Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 336 Demon Master Kunpeng, the Master of Construction, Demon Transformation Divine Power, Sacrificing Half of the Nation's Fortune

"But Crown Prince Li Jiancheng is no ordinary person either. His cultivation is far superior to His Majesty's, and he commands a multitude of powerful figures and numerous famous ministers and generals. Moreover, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng led his troops to suppress the demon race that was rampaging in Beiju Luzhou in one fell swoop. He even killed eighteen ancient demons by his own strength. He once led his troops into Beiju Luzhou and slaughtered many demons there, giving our human race a great sense of revenge."

"Therefore, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng firmly secured his position as crown prince, making him difficult to challenge. Moreover, Li Yuanji was completely devoted to Li Jiancheng. As a result, His Majesty had virtually no chance of winning. Consequently, His Majesty's Tiance Mansion was even dismantled by Li Jiancheng at one point."

"Just when countless citizens of the Tang Dynasty, as well as many human sages of Huoyun Cave, believed that Li Jiancheng would ascend the throne, the Xuanwu Gate Incident broke out. This Xuanwu Gate Incident seemed to be His Majesty's attempt to seize the throne, even at the cost of killing his own elder brother. But the truth was that His Majesty had discovered a huge secret. A secret that was enough to overturn the entire Tang Dynasty."

"What secret?" The mention of the core area aroused Di Xiao's boundless curiosity. He wondered what was so special about the Xuanwu Gate Incident in Journey to the West.

"Still a demon!" Xue Rengui said, a hint of regret in his voice. It was regret for a powerful prince: "Back then, the Hidden Prince Li Jiancheng was so powerful, so proud, so perfect. He even slew so many great demons, bringing joy to our human race. But who knew that the Hidden Prince Li Jiancheng would cultivate demonic arts and gradually transform into a demon himself."

"You must understand that the hatred between our human race and the demon race is absolutely irreconcilable. Even if our physical bodies are destroyed, our human souls and wills will never forget our hatred for the demon race. After all, our human race was almost wiped out by the demon race."

"Given such racial hatred, if someone who has transformed into a demon were to become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it would be an utterly ridiculous farce! In fact, the moment Li Jiancheng ascends the throne will be the day when the sages and countless human powerhouses within the Fire Cloud Cave are enraged and subsequently destroy the Tang Dynasty. This is because the human sages and powerhouses within the Fire Cloud Cave will absolutely not allow a demon to become the human emperor."

"His Majesty at the time discovered this secret, which is why he spared no effort to kill Li Jiancheng. He ultimately orchestrated the attack at Xuanwu Gate, risking everything to finally kill Li Jiancheng. His Majesty did not want to see the Tang Dynasty, which had only been established for ten thousand years, perish, nor did he want to see the human race suffer such humiliation."

Silence fell upon Di Xiao. He was inexplicably moved by what Xue Rengui had said.

Who knew that Li Jiancheng would actually transform into a demon? Wasn't that courting death? The hatred between humans and demons will never dissipate, even if the sea dries up and the rocks crumble.

The demon race slaughtered the human race back then, and the bloody scene made the human race hate the demon race to the core.

Therefore, throughout history, only one emperor, Fuxi, severed all ties with his past lives and, with the help of the goddess Nuwa, became the emperor of the human race. After that, no emperor has ever been able to establish any connection with the demon race.

The human race allowed Ying Zheng, who possessed the blood of the witch race, to become the human emperor because the witch race had once protected the human race. But the demon race absolutely could not.

The hatred between humans and demons is absolutely irreconcilable.

Li Jiancheng, having become a demon, could absolutely not become the Human Emperor. However, if he were to truly become the Human Emperor as a demon, he would face the wrath of countless human sages within the Fire Cloud Cave. This wrath would then utterly annihilate the entire Tang Dynasty.

Humans can establish new dynasties, but they will absolutely not allow demons to become human emperors.

Di Xiao knew this truth deeply, and he also knew the truth behind the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Yet, even knowing all this, he was still filled with immense doubt: "The Hidden Crown Prince Li Jiancheng should have been a pure human, so why did he ultimately transform into a demon?"

"The sages within the Fire Cloud Cave also want to know about this matter." Having human blood, being a descendant of Xuandu, and even becoming a member of the human royal family, he would naturally be protected by human fortune. Under such protection, if Li Jiancheng were to encounter even the slightest mishap, the fortune would detect it and then react accordingly.

However, after Li Jiancheng transformed into a demon, the human race's fortune showed no reaction whatsoever. This inevitably made many human sages wary, fearing that a similar incident might occur again.

After all, Li Jiancheng seems to have been exposed, but who knows if he would be discovered if a similar situation arose?

Therefore, the sages of the human race will surely investigate thoroughly to prevent future troubles.

Xue Rengui then continued, "The Crown Prince Li Jiancheng is an excellent man, and in a certain sense, he surpasses His Majesty the present."

Even His Majesty the present acknowledges this. But the mistake lies in Li Jiancheng's exceptional talent, which inevitably fostered a sense of arrogant arrogance.

"It was this arrogance that led him to make a vow that once he became the Human Emperor, he would exterminate all the demons and even launch a counterattack on Beiju Luzhou to avenge the hatred he had once felt towards the human race. It was because of this ambition that Li Jiancheng slaughtered countless demons and even invaded Beiju Luzhou, killing many of them, which aroused the resentment and fear of the demons."

"When Li Jiancheng stormed into Beiju Luzhou, he was unstoppable and killed many ancient demons. However, Li Jiancheng's cultivation time was too short, and he lacked the foundation. This attracted the scheming of Kunpeng, the former demon master of the demon race."

"Kunpeng, as the creator of the demon script, was once hailed as the third-ranked being in the Demon Court, and created countless secret techniques. Among them is a special divine ability: Bloodline Retracing. This divine ability can use a special method to trace back the demon blood that was once contained in the human race, thereby reviving the demon race, assimilating the human race, and causing them to transform into the demon race. Moreover, this transformation is silent and extremely slow."

"If one is enveloped by such supernatural powers, ordinary cultivation is just like that of a normal person, and will not be detected by the human race's fortune. Moreover, one will gradually become stronger with cultivation. Under that atmosphere of becoming stronger, it is difficult for others to perceive the process of becoming stronger, which is the transformation into a demon race."

"Even as they gradually transform into demons, their souls are also gradually corrupted by demons, accepting the mark and inheritance of the demon race..."

"In short, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng was actually a pitiful person. Unbeknownst to him, he was tricked by the demon Kunpeng and eventually transformed into a demon without anyone noticing. By the time Li Jiancheng realized it, it was too late. That's why the Xuanwu Gate Incident happened later."

Silence, sighs, regret... If what Xue Rengui said was true, then this legendary hidden crown prince, Li Jiancheng, should have been a relatively perfect human emperor. With such a human emperor leading the way, perhaps he could have truly created a great undertaking, and even taken revenge on the demon race.

It's a pity that he ended up like this, ultimately being killed in the Xuanwu Gate.

"What a pity, what a pity..." Di Xiao sighed repeatedly, his emotions indescribable.

(End of this chapter)