The Prodigies War

A subtle coldness surfaced in Lin Xun's eyes. He took a step, instantly appearing above the mountain range, his gaze sweeping down.

In that instant, the tens of thousands of lesser demons scattered throughout the mountains, who were either devouring meat and wine or cooking human flesh, all silently turned to ashes. These remnants subsequently scattered across the ground. The lingering stench of blood in the void vanished instantly.

"Who?!"

A furious shout erupted from a palace atop a mountain peak, followed by the emergence of a colossal, thousand-foot-tall, blood-red demonic figure. It possessed nine enormous lion heads, each as large as a house, while its body was humanoid. It was covered in fiery red fur and cascaded with crimson light. Its aura was terrifyingly powerful.

This nine-headed lion demon was no weaker than a Greater Boundless Eternal!

"An Immeasurable Realm cultivator among the human race!" The nine-headed lion demon was stunned, seemingly incredulous.

Suddenly, a chilling voice rang out, tinged with surprise, "This is a rare and unparalleled elixir!"

A black cloud churned, and a massive azure serpent appeared out of thin air, its brown pupils gleaming with a cold, cruel light. The azure serpent's enormous body resembled a continuous mountain range, covered in a strange and unpredictable law power.

"To be able to cultivate to the Immeasurable Realm means that this human is probably no ordinary being. Brothers, be careful." A gigantic skeletal bird swooped in, its massive body easily ten thousand feet long. Its pupils burned with emerald flames.

The appearance of these three Greater Boundless demons caused the heavens and earth to tremble, and the wind and clouds to shift. Their ferocity was terrifying. Their gazes towards Lin Xun were filled with solemnity and fervent desire. It was as if a peerless elixir had come knocking on their door...they could hardly believe it!

Originally, Lin Xun had a bellyful of questions to ask. Now, suddenly, he didn't want to say anything. His anger was sky high; he needed to kill them!

Lin Xun raised his eyes, his gaze falling on the nine-headed lion demon that had appeared first. In that instant, the nine-headed lion demon felt a sudden, inexplicable panic, sensing a deadly threat approaching. It let out a deafening roar, attacking without hesitation. Its nine heads, each as large as a house, opened their maws, spewing forth countless streams of light that enveloped Lin Xun.

"Go!"

Lin Xun flicked his fingers, and a sword aura rose across the sky. In that instant, it was as if the most brilliant edge in the world had suddenly appeared, dimming the heavens and earth, eclipsing all things. It shattered the nine-headed lion demon's composure in an instant.

Pfft pfft pfft!

Its nine heads flew through the air, blood splattering like a waterfall. In the blink of an eye, its body and heads turned to ash, vanishing completely. One sword strike had slain the nine-headed lion demon! That terrifying fact horrified both the azure serpent and the giant skeletal bird. Without hesitation, they turned and fled.

Boom!

Each of them unleashed a gust of demonic wind, tearing through the void as they fled with all their might.

However, the azure serpent's mountain-like body began to crumble piece by piece, as if it had been chopped to pieces by a sharp blade. Its screams were cut short as soon as they began. Almost simultaneously, the giant skeletal bird was gripped tightly by a giant hand and instantly crushed with bone dust scattering everywhere.

Three Greater Boundless demons had been annihilated by Lin Xun in the blink of an eye, as if they were made of paper! Upon looking back at the mountains, he saw that the surviving demons were all frozen in place, clearly terrified.

Lin Xun showed no mercy. With a flick of his sleeve, endless dao light, like a rain of swords, densely covered the mountains, slaughtering the demons on the spot, leaving no survivors. Having done all this, he felt somewhat better. However, when his gaze fell upon the tens of thousands of humans imprisoned like livestock, he was stunned.

Those people, regardless of age or gender, showed no joy or excitement at being saved. Instead, they all trembled, filled with fear and unease. Not a single one of them even considered escaping from their prison...

This sent a chill down Lin Xun's spine. He suddenly realized that for the humans of this zone, they had probably accepted from birth the fact that they were destined to be slaves, food, and medicinal elixirs. They had been tamed and subjugated to the core, possessing only sentience and intelligence, but were no different from domesticated livestock.

Even if he could save these people now, once he left, they were destined to become prey for those demons and monsters, at their mercy again. Unless...he could wipe out all the demons and monsters in this world. But...was that possible?

Lin Xun looked up at the sky. This was the Source of Evil Zone, and the Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws were already predetermined. Even if he could change them temporarily, he could never change the fate of humanity in this zone for generations to come!

Lin Xun murmured, “It seems the true Root of All Evil in this realm are these Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws...”

Taking a deep breath, he turned and left. He realized that when his own great dao could one day replace the Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws of this Source of Evil Zone, it would be equivalent to eliminating the Root of All Evil.

To achieve this, he needed to further understand everything about this world, sense its Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws, and thus find its primal chaos origin. Only then could he truly replace it with his own dao.

For the next period, Lin Xun traversed countless treacherous mountains and rivers, witnessing scenes of humans suffering within hell incarnate. He also entered many cities and kingdoms, places that were inhabited by various demonic civilizations. Their rules, regulations, and laws were all established by demons.

Humans living in these cities were utterly despised, worse than slaves, no different from livestock. Despite that, Lin Xun saw little resistance.

Even those humans who had embarked on the path of cultivation, when faced with danger, mostly resigned themselves to their fate. Lin Xun never saw a single human attempt to change this situation. Having witnessed all this, he felt the urge to act many times, but ultimately restrained himself.

One month.

Two months.

Three months.

Half a year later.

Lin Xun appeared in a void.

"From this day forward, I, Lin Xun, shall define this zone."

With these murmured words, an incomparably powerful aura suddenly surged from his towering figure, soaring upwards and reaching the depths of the clouds.

Boom!

The Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws belonging to this realm were instantly subjected to a tremendous impact, generating extremely violent fluctuations, and then began to collapse and crumble. At this moment, countless beings scattered throughout the Source of Evil Zone were alarmed, filled with fear and unease. In their vision, the heavens and earth trembled, the heavenly dao was being destroyed, as if the apocalypse was approaching, threatening to destroy the world.

Even the humans scattered throughout this realm were extremely panicked and terrified. Soon, a completely new set of Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws appeared, spreading out and enveloping the entire Source of Evil Zone in just a few breaths.

The creatures of the world, as if relieved, calmed down from their terror. It seemed as if everything had been a false alarm, and nothing had changed. However, the countless humans scattered throughout the world felt an unprecedented power, as if they had broken free of deeply ingrained shackles and the heavy marks of oppression.

A spark of inspiration ignited in everyone's heart. It was the seed of resistance, the will to fight, the desire to defy submission, the yearning to change their circumstances! The strong could thrive forever.

Sooner or later, humanity would rise above this world, resist the forces of heaven and earth, sweep away the demons and monsters that have ravaged it, and never again suffer from the humiliation of enslavement and the torment of being slaughtered! This was the great dao that Lin Xun had ordained.

If he so desired, he could use his own mastery of the Heavenly Cycle Dao Laws and wipe out all the demons and monsters of this zone in one fell swoop. He could even unleash divine punishment, trampling all demons under the feet of humanity.

However, Lin Xun didn't do that. Even without demons, humanity would still face other perils. By crushing the demons now, there was a possibility of the resurgence of another evil sooner or later.

Ultimately, the ‘evil’ of the Source of Evil Zone didn’t lay in the power of the demons, nor in the weakness of humanity. It lay in whether humanity had the will to fight against the ‘evil’ born from this realm!

Admittedly, he could now establish his rule and turn the tide, changing everything in this zone. However, when he left, the primal chaos origin of this Source of Evil Zone was destined to once again dominate this world.

At that time, everything would return to the past. Only by truly awakening the fighting spirit within humanity, making humanity strong enough, could they forever escape enslavement!

In Lin Xun's view, what made humanity ‘human’ was its spirit of resistance and self-reliance when oppressed. Without this spirit and vitality, what was humanity?

What he was doing now was preserving the seeds of humanity. In the years to come, as humanity rose and morality flourished, generations of humans would be able to fearlessly confront the ‘evil’ of this Source of Evil Zone, thus ensuring their continued existence with dignity.

"The Source of Evil, the Root of All Evil. Only by knowing the existence of evil can one know the preciousness of good."

Lin Xun pondered this silently while in the sky. The evils encountered by cultivators of different races upon entering this Source of Evil Zone were different. Undoubtedly, this was influenced by the primal chaos origin of the Source of Evil Zone.

The so-called destroying the Root of All Evil was not about annihilating those who committed evil, but about instilling in all living beings the will and consciousness to fight against evil. This was the key to the continued existence of all living beings.

Furthermore, this was only within the Source of Evil Zone. In the external world, so-called ‘evil’ was as omnipresent as ‘good’ in people's hearts. Between cultivators and ordinary people, good and evil existed, making them difficult to distinguish.

A cultivator of demonic arts was not necessarily evil, nor was a cultivator of Buddhism necessarily good. As long as these sentient beings lived, they were destined to experience good and evil, right and wrong, black and white. All of this was a part of life. Even the most powerful being could not sweep away all the evil in the world, nor could they make all living beings inherently good.

In short, what was good and evil, right and wrong, black and white depended on the perceptions and concepts possessed by each lifeform. What made each life different lay in their different perceptions and concepts.

In the eyes of cultivators, the difference in perceptions and concepts was the difference in the dao they sought; some could be tolerated, while others were irreconcilable...

After pondering alone under the heavens for a long time, Lin Xun's understanding of good and evil, right and wrong, black and white deepened.

He realized that the fundamental principles of this zone were not inherently malevolent, but rather that this great power involved the Principles of Good and Evil, Right and Wrong. By comprehending its profound meaning, someone could use these principles to punish evil and promote good, enabling all living beings and different races to clearly distinguish right from wrong!

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