"The young master was so handsome tonight! We must learn from him!" These were the newly minted fans of Qin An.

"We want to marry someone like the young master!" These were the infatuated female demon cultivators.

...

Jiaqi led his demon servants to clean up the mess in the demon palace, and then he and his demon servants took their leave.

Inside the Demon Palace, the Demon Lord left Qin An there, standing with his back to Qin An.

"Do you know why we're holding a banquet like tonight?" the Demon Lord suddenly asked.

"Is this to establish my authority?"

"Yes, but not entirely." After saying this, the Demon Lord suddenly turned around and looked directly at Qin An: "The situation in the Demon Realm is not as simple as you see it now. All the major forces are stirring up trouble, trying to push me out of my position as Demon Lord."

“I don’t want an outsider to take over my position, so I chose you.”

"Me? Just because I'm your bloodline?"

“That’s right.” This is a last resort, after all, my days are numbered. “I have chosen you to be the young master of the Demon Realm, and I will pass the position of Demon Lord to you in the future. However, everything depends on how well you perform as the young master.”

Qin An understood the Demon Lord's meaning: if his strength as the young master was insufficient, he would be attacked by the masses, thus being dethroned and replaced by someone else.

"I understand," Qin An nodded calmly.

"If you want to sit in my position, you need ambition. Because only with ambition can you pursue greater power. Only with absolute strength can you get what you want. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Qin An had ambition, but it was nothing more than having a senior brother. As for the rest, Qin An believed the Demon Lord was right: without absolute strength, one could neither obtain what one wanted nor protect what one wanted to protect.

"You may leave!" The Demon Lord waved his hand at Qin An.

"Yes! I take my leave." Qin An left the Demon Palace and headed towards his own bedchamber.

"Cough cough cough!" Just a short while after Qin An left, the Demon Lord suddenly coughed violently. He took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth, but coughed up a mouthful of blood.