The Great Heavenly Venerable Becomes the Demon God

"Then there was...

No other way?" Fan Wu's voice was hoarse.

In truth, he knew it as well. With the Great Heavenly Venerable's strength, even if he seized it by force... the Demon Race as it stood now had no power to resist.

Man was the carving knife; we were the fish on the chopping block. Nothing more than that...

The Great Heavenly Venerable shook his head. "The principle that a short pain is better than a long one... surely I need not explain it further?

Let me say it once more: the Demon Race is my kin. Under the symbiotic pact, we prosper together and suffer together!

From this day onward, there will no longer be any Great Heavenly Venerable in the universe;

There will only be... the Demon God!"

It was as though heavenly law rested upon his tongue. His voice boomed and rolled, shaking a phantom of the Sea of Law Origins into descending.

Then, the title "Demon God" was engraved within it...

The Demon Race Supremes were shaken to the core.

Demon God...

Did this mean the Great Heavenly Venerable intended to sever himself from his past and bind himself utterly to the Demon Race?

Yet they felt little joy. Instead, a chill welled up within them.

The Great Heavenly Venerable had severed ties so decisively today. Should some upheaval arise in the future... would he just as readily sever ties with the Demon Race as well?

Those beings of the First Era who had followed him for so many years...

What were they supposed to do?

Only now did everyone realize belatedly—

Ever since entering the Eerie Domain, they had seen pitifully few Eerie beings, only a scattered handful of Eerie Supremes...

Where had those Eerie beings gone?

Given the Great Heavenly Venerable's... given the