He Jing gave Shu Lan and the demon cultivator a demon spirit fruit each.

"Eating this Demon Spirit Fruit will greatly enhance your power. You two have benefited from my help this time, so you must serve the Extraterrestrial Demon Lord diligently from now on. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Shu Lan and the demon cultivator both indicated that they understood.

Afterwards, He Jing took Shu Lan and the demon cultivator back.

For the remaining days, Shu Lan stayed in the cave of the branch headquarters, constantly collecting information about the extraterrestrial demons.

Unfortunately, apart from He Jing, the branch leader, who knew a lot about the extraterrestrial demons, the others didn't know much about them.

While Shu Lan was gathering information at the Demon Realm branch, Qin An had already conquered the last region of the Demon Realm.

From then on, Qin An officially unified the Demon Realm.

As Qin An felt the demonic oath within him dissipate, he felt as if a shackle had been removed. At this moment, Qin An understood that he had fulfilled the Heavenly Demon's long-cherished wish and unified the Demon Realm. From now on, no oath would ever again bind him.

After unifying the Demon Realm, Qin An, as before, ordered the demon cultivators within the Demon Realm to abide by the rules he had set: not to use evil techniques such as harming mortals or blood sacrifices to enhance their cultivation, and not to antagonize cultivators in the cultivation world...

When these orders were first issued, some demon cultivators expressed their dissatisfaction and even resisted Qin An. Qin An personally led Jia Qi, Li Yuan, and other subordinates to suppress them. From then on, the voices of opposition in the Demon Realm gradually diminished, and the demon cultivators in the Demon Realm gradually got used to it and began to follow the rules set by Qin An.

During the few days that Qin An unified the demon realm, he communicated with his master brother every day using a communication jade tablet.

Qin An felt content whenever he heard his master's voice. He had endless things to say and talk about every day, wishing he could stick to the communication jade tablet and communicate with his master every moment.

Besides sharing their innermost feelings and exchanging daily stories with Qin An, Shu Lan also told him everything she knew about the extraterrestrial demons, including their plot to conquer the continent.

Qin An didn't ask his master why he knew so much information, because it was his master's secret. It didn't matter if his master didn't want to tell him; Qin An just needed to know that his master cared about him.

On this day, after Qin An finished chatting with his master as usual, Jia Qi suddenly requested an audience.

Qin An then let Jiaqi enter the main hall of the Demon Palace.

"What brings you here?" Qin An asked, looking at Jia Qi's travel-worn appearance with some curiosity.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, our men have discovered someone has left the branch headquarters, and they are currently tracking that person. What do you think, Your Majesty..."

"Tell me that person's location, I'm going right now!" Qin An slammed his hand on the armrest of his throne and stood up abruptly. He had long known of the branch's existence, but his men had been unable to infiltrate it. Now that he might have news of the branch's situation, how could he not be excited?

"Yes!" Jiaqi immediately reported the person's location to Qin An.

Qin An realized that the person was heading towards the cultivation world, but he couldn't care less at the moment. He quickly tidied himself up, put on half a mask, and then left the Demon Palace to follow the person.

Qin An followed that person all the way to a small town in the cultivation world, where he temporarily lost track of that person.

Qin An began his search in this small town.

"Hey? Look at that person, doesn't he look like the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm?" Just as Qin An was searching in the town, a human cultivator spotted him.

"Where is it? Let me see!" The human cultivator's senior brother asked Qin An for directions.

After the human cultivator pointed out Qin An's location, his senior brother looked closely and exclaimed, "Wow! That person really is the Demon Lord!"

Since Qin An ascended to the throne of Demon Lord, some portraits were secretly circulated. Although Qin An stopped them later, some portraits remained in the hands of those cultivators. Those portraits depicted him wearing a mask.

After recognizing Qin An, the two human cultivators quickly sent a message to cultivators from other sects. The message spread rapidly, and soon cultivators from sects within a radius of several hundred miles arrived, determined to capture Qin An.

The Star River Sect also received the message. Upon seeing that the Demon Lord had been discovered, Venerable Lieyang immediately left the mountain to personally capture him.

When Venerable Lieyang left the mountain, he sent a message on a paper crane to Shulan, saying that he had discovered the Demon Lord's whereabouts and asked Shulan to go with him to capture the Demon Lord.

Shu Lan happened to slip out of the branch headquarters quietly at this moment. He forced out the demonic seed in his body and put it back into his storage ring.

Then, Shu Lan took off her dark blue robe and put on a moon-white robe, and finally removed the disguise from her face.

After everything was settled, Shu Lan was preparing to return to the Star River Sect to tell her senior brother about the extraterrestrial demons and their shocking conspiracy.

As he walked back, he received a message on a paper crane from Venerable Lieyang. After reading the message, Shu Lan decided to change course and go check on the so-called Demon Lord first.

Qin An was currently surrounded by people from the immortal sects, and wave after wave of human cultivators came to capture him.

Several of the human cultivators who came were Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Normally, Qin An could easily handle one or two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but unfortunately, at least five or six Nascent Soul stage cultivators were dispatched this time, putting Qin An in a very passive position and forcing him to defend.

Qin An was fighting with the Nascent Soul stage cultivators when suddenly, due to a moment of carelessness, one of the cultivators knocked off his mask. Instantly, Qin An's face was revealed to the group of human cultivators.

"It's Qin An!"

"It's Qin An! Isn't that Venerable Han Qing's disciple?!"

"As the disciple of Venerable Hanqing, he actually fell into the demonic path! And now he's the Demon Lord!"

"As a member of the immortal sect, he has actually fallen into the demonic path. His heart is despicable! I am ashamed to associate with him!"

...

In an instant, the cultivators of the human race began to criticize Qin An, and the scene immediately erupted in uproar.

Venerable Lieyang was also present. His face was full of surprise and a hint of disappointment: "Qin An, as a disciple of the immortal sect, you have fallen into the demonic path and cultivated demonic techniques. How can you face your master?"

"Your master worked so hard to raise you, not so you could become a lowly demon! How can you face his kindness in nurturing and raising you?"

"No, I did not wrong Master!" Qin An was speechless for a moment and could only keep repeating this sentence.

When Shu Lan arrived, she saw Qin An surrounded by members of the Immortal Sect.

"Xiao An?!"