"Across All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, the Xuan and Shi traditions reigned supreme."
"Look across the cosmos: Xuanmen possessed nine Great Thousand Worlds, Buddhism had the Eight Treasures Buddhist World, while our Demon Race had only a scant five worlds, barely on par with the Heterodox Sect."
"Xuanmen, Buddhism, the Divine Path, and the Heterodox Sect all placed humanity first..."
"In this chaotic cosmos, how much room was left for our Demon Race?"
In the depths of chaos, an immense figure that blotted out the stars and shrouded sun and moon stretched across the chaos of time. It seemed to be asking a question, or perhaps speaking to itself.
The figure resembled a kun fish, obscuring the heavens and covering the sun, as though it could devour all worlds and contain time itself. To either side of that towering form, which pressed down upon the starry river, stood two other equally vast and boundless chaotic figures, their projections spanning the Great Thousand Worlds.
The three figures seemed to have stood there since time immemorial, gazing upon All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
As the voice like that of a kun fish spoke, the colossal shadow at one side, its four wings blotting out the sun, said heavily, "Now, Xuanmen's destiny is at its zenith. East Heaven has three Dao-Ruling Heavenly Venerables, a foundation unmatched in all the cosmos."
"Buddhism and the Heavenly Court also have Dao-Ruling True Yangs standing guard, each holding their share of destiny and merit."
"Daoism has Dao-Ruling Heavenly Venerables, Buddhism has True Yang Buddhas, and the Heavenly Court has the supreme Heavenly Emperor. What does our Demon Race have?"
"Since the Ancestral World collapsed and the heavens split, a million years have passed. Though our Demon Race has spread throughout the heavens, with demon kings rising one