In the battle of Thunderfire Calamity, the demon race suffered a crushing defeat. Demon Lord Li Gan was killed, and six of his thirty-six demon generals were lost, including five at the Demon Heart Realm and one at the Demon Lord Realm. Of the fifty thousand elite demons in the City of Gods and Demons, nearly thirty thousand died, leaving only twenty thousand or so demons with minor or serious injuries who managed to escape in a sorry state.
Just as Liuli had predicted, after the demons retreated back to the Demon Realm, the righteous disciples rested and began searching for the lairs of the Qilin, Phoenix, and Flood Dragon clans. In particular, the Buddhist disciples were extremely resentful of Liuli's actions in leading a large group of divine beast youths to slaughter Buddhist temples and were eager to take revenge on them.
The Jiaolong clan closed its Dragon Palace and ceased to emerge from the world, so they were not afraid of retaliation from the righteous disciples. However, the Qilin and Phoenix clans had no choice but to migrate to the Demon Realm to seek the protection of the demons and escape this calamity.
The day after the demons fled back to the Demon Realm in panic, the entire divine beast race arrived in the Demon Realm. At that time, Li Molin was busy arranging the funerals of Li Gan and Liu Lingying, so he entrusted the task of settling the divine beast race to Liuli.
So Liuli began to busy herself with settling the Qilin and Phoenix clans, while Li Molin buried Li Gan and Liu Lingying together. After finishing the elaborate funeral rites for the Demon Lord, he began to visit the elders of the Li royal family, winning their hearts and gaining their support at various costs.
Afterwards, the remaining thirty demon generals, along with their remaining subordinates, publicly paid homage to Li Molin, requesting that he take over the position of Demon Lord. After some initial refusal, Li Molin finally agreed.
At this time, the four elders and twelve guardians remained silent and did not pay homage to the new Demon Lord.
Because of the silence of the four elders and twelve protectors, many demons voiced their opposition.
Upon seeing this situation, Li Molin gave an order, and two thousand Xuanjia soldiers marched out, intimidating all the demons with their force.
Although many demons were intimidated by the Xuanjia Army and dared not speak out openly, they couldn't help but complain in secret, and there was a lot of grievance throughout the Demon Realm.
Finally, many elders in the Li royal family accepted the fact that Li Molin would take over the position of Demon Lord. After all, Li Molin's lineage was a direct blood relative of Chi You, and Li Gan had no other offspring.
They had discussed this many times. If Li Molin was not allowed to take over the position of Demon Lord because of his health, and other descendants of the Li royal family were instead supported, the demons would definitely be dissatisfied, and those with ulterior motives would have a legitimate reason to rebel.
With so many elite members of the Demon Clan wounded and killed in the Thunderfire Calamity, the Demon Clan urgently needs to recuperate and rebuild. They absolutely cannot withstand the infighting and damage to their own strength caused by the rebellion.
As a result, several respected elders of the Li royal family publicly paid homage to the Demon Lord Li Molin, an act that finally quelled most of the opposition within the clan.
Next, Li Molin issued an order to gather all the demons in the training ground. He ordered two thousand Xuanjia soldiers to surround the edge of the training ground, encircling all the demons and intimidating everyone with the fierce and menacing appearance of the Xuanjia soldiers.
The day was calm and the air was crisp. The martial arts arena was vast, but it still felt somewhat crowded with seventy or eighty thousand people. Liuli stood in the crowd and looked up. She saw a tall and imposing man standing on the high platform of the arena. He was dressed in black, his hands behind his back. A gentle breeze blew, brushing against his indifferent face and ruffling his hair.
Li Molin stared indifferently at the crowd below the platform until he spotted a familiar little face in the crowd. His expression softened unconsciously, becoming gentler. He looked at Liuli from afar and nodded slightly.
Then he turned his gaze to the group of demons who were talking amongst themselves, cleared his throat with a light cough, and infused his voice with magic so that everyone present could hear him, and said loudly, "Alright, all of you, be quiet!"
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