I was born in a dark and hopeless world. I don't know who my parents are, and I don't know how I survived.

As far back as I can remember, the demon race and the monster race have been locked in an endless struggle.

I have heard that demons are created from plants and animals through cultivation, while evil spirits are born from resentment and evil thoughts in the world.

And I am the demon.

In order to survive, I learned to scheme from a young age; it has become my instinct.

I can scheme against anyone for my own benefit.

I became the Demon Lord of the Underworld, and those demons must obey my commands.

I didn't want to live in the underworld, a place where I could never see the light, so I set my sights on the human world.

My requirements are not many; I only need a place in the human realm where the demon race can enjoy themselves.

But the Heavenly Realm refused to agree no matter what, and even sent down the gods to drive away the demons.

I am not reconciled. In my mind, whoever is stronger is king. Why should the underworld obey the orders of the heavens?

I then began to scheme. I heard that the Heavenly Realm wanted to elect a Heavenly Emperor to govern not only the Heavenly Realm but also the Human Realm.

I think, why should the human realm be under the jurisdiction of the heavenly realm?

I once sent a demon to the Heavenly Realm as an undercover agent, but that demon couldn't even get past the Heavenly Realm's barrier, let alone be an undercover agent.

In the end, I had to take matters into my own hands.

However, the divine energy of the heavens clashes with mine, so I would easily be exposed.

To avoid being discovered, I randomly chose a celestial lord named Jun Mo. I absorbed his celestial power and imprisoned him on a remote floating island in the celestial realm, setting up a barrier so that no one would find out.

I disguised myself as him and met Canglan.

She was very close to Junmo, so she was very friendly when she saw me. I continued to pretend to be Junmo and get closer to her.

But not long after, she became somewhat distant from me. She seemed to know that I was not Junmo, but she did not expose me.

All I can do is keep an eye on her.

That's when I met Mu Tiantian. She was very close to Cang Yan and Cang Lan.

To me, he is someone I can use.

I started to approach her.

I have never known what emotions are, and I have never experienced them.

When others trust me, I only feel the thrill of manipulating them.

I can judge what each person is thinking by observation.

I could tell that Canglan liked Junmo, but she distanced herself from me, which meant she knew I wasn't Junmo.

I can also tell that Cang Yan likes Mu Tiantian, he really likes her.

And then there's Ji Ling, who also has feelings for Mu Tiantian.

As it turns out, my judgments were all correct.

However, there was one person I misjudged, and that was Mu Tiantian.

I thought she was just an ordinary celestial being in the heavens, but I never expected her to be a rabbit demon.

She also discovered my true identity.

However, since it's a demon, that makes things easier.

Demons belong to the underworld and cannot be with the gods of the celestial realm; she couldn't possibly not know that.

I suspect that she approached Cang Yan for some other purpose, not because she loved him.

I happen to need the celestial defense map to complete my grand undertaking. The map is with Cang Yan, so I asked her to steal it for me.

She agreed.

Just as I thought, she didn't love Cang Yan.

In return, I granted her a wish.

However, she didn't seem interested in this wish and told me to do whatever I wanted.

I thought about it, and realized that in the underworld, many female demons wanted to be my queen.

Does she think so too?

I promised her the title of Empress, and at that time she looked at me as if I were a fool.

Then I started to doubt myself again. Had I been wrong again?

However, to me, she is just a pawn I use, and there is no need to care about her.

Since I can make her a wicked empress, I can also depose her.

It doesn't affect me much.

Later, she stole the Heavenly Defense Map for me. I couldn't tell if it was real or fake, but I believed her because I saw her injecting demonic energy into Cang Yan, intending to turn him into a demon.

That's when I realized she was a demon in disguise.

So I think, since she can treat Cang Yan like this, then this defense map must be real.

So I resumed my identity as the Demon Lord and led a group of demon soldiers and generals to attack the Heavenly Realm.