Demon! Demon! Demon!

In the Water Mansion of the Wei River.

Zhou Yuan ascended the stage to preach.

Having recently achieved the Grand Unity Great Sage realm, he had gained much. He decided to use this opportunity to refine his own cultivation once more through this sermon.

As Zhou Yuan preached, there were no celestial golden flowers or earthly clear springs appearing as auspicious signs.

Nor were the teachings profound and unfathomable techniques.

Instead, he began with the very first step of cultivation for Postnatal Beings: Opening Acupoints.

He progressed from the simple to the complex, each word a gem.

The beings within the Water Mansion were mostly rogue cultivators, not scions of great powers, nor were they heavenly prodigies with deep foundations.

To reach their current stage, their cultivation paths had involved many coincidences, and many had initially gone down the wrong path.

Zhou Yuan elucidated the path of cultivation for them, moving from the simple to the complex, effectively solving a major problem for these beings. Many in the audience showed expressions of sudden realization, experiencing a profound awakening.

The cultivation bottlenecks they had previously struggled to understand seemed to become clear in that instant.

As the sermon deepened, Zhou Yuan's own spiritual platform became increasingly clear. He was preaching to the beings in the Water Mansion, and also refining his own path. With each cultivation bottleneck he described, the aura emanating from him became more restrained.

On this day, Zhou Yuan was still explaining the path of cultivation.

Suddenly, his Primordial Spirit stirred.

Before he could probe the Heavenly Secrets or calculate with his fingers, A profound Dao sound suddenly echoed throughout the Primordial Era.

Then, a booming divine sound exploded like thunder.

"Today, the Sun God Di Jun, lamenting the difficulties of Postnatal Being cultivation and their arduous survival, hereby establishes a race, named the [Demon]."

"All sentient beings, whether Postnatal or Innate, may join my Demon Clan."

"All who join the Demon Clan are considered demons, with no distinction of race, high or low, noble or base. All shall receive the protection of my Demon Clan."

"The Demon Clan is established!"

All beings trembled, and myriad spirits looked up.

They saw a majestic and vast Dharma form in the highest heavens, enveloped in immeasurable divine light, speaking the divine sound.

He wore a Heaven-Pacifying Crown, a Great Sun divine robe, and held the Golden Sun Sword. Behind him, a Great Sun rose, illuminating the four seas and eight directions, shining across all heavens and the universe.

As he spoke.

Changes immediately occurred throughout the Primordial Era.

Countless Postnatal races responded to Di Jun's call, setting up altars, on which only the words "Heaven, Earth, Demon" were enshrined.

An elder with white hair, dressed in sacrificial robes, led the beings of his tribe in kowtowing and praying, revering Heaven and Earth, and honoring the Demon Clan.

This scene unfolded in every corner of the Primordial land.

Although the Myriad Races Alliance was a force that had only recently emerged in this epoch, it was supported by several Great Divine Ability Users of the Innate Dao Lord level, and its development had been extremely rapid.

It had now become a considerable force on the Primordial land.

Now, with Di Jun's call to establish the Demon Clan, all the tribes that had joined the Myriad Races Alliance responded.

Streams of destiny converged upon the newly established Demon Clan, gradually giving rise to a majestic momentum.

Before the beings of the Primordial Era could recover from the momentous event of the Demon Clan's establishment.

Di Jun, high in the heavens, felt the convergence of immense destiny from heaven and earth, and a joy welled up in his heart.

He gazed deeply into the vast expanse of clouds.

Since the fall of the Primordial Divine Court, the entire Thirty-three Heavens had completely vanished.

The Thirty-three Heavens were nurtured by Heaven and Earth, symbolizing the orthodoxy of the Primordial Era, the locus of the world's authority, and the nexus of all beings.

Its concealment was driven by the epoch and was a natural part of the Heavenly Dao's operation.

Di Jun, the Three Sovereigns Hall, and even the Dao Court established by Dong Wang Gong had tried every means to find the Thirty-three Heavens, to enter the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and thus obtain the orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth.

But without exception, they had all failed.

"However, I have calculated with the River Diagram and Luo Script that the Thirty-three Heavens symbolize the orthodoxy of the Primordial Era."

"And the orthodoxy of the Primordial Era should be dominated by the myriad beings of the Primordial Era."

Di Jun thought to himself, a golden light rising in his eyes, like the shining of the Great Sun.

"Heavenly Dao above, today Di Jun, the lord of the Demon Clan, laments the disorder of Heaven and Earth, the lack of rules among myriad beings, and the unpredictable operation of the world."

"I wish, with my humble self, to bear the destiny of Heaven and Earth, to reopen the Heavenly Court, and to establish the order of Heaven and Earth."

Rumble!

As Di Jun's words fell, thunderclaps erupted in the sky.

Immediately after, the beings of the Primordial Era all felt as if the Heavenly Dao had cast its gaze upon them from the unseen depths.

Seeing this, Di Jun's heart stirred. The River Diagram and Luo Script above his head shone brightly, and the boundless destiny of the Demon Clan, or rather, the destiny of the myriad beings of the Primordial Era, converged upon him.

The Heavenly Dao sensed the convergence of the myriad spirits' fortune, and the oppressive force it exerted upon the heavens and earth gradually lessened.

After a long while, a voice of the Great Dao echoed in the minds of every living being in the Primordial Era.

"Approved!"

All beings in the heavens were moved.

Even Great Divine Ability Users abruptly stood up, their expressions filled with shock:

"The Heavenly Dao actually agreed to have the Sun Star preside over the nexus of all heavens and officially take the position of Heavenly Emperor?!"

One must know that this was the position of Heavenly Emperor.

It was a supreme position that governed the heavens and earth and regulated Yin and Yang.

The Three Sovereigns of the Primordial Era had all, by virtue of this position, attempted to return to Pangu and achieve supreme enlightenment.

Although they failed, the position of Heavenly Emperor was supreme and noble, and no one could refute it.

Even though Di Jun, the Heavenly Emperor, was merely a figurehead at this moment, it still made the Great Divine Ability Users of all heavens feel incredulous.

But no matter how shocked they were, this matter was settled.

A moment later, the gaze of the Heavenly Dao receded.

Countless beings of the Primordial Era, with expressions of fervor, indifference, regret, or murderous intent, watched the scene before them.

Heaven descended with sweet rain, and the earth gushed forth clear springs. Golden lotuses drifted through the void.

Divine music echoed throughout the universe.

Immeasurable light and divine radiance condensed into a seven-colored canopy that enveloped Di Jun's back.

Di Jun felt the blessings of the immense Heavenly Dao's momentum, his heart filled with excitement. Under the empowerment of the Heavenly Emperor's position, his strength had improved by more than just a notch compared to just now.

"This is merely an empty title of Heavenly Emperor."

"If, one day, our Demon Clan truly occupies the four seas and eight directions, and the myriad heavens and universes, what a magnificent sight that would be."

With words that carried the weight of the heavens, a single utterance could cause the heavens to rise and fall.

A fierce ambition flashed in Di Jun's eyes.

But the most important matter at hand was clearly to use this momentum from the Heavenly Dao to summon forth the Thirty-three Heavens.

Di Jun held the Golden Sun Sword, drawing upon the vast fortune and pointing it slightly towards the sky.

"Heavenly Realm, appear."

An invisible aura spread out.

The greatest sound was silent, the greatest form was formless.

All cultivators felt a sense of presence.

They looked up at the sky.

They saw auspicious clouds emitting purple mist, and golden light rolling like red mist.

Four heavenly gates, impossibly high and surrounded by divine radiance, manifested in the sky.

Beyond the heavenly gates, the Thirty-three Heavens flickered in and out of existence.

"Those are the Thirty-three Heavens."

"Is the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court truly the orthodox lineage of heaven and earth?"

Many Great Divine Ability Users lost themselves in thought, murmuring softly.

The Thirty-three Heavens had witnessed the rise and fall of the Primordial Divine Race and were also a symbol of the Heavenly Court's legitimacy.

Now, just as Di Jun announced the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the Thirty-three Heavens revealed themselves to the world.

Was this not the will of Heaven?!