Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 145 Scares Away the Elder of the Heavenly Demon Clan

"Lord of the City, am I really going to marry the Water Demon Princess?!" Ai Shang asked with a bitter face when he saw that Zi Dong had Elder Feng Li arrange his marriage with Shui Ruoxin.

"Shui Ruoxin is a rare beauty, what are you dissatisfied with?" Zi Dong glared at Ai Shang with dissatisfaction.

"Lord, once I marry the Water Demon Princess, how will I return to the Eastern Continent, and how will I maintain my position in the Daoist sect?!"

Ai Shang looked at Zi Dong with a pleading expression. By marrying into the demon race, he would become the enemy of the entire Daoist sect!
"Xinyu, tell Aishang about the relationship between the human race and the three races of demons, monsters, and witches!"

Zi Dongchong waved his hand at Zhou Xinyu. He had read a lot of history of the Tianyun Continent and was quite familiar with the four races.

"The reason why the human race has been able to prosper for so long is because of its inclusiveness."

Zhou Xinyu was happy to teach Ai Shang, as she had a better understanding of the four races than Zi Dong, because the records from the Central Continent were more detailed:

"If it weren't for the fact that the Eastern Dao Ancestor exhausted the human race's fortune, the demon race wouldn't have had a chance to dominate."

When the Tianyun Continent was born, although there were countless powerful beings from the three races of demons, monsters, and witches, there were no cultivation techniques available.

They rely entirely on the chaotic power of the beginning of time, and the demon, witch and sorcerer races are simply unable to reproduce in large numbers.

The rise of the human race brought vitality to the Tianyun Continent, and they also created cultivation techniques that ordinary people could practice.

In order to survive, the demon, witch and sorcerer races had no choice but to intermarry with humans and practice human techniques.

At the beginning, the Taoist sect did not reject the demon, witch and sorcerer races. On the contrary, it assimilated many powerful people.

The Feng family has a branch of the demon race, which was separated from the Feng family due to the constant fighting among the four races.

"Humans haven't intermarried with the demon, monster, or witch races for a very long time, especially not with someone like the Water Demon Princess!"

Zhou Xinyu concluded with a sigh: "If you can marry the Water Demon Princess, you will not only not become a sinner of the Daoist sect, but you will become a hero!"

"Really?!" Ai Shang was a little confused by Zhou Xinyu's words and quickly asked Zi Dong.

“Xinyu is the personal disciple of the Donglai Pavilion Master, would she lie to you?!” Zi Dong glared at Ai Shang with dissatisfaction.

“Our Feng family also has a branch of the demon race, yet we still manage to establish ourselves on the Eastern Continent!” Feng Qingwu boasted without missing an opportunity.

"Hurry up and prepare the betrothal gifts, send them to Chief Shuiyun, and get the wedding ready as soon as possible!" Zi Dong impatiently ordered Ai Shang.

When Shui Ruoxin got married, Shui Yun did not make a big fuss about it, but only organized it within the Water Demon Clan.

Unexpectedly, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Western Continent, and various branches of the Demon Clan sent people to the scene, especially the Heavenly Demon Clan.

They didn't come to offer congratulations, but to demand an explanation. The Water Demon Clan's alliance with Donglai City was a betrayal of the Demon Clan!

"Elder Lunqi, my Water Demon Clan is just doing some business with the Donglai Merchant Guild. How is that betraying the Demon Clan?"

Shuiyun didn't take these Heavenly Demon Clan elders in charge of the eastern part of the Western Continent seriously at all:
"My Water Demon Clan princess is getting married, and you, as an elder of the Heavenly Demon Clan, not only don't offer your congratulations, but instead come to interrogate me. Do you even respect me as the clan leader?!"

"Chief Shuiyun, if you don't want the Water Demon Clan to be destroyed in your hands, hand over Zidong and the others immediately!"

How could Elder Lunqi be afraid of Shuiyun's threat? He has the Heavenly Demon Clan behind him, who rules over the entire Demon Clan!

"Who is looking for me, the city lord!" Zi Dong led his entourage and swaggered into the garden of the Eastern King's Mansion.

"Who goes there?!" Elder Lunqi immediately became alert, glaring fiercely at Zi Dong before fixing his gaze on Elder Feng Li behind him. "Elder Lunqi, this is the City Lord Zi Dong you're looking for!" Elder Feng Li said with a look of disdain.

She and Elder Lunqi were old acquaintances. It was precisely because of Elder Lunqi's restraint that Shuiyun was able to seize Tianshui City.

"Chief Shuiyun, arrest them immediately!" Elder Lunqi instinctively took a step back, then shouted loudly.

"So it's the famous Elder Lunqi of the Heavenly Demon Clan!" Zi Dong put on a respectful expression and even cupped his fists and bowed to Elder Lunqi.

"Since you know who I am, you might as well surrender!" Elder Lunqi said arrogantly, smirking as he twitched his white beard.

"Good!" Zi Dong shouted with a broad smile, "This city lord was just about to meet the patriarch of the Heavenly Demon Clan!"

Before Elder Lunqi could react from his confusion, Zidong had already conjured more than a dozen golden dragons with his hands, which lunged at Elder Lunqi and his companions with bared fangs and claws.

Shuiyun quickly led the Water Demon Clan to retreat. Although it was just a spirit dragon, it was enough to intimidate them!
Dragons are the strongest beings on the Heavenly Fortune Continent. Even if they are just spirits, not just anyone can conjure one; they require a dragon soul.

Elder Lunqi and the others stared intently at the dozen or so golden dragons rushing towards them with solemn expressions, and black mist immediately surged from their bodies.

The black mist surging from the dozen or so people actually condensed into a huge black vortex above their heads.

[Hmph, it actually connects directly to the Heavenly Demon Realm!] Zi Dong heard Donglai Ziqi snort coldly in his divine sense, and more than a dozen golden dragons immediately spewed out a large amount of purple-gold mist.

Zi Dong certainly couldn't control the dragon souls yet. These spirit dragons weren't brought over from the top of Zhongtian Peak, but rather were re-condensed from the purple energy of the east.

The dense purple-gold mist immediately blocked the enormous suction force of the dark vortex, and more than a dozen golden dragons quickly surrounded the dark vortex.

Elder Lunqi and the others were extremely nervous, as the devouring power of the Heavenly Demon Realm was unable to devour these golden dragons!

As the purplish-gold mist increased, the dark vortex also expanded, and had already swallowed up a considerable amount of the purplish-gold mist.

【Attack them!】Donglai Ziqi shouted in his mind, and Zi Dong quickly ordered Elder Fengli to lead people to attack Elder Lunqi and his group.

He also controlled the golden light to rush towards Elder Lunqi and the others, assisting Elder Fengli in her attack.

"Retreat!" Elder Lunqi was very decisive. After shouting, he immediately rushed into the dark vortex above his head, and the people behind him also rushed in one after another.

Immediately, a pitch-black vortex shot into the sky and quickly disappeared into the distant horizon, as if it had never existed.

"Did they enter the Heavenly Demon Realm?!" Zi Dong stared blankly at the disappearing dark vortex and asked in his divine sense.

"Their physical bodies would be destroyed immediately upon entering the Heavenly Demon Realm; they merely escaped using the Heavenly Demon Realm's devouring power!" Donglai Ziqi said disdainfully.

The dignified elder of the Heavenly Demon Clan was defeated, and the Water Demon Clan looked at Zi Dong with even greater respect. Shui Yun immediately began arranging the wedding for Ai Shang and Shui Ruoxin.

Zi Dong was very generous; spirit stones were a given, and countless rare and precious materials were also included.

He certainly wouldn't suffer a loss; Shuiyun also returned a considerable amount of rare and precious materials from the Western Continent, essentially a transaction.

The entire city of Tianshui was bustling for three days. Shuiyun ordered a three-day tax reduction, and the people of the city celebrated together.

Elder Fengli, representing the Great Xia Immortal Emperor, delivered a congratulatory gift, which indirectly constitutes an alliance with the Water Demon Clan.

After the wedding, Zi Dong had a deep talk with Shui Yun. He said that the Water Demon Clan would not attack other demon clans, but would only assist Elder Feng Li in guarding Tianshui City.

With 100,000 cultivators already teleported from the Eastern Continent, Zi Dong immediately ordered them to set off and advance towards the central part of the Western Continent!
(End of this chapter)