Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the peerless Demon King from five hundred years ago, had once led all the demons beneath Heaven in an uprising against the Heavenly Court. He had waged war against the Heavenly Court for over a hundred years. Though it had ended in failure, its influence had been far-reaching!
It could be said that the reason demons and monsters now ran rampant throughout the world was inseparable from the upheaval five hundred years ago!
During that century-long war, Flower Fruit Mountain had been almost completely flattened! The demons who had once fought the Heavenly Court alongside Sun Wukong had either betrayed their kind during that time, died after suffering defeat, or been captured and tortured to death by the Heavenly Court.
In short, no one had met a good end!
Sun Wukong had been suppressed by Mahavairocana Buddha for five hundred years. That already counted as the easiest fate! Of course, that was assuming one ignored the abuse he had suffered after being captured by the Heavenly Court, the emotional wounds left by his comrades' betrayal, and the torment of having the things he cared about most destroyed by the Heavenly Court—the torture he had endured day and night for five hundred years!
He was a demon, but he was not heartless.
He was a demon, after all, not a human.
Humans had feelings, but when had humans ever shown feelings toward demons? When had they ever shown feelings toward flowers, grass, or trees? How many people could feel affection for creatures who were "not of my kind"?
If that was the case, why should demons show affection toward humans?
Whether they were lofty immortals and gods or humans living upon the earth, they never held back when killing demons. Thus, demons would