Chapter 377: The Demon Emperor

Di Jun sat on the imperial throne above the ninety-nine jade steps, the radiance of the great sun flowing on his golden golden crow imperial robes.

He did not speak, only waving his hand casually.

The black tiger demon general was stunned, then understood Di Jun's meaning, lowering his head: "We take our leave!"

The black tiger demon general led the demon soldiers and generals to retreat.

Subsequently, Di Jun signaled for the demon officials serving in the hall to retreat as well.

Inside the main hall, only Di Jun, Su Chen, and Sun Wukong remained.

Di Jun stood up, with his hands behind his back, walking down the jade steps step by step.

He did not deliberately release any Semi-Sage pressure, but that innate imperial bearing still made Su Chen's eyes light up.

He arrived before Sun Wukong and stopped.

"This Emperor told you, I would not harm you." Di Jun's tone was flat. "Stay in the Demon Court, with the blessing of the demon race's luck, you can take whatever cultivation resources you want. Why bother to escape?"

"Old Sun is wild by nature!" Sun Wukong grinned, revealing his sharp teeth, his voice echoing in the empty hall. "Can't stand your birdcage! Kill me if you want, stop talking nonsense to Old Sun!"

Di Jun did not take offense, only shaking his head slightly.

His gaze shifted slowly, landing on Su Chen on the side.

In those golden eyes, the curiosity grew stronger.

"As for you..." Di Jun stared at Su Chen for a moment, speaking slowly.

His voice was not loud, yet it exploded in Su Chen's ears like thunder: "This Emperor used the Hetu Luoshu to deduce this monkey, and it was a void. Just now, seeing you, this Emperor deduced it again."

Di Jun leaned forward slightly, his gaze like torches: "Still a void. This Emperor holds a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, plus the cultivation of a peak Semi-Sage, yet I cannot find a trace of karma for the two of you. All living beings in the Primordial World are within the operation of the Heavenly Dao, and you two..."

Di Jun's voice paused, his tone lowering.

"You two, it seems, do not belong to this world at all."

As soon as these words were spoken, Su Chen's heart jumped wildly.

Although he had expected it, being pointed out to his face by a top Primordial powerhouse still made him feel a sense of horror.

Di Jun's intuition was too terrifying, and the deductive power of the Hetu Luoshu was even more overbearing.

He did not know how this high-and-mighty Demon Emperor would treat the two of them, these anomalies.

Eradication? Or soul-searching?

Su Chen steadied his mind, preparing to explain.

Di Jun, however, suddenly stepped closer, his gaze locked onto Su Chen's dantian.

"What makes this Emperor even more puzzled is," Di Jun's voice carried a trace of chilling coldness, "you are a mere human, a weak creature created by the acquired path, why do you have the aura of the origins of Sun True Fire and Lunar Qi in your body?"

Su Chen's pupils contracted sharply.

Di Jun was an innate god born from the Sun Star, and no one was more familiar with the origins of the Sun True Fire and Lunar Qi than he was.

The origins of these two powers he had absorbed within his Hunyuan Jin Dan could not escape Di Jun's eyes at all.

"Sun True Fire is this Emperor's origin, and Lunar Qi is the origin of the Lunar Star. These two powers are the extremes of Yin and Yang in heaven and earth, water and fire incompatible. You, a human, can actually fuse these two diametrically opposed supreme powers into one and achieve balance. Such means are definitely not something a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal can do." Di Jun's gaze was like two sharp swords, looking Su Chen through and through. "Not only that, the physical cultivation method you practice faintly has the legacy of Pangu, yet it is completely different."

Di Jun stared at Su Chen, his voice low: "Who is helping you behind the scenes? What is your origin?"

The pressure of a peak Semi-Sage rushed toward him, and Su Chen felt his breathing stall.

He immediately let his mind race, thinking about how to muddle through.

Say he came from the future? No.

Say it was a deal with Changxi? Even worse, this involved the karma of the Demon Court's collapse in the future; if Di Jun knew, it would definitely trigger heaven-shaking karma.

Su Chen took a deep breath.

"Demon Emperor Majesty." Su Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head, meeting Di Jun's gaze, saying, "The junior being able to fuse these two powers was just a stroke of luck, luckily not dying. As for the origin of the two of us, it involves too much, and cannot be spoken of."

"A stroke of luck?" Di Jun sneered, his eyes changing, killing intent permeating the hall. "In the Primordial World, there are no uncaused fortunes. Cannot be spoken of? Do you think this Emperor will tolerate two uncontrollable anomalies acting recklessly in the Primordial World?"

Su Chen knew that life and death were on this line.

"Anomalies, also may not be enemies." Su Chen straightened his back, his voice resonant, looking directly at Di Jun. "I, Su Chen, hereby swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao! I and Monkey brother have absolutely no intention of being enemies with the Demon Court. Forcing our way into the Southern Heaven Gate today was only because of brotherly love and the urgency to save someone. If there is half a lie, may my soul be destroyed and my true spirit cease to exist!"

Boom!

Above the star dome of the hall, dull thunder rolled faintly.

The Heavenly Dao oath was formed.

Sun Wukong heard Su Chen swear such a heavy oath and could not help but speak: "Little brother, you..."

Su Chen shook his head slightly, signaling him not to be impulsive.

Di Jun looked at Su Chen, the killing intent in his eyes slightly receding.

The Heavenly Dao oath could not be faked, which proved that the human before him indeed had no malicious intent to subvert the Demon Court.

"A single oath alone cannot save your lives." Di Jun stood with his hands behind his back, his voice cold. "This Emperor needs a reason to keep you."

Su Chen knew he had to produce a bargaining chip that could shock Di Jun.

He looked directly at Di Jun, implicitly throwing out a bombshell.

"Demon Emperor Majesty." Su Chen lowered his voice. "You rule the Demon Court, command all demons, and want to compete with the Wu Clan for the protagonist of heaven and earth. But if the Wu and Demon clans truly start a comprehensive decisive battle, the outcome may not be as you wish."

Di Jun's eyes condensed, an invisible storm gathering in the hall, the starlight on the star dome dimming instantly: "What do you mean? My Demon Court occupies the thirty-three heavens, with countless great demons under my command, and the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array can suppress everything. The Wu Clan is just a group of barbarians who do not cultivate the primordial spirit; do you dare say this Emperor will lose?"

Su Chen took a deep breath and said directly: "Two clans fighting to the death may only end in both suffering. In the end, it will just be making wedding clothes for others."

Inside the hall, Sun Wukong watched from the side, not saying a word.

Although he was arrogant, he also knew that Su Chen was gambling with his life at this moment, dancing on the tip of a knife, and a slight carelessness would lead to both of them being reduced to ashes.

"Making wedding clothes for others?"

A flash of brilliance crossed Di Jun's eyes.

In his mind, the high-and-mighty Sages who listened to the Dao in the Zixiao Palace flashed by, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun sitting in the nine heavens flashed by, and the situation of all races in the Primordial World flashed by.

What exactly does this lad know?

He has the origins of Lunar and Sun in his body, his physical cultivation method is strange, and even the Hetu Luoshu cannot deduce his karma.

Could it be that he is a pawn secretly arranged by some Sage, or those Primordial remnants?

If so, then his sentence "making wedding clothes for others" just now, was it alarmist, or... some kind of warning?

Sage calculations, the general trend of the Heavenly Dao, everything was like an invisible net, shrouding the Demon Court within it.

Di Jun had long sensed it, only suffering from having no way to break the situation.

Now, this human whose karma could not be deduced had actually pointed out the deepest hidden worry in his heart in one sentence.

For a long time, this high-and-mighty Demon Emperor let out a long sigh.

This sigh echoed in the empty Demon Emperor Hall, revealing a kind of deep helplessness. ===== CHAPTER 378 =====