Emperor Jun, dressed in a golden robe, was sitting on the Lingxiao Palace reviewing documents when he saw Shang Yang rushing over with a look of wild joy on his face. He thought to himself that Shang Yang was usually a very composed person, so why was he so out of control today? Just as he was about to reprimand Shang Yang, he suddenly heard Shang Yang shout wildly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the unification of the world by our demon race is just around the corner! Hahaha!" In his ecstasy, Shang Yang forgot to bow and shouted.
"Shang Yang, what are you yelling about? I know this even if you don't say it. My demon race will surely unify the prehistoric world. Why do you need to tell me?" Di Jun scolded Shang Yang for his rudeness.
"Your Majesty, please hear my story. The other day, something happened to the human race." Before he could finish speaking, Taiyi entered and interrupted Shang Yang, "What does the human race's affairs have to do with my demon race?"
"Your Highness, please allow me to explain in detail," Shang Yang said, bowing slightly as the Emperor Donghuang entered. "Your Majesties, this matter concerning the human race is originally unrelated to our demon race. However, this time, one of our demon saints has died." He then recounted to Emperor Jun and the Emperor Donghuang the grudge between Xiong Li and the giant python, and how they ultimately perished together. Just as he finished speaking, the Emperor Donghuang sighed, "Xiong Li was indeed a man of courage. However, our Heavenly Court demon race had an agreement with Xuan Tian that we would not harm the human race within a million miles of the Yellow River. That giant python, being greedy, violated the agreement; its death is its own fault. What is there to say?"
"Your Highness, the Eastern Emperor is unaware of the fact that the giant python did not prey on humans out of greed. I have investigated and found that the giant python has only cultivated for a little over a thousand years and is not some ancient, exotic species. How could it have achieved the cultivation level of a demon saint in such a short time? It turns out that it was able to cultivate so quickly by absorbing the essence and blood of humans," Shang Yang explained to the Eastern Emperor.
"Oh! Human essence blood?" Di Jun asked, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Exactly! After some investigation, I discovered that those who recently captured and killed humans without authorization were after human essence blood. As far as I know, this human essence blood can enhance cultivation. Your Majesty, please consider this: if our demon race had enough human essence blood to enhance our cultivation, within a thousand years, our demon race could increase the number of demon saints. At that time, we would no longer worry that the strength of our demon race's higher-ups would be inferior to that of the witch race," Shang Yang explained to Di Jun.
"Is what you're saying true? If so, how can we worry about the failure of our demon race's great cause? Brother, why don't I lead people down to the mortal realm to capture and kill humans?" Upon hearing that human blood essence could create more demon saints, Donghuang immediately asked Dijun for permission.
After thinking for a while, Di Jun, the "Shang Yang" emperor, suddenly said to Shang Yang, "You may be certain that this method is truly effective."
"Your Majesty, I am certain. I have even tried it myself, and it is indeed effective. However, the higher the cultivation level, the weaker the effect. For cultivation levels like ours, it would take the essence and blood of tens of thousands of people to achieve a noticeable effect," Shang Yang said.
"Second brother, you lead people down to the mortal realm to capture and kill humans. If that's the case, even if it offends Nuwa and Xuantian, it's fine. For the sake of the demon race's cause, Nuwa probably won't interfere too much. It's just that Xuantian is a bit troublesome. Although he's not a saint, he's a disciple of Hongjun Daozu, so he's not easy to kill. Otherwise, we can gather the power of the Heavenly Court and forcibly kill him. Hmm, let's speed up this operation. Second brother, you don't need to go down to the mortal realm. Just let them take people down. You two work together to cover up the secrets of heaven, so that Xuantian's actions won't be considered human affairs. Do it this way. Shangyang, I'm entrusting the task of capturing and killing humans to you." After giving instructions to Shangyang, Dijun flew towards Nuwa's Palace with Taiyi.
Upon arriving in the chaos, one sees the Nuwa Palace standing amidst the chaos, seemingly both real and illusory. After Nuwa attained sainthood, she followed Hongjun's orders to move her Daoist temple into the chaos. This was because saints have an immense need for spiritual energy, and remaining on the prehistoric continent would increase the burden on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, after Nuwa attained sainthood, Hongjun decreed that saints could only reside in the chaos.
Nuwa, who was resting quietly in the Nuwa Palace, sensed something amiss and naturally knew why the two had come. She secretly resented Dijun's hatred, but both were her flesh and blood, and hurting either one was unwise. She only wanted to offer some advice when suddenly a person appeared in the palace. Nuwa recognized him as Ancestor Hongjun and, greatly alarmed, hurriedly bowed. The Ancestor waved his hand to help Nuwa up, saying to her, "Humanity is destined for this calamity; you must not interfere. Focus on your cultivation." With that, he vanished again. Seeing this, Nuwa thought to herself that the Ancestor's cultivation was unfathomable, and also that the will of Heaven could not be defied. Therefore, she tightly closed the gates of the Nuwa Palace and went to observe from afar.
The attendants in Nuwa's palace told Dijun and Taiyi that Nuwa was in seclusion and not receiving guests. Dijun and Taiyi did not see Nuwa, and instead returned to the Heavenly Court. They then went back to their work of concealing the secrets of Heaven.
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