Chapter 835: The advent of the demon king

Li Qi, at this moment, was undoubtedly also a Demonic Overlord.

But what did that matter? Since everything he did would be guided by the Heavenly Demon to an inevitable end, he might as well walk into it openly, so as not to implicate others.

In this City of Dreams, high urbanization and industrialization turned everyone into an isolated island, and a society of strangers made people more prone to loneliness. In this society, there was long-term suppression, functionalized individuals, exclusion of outsiders, and extreme worship of the so-called “Ability Supremacy” and “Long Live Competition.”

The concept of might makes right, under the control of the Demonic Dao, completely permeated most corners of this super-giant city. Its consequence was reflected in the overall public opinion of society as an almost unconditional worship of the strong at the top of the power pyramid, and harsh accusations against the poor and weak who were born from the structural problems of society.

In this place, a silent war was waged every moment, a war of all against all.

This war, under the name of ‘Dream’ and ‘Competition,’ encouraged people to kill others for their own sake, whether this killing was in a physical or social sense, as long as the other party had to leave this place.

In short, to climb up here, one must bite others to death.

From the very beginning, it was a life-and-death struggle; one person blocked another's path, and thus everyone strove to squeeze out the rest, an endless involution, with every poor person exploiting themselves and opposing others to gain more resources.

Everyone was against everyone, and everyone was against everyone; everyone was abused by the whole society, and at the same time, they were abusing the whole society.

Moreover, all of this was logical.

Because this was ‘City of Dreams,’ everything done here was for one’s ‘Dream.’

When ‘war’ was crowned with the name of ‘dream,’ then everything done was taken for granted.

Alexander could say that his iron hooves flattening Persia and West Asia were for ‘Dream.’

Bai Qi could say that burying 400,000 people alive was for ‘Dream.’

Adolf could also say that making soap was for ‘Dream.’

As long as it was named after a dream, all means were reasonable.

Because this is my dream, because I want to realize my dream, realize my ‘Dao,’ so I can do anything; these are all sacrifices I make for pursuing the Dao.

It seemed logically sound, but in fact, Li Qi had already mentioned this problem from the beginning.

A Dao pursuer is not a madman who destroys emotions and nature; it is a person pursuing the Dao, not the Dao binding the person.

It is a person looking for what kind of Dao fits his heart, not the Dao guiding the person on what to do; a person is not a slave of the Dao.

Under the name of ‘Dao,’ yet doing things that do not conform to ‘Dao,’ and finally pushing everything onto ‘Dao,’ how can one succeed in pursuing the Dao?

This will only erode one’s Dao Heart, lowering one’s bottom line little by little, and finally finding oneself further and further away from the Dao.

Eventually, the Dao Heart is eroded, devoured by demonic thoughts, and the bottom line is completely gone. How can one cope?

In this situation, besides becoming a Demonic Overlord, is there any other path to take?

This was the ‘parasitism’ of the Demonic Dao.

The Demonic Dao did not want to cultivate its own successors; they directly let members of other Dao Orthodoxy become Demonic Overlords. They fed on the Dao Hearts of other Dao Orthodoxy, and the consumed Dao Hearts would become Demonic Overlords, turning into new Demonic Overlords.

It was just like ‘zombies,’ constantly spreading demonic thoughts and constantly dragging others down.

City of Dreams was such a zombie pit; everyone lived in such a cold, cruel, super-giant oppressive society.

And all of this was what the Demonic Dao wanted; the entire City of Dreams, the immense suffering of countless people, and the “hive subconscious” formed by shared indifference, that was their goal.

Only in this way could they bring the ‘demonic thoughts’ they desired.

So, the simplest way to break all of this was to start a massacre!

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Li Qi’s Dharma Body descended like a meteor, sounding like thunder, startling cattle and horses.

The entire city cracked in all directions, the Dharma Body devoured horizontally, turtle shells were destroyed, and countless common people fell into misery.

Countless Demonic Dao Cultivators instantly suffered, their Physical Bodies withered and their flesh rotted, then maggots emerged and they turned into ashes, leaving only white bones.

However, a sixth-grade Demonic Dao Cultivator seemed to sense something; he immediately broke free and fiercely charged towards Li Qi’s Dharma Body.

The Dharma Body was also merely sixth-grade, and its cultivation was not particularly profound, so there was no crushing gap between them.

The Dharma Body clashed with the Demonic Overlord; although Li Qi didn’t exert much force, the opponent’s defensive spell was instantly pierced through, and he was easily crushed to the ground.

His Dharma Aspect collapsed, and his body fell from the sky, causing the ground to violently indent.

That was a sixth-grade body, capable of withstanding collisions between worlds without any problem, and even surviving in the center of the sun without injury, but now it was directly pierced by a single finger, and its body shattered.

The escaping power turned into a depression, which then quickly progressed into a large pit, all internal organs turned into powder, and then it even pierced through the spine, with the butterfly bones and spine transmitting the power, instantly turning into dust from the spreading power, the entire body was pierced through, a section of matter disappeared from it, leaving only below the crotch and above the neck.

The power of that finger had not yet diminished, continuing its descent to the ground.

The earth trembled, and tall buildings collapsed.

Flying sand and rolling stones, earth cracking and mountains collapsing!

At the very bottom, within several hundred meters, the ground was forcefully compacted, and various Materials were mixed into one, no longer distinguishable from each other. At first glance, it was incredibly smooth, as if a round mirror had appeared on the ground, but upon closer inspection, one could see vivid, detailed, and incredibly complex fingerprints appearing on it.

In the past, when Li Qi was in Baiyue, facing two Demonic Overlords, Bear Kill Great King and Curse Demon Great King, both sixth-grade, he almost died there. In the end, he used a sacrifice to attract the attention of the Grand Diviner, who then acted, crushing the two with one finger and simultaneously repelling the tracking of the Human Dao, finally allowing Li Qi to safely take over the matters of Mount Luofu.

Now, he could replicate such a method, which was not difficult at all, but… it was quite cool.

After this scene appeared, Li Qi immediately saw many Demonic Dao Cultivators, who, though not affected, died on the spot.

“The Demonic Dao is truly interesting,” Li Qi couldn’t help but laugh.

It was indeed very interesting; the reason these people died was because they thought ‘they were dead.’

If they thought they were dead, then they truly died.

Is this the ability of the Five Aggregates Devil? Truly interesting.

Li Qi looked at those Five Aggregates Devil Cultivators who had died by themselves. As members of the Five Aggregates Devil, their subjective will was extremely terrifying, capable of even resisting death.

The Demonic Prince once used this trick.

As long as I don’t want to die, I will never die.

However, such a firm will was not that simple.

It sounds very powerful, ‘as long as I don’t want to die, I won’t die,’ just like those legendary heroes whose bodies were scorched by various spells and dismembered by opponents, but still stood on the battlefield. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, you could continue to fight, just like the stories in fairy tales where people used spirit and super will to do impossible things to prevent monster Devils from conquering a certain city.

As long as they were strong enough, firm enough, then death meant nothing to them; as long as their hearts did not die, they could continue to fight.

But…

Are they really firm enough?

This is questionable; many people think they are firm enough, with an unyielding will that cannot be twisted, but sometimes, they can’t even stop masturbating, let alone quit gambling.

Then… if you can’t even quit gambling, what makes you think you can resist death? Is your will truly firm enough to resist that inevitable end?

When the Demonic Prince was in the seventh-grade, he was so powerful that even the Little Heavenly Master couldn’t make him die, but when faced with the immense pressure of a third-grade Dao Sect, he instantly collapsed, and was only saved by the third-grade Demonic Kings. Li Qi watched this battle from the side.

Of course, he knew how to deal with these Five Aggregates Devil Cultivators.

Therefore, resisting the arrival of death through will, while powerful, is not invincible. One only needs to use terrifying power that the opponent cannot resist, shatter the arrogance of the Demonic Overlords, flatten their Dao Hearts, make them no longer have the motivation and spirit to resist anything, and hit them with PTSD. That will do.

And, this is not difficult.

Li Qi merely released a bit of his Qi, and these so-called ‘Devil Heads’ began to tremble in their eyes.

Fear, bone-deep fear, mercilessly enveloped the minds of these Five Aggregates Devil Cultivators.

In the Five Aggregates Devil, subjective consciousness is above all else, so as long as you believe you are dead, you will die.

This fear made countless thoughts sprout in the hearts of these Demonic Overlords who usually committed many evils, not knowing if it was because of extreme terror or because of the immense fear at this moment.

Batch after batch of Five Aggregates Devil Demonic Dao Cultivators died, and the remaining Demonic Overlords whose minds had not collapsed fled in all directions, disregarding their property and cultivation; now, survival was paramount.

Many notorious Demonic Overlords had their spines broken at this moment, and even their knees were somewhat weak.

The Qi from a fourth-grade swept out, suppressing an area of several hundred thousand miles around!

His authority spread everywhere, his influence reaching all levels.

The barren lands feared and worshipped him.

His power cleansed filth, and death was measured by the amount of blood.

His righteous wind was like thunder, and the light of heaven reached.

The Dragon shone like lightning, cleansing filth from the purple pivot.

The might of his power was such that blood flowed like seas and mountains.

Li Qi’s fierce might raged, terrifying even children. Countless Demonic Overlords fell into the same terrified state as their former victims, once again revealing their ugly true nature.

In the next instant, Li Qi waved his hand again.

In the due north of this City of Dreams, which was the corner where Li Qi was currently located, within an area of about ten Baiyue, the natural phenomena were massively distorted.

This was the method of Rebuilding Dimensions and Reconstructing the Heavens!

Li Qi intended to control the netherworld with his own power!

And at the same time, Li Qi also attracted the attention of others.

In the next instant, a lot of Demonic Qi and demonic thoughts suddenly emerged from all directions.

“Fourth-grade…” Li Qi looked around and smiled, “Everyone, nice to meet you. I am Li Qi, from Shaman God Mountain.”

“I don’t care who you are, why are you attacking here? Are you trying to start a war?” A fourth-grade Demonic Lord said, staring at Li Qi, guarding against a sudden attack from him.

After all, from Li Qi’s current state, it was perfectly natural for him to launch a sneak attack.

“You’re right, as expected of a Demonic Lord, truly sharp.” Li Qi extended his hand, making an inviting gesture, “I came here to either kill all of you, or be killed by all of you.”

“Come, let me see the capabilities of the Demonic Dao.”

Li Qi said this with a slight smile.

Li Qi extended his hand in invitation, but one of the several fourth-grade Demonic Lords who had surrounded him said, “Looking like this, did a close relative of yours become a Demonic Overlord? So you’re furious but powerless? Truly, pitiful.”

Li Qi’s smile froze for a moment, and then, the Demonic Lord who spoke constricted his pupils, and his figure instantly dissipated!

Li Qi’s attack had already landed on him.

So fast! Even from a fourth-grade perspective, this speed was quite terrifying.

He immediately transformed into a pure thought form, completely disappearing from the real world, thereby avoiding observation and attack.

This move was very effective; the pure thought form would only be affected on a mental level and was very difficult to detect. Among fourth-grades, this move was even more effective than dimensional reduction, and he specialized in this Dao.

The next moment, the other Demonic Lords also took action.

They were not wild fourth-grades from outside the realm; they were all orthodox members of the Demonic Dao.

There were a total of four Demonic Dao Cultivators: two from the Five Aggregates Devil, one from the Demon of Affliction, and one from the Five Aggregates Devil.

The one Li Qi had just attacked was from the Five Aggregates Devil, so he could freely transform into ‘thought,’ becoming an invisible, intangible, yet truly existing thought.

This ‘thought’ was not some kind of fluctuation, nor was it transformed into an energy state; it wasn’t that turning the soul into electromagnetic waves or transforming into an energy body meant it was ‘thought.’

This was ‘thought’ that ‘absolutely did not exist in reality’; from the perspective of the Physical Universe, it was ‘non-existent,’ without energy, without matter. No matter how it was observed, there would be no hint of it. It was an extremely brilliant method of concealment and defense.

Only fourth-grades could use this move; if a non-substantial existence used it, they would instantly collapse because this kind of thought had no foundation.

Only by possessing substantiality can one transform into such an ethereal thing and still maintain existence.

At the same time, the attacks of the other Demonic Lords also arrived.

With the two Demonic Lords from the Five Aggregates Devil, Li Qi’s senses instantly became chaotic and completely fragmented, even his control over his body was completely distorted.

If he were to move his left hand to attack now, his senses might be twisted into piercing his own heart.

At this moment, Li Qi’s senses were all obscured, and the connection between his mind and body had been usurped by the Demon of the Five Aggregates.

This was the power of the Five Aggregates Devil. If the Five Aggregates Devil was the mind itself, the thought entity, then the Five Aggregates Devil controlled the bridge between the mind and matter.

In any case, for the mind to issue commands to control the real world, a bridge is needed. For ordinary people, the bridge is the ‘five aggregates’; for high-grade Cultivators, they build their own bridges.

But the Five Aggregates Devil specializes in this.

However…

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