The Demon Emperor's Secret

"What big secret?"

Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue asked in unison, clearly not concerned with the divine skill cultivated by the First Ancestor Demon Emperor.

"The First Ancestor Demon Emperor may not have been the first ancestor of the Monster Race."

Wisdom Immortal didn't keep them in suspense and answered directly, "The royal family of the Nine-Headed Dragon wasn't originally of the noble bloodline of the Divine Age beings."

He recounted everything recorded on the Stone Stele in detail, and Bai Qiuran and Su Xiangxue finally understood what he meant.

Just as the Human Race had an Immortal Ancestor who created the method of Cultivation and popularized it among all living beings, the Monster Race also had a Demon Ancestor who created the Monster Race's Cultivation Techniques and passed it on to the Monster Race's descendants.

Currently, because the royal family of the Demon Realm is the Nine-Headed Dragon clan, the people of the Demon Realm generally believe that this Demon Ancestor is the first First Ancestor Demon Emperor unified all Monster Race. Therefore, although the number of lower-ranking Monster Race dissatisfied with the royal family is increasing in the Demon Realm, they still maintain respect for this First Ancestor Demon Emperor. The status of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor is equivalent to that of a god among the Monster Race.

However, according to the records that Wisdom Immortal read from the Stone Stele, the creator of the Monster Race's Cultivation Techniques was someone else, and the First Ancestor Demon Emperor was not the first Monster Race in the world to Shapeshift into a demon. Before him, there was another demon, who was the true Demon Ancestor.

"And it wasn't originally a Nine-Headed Dragon; it was just a Poisonous Insects, the kind that people used to refine Gu poison."

Wisdom Immortal said, "Let alone in the Divine Age, even in this day and age, it's not a race that can be considered respectable."

"How did it transform into a winged Nine-Headed Dragon?"

Su Xiangxue asked somewhat nervously, after all, she didn't want to know that she was actually a descendant of a Poisonous Insects.

"Through the second Cultivation Technique recorded there."

Wisdom Immortal shook her head, barely managing to face the Stone Stele.

"The second Cultivation Technique is called Ascending Dragon Gate. Its effect is to allow cultivators to improve their bloodline level. Each breakthrough allows for a transformation, and can even change one's race. Although we are now vastly different from the creatures of the Age of Divine Age after countless generations of reproduction, some things have been passed down through generations of bloodlines and recorded in the most basic factors of our bodies. Cultivating this Cultivation Technique allows one to uncover these hidden signals and evolve towards their ancestral origins. The First Ancestor Demon Emperor cultivated himself into a Nine-Headed Dragon Clan by using this Cultivation Technique and consuming many exotic Strange Beasts from the Divine Age."

"What an inspiring story."

Bai Qiuran sighed.

Su Xiangxue touched her elbow, looking suspicious, and said, "Won't Poisonous Insects limbs or something suddenly grow on me or my child in the future?"

What nonsense are you thinking?

Bai Qiuran patted her on the head.

"How could a human possibly grow the limbs of Poisonous Insects?"

"That's true."

Su Xiangxue lowered her hands, but she still looked somewhat uneasy.

Nine out of ten girls are afraid of insects. Even a witch like the Sect Master the Hehuan Sect would feel uncomfortable, let alone suddenly learning that her ancestor, Book of Questions, was actually a Poisonous Insects.

You don't need to worry.

Seeing her like this, Wisdom Immortal said, "After cultivating this Cultivation Technique, the race of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor has already transformed into a dragon. No matter how much the bloodline mutates in the future, it will only change within the dragon category. Your younger brother didn't turn into a three-headed worm... If you really don't believe me, why don't you two go back and have one to try?"

"That makes sense..."

Su Xiangxue's gaze fell on Bai Qiuran, and she seemed quite interested.

"Cough."

Bai Qiuran coughed and abruptly changed the subject, asking, "Since there's a Cultivation Technique that can make Monster Race like a dragon, why not spread it?"

"You changed the subject so abruptly... Isn't that obvious?"

Wisdom Immortal replied, "If everyone in the Demon Realm were a dragon, what use would this dragon be? Its rule requires the lower classes."

"Ahem, um, you're right."

Bai Qiuran responded absentmindedly, but fortunately, Wisdom Immortal and Su Xiangxue did not bring up the topic of having children again.

Su Xiangxue carefully copied and stored the two Cultivation Techniques and the secret of the First Ancestor Demon Emperor from the Stone Stele. Then, Bai Qiuran, carrying Wisdom Immortal's head, circled the tomb and asked, "Anything else? Any clues about how someone with my Heaven-Envied Physique could break through to the Foundation Establishment?"

"Let me see... Oh, there seems to be something on that wall."

Bai Qiuran brought Wisdom Immortal over and had her scan the Wisdom Immortal. Then the Skull said, "This was originally a mural depicting the victory of Human Race and Monster Race over the Heavenly Gods. It also had a line of text written on it... [The old heavens have collapsed, a new heaven shall rise, demons and humans shall take lives, and the world shall be transformed.] What does that mean?"

Just as he finished speaking, Rift suddenly appeared on the stone wall in front of him, and beams of golden light shot out from the Rift. The original stone wall turned into fragments and fell down. Behind the stone wall, there was a stone wall made of the same mineral as the Stone Stele, with golden light flowing on it, gradually forming a large map.

"Is this a map of the Demon Realm?"

The unexpected turn of events also alerted Su Xiangxue, who came to Bai Qiuran's side and watched the golden light on the stone wall with them.

"No, it's a map of the entire world."

Bai Qiuran said in a deep voice, "Look, this is the Demon Realm, this is the Vast Sea, and there is an island in the Vast Sea. This should be Fusang... The river on the far west side is the Soul-Ending River, and further west of the Soul-Ending River... there is such a large area left in the Savage Lands."

On the map drawn by Jin Guang, west of the Soul-Ending River, there is a continent in the Savage Lands that is equal in size to the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou plus the Eastern Savage Lands. In other words, the Soul-Ending River is actually located in the middle of the world, dividing the entire world in two.

"Wait, place names are starting to appear above."

"That's what Wisdom Immortal said."

After the golden light finished outlining the map, the remaining light converged and condensed into a string of incomprehensible characters at various points on the map. Finally, it marked a golden location deep in the Savage Lands west.

"Let me see. The Ten Lands of Jiuzhou plus the Eastern Savage Lands form one area called the Mortal World. The Demon Realm here is called the Demon Realm. That island in the Vast Sea is Fusang. The Soul-Ending River wasn't originally called the Soul-Ending River; it was called the Heavenly River... Wait, I found it. That golden place is called the Land Where Gods Fell. That's where the last of the Heavenly Gods died in battle, where the original sky collapsed. Some of the gods from the Divine Age were buried there. If you're looking for clues about the Heaven's Envy, it's most likely there."