Immortal Dao is dead, I am the mastermind behind it all.

Just after Zheng Quan uttered the six words "Six Hells Slaughtering Heaven Demon Lord".

Silence, a deathly silence.

All the monks of the Holy Court of Langya Prefecture froze, and the Nine Songs Seal on the back of their hands turned into tiny specks of light and dissipated.

Whenever I hear that phrase, my memory becomes hazy, and I can't remember anything.

Time Prison: Imprisoned Thoughts

Holding the sword, Gao Sheng seemed to have time paused, frozen in mid-air.

Black chains shattered the void and came down, binding the True Lord and the Demon Kings tightly.

"Your words have revealed my identity. If it weren't for my remaining supernatural powers, Cangwu Prefecture, Langya Prefecture, and Feiguang Prefecture would probably all be dead lands."

"Or is this your original intention, to kill trillions upon trillions of lives in these three states?"

The Six Hell Demon Lord's crimson eyes swept over the True Monarchs and Demon Kings whose time he had paused.

He stared at the disheveled Zheng Quan on the ground, his gaze piercing through the fog shrouding Zheng Quan's face to see his true appearance.

The Six Hell Demon Lord's expression turned strange.

"After my fall, did the subsequent generations of the Mountain and Sea finally establish the Cycle of Reincarnation?"

Zheng Quan felt a chill run down his spine.

They hurriedly knelt down, silent as cicadas in winter.

"That's right! Since the Holy Court came to power, the [Three Lives Forgetful River Immortal Lord] built the Bridge of Helplessness, allowing all the creatures of mountains and seas who perished in that great war to be reborn!"

Upon learning that his true identity had been exposed, Zheng Quan kowtowed repeatedly, his voice filled with fear and humility.

"Zheng Quan, a cultivator from the lower realm, used the sect's Heavenly Demon Divine Power to deceive the then immature Naihe Bridge, and cleverly became a reincarnated guest in the River of Oblivion, and was reborn eight thousand years ago."

Upon hearing this, the Six Hells Demon Lord stroked his chin, seemingly deep in thought.

"So it was you. I remember you."

He suddenly understood something and recognized the person in front of him.

"But Zheng Quan, you've really gotten old. It seems like the last time we met, you were a rising star in the sect's array formations, full of vigor and arrogance, even daring to challenge the prodigies of the Dayan Array Sect."

"How did you end up hiding your true colors and acting like this?"

The fog on Zheng Quan's face dissipated, revealing his true appearance: an elderly man with gray hair and beard.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Quan remained silent for a long time.

"My Lord Demon Lord, I was just testing you, and I have offended you. I deserve to die!"

"I never imagined that you, a mere cultivator, would return to the mountains and seas."

Zheng Quan kowtowed again, but this time, his tone was more composed.

"If the sect learns of this, they will surely come to welcome your return!"

Seeing Zheng Quan's change in attitude, the Six Hells Demon Lord smiled slightly.

"Indeed, you've become much wiser after experiencing the world."

"It was just a casual remark from me that you seized upon, recognizing that my current state is merely a manifestation of a lingering remnant, with not a trace of my memories remaining."

"Therefore, you will subconsciously overlook the fact that your ability to cross the Bridge of Helplessness and successfully reincarnate is because you betrayed your sect and became a lackey of the Holy Court."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Quan's pupils dilated dramatically, and he lowered his head even further.

Even with fragmented memories, he can deduce things from the current cause and effect traces and trace back to ancient times. What a terrifying fellow.

"Things from ancient times...this disciple is helpless to change them."

"That Xuanhuang Emperor is arrogant and unreasonable. All those who emerge from the twenty-one sects must be restrained, otherwise they will only end up with their souls scattered and being used as a warning to others."

"Many of my fellow disciples and fellow disciples joined the Holy Court and were forced into reincarnation. They also held back their memories of past lives and did not wash away their karmic retribution. To this day, they still harbor resentment towards the Xuanhuang Emperor."

"Now that you have returned, my lord, with your strength, as long as you extend an olive branch to the immortal lineages and wave your arm, there will naturally be lineages following you."

Zheng Quan carefully explained the pros and cons to the Six Hell Demon Lord.

Meanwhile, at the Demon Suppression Division of Langya Prefecture.

"We're doomed! It really is that person! We're doomed!"

The members of the demonic sect hiding in the shadows went completely mad.

Yun Shouzuo, standing to the side, remained calm and composed, sipping his tea leisurely.

"Zheng Quan, you actually dared to say that?"

"I'll be killed... I'll definitely be killed..."

"Chief Yun! I will not continue this conversation!"

He transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the void rift.

puff!

From within the spatial rift, a nine-fingered demonic hand grabbed him tightly and pulled him out of the chaotic void.

"Raise your arm and call upon them? Follow me?"

The towering, magical form held that demonic sect member in its palm as if he were a mustard seed.

"Zheng Quan, was your change in tone just now meant to imply that you are now a high-ranking official in the Holy Court, and that your near-Supreme Grandmaster level in Array Dao will still be of some use to me in my future ascension to the peak?"

"How ridiculous."

"When have I ever needed ants like you to follow me?"

A snap.

The Six Hells Demon Lord crushed the nameless member of the Demon Sect with a single hand.

Zheng Quan's face turned ashen; the Demon Lord was indeed not easily fooled.

Even if it's just that tiny, insignificant regret of His.

"Your Excellency possesses great supernatural powers, but I have truly spoken from the bottom of my heart, and there is absolutely no falsehood in my words."

"Right now, the great war between humans and demons rages on across the land. The high-ranking officials of the Holy Court of the Three Thousand Provinces and the Demon Emperors and Holy Monarchs of the Four Seas and Eight Desolations are all engaged in a battle of supernatural powers from afar. There are some matters that really don't need to trouble Your Excellency!"

Zheng Quan was sincere and humble.

"Alright, I also need a few demon servants to manage some affairs in the mortal world so that I can focus on cultivation when I return to the sect."

The Six Hells Demon Lord looked at Zheng Quan with a mocking expression.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Quan's face darkened.

Being turned into a demon slave, what's the difference between that and being dead?

After his last glimmer of hope vanished, he gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and a crown composed of thousands of array plates rapidly formed above his head.

Zheng Quan swallowed the Divine Descent Pill hidden under his tongue, and his aura suddenly changed, surging dramatically.

With the support of the formation, he actually temporarily reached the Tribulation Realm!

"The Divine Descent Pill? Ha, Zheng Quan, it seems you've made up your mind."

A black, broken sword was drawn from the void, and the Six Hells Demon Lord laughed.

"Is it worth it to try and stop a chariot with your bare hands?"

"It's just a gamble for a sliver of hope..."

The wrinkles on Zheng Quan's face gradually smoothed out, and he transformed back into the arrogant genius of array formations.

The light blue dress fluttered in the wind, billowing with the waves of the ocean.

"Disciple Zheng Quan humbly requests the Sect Master's guidance!"

His stern shout pierced the darkness and resounded through the sky.

"Come forth, Six Hells Demon Lord!"

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"Damn it, I can hear all of this?"

In Feiguang Prefecture, in a quiet room, Shen Moyan's vest was already soaked with cold sweat.

He wanted to shut down Luo Changting's six senses firefly consciousness sharing, but found that he couldn't turn it off no matter what he did.

That perspective from the Demon Lord is still constantly in my mind.

"That Demon Lord must know of my existence, but he doesn't take me seriously."

What arrogance! He was so confident that every blade of grass, every tree, and every living being in the three continents was in his grasp.

[Six Hells Demon Lord] was an existence comparable to [Nine Songs Immortal Lord].

It seems this time, things have really gone too far.

Shen Moyan subconsciously wanted to write a final piece.

The death-exemption token in his hand was radiating light, blocking the divine power of the Six Hell Demon Lord for Shen Moyan.

"No rush, let's observe further. It seems Zheng Quan has another plan..."

"Return the gold medal to Jiang Qingshui? Summon the Nine Songs Immortal Lord? No... Langya Prefecture is completely under the control of that Demon Lord."

"If I were to lose my immunity right now, I'm afraid I would also be affected by the Demon Lord's divine powers..."

Shen Moyan pondered the cause and effect, calmly searching for a way out of the predicament.

Why didn't the Six Hells Demon Lord control Luo Changting's body to fight against the True Monarchs immediately, but instead only revealed his consciousness after obtaining the Dao Fruit?

"What a pity! He's just a pity now!"

"The connection to the Nascent Soul Dao Fruit still exists."

"...The Dao Fruit of Nascent Soul...that's right!"

"It's the Dao Fruit of the Nascent Soul stage!"

Shen Moyan suddenly realized.

This is the biggest flaw!

The Dao Fruit of Transformation was not completely refined, and its connection with the Great Array for Refining the Spirit of All Beings remains!

As long as I graft the Reverse Array Plate onto it, the Six Hell Demon Lord, who is a remnant of the Dao, will suffer the backlash of the Dao Fruit!

"The firefly's perspective is still intact, indicating that the body it currently occupies is merely Luo Changting's! No qualitative change has occurred!"

With this in mind, Shen Moyan quickly connected with the consciousness of the paper figure.

"The paper figure can still move..."

He remotely controlled five clones, which had already arrived at Kuafu's face.

Chaoyang Lake, Night Moon Lake, Yin-Yang Cave, and Twin Confucius Hills.

"Very good, the array plate is in place."

"Let's turn the tide!"

"open!"

Meanwhile, in Langya Prefecture, a rubbing of the stele commemorating the Dao was made.

Directly below the stone tablet, the figure in heavy black armor, sitting like an ancient rock and bearing the marks of time, trembled.

The keeper of the monument, whose eyes had been tightly closed, suddenly opened them.