This concerns the question of whether someone is truly dead or not!
It can only be said that Shenni was not completely dead, but Hongjun Daozu, and even the other four Chaos Demon Gods, unanimously believed that Shenni's primordial spirit had been annihilated and was completely dead!
This is a difference in perception!
If it were a cultivator at the Half-step Great Dao realm, and Pangu were still alive, it would be a trivial matter to see that Shenni had not truly perished. However, in the perception of Hongjun and the other demon gods, Shenni had long since died completely!
Sometimes, different cultivation levels lead to different perspectives on things.
And Shenni, unfortunately...
Although Fang Ming's current cultivation is at most comparable to the early stage of Hunyuan Wuji, inferior to Hongjun, and even more so to the peak of Hunyuan Wuji like the Five Elements Demon Gods, he possesses the Karma Ring, this top-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure specifically designed for this purpose...
The fact that Shenni faked his death has already been exposed!
And being exposed means that Shenni's life and death are now within Fang Ming's control!
At this time, it is still the Witch-Demon Era, not the Age of Dharma Decline. For Shenni to have the peak Hunyuan Wuji strength of the Age of Dharma Decline is simply wishful thinking...
Having been shortchanged by two hundred billion years, at this time, Shenni's strength aside, whether he possesses sentience is still unknown!
"Karma Thread - Appear!"
Fang Ming activated the Karma Ring, and the boundless karma directly guided Fang Ming to a remote corner of the Endless Abyss.
Then, amidst a large mass of karma, he discovered a trace of Shenni.
It was only with the help of the Karma Ring that this trace could be discovered.
"Shenni's damaged Dao Fruit?"
Fang Ming carefully perceived the difference between this mass of karma and other karmas, and quickly found the distinguishing point. With immense magical power, he forced Shenni's damaged Dao Fruit to appear.
This Dao Fruit, like a punctured balloon, was leaking air everywhere, seemingly on the verge of complete destruction at any moment.
But in reality, while the large mass of karma was destroying the Dao Fruit, it was also absorbing some of its essence. The two had actually reached a balance!
Under Fang Ming's divine sense probe, he quickly discovered that within this damaged Dao Fruit, a trace of Shenni's primordial spirit core remained.
This trace of primordial spirit core residue was the reason why Shenni could truly revive and return in the Age of Dharma Decline.
Without this trace of primordial spirit core residue, even a complete Dao Fruit would be a dead object, becoming a rare heavenly treasure and cultivation resource, not a means of return.
Like Pangu, he was already completely dead.
"This trace of primordial spirit core residue is assimilating with karma..."
Fang Ming naturally sensed this.
Shenni, who was thrown into the Endless Abyss and suppressed by the five Chaos Demon Gods.
Originally, according to the estimation of the five Chaos Demon Gods, he should have been annihilated by karma.
But for some unknown reason, perhaps a moment of enlightenment in the face of death, Shenni actually managed to transform the karma that was wearing him down into his own!
Although his primordial spirit was ground down to a mere wisp of consciousness, temporarily losing sentience and falling into an unconscious state.
Although his Dao Fruit was damaged to the extreme.
Although the physical body of the Fierce Beast Emperor and his magical power had long since been reduced to zero by karma.
But according to Fang Ming's calculations, Shenni had a high probability of refining karma and transforming his existence into a state of karma.
However, this would at least require him to go through the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, the Journey to the West tribulation, and the Age of Dharma Decline tribulation to complete...
In the Age of Dharma Decline, Shenni possessed peak Hunyuan Wuji strength, and even with the help of the entire Human Race Heavenly Court's power, Fang Ming would not be his match.
In the Journey to the West tribulation, Shenni might not even have the strength of early Hunyuan Wuji.
In the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, Shenni might not have the cultivation of Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal.
In the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Shenni might have just awakened his sentience, using the karma here to reassemble his Fierce Beast body, repair his primordial spirit and Dao Fruit, and begin his cultivation path anew...
And at this time, Shenni in the Witch-Demon Era – had not even awakened his sentience, existing in a state of utter confusion...
In this state, Shenni could actually be easily killed by any cultivator at the Sub-Sage realm, or even Quasi-Saint realm, who was not afraid of karma and dared to venture deep into the Endless Abyss, causing him to perish completely.
As for Fang Ming...
Fang Ming extended a finger and pinched the wisp of primordial spirit consciousness within Shenni's damaged Dao Fruit!
Shenni's sentience had not yet awakened, and faced with such a life-or-death crisis, he had no power to resist!
Easily, Fang Ming annihilated the last trace of his life force.
A future threat to the Human Race has been eliminated!
And it was eliminated so simply!
Shenni, the former Chaos Demon God at the Hunyuan Wuji level, the master of the Fierce Beast Great Dao law...
In two hundred billion years, in the Age of Dharma Decline, he would become a peak Hunyuan Wuji expert, comparable to a Red Dust Immortal, vying for Pangu's Dao Fruit with Hongjun and other Chaos Demon Gods, using karma as his body, integrating the Fierce Beast law with karma.
He died so easily!
Killed by Fang Ming, in the Witch-Demon Era, he was eliminated!
Shenni, who had not yet embarked on the path of cultivation, and whose self-awareness had not even been revived, was so easily dealt with.
Fang Ming never needed to deal with the Shenni of the Age of Dharma Decline, whose strength was comparable to a Red Dust Immortal.
He only needed to deal with this wisp of primordial spirit core that had not even awakened its own sentience!
"The feeling of strangling is just so satisfying!"
Fang Ming took Shenni's damaged Dao Fruit.
Then he muttered to himself.
After being suppressed by the five Chaos Demon Gods, Shenni must have realized he was facing a life-or-death crisis, so he left behind a method to deceive the five Chaos Demon Gods, making them mistakenly believe Shenni was dead.
Then, before his primordial spirit was ground down to the point of losing consciousness, Shenni must have created a secret technique to transform his damaged Dao Fruit into something that could absorb and assimilate karma, in the hope of reviving later.
After Shenni completed all this, his self-awareness fell into dormancy, and he instinctively absorbed and assimilated karma.
Shenni had quite a few tricks up his sleeve.
In terms of revival methods, even when suppressed in the Endless Abyss, he created a viable method for revival before truly perishing.
In terms of life-saving methods during revival, and methods to avoid being disturbed by other cultivators, if not for the Karma Ring, Fang Ming would not have been able to find Shenni's trace even if he came here, and thus would not have been able to deal with him and kill him...
It is a pity that there are no "ifs" in this world.
Due to the combination of multiple factors, Shenni died so easily. Without even self-awareness, he wouldn't even know how he died.
His revival plan died in the cradle.
"A future threat has been dealt with."