Will Azure Sky Imperial Son Return If I Slaughter Every Horned Demon Tribesman in the Magic Vine Minor Realm?

Magic Vine Minor Realm.

An invisible streak of blood light seeped in through the realm wall, disturbing no one.

This place lay at the edge of the Flame Stone Star Domain. It was also the first place where Azure Sky Imperial Son, commanding three thousand Imperial Clan Guards, had descended—the starting point of his great enterprise.

As Azure Sky Imperial Son's great undertaking continued to expand, the Horned Demon Tribe cultivators who had been the first to pledge allegiance from the many Magic Vine Minor Realms saw their status rise with the tide. They became the backbone and core ruling group of Azure Sky Imperial Son's faction.

That was only inevitable.

If those who had first sought refuge were not rewarded for their merits, how could later arrivals rush to pledge allegiance?

The three thousand guards Azure Sky Imperial Son carried with him could not possibly be split off in large numbers. That would affect both his strength and safety. He could only rely on the original local powers within each Minor World to impose his rule.

This had always been the Horned Demon Tribe's custom.

Their loyalty was guaranteed. They all served the Imperial Son; one Imperial Son was the same as any other. There would be no constraints, and no one would be foolish enough to use local power to pay lip service while secretly defying the Imperial Son, haggling over terms.

Among immortal path powers, that was courting death.

In short, Azure Sky Imperial Son's recruitment of surrendering forces had the Horned Demon Tribe's traditions to endorse it. In the blink of an eye, he had gathered an army of several million loyal soldiers. It was a stroke of divine genius, perfection itself.

There was only one small flaw.

That was that Azure Sky Imperial Son had