Smack.
Tai Yi removed his crown, holding a wine cup upright as he gently poured wine into his mouth. Suddenly, the candle flame on the table before him exploded.
The flickering firelight cast shifting shadows across his flawless face.
"Mingcheng Jade Fire has actually stirred with an ominous sign."
The Demon Court's situation was extraordinarily complicated and troublesome. Tai Yi was the Demon Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor, but even the Heavenly Emperor was not flawless, transcendent, and omnipotent. Setting aside the title of Heavenly Emperor, he was merely an immensely powerful innate demon spirit—a Three-legged Golden Crow.
An innate demon spirit that controlled the strongest flame in the world, the Sun True Flame.
"Pass down my order." His voice was low. "Have every war zone report its current situation. Any suspicious development must be reported to me immediately."
"Yes." In the empty great hall, a sharp voice swiftly answered before gradually fading away.
Tai Yi extended his hand. A brilliant, blinding golden flame abruptly ignited in his palm, and within it, a golden bird vaguely circled and cried.
The Primordial Wilderness was too vast. Vast enough that, although he was the Heavenly Emperor in name, he still had no way to govern or watch over most regions.
In some places, even flying at full speed through light escape would take at least several years. That was only possible because he had been born with legendary speed in flight.
If it were an ordinary member of the Demon Race, they might not even be able to fly across the Primordial Wilderness in an entire lifetime.
Even in terms of nominal surveillance, there was no way for him to maintain perfect control.
"That fluctuation of flame from before... The Twelve Ancestor Wizards—could they be plotting something again? Do they really think I