I Really Don't Want to Be the Demon Emperor!

"What? There's another one?"

"Besides Xi Huang and Wa Huang, who else is qualified to be the Demon Emperor?"

"Could it be the two Moon Star goddesses?"

"Other than them, there probably isn't anyone else, right?"

"Impossible. The Moon Star goddesses may be very powerful, but they seem to have feelings for Lord Di Jun. Maybe they're here under some other identity."

Someone spoke up.

The fact that Xihe and Changxi had feelings for Di Jun was no secret among the Demon Race.

The murmuring from below made both of them blush a little.

[Jun Ge, what the heck are you doing?]

[You're appointing another Demon Emperor? Who?]

[Besides Nuwa, Fu Xi, and you brothers, who here is qualified to be the Demon Emperor?]

Li Mo grumbled inwardly. He couldn't wait to get out of there.

Di Jun was just as frustrated.

You're so powerful, yet you have no ambition at all.

If you just put in a little effort, the Demon Emperor's seat would be yours, wouldn't it?

"Who exactly are they appointing as the Demon Emperor? Senior Brother, do you know?" Beside him, the little fox Bai Qianqian looked up and asked Li Mo.

He gently flicked Bai Qianqian's nose, cleared his throat, and said, "Maybe they're appointing your father as the Demon Emperor? He's already a Grand Unity Golden Immortal in the early stage. And with the strength of your Qingqiu Fox Clan, it wouldn't be strange at all for Chief Bai Jiu to become the Demon Emperor."

His voice was certainly loud enough.

After hearing that, Bai Jiu felt a little pleased with himself.

He thought Li Mo actually had a pretty good eye.

At the thought, even Bai Jiu couldn't help letting a smile curl his lips. His handsome face looked even more dashing.

But Bai Ze, who knew Li Mo rather well, merely curled his lip.

You think that was a compliment?

No, he's trying to make you a target.

As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, the other clan leaders and the Demon Race bigwigs began shouting.

"Pah! Bai Jiu thinks he can be the Demon Emperor? Is he even worthy?"

"Our Furious Rhino Clan is powerful too. This clan leader is about to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. I could crush Bai Jiu with one hand. If Bai Jiu becomes the Demon Emperor, then I should be one too."

Jiu Ying laughed heartily, his nine heads whipping around like snakes as he said, "There are plenty of clans here that rival the Qingqiu Fox Clan, and plenty of people whose strength matches Chief Bai Jiu's. Who does he think he is? As if he could become the Demon Emperor."

Hearing this, the astrologer Shang Yang couldn't help nodding. "Lord Jiu Ying is absolutely right."

At those words, Bai Jiu's face darkened. His strength really was inferior to that of many Demon Race experts present.

He had already suffered a defeat at Li Mo's hands, in a sense. He spoke up: "Kid, I didn't expect you to have a trick like that up your sleeve. Not bad, not bad. But unless you're a Golden Immortal, you can't take Qianqian as your Dao companion."

"Of course, if you're the one who becomes the Demon Emperor this time, I won't say another word."

Hearing this, Bai Ze frowned and comforted Li Mo. "Disciple, you have good potential. There's no need to feel inferior. Just cultivate diligently. You'll reach the Golden Immortal realm in time."

"Silence!"

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi rose to his feet and pressed a hand down, his voice solemn.

At once, the noisy crowd fell quiet.

"The third Demon Emperor we're announcing today... is..."

As Eastern Emperor Tai Yi spoke, he looked down at the Demon Race below.

The Demon Race leaders and clan chiefs, along with the great powers of the Demon Race, all held their breath and stared wide-eyed, waiting for Tai Yi to reveal the name.

Even Li Mo found himself growing curious.

[Second Brother, hurry up and say it!]

[You're taking so long. You could host one of those talent shows.]

Li Mo grumbled inwardly.

Then, the next moment—

Dong Huang's voice rang across the entire Sun Star.

"The third Demon Emperor we announce today, and the fifth Demon Emperor of our Demon Race Heavenly Court, is Li Mo!"

At those words,

Li Mo heard a buzz in his head and was completely stunned.

Bai Ze, Bai Jiu, Bai Qianqian, Shang Yang, Jiu Ying, and all the other members of the Demon Race he knew stared at him in disbelief.

Even Li Mo himself could hardly believe it.

"Who's Li Mo?"

"I've never heard of him."

"I haven't either. Could he be some hidden expert they encountered while traveling through the Primordial World?"

"I think I've heard of him. Bai Ze's disciple is named Li Mo, but he's only a Mystic Immortal in the middle stage."

"It can't be him."

The Demon Race members all began talking at once.

"No way! No way! It's Li Mo?" Bai Jiu looked at Li Mo, his brows practically knotted together.

Could there be another Li Mo in the Demon Race?

It had to be someone other than the Li Mo he knew. The others were right: Li Mo was only a Mystic Immortal in the middle stage. It couldn't possibly be him.

Bai Ze's mouth twitched too. He could hardly believe it.

Still, this decision really was possible.

After all, last time his disciple had somehow gotten the two Demon Emperors to become sworn brothers with him.

Getting himself a Demon Emperor's seat this time wasn't out of the question either.

But the chance of that happening was just too small.

[Jun Ge, Second Brother! You're not talking about me, are you?]

[I don't want to be the Demon Emperor! It absolutely mustn't be me!]

[It absolutely mustn't be me! I already have Luohu, so I can stay far from the center of the conflict and live freely in the Primordial World.]

[If you make me the Demon Emperor, you're dragging me straight into a pit of fire!]

But Li Mo saw only a smile on Di Jun's lips, as though he had gotten away with something.

"Li Mo, aren't you coming up?"

At those words!

Every member of the Demon Race felt a buzz in their head. The whole thing seemed utterly preposterous.

"It really is Li Mo!"

"A Mystic Immortal in the middle stage as the Demon Emperor? How is that possible? What makes him qualified?"

"That's right. He's not qualified at all!"

Bai Ze felt as if his mind couldn't keep up.

What was going on? His disciple was going to become the Demon Emperor?

Why him? By rights, it should have been me!

Disciple, teach your master: how did you trick the two Demon Emperors into agreeing to this?

First you tricked them into becoming sworn brothers, and now you've tricked them into making you the Demon Emperor.

Bai Jiu felt as though everything before him were nothing but a dream.

He'd just said that if Li Mo became the Demon Emperor, he'd let Bai Qianqian be Li Mo's Dao companion. He never expected Li Mo to take the seat right then and there.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother, you've become the Demon Emperor! Hurry up and go forward!" Of all the Demon Race members present, only Bai Qianqian was this excited.

But only Li Mo knew how bitter he felt.

[Jun Ge! I really don't want to be the Demon Emperor!]