Chapter 900: Pangu is in the Future (1/2)

“Asura?” Lu Yun’s forehead scrunched slightly.

“My dear martial uncle! Don’t you make the mistake of thinking that Asura is easy to handle. Luo Houluo was born in the world of celestials and the ancestor of all heavenly demons. Darkriver was born in the netherdark and forefather of all earthly demons. With heaven and earth coming together in one body, he's already received the approval of the world. If you can’t obtain control of the celestial court and grasp the three realms, you’ll actually be less than him.”

Daoist Yuyu continued gravely, “He's gone on an endless feast of connate demon gods at the moment, and his strength increases every time he eats one. Dijiang’s in his stomach as well.”

“No wonder I couldn't figure out where Dijiang is, so he's become food for Asura.” Lu Yun frowned even more ferociously.

Asura would be quartered and suppressed in the future, but that would only destroy part of his soul. He would still create the four terrible blood demons and incite a war between heaven and earth. The blood demon that he himself would turn into in the future was being kept in Lu Yun’s Rearbow even as they spoke.

“You’ll be able to rival the current Asura and restrict his growth only after you possess the power of the three realms. Otherwise, even if you somehow manage to defeat him, that won't stop him from continuously growing stronger. If that's the case, there’ll come one day when he is the strongest existence beneath the heavens and destroys everything he sees,” Daoist Yuyu sighed.

“Umm… I have a question. Why does he want to destroy everything?” Lu Yun smiled wryly.

All this talk of destroying heaven and earth, but what good would it do for Asura to do so? What, would it give him a sense of satisfaction to reduce the realm into the chaos and leave him the only being in existence?

Daoist Yuyu stared blankly when he heard the question and scratched his head, dumbfounded.

“This is what my master’s told me… I don't know why he wants to destroy everything either. But the will emanating from his being really is one suffused with the desire for destruction and annihilation.”

“Why doesn’t fellow daoist Hongjun put down Asura himself?”

Daoist Yuyu’s face spasmed fiercely when he heard the words “fellow daoist Hongjun”.

“My master has entered the heavenly dao to observe its future, he doesn't have the effort and time to spare. Besides, my master’s primary body is suppressing the outer realm and keeping the realm monsters out of the world of celestials. It's only a minor replica of his that walks the great wilderness, which doesn’t have the strength to fight Asura.”

“I see.” Lu Yun nodded, finally having a complete picture of things.

That even Pangu had fallen in battle to those creatures was testament to the horrifying strength of the realm monsters. Taiyi’s celestial court had been similarly outmatched, but he’d traded his life to halt the realm monsters outside the cosmos and arranged for his celestial army to stand guard in the stars.

What it ultimately came down to was Hongjun acting as a deterrent in the skies of the world of celestials, suppressing the strongest existence amongst the realm monsters. That was what had bought some breathing space for the planet of the great wilderness.

“Asura is terrifying… the realm monsters even more so… but so is the great wilderness equally as strong. Why do Fuxi and the others look to the future for help instead?” asked a baffled Lu Yun.

“Indeed, Asura is terrifying and the realm monsters even more so, so why do they think that the future is the key?” Daoist Yuyu shook his head. “I’ve asked my master the same question before, and the answer he gave me was…”

“Was what?” Lu Yun quickly followed up.

“From whence do the realm monsters come from, and why are they born?” Daoist Yuyu shook his head.

Lu Yun shook, comprehension clearing up his thoughts.

“My master and the other two creators have never viewed realm monsters as our enemies. The biggest enemy of the great wilderness isn't them, but whatever resides in the chaos that transforms dead worlds into them. If we can’t root that out, then it's only a matter of time before the great wilderness becomes a realm monster as well.