Dijun and Taiyi Establish the Demon Sages, East King Duke Plans the Peach Banquet

At that moment, feeling the reverence of the countless living beings of the Great Desolation, Di Jun nodded in satisfaction.

With a turn of their mana, he and Tai Yi instantly manifested golden robes. Two enormous phantasms of Golden Crows appeared behind them as well, letting out two piercing cries into the sky.

Then Di Jun and Tai Yi proclaimed in loud voices, "Heavenly Dao above, today Di Jun and Tai Yi obey the Dao Ancestor's decree to govern all demons of the Great Desolation. The Demon Court is established!"

This declaration shocked everyone in the Great Desolation.

There were countless demon race beings in the Great Desolation, yet from this day onward, they would all be ruled by those two.

"What does this mean? From now on, we have to listen to Di Jun?"

"What about East King Duke...?"

"But this is the Dao Ancestor's decree."

For a time, defiance, anger, and fear spread across the lands of the Great Desolation.

Meanwhile, on Penglai Island in the East Sea...

East King Duke listened to the reports of Ziyang Zhenren and Bihai Yuanjun with a dark expression.

Then he suddenly heard about Di Jun's stunt and angrily smashed the stone chair beneath him with a slap.

"This is too much!"

"Di Jun has gone too far!"

"Dao Ancestor, how unfair you are."

East King Duke glared with wide eyes and shouted without the slightest restraint.

Upon hearing East King Duke's words, Ziyang Zhenren collapsed to the ground in fright and said tremblingly, "My King, watch your words."

After sweeping away the shattered stones with a wave of her sleeve, Bihai Yuanjun said, "Why must Your Majesty be so anxious? No matter what Di Jun does, he is still a male immortal. Your Majesty is the male immortal leader of the Great Desolation personally appointed by the Dao Ancestor. When Di Jun sees Your Majesty, he can only bow his head in submission."

Bihai Yuanjun's words struck at the heart of the matter, and East King Duke's expression finally eased.

He secretly thought, Indeed. So what if Di Jun commands all races? He is still a male immortal of the Great Desolation.

With that thought, East King Duke relaxed and could not help praising Bihai Yuanjun. "The Elder truly is a pillar of my Immortal Court."

But then an immense Heavenly Dao pressure swept across the entire Great Desolation, making every living being tremble inwardly.

"Approved!"

Accompanied by the cold voice of the Heavenly Dao, massive clouds of merit gathered in the sky and split into two streams as they descended upon the brothers.

Once the merit touched Di Jun, he no longer suppressed his karmic sin power. Wave-like black aura surged from his body.

Seeing this, Tai Yi also sent the merit that had originally belonged to him toward Di Jun.

When the merit met the karmic sin power, it was like ice water poured upon raging flames. They boiled violently even as they dissolved one another.

Yet the Heavenly Dao merit in the sky seemed inexhaustible, continuing until all the karma around Di Jun originating from the Treasure Dropping Coin had been erased.

Sensing that merit still remained, Di Jun and Tai Yi used it to break through as well.

After the merit entered his body, Tai Yi's cultivation soared as though mounted on a rocket.

Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal, perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal, early Quasi-Saint...

"Sever!"

"Sever!"

With Di Jun and Tai Yi's loud shouts, they actually used the merit to sever out their good corpses.

The countless beings of the Great Desolation fell silent at this sight. Establishing the Demon Court actually brought such immense merit.

Di Jun felt the fortune of the entire demon race gathering from every demon tribe and converging upon himself and Tai Yi.

At that moment, after the two brothers had absorbed every last bit of merit, thunderous rumbling sounded from the heavens.

Then a secret realm slowly appeared before them.

The Demon Court Secret Realm!

Information bestowed by the Heavenly Dao immediately entered Di Jun's mind. Delighted, he continued, "Today, I appoint Bai Ze, Ji Meng, Ghost Chariot... as the Ten Great Demon Sages of the demon race. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness."

This was also part of Di Jun's calculations.

Upon hearing Di Jun's proclamation, the ten demons immediately flew beside the Sun Star, and the Heavenly Dao once again bestowed considerable merit.

Using it, they each broke through to the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.

This was the advantage of cultivation raised through merit: it was incredibly fast and had no side effects.

There was not even any need to stabilize their cultivation.

Having received such benefits, the ten Demon Sages all said, "We pay respects to the Demon Emperor and the Eastern Emperor!"

Di Jun accepted their worship with satisfaction, then announced to the Great Desolation, "Now that the Demon Court has just been established, I wish to invite all races of the Great Desolation to gather at the Demon Court ten years from now. Any race that serves the Demon Court shall be granted innate treasures."

The myriad races of the Great Desolation immediately erupted upon hearing this.

Whether intentionally or not, the date happened to coincide with East King Duke's Immortal Court.

On Penglai Island, East King Duke first saw the merit descend, then witnessed Di Jun's blatant provocation. His face turned deathly pale, and his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

"This King will go see the Dao Ancestor at once!"

"I will ask him whether this Great Desolation belongs under Di Jun's rule or mine, East King Duke's!"

"How can he be so unfair?"

Under normal circumstances, even with ten times the courage, East King Duke would not dare do this. But this time, he had truly been enraged beyond measure.

The Dao Ancestor had appointed him leader of the male immortals and had only symbolically bestowed two treasures upon him.

Yet look at Di Jun: merit, a Demon Court Secret Realm... the difference was simply too obvious.

Ziyang no longer dared to speak. Bihai Yuanjun, however, cast East King Duke a tender glance and continued, "My King, do not be hasty. I have a plan."

With Bihai Yuanjun present, East King Duke naturally knew that she saw matters clearly. After briefly calming himself, he asked, "What good plan does the Elder have? Tell me quickly."

"Setting aside whether Di Jun can produce ten thousand innate treasures, Your Majesty possesses a treasure granted by the Dao Ancestor to command the immortals."

Seeing that East King Duke had yet to understand, Bihai Yuanjun prompted, "The Ren Water Immortal Peach."

"Right!"

The Ren Water Immortal Peach could raise one's cultivation. Thinking of this, East King Duke excitedly slapped his thigh and shouted.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Then I shall ask the Elder and Ziyang to make a trip to Kunlun and tell fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West that our Immortal Court's audience ten years from now must have enough Ren Water Immortal Peaches prepared."

"Yes!"

Meanwhile, after completing his proclamation, Di Jun led the Ten Great Demon Sages to begin exploring the Demon Court Secret Realm.

Inside, spiritual energy was so dense it resembled liquid, while countless pavilions and towers lay hidden throughout.

This made Di Jun even more satisfied. After taking out his Treasure Dropping Coin and explaining its function, he said, "This time, all of you will search the lower realm. You must produce ten thousand rare treasures in ten years."

After learning the marvelous uses of the Treasure Dropping Coin, the Ten Great Demon Sages became full of confidence in the Demon Court's future.

Ghost Chariot, however, was startled upon seeing the Treasure Dropping Coin's appearance, and a surge of regret rose in her heart.

How could she fail to recognize it as the item that had once belonged to Xiao Sheng of Wuyi Mountain?

She regretted returning this treasure to Nan Ji. For some reason, it had ended up in the hands of Demon Emperor Di Jun, and an unusual glimmer inadvertently appeared in her eyes.

At Kunlun Mountain.

"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, say something."

"What should we do?"

Tongtian anxiously paced back and forth within Jade Void Palace, his face filled with worry.

The appearance of East King Duke had already been troublesome enough. Now Di Jun had emerged as well.

Yuanshi asked in displeasure, "Are you of the demon race? Why are you worrying over nothing?"

"But how is Di Jun any different from East King Duke? We, the dignified Three Pure Ones, should be the ones to govern the myriad races of the Great Desolation..."

Laozi ignored the two of them and interrupted Tongtian, asking the silent Nan Ji, "Nan Ji, what do you think of this matter?"