Chapter 97:The Demonic Fruit

The sky was no longer blue.

It was hidden beneath the endless petals of the Blood Genesis Rose.

Gigantic roots pierced mountains.

Cities collapsed.

Children cried beside the corpses of their parents.

Mothers desperately tried to pull their sons free from the crimson vines, only to be impaled themselves.

Blood flowed through the streets like rivers.

The Murim Alliance...

The Demonic Cult...

Orthodox...

Unorthodox...

None of it mattered anymore.

The Blood Genesis Rose did not distinguish between good and evil.

To it—

Everyone was merely fertilizer.

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Sue knelt beside her father's lifeless body.

"...Father..."

Yu Ming's twin blades had shattered.

Tang Ock's poison had long been exhausted.

Daxia, once the Empress who ruled an empire...

Could only watch helplessly.

Even she...

Could do nothing.

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High above the heavens—

The Heavenly Demon sat upon his throne of crimson petals.

His eyes remained fixed on the slowly ripening fruit.

Just a little longer.

A little more blood.

Then—

Everything would be his.

He smiled.

"My dream..."

"...is finally within reach."

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Then—

The wind stopped.

Every root froze.

The petals ceased moving.

Even the cries of the battlefield seemed to disappear.

An unnatural silence descended upon the world.

The Heavenly Demon's smile slowly faded.

"...?"

Someone...

...was walking.

One step.

Another.

Another.

Across the sea of corpses.

Across rivers of blood.

Across shattered weapons and broken dreams.

Black feathers drifted through the air.

A pair of enormous obsidian wings unfolded behind the lone figure.

Each flap of those wings dispersed the poisonous crimson mist.

The roots instinctively retreated.

Not out of command.

Out of fear.

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"...Impossible..."

Sue slowly lifted her head.

"...Lucifer...?"

Yu Ming's pupils trembled.

"He..."

"...he's alive..."

Tang Ock smiled through tears.

"I told you..."

"...he wouldn't die."

Elizabeth collapsed onto her knees.

"I knew it..."

"I knew you would come back..."

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Lucifer stopped in the middle of the battlefield.

His black wings spread across the heavens.

His crimson eyes slowly rose toward the throne.

Locking onto the Heavenly Demon.

Silence.

Then—

His voice echoed across the entire battlefield.

One name.

A name forgotten by history.

A name no one alive should have known.

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"CHEONWOO."

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The Heavenly Demon froze.

His breathing stopped.

"...You..."

"...remember..."

Lucifer smiled.

"I told you."

"Names..."

"...have power."

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The Truth of Survival

The Heavenly Demon slowly stood.

"...How?"

"I pierced your heart myself."

Lucifer looked down at the scar on his chest.

"That?"

"It almost killed me."

He chuckled.

"But you forgot one thing."

His body shimmered.

Blood flowed out from beneath his feet.

It formed another Lucifer beside him.

Then another.

Then another.

Each one perfectly identical.

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Blood Manipulation: Blood Clone.

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"The one you stabbed..."

"...was never my real body."

The Heavenly Demon's eyes widened.

"...Impossible."

Lucifer shrugged.

"I invested every Karma Point I had into Blood Manipulation after defeating the Spear Demon."

"I unlocked Blood Clone long before meeting Chunma."

"I simply left one clone with you..."

"...and watched."

He tapped his temple.

"While my real body was already recovering beneath the ocean."

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The Devil's Trap

"I absorbed Chunma."

"And with..."

Sin of Gluttony.

"I devoured not only his cultivation..."

"...but every memory."

His crimson eyes glowed.

"And through..."

Sin of Envy.

"I learned everything."

"The Blood Genesis Rose."

"The seeds."

"The fruit."

"...and you."

The Heavenly Demon slowly clenched his fists.

"So..."

Lucifer nodded.

"I let you believe you had won."

"I waited."

"Because killing you before the fruit ripened..."

"...would have been a waste."

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The Heavenly Demon suddenly laughed.

Then—

His aura exploded.

"So..."

"You manipulated me."

Lucifer smiled.

"No."

"I merely gave you enough rope..."

"...to hang yourself."

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The heavens shattered.

The Blood Genesis Rose trembled violently.

The two strongest beings alive disappeared simultaneously.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

Space exploded.

Their first collision erased an entire mountain range.

Shockwaves crossed continents.

The ocean split apart.

Clouds vanished.

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The Heavenly Demon raised his hand.

Heaven itself descended.

"Heavenly Authority—World Suppression!"

Gravity multiplied.

The earth collapsed beneath Lucifer.

Yet—

Lucifer smiled.

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Sin of Sloth

His presence disappeared.

The crushing pressure struck...

...nothing.

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The Heavenly Demon appeared behind him.

His fist carried enough force to split stars.

Lucifer's eyes glowed.

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Sin of Envy

Every movement.

Every muscle.

Every intention.

He saw it all.

He dodged by a single inch.

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Lucifer swung Chirin.

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Cleave

Space itself split apart.

The Heavenly Demon blocked.

His arm was cut.

Blood scattered.

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He smiled.

"Good."

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The Heavenly Demon unleashed thousands of sword strikes.

The sky became a sea of blades.

Lucifer inhaled.

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Sin of Pride

"...Copied."

Every sword strike...

Returned.

Perfectly.

The battlefield became a storm of identical techniques.

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The Heavenly Demon burst through them.

Punching Lucifer directly in the stomach.

Bones shattered.

Organs ruptured.

Blood poured endlessly.

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Lucifer laughed.

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Sin of Lust

Pain...

Became power.

His broken body erupted with even greater strength.

His aura doubled.

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The Heavenly Demon frowned.

"...Monster."

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Lucifer extended one hand.

Blood erupted from every corpse across the battlefield.

Millions.

Billions of droplets.

They gathered behind him.

A crimson ocean.

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Blood Manipulation

Blood Domain.

Blood Spears.

Blood Chains.

Blood Clones.

Thousands of Lucifer clones charged simultaneously.

The Heavenly Demon destroyed hundreds.

Thousands more replaced them.

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He roared.

"Enough!!"

His supreme cultivation exploded.

Clones vanished.

The Blood Ocean evaporated.

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Lucifer smiled wider.

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Sin of Gluttony

He devoured every fragment of Blood Qi.

Every fallen clone.

Every corpse.

Every root destroyed during the battle.

His Qi instantly recovered.

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"You..."

"...never run out of energy..."

The Heavenly Demon whispered.

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Lucifer slowly raised Chirin.

His eyes burned crimson.

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Sin of Greed

Time...

Stopped.

Not completely.

But enough.

The Heavenly Demon's movements slowed.

Just enough.

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Lucifer vanished.

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Wrath

His emotions exploded.

Every loss.

Every betrayal.

Every death.

Every scream.

Every friend.

Every sacrifice.

Became power.

Black lightning covered his wings.

His muscles expanded.

The world trembled.

Lucifer whispered.

"...Cheonwoo."

The Heavenly Demon closed his eyes.

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One final clash.

Sword.

Against fist.

Devil.

Against Heaven.

The collision created a blinding light that swallowed the entire battlefield.

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When the light faded—

One figure remained standing.

Lucifer.

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The Heavenly Demon slowly looked down.

Chirin had pierced straight through his chest.

Blood dripped quietly.

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He smiled.

"...So..."

"...I lost."

Lucifer nodded.

"You did."

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The Heavenly Demon coughed blood.

Then suddenly asked—

"...Tell me."

"Was anything..."

"...real?"

Lucifer remained silent.

For a long moment.

Then—

"...Who knows ".

"You were my ....."

"And that's why..."

"I couldn't stop you."

"I needed the fruit."

"I needed you..."

"...to finish growing it."

The Heavenly Demon stared at him.

Then—

He burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"Hahahahaha!!"

"Hahahahahaha!!"

"So..."

"It wasn't I..."

"...who manipulated the Devil..."

"It was..."

"...the Devil..."

"...who manipulated Heaven."

He laughed until blood poured from his mouth.

"What..."

"...a fitting end."

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The Blood Genesis Fruit finally ripened.

It slowly descended from the gigantic rose.

Lucifer caught it.

The Heavenly Demon watched.

Smiling.

"Go on..."

"Eat it..."

"I want..."

"...to see..."

"...how far..."

"...your madness reaches..."

Lucifer looked into his eyes.

Then—

Without hesitation—

He bit into the fruit.

Crunch.

The Heavenly Demon laughed one final time.

"...Magnificent..."

His eyes slowly closed.

Cheonwoo—

The Heavenly Demon—

Died smiling.

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The heavens exploded.

The Blood Genesis Rose disintegrated into countless crimson lights.

A terrifying pressure descended upon the world.

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《SYSTEM NOTIFICATION》

Target has consumed the Blood Genesis Fruit.

Requirements fulfilled.

Beginning Evolution...

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Realm Breakthrough

Supreme Peak Realm → God Realm (Peak)

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All Attributes: Greatly Increased

Soul Strength: Greatly Increased

Body Strength: Greatly Increased

Bloodline Evolution Complete

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Massive Karma Acquired

+12,500,000 Karma Points

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Title Acquired

Effect:

• Damage dealt to beings above your realm increases by 50%.

• Divine techniques consume 30% less Qi.

• Killing intent can suppress weaker opponents before battle begins.

• All critical hit chances gain an additional +20%.

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Lucifer slowly opened his eyes.

Behind him...

Seven colossal shadows appeared.

Each representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Their whispers echoed across heaven and earth.

The age of the Heavenly Demon...

...had ended.

The age of the Devil...

...had truly begun.