"Fellow Taoists, please come with me to support the front line!" Zhong Xitian sincerely invited several celestial demons, with a hint of urgency in his voice.
"Please!" Upon hearing the news from the Demon Emperor, the Bone Dragon felt a huge sense of relief, his relief evident in words. He then transformed into his true form and roared, his voice shaking the entire Falling Demon Mountain Range. Led by him, the demons rushed out of the Falling Demon Mountain Range like a stream of shooting stars, their figures streaking through the air before quickly disappearing into the distance.
Yu Kai glanced at the departing demons, then led Xuan'er and Huang Feng toward the Demon Emperor's Palace. A thick, chaotic aura permeated the entire cave. Huang Feng breathed deeply, his face filled with excitement, as if he were immersed in a sea of spiritual energy.
As he approached the depths of the cave, he seemed to sense a powerful aura, and his expression instantly grew solemn. He quickly retreated, his tone respectful yet tinged with a hint of awe: "Hero, I'll stay outside! This is the sacred ground of my demon clan, I won't go in!"
"Okay!" Yu Kai nodded. Perhaps out of awe for the Demon Emperor, he didn't try to persuade her further and walked in with Xuan'er. He instinctively felt that the Demon Emperor wouldn't harm him.
Though it was called the Demon Emperor's Palace, it was actually just a simple cave dwelling. The surrounding cliffs were inlaid with a variety of gemstones, illuminating the entire cavern. The cavern was spacious, with six cushions in the main hall. Atop the leading cushion lay a gleaming suit of armor, topped with a bronze mask. Clearly, this was the place where the Demon Emperor and the five demon kings practiced in seclusion.
Yu Kai was quite curious: "Why don't I see the five demon kings and the mysterious demon emperor? Didn't they say that Emperor Yingtian was there too?"
"Young friend, are you looking for me?" The Demon Emperor's voice suddenly rang out, a touch of gentleness and majesty. A remnant soul in a cyan robe slowly emerged from beneath his armor. Yu Kai and Xuan'er were both shocked and instinctively took a step back. The remnant soul was a young man with an imposing appearance, exuding a noble aura.
"You..." Yu Kai was a little bit unbelievable and couldn't speak clearly.
"To be honest with you, I died a thousand years ago!" The remaining soul of the Demon Emperor spoke lightly, with a hint of helplessness and vicissitudes in his tone.
"What's going on?" Yu Kai and Xuan'er were both very curious.
"The whereabouts of the four great emperors were unknown after they failed in their campaign against the ancient remnants. Ever since then, the vast fairyland has been enslaved by the ancient remnants. They supported the five great emperors in the vast fairyland, who exploited the vast fairyland for them, and even issued an order strictly prohibiting spiritual practice. Ever since then, the vast fairyland has fallen into a long period of darkness!" There was a hint of helplessness and resentment in the voice of the remnant soul of the Demon Emperor.
"And because of a mysterious piece of shell that fell from the sky, I gradually awakened my spiritual intelligence, and under the protection of this mysterious shell, I transformed into a demon. I became the only demon in the vast fairyland who knows how to practice cultivation, except for the Five Emperors!" The residual soul of the Demon Emperor continued, with a hint of pride in his tone.
"I often sneaked out and saw the darkness ruled by the Five Emperors and the suffering of the people, so I decided to do something. I found the Lava Red Python, the Nine-Headed Demon Owl, the Deep Sea Dragon, the Ancient Styx Butterfly, and the Remnant Soul of the Golden Crow one after another, and brought them here to slowly nurture them, helping them to open their spiritual intelligence and impart their magical powers. Later, a young human boy accidentally escaped here." The remnant soul of the Demon Emperor recalled and narrated slowly, as if he had returned to that turbulent era.
"Are they the five demon kings and Emperor Yingtian of the demon race?" Yu Kai asked, with curiosity in his eyes.
The Demon Emperor's remnant soul nodded, then shook his head, "That young man is Li Dong."
"Li Dong! The Prime Minister of the Shengying Dynasty?" Xuan'er said in shock, with a trembling voice.
"Yes, it's him! He joined us and practiced with us. From time to time, we would go out together to look for spiritual monsters, and he would also help humans secretly attract spirits." The remnant soul of the Demon Emperor explained with a hint of nostalgia in his tone.
"Aren't Emperor Yingtian, the Five War Kings, and Prime Minister Li our mentors?" Xuan'er asked doubtfully, her eyes full of confusion.
"I understand..." Yu Kai looked at him deeply, then at the shiny armor and bronze mask. "You are Emperor Ying Tian, right?"
"What? Isn't he the Demon Emperor?" Xuan'er asked in confusion, with a hint of confusion in her voice.
"That's right, I'm both the Green Bamboo Demon Emperor of the demon race and the Yingtian Emperor of the human race!" The Demon Emperor's remnant soul continued, "We spent a thousand years preparing. When I broke through to the peak of the Great Emperor, I launched an uprising as the Yingtian Emperor, confronting the Five Directions Emperor head-on. At the same time, I used my identity as the Green Bamboo Demon Emperor to win over the demon race and contain the Five Directions Emperor! During this period, I fought several major battles with the Five Directions Emperors, and at a critical moment, I killed the Central Emperor and established the Shengying Dynasty. However, I also damaged my foundation in the battles with them. They knew I was injured and planned to wait me out before attacking the Demon Emperor. They didn't know that the Green Bamboo Demon Emperor and I were one and the same. Otherwise, the Shengying Dynasty and the Luoyao Mountains would have been destroyed by them long ago, and the vast fairyland would have been plunged into darkness once again."
"What should we do now? The Four Emperors are launching a massive attack. How can we resist without a powerful emperor?" Xuan'er looked anxious, her eyes full of worry.
The Demon Emperor's remaining soul looked at the two of them, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes: "After I escaped back then, I burned my remaining soul to deduce a solution, and you are the future of the vast fairyland!"
"We?" Xuan'er waved her hands, looking a little anxious. "My cultivation is too weak. What use am I? Your deduction must be wrong. Yu Kai hasn't even entered the Emperor Realm!"
"Senior, you gave up soul cultivation for the sake of the vast immortal realm's future. Is it... worth it?" Yu Kai felt a pang of pain in his heart. He knew Xuan'er was the Alchemy Emperor that future generations admired, and the Demon Emperor must have made some arrangements for him. He also seemed to understand why he had come to this time. Perhaps the Demon Emperor was interfering.
"This mysterious shell is related to you, right?" The Demon Emperor's remnant soul looked at the sky above the cave, and said with a hint of deep meaning, "I used it to help lure you here!"
"Yeah! I feel like we are connected by blood. I don't know what it has to do with it!" Yu Kai answered seriously, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.
The Demon Emperor extended his hand. A light flickered above the cave. After a slight tremor, a fist-sized fragment of mysterious shell slowly fell into his ethereal hand. It was covered with incomprehensible patterns. "I've been contemplating this for thousands of years. I believe it's a shell. Perhaps you escaped from it!"
"Impossible!" Yu Kai waved his hands in disbelief. "I'm my mother's biological son. This joke is wrong!" But at this moment, the power of the false god in his body suddenly became active. Shocked, he thought, "This mysterious fragment, no, this shell, is related to the false god seed!"
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