Chapter 525: Heavenly Demon, One Body Two Faces

World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others

As Du Ge had anticipated.

Liao Jiulong rode the sword light to a desolate, uninhabited area and suddenly descended.

The two disciples had no idea what was happening.

Seeing Liao Jiulong's pained expression, Liu Ziyun looked concerned, "Master, what's wrong? Is your injury severe?"

"Ziyun, Ziming, don't blame your Master..." Liao Jiulong gave his two disciples a deep look, tears welling up in his eyes. Suddenly, he formed a seal and swung his sword, enveloping the two disciples in a curtain of sword light.

"Master." Liu Ziyun was terrified when she saw her master suddenly attack them. Her body froze, and it was too late to dodge.

Du Ziming reacted quickly. The moment he saw the sword light, he hurriedly retreated, but how could his speed surpass the sword light?

In the blink of an eye.

Just as the sword light was about to reach Liu Ziyun's throat, a black curtain enveloped them, saving Liu Ziyun and Du Ziming from Liao Jiulong's attack.

Du Ge's voice, laced with amusement, exploded in their ears, "Liao Jiulong, this is the ultimate test of your humanity, and you've failed again."

This time, the Dark God power did not separate the three.

In the dense darkness, Du Ge deliberately opened a window for them, allowing the moonlight to shine on each of them individually.

Under the Tyndall effect, the expressions on the three faces were particularly vivid.

Liu Ziyun and Du Ziming looked at Liao Jiulong in disbelief. Liu Ziyun was in tears, "Master, were you really going to kill us?"

Du Ziming's gaze was like a dagger piercing Liao Jiulong's face. He clenched his fists and said fiercely, "Junior Sister, he's not our master."

Liao Jiulong looked at his two disciples, then thought about what he had just done, bewildered and at a loss. Du Ge's voice echoed in his mind, "You've failed again, you've failed again..."

Humanity?

Is my humanity truly so despicable?

Pfft!

In a surge of emotion, Liao Jiulong spat out a mouthful of blood.

His face turned pale, and he seemed to age ten years in an instant. Liao Jiulong looked at his two disciples, wanting to explain, but his lips moved a few times without knowing what to say.

In the end.

A mocking smile crossed his lips, and he suddenly raised his hand, lifting his sword to his own throat.

Du Ge promptly controlled the Dark God power to stop his flying sword.

The sword halted just an inch from Liao Jiulong's throat. He exerted force twice, but the sword didn't budge.

He simply let go of the sword and raised his palm to strike his own head, but his hand was restrained again.

He couldn't even die!

Liao Jiulong collapsed instantly, his eyes bloodshot, maintaining the strange posture of his palm aimed at his head, and he roared in despair, "Old thief, what do you want? Is it fun to toy with me?"

"Ahem, I'm behind you, you're shouting in the wrong direction."

Du Ge cleared his throat and kindly reminded him.

Liao Jiulong's voice stopped abruptly, his facial muscles twitching uncontrollably, and the indignation in his heart was forcibly suppressed.

At this moment, he couldn't possibly turn around and shout behind him, could he?

Liao Jiulong's pain and despair initially evoked sympathy from Liu Ziyun and Du Ziming for their master, but Du Ge's inexplicable remark instantly dispelled their sympathy.

Their expressions froze on their faces, unsure whether to feel sad or to laugh...

"Old thief, you've gone too far!" Liao Jiulong's dignity and face were trampled by Du Ge, and tears silently slid down his cheeks, "Kill me, just kill me!"

Sigh!

A sigh!

Du Ge said, "Liao Jiulong, is this all you can bear? Do you know what I've been through?"

"Kill me, kill me." Liao Jiulong was completely lost, mumbling the same phrase over and over, his spirit utterly crushed by Du Ge.

"Once, I was a positive and sunny cultivator, full of a sense of justice. I believed the world was beautiful. I vanquished demons and saved lives..."

Du Ge's voice was calm, tinged with a hint of sadness and despair, "But because of a Nine-colored Golden Lotus, my fellow disciple betrayed me, attacking me from behind. He didn't know that I intended to pick that lotus to heal him;

I was gravely injured but survived, considering my senior brother's inferior talent, I didn't plan to hold him accountable;

But my senior brother, fearing exposure, falsely accused me of stealing the lotus. My master, without investigating, locked my cultivation and cast me into the Cliff of Reflection, subjecting me to the torment of fire under the guise of refining my heart.

In the end, my revered master only wanted to extract my Supreme Bone to give to his precious son. The so-called heart refinement was just to make my Supreme Bone more transparent..."

Heaven's calculations couldn't match human calculations. The Supreme Bone, roasted by fire daily, led me to comprehend a Supernatural Power, even my master was no match for me.

Knowing they couldn't subdue me, they pretended to punish the brother who framed me, feigned kindness, and promised to marry me to my beloved. But on our wedding night, the one I trusted most handed me a cup of poison..."

All three were captivated by Du Ge's story.

Liu Ziyun's eyes glistened with tears, "So pitiful, did you drink the poison?"

"Would you guard against your lover?" Du Ge sneered, "I drank the poison, lost my cultivation, and my dear master personally extracted my Supreme Bone. Not only that, fearing exposure, they wanted to grind my bones to dust and destroy my soul..."

Liu Ziyun shuddered, "What happened next? How did you escape?"

"Escape? The sect had laid a trap, how could I escape? I hated the world's injustice, hated human selfishness, hated the darkness of humanity... Then, I fell into demonic ways." Du Ge's voice turned calm, "After turning into a demon, I slaughtered the entire sect. That night, the sect was shrouded in darkness, blood flowed like a river, no one escaped."

"Good, well done!" Du Ziming said angrily, "Those scum deserved to die."

"And then? What happened after you killed the sect? Did you become like this? Did you also kill the people of Longliu Manor?" Liu Ziyun asked.

"Longliu Manor is nothing." Du Ge snorted, "After becoming a demon, I hated this world. I wanted to kill everyone, leaving no survivors. Gods who blocked me were slain, Buddhas who blocked me were slain, I killed until the world was in chaos, life was devastated..."

"Wait, if you killed so many people, why have I never heard of you?" Liu Ziyun interrupted Du Ge, curiously asking.

"Have you ever heard of the Supreme Bone, or the Nine-colored Golden Lotus?" Du Ge asked.

Liu Ziyun shook her head.

"The world I ravaged is too distant from now, back then there was no celestial realm, no Buddhist sect, no Dao Ancestor..." Du Ge sneered, "No, there was a Dao Ancestor. If not for the Dao Ancestor, this world would have been reduced to nothingness."

"Dao Ancestor?" Liu Ziyun exclaimed, "You're from the era of the Dao Ancestor?"

"More or less!" Du Ge said wistfully, "The Dao Ancestor was a genius of unparalleled talent. Without him, this world would have been destroyed by me."

"Did the Dao Ancestor defeat you?" Du Ziming instinctively asked.

"Yes, he defeated me, but he couldn't kill me because I represented the ultimate evil of the human world, becoming a true demon. As long as evil exists in the world, I won't truly die."

Du Ge said, "All the Dao Ancestor could do was use great supernatural power to deplete my demonic power, casting me into reincarnation, hoping the world's truth, goodness, and beauty would awaken my consciousness."

A moment of silence.

Liao Jiulong and the others held their breath, the revelation from Du Ge was too shocking. They couldn't imagine that the demon trapping them was from the same era as the Dao Ancestor.

But is he telling the truth?

If he truly needed the Dao Ancestor to suppress him, his power seems a bit too weak!

Especially Liao Jiulong, he recalled the weak strike aimed at his neck.

That strike was so weak it didn't even sever his head.

Previously, he was intimidated by the Dark God power, but thinking back, everything seemed unreasonable, the opponent's Golden Elixir master's cultivation level was something he had imagined...

If the opponent's cultivation level was insufficient, the supernatural power he displayed, the cold and dark demonic aura that could isolate all light, far exceeded what an ordinary demon could control.

"Senior, are you really from the same era as the Dao Ancestor?" Liu Ziyun cautiously asked.

"Do you think my power is too weak?" Du Ge chuckled, dispersing the Dark God power enveloping him, revealing his true form as a child.

"You..." Liao Jiulong and the others were stunned, none of them expected that the one who called himself "Old Fellow" and toyed with them for so long would be a child.

"A century of reincarnation. In each cycle, my demonic aura must be accumulated from scratch. In this life, I have just awakened my consciousness and expended my source power to summon three thousand demons from another world, using them to disrupt this world. Do you still think I'm weak?" Du Ge looked at the three, speaking calmly.

"Did you summon the chaotic demons?" Liao Jiulong asked in shock.

"Why are you doing this? You've clearly regained your consciousness and memory?" Liu Ziyun asked.

"Yes, the Dao Ancestor is clearly helping you." Du Ziming said.

"Helping me?" Du Ge snorted coldly, "That old fellow is clearly harming me, he wants to obliterate me in this endless cycle of reincarnation, I've had enough of this life..."

He pointed at Liao Jiulong, mocking, "Moreover, for billions of years, the world is still filled with such evil people, who, with a little coaxing from me, would kill their loved ones. Humanity is inherently evil, does such a world really need to exist?"

"..." Liao Jiulong opened his mouth, unable to respond.

"He is your most trusted master, yet for his own benefit, he wanted to kill you with his own hands. Don't you hate him?" Du Ge turned to Liu Ziyun and Du Ziming, snorting coldly, "Don't you want to kill him with your own hands?"

"I..." Liu Ziyun looked at her master, struggling internally.

Du Ziming remained silent.

He looked at Liao Jiulong, then at Du Ge, suddenly understanding where his hatred came from.

Betrayed by his master and lover, having his Supreme Bone extracted, his heart must have been dead at that moment!

So, he wanted to reenact his pain on this world repeatedly, but those who hadn't faced the test of humanity only deepened his loathing for the world.

When he himself was suppressed by the Dao Ancestor, unable to resist in each reincarnation, he resorted to expending his source power to summon demons from another world, hoping to destroy this world through them!

Sigh!

Du Ziming sighed heavily.

If there was truly a master who passed the test, showing this demon the beauty of the world, his malice might truly dissipate!

Perhaps that was the Dao Ancestor's true intention in letting him reincarnate...

But humanity is too fragile, unable to withstand the test!

After hesitating for a moment, Du Ziming said, "Senior, my master's kindness to me is as heavy as a mountain. Even if he truly wanted to kill me, I wouldn't strike him."

"..." Liao Jiulong was stunned, looking at Du Ziming with guilt.

"That's not what you said earlier." Du Ge laughed, "I heard you tell your junior sister that he wasn't your master, and when you said that, your eyes were full of hatred. I know what that look means, Du Ziming. Your master can't move now, go kill him, and I'll let you leave..."

"Senior Brother, don't!" Liu Ziyun said urgently, "If you kill Master, we truly won't be able to leave. He wants us to kill each other."

"I know." Du Ziming sighed and nodded.

"Senior, please let us go. I know you have suffered greatly, the Dao Ancestor has no ill intentions." Liu Ziyun looked at Du Ge, pleading, "There are still many good people in this world."

"Good people?" Du Ge sneered, just about to speak.

Suddenly, his features contorted, and when he opened his eyes again, they were calm and serene.

Du Ge looked at the three before him and said gently, "Fellow Daoists, don't be afraid, I'm not the demon from before, I won't harm you..."

As he spoke.

He glanced at Liao Jiulong, releasing the Dark God power's restraint on him, allowing his hand aimed at his head to fall back.

"Evil demon, what trick are you playing now?" Having faced death once, Liao Jiulong no longer sought it. Moreover, he had suppressed his evil thoughts, glaring at the cunning Du Ge, angrily rebuking, "If you have a problem, come at me, don't manipulate my disciples."

"Daoist Liao, don't worry, I'm truly not him." Du Ge looked at Liao Jiulong apologetically, sighed, and said, "No, to be precise, I am him, I'm the good thought awakened by the Dao Ancestor in his heart."

"Hmph." Liao Jiulong snorted, not believing a word, he looked at his two disciples, "Ziyun, Ziming, your master has wronged you, I don't ask for your forgiveness. But heed my words, close your eyes and ears, don't listen to any of this demon's manipulations, hold firm to your heart, and you'll pass this tribulation. The demon's true power is weak, he can't harm us, so he tries to make us kill each other."

"Daoist Liao, do you know why the Dao Ancestor allows my evil thought to reincarnate in this world? If the Dao Ancestor can cast me into reincarnation, can't he kill me, or at least seal me?" Du Ge smiled, "But why does he let me reincarnate in this world?"

"I won't listen to any of your manipulations." Liao Jiulong was full of vigilance.

"Because the world needs the Heavenly Demon."

Du Ge looked at the three, smiling, "As long as there are evil thoughts in this world, demons will always exist. Even if I'm sealed, other demons will arise. Just like light and darkness coexist in this world, without either, the world is incomplete."

Du Ge extended his hand, using Sun God power and Dark God power to form a rotating Taiji diagram, "All things accompany yin and yang, you in me, me in you, opposing yet unified, corresponding yet embracing, mutually dependent, complementary, coexisting, without beginning or end, opposing yet forming, this is Taiji."

Liao Jiulong and the others stared at the Taiji diagram, once again stunned.

Undeniably, the Taiji diagram contained profound truths.

"If the Dao Ancestor represents the light, he also has a demon in his heart." Du Ge pointed to the Dark God power in the yang fish of the Taiji diagram, then to the Sun God power in the yin fish, "And I am a good thought in this demon's heart, we are two sides of the same coin, you needn't worry about me harming you."

"A good thought of two sides?" Liu Ziyun widened her eyes in shock, as if glimpsing the world's greatest secret that night.

"Yes, a good thought." Du Ge smiled gently, "Returning to earlier, why does the Dao Ancestor allow the Heavenly Demon to reincarnate in the world? It's not to destroy the world, but to better advance its development."

The three frowned.

Du Ge looked at Liao Jiulong, "Daoist Liao, if earlier you had restrained your evil thoughts, not letting the heart demon take advantage, or defeated the evil thoughts in your heart, your Dao heart would be incredibly firm, this is the Heavenly Demon's heart refinement, and your path of cultivation would be smooth in the future."

He shook his head, "What a pity..."

"..." Liao Jiulong was stunned, regret instantly filling his face, he swallowed, "Senior, is there a way to remedy this?"

Du Ge looked at him, regretfully shaking his head, "No, even if there was, with your mindset, you wouldn't pass, you might even fall into the demonic path, it's better to leave the cultivation world and live as a wealthy man in the mortal world, living out your days leisurely."

Leave the cultivation world?

Are my decades of cultivation wasted?

So unwilling!

Liao Jiulong was drenched in sweat, he swallowed hard, "Senior, tell me, let me try, maybe I can succeed! I've cultivated for thirty years, I don't want to return to the mundane world like this. Please, senior, teach me..."

Du Ge shook his head, "Your heart has been disturbed by the Heavenly Demon, your path of cultivation is broken, give up!"

"Please, senior, save me." Liao Jiulong knelt with a thud, kowtowing to Du Ge, "Senior, please have mercy, considering my difficult cultivation, give me a chance."

Du Ge remained unmoved.

"Please, senior, save me." Liao Jiulong continued to kowtow, soon his forehead was red.

Sigh!

Du Ge sighed again, using the Dark God power to lift him up, "Daoist Liao, your Dao heart is destroyed, rebuilding it will be very difficult."

"No matter how difficult, I'm willing to try." Liao Jiulong said.

"You might fall into the demonic path." Du Ge said.

"If I fall into the demonic path, please, senior, kill me." Liao Jiulong's facial muscles twitched, determined.

"Follow the Heavenly Demon, let him use you, watch him toy with the world, endure a thousand tribulations, if you can still find your true heart, then your Dao heart can be solidified." Du Ge looked at Liao Jiulong, sighing again, "Daoist Liao, you've experienced the terror of the Heavenly Demon, do you really want to walk this path? It's the hardest path of cultivation in the world..."