Chapter 1010

Supreme Demon State, Demon Capital.

The original imperial capital, like other buildings in Demon Capital, was crushed to powder by the aura emanating from over four thousand Venerable-level beings.

A black iron throne stood firmly in the spot of the original Demon Emperor's throne; Wu Tie sat on the throne, looking down at the kneeling Supreme Demon and the dozen or so Demon State generals he had selected.

These people were the Supreme Demon's die-hard confidants.

Everyone's life and death were tightly controlled by the Supreme Demon's magic; they were the kind of absolute loyalists who could never betray him, forming the true foundation of his rule in the Supreme Demon State.

The Yin-Yang Daoist stood in the high sky; the Yin-Yang Dual-Qi Vessel expanded to thousands of zhang tall, and vast hordes of demon fiends, unable to resist, were sucked in great gulfs of black and white qi into the treasure vase.

Those demon fiends were Wu Tie's reserve supplies.

They cultivated demonic arts, refined demonic treasures, and the vast majority of their cultivation resources were the common folk they had plundered from the Fufeng Divine Dynasty; each of them numbered tens of thousands to trillions, blood-stained hands, each deserving death ten thousand times.

They deserved to die, and Wu Tie had no intention of letting them live.

He merely let them slumber temporarily in the Yin-Yang Dual-Qi Vessel; when Wu Tie next bestowed rewards on his officials, or when it became necessary to quickly boost Wuguo's top-tier combat power, they would serve as sacrificial offerings and be sent to the altar.

"Supreme Demon, from today onward, besides Wuguo's Heavenly Martial Army and Divine Warrior Army, I will establish a Slay-God Army; you will be its commander, and all non-human combat power of demons, monsters, and other beings gathered by Wuguo will be incorporated into the Slay-God Army." Wu Tie pointed at the Supreme Demon.

The vast Supreme Demon State has a populace numbering in the trillions; those heinous demon fiends can be sent to the altar, but Wu Tie cannot possibly slaughter the entire Supreme Demon State.

After all, in the vast Supreme Demon State, many are just minor demon fiends who have only recently begun cultivating demonic arts, just set foot on the path of cultivation, and have not yet had time to stain their hands with too much blood; Wu Tie cannot slaughter them all merely because of their origin.

Yet, how could Wu Tie dare let the citizens of the Supreme Demon State run rampant across the world?

The demonic nature has been deeply engraved in their bloodlines and souls through generations of demonic bloodline inheritance; this is a group innately lawless and calamitous. Wu Tie dares not let them run amok, for in their haste to cultivate demonic arts they know not how many vicious, bloody atrocities they will commit.

So, incorporate them into the Slay-God Army.

Incorporate all those whose innate nature bears demonic traits into the Slay-God Army.

Be fierce, be ruthless, be heartless, be cunning; direct all this power toward the gods, toward Wuguo's enemies.

In the face of enemies, Wu Tie does not mind if his subordinates employ even harsher methods.

"The cultivation needs of the Slay-God Army will be uniformly allocated by Wuguo's military department, but they are strictly forbidden from using human essence blood or other materials to cultivate; if anyone violates this, I will behead them." Wu Tie sternly rebuked the Supreme Demon.

The Supreme Demon and a dozen or so minor generals prostrated themselves before Wu Tie, foreheads pressed to the ground, each whispering assent, daring not to show any unusual expression.

As demons, they well understood the way of hierarchy.

In the Supreme Demon State, those who do not grasp the meaning of hierarchy deeply enough have long had their souls and spirits scattered; they could not possibly survive to this day.

Wu Tie moved his sleeve.

He reached into his sleeve and produced a beautiful black jade talisman; strands of smoky vapor rose and quickly condensed into a small piece of text. Via the communication jade talisman, Pei Feng informed Wu Tie of the visits of Bai He, Zhu Ji, and Lin Long, as well as their requests, in detail.

Wu Tie raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That old coot Sima Wuyou actually left spies inside Wuguo."

Wu Tie's voice rang loud; the civil and military officials present instantly pricked up their ears.

Among the three states, the civil and military officials from Great Wei and Great Wu glanced oddly at their Great Jin counterparts; meanwhile, the Great Jin generals and senior officials led by Huang Lang stared sharply at the many Great Jin civil and military officials present.

"No need to suspect or investigate." Wu Tie waved at Huang Lang: "This is only human nature. Your Majesty Sima Wuyou has delivered the great Great Jin……hehe……into my hands, and must allow him to plant a few spies among the civil and military officials; otherwise he would appear too incompetent."

"Being able to remember one's former lord and pass along harmless information, I can understand your choice."

"But remember, now you are Wuguo's subjects, eating Wuguo's tribute, receiving Wuguo's salary; it is I who have made your clans' fiefdoms swell, your clans' power soar, and even allowed some of you to reach the Venerable realm you previously dared not dream of."

"So, do not forget your roots lie in Wuguo; do not do anything harmful to Wuguo……otherwise……"

Wu Tie gave a light chuckle, tapping those among the present civil and military officials who still had ties to Sima Wuyou, the old Great Jin folk.

Wu Tie indeed did not regard the matter of those people leaking information to Sima Wuyou as anything.

One, Wu Tie's current strength is so overwhelming, his power so vast—what could Sima Wuyou possibly do to Wuguo?

Two, Wu Tie truly does not believe that these people telling Sima Wuyou of the existence of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty and the Supreme Demon State would cause Wuguo any great harm; at most it would give Sima Wuyou a plot of land to……live out his twilight years.

Three, Bai He and Wu Tie are true friends, Zhu Ji and Lin Long are also good friends of Wu Tie; thus, a few small tricks, Wu Tie feels nothing wrong with them.

As long as those old ministers of the Great Jin that Sima Wuyou left in Wuguo do not harm Wuguo's fundamental interests and merely transmit ordinary intelligence information, Wu Tie truly does not think there is any great harm.

Of course, if they go too far, truly touching Wuguo's core interests and endangering Wu Tie and his kin's lives, do they really think Wu Tie could sacrifice so many demon leaders and thus not swing his blade at these old Jin officials?

Huang Lang led a large group of civil and military officials to pay respects to Wu Tie: "Your Majesty, your magnanimity, your benevolence surpasses the world."

"Stop flattering, do real work." Wu Tie gestured for the many officials kneeling on the ground to rise, then lightly kicked the Demon Supreme, signaling him to have the dozen or so demon generals behind him also stand up.

"This little demon leader of the Supreme Demon Kingdom, whose crime does not deserve death, I entrust to you to lead. I want to see a sufficiently elite God‑Slaying Army, and I also do not want to hear any bad news of their misdeeds." Wu Tie said in a deep voice: "How you conduct yourself will depend on how you, Demon Supreme, act."

"Subject, I obey the edict." The Demon Supreme bowed respectfully to Wu Tie, then slightly raised his head, stood firmly in Wu Tie's presence, while he cast a disdainful, proud glance, narrowing his eyes as he swept over Wu Tie's many subordinates.

Snort—, in front of the many officials, the Demon Supreme let out a cold laugh that everyone present could clearly hear.

In the Demon Supreme's eyes, these civil and military officials under Wu Tie are all trash, each one worthy of his notice. Alas, with a lonely heart like a lone warrior seeking defeat, the Demon Supreme secretly mused that he would become Wu Tie's foremost minister in the future.

No way, below Huang Lang they're all trash; how could any of them match the Demon Supreme's brilliance and martial prowess?

Wu Tie remained silent, while below Huang Lang, the countless civil and military officials present in Wuguo all kept the Demon Supreme in mind—"You little brat, someday you'll wear small shoes… The Emperor of the Supreme Demon Kingdom is really something, huh?"

Wu Tie didn't bother with this trivial matter.

His subordinates have a bit of petty squabble, a bit of factionalism; that's normal.

If a dynasty had all its civil and military officials as a monolithic block, cooperating seamlessly with no disputes at all, that would be weird. As long as the Demon Supreme, Huang Lang, and the others don't come to blows, let their minor squabbles be.

Playing with that exquisite transmission jade talisman, Wu Tie fell into deep thought.

Bai Ying and Zhu Ji actually, taking advantage of when the gods loosened the heavenly tribulation constraints on the Divine Realm, concealed the heavenly secrets and on their own entered the Venerable realm.

This opportunity came from their sisters' extraordinary bloodline talent.

But, Bai Ying and Zhu Ji, at bottom, are merely the blood of the ancient sages Xi Huang and Nu Huang, nothing more than being somewhat purer and more ancestral than other humans.

They were able to take advantage of the violent upheaval of heavenly and earthly laws, to deceive heaven and cross the sea, and step onto the Venerable level.

Then… what about the other descendants of Xi Huang and Nu Huang?

Not necessarily; in such a vast human race, isn't there anyone whose bloodline talent doesn't fall short of these two sisters? With so many outstanding talents among humans, must Bai Ying and Zhu Ji definitely be the most excellent among the descendants of Xi Huang and Nu Huang's bloodline?

Then, are there any other descendants of the ancient sages?

Sui Ren Shi, Xuan Yuan Shi, Shen Nong Shi… the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of ancient human myth, and even more distant those mighty human sovereigns; among their bloodline descendants, in the human fate field controlled by Wa Island, or even Wa Island itself, how many heaven‑defying evildoers are there?

Will they, too, take advantage of that once‑in‑a‑time upheaval of heavenly and earthly laws and step onto the Venerable level?

"Interesting, though, it doesn't have much to do with my Wuguo." Wu Tie muttered to himself: "If Wa Island is strong enough, that's actually good… but I fear that if the vast human race only has the White Egret and Vermilion Finch sisters relying on bloodline talent to successfully conceal the heavenly secrets, then… the old matriarchs of Wa Island must be having a headache now."

"Though, it doesn't have much to do with my Wuguo." Wu Tie said softly: "I, Wu Tie, my abilities are just this much; being able to protect a Wuguo is already the limit of my power. The vast human race—don't think too much, don't think too much, don't think too much… heh, who do you think you are?"

Shaking his head, Wu Tie looked at Huang Lang and said: "Huang Lang, take the map of the mountains and rivers of the Supreme Demon State, then go to the Fufeng Divine Dynasty and ask for their map of mountains and rivers; have the Supreme Demon State cede half, the Fufeng Divine Dynasty cede half, then combine these two pieces of land, together with the people living on them, and hand them over to His Majesty Sima Wuyou."

"What if the Fufeng Divine Dynasty is unwilling?" Huang Lang asked Wu Tie, a bit hesitant.

"They will be willing… Just send the recently captured Fufeng Xiaoyao over to them; they have been scheming against my Wuguo, so they must give us an explanation. Tell the Fufeng that this is my final decision, Wu Tie's, and it is their explanation to me."

"Frankly tell them that the previous agreement is void. The remaining half of the Supreme Demon State doesn't need them to act as trustees; just leave it directly to the Demon Sovereign, to serve as the base for the Slaughter God Army."

"The Demon Sovereign and the Slaughter God Army will have nothing to do with that Fufeng Divine Dynasty. However, after His Majesty Sima Wuyou arrives, the relationship between that Fufeng Divine Dynasty and His Majesty Sima Wuyou will be beyond our interference… This Fufeng Divine Dynasty likes to stir up trouble; they even dare to use the forbidden corpse‑resurrecting pill on their own people. Heh, it's not exactly a proper orthodox state—giving them some trouble is also fine."

"Furthermore, let Fufeng Youran hand over the individuals I previously named, such as Xiao Fang and others, from within Shanfeng City, together with their families."

"Contact His Majesty Sima Wuyou and say that this is my condition for handing over half of the Supreme Demon State and half of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty to him—Xiao Fang and the others must hold a position no lower than that of a senior second‑rank official in the new dynasty he establishes."

"Heh, if he can plant covert agents in my Wuguo, I'll just openly drive nails into him; giving and taking is the proper way for two states to interact."

Huang Lang laughed, recording Wu Tie's words one by one on the jade slip in his hand.

The entire civil and military officials of Wuguo were trying not to laugh.

The Fufeng Divine Dynasty, from top to bottom, was still hoping that Wu Tie would entrust the entire Supreme Demon State to them for trusteeship. But because His Majesty Sima Wuyou suddenly appeared, well, the trusteeship opportunity is gone, and they still have to cede half of their own territory.

The future Fufeng Divine Dynasty, heh, will face two major threats: the Demon Sovereign's Slaughter God Army and the newly established dynasty of His Majesty Sima Wuyou; it seems his days won't be easy.

And His Majesty Sima Wuyou, out of the blue, gained a territory the size of hundreds of prefectures of the former Great Jin, with a population increase of countless vast lands; his newly established dynasty is immensely powerful…

But half of his territory came from the Fufeng Divine Dynasty—can the Fufeng Divine Dynasty let him have an easy time?

Moreover, right beside him stands the Demon Sovereign, a longtime demonic menace, and the Slaughter God Army formed from the minor demons of the Supreme Demon State is planted here. Needless to say, under Wu Tie's orders, these Slaughter God Soldiers certainly wouldn't dare to unleash slaughter and wreak havoc on the common folk.

But occasionally crossing borders, looting, seizing money and resources—such things are inevitable.

Haven't you seen the Demon Sovereign laughing until his face is all wrinkles? This guy still doesn't know what evil scheme he's cooking up.

So, the future Fufeng Divine Dynasty and His Majesty Sima Wuyou will surely have no peaceful days.

Li Guang, Xiang Feixie and the other veteran generals laughed until their teeth chattered—heh, Your Majesty the Elder Sima Wuyou, the advantage of our Wuguo's young sovereign is not so easily taken.

At that moment, a sharp, ringing bell sound came from inside the Demon Sovereign's sleeve.

The Demon Sovereign stared blankly, then pulled out a blood‑colored bell the size of a fist from his sleeve; this small bell was violently trembling, emitting a sharp sound.

The Demon Sovereign instinctively cursed: "What the heck—has an outsider expert invaded? Heh, or is it a great demon?"

Wu Tie looked at the small bell in astonishment.

I suppose this is the grand warning array that the Supreme Demon State has set up in its own territory.

Has a demon sovereign invaded?

Wu Tie said in a deep voice: "What direction?"

The Demon Sovereign said in a deep voice: "The northern sea border; they are rapidly advancing southward."