Uchiha Shin sat quietly to one side, listening. He closed his eyes and imagined the events of that year.
The entire realm had already become the domain of the Flame and Yellow Emperors. No matter where Chiyou fled, he would be discovered. He simply could not gain a foothold in the mortal world.
Yuyu said, "The Demon Lord Chiyou's subordinates kept dying, and Chiyou was deeply grieved. He wanted to surrender to the Flame and Yellow Emperors."
"Surrender?" Uchiha Shin was utterly shocked when he heard that. "The mighty Demon Lord Chiyou wanted to surrender?"
Uchiha Shin found it unbelievable.
Yuyu said, "Given Chiyou's temperament, he would never surrender. He would rather die than submit. But Chiyou also valued brotherhood. His subordinates were all brothers who had lived and died alongside him. He did not want them to die one by one because of this, so he desperately wished to surrender to the Flame and Yellow Emperors, letting them punish him while sparing his brothers."
Uchiha Shin stood frozen. He had never expected Demon Lord Chiyou to be such a person.
"What did the Flame and Yellow Emperors do?" Uchiha Shin asked.
Yuyu said, "Faced with Demon Lord Chiyou's surrender, the Flame and Yellow Emperors hesitated as well. They wanted to accept it, because continuing the war would bring no great benefit and would only cause more deaths.
Just as they were about to accept Demon Lord Chiyou's surrender, an order descended from Heaven, commanding the Flame and Yellow Emperors to completely eradicate Chiyou and forbidding them from accepting his surrender! Thus, the Flame and Yellow Emperors could only wipe out Demon Lord Chiyou and his subordinates."
Uchiha Shin frowned. "Who issued that order? Lord Lao or the Jade Emperor?"
"Of course it was Lord Lao. I never understood why