Inside the Tower of All Heavens, Kunpeng suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation, and his body swayed involuntarily.
"What's wrong?" Kong Xuan asked from the side.
Everyone looked at Kunpeng, only to see him extend his hand, signaling them to be quiet.
"The Goddess Nuwa has used the Demon-Summoning Banner to command the demon race. I just heard her voice," Kunpeng said in a deep voice.
Kunpeng belongs to the demon race and naturally received the order from the Demon-Summoning Banner. Kong Xuan, on the other hand, belongs to the phoenix race, which is not a demon race.
"Oh? It seems she's started making her move." Li Dao nodded.
"Fellow Daoist, do you think I should go to Nuwa's Palace?" Kunpeng asked.
Li Daoyi reached out and grabbed at the screen containing the two Western Saints. The screen quickly shrank and finally turned into a crystal.
“Go, of course you must go. This is a recording stone. Take it to Nuwa and tell her to do whatever she wants and not to worry about us.” Li Daoyi finished speaking and handed the stone to Kunpeng.
“Alright, I’ll go right away.” Kunpeng took the stone.
Then, with a flicker, he left the Tower of All Heavens.
Tongtian sighed as he watched Kunpeng's departing figure.
"I didn't expect my junior sister to use the Demon-Summoning Banner. This means that the demon race, which has been dormant for many years, will make a comeback."
"Haha, fellow Daoist, don't forget that you have quite a few demon clan disciples under your tutelage," Li Daoyi said with a smile.
Tongtian's expression immediately changed.
"I'll take my leave now." After saying this, Tongtian turned and disappeared, seemingly unwilling for his disciples to go to Nuwa Palace.
At this moment, the energy attached to Yin Shou in Nuwa Palace slowly disappeared. Yin Shou looked at everyone with some confusion, not remembering what had just happened.
"Why do you all look at me like that?" Yin Shou asked, puzzled.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" asked Marquis Jiang Hengchu of the Eastern Marquis.
"Me? I'm fine, what's wrong?" Yin Shou asked, somewhat puzzled.
He then turned to look at the people around him, his gaze falling on the pillar where he saw the inscription. His expression immediately changed.
"This...this..." Yin Shou exclaimed in shock. The handwriting was clearly his, but why did he have no recollection of it?
The ministers shook their heads helplessly, but Wen Zhong seemed to have figured something out and lowered his head without saying a word.
"Take it easy." Just then, Li Daoyi's voice rang in Yin Shou's mind.
Yin Shou immediately calmed down and took a deep look at the inscription on the pillar. He realized that someone must have tampered with him just now.
"Return to the palace."
Yin Shou said in a deep voice, then flicked his robe and turned to leave.
The Nuwa Palace, also known as the Nuwa Palace, shares the same name as the Nuwa Palace in Chaoge.
This is a Taoist temple floating in the heavens, like a floating island. The island has mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful. The Nuwa Palace is located here.
After Nuwa cast the Demon-Summoning Banner, she returned to her temple to wait. Before long, the demons who had received her message came one after another.
"call out..."
A ball of burning flame flew rapidly through the air, leaving a dazzling rainbow-like trail behind it. Within the flame, the outline of a bird could be faintly seen—a three-legged raven. After it flew into Nuwa's dojo, the flame disappeared, and it slowly transformed into human form, becoming a middle-aged Taoist priest with a sun mark on his forehead. This was Lu Ya, the only heir left behind by the ancient Heavenly Court's supreme demon emperor Jun, and also the only crown prince of the demon race.
Lu Ya landed at the entrance of Nuwa Palace and slowly walked inside.
"Lu Ya pays his respects to the Goddess Nuwa." Lu Ya bowed and greeted Nuwa upon seeing her on the throne.
"Your Rainbow Escape technique is truly remarkable. No one below the level of a sage can match your speed, not even the Kunpeng," Nuwa praised.
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. May I ask what your orders are?" Lu Ya said.
"Sit down first, I'll talk to you once everyone's here." Nuwa waved her hand, and a futon appeared in front of Lu Ya. Lu Ya cupped his hands in greeting and then sat down.
He had barely sat down when another figure flew in from the sky—it was Kunpeng.
Kunpeng entered the hall and immediately saw Lu Ya. He paused for a moment, but quickly stepped forward to pay his respects to Nuwa.
"Greetings, Goddess Nuwa."
"I thought you wouldn't come," Nuwa said with a smile. She knew that Kunpeng had been following Li Daoyi, which was why she said that.
“How could I dare disobey the Empress’s summons?” Kunpeng said.
"Did he say anything?" Nuwa asked.
Kunpeng glanced at Lu Ya, somewhat hesitant.
"Speak freely," Nuwa said.
"Yes." Kunpeng nodded, then took out the recording stone, which slowly flew towards Nuwa.
"The Taoist priest said that Your Majesty can do whatever you want without considering him," Kunpeng said.
Nuwa caught the stone and then nodded.
Immediately afterwards, a thin thread appeared on Nuwa's forehead, which connected to the recording stone, and the image inside instantly appeared in her mind.
Lu Ya looked at the two's seemingly cryptic conversation with some confusion.
"It's been a long time, Your Highness." At this moment, Kunpeng bowed to Lu Ya.
"The Demon Master's demeanor remains as impressive as ever," Lu Ya replied. Speaking of which, Kunpeng was once the Demon Master of the Demon Court, holding an extremely high position. Unfortunately, after the Great Calamity, Kunpeng chose to lie dormant and did not contact other demon races. Lu Ya was quite surprised that he could appear this time. In addition, considering his conversation with Nuwa just now, Lu Ya vaguely felt that Nuwa's summoning today was not so simple.
"Hmph, despicable."
Nuwa snorted coldly. She had already seen the scene and witnessed the two Western Saints tampering with Yin Shou, as well as the aura that had been monitoring her earlier. Without a doubt, it must have been Yuanshi Tianzun.
Lu Ya was startled to see Nuwa so angry. He couldn't help but look at Kunpeng, only to find him calm and seemingly understanding why Nuwa was angry.
"You may sit down as well," Nuwa said to Kunpeng.
The first two to arrive were the most powerful and fastest among the demon race, while the other summoned demons had not yet arrived.
Gradually, more and more demons came here, including several demon saints hidden in Beiju Luzhou, such as Ji Meng, Shang Yang, Jiu Ying, and their leader, Bai Ze, the head of the demon saints.
The four demon saints arrived at the same time. Upon seeing Kunpeng and Lu Ya, whom they had not seen for a long time, they were somewhat excited, but they still paid their respects to Nuwa first.
"Greetings, Goddess Nuwa," the four bowed.
"Mm," Nuwa nodded in response.
Then the group turned to Lu Ya and said.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Lu Ya's expression was somewhat complicated. For many years, the demons of Beiju Luzhou had been inviting him back to take charge, but he had refused each time.
"Master Demon Master." The group greeted Kunpeng, though they seemed somewhat disdainful of him.
Kunpeng helplessly rubbed his nose. Back then, he didn't have a good relationship with the Ten Demon Saints, especially Bai Ze. Bai Ze completely ignored him back then. Of course, Bai Ze was indeed very powerful, and Kunpeng didn't dare to provoke him easily.
Nuwa glanced at the group, then waved her hand, and the palace gates were instantly closed.
The group looked at each other in surprise. It turned out that there were only six of them. They had thought that more demons would come, since Nuwa had used the Demon-Summoning Banner.
"Did they only summon a demon saint-level being?" Lu Ya asked in a low voice.
“Yingzhao probably won’t be coming, so it’s just the six of you left,” Nuwa said.
Upon hearing Yingzhao's name, the expressions on their faces became somewhat unnatural.
Yingzhao is an outlier among the demon race. When the demon race slaughtered humans to make the Witch-Slaying Sword, he was the first to stand up and oppose it. He even fought a battle with Bai Ze and was defeated. It was Di Jun who spared his life. After that, Yingzhao left the demon court. Later, he helped the human race and became a guardian beast of the human race for a time. Now, however, his whereabouts are unknown.
The six looked up at Nuwa, awaiting her instructions.
"The once glorious demon race, now only a few of you remain as demon saints. How tragic, how lamentable," Nuwa said, looking at the six quasi-saints.
Everyone was filled with emotion, realizing that if Nuwa hadn't intervened back then, none of them might have survived.
"Your Majesty, please give us your orders. You saved our lives," Bai Ze said in a deep voice.
Apart from Kunpeng, the others nodded in agreement.
"A new calamity has begun," Nuwa announced.
"What?" Everyone was immediately shocked.
“A great calamity…” Lu Ya murmured.
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances. The great calamity of the Lich Kingdom was still fresh in their minds, and now a new calamity was about to begin.
"The demon race is now less than one-hundredth of what it used to be. Your Majesty, how shall we overcome this great calamity?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, please have mercy on us demons."
The demon saints instantly revealed their miserable expressions.
"The reason I summoned you all here is to prepare for the great calamity to come. Listen carefully..." Nuwa then used a telepathic technique to transmit her voice to everyone.
Just as Nuwa was summoning several demon saints, inside a cave in the Jade Void Palace of Kunlun Mountain, an old Taoist priest with white hair slowly opened his eyes.
The old Taoist priest looked to be around sixty years old, with a kind face and a friendly demeanor. However, his brows were furrowed, as if he had encountered some difficulties.
"Alas, ten years have passed, and I still can't break through. Is it really as my master said, that I have no destiny for immortality?" the old Taoist murmured.
This person was none other than Jiang Ziya. In a way, he was a pitiful person. Among the many disciples of the Chan Sect, he became a disciple the latest and cultivated the most diligently, but in the end, his cultivation progress was still surprisingly slow. Yuanshi Tianzun once gave him a prediction, saying that he was born with a thin fate, that it would be difficult for him to achieve immortality, and that he could only enjoy the blessings of the mortal world.
"Human blessings? Master, if I only wanted to enjoy those human blessings, why did you take me as your disciple in the first place? You gave me hope, only to leave me in despair." Jiang Ziya thought with a bitter smile. Now that he was half-immortal and half-human, if he had known this would happen, he would have preferred to stay in the mortal realm. Now that he had come here and seen so much, how could he possibly be at peace and return to being a mortal?
"Sigh..." Jiang Ziya sighed deeply.
"Ziya, now that you have left the pass, come quickly to the Jade Void Palace to see me." Just then, the voice of the Primordial Heavenly Lord rang out in the cave.
"Disciple will obey Master's orders," Jiang Ziya said, bowing in the air. A burning passion ignited in his heart, and his eyes filled with hope, thinking to himself, "My Master still remembers me."
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