Chapter 2573: Eternal Suffering

Zhenhe True Monarch supported his knees with both hands, leaning slightly forward with his upper body. The entire Yin-Yang Realm was like his long cloak, silently behind him, waiting for the wind to stir.

His voice was very calm as he repeated, "Seven Hates... what exactly did he do to you?"

Heavy Xuan Sheng's body was like a mountain, and his exhalation was like the morning mist.

Extremely light, extremely faint, extremely ethereal.

This was a breath he had suppressed for a long time, hidden for a long time. Only in front of Jiang Wang, in this absolutely secret place, could he slightly release it.

The former Wu Zhai Xue, today Seven Hates, was the strongest demon in all the heavens and myriad realms!

Looking at history, he was only second to the Demon Ancestor!

He personally led Jing Country's military affairs pivot minister Lou Yue and Qi Country's nine troops commander Tian Anping to fall into demonhood, and led the replacement of the eight great demon arts. And these were all his layouts before transcendence.

Now he had proven supreme, laying pieces without a trace, with vast divine powers, beyond imagination. Once targeted, who could escape, who could resist?

Being stared at by such a venerable demon head, especially with Fourteen pregnant and both husband and wife looking forward to the birth of their child, even with Heavy Xuan Sheng's celestial intelligence, he certainly felt immense pressure!

Because the gap between Seven Hates and him could no longer be erased by intelligence.

He was extremely skilled at borrowing power to lay out strategies, always able to create opportunities in times of no opportunity, and with tiny local advantages, snowballing into an irreversible winning position.

But the distance between the Myriad Realms Wild Tomb and the present world... was too far! It was a distance he couldn't bridge even by borrowing the power of Great Qi.

Now, even if the Six Countries united, it would be impossible for him to send troops to the demon realm.

But Jiang Wang would go for him.

In the Star River Pavilion of the Yin-Yang Realm, it was dim and dark.

"Don't be angry, don't be impulsive. I need you now." Heavy Xuan Sheng said slowly, "Having an alert is always better than being ignorant and dying. Discovering a problem is always better than not discovering one."

"Then," Jiang Wang asked, "what did Seven Hates do to you?"

"Because the whole thing was erased, no intelligence can support my thinking, so I don't know what he did... I can only change direction and ask what he wants to do." Heavy Xuan Sheng thought slowly and spoke slowly, his voice like it was ground from a millstone, "I can only think about this matter seriously now. Even in Linzi, I can't feel safe."

Transcendence cannot be schemed against; if there is a thought, there is awareness.

Unless it was in the Great Qi imperial palace, by the side of Qi Heavenly Emperor Jiang Shu!

But he, this hereditary state marquis, had no reason to live in the imperial palace. His trust in the Great Qi Heavenly Emperor was also far less than his trust in Jiang Wang.

Jiang Wang said, "You deliberately split one letter into two parts to see my reaction and then judge what Seven Hates did to me... right?"

Heavy Xuan Sheng didn't deny it. "You told me you intersected with Seven Hates in the Wu Nightmare Mountain Range. I think Lou Yue ascended the position of Hate Demon Monarch, and you were originally also one of his choices. Just like Tian Anping was also one of his choices."

Jiang Wang sighed. "Looking back now, I was indeed one of his choices. The 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art' was just bait he laid for me. Most of the time he just needed to wait for the result. In a few cases, he would slightly push with heaven's will."

His vigilance towards Seven Hates had never relaxed. At the moment of vowing to transcend himself and only having one autumn left, he walked to the Three Punishments Palace, protected his path with three bells, and then refined the demon. He only gave himself two choices—either swallow the bait and die, or swallow the bait and unhook. He didn't give Seven Hates the possibility of successful fishing.

Thinking back now, that was actually quite adventurous... perhaps it was caused by being misled by Seven Hates!

From Seven Hates' later cooperation with Hold Earth Treasury and even Divine Hero, and his layouts for Lou Yue and Tian Anping, the Seven Hates who had not yet transcended actually had a certain degree of ability to break the board.

Although at that time Jiang Wang was refining the demon art in the Three Punishments Palace, the lineup protecting his path was extremely powerful, yet it was not necessarily seamless.

First, the three bells protecting his path at that moment might have changed under the influence of Hold Earth Treasury; second, among the three venerable Legalist sect masters watching him above Heaven Punishment Cliff, Punishment Person Palace's Gongsun Bu Hai still had the suspicion of being Divine Hero... From Jing Country's perspective, the crowd of sect masters who descended upon Tianjing City at that time were all under suspicion, including Rule Heaven Palace's Han Shentu.

If one of these two was really Divine Hero... disaster could arise from an inch, it was truly hard to guard against.

At that time, he felt absolutely safe, that no matter what, he would not leave disaster to the human world, and only gambled with his own life. With his current vision, he saw leaks everywhere, visible world is hard to have eternal principle, truth framed in cognition shell.

If Jiang Wang had unfortunately entered demon at that time, and Seven Hates acted regardless of everything, lifting all layouts ahead of time to welcome him into the master demon realm, the preparations he made at that time might not have been able to kill him in time.

Fortunately, he ascended to the heavenly person with unprecedented thirteen, resisted the seven emotions and six desires demon flame, and achieved the Dao in one autumn. That most fearful possibility was burned to ashes at the bottom of the furnace.

Only now thinking about Lou Yue's ending, he inevitably felt lingering fear!

Once the first true person in Middle Province, an existence who almost ascended Jade Capital Mountain, how could he not be tenacious?

Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "I was thinking at that time about that matter, whether I didn't detect what Seven Hates did to you. We were thinking of a way to solve this problem, and unfortunately Seven Hates knew about it, so he directly erased this problem—now looking back, it's not like that."

"Why do you say that?" Jiang Wang asked.

Heavy Xuan Sheng looked at him. "If you had already been influenced by Seven Hates and had a share in Seven Hates' future layouts, you wouldn't be so unreserved."

"Meaning if I came late today, you wouldn't have told me about Seven Hates?" Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow and asked.

Heavy Xuan Sheng said very directly, "Coming a bit late has the way to speak a bit late, coming a bit early has the way to speak a bit early. You are always useful, it's just how to use you."

Jiang Wang dusted the corner of his clothes. "...Doesn't sound like praise."

Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "Here with me, being useful is the biggest praise."

Jiang Wang sighed. "...Thanks, you're also very useful to me."

Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "An existence like Seven Hates, as long as destiny succeeds, will not entrust victory and defeat to a fated person. The path can be revised at any time, and he has only planned the endpoint."

His large, fat body undulated with deep breaths. "This is his prudence as a top-level wise man, and also my opportunity to win."

The small eyes hidden in the folds of flesh gradually brightened. "I don't need to defeat him directly, I just need to jump out of his choices."

"You mean..." Jiang Wang was very surprised. "He wants to lead you into demonhood?"

"Analyzing the known information, besides this, I temporarily can't think of any other possibility." Heavy Xuan Sheng slowly pressed his forehead. "Let's count Seven Hates' series of actions in the present world. They seem unrestrained, laying pieces without a trace, but ultimately they all point to one result—Lou Yue becomes Hate Demon Monarch, Tian Anping becomes Immortal Demon Monarch. Haven't you discovered that the eight great demon monarchs are almost gathered?"

Although the ancient demon tide was extinguished, the demon plague did not end.

The demon realm spread eight great eternal demon arts, corresponding to eight venerable demon monarchs, respectively God Demon Monarch, Emperor Demon Monarch, Illusion Demon Monarch, Dragon Demon Monarch, Desire Demon Monarch, Immortal Demon Monarch, Saint Demon Monarch, and Blood Demon Monarch.

In the long term, the fundamental struggle between the human race and the demon race lies in the birth and death of the eight great demon monarchs.

Constantly new demon monarchs ascend to the top, and constantly demon monarchs are executed.

The human race is dedicated to maintaining a certain balance, suppressing the number of demon monarchs below half in the long term.

However, with the changes in Floating Land, Ghost Dragon Demon Monarch returned to his position.

Although Desire Demon died, Hate Demon ascended to the top.

After the Heaven Sea battle, there were already six of the eight great demon monarchs.

This was indeed a dangerous number.

As long as two more were supplemented, the prophecy of the Demon Ancestor's return would be verified. The omen of the "World Destroyer Demon" would also be seen as true or false.

Jiang Wang vaguely felt a chill. "You mean, Seven Hates' layouts are always to fill the vacancies of the eight great demon monarchs... He wants to lead the Demon Ancestor's return!?"

"Standing from Seven Hates' perspective, the choices are actually not many. Although he has proven transcendence and completed an unprecedented feat, he has also reached the end of his path." Heavy Xuan Sheng's tone was inexplicable. "As the only transcendent demon currently, he wants to preserve the demon realm, and even preserve himself. Leading the Demon Ancestor's return is a very key choice. Otherwise, where does the demon race have the possibility of ultimate victory?"

Jiang Wang pondered, "Seven Hates once told me he was absolutely unwilling to be the price of the Demon Ancestor's return. At that time, he also said he wanted to join hands with me against the Demon Ancestor."

"He is already transcendent, having jumped out of fate. He is no longer a price." Heavy Xuan Sheng's tone was inexplicable. "Moreover, even if the Demon Ancestor returns, who will really be in charge?"

"The era has changed. There are now two transcendent demons. The Demon Ancestor is not the only one!"

"We might as well divide the demon monarchs into two kinds, dividing the flow to two transcendent venerables. One kind is completely achieved by relying on eternal demon arts, ascending to the top according to the design of the Demon Ancestor's return, and closely related to the Demon Ancestor, a traditional demon monarch. One kind is influenced by Seven Hates and achieved through Seven Hates' arrangements, a new demon monarch."

"Then the situation is clear at a glance. Among the current six great demon monarchs, there are only three traditional demon monarchs: God Demon Monarch, Emperor Demon Monarch, and Illusion Demon Monarch. Among them, Illusion Demon Monarch's false face was revealed by Tu Hu, and her strength is greatly damaged. God Demon Monarch was even almost beaten to death by Jing Country's Heavenly Emperor, with almost none of his whole body's strength remaining."

"Ghost Dragon Demon Monarch Ao Kui became a demon through the ghost way and the dragon way. There has already been a change from tradition. From your contact with him, his betrayal of the Demon Ancestor is an inevitable event."

"Hate Demon Monarch and Immortal Demon Monarch were both achieved because of Seven Hates. Seven Hates was able to replace the 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art' with the 'Seven Hates Demon Art,' and then help Lou Yue replace the 'Seven Hates Demon Art' with the 'All Sought Empty Hate Demon Art.' For these two venerable demon monarchs, he must also have other means."

"If the remaining two venerable demon monarchs are also achieved through Seven Hates' arrangements, then his will will have absolute dominance within the eight great demon monarchs."

Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "No matter how powerful the Demon Ancestor is, he has after all disappeared for many years. Seven Hates plans with transcendent will, and I don't think he is willing to just make a wedding dress for him. When the eight great demon arts combine, whose will will be dominant?"

Seven Hates was indeed a terrifying opponent.

Jiang Wang had already treated him with great caution, but now he still felt he wasn't cautious enough. "If Seven Hates' goal is to override the Demon Ancestor, or even manipulate the Demon Ancestor, then my shattering of the 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art' still helped him. But it was exactly he who personally erased the eternal nature of the 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art,' giving me the possibility to wear it down... we are mutually helping each other."

"This is the terrifying part of Seven Hates' layouts." Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "Many times they are all your own choices, but they can still achieve his purpose."

"I think his ability to jump out of the predetermined fate of the Demon Ancestor and achieve transcendence was also an important node in sealing the 'Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Art.' With the 'Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Art' sealed and the 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art' erased, two great eternal demon arts were frustrated. The so-called Demon Ancestor's fate, I think, will also be loosened as a result."

He knocked his fist on his forehead several times. "But this time is that time. After he jumped out of the predetermined fate, the demon arts are no longer his obstacle. What he needs to consider now is how to supplement the remaining two venerable demon monarchs."

"The Saint Demon Monarch was executed more than two thousand years ago. Calculating the time, if arranged in detail, the 'Rite Collapse Music Bad Saint Demon Art' should have also recovered. For the remaining demon art, he either seeks to unseal the 'Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Art'..."

Great Qi's Bo Wang Marquis lifted his gaze and looked at Jiang Wang. "Or he still has to start from the 'Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art'."

Jiang Wang said, "This demon art has already been refined and killed by me and will not reappear in the world."

"Can controlling demons and suppressing demons last forever?" Heavy Xuan Sheng asked.

"If the eternal nature still exists, I cannot," Jiang Wang said. "But its eternal nature no longer exists. After I ascend to the top, it will no longer have an opportunity."

"If you die?" Heavy Xuan Sheng said, "True Monarch dies, a great benefit to heaven! Will the demon intent within your body lose control? Will the heaven way and demon way that mutually balance each other diverge?"

Would those demons of extreme emotion and extreme desire that once appeared in the underworld return to the Desire Demon after Jiang Wang died and regroup the "Bitter Sea Forever Sink Desire Demon Art"?

Jiang Wang was silent for a moment, then said, "If one day I am in a situation where I must die, I will let these demon intents die with me and never be reborn. I know how to do it."

"Don't casually say 'die'." Heavy Xuan Sheng sighed. "My meaning is... you need to let Seven Hates confirm this matter, let him know that even killing you will change nothing, so you can guarantee your safety."

Jiang Wang looked at Heavy Xuan Sheng deeply. He completely understood his close friend's expression. "Then if Seven Hates must welcome the return of the Demon Ancestor, he only has one choice: to unseal the 'Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Art'—that must be a great calamity."

The eight great eternal demon arts are hard to distinguish in terms of high or low. But if we talk about cruel ferocity, the "Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Art" must be the most.

Just look at the ends of those who were stained by this demon art, then you can see the point. The former Yang Jian De killed his son and cut off relatives!

That was still only in the demon art state.

If Seven Hates wants to welcome back a complete Blood Demon Monarch, it can only be achieved by living beings being covered in charcoal.

"Above me there is still the Heavenly Emperor. You have also only just ascended to the absolute peak. Far away there are the three venerables of the Dao Gate, and nearby there are Great Qin's Taizu and Mountain Sea Dao Lord." Heavy Xuan Sheng said in a steady voice, "Knowing his scheme and reporting it upwards is enough for us to fulfill our responsibilities. This kind of world-destroying major matter is not our turn to worry about, understand? Brother Wang?"

Saving the world, defending the human race, risking his life to frustrate Seven Hates' schemes.

Heavy Xuan Sheng did not have such awareness.

There were not many important people in his life: one Fourteen, one Jiang Wang, one uncle Heavy Xuan Chu Liang, and now there was also the child in Fourteen's abdomen.

He only needed to jump out of Seven Hates' choices himself and ensure Jiang Wang's safety.

As for other things, others would handle them.

He was not the tallest one, and he couldn't bear too heavy a mission. Even if the sky fell, he didn't need to support it!

Life was already too hard. He was foolish and fat, moving his body was not easy, and moving more easily made him pant. Even raising an umbrella, he only wanted to cover the wind and rain of the Bo Wang Marquis residence. Outside the courtyard, he couldn't manage and didn't want to manage.

"I am not Lou Yue, nor Tian Anping. Seven Hates will not always win."

——Jiang Wang originally wanted to say this, but he didn't say it.

These words were not necessary to say in front of Heavy Xuan Sheng.

Because if he wanted to risk his life, no matter how much Heavy Xuan Sheng scolded or was dissatisfied, in the end he would certainly accompany him in risking his life.

He made a calm decision, not feeling it was a great choice, nor having any intense mood.

He only believed in himself. And he still remembered that sentence—"Ascend to the absolute top today, wish benefit to the world".

Finally, he pursed his lips and looked at Heavy Xuan Sheng. "If Seven Hates must lead you into demonhood, how will you jump out of his choices?"

"This is not something that can get a correct answer quickly." Thinking of transcendence, even Heavy Xuan Sheng couldn't relax. He pressed his forehead with force, saying with some headache, "I need to understand the Saint Demon Art better, then I can treat the symptom."

"I will handle this matter." Jiang Wang took over this matter very naturally. "Regarding intelligence on the Saint Demon Art, I will help you find it."

Heavy Xuan Sheng loosened the hand pressing his forehead and quietly looked at Jiang Wang for a while.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Wang was a little puzzled.

"Never mind..." Heavy Xuan Sheng mumbled something messily.

Jiang Wang didn't hear clearly. "What?"

"I said—" Heavy Xuan Sheng narrowed his eyes. "I changed my mind. We'll work together to kill him!"