Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

At this moment, perhaps sensing Zhao Sheng's consciousness fluctuation, Life Demon·True was somewhat disappointed: "Human Clan Cultivator, your mind is filthy. Do not use your insect-like vulgar thoughts to speculate on the actions of my clan."

Zhao Sheng was startled, quickly explaining, "No, no, Your Highness may have misunderstood. I am merely puzzled as to why Your Highness would act this way? After all, in front of the great Divine, I am as insignificant as an ant."

"Mortal, with your shallow and limited wisdom, how could you understand the great mission of my clan." Life Demon smiled with a trace of displeasure: "Actually, I am not as bad as you imagine, nor do I have any conspiracy. I am merely correcting the track of destiny, preventing the way of destiny from descending into disorder."

Zhao Sheng listened, looking thoughtful.

So that means...

The "Life Demon" race is naturally born with the mission to safeguard the way of destiny.

For the first time, Zhao Sheng realized the existence of such an indescribable thing as "Tao Order" in this Universe space-time.

It seems to imply some meaning of "everything is predetermined by fate"!

The movements of Zhao Sheng's heart could not escape the perception of Life Demon·True, who coldly said, "Lucky Human Clan Cultivator, our clan is born Undying and Undying, with immense supreme Power that can destroy countless Constant Sand Worlds in a single thought.

Your so-called longevity, your so-called domination of All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, are insignificant before our Primordial Clan. Our Primordial Clan has long abandoned such trivial and low-level pleasures. Having witnessed the opening of the Universe ourselves, having seen the Supreme Dao Ancestor transcend one by one, we have long understood the ultimate path ahead.

Although our Primordial Clan are failures lying before the Other Shore of the Great Tao, although my Life Demon race has now fallen to become the guardian of destiny, I will never forget the longing for transcendence."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng took a deep look at the Crowned Elder and simply put down all his guards, candidly asking: "Your Highness, are you seeking a way to break free from the shackles of 'destiny'?"

"You are very smart! Among the Favored of Destiny in the Human Clan I have encountered, you are the six thousand seven hundred and twenty-sixth person to boldly ask this question.

You guessed correctly. Although our clan is the guardian of the way of destiny, we are also the sacrifice of destiny! All Da Luo Creatures attempting to control the way of destiny are mortal enemies of my Life Demon race.

Human Clan Cultivator, do you understand now?"

Indeed!

Zhao Sheng understood.

In this way, the reason he encountered the Life Demon was likely not a "coincidence," but a "necessity" in some sense.

Or rather, it is highly possible that in some future life, he will embark on a cultivation path related to the way of destiny. Therefore, the Life Demon race would preemptively correct the destiny trajectories of certain "lucky individuals" upstream in the river of time through trade means, thereby eliminating unknown threats.

From this inference, Zhao Sheng suddenly associated whether other Primordial Clans might also be shouldering the mission of guarding some path of the Tao like the Life Demon.

Might they also act in a "similar" manner!

No wonder in All Universes, those who ultimately achieve the status of the ancestor of the Tao are extremely rare, for at the end of the Tao there exists a group of Primordial Clans comparable to Daluo Golden Immortals blocking the way.

Zhao Sheng felt a chill in his heart, muttering to himself: "So that's how it is..."

"Ah, the Human Clan truly lives up to being one of the protagonists of this Hongmeng Era. Even a mere mortal can be so wise. No wonder..."

As he continued speaking, the language from Life Demon's mouth had already surpassed Zhao Sheng's comprehension, completely "unintelligible."

"...The heavenly secret I have leaked is already too much. Let's stop here! So, Human Clan Cultivator, do you only wish to return home? Wouldn't you prefer another wish, like becoming an undying Immortal?" Life Demon continued: "To me, these two wishes are no different, fulfilling them is effortless!"

Life Demon·True repeatedly tempted him to change his mind by offering immediate immortality.

Honestly, Zhao Sheng could not say he was not tempted, but he still chose to refuse: "Your Highness's kind intention is appreciated, but right now I only wish to return home to the Tianzhu Realm."

"Hmm?"

The Crowned Elder transformed by the Life Demon appeared surprised at this: "Have you really decided against reconsidering?"

Zhao Sheng smiled, for the first time perceiving a hint of "human" expression in the other's demeanor.

"Really not reconsidering!" He suddenly understood something, so he earnestly nodded.

"Sigh, you don't know what you're missing! Different paths, not to be pursued together." Life Demon sighed.

Then, the human illusion collapsed.

It had lost interest in conversing with Zhao Sheng. At this moment, the world collapsed, gray-white fog surged forth, and Life Demon transformed back into its peculiar form with a thousand eyes and arms.

Immediately after, the fog swelled, dark golden Electric Light gathered, and in an instant, a vast endless Galaxy Cloud Map manifested, the star map appearing three-dimensional, resembling a giant vortex-shaped Star Nebula, countless Stars interwoven within, emitting faint starlight.

And on the outskirts of the star nebula's vortex, a palm-sized region was shrouded in gray-white fog. Compared to the size of the surrounding Stars, this gray-white area appeared exceptionally grand, a millionfold in size.

Seeing this vast Galaxy Cloud Map, Zhao Sheng was immensely shocked.

Life Demon extracted a trace of bloodline aura from him and imbued it into the star map.

The next instant, the eastern edge of the star nebula, at the edge of the gray-white region, a Star suddenly turned a faint blood color, and Zhao Sheng simultaneously sensed an extremely clear bloodline resonance within himself, the target being near the Star.