Bestowing a Favor
While Lu Xiaotian sat quietly on the shore of the Susang Demon Sea, the rumors had already spread far and wide. Throughout the entire Chaotic Demon Realm, every race and faction except the Page Stone Clan now revered Lu Xiaotian beyond measure.
He had first defeated the Buddhist Sect, then vanquished powerful fighters from the Ghost, Devil, and Demon Races. Of the enemies who had faced him, all had either died or been crippled, except for swift, survival-savvy demon birds like the Four-Eyed Golden Hao Bird.
The Chaotic Demon Realm was a land beyond the reach of ordinary rule, where the various races mingled and had formed a system of their own. In the past, protected by the Boundary Heaven Stone, it had remained free of the other races. Whether during the Devil Race's invasion, the later mass incursion of the Demon Race, or the conflict with the Buddhist Sect, the Chaotic Demon Realm had stood firm to the very end. And every time, Lu Xiaotian had been involved.
The local Demon, Devil, and even Ghost Races had formed their own system within the Chaotic Demon Realm. They felt little sense of belonging to Tyrant Devil Province, the Western Nether Ghost Realm, or the Demon Race's territories. They belonged to the Demon Realm only by virtue of geography. Moreover, having repeatedly joined forces against outside enemies, they had gradually become a formidable power. Large and small factions alike—including the Ice-Crowned Crocodile Demon, the Nether-Sunken Worm Mother, and even the Ice-Devil Bat Queen, who had once been at odds with Lu Xiaotian—had now submitted to the Chaotic Demon Realm.
Lu Xiaotian could sometimes be rather forceful, but with him there, their original territories were safe from outside aggression. They no longer had to worry about powerful fighters from