he was destined to bear this.

Regardless of agreement or willingness.

At this moment, the will of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins and the Demon Lord are identical.

With this, there’s no more to discuss; just start the battle.

The Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins never intended to make peace from the start.

He just wanted to vindicate the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins.

Back then, it was the three thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins who strove relentlessly against Chaos, preserving Returning Ruins and the freshly born Void.

Whatever happens, heroes shouldn’t bleed and cry.

Without hesitation, the Demon Lord, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, and the Yin Celestial Son who had remained uninvolved all took action simultaneously.

In the Void.

The Demon Lord, immense as a small mountain, hovered with numerous tentacles under his skeletal head, continuously swaying, appearing terrifying.

The Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins unleashed a dozen magical treasure weapons at once, wanting the Demon Lord defeated swiftly.

The Yin Celestial Son also struck with a killing move, the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc coalesced and smashed toward the Demon Lord’s gigantic skull.