After following King Lingyue into the imperial palace of the Demon Hall, I found that although the place was not packed to the rafters, there were still quite a lot of people. There were countless maidservants and guards, with sentries stationed practically every five steps.
King Lingyue had already entered the palace ahead of me, while I waited outside to be summoned. Perhaps the Demon Venerable was anxious to see me, because just after I made contact with the palace attendant, an edict came down ordering him to bring me into the hall.
After following the palace attendant inside, I saw that the eight great feudal kings of the Demon Realm, the most important figures present, had long since taken their places on either side. Among the familiar faces was the new King Xin Yu'an, a woman. When I entered, the other feudal kings on both sides also turned their eyes toward me. Aside from King Lingyue, who smiled, most of them regarded me with scrutiny.
As for the Demon Venerable, he sat brazenly upon a huge chair made of immortal crystal. The dazzling crystal radiance made his entire body shine brilliantly, so bright that one could scarcely look straight at him! When I had once infiltrated the Demon God Realm among the cultivators, I had heard that the emperor of the Human God Realm sat upon a crystal throne. But now that I thought about it, there had probably been some mistake in the information. The one truly seated upon a crystal throne was the Demon Venerable!
Still, the Demon Venerable's throne was simply too dazzling. Any envoy from the Demon God Realm who had seen it would surely return and boast about it at length. After the immortals below heard the tale, it would spread farther and farther,