"Taiyu, how long have I been here?" Zhou Xuzi suddenly asked after a long breath.

"My lord, it has been more than two months." said Venerable Taiyu.

"Two months..." Zhou Xuzi murmured absentmindedly, "I thought it had been a hundred years."

Venerable Taiyu looked away, a look of pain on his face.

Zhou Qingchen's death was such a tragic one, and it was a huge blow to Zhou Xuzi.

In addition to the pain of losing his son, there is also guilt towards his deceased wife and resentment towards himself.

Yun Che, the former savior of God, turned into a demon and became so cruel and vicious.

"Give the order," Zhou Xuzi said, "Prepare for the appointment of a new crown prince."

Venerable Taiyu was slightly startled. He was about to say that Zhou Qingchen had just passed away and it was too early, but he immediately thought of something.

If one wants to forget Zhou Qingchen quickly, the best way is to appoint a new crown prince. This way, one can divert the world's suspicion of Zhou Qingchen's death and also divert Zhou Xuzi's inner pain.

"Is it Qingfeng?" Venerable Taiyu asked. Although this was a question, he knew that this was the best and basically the only choice.

Zhou Xuzi nodded: "I have wronged him over the years."

Zhou Qingchen's aptitude was high, but among Zhou Xuzi's direct descendants, he was definitely not the best. His position as the Crown Prince of Zhoutian was because he was the only legitimate son, and Zhou Xuzi favored him more than any other child.

One of the major reasons why Zhou Qingchen had reached the mid-level Divine Sovereign realm at the age of a thousand was the accumulation of countless top-level resources in the Zhoutian Divine Realm.

The one with the highest aptitude among Zhou Xuzi's descendants... the elders in Zhou Tian God Realm all knew that it was Zhou Tian's seventy-seventh son, Zhou Qingfeng.

At the age of 4,000, Zhou Qingfeng had already reached the tenth level of the Divine Sovereign Realm, and was only one step away from the Divine Lord Realm. Although his achievements were far inferior to those of the Brahma Emperor Goddess, he was already the best among all the children of the Eternal Heaven God Emperor.

His temperament was just as his name suggested, gentle, respectful, frugal, and he never complained or argued. When Zhou Qingchen was made the crown prince, he did not show any resentment or resignation, but instead did his utmost to help Zhou Qingchen consolidate his position and reputation as the crown prince.

His style of doing things is far from being as immature and indecisive as Zhou Qingchen's. Even Zhou Qingchen has special respect for this elder brother.

Therefore, regardless of his qualifications and temperament, in the eyes of the elders of Zhoutian, he is the most suitable person to inherit the throne of Zhoutian Emperor.

Therefore, Zhou Xuzi has always felt guilty towards him over the years.

"Taiyu, go and bring Qingfeng here yourself, and don't hide from other people's eyes." Zhouxuzi said.

"I understand." Tai Yu accepted the order, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked, "Master, do you still have the intention to withdraw?"

"No," Zhou Xuzi shook his head slowly, his voice was terribly low, "I must retain the power in my body."

“One day, I will kill Yun Che with my own hands!”

Killing intent is too rare in Zhou Xuzi.

But these eight words were filled with hatred and murderous intent.

When the voice fell, Zhou Xuzi's face suddenly changed and he stood up abruptly.

"Master?" Such a violent reaction shocked Venerable Taiyu.

Obviously, Zhou Xuzi had just received some message.

Zhou Xuzi’s eyes widened, and his gaze, which had been dark just now, was now stunned. He whispered, “Yun Che was crowned the Dark Lord in the Northern Divine Region… and he was above the Three Realms of Yama Demon, Jiehun, and Burning Moon.”

"What!?" Venerable Taiyu was shocked, and then shook his head without hesitation: "This is impossible, it must be a false rumor."

“Ten thousand arrays of projections, the Northern Territory bears witness. Yun Che is the living Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, and all the worlds swear allegiance to him… and Chi Wuyao is the Devil Queen.”

Zhou Xuzi finished reading it slowly, lost for a moment, and then muttered: "Yes. This is impossible... This is impossible... This is impossible..."

He repeated it several times, not daring to believe it, and even more unwilling to believe it.

It was undoubtedly extremely difficult to obtain information about the Northern Divine Region, especially information about the core areas.

But this time, it came exceptionally quickly.

Because this Demon Lord's coronation ceremony was witnessed by the entire Northern Divine Region. The scale of the ceremony was unprecedented!

Even outside the northern border, one could faintly hear the mighty sound.

But, how is this possible!?

Three years ago, Yun Che was the Divine King.

Three months ago, Yun Che’s seventh-level Divine Lord cultivation had already shocked Zhou Xuzi greatly, but he was still far from being his opponent.

How could he suddenly become... a demon lord who surpassed the king realm and led all the realms in the Northern Territory to submit to him! ?

What is the concept of the Three Kings Realm in the Northern Territory?

The demons in the Northern Divine Region all have such dark and violent temperaments!

How could it be possible that Yun Che... and someone from the Eastern Divine Region, could be the Demon Lord?

This is so absurd that it cannot be described in any comprehensible words.

Venerable Tai Yu thought for a while, and whispered: "The Heaven Smiting Demon Emperor took good care of Yun Che, so it is possible that he left him his bloodline or magic skills. But in such a short period of time, making the Northern Territory's king realm submit to him... wouldn't the Northern Divine Territory's king realm become a huge joke?"

“And with such a big fanfare, there must be something fishy going on.” Venerable Taiyu continued, “In my opinion, if all this is true, then it can only be a puppet set up by the Three Kings Realm of the Northern Territory using the ‘Demon Emperor’ mark on Yun Che’s body.”

"The Northern Territory has been in chaos since ancient times, and the word 'Demon Emperor' is an existence that transcends belief in the Northern Divine Territory. Establishing such a puppet is to establish a belief that the demons of the Northern Territory will be in awe of... If you control the belief, you can control all the demons."

What Venerable Taiyu said and thought was exactly the same as the reaction of the high-ranking people in the Northern Divine Region when they first heard the word "Demon Lord".

Zhou Xuzi sat down slowly, seemingly not having heard clearly what Venerable Taiyu said. In his mind, those twelve words reverberated like a curse, lingering...

Good deeds bring eternal peace to the heavens

The evil demon kills the world

Moon God Realm, Moon Emperor Palace.

Jin Yue hurriedly bowed before the gauze tent and said softly, "Master, a strange news came from the Northern Divine Region. Yun Che was named Demon Lord in the Northern Divine Region, and his status surpassed that of the Three Kings Realm. And it seems... the Three Kings Realm swore allegiance to Yun Che in public under the projections that spread throughout the Northern Divine Region."

"..." Behind the sand tent, the Moon God Emperor responded calmly: "I already know about this. It's just a puppet established in the name of the Demon Emperor. He deliberately made such a big fuss, obviously hoping that the world would not know about it. It's ridiculous."

The Moon God Emperor's reaction was basically consistent with the outside world's comments. Jin Yue bowed her head again and continued, "There is one more thing. Recently, there is a rumor that the Eternal Heaven God Emperor secretly entered the Northern Divine Region a few months ago. The time is very consistent with the date of death announced by Zhou Qingchen to the public, so there are rumors that Zhou Qingchen actually died in the Northern Divine Region."

"And...it's possible that he had already turned into a demon before he died."

"..." The Moon God Emperor remained silent for a moment, then whispered, "So fast..."

"Huh?" Jin Yue looked puzzled.

The Moon God Emperor said, "These are nonsense rumors. Don't pay attention to them. Go down."

"Yes." Jin Yue bowed gently, but did not stand up. She raised her head, her eyes moved, and suddenly said softly: "Master, Jin Yue...Jin Yue can I see you?"

Moon God Emperor: “……?”

Now that she had said it, Jin Yue finally mustered up the courage to confide, "When the master followed the first master into the Moon God Realm, it was Jin Yue who did the master's makeup. That has always been the happiest and most honored thing for Jin Yue."

"But, ever since the master was crowned as the emperor, he has not allowed Jin Yue to touch the master's body. Recently... every time we pay a visit, there is a sand tent between us. It has been a long time since Jin Yue has even been able to see the master's holy face."

Moon God Emperor: “…”

"Did Jin Yue do something wrong to make the Master angry? Please point it out to me, and I will definitely correct it."

From dressing her up every day, to not being able to touch her body, to having to sit in a tent every time they met...Jin Yue felt increasingly fearful and empty in her heart, and even when she spoke, there was a hint of tears in her voice.

Behind the sand tent, the figure of the Moon God Emperor slowly turned around, and his voice was extremely calm: "Pass the order down, this king needs to be in seclusion for several months, no matter how big the matter is, you are not allowed to disturb me!"

"...Yes." Jin Yue accepted the order and retreated sadly.

Northern Divine Region, after the Queen's coronation ceremony ended.

In the distant sky outside the Soul Stealing Realm, behind the rolling dark clouds.

"Are you really not going to see him?"

In front of Chi Wuyao was a girl with a petite figure and a delicate face like jade. As she spoke, her charming eyes contained a bit of complexity.

Caizhi shook her head: “No.”

Chi Wuyao smiled: "If you didn't want to see me, why did you come here? And why did you stay for so many days?"

Caizhi turned around, her slender back exuding a chilling indifference that made people dare not approach her at all: "Not killing that woman is my bottom line. But there is no way I can stand with her!"

Chi Wuyao's beautiful eyes turned and said, "Then I'll go and get her out of the way for you."

Caizhi released her mysterious energy and flew away.

Chi Wuyao's figure flashed and stood in front of her: "Okay, okay, I won't force you. Then... can you answer a question for me?"

Caizhi: “?”

“Your transformation was caused by the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, right?” Chi Wuyao spoke softly, her gaze fixed on Caizhi’s starry eyes that were like the endless dark night.

Caizhi did not answer. Her figure flashed and she went far away, quickly disappearing from Chi Wuyao’s sight.

“As expected.” Chi Wuyao looked at the direction where Caizhi left and murmured softly.

“In this world, no one knows human nature better than the Heaven Smiting Demon Emperor. Before she left, she must have thought of the worst-case scenario, so she secretly left many escape routes for Yun Che. There must be many that I don’t know about.

"After all, her daughter is in Yun Che's hands."

In this world, Chi Wuyao was one of the few people who knew about the existence of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and the Evil God’s daughter. After all, Yun Che would have kept nothing secret from “Mu Xuanyin” back then.

Whether it was for revenge, or to break out of the cage in the Northern Divine Territory and change one's fate, the most important thing was the extremely small number of core forces.

That is the power of the God Lord and the God King, especially the God Lord.

After the coronation and crowning ceremony, Yun Che's next task was very simple.

There are a total of 200 upper star realms and 800 middle star realms in the Northern Divine Region.

Whether in terms of the number of upper star realms or the number of upper profound masters (divine masters, divine monarchs, and divine kings), they are far lower than any other divine domain and are less than half of the Eastern Divine Domain.

All the gods, gods and kings are gathered by the upper star organizations, and come to the Yama Realm in turn to receive the eternal calamity of the devil, three realms every day.

When they reached the middle star realm, as the number of strong people decreased sharply, the speed undoubtedly increased significantly.

After completing the middle realm of the Eternal Tribulation, this Eternal Tribulation gift can be applied on a large scale. And what he can do at will is a great gift from heaven that no one at any level would have dared to hope for in the past.

What they got in return, in addition to their excitement and transformation, was undoubtedly admiration, awe and loyalty.

All of these, invisibly, transformed into sharp swords of darkness that Yun Che could use at any time.

At other times, Yun Che put his heart and soul into the core of the core of the power of the Northern Divine Region...Yan Mo, the Moon Eclipser, the Witch, as well as Yan Gui, the Burning Moon Envoy, and the Soul Spirit.

They were gathered by Yun Che into the Eternal Dark Bone Sea, and outsiders had no way of knowing what happened inside.

But if you observe carefully, you will find that every time they leave the Eternal Dark Bone Sea, the darkness on their bodies will become slightly deeper.

At the late stage of the Divine Lord Realm, every tiny bit of progress was extremely difficult to achieve. And the progress shown by the changes in them was far beyond the description of the word "exaggerated".

Eternal Darkness... The Demon Emperor's ultimate profound skill, its existence is indeed too extraordinary and terrifying for the demons of the present world and the chaos of today.