Bang!
Clang!
Inside the Sun Palace, in the Demon Emperor's Hall, a loud bang suddenly erupted.
Di Jun slammed his palm down and shattered the jade table in front of him. His face was as cold as frost, and his pair of rather sinister eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the hall.
Led by Bai Ze, all the great demon saints were silenced by Di Jun's fury.
"You scoundrel! You scoundrel! How dare he do this! What audacity!" Di Jun shouted angrily...
When the news that Ji Meng's primordial spirit had been imprisoned in the black dog's body and hung outside the South Heavenly Gate reached Di Jun's ears, he was initially somewhat incredulous. However, after repeatedly confirming the news, he flew into a rage and summoned a group of important demon officials...
"Why aren't you all going back to gather your troops and come with me to the Heavenly Court to find that brat! I want to ask him why he humiliated my Great Sage of the Demon Clan like this!"
Enraged, Di Jun loudly issued his orders.
Instead of obeying the order, the Kunpeng Ancestor stepped forward and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, do you truly not know why that brat would do such a thing?"
The reason why Ji Meng was hung outside the South Heavenly Gate had already spread throughout the prehistoric world, and he did not believe that Di Jun was unaware of it.
"Demon Master! What do you mean by this?" Di Jun's eyes flashed with cold light as he stared intently at the Kunpeng Ancestor.
Kunpeng Ancestor remained unmoved and said coldly, "Your Majesty knows what I mean. Don't take us for fools. If it weren't for Your Majesty's orders, would Ji Meng have nothing better to do than go against that brat from the Heavenly Court?"
Di Jun gritted his teeth inwardly. This Kunpeng Ancestor had clearly sent a wisp of his primordial spirit into the Demon-Summoning Banner, putting his life and death in his hands, yet he still dared to be so presumptuous! How hateful!
He now wished he could immediately activate the Demon-Summoning Banner and send the Kunpeng Ancestor to his ashes.
Unfortunately, he could only entertain such thoughts in his mind. The Kunpeng Ancestor held a high position and great power within the demon race, and had considerable influence under his command. It wouldn't be so easy for him to kill the other party.
Moreover, the Demon-Summoning Banner is jointly controlled by the three emperors of the demon race. To execute a high-ranking official like the Kunpeng Ancestor, it would require the unanimous consent of Fuxi and Nuwa.
He also knew that just because the Kunpeng Ancestor had exchanged a few words with him, he wanted to kill him, a reason that the two of them would never agree to...
Faced with the questioning from the Kunpeng Ancestor, Di Jun coldly replied, "Yes, he went to do things for me, but so what? That brat could have just killed him after capturing him, why humiliate him like this?"
Do you think he's simply humiliating and deceiving himself?
This is clearly a disregard for my demon race; it's an insult to our entire demon race.
"Hmph! You were in the wrong first." Although the Kunpeng Ancestor's tone softened somewhat, he was still relentless in his words. "Besides, has Your Majesty thought this through? The two people behind that brat are still alive. Are you really planning to send troops to the Heavenly Court?"
If we were to draw out those two and trigger a real war, our demon race would suffer heavy casualties. How could we possibly explain that to them then?
"Then, in the Demon Master's opinion, should we simply ignore Ji Meng's matter?"
One of the demon race's great saints asked with dissatisfaction.
He felt a sense of shared sorrow, and his heart was filled with hatred for Hu Le's actions...
"Hmph! Who said we should ignore him? Even if we want to rescue him, whether we send a large army to forcibly take him back or go to negotiate with him, we should at least know the cause and effect."
After all, we demons have no enmity with the Heavenly Court and have always been under the rule of His Majesty Emperor Taiyi.
Our Emperor has been quietly causing trouble for someone else's disciple; shouldn't he at least give us a reason first?
Upon hearing this, all the demon saints turned their gazes toward Di Jun.
They weren't afraid of fighting, but like the Kunpeng Ancestor, they didn't want to risk their lives in a muddled battle.
Under the watchful eyes of the demon saints, Di Jun cursed inwardly, "What a bunch of wretches! You should just obey my orders, why do you have to be so inquisitive..."
However, he also knew that the demon race was born this way, and most of them were unruly and difficult to control, unlike the human race or the heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court.
Thinking about it carefully, his role as the Demon Emperor is truly quite bland and tasteless compared to that of the Heavenly Emperor, the Human Emperor, or even the Earthly Emperor...
Next, under everyone's gaze, he had no choice but to explain the whole story.
Of course, he didn't hide the reason why he would embarrass Hu Le.
After all, there's nothing shameful about him wanting to become the next emperor, so why can't he say it out loud?
Those in the hall who were hearing Di Jun's thoughts for the first time were all extremely surprised.
I never imagined their emperor had such lofty ambitions!
They actually set their sights on the Emperor's lineage.
However, if Di Jun can truly achieve the throne of the Heavenly Emperor and rule over all the gods, then their demon race will naturally rise in status as well, and all the demon saints would naturally be happy to see it happen.
Of course, there is a prerequisite.
That means if Di Jun wants to compete, it's best if he does it alone, and he absolutely shouldn't drag them and the entire demon race into it.
Unfortunately, Di Jun seems determined to use the power of the entire demon race to compete for it...
"I never expected Your Majesty to have such thoughts. This old minister is impressed!"
The Kunpeng Ancestor chuckled in a sarcastic tone.
It's unclear whether they were laughing at Di Jun's ambition or at his overestimation of his abilities, as he actually wanted to covet the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Fruit.
Di Jun pretended not to hear Kunpeng Ancestor's voice, and instead turned to look around the arena, asking somewhat aggressively, "Everyone, I intend to contend for the throne of the Heavenly Emperor. Are you willing to lend me a hand?"
Many demon saints inwardly grumbled upon this, thinking, "Weren't we just discussing rescuing Ji Meng? How come now it's turned into everyone supporting you in vying for the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Fruit?"
However, some of Di Jun's confidants seized the opportunity to step forward and began to pledge their loyalty to Di Jun.
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, laughed and said, "With Your Majesty's lofty ambitions, how dare we, your subjects, not do our utmost to fulfill them!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, I also strongly support you."
"Your Majesty, please give us your orders."
"..."
As many people stepped forward to express their support, the remaining demon saints had no choice but to follow suit and vaguely express their support as well.
Now that things have come to this, no matter how unwilling they were, they couldn't say it in front of Di Jun.
As for whether Dijun will actually ask them to help, that will depend on their mood...
Di Jun was quite satisfied with what he saw. The frost on his face had disappeared at some point, and he began to smile and nod slightly to everyone.
"I understand the intentions of my ministers. If one day I truly ascend to the throne, then you will all benefit from it..."
Next, Di Jun smiled and promised many benefits.
"It would be wonderful if Your Majesty could ascend to the throne, but before that, let's discuss how to rescue Jimeng."
The annoying voice of the Kunpeng Ancestor rang out, ruining Di Jun's good mood...
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