If you die, I will be able to inherit your cultivation.

Upon hearing the question from the White Shark Clan councilor, the human councilors exchanged glances, each seeing the embarrassment in the other's eyes.

They didn't know how to answer that question.

If we acknowledge that this cultivator is human, then humanity will be held responsible for the whole thing, unfairly burdened with this blame, and might even have to compensate the Thunder Fang Tiger Clan according to federal law.

Directly denying that the cultivators were human is problematic, as everyone clearly heard the line in the video, "Those who offend our human race, though far away, shall be punished." Denying it would only arouse more suspicion.

For a time, no one could come up with a suitable answer.

While everyone was in silence pondering, a human senator in the seat who had previously publicly proposed spreading the "Scripture of Salvation" within the Federation spoke up.

His lips moved slightly, and he muttered in a low voice, "Those who offend my human race, though far away, shall be punished."

He spoke softly, without deliberately raising his voice.

However, the members of parliament who can sit in the main hall of the Federal Parliament are all at the top level of the Federal world in terms of cultivation. They have keen senses and powerful souls. At such a close distance, no one would miss this sentence.

The entire hall fell silent instantly, and everyone heard the simple words.

The White Shark Clan senator's expression darkened slightly, and he let out a cold snort.

He didn't press further or make any more demands. He simply turned and walked towards the exit of the parliament hall.

He didn't want to say anything more, nor did he dare to say anything more.

The Thunder Fang Tiger Clan is a living example right before everyone's eyes.

The Thunder Fang Tiger Clan was quite powerful, but because they stood up for the Fox Clan, the entire clan was attacked and almost wiped out.

To provoke a powerful figure of unknown identity and unfathomable strength for the sake of a race with only a few survivors.

For the white sharks, this was not a good thing at all, and not worth the risk.

The white shark clan councilor led the way in leaving, quickly influencing the other councilors in the hall.

One member of parliament after another stood up, offered no comment, and silently walked out of the parliament hall, abandoning further discussion of the case.

A federal parliamentary session, which should have been a grand and high-level event, ended abruptly in silence without any formal resolutions or solutions.

After the parliamentary session ended, many races realized the enormous problems that the Federation was currently hiding.

When there are no powerful external enemies and everything is peaceful, the various races within the alliance can temporarily cooperate to compete for resources, expand the world, and divide the world's interests.

When faced with a powerful enemy that the alliance cannot defeat smoothly, each race will always prioritize its own safety and interests.

No one was willing to stand up and speak up for the race that had already sacrificed itself.

Even races that usually have good relations and often form alliances tend to choose to protect themselves at such critical moments, unwilling to bring trouble upon themselves.

From that day onward, all the major races in the heavens quietly began to make adjustments.

Many races stopped expanding their influence outwards and instead began to strengthen the defensive formations within their own territories.

They began to gradually transfer industries scattered across various worlds back to their core territory.

At the same time, an order was issued to recall the clansmen who had been sent to the border for training, business, and garrison duty.

Everyone was trying to conserve their strength to avoid causing trouble outside and inadvertently attracting the attention of that mysterious human expert.

No matter how discreetly various races mobilize their people and relocate their industries on such a large scale, it cannot be hidden from those who are paying close attention to the situation.

On the public forum of the Federation's AI, all sorts of speculations and rumors spread rapidly, and countless cultivators, merchants, and forces were discussing the recent changes.

Of all the many messages, the one that spread the widest and was remembered by the most people was a sentence spoken by the mysterious monk in the video that day.

"Those who offend our human race, no matter how far away, shall be punished."

This phrase was forwarded and discussed by countless people, and gradually spread to every world under the control of the Federation, becoming the most famous phrase among the various races of the Federation during this period.

Many races felt a sense of dread, and many smaller races, who had long been oppressed by the larger ones, secretly kept these words in mind.

The apparent balance of the federal government has been quietly cracking since the end of this parliamentary session.

Zhou Ming paid no further attention to the external turmoil, the suspicions among various ethnic groups, or the undercurrents within the Federal Parliament.

No matter how the various races speculate about his identity, shrink their territories, or guard against each other, it has little to do with what he is about to do.

He focused all his attention on this unfamiliar world shrouded in demonic energy, and on the Qiankun Pearl.

For more than ten days in a row, Zhou Ming moved around following the trajectory of the demonic energy.

The spatial gate connecting to the Qiankun Pearl was opened time and again, allowing the Qiankun Pearl to continuously devour the surging demonic energy between heaven and earth.

A massive amount of black mist was absorbed into the Qiankun Pearl, transforming into nutrients that nourished it.

After more than ten days of continuous absorption, the Qiankun Pearl finally underwent another new change.

On this day, the demonic energy that had been floating and wandering in this area was almost completely cleared away.

Zhou Ming put away the spatial gate, originally intending to identify the direction of the demonic energy flow and move to an area with denser demonic energy to continue allowing the Qiankun Pearl to absorb nutrients.

Just as he was about to set off, the Qiankun Pearl began to shake violently without warning.

The sudden tremor of the Qiankun Pearl startled Zhou Ming, who dared not be careless. He immediately released his divine sense to probe the interior of the Qiankun Pearl and carefully examine what was happening inside.

His divine sense swept across the mortal realm, the immortal realm, and the underworld. All three old worlds were very stable, with their laws operating normally and no abnormalities appearing.

Soon, Zhou Ming discovered a brand new space that had just been born next to the Immortal Realm territory.

This space spans a thousand miles, is entirely black, and the world is dim, completely different from the scenery of the other three realms inside the Qiankun Pearl.

A faint layer of demonic energy floated in the black space.

It looks thin, but it is of extremely high quality. Every wisp of demonic energy is condensed and pure, without any impurities.

A single wisp contains power that is more than a hundred times stronger than the ordinary demonic energy surging in the outside world.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Ming immediately understood what had happened.

The Qiankun Pearl absorbed enough pure demonic energy, satisfying the world's fundamental needs and giving rise to a new realm.

Demon world.

To date, the Qiankun Pearl contains four independent worlds.

These are the human realm, the immortal realm, the underworld, and the newly formed demon realm.

Looking at the newly born demon realm before him, Zhou Ming couldn't help but recall the six realms setting that Tomato often wrote about in the novels he had read in his previous life.

The human realm, the celestial realm, the netherworld, the demon realm, the monster realm, and the Buddhist realm.

Only when the six realms coexist can the world be considered complete.

According to this standard, the Qiankun Pearl is still missing the Demon Realm and the Buddhist Realm.

Of course, this was just a simple thought in Zhou Ming's mind.