The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

At this moment, the Demon Sect was immersed in the relief and joy of surviving the disaster.

After Chu Xiu dealt with the Crimson King Yan Lian of the Flame Demon Kingdom and his Void Breaking Army, he once again entered a brief period of seclusion, intending to completely refine the power of the Dao Source Fruit within his body.

Meanwhile, Yan Lian Laoguai and his hundreds of subordinates were all brought under the command of Xue Ye, the high priest of the Mo Luo Sect, and joined the team to rebuild the Mo Luo Sect's territory.

Demons are born to admire force and subdue others with strength, unlike other races who have the same psychological complexities.

Now that Yan Lian and his group have joined the Demon Luo Sect, the original members of the Demon Luo Sect who had been harmed by him and his subordinates have followed and understood the decision made by the sect's higher-ups, put aside their past deep-seated hatred, and joined forces with the new members.

Of course, some small-scale conflicts still occur from time to time, but they are all quelled by Xueye.

However, to Xue Ye's surprise, the Demon Luo Sect did not announce the surrender of the Crimson King Yan Lian, the Old Monster of the Yuan Yan Demon Kingdom.

However, the entire Western Continent, and even the entire Demon Realm, was still in an uproar because of this matter.

No one in Xizhou would have imagined that Yan Lian, a veteran powerhouse in the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, would choose to lead hundreds of Void Breakers to surrender to their mortal enemy, the Demon Luo Sect!

Hundreds of Void Breakers!

They account for a full one-fifth of all the Void Breaking Realm experts in the entire Flame Demon Kingdom!

Hasn't the Demon Luo Sect already declined?

Its current sect leader is merely a junior member of the Asura clan at the Great Perfection of the Void Breaking Realm.

What charm does Yan Lian, the old monster, possess that makes him submit?

Similarly, a title that had disappeared from the demon realm for thousands of years has recently been frequently mentioned—

Asura Demon Lord!

Many old monsters who have cultivated for tens of thousands of years have heard of this title and even witnessed the demeanor of this Asura Demon Lord.

This Asura Demon Lord, having ascended to the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm with blood from a branch of the Asura Clan, the most powerful clan in the Demon Realm, became the number one person below the Qiankun Realm and within the Reincarnation Realm in the Demon Realm.

His brilliance illuminated an era, giving many demon cultivators with collateral bloodlines a direction and goal to continue their journey.

Ultimately, however, because of the word "Demon Lord" in his title, he became a thorn in the side of that generation's young Asura clan leader.

Ultimately, after an epic battle that shocked the Demon Realm, the young patriarch of the Asura Clan, severely injured and in seclusion, returned to the position of patriarch for that generation.

The Asura Demon Lord has vanished without a trace...

Ten thousand years later, the patriarch of that generation of Asura clan had long since perished while trying to break through the bottleneck of the Qiankun Realm, which was above the Reincarnation Realm.

But now, the name of the Asura Demon Lord has made a comeback!

In an instant, the entire Demon Realm was in turmoil, and countless powerful figures flocked to Xizhou, drawn by its reputation.

Overnight, the Demon Sect became the target of everyone's hatred!

Tens of thousands of miles north of the Demon Sect lies the capital of the Flame Demon Kingdom.

An elderly man with mid-stage True Transcendence cultivation, clutching a dull and lifeless soul jade tablet, rushed into a palace in a panic, shouting:

"Lord of the country!"

"The fragments of Crimson King Yanlian's soul that you had imprisoned in the jade tablet have suddenly vanished!"

"The same applies to the other hundreds of Void Breaking Realm cultivators!"

"The Red King... he's betrayed us!"

After a moment of silence, a calm voice rang out from deep within the palace:

"Yan Lian? He's just a useless late-stage True Transcending Realm trash, ranked last among the Four Kings of my Flame Demon Kingdom. So what if he betrayed us?"

"But his biggest mistake was leading hundreds of his people to submit to another tribe!"

"Send the Black King to me, and wait for the Red King's head to come back to me."

"Yes!...I have something else to report..."

"explain."

"The entire Western Continent is buzzing with rumors... that the Asura Demon Lord of the Demon Luo Sect has returned to the Demon Realm..."

……

Inside the palace, a silence that lasted for more than ten breaths remained.

Only the messenger inside the palace could sense the subtle fluctuations of magical power surging within it.

He was soaked in cold sweat and trembled as he knelt on the ground, curled up.

"...The Asura Demon Lord?"

"The Asura Demon Lord! It's absolutely true, Your Majesty!"

"...In that case, let's not send the Black King. Let's wait and see how things develop."

"Summon all our kings and generals who are away, close the country to the outside world, and strictly prohibit them from entering or leaving!"

"This Western Region... will soon be completely transformed because of this name!"

"But Your Majesty... On his way to the palace, King Bi learned from me about King Chi's betrayal, and he has already gone to the Demon Sect alone!"

"What an idiot! A mere alchemist dares to go and die?"

"..."

"...Fine, just take your men and raid Bi Wang's stronghold. He's probably not coming back..."

"Yes!"

"...Bring me the Blood Demon Pill that he has spent a lot of effort refining in recent years."

"...Your subordinate understands."

Two days later, outside the main formation of the Demon Luo Sect.

A tall, emerald-green figure appeared in mid-air.

Yan Ye, the Jade King of the Flame Demon Kingdom, unleashed his strongest attack, capable of striking at the Great Perfection of the True Realm, intending to smash the protective formation blocking his capture of the traitor.

However, this attack, which was enough to shatter the Crimson King with a single punch, seemed to strike a ball of cotton the moment it hit the array shield. The fierce punch was completely absorbed by the array shield!

Bi Wang Yan Ye's eyes widened in fury as he stared at the incredibly familiar grand formation before him, his teeth clenched in hatred.

"Yan Lian! It's bad enough that you're a piece of trash who betrayed the enemy, but you even dared to tell our enemy the construction method of the protective formation of my Yanmo Kingdom!"

"Yan Lian! You deserve to die!"

"What do you mean by 'dead'? You old geezer, what are you barking about again?"

Yan Lian had sensed Yan Ye's presence the moment he appeared. He had initially intended to give the old man a chance to avoid a beating, out of consideration for their long-standing kinship and camaraderie.

Unexpectedly, the old man started by hurling insults at him, leaving him utterly humiliated.

Yan Lian's face darkened immediately, and he sent someone to report to High Priest Xue Ye, claiming that a powerful expert at the Great Perfection of the True Realm from the Flame Demon Kingdom had attacked.

Without any hesitation, Xueye went directly to the outside of Chu Xiu's resting place to ask for instructions.

"The Great Perfection of the Transcendent Realm?"

Chu Xiu opened the door with a smile and invited Xue Ye into the room.

Despite the snowy night, his face remained as cold as ice. He nodded and said, "Yes."

"According to Elder Yan Lian, this Jade King is skilled in medicine. After several great battles, our Demon Luo Sect indeed has very few healers left..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu nodded slightly: "In that case, I will go."

After saying that, Chu Xiu gently pulled Xue Ye's wrist. Xue Ye struggled for a moment, but when she realized that Chu Xiu's hand was exerting a little force, she sighed inwardly and gave up, letting Chu Xiu open a spatial vortex in front of them and pull her into it.

The next second, the two appeared together behind Yan Lian.

"...My Lord! Mistress!"

Upon seeing the two, Yan Lian chuckled like a lackey, strode forward, and pointed at Bi Wang Yan Ye outside the array:

"That is the Bi Wang Yan Ye that this old servant mentioned."

"Don't let his old man appearance fool you, both of you. In the Flame Demon Kingdom, if he's second to none in medical skills and alchemy, no one would dare claim to be first!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu's eyes flashed with golden light, and he immediately used his divine sense to scan towards Bi Wang Yan Ye.

A moment later, Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow, as if he had detected a familiar aura on him.

Chu Xiu did not choose to bully others with his power, nor did he choose to beat around the bush; he spoke directly to Bi Wang Yan Ye:

"You are the Jade King, aren't you..."

"You have a very strong aura of the Blood Demon on you. Have you been using the Blood Demon as a catalyst to refine medicine recently?"

Before Chu Xiu could finish speaking, the King of Bi's expression suddenly changed drastically:

"how do you know?!"

"who are you?"

Chu Xiu smiled slightly, summoned a drop of blood from a blood-red pool in an isolated, dark corner of his storage space, and displayed it on his fingertip to the Jade King.

"The power contained in the blood demon scraps you used as a medicinal ingredient should not be as pure or powerful as my source of blood demons, right?"

Bi Wang stared wide-eyed at the drop of blood on Chu Xiu's fingertip, his eyes filled with curiosity, greed, and madness.

Chu Xiu smiled and said, "Just like the Crimson King, join the Demon Luo Sect, and I will give you this drop of Blood Demon Source to study alchemy. How about it?"

The Jade King immediately descended to the ground, knelt on both knees, and kowtowed in one swift motion:

"Yan Ye, I pay my respects to my lord!"

Meanwhile, inside the tomb of a demon emperor in the Eastern Continent of the Southern Lands.

A fiery red figure bustled in and out of a huge, well-preserved true body of a fire phoenix, seemingly searching for something it had lost.

"...Strange, where is the Blood Demon Source that I secretly hid the other day? It's gone!"