Chapter 214 - Crowd Rebellion (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The ultimate move that Zi Chen had painstakingly planned for tens of thousands of years had been a dud, the people from the Celestial World were all stunned. For a few moments, the surrounding area was exceptionally quiet and even the demonic Qi that had been permeating the air seemed to have frozen in place.
The crowd had were unable to respond to what had happened.
Five minutes later…
Shen Ying looked at the tightly shut Demon World door in front of her, she raised her hand and knocked on it.
“Little Black, open the door!”
“I don’t want to!” A frightened voice voiced its objection from beyond the door.
“Just come out for a while, I have something to ask you.”
“No, I don’t want to come out from this door anymore.” Sniff, sniff, how scary!
Shen Ying: “What are you crying for? I won’t hit you!”
Little Black: “… Really?”
Shen Ying: “Yes.”
Little Black: “Really, really?”
Shen Ying: “Yes.”
Little Black: “Really really rea…”
Shen Ying: “If you say anything more, I’ll hit you right now.”
As her voice landed, the door creaked and finally opened. It was still the Demon King dressed in black with his pair of blood-red eyes. The surrounding demonic Qi became even more intense and as compared to his overbearing nature previously, he was now exceptionally obedient, tears welling up in his eyes, even his burly body was much shorter than just now.
“What are you kneeling on the ground for?” Shen Ying looked at the person on the floor and asked.
The Demon King shuddered and replied seriously, “Exalted Goddess, I feel that you look exceptionally majestic when I look at you while kneeling.”
Shen Ying: “…”
Everyone: “…”
What was this sudden urge to light a candle for Zi Chen?
Shen Ying’s mouth twitched and she threw Zi Chen, who she had casually dealt with on her way here at him, saying, “Explain, what’s going on here?”
The Demon King immediately tried to shirk off all relations with him by moving two steps to the side. He then replied, “Exalted Goddess, I’m really innocent! I don’t know anything, I only came because I heard someone summoning me. I didn’t know that the Celestial World was behind the door.” If he had known, he would never have opened the door.
“You mean…” Shen Ying’s voice became sullen, “There are many other doors like this one?”
The demon prince’s expression paled and cold sweat rushed down his face, “Per… per… perhaps… I think!” Oops, he had let the cat out of the bag!
Beside him, Yi Qing had also understood and his heart sank. Indeed, this door had looked identical to the one that had opened in the Invincible Sect, but this was the Emperor Ascension Stage and it was evident that they were not the same door. This meant that there was not just one door that led from the Celestial World to the Demon World.
“How many of these doors are there!” Yi Qing asked.
“This…”
The Demon King clenched his teeth and prepared to answer, but Zi Chen who had been lying on the ground suddenly responded with an expression of disbelief, “My king, what are you doing? You only need to give the order and the army of the Demon World will conquer the Three Realms. Why are you…”
“Shut up!” The Demon King sent a wave of suppression towards him and crushed him back on the ground, this little b*tch trying to accuse me! Where would the Demon World army come from, the 10 Skyfiends had already been defeated by them and were still lying in their Demon Palaces licking their wounds!
“Exalted Goddess, please listen to my explanation!” The Demon King was in tears and looked at Shen Ying weakly, saying, “All this was done by the previous Demon King! He wanted to conquer the Three Realms, so he had sent our people to conduct subterfuge within the Three Realms. It’s not just the Celestial World, the lower realm has them too. They are all Mission Demons, once the realm door is opened, they will be able to summon Demon Kings immediately. However, I … do not know exactly how many there are.” He frantically said everything he knew.
“You’re saying that there are more demons in the Celestial World?” Lonemoon was astonished.
“There should be … I think?” He nodded, then continued saying, “The lower realm is not a good place, so the previous Demon King had wanted to conquer the Celestial World. However, millions of years ago, the Celestial World and the Divine World were connected, so he could not find an opportunity to strike.”
Lonemoon thought about it carefully and understood the entire story. In the past, the demons had been afraid of the divine race, so they did not dare to lay their hands on the Celestial World. Afterwards, the Divine World and the Celestial World had a falling out, but left the Emperor Ascension Stage to seal off the door to the Demon World. The Demon King was unhappy with it, so he had sent these people to create chaos to try to open the world door. Zi Chen had been one of his men, but after so many years of preparation, the Demon King was already another person. Most importantly, he had run into Shen Ying. At that moment, he did not know whether to be happy for the Celestial World or to mourn for Zi Chen.
“Can you find these people?” Shen Ying asked.
“Yes, of course!” The Demon King immediately nodded his head like a little chicken. These were the Exalted Goddess’ orders, he needed to, absolutely had to, it was a definite must!
“That’s fine then, within three days, think of a way to get your men out of here.” Shen Ying waved her hand and continued saying, “In the future, manage your territory properly and don’t come out for a stroll with no good reason.”
“Yes Exalted Goddess, no problem Exalted Goddess!”
“Alright, you can go now.”
“Yes, Exalted Goddess!”
The Demon King let out a sigh of relief and picked himself up speedily while picking up Zi Chen who had already fainted. With a whoosh, he had snuck into the door and disappeared.
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Three days later.
The Demon King was actually quite efficient. He had taken out a Skyfiend token, it was a Dharma artifact for summoning demons. One day after he had used it, there were people reporting at the door to the Demon World one after the other.
Within these people, there were insignificant immortals, immortals who were famous throughout the Celestial World and one of them was even the emperor of a country. Although they were not Skyfiends, they all had means to disguise their demon identity. The Immortal Emperors were shocked to see all these people and a cold sweat ran down their spine. If it was not for Shen Ying, perhaps the Celestial World would really fall into the hands of the Demon World not long after.
These people were all brought back by Little Black into the Demon World and the crisis was averted. Zi Chen had also been brought back into the Demon World, but by the look on the Demon King’s face, he would probably not have a good end.
The only person who had not been dealt with was Hui Ling. The things that she had done were not unforgivable, but they were definitely not minor either. The entire incident had not been because of her and she had been influenced by Xin Han, but she had deceived her elders and robbed them of their Divine Artifacts.
Putting the others aside, the person with the most right to deal with her, also the person who had been tricked the hardest was Chen Ge. Thus, the other Immortal Emperors left it up to him to decide.
“Strip her of her immortal bones and her cultivation, then send her to the lower realm.” Chen Ge’s expression did not change as he announced Hui Ling’s punishment.
While Chen Ge’s punishment might have seemed lenient, to Hui Ling, it was the most severe punishment she could receive. For someone who had already become immortal, who would want to reincarnate and be reborn as a mortal. Moreover, an immortal whose immortal bones had been removed could not cultivate again. A mortal’s lifespan would not last longer than 100 years, to Hui Ling, who was previously an immortal, it was probably a fate worse than death.
It seemed like her previous actions had left Chen Ge’s heart frozen. He no longer indulged her actions.
“Emperor Lonemoon, what do you think about this punishment?” Chen Ge turned his head and looked at the red radish beside him.
“It’s none of my business!” Lonemoon glared at him, the temper he had been keeping in for days finally erupting. He then said, “Put the matter aside. Didn’t you say that if we hurried and found our bodies, we could go back? Why am I still a radish?”
“…”
“Uh…” Chen Ge’s mouth twitched, then said in a sullen voice, “Emperor, our bodies are all severely injured. If our primordial spirits go back into our bodies all of a sudden, our injuries might become worse. We need to consider it seriously, we can’t rush it!”