Man covers the sky and conquers all worlds

Chapter 231 The Emperor of Ten Thousand Demons (Part 2)

"Second rank... I guess so."

Li Ming nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

The relic in his hand, which seemed to be integrated into the universe and represented a part of the laws governing the universe, vanished into nothingness.

Just then, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, already severely injured, also experienced a rapid decline in its aura.

He went from barely being able to reach the first rank to eventually falling and stagnating at the high-level second rank.

"Second rank..."

The nine-tailed celestial fox parted her red lips slightly, revealing an indescribable bitterness.

Now, she has returned to the second rank, the high-level second rank.

However, his second-grade realm is quite different from Li Ming's second-grade realm.

When he reached the peak of the third rank, he was able to kill the Gara Tree and force back the Glazed Tree.

At this moment, even with all her might, she could probably only withstand a few casual blows from the Gara tree.

That is the difference between the two.

That wasn't the end of it; what frustrated her the most was...

In order to reach the first-grade realm, she almost exhausted the resources and backup plans left by the former Queen of Ten Thousand Demons and the monk Shenshu.

However, she was still in the weakened stage of entering the first rank when she was discovered by the Buddhists and almost lost her life.

Of course, what she didn't know was that without the existence of Dawn...

As originally planned, she would have to pay a heavy price to escape alone this time.

At that time, not only will his cultivation level drop even more drastically than it has now, but he will almost reach the early stage of the third rank.

Even several third-rank extraordinary demons among his demon race, as well as countless elite demons in this City of Ten Thousand Demons, will be completely defeated here.

But what amazed him the most was Li Ming's terrifying strength in defeating a first-rank person while only being a third-rank individual.

As far as she knew, even her biological father, the monk Shenshu, couldn't achieve this level of strength at that time.

The setting sun on the horizon was like blood, and a fierce wind howled above the dome.

The Demon King's eyes flickered, his gaze settling on Dawn, whose aura was surging rapidly. A somewhat absurd thought popped into his head.

"Could it be... that he really is an ancient, supreme cultivator who has been reborn? But... why have I never heard of him before? As for... the ancient human emperor..."

Judging from Dawn's current performance, the only possibility is that he needs to be upgraded to a higher level.

After all, the gap between the nine ranks of realms widens as you progress.

Especially upon reaching the third rank of the extraordinary realm, and beyond, each level is a new watershed.

Even her powerful father, the monk Shenshu who possessed the bloodline of the Asura King and was born from a fragment of the Buddha's soul, could not save her.

Even at this level, it is impossible to reach this level.

However, as a descendant of an ancient supreme god and demon, her inherited memories are engraved with major events bearing the imprints of all previous Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes.

Other races may have lost their lineage, but it is unlikely that they, with their small population, would.

The emergence of a super-quality product is highly likely to be documented.

But at this moment, she searched through every possibility in the inherited memories, yet still found nothing.

Of course, there is also the possibility that when Dawn's original form entered the Super Grade, that generation of Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox had just not yet grown up.

However, this possibility is ultimately too small.

After all, as descendants of a supreme god and demon, every Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox who becomes the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons possesses strength of at least the third rank.

"That's all..."

In the blink of an eye, many thoughts raced through the mind of this Demon King, and in the end, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Then, gazing intently at the dawn, she said earnestly,

"If it weren't for you this time, even I would not have survived unscathed. From now on, as long as you do not infringe upon the core interests of my demon race, my demon race is willing to follow your lead."

"Are you willing to make the demon race a vassal of the human race?"

Li Ming gazed thoughtfully at the ruler of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, his face revealing no extraneous emotions.

"vassal……"

The nine-tailed celestial fox chewed over these two words, a hint of hesitation flashing deep within its pale purple pupils.

But after a moment, she nodded emphatically.
"No matter what, we must at least ensure that our demon race has a place to live in the southern borderlands."

Her statement was extremely vague, and it was also a tentative investment.

The term "southern border region" is a conceptual term, and can be either large or small.

To put it more simply, it refers to the area currently occupied by the demon race.

On a larger scale, that would be the territory occupied by the demon race at its peak.

This includes the areas occupied by the Buddhist sect, the Wu tribe, the barbarian tribe, and the Da Feng at this time.

Among them was even an extremely powerful Gu clan.

As Li Ming refined the relic containing the two major fruits of the Gara tree, he glanced at her indifferently.
"Except for the areas belonging to the Gu Clan and the Great Feng, all other lands belong to your demon race!"

He saw through her trick in one sentence.

High in the heavens, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox never expected that Dawn, having seen through her, would also make such a great concession, bowing to her in front of countless demons.
"Thank you for the Emperor's gift!"

Whoosh!

The setting sun sank into darkness on the horizon, and the evening breeze, carrying a hint of chill, swept over the mountains and valleys.

Amidst the ruins of the Demon King's City, countless demons witnessed this scene, and some nearly choked up and burst into tears.

"The Queen..."

"Lord..."

"It's all our fault for being too weak; we can only rely on the king to beg for mercy from others!"

The demon elites who had faced the endless Buddhist army and remained unmoved even after losing one relative or friend after another.

Now, however, I feel deeply saddened.

That is their Lord of Ten Thousand Demons, a descendant of a supreme god and demon, the only surviving nine-tailed celestial fox.

Yet it still bowed its head to this human!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the nine-tailed celestial fox made an even more shocking decision.

"From this day forward, the Human Emperor is not only the Human Emperor of the human race, but also the Demon Emperor of my demon race. All demons shall regard him as they regard me. Do any of you have any objections?"

The sound was vast and resounding, like waves on water, creating tangible ripples in the air and instantly spreading over a radius of hundreds of miles.

In that instant, even the lower-ranking demons who were unable to see what had just happened heard it clearly.

boom!
The demons, who were exhausted after a great battle, suddenly became excited.

Respect a human as the Demon Emperor!

This is something that has never happened before in history!
Although five hundred years ago, the demon race bowed down to Buddhism.

But I base my belief on the fact that Buddhism has eight first-rank Bodhisattvas, eighteen second-rank Arhats, and countless third-rank Vajras...

Even on the basis of that supreme Buddha!
How can that be the same? "Your Majesty! I..."

A super-grade white tiger, its fur stained red with blood, slowly raised its head. Before it could finish speaking, it was silenced by the sharp gaze of the nine-tailed celestial fox.

hum!
The aura of a second-rank great demon spread out, and the countless demons scattered in the ruins immediately fell silent.

objection……

One of them is the only second-rank demon in their demon race, and also the direct descendant of the former king, the spiritual totem of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom.

One of them was a second-rank martial artist who crushed a first-rank Gara Tree Bodhisattva with a single punch in front of countless demons!
Do they... still have the right to object?
"Then let's disperse!"

After suppressing all the rebels, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox lowered its phoenix eyes slightly.

This stunningly beautiful enchantress finally revealed a hint of weariness.

From birth, she has been burdened with the heavy responsibility of restoring the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, which has been exhausting for her.

She knew that these people, currently intimidated by his power, had no choice but to agree.

They might go back on their word afterward.

But she was very confident that, under his own iron-fisted methods, all of this would eventually change.

Despite the resistance from many demons, she didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons at this time was not comparable to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons at its peak five hundred years ago.

Even if all the land were given to it, it wouldn't have enough people to occupy it.

As for submitting to the dawn...

Five hundred years ago, even at its peak, the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons still had to bow down to the powerful Buddhist sect, willing to submit and form an alliance.

If it weren't for the fact that the Buddha was sealed away, fearing that the demon race would grow too powerful and subsequently break the alliance, he would have taken drastic action.

The demon race has now likely become the most powerful force within Buddhism.

Now the power of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is in decline, and even he has fallen from the first rank to the second rank.

As long as the demon race can be preserved, or even brought about a turning point for the demon race, what does it matter if we submit to the dawn?

Moreover... at this time, it was dawn, and although his personal strength was formidable.

However, compared to the many forces in this world, it still seems somewhat weak.

Judging from its current actions, this nine-tailed celestial fox deduces that in the future, it will likely become the supreme ruler of the human race.

Just like the current Great Feng Dynasty's founding emperor and the Wuzong Emperor who led the Fengtian Rebellion.

With unparalleled strength at the first rank, gather the human destiny of the Nine Provinces, and become the true ruler of the Nine Provinces!

Of course, in her opinion, if Li Ming continues to walk the path of a martial artist, his future might be able to go beyond the first rank and even reach the level of a half-step martial god!

At this time, Dawn was alone and weak, and needed the help of others to gather initial strength.

As long as they can catch this wave, the rise of the demon race is just around the corner.

If one day, she could use the dawn to release her biological father from the Buddha's seal.

Perhaps the demons under my command can also stand on equal footing with them... who knows!
On the other side of the sky, dawn silently watched all of this.

Having a thorough understanding of the demon race, he could naturally guess the thoughts of the self-proclaimed Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

But he didn't care, he simply glanced calmly at the nine-tailed celestial fox's exquisite face.

"Please find me a few more scrolls of the Wu tribe's teachings. In a month... I will help you take over the Buddhist lands in the southern borderlands."

"So good!"

The nine-tailed celestial fox's eyes sparkled.

With the Buddhist sect's territory in the southern borderlands, she became more persuasive and able to strengthen her control over the demon race.

As for the magic of the witch clan... if all else fails, she will personally take action to obtain it!

Before she could make any further moves, Li Ming's figure had already disappeared into the depths of the void.

In the void, Li Ming could travel a hundred miles in a single thought. At this moment, above his mind's sea, the light waves on the Myriad Dao Diagram of the Heavens flowed, then transformed into a line of Dao patterns:
[Transformed into a first-grade Bodhisattva (first-grade Vajra) fruition, transformed into a Garuda tree relic, lost 780,000 in spiritual power...]

"Seven hundred and eighty thousand... If we add the Dao power gained when killing the Gara Tree, it's easily a million!"

Li Ming's eyes twitched slightly.

Nearly a million units of Dao power is still a considerable amount for him at this moment.

This is roughly equivalent to all the gains he made during his first visit to the Dragon and Serpent World.

This is an absolutely amazing discovery!

This is because it is merely the result of completely annihilating a first-grade expert.

Of course, this may also be because the fruit he has attained contains some of the Buddha's rule imprint.

Even so, the gains were still considerable.

It should be noted that in the Great Feng world today, even though the Battle of Tianmen was countless years ago, a long time has passed.

However, two supreme-grade gods and demons still remain!
And several other post-natal super-grade products.

If he could kill them all and obtain the spiritual essence they left behind, the Dao power he gained would at least exceed all that he had obtained in the Nine Cauldrons World.

Of course, Dawn will not forget that the supreme gods and demons of ancient times were the manifestations of the great laws and rules at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

Since the Battle of Tianmen, the spiritual essence contained in the vast majority of super-grade gods and demons has been reclaimed by Tianmen.

Therefore... the true source of this land's boundless spiritual energy is the Heavenly Dao!

Only the Heavenly Dao, which gathers the vast majority of spiritual essence, is qualified to be compared to the three heavens of the Sendai!
However, due to the characteristics of the Heavenly Dao, He could not go all out when dealing with many superior beings.

They can only abide by the rules engraved at the origin of the Heavenly Dao, and use warriors to counterbalance them.

This is why Li Ming insisted on running the two systems in parallel!
He wanted to make good use of his semi-native status to comprehend enough of the rules of the Great Feng Heaven and Earth.

Only in this way, when I merge with the Dao of the two realms in the future, I may not have to fight against the entire world, but simply devour the Heavenly Dao like other Super Grade beings!

After all, every life born in this world has the right to compete for the Heavenly Dao!

These are the rules inscribed in the Great Dao of Origin.

Even the will of Heaven cannot change it; one can only cultivate a supreme martial artist for oneself.

But if an extraterrestrial invader were to actually invade, He could instantly manipulate the power of the entire world to launch a brutal attack against it.

"However... since I'm going to replace the Heavenly Dao, I need to understand the Heavenly Dao first..."

In the depths of the void, numerous thoughts wandered at dawn.
"Understanding the Way of Heaven..."

Suddenly, a thought slowly dawned on him.
"Heavenly Sect!"

If there is anyone in this world who understands the Dao of Heaven the most, it can only be the Heavenly Sect who cultivates the Supreme Emotionlessness!
After achieving the highest level, Dao Zun deduced the great supernatural power of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones, and his three avatars made three attempts.

One of his clones was none other than the Heavenly Sect Ancestor!
However, although He was the first human to attain enlightenment after the many ancient gods and demons, He was still a supreme being.

But he attained enlightenment too late.

By then, the war at the Heavenly Gate that had swept the entire world had ended, and the Heavenly Gate had closed.

The closer the Daoist methods deduced by the Heavenly Sect's avatars are to the Heavenly Dao, the more they will assimilate themselves into the Heavenly Dao.

Although this attempt failed, countless leaders of celestial sects throughout history who were in harmony with the Heavenly Dao still brought a touch of humanity to the Heavenly Dao.

(End of this chapter)