Chapter 234 - Forbid Life, All Beings Connected

Moon Fairy's entire being shuddered as he looked up and asked, "Demon Emperor, what are you talking about?"

The Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor shook his head. "I can feel it, your heart is cold as ice."

"What?" Moon Fairy was taken aback.

"Relatives passed away, millions of demons perished, but in your heart, there's no real pain. All your reasoning, it's all a setup..." Forbidden Fate's eyes, set in a mountain of flesh and blood, trembled as they looked at Moon Fairy. "A heart can't be deceived. Humans have human hearts, demons have demon hearts. You don't grieve for the suffering of the Demon Continent. No matter how elaborate the disguise, without a demon's heart, it will eventually be exposed!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Moon Fairy gritted his teeth, looking up at him. "I'm ready to sacrifice everything for my clan, whether it's attacking the other four Immortal Empires or the Heavenly Realm, I'm ready to lead the charge!"

"No..." Sorrow and ferocity, along with boundless anger, emerged in Forbidden Fate's eyes, "From the beginning to the end, there's only been one traitor in the Demon Continent, and that's you! The sad thing is, I was deceived by you! It was I who killed Gu, Red Lotus, and Eclipse, it was all my doing..."

The 80 million-strong demon army, listening to this conversation, were completely baffled.

"What does that mean?"

"I have no idea!"

"Has Forbidden Fate gone mad? Why is he talking nonsense..."

All the demons stared blankly at Moon Fairy!

"You are a demon, why doesn't your heart side with demons?" Forbidden Fate seemed unable to comprehend this question.

"Is Moon Fairy really a traitor?"

"Why?"

"But the Violet Emperor indeed harbors ill intentions!"

The crowd of demons descended into chaos!

Amidst this turmoil, boundless rage surged in the heart of the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor! His eyes fixed on Moon Fairy, he roared with a thunderous fury, "With his blood, let's descend upon the Heavenly Realm and avenge our fallen demon kin!"

The demons caught on! They were still going to attack the Heavenly Realm! This resonated with some of them, so this group immediately believed Forbidden Fate and frenziedly prepared for slaughter!

Meanwhile, Moon Fairy found himself in a deadly crisis!

"No, this is all wrong!!!" At that moment, the silver-haired young man suddenly furrowed his brow, glaring intensely at Forbidden Fate. He declared with righteous anger, "Forbidden Fate! I know why you're framing me! The demise of one-third of the Demon Continent's demons, along with the recent fall of the Violet Sky immortal Army and 20 million of our kin, has given you, a corpse demon, a taste of unlimited power! You know full well the Heavenly Realm is a meat grinder for our demon kind. Yet, you insist on sending them to their deaths! You simply want the human and demon races to slaughter each other, to reap countless deaths for your own strength, turning this world into a domain solely for yourself! You only care for yourself, you are the true traitor of the demon race!"

These impassioned words, like a bucket of cold water, doused the cruel and hot-blooded fervor of every demon, chilling them to the core.

"What..." The demons instinctively turned towards Forbidden Fate. They saw him, his body piled with the corpses of familiar demons, countless resentful spirits swirling around him, howling in a frenzy as if cheering for a feast of death! His body resembled a vortex of death, ready to engulf all humans and demons.

"Is this his true intention?" Many demons were horrified.

"Don't listen to this sly fox's nonsense! Foxes are cunning and deceitful. He even dares to slander Forbidden Fate, a true act of audaciousness!"

"But what he says doesn’t seem false..."

The original Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor was not like this. This mountain of flesh and blood had already struck fear into many demons. With both demon and human bodies within it, could it still be considered a demon? Or had it transcended demonhood, becoming some other monster?

Moon Fairy's words merely exposed the underlying fear many demons harbored towards this corpse demon, sparking chaos! A peculiar phenomenon arose! The bird, beast, and other animal demons all started growing restless. The more they feared Forbidden Fate, the more they sided with Moon Fairy!

The rest, a motley crew of bizarre and strange demons, fervently supported Forbidden Fate, their eyes filled with nothing but bloodlust and vengeance!

BOOM!

As the demons argued, Forbidden Fate stopped speaking. Yet, his body began to tremble violently, with angry demon and human faces, twisted and hollow-eyed, crowding his surface, all facing towards Moon Fairy!

"Eclipse, he met his end like this, didn't he? I have wronged him! Woe is me..." Forbidden Fate wept bitterly, as if reliving the unspeakable agony that the Eclipse Demon Emperor faced in his final moments. The weeping was ghostly, eerie, and downright twisted!

BOOM!

The Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor made his move!

The crowd of demons trembled in their hearts! Regardless of their allegiance, they scattered thunderously, daring not to interfere. Forbidden Fate's only target was Moon Fairy!

The mountain of flesh and blood extended countless tentacles made of arms and beast limbs, like a hundred thousand whips, lashing towards Moon Fairy. Each tentacle was dense with demonic energy and the stench of blood!

"Die! Die!" Countless mouths on the flesh mountain roared in unison. Its murderous intent, formed by the collective will of over 100 million demons, poured down upon Moon Fairy!

The demons watched helplessly as the present and future of the Demon Continent clashed at the gates of the Heavenly Realm, powerless to intervene.

"Dammit..." Moon Fairy, having just shifted suspicion onto Forbidden Fate instead, hadn't expected this corpse demon to go berserk!

"Forbidden Fate! There's no end to suffering, turn back to the shore!" Moon Fairy could only use his frail body to hold it off, buying time for the armies of the other four Immortal Empires!

Yun Xiao was not ready to lose his body double yet!

"Listen to me! We can go to the other four Immortal Empires, you can still kill and grow stronger, why rush this moment?" As Moon Fairy valiantly intercepted Forbidden Fate , in the eyes of some demons, he was still one of their own...

BUZZ!

Moon Fairy transformed into a Three-Tailed Demon Fox, dodging the storm of a hundred thousand tentacles with incredible speed, narrowly escaping death multiple times!

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Those hundred thousand tentacles, having already absorbed some living demons, showed no restraint. When they accidentally struck the demon crowd, bodies and blood flew everywhere, tearing demons apart, their remains sticking to the flesh mountain!

"Forbidden! Stop! Don't harm the innocent!" the Three-Tailed Demon Fox cried in anguish.

"DIE!" The flesh mountain seemed deaf to his pleas. Truth be told, that corpse demon did possess some of the characteristics Moon Fairy accused it of, and that was a desire to devour everything! Now, it was using rationality to control its body. Once that rationality was consumed by desire, it became a merciless monster, a creator of death and corpses!

Moon Fairy's accusations against it weren't without reason!

SPLATTER SPLATTER SPLATTER!

A hundred thousand tentacles swept through, and even the slightest brush resulted in over a hundred thousand demons maimed and instantly wiped out by Forbidden Fate!

"Forbidden Fate has truly gone mad!"

"He's killing us at will, clearly disregarding our lives!"

"Moon Fairy was right! He wants us to march into the Primordial Array, turning into corpses to fuel his own growth!"

"It's a monster! Not a demon anymore..."

Many demons were in despair!

It was supposed to be the Demon Continent crushing the Divine Continent. They originally had five Demon Emperors, 108 Demon Saints, and a 100 million-strong demon army. How did it come to this?

Four Demon Emperors, the Demon Saints, and the young demon prodigies had all perished. Now, the strongest Demon Emperor had turned into a heartless monster of blood and flesh!

The fervent battle spirit ignited by defeating the Violet Sky Immortal Army turned cold, various opinions disrupting the morale.

"Forbidden Fate! Wake up, show us demons a way to survive!" Moon Fairy's eyes blazed as he dodged perilously. "Or was it your plan all along to destroy everything for your own gain?!"

BANG!

The tentacles formed a giant net, enveloping the sky above, pressing down with countless crimson flames of blood!

BOOM!

The Three-Tailed Demon Fox, with the power of Desolation, shattered the net. Yet, he couldn't fend off the multitude of tentacles lashing at him!

Forbidden Fate's strength was formidable. Even Moon Fairy's Divine Desolation Physique couldn't endure those strikes. He was covered in bloody wounds.

Moon Fairy wished to rally all the demons to his cause. But as he looked around, he saw only confusion, worry, and numbness in the eyes of the demon army. They weren't continuing their assault on the Heavenly Realm, and that was already a mercy! Changing the entire demon army's resolve with just a few words was indeed impossible.

"I can only do my best and leave the rest to fate! If worse comes to worst, I'll abandon this body double..." Moon Fairy's expression was stern and resolute! He darted through the air, charging towards the face of the flesh mountain, his claws fiercely tearing through!

BOOM!

The face of Forbidden Fate exploded on the spot, spewing a deluge of corpse blood, and the massive mountain of flesh and blood reeled backward!

"Moon Fairy is formidable!" As numerous demons stood in awe, Forbidden Fate's shattered face swiftly reformed. Its body, vast and boundless, lacked a true core, rendering it unkillable. As long as resentment lingered, it existed! In an era of war, with corpses and hatred abound, it was a living nightmare!

"Moon Fairy, are you so agitated because the Primordial Array is indeed broken?" the head of the Violet Emperor at the brow of the flesh mountain spoke eerily.

Moon Fairy didn't respond but instead crushed the Violet Emperor's head with a swipe!

"Hee hee hee..." Another skinless head of the Violet Emperor emerged, laughing at Moon Fairy. "Perfect, you're scared, which means you're finished."

BAM!

Moon Fairy crushed it again with a swift claw! And yet, another Violet Emperor head appeared.

"You're not wrong," it said softly, "I don't just want humans to perish, but demons too. Forbidden Fate means forbidding life itself! I long for all beings to become corpses, parts of my body. That way, all beings and I will be connected, no longer alone, hee hee hee."

These words were meant for Moon Fairy's ears only, not for other demons to hear.

Moon Fairy watched in silence, and after a while, he spoke heavily, "When you lose your supporters, lose your friends, your existence loses its meaning, and extinction will be your only fate."

"Really? I'm looking forward to it!" Forbidden Fate sneered. "You, a fascinating little fox. My rise begins with your flesh and blood, hee hee hee..."

Laughing, the flesh mountain transformed drastically, its face ripping apart into a gigantic maw. Swirling with a mist of blood, it engulfed the Three-Tailed Demon Fox in an instant!