The Heavenly Court's founding brought down merits, drawing a response from the Heavenly Dao. Since the court was responsible for educating the myriad demons under Heaven and upholding the Heavenly Dao's order, merits descended of their own accord.
Most of the merits went to Di Jun and Taiyi, but some flew to several other places. One stream reached Kun Peng. As he felt the merits settle upon him, the laws of the Heavenly Dao that had once seemed so obscure suddenly felt close at hand, giving him the illusion that he could touch the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Only after the golden radiance of the merits had faded did Kun Peng slowly open his eyes. A glint flashed in them and vanished.
"Haha... Di Jun's not bad. I should go see the Heavenly Court for myself!"
When the Demon Race founded the Heavenly Court, it proclaimed the news throughout Heaven and Earth. Di Jun invited powerful figures from all sides to celebrate. His purpose was plain to everyone: to demonstrate the Demon Race's strength. The Heavenly Court had every reason to be proud.
Di Jun and Taiyi were already quasi-sages who had severed their corpses, and they had gone to great lengths to invite Kun Peng to become the Demon Race's teacher. Two fairies on the Taiyin Star had also attended the lectures at the Zixiao Palace, so they were surely no ordinary figures. Their subordinates included the Ten Great Demon Kings and the Four Fierce Beasts, each a formidable presence in the Primordial World.
This lineup outmatched even the Primordial Era Three Tribes. Those tribes had been born from Pangu's bloodline and possessed inherited legacies, making them naturally superior to other races. The scales, flying birds, and beasts had each held dominion over their own kind. But