Chapter 81: Helpless Contact

First Yang Mountain, or perhaps it should be renamed the capital of the Equal Heavenly Court.

Although he already faced south and proclaimed himself emperor, Jin Bing still maintained his original simple style; he did not extensively build a luxurious demon emperor's palace, but merely expanded the former chieftain's hut a little to accommodate the heavenly court's officials for their assemblies.

He is not incapable of making it luxurious; in fact, it should be luxurious, after all, it is the residence of the heavenly court's demon emperor, one of the two power centers of the wilderness, so it ought to be grand and magnificent.

But Jin Bing, to constantly remind himself of the ultimate ideal of his three lifetimes of reincarnation, refused luxury and forcibly continued using the most primitive chieftain's hut as the demon emperor's palace.

As for why he should be called the 'Demon Emperor' rather than the 'Human Emperor'?

This question is important, because although Jin Bing's foundation is the human race, he advocates equality among all races; if he used 'Human Emperor', although it could be explained by the 'person' in 'Heaven, Earth, and Human', who let him have a human race named 'person' under his command?

Using 'Human Emperor' would be unfavorable for uniting the vast demon race.

"If Hou Yi really wants to kill you, it's actually not difficult."

"Hou Yi is just about that; we're evenly matched, and I almost solo-killed him!"

"Regardless of whether it's for profit or hatred, Jin Bing really wants to grit his teeth and behead this bastard as a sacrifice to heaven!"

"But……now we can't act so willfully."

"The Sun Star Lord's plan seriously deviates from the foundation of the heavenly court's establishment; it is practically a death sentence."

"Actually, speaking emotionally, he really doesn't want to talk to Hou Yi."

"His cession of land provoked the Wu Clan, who had been merely watching, to go all out; nearly a hundred great Wu shamans and countless Wu soldiers joined the battlefield, directly leaving Jin Bing flustered."

"But……it is indeed useful!"

"But the result was, Hou Yi casually shot two arrows and then voluntarily withdrew his troops……the meaning is obvious without asking."

"The Wu Clan is naturally a rank above demons, killing demons incurs no karma……what a trouble!"

"Thus Jin Bing proclaimed himself the Demon Emperor."

"Jin Bing asked with a smile."

"Jin Bing looked helplessly at Xuan Du."

"Xuan Du had a blank expression and unconsciously rubbed his kidneys……"

"Although it's also possible that Hou Yi wants to use him to demonstrate the Wu Clan's combat value to the Supreme Heavenly Court, seeking benefits there, but……it also counts as releasing a political signal that both sides can talk."

"And being able to release water shows……we can talk!"

"So the fact that you came back alive is itself Hou Yi conveying his attitude to me."

"Jin Bing said this deliberately; Xuan Du's pupils tightened instantly, but he still stubbornly said:"

"That chieftain……what if their demands are very harsh?"

"No problem? Then I can let you keep fighting Hou Yi?"

"Coincidentally, the Wu Clan, originally seen as our side, suddenly rebelled; once hostile, it directly turned into a reversed 'Wu-Demon War'……"

"This kid……"

"Isn't that wrong? Chieftain, the Wu Clan isn't already at war with us? We should decisively exterminate them!"

"Really?!"

"Hou Yi isn't an extremist?!"

"Great Chieftain, I'm fine……"

"The furious Jin Bing clenched his fists; over his three lifetimes, he has never hated the injustice of the Heavenly Dao as much as today:"

"A human race's destined protagonist, though his mad slaughter of all beings carries karma, even sages dare not intervene to settle it, amounting to being able to freely launch massacres!"

"A Wu Clan descendant of Pangu's blood, naturally superior to demons, can kill those with great merit at will, and even massacres incur no karma!"

"Even if the human race can hold out, the disadvantage still exists; we can only say they lose relatively slowly……"

"On the other hand, it is the Sun Star Lord's land‑cession act!"

"Could anything be harsher than ceding Central State?"

"Jin Bing sighed:"

"In theory, the faction of Wu Clan represented by Hou Yi cannot possibly demand too many more benefits from us, otherwise its reputation would truly stink, and then the whole wilderness would gang up on this traitor; the Wu Clan would definitely not withstand it."

"After all, the Supreme Heavenly Court has deep foundations, incomparable to ours; even if we restrain its high‑level experts, its advantage remains huge at middle and low levels, and if the human race weren't strong enough, we would have collapsed long ago."

"Xuan Du sort of understood but not really:"

"And this Xuan Du, although he can't beat Hou Yi in combat, never admits defeat with his mouth; upon returning, he boasts to everyone:"

"Jin Bing said in a deep voice:"

"Your main mission this time to the Wu Clan is, besides probing Hou Yi's attitude, to find out exactly which important figures are in his faction; if we can win them over, what extent could they help us?"

"Xuan Du instantly became delighted!"

"The longer we delay, the more wild demon‑race powerhouses we can mobilize; there will be several hundred Great Luo, countless Great Ultimate and below demons joining our side, and we might even sway Star Lords and other high‑ranking heavenly officials to defect."

"Those who are our enemies are the Wu Clan's extreme supremacist faction led by the Twelve Ancestral Wu; this does not mean the entire Wu Clan is extremist."

"Jin Bing: ……"

"What you need to do this time is not to fight, but to privately contact the Wu Clan."

"This time the Wu Clan's slaughter of three parts of the Northern Wasteland left billions dead, forcing Jin Bing to summon Great Luo Golden Immortals from all front lines and urgently assemble twenty true dragons to launch the campaign to retake the Northern Wasteland!"

"Although in the long run the Sun Star Lord's cession of Central State to the Wu Clan is greatly harmful, it will compel the strong and the populace of the Central State region to turn to our side."

"Frankly, although the war between the two heavenly courts has been ongoing, mostly it ends with surrender; basically there are no massacres."

"Please rest assured, Great Chieftain, I guarantee to complete the mission!"

"Jin Bing shook his head, then spoke solemnly:"

"Don't worry, this time I won't let you fight Hou Yi……"

"These days, myriad demons fleeing from Central State daily come to seek refuge in Eastern Wasteland; there are Great Luo and Great Ultimate, and they eagerly want to immediately smash the Sun Star Lord's face alongside the Equal Heavenly Court……"

"But the Wu Clan doesn't care about this; being innately noble, they kill without karma—let alone ordinary beings, in his previous life Jin Bing, despite having boundless merit, they still said 'kill and kill'; the heavenly dao doesn't even let out a fart!"

"This time they launched a large‑scale massacre in the Northern Wasteland as soon as they arrived, practically writing off thirty percent of Jin Bing's strength there in a single battle……"

Although theoretically the old-school great Wu and Great Luo Golden Immortals are of the same rank, but this group of old-timers who have settled for several hundred aeons can at least take on three ordinary rookie Great Luo Immortals!

Stubborn Xuan Du could not hide his pallid complexion; he seemed to have serious wounds not yet healed, and in fact he indeed had some injuries.

Xuan Du didn't understand; Central Province had been occupied by the Wu Clan, the Northern Wasteland had also suffered a massacre, and the Twelve Ancestral Wu clearly intended to wipe out our Equal Heavenly Court—shouldn't we just launch a massacre against them for revenge? Why bother with… fostering feelings?

Meanwhile, the concept of the Demon Race, under Di Jun's promotion over several hundred aeons, has become fairly widespread; regardless of what each tribe truly thinks inside, at least on the surface they still feel a sense of belonging to the Demon Race.

At this moment, only two people were in the Demon Emperor's Palace.

"Although you are a Great Luo Golden Immortal, you are still young and inexperienced; to an old-school great Wu like Hou Yi, if he wanted to kill you, you would certainly not be hit by just two arrows……"

So Xuan Du being hit by only two arrows and surviving clearly shows Hou Yi went easy on him.

Indeed, at the time I basically couldn't inflict any effective injury on Hou Yi, and instead almost got shot to death by him; if he had killing intent, I would certainly not return.

The Sun Star Sovereign's move of cutting off land was a divine assist, directly forcing the tribes and powerful divine-ability users living in Central Province into a desperate situation.

Then I lay low for a full eight eras, and my injury still hadn't healed properly……

"How is the arrow wound healing?"

……

Before the eight eras, Great Wu Hou Yi attacked the mortal realm of Central Province; the youthful and vigorous Xuan Du immediately volunteered to fight, but the battle went terribly—he took two arrows from Hou Yi, one piercing his kidney, the other striking his knee……

So the front lines of both sides change very slowly; even if one side suffers a major defeat, their effective forces won't lose too much, and they just keep fighting.

After all, Hou Yi had waged war against the human domain of Zhongzhou, capturing and killing many of our personnel; those children were ones he had watched grow up and personally trained, and his feelings for them were extremely deep.

Standing alone by the window, letting the sunlight splash on his cheeks, Jin Bing sighed:

This truly is a last resort we have no choice but to take……

After Xuan Du withdrew, only Jin Bing remained in the Demon Emperor's Palace.

Having heard the great chief…… having heard the Demon Emperor's explanation, Xuan Du, who had been completely bewildered, couldn't help but deeply agree:

Jin Bing said solemnly:

At least, that Hou Yi isn't.

If we fight, we fight; watch me this time ruin his bow!

As soon as Jin Bing said that, Xuan Du froze:

This isn't simply out of kindness; the greater reason is that the karmic burden of the Heavenly Dao hangs over all beings, and if slaughter goes too far, who knows—a sage might come to enforce Heaven's will.

If it weren't for the Great Witch Hou Yi voluntarily withdrawing his troops, this kid would surely die.

If we keep slaughtering like this, even before Jin Bing can use the aid sent by the Sun Star Lord to strengthen his strength, this lawless bunch will really break through to Mount Shouyang!

In his previous life, Hou Yi had once taken orders under my command; I know exactly what level of combat ability he possesses.

On one hand, it's because the Supreme Heavenly Court is exerting too much pressure, with tens of thousands of Golden Immortals and above clashing with our Heavenly Court forces all over the wilderness, the occupied territories changing daily, and we are the side at a disadvantage.

Xuan Du nodded repeatedly:

the Heavenly Dao, what exactly are you!

……

(End of chapter)