To be honest, the two words "posthumous title" had always given Ye Zhen rather deep feelings—and even ideas.
He had thought of it even before setting this ambush today.
At present, the Devil Race had only three figures with the greatest prestige and the strongest qualifications to inherit the throne: Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri, Demon Emperor Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue, and Demon Emperor Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun.
All three had been acknowledged by the Demon God Palace and blessed by Prophet Demon Master Jiu Xi.
No matter what, the next Demon Emperor could only emerge from among these three.
If Ye Zhen killed Demon Emperor Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue, the consequences would be a hundred times more severe than killing Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong.
That would truly be an injury to the state itself, an unprecedented humiliation for the Devil Race.
When that time came, there would be no need for the Demon Emperor to issue a bounty. Every member of the Devil Race would understand that as long as they killed Ye Zhen, they could wash away the Devil Race's disgrace and win immense merit.
Even Demon Emperor Second Crown Prince Zhui Ri and Demon Emperor Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun would come to kill Ye Zhen at any cost.
At absolutely any cost.
Whoever killed Ye Zhen would emerge as the ultimate victor in the Succession Struggle.
More than that, if Ye Zhen killed Demon Emperor Fifth Crown Prince Po Yue, the Demon God Palace would likely intervene in order to stabilize public sentiment.
Such intervention from the Demon God Palace would not mean dispatching a few Dao Realm Grand Divine Masters.
It would mean throwing all rules aside and directly sending a Creation Realm Divine Being to erase Ye Zhen—or