Chapter 28

Primordial Wilderness calamity qi spreads everywhere, malignant qi arises spontaneously, and conflict intensifies endlessly.

Kill one demon, and humans will slay ten demons in retaliation! Even if those ten demons have no grudge against him, they are still killed, aiming to shock and restrain the Demon Race's killing behavior, after all humans are supreme among demons; even if one life offsets ten, humans still feel it a loss.

But wanton violence cannot solve this problem; it will only invite even more extreme violence in return!

In the Demon calendar, year 370, cycle 6, period 10, the East Wasteland saw a tiger demon attack on a village; a Heavenly Immortal-level tiger demon charged into a human village, wantonly attacked civilians, and successfully destroyed the village.

In the Demon calendar, year 370, cycle 6, period 11, the North Wasteland launched a demon-extermination operation; thousands of humans attacked a wolf demon settlement, adult and juvenile wolf demons were all slaughtered, only a few cubs with undeveloped intelligence were captured as slaves.

In the Demon calendar, year 372, cycle 12, period 3, the South Wasteland's Feather Race attacked a human city; two Golden Immortals clashed, the aftermath destroyed the city, and deaths among both races exceeded one hundred thousand.

In the Demon calendar, year 372, cycle 8, period 2, the West Wasteland's Demon Race formed an alliance, jointly sweeping away all human villages and cities in the West Wasteland; to show contempt and discrimination toward humans, they even openly ate humans, intending to deny human rights, treating humans merely as food.

You looked blankly at the Heavenly Emperor, not knowing why he said this, but unexpectedly Di Jun laughed and said that he would soon attain sagehood, then go to Chaos to establish a dojo, naturally he could no longer serve as Heavenly Emperor; after you become Heavenly Emperor, you must surely help him look after his sons.

You continued to argue that the Heavenly Emperor is the revered position of all peoples; how could the Heavenly Emperor bear to abandon all peoples and leave?

So, do I really have to become the Heavenly Emperor?

Di Jun surely couldn't have found Hongjun this wholesaler and obtained new purple qi from him, could he?

That should be impossible……

Faced with the abdication edict, you choose (?)

Wait a moment…… I haven't skipped the plot either, I've never even held a proper heavenly post, how am I suddenly supposed to ascend the throne and become emperor?!

Among them, the one laughing the happiest was neither Di Jun nor Taiyi, but your master, the Solar Star Lord!

Di Jun saw that your heart demon entangled you, but he had no good recourse, after all a plan is one thing, personally causing the slaughter's aftermath is another…… yet he still comforted you not to dwell on it, for the merit you have accumulated among humans, as long as you don't think about it, no heart demon can affect you!

To dispel your heart demon, Di Jun pondered for a long time, then before all important figures of the Heavenly Court, he issued an edict.

Or there is only one option……

Zhao Si could only click refuse again.

Helpless, Zhao Si could only click the sole option:

Faced with the abdication edict, you choose option A, refuse.

But upon hearing this good news, you showed no joy of 'finally progressing', only being absent‑minded, with a sorrowful expression……

The situation is intensifying, contradictions gradually escalating!

A: refuse.

Zhao Si:?

Fine, I'll click!

Zhao Si still couldn't quite grasp the reasoning; logically, if Di Jun were to abdicate, he should first consider his younger brother Donghuang Taiyi, failing that the Demon Master Kunpeng would do, and many mighty beings in the Heavenly Court are eligible to inherit the Heavenly Emperor throne, so why does it fall to me?

Zhao Si couldn't figure it out.

A: refuse.

The Six Sages, as the six direct disciples, each received a strand of purple qi; after they used it up to become sages, there was none left.

And…… the Human Race's Great Chieftain, you.

A: refuse.

No longer under parental restraint?

So, what about Di Jun? What about the Heavenly Court? What about the protagonist Jin Bing?

Zhao Si stared dumbfounded; one was not understanding the plot's development trend, the other was the options given by the game:

You have been countless times tormented by your own inner self; closing your eyes, you seem to hear endless cries and pleas of humans and demons…… all of this is your doing, all of this is your doing……

Good grief, it turns out you're just going through the procedure!

Demon calendar……

Di Jun still unmoved, continued to hand it to you, you choose (?)

Faced with the abdication edict, you choose option A, refuse.

Faced with the abdication edict, you choose option A, refuse.

What about Heavenly Law? What about the Celestial Judge of Law?

All this large‑scale slaughter has occurred, the Primordial Wilderness order is in shreds, and you don't care?!

Upon the edict's issuance, everyone was shaken; Taiyi and Kunpeng naturally cried out in protest, the Solar Star Lord wept loudly, kneeling to beg Your Majesty to withdraw the order!

Anyone who has read Primordial Wilderness texts knows that to become a sage in the Primordial Wilderness one must possess Hongmeng Purple Qi; this item was only granted during the three lectures at the the Zixiao Palace back then, bestowed by Hongjun the Dao Ancestor.

Before there were always two or more options, so why is there only one now? What am I supposed to choose!

Zhao Si suddenly jolted, wondering if he had continually forgotten someone.

Someone with little presence, yet who had listened to the lectures at the the Zixiao Palace and even received an extra strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, but somehow never became a sage—the Primordial Wilderness's number one tragic fool……

But Di Jun was determined, disregarding everyone's dissuasion, he resolutely wrote an abdication edict and handed it to you.

But can one really not think about it? Merit is miraculous, but it isn't omnipotent……

Furthermore, Di Jun said he was about to become a sage—this isn't nonsense, is it?!

The Solar Star Lord laughed heartily, saying he had indeed not misjudged you back then; you are truly a pillar of talent for the Demon Race, thanks to your constant urging of humans to fight actively, not allowing anyone to flee for fear of death, otherwise the sages would have long placed the Human Race under protection, and now it would be impossible to fight this smoothly.

You were stunned by this sudden surprise, looking at the edict not knowing what to do, your hands and feet went limp.

Once the humans have been exhausted by the demons, your achievements will surpass the heavens; in the future he even wishes to yield the Solar Star Lord's position to you, so he can live a tranquil life!

You sobbed and knelt on the ground, saying that the ten Golden Crow princes had just been born; even if the Heavenly Emperor wishes to abdicate, the succession should go to the princes; I, your subject, am willing to wholeheartedly serve the new emperor, and dare not harbor any overreaching thoughts!

A: Thinking to himself, 'Once the three yields and three declines process is over, I won't be polite anymore; from now on I will surely treat the former emperor's children well!' On the surface, however, he carefully accepted the edict.

Zhao Si couldn't bear to look directly; no wonder all three consecutive options had only one choice each—after fussing for a while, it turned out to be the 'three yields and three declines' abdication process...

Unless...

Zhao Si:...

Zhao Si keenly discovered a blind spot from the stream of information about the two tribes killing each other:

From beginning to end, the leaders on both sides never appeared on the scene; the conflict and slaughter were confined only to the middle and lower ranks.

So what are they doing?

The answer is:

【Corresponding to the slaughter and wailing across the wilderness, on First Yang Mountain, the new capital of the Heavenly Court, a small banquet is being held, attended respectively by the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun, Donghuang Taiyi, the solar charioteer Xihe, Wangshu Changxi, the heavenly consort Yinglong, the demon master Kunpeng, and the demon sages Jimeng Feilian, as well as the various heavenly host star lords.】

【You hurriedly kneel and say you have no merit or virtue, dare not covet the throne; please, Your Majesty, withdraw your order.】

【"I feel I have lost virtue before the Heavenly Dao, and wish to abdicate the Heavenly Emperor's position to the dragon clan's Jin Bing, now establishing Jin Bing as the heir apparent; after the human race is exterminated, you may then support the new emperor's ascension!"】

【Speaking, Di Jun again hands over the edict; you choose (？)】

【When mentioning his sons, Di Jun lets out a cold snort, finally speaking, calling the ten little brutes utterly unruly, fundamentally incapable of great responsibility; without his father's restraint thereafter, who knows what chaos they will stir up— they must absolutely not be allowed to inherit the throne.】

【"What on earth have I done?"】

【Di Jun remains unmoved, continues to hand the edict to you; you choose (？)】

"Hongyun?!"

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(End of chapter)