Previously, after Hu Le sensed the auras hanging above his head, he quickly understood their intentions and immediately abandoned the idea of taking this opportunity to completely annihilate the demon army.
Perhaps in some people's eyes, the demon race is one of the main forces that restrain the Heavenly Court and the human race. Once the demon race is destroyed, both the human race and the Heavenly Court will be too powerful to control, which is not very friendly to the Xuanmen or other innate deities.
In the future, the reason why the human race will be able to completely defeat the demon race and become the protagonist of the prehistoric world is because Taiyi and his wife have already perished, leaving the Heavenly Emperor Dao Fruit and the Human Emperor Dao Fruit vacant.
In the end, Di Jun achieved the Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Emperor, occupied the Heavenly Court, and united some innate deities, making him extremely powerful and difficult to control.
Humans could only turn to the Xuanmen (mystical sects) in an attempt to fight against the demon race.
The result was that they let the wolf into the house, allowing the Xuanmen to completely steal the destiny of the human race and control its future. Taiqing Daoren even became the leader of the Human Sect and controlled the Kongtong Seal, so he could appoint the Human Emperor at will.
Once the Xuanmen (mystical sect) gained control of the human race, the demon race became useless.
With the intervention of the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi and Nuwa were quickly brought to their side.
For this reason, the Taoist Taiqing even helped Fuxi ascend to the throne of the Human Emperor and helped the Goddess Nuwa achieve the Dao Fruit of the Earthly Emperor.
As one of the pillars of the divine race, Fuxi was naturally unwilling to be constrained by the Xuanmen. After destroying Dijun, he seized the throne of the Heavenly Emperor from him.
At this time, the Human Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Fruit merged into one. He thought that with this, he could lead the God Clan to compete with the Three Pure Ones of the Xuanmen. However, he suffered a crushing defeat and could only lead the God Clan into retreat, giving the vast prehistoric world to the Xuanmen.
In truth, his defeat was not unjustified. At that time, the Three Pure Ones of Xuanmen had already attained sainthood, and behind them was the Ancestor Hongjun, who had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm.
Fuxi only had Nuwa, a sage of primordial chaos, to aid him; how could they possibly be a match for the Xuanmen...?
Hu Le was so agreeable because he guessed what the great supernatural beings were thinking and because of Fuxi. Otherwise, he would not have let them go so easily when he finally had a chance to destroy the demon race.
After all, if the demon race could be destroyed, it would be like removing the biggest obstacle on the path for the human race to become the protagonist of the prehistoric world.
If the human race were to experience a surge in fortune, it would naturally be of immense benefit to Empress Jin De, who is the human emperor.
Because of this, she will have a better grasp of the path to enlightenment.
Therefore, if he could eliminate the demon race, he would not lose out even if he forcibly pulled his two teachers out of seclusion.
Unfortunately, once he discovered that the powerful beings were openly revealing their auras, he immediately abandoned his idea of annihilating the demon race.
With the combined will of all the powerful beings, even if the two teachers emerged from seclusion, they would likely be powerless to stop them...
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Hu Le suppressed the objections from the Heavenly Court and the human race, and withdrew his troops back to the Heavenly Court.
The remnants of the demon race, led by Di Jun, returned to the demon royal court.
Hu Le returned to the Heavenly Court and ordered people to tally the losses and merits.
Shortly afterward, the data was reported.
This time, the Heavenly Court lost over a million celestial soldiers and generals, and tens of thousands of noble immortals and star gods also perished, with countless others injured.
Although it cannot be considered a major blow, the loss is not small. It will take at least a million years to recover its strength.
As for the human race, they also suffered considerable losses this time. Whether it was the Qi cultivators in the race or various great and small witches, more than 100,000 people died and hundreds of thousands were injured.
In order to appease the people, Hu Le had no choice but to start distributing rewards lavishly.
Since the compensation from the demon race had not yet arrived, he could only take out various treasures from the Heavenly Treasury.
Because there were too many rewards to be given out this time, the most popular Merit Gold Flower in the Heavenly Court was naturally not enough, so other rare and precious materials had to be used as substitutes.
The Heavenly Court's collection accumulated over millions of years was almost entirely wiped out this time.
If Taiyi were to emerge from seclusion and witness this scene, he would likely berate him as a spendthrift.
However, this reward was indeed very generous, and both the human race and the Heavenly Court's forces were very satisfied.
Hu Le's lavish rewards were also partly an attempt to win people's hearts...
It was half a year later when everything was settled and the human race was sent back to the prehistoric world.
Some time later, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, came to the Heavenly Court again and met Hu Le.
Inside the Tongming Hall.
After bowing, Bai Ze, the demon saint, presented ten treasure pouches.
Each of these treasure pouches contained a huge space, filled with all sorts of treasures.
These were all compensations that Hu Le and Fuxi Dijun had agreed upon beforehand.
Di Jun put in a lot of effort to gather all of these.
They used up more than half of the Sun Palace's collection over the years, and later plundered some more from Kunpeng Ancestor and other great saints.
Seeing that it wasn't enough, Di Jun had no choice but to swallow his pride and go to Phoenix Perch Mountain to borrow some treasures from Fuxi and his sister.
Only after piecing together the money from various sources was the compensation finally raised.
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"Please take a look and check the quantity, Your Majesty."
After presenting the treasure, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, managed a weak smile.
To be honest, he also contributed a lot of the rare and precious materials here.
Although they are all external possessions, they are truly indispensable on the path of cultivation.
It would be a lie to say he's not heartbroken to have to give away his collection of many years to someone else...
Hu Le looked at the treasure pouches laid out on the jade table in front of him, and his divine sense swept over them. Seeing the mountain of various rare and precious materials, golden pills and spiritual medicines, as well as crystal mines and jade veins, he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.
"No need, I trust Fellow Daoist Di Jun," Hu Le said with a smile.
Previously, the Heavenly Treasury was almost half empty, but now it can be replenished again, which will give us an explanation to both our teachers and those below...
Upon hearing this, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, inwardly grumbled. This Dongxuan Emperor's address of "fellow Daoist" was truly expensive; he feared that his own emperor was already tempted to annihilate this person.
Furthermore, according to the lineage starting from Taiyi, Hu Le should at least address Dijun as "senior."
Now they're addressing each other as "fellow Daoist," which shows that in this battle, the demon race not only lost both people and resources, but even Emperor Jun's seniority was relegated...
"If Your Majesty has no further instructions, then please allow me to take my leave."
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, had no desire to stay in the Tongming Palace any longer.
What's he still doing here? Is he just going to watch the other party inventory the treasures in the pouch?
"You may go now," Hu Le waved his hand, not trying to stop him.
Bai Ze, the demon saint, bowed again and strode outside.
"...Oh, right, when you leave, don't forget to take Fellow Daoist Ji Meng with you. He's been out in the wind outside the South Heavenly Gate for so long, he should know his mistake by now."
Just as Bai Ze was about to leave Tongming Hall, Hu Le reminded him again from behind...
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