I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

"Lord Yasheng, why did our ancestors make such an arrangement? Isn't this making the entire starry sky hostile to us?!" In the starry sky, Long Huyue asked Yasheng as they boarded a flying boat.

Ya Sheng quickly ate some cold meat dishes on the table and said, "Do you think the Star Races didn't hate us a thousand years ago?"

Long Huyue: "..."

"In order to deal with the return of the Demon King from ten thousand years ago, we must concentrate most of the resources in the starry sky. Where do you think all the favorable conditions that have nurtured you to this day came from?"

To seize more resources, we can only incur the hostility of all races. The Demon Clan's liberation plan was intentional; we deliberately created defensive loopholes. But those participating races were not organized by us!

Long Huyue: "Then why not just persuade them to reveal what happened ten thousand years ago..."

She stopped mid-sentence, realizing what had happened on her own.

To put it bluntly, those races would never willingly give up their resources, nor would they want the Celestial Dragons to absorb their geniuses.

Ya Sheng: "To prevent the starry sky from being ravaged by the demon race, there can only be one voice in the starry sky!"

Long Huyue remained silent.

That seems to be the logic, but is there really no better way?

As a Celestial Dragon, she could have openly declared that she was fighting for the stars, on the side of justice, and annihilating the demon race.

But now, the demon race has become a 'training tool' for the Celestial Dragons to raise, and the root cause of all the chaos in the starry sky is actually myself?

Is my extermination of the demon race the same as my extermination of myself?

"Lord Yasuo is right. Only we Celestial Dragons can bear everything in order to deal with Lucifer. It's just a misunderstanding. Once we have accumulated enough power to kill Lucifer and end the catastrophe, the starry sky will naturally be grateful to us."

Divitzvan said, "However, Lord Yasheng, what should we do with Gaston Figo, who seems to be protecting the demon race? Is Qinghai really a descendant of those 13 kings? Even if he is, he possesses the power of the demon race, yet he is still a subordinate of the Demon King Lucifer who has infiltrated the ranks. He must be executed!"

Yasin glanced at him, and the imposing look in his eyes made Divicevan lower his head slightly.

"The 13 kings who saved the starry sky deserve respect. Qinghai does indeed meet the characteristics of the land of hope in the prophecy, but it is decades too early. We have never made any connection in that direction."

To fight Lucifer, the Land of Hope is an indispensable force. Gaston Figo, as the King of the Blue Sea and a physical king who has ignited five lamps, is beyond my control to decide, and you certainly cannot judge him arbitrarily.”

"I'm sorry, Lord Yasheng." Divitzwan bowed his head even lower.

Ya Sheng said, "Long Huyue, contact Lolett and let me speak with him."

"……Yes."

Meanwhile, the latest report from the Star Newspaper has been released to the Stars, immediately causing an uproar!

Chapter 267 The Legendary Strongman

Just how hated are the demon race?

Even those races that participated in the demon liberation plan, who gained more autonomy by relying on the demons, have refused to help the demons in the slightest for the past few hundred years. Some even deeply regret releasing the demons.

The endless wars and the hunt for Devil Fruit abilities have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of millions of innocent people every year, not to mention the several massacres committed by the demon race, led by Beelzebub.

But then one day, someone tells you that it's not entirely the fault of the demons, but that the Celestial Dragons are orchestrating this themselves, leading things in a chaotic direction. In an instant, half of that hatred will shift!

No one cares about Lucifer, the King of Demons, because no one wants to passively become a sacrifice for some kind of interstellar peace.

If Lucifer were to be resurrected and the cosmos were plunged into crisis, brave warriors would rush forward one after another, willingly risking their lives. But to be 'trained' and die unknowingly would not bring happiness to anyone.

Countless people who suffered from the calamities of the demon race and lost their loved ones were caught in a state of confusion, unsure whether to resent the demon race or the Celestial Dragons who were the source.

Those without power hurl insults, but few translate their anger into action. The powerful, however, sense an impending upheaval amidst their anger—the Star Gazette's revelation of this—could it be a call to unite and challenge the Celestial Dragons' rule?

With the power of the King of Qinghai?

Are the people of Qinghai descendants of 13 kings from 10,000 years ago? Shouldn't they be the rulers of the starry sky?

Furthermore, are the Celestial Dragons' claim to have seven powerful individuals who can light the five lamps, as well as the Lucifer mentioned in the newspaper, truly true?

At this time, the number of people who received the message was still too small, limited to a small group of people in the center of the starry sky.

The bullets will take a while to travel.

……

Meanwhile, on the planet Giant.

The Court of Giants.

Inside the enormous building, ten figures of varying sizes were gathered together, all of them kings who had lit four lamps!

They are the 10 kings in the Starry Sky Gazette.

"The newspaper has already been published."

Are there only 10 of us this time?

"There's no need to call him 'La Ke' anymore. Regarding the discussion about the King of Qinghai, that simple-minded guy is definitely firmly on the King of Qinghai's side. He doesn't have much time left to live, and he has already regarded the King of Qinghai's granddaughter as his only successor and the hope of the barbarians."

"Hehe... I used to laugh at him for not being clear-headed when he told me that the girl was a descendant of some barbarian god. Now it seems that the girl really is a descendant of the barbarian god."

"Barbarians have traditions, but have none of your tribes left behind?"

"No."

"We don't have any either."

"It seems our ancestors weren't among those 13 kings from ten thousand years ago?"

"No, not necessarily. It's possible that the previous king was worried that we would actively seek out their bloodline descendants, fearing that their bloodline descendants would return to the starry sky ahead of time and seek the power of their light."

The Giant King said, "The ancestors of the Merfolk should be one of them. The Merfolk King also has a complete lineage. When I invited him, he told me to apologize to everyone on his behalf."

"Hmph, that guy."

"They've hidden it quite well."

"Alright, now that things have come to this, let's not discuss those useless things anymore. By choosing to go along with the King of Qinghai's press release, we've already been dragged into a dangerous situation. We need to reach a consensus on what to do next."

"First, let's tell each other about the hidden power within our tribe. There's no point in hiding anything now," the Giant King said in a booming voice. "Senior Dexter is still alive."

"Grandpa Dobbs is here too."

One by one, six people spoke.

The other four kings looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Five lamps?" the Giant King asked again.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Really, it seems that our ten clans have only hidden six 16th-level powerhouses. Perhaps the Mermaid King has one more? Seven? The Celestial Dragons, on the other hand, have hidden seven 5th-level kings." The Giant King sighed, "In the end, it's all been a futile effort."

The other five people all sighed.

The remaining four people: ? ? ?

"You lot?!" the dwarf king yelled, jumping up and down like a flea.

The others ignored him: "So the key question now is... how strong is the King of Qinghai, and why and how does he help the Demon Clan?"

"He mentioned this to Bao Yu and asked me to pass it on," said Qi Dan, the Three-Eyed Sword Saint, leaning on his sword. "He said that the demons of today are not related to the demons of ten thousand years ago."

They were innocent and pitiful tools under the control of the Celestial Dragons, but because Lucifer was about to be resurrected, they had to be on guard, so they wanted to temporarily banish these demons.

In recent years, Qinghai has continued its exploration into unexplored star systems and has discovered three habitable uninhabited planets further away than Qinghai itself. The demon race can be temporarily exiled there, and he will be responsible for their upkeep.

Exile? Isn't this protection? At the edge of the starry sky, wouldn't the demon race be able to recuperate and thrive?

The ten kings fell silent for a brief moment.

One of them pondered, "The Celestial Dragons will never agree to this; it's tantamount to starting a direct war with them... Shouldn't we consider the bigger picture and deal with Lucifer before..."

The Giant King laughed heartily.

The other eight kings also laughed, including the king who made the suggestion.

"We're releasing the news in accordance with the King of Qinghai's wishes, not just because Qinghai is a land of hope, or perhaps the descendants of ancient kings from ten thousand years ago. We've all already decided what to do, haven't we?"

The bigger picture? Why should we be expected to consider it?

Don't forget, in the hundred years between the execution of the Demon Clan Liberation Plan and the birth of Heram, the Celestial Dragons were fighting against them!

That's the period when teeth grow.

Using demons for training? That's more than that!

This is an insult to their intelligence, an insult to their race and their ancestors!

The ten kings were already burning with rage! The King of Qinghai was no fool. Knowing that there were seven Five-Lamp Kings among the Celestial Dragons, and carrying the weight of the entire Qinghai on his shoulders, he still had the confidence to act. He must have had the right to do so!

Why not give it a try?

Even if we fail, we can still go to the Land of Light and fight the demons. That's much better than being used as a tool or sacrifice by the Celestial Dragons!

……

Deep within the Divine General's Pavilion on Tianlong Star.

In the past, the place where the nine divine generals held meetings was occupied by eight other figures, while the second divine general, Lolett, could only stand to the side.

He looked at the seven renowned and powerful figures from previous generations, listening to their conversation, his mind still reeling from the bewilderment he felt upon learning the truth.

“Lord Thornos, I know your reverence for the 13 kings, and I know you hope that we can work together to fight Lucifer, but now it is the King of the Blue Sea in the Land of Hope who is actively breaking the peace, and we are passively responding.”

One of the silver-haired middle-aged men said, "Our original plan was to reveal everything when Lucifer was resurrected, but now that the truth has been leaked in advance, many people will misunderstand us. Even if we try to take a gentle approach, they will take advantage of us!"

Solnos said silently, "What methods do you... intend to use? The King of the Blue Sea is a crucial force in the fight against Lucifer."

“But he also has demon blood, so we have to be careful,” Donald said. “He told Yasheng that he could handle two or three of us, so we should go along with him.”

Solnos trembled slightly.

Two of the seven people looked at each other and stood up.

"If we're going to greet the starry sky, perhaps the two of us would be a better match?"

Donald: "I'll be there to support you."

Soon, an urgent report belonging to the Celestial Dragons was published, and the Celestial Dragons newspaper had a wider audience, allowing more people to see it.

The newspaper revealed that Gaston Figo, the King of the Blue Sea, possessed the bloodline of the progenitor of the demon race and was suspected to be a descendant of Lucifer, and must be severely punished!

This undoubtedly corroborates the Starry Sky News report from another perspective, accelerating the spread of the truth about the Demon Race and causing an increasingly large commotion.

Meanwhile, the two portraits printed in the Celestial Dragons' newspapers were gradually identified.

"It's Lenos, the former First General of the Celestial Dragons, and Diagra, the strongest space pirate from a thousand years ago?! They're still alive!"