After the Grand Marshal of Subduing Demons left the Tongming Hall, Hu Le ordered someone to summon Venus and gave him a few instructions.
After receiving the order, Venus rose and left through the South Heavenly Gate, traversing the primordial starry sky until he arrived outside the Sun Palace. After registering, he was summoned inside by Emperor Jun.
Upon meeting Di Jun, Venus bowed and greeted him.
Di Jun asked Taibai Jinxing about his purpose in coming.
Venus immediately conveyed Hu Le's meaning.
When Di Jun heard that someone in the lower realm dared to presumptuously call themselves the Demon Emperor, he was ashamed of how this placed him, the Demon King.
A sense of unease immediately arose in his heart, and he then told Venus to go back and tell Hu Le that he would handle the matter appropriately.
After receiving confirmation, Venus immediately took his leave.
Then, Di Jun summoned his trusted subordinate, the demon saint Bai Ze, and berated him, "Bai Ze! How did you handle this? How could you choose such a scoundrel!"
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, was completely bewildered upon hearing this.
Seeing Bai Ze's expression, Di Jun breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his anger, and then told him about Kui Long.
Upon hearing this, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, immediately smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, please don't be offended. I also didn't know that such a junior would be so ignorant of his own limitations!"
It turns out that when Di Jun returned to the Sun Palace from the Heavenly Court, he felt increasingly uncomfortable. Hu Le, a junior, also wanted to seize the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, which naturally violated his taboo.
So he summoned the White Ze Demon Saint and asked him to find a way to cause trouble for Hu Le in the Heavenly Court, to embarrass him, and preferably to make him unable to even sit securely in his position in the Heavenly Court.
In that case, how could this junior be qualified to inherit the throne of the Emperor?
However, considering that Taiyi and his wife had only gone into seclusion to break through to the Hunyuan realm and had not perished, he instructed Bai Ze not to make a big fuss when carrying out his duties, and not to let anyone find the Demon Clan's royal court.
After receiving the mission, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, went back and pondered for a while, and immediately came up with a solution.
He changed his identity and went to the mortal realm. After searching around, he finally chose Kui Long, a descendant of the demon race.
The reason they valued him was twofold: firstly, they felt this young man had decent strength and cultivation; secondly, he was naturally irritable, arrogant, and not very intelligent, making him easier to manipulate.
So he concealed his identity and secretly joined the ranks of the Great Sage Kuilong. Then, with his intelligence and wisdom, he became the Great Sage Kuilong's strategist. Under his guidance, the Great Sage Kuilong's strength expanded rapidly, and he soon unified the demon races near Mount Tai.
As his subordinates grew stronger, the Great Sage Kuilong also became arrogant. With just a little guidance from Bai Ze, he led his men to storm the Taishan Divine Bureau and wiped out thousands of Heavenly Court deities under the Taishan Mountain God.
When the Great Sage Kuilong saw that these gods of the Heavenly Court had been killed so easily, he realized that the strength of the Heavenly Court was perhaps nothing more than that. His arrogance grew even stronger, and he directly swept through all the blessed lands and grottoes of Mount Tai, raising the banner of rebellion.
Originally, all of this was still in the hands of Bai Ze Demon Saint, but when Kui Long Great Saint raised the banner of rebellion and declared himself Demon Emperor, Bai Ze Demon Saint was dumbfounded and realized that things were about to get out of his control.
He even considered persuading the Great Sage Kuilong to change his title, suggesting that proclaiming himself the Heavenly Emperor would be far more majestic and imposing than the Demon Emperor title.
However, he was rejected by the Great Sage Kuilong.
Of course, the Great Sage Kuilong had his own reasons for doing this.
He was, after all, a demon, and now that he possessed power, it was only natural for him to declare himself a demon emperor. As for the Heavenly Emperor title, what did it have to do with him?
Besides, he didn't think that titles like Emperor were anything special or imposing; wasn't that just as powerful as the Demon Emperor?
Bai Ze nearly vomited blood in anger after hearing Kui Long Da Sheng's explanation; after all, this was just an ignorant country bumpkin demon.
He really wanted to grab the other person's shoulders, shake them, and question them.
"Hey! Are you alright?!"
Do you know what nonsense you're talking about?
...
Unfortunately, he could only think about it in his heart. After all, he had hidden his identity. If he were to be exposed, not to mention the reaction from the Heavenly Court, the Demon Emperor Jun would not let him off the hook.
Next, he tried to persuade him again, but the Great Sage Kuilong was not very smart and was a stubborn person who wouldn't listen to reason. He was helpless.
After all, he could only secretly guide the Great Sage Kuilong, but he couldn't make decisions for him...
...
After hearing Bai Ze's explanation, Di Jun was both amused and annoyed, secretly furious that Bai Ze had misjudged people and had chosen such a junior.
Then, he told Bai Ze what the Heavenly Court meant and asked for a plan.
He originally only wanted Bai Ze to cause some trouble for the Heavenly Court, preferably to embarrass Hu Le, but he never expected to turn the trouble into his own.
He can't really send troops to wipe out the Great Sage Kuilong, can he?
In this way, wouldn't Bai Ze's grand plan have become a joke?
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, was also troubled upon hearing this, inwardly cursing Kui Long, the Great Saint, for causing him such a huge problem.
However, he was not flustered. As early as when Kui Long Da Sheng raised the banner of the Demon Emperor and he found that he could not persuade him, he had thought of many countermeasures.
So he shared his idea, and Di Jun pondered it for a moment before nodding approvingly...
After leaving the Sun Palace, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, did not go directly to see Kui Long, the Great Saint. Instead, he went to find Ji Meng and Ying Zhao first, and then conveyed Di Jun's order. The three of them used their transformation techniques to change their appearances and then went down to the lower realm.
The three arrived at a blessed land in Mount Tai. Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, told the other two to wait outside while he went directly to see Kui Long, the Great Saint. He immediately feigned panic and shouted, "Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! The Heavenly Court is sending a large army to conquer us!"
Kui Long Da Sheng was leaning back on his throne, eating meat and drinking wine with his subordinates. When his strategist entered, he shouted as if announcing a bad news.
At first, he was quite displeased, but after hearing what was said, he immediately sat up straight in surprise, and the effects of the alcohol dissipated considerably.
The others also stopped their unrestrained behavior and stared intently at their strategist.
"What? Say that again?!" Kui Long Da Sheng frowned and shouted.
After Bai Ze finished explaining, he touched his bald forehead and said angrily, "What does the Heavenly Court want to do? Do they really think this Demon Emperor is afraid of them!"
After his anger subsided, he asked with some curiosity, "By the way, strategist, where did you hear this news from?"
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, was already on guard when he heard Kui Long, the Great Saint's question, so he calmly replied, "Your Majesty, I have a friend who holds a minor official position in the Heavenly Court."
He learned that I was now serving Your Majesty, so he secretly sent me this message, hoping that I would leave Your Majesty to avoid suffering the same fate as you.
But he didn't know that I am utterly loyal to His Majesty, and would never abandon him to save my own life.
Upon hearing this, the Great Sage Kuilong was deeply moved...
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