The Demon King City and the Master of the Primordial World

Chapter 22: Demon King City and Ruling the Primordial World

The Age of Giant Beasts!

Under the torrent of God and Devil aura, the entire Primordial World was on the verge of being engulfed. Aside from the descendants of Pangu and the innate deities, only those who had cultivated a Primordial Spirit could hope to resist. There was no avoiding it, no escaping it; for the myriad demons of the current Primordial World, this was a death sentence, an unsolvable catastrophe!

Living beings required the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, and the radiance of the stars to cultivate their Golden Cores. Yet, at this moment, the sun, moon, and stars were all sealed away by the corpses of Gods and Devils. This partial lifting of the seal had allowed the God and Devil aura to descend upon the world; while the sun, moon, and stars might eventually emerge as the sealing power waned, it would be long after the torrent of aura had passed. By then, the great calamity would be over, and all would be lost!

Though this great calamity would not wash the Primordial World in blood like a true Epoch Calamity, it would strip all current living beings of their chance at the Great Dao. Once they transformed into Giant Beasts, the possibility of cultivation would vanish forever, their strength permanently shackled at the Heavenly Immortal level with no hope of advancement.

Giant Beasts were manifestations of Primordial World lifeforms corrupted by God and Devil aura. Because Chaos Gods and Devils were fundamentally incompatible with the Primordial World, the world itself rejected these beasts. Once the Heavenly Dao emerged, everything related to the Chaos Gods and Devils would be purged. According to his memories from his past life, He Yu knew the Heavenly Dao would inevitably manifest and the innate deities would fall into civil war. Hongjun would protect the Primordial World while Luo Hou sought to annihilate it; both sides would employ their own methods, unfolding the Calamity of Dao and Demon.

Thus, it was clear: the Giant Beasts were destined for destruction!

Every situation holds a glimmer of survival. With the descendants of Pangu and the innate deities currently absent, my cultivation is unrivaled in the Primordial World. There are six months left until the Giant Beast Calamity; in other words, for these six months, I am the master of the Primordial World. Vast as it is, even if it lacks innate spiritual treasures due to its incompleteness, it holds countless benefits. If I control the entire Primordial World, perhaps I will find a way to resist the God and Devil aura! He Yu pondered. Had he known he could rule the Primordial World in the past, he would have been overjoyed, but now, with a clear understanding of the situation, he felt only a sense of urgency.

"The top priority is to rule the Primordial World and raise my cultivation. Once all twenty-five of my Demon Cores reach the perfection of the (Pseudo-Golden Core Late Stage), perhaps I will be able to withstand the God and Devil aura!" With his mind made up, He Yu immediately began to make arrangements. Time was tight; he could not afford to waste a single moment.

"Ten Demon Marshals, hear my command! Lead your subordinates to build a royal city for this King right here. We shall govern the myriad demons of the Primordial World and unify it!" He Yu declared with boundless ambition. The Primordial World was currently teeming with life, all of which belonged to the Demon Race. As for the Hundred Herbs Spirit Race, the Wu Race, the Barbarian Race, and the others—they would not appear until the end of the Age of Ferocious Beasts. It was still far too early for them!

The God and Devil aura would manifest the Giant Beasts, and after one Yuanhui, the corpses of the Gods and Devils would integrate into the Primordial World. Some would spontaneously form Ferocious Beast Kings, while most would fuse with the Giant Beasts to create Ferocious Beasts. That would mark the beginning of the Age of Ferocious Beasts—a time when the beasts would be devoid of reason, incredibly violent, and bloodthirsty. Even their own kind would fight to the death, and only the Ferocious Beast Kings could command them.

The Ferocious Beast Kings were, in essence, the direct bloodline manifestations of the Chaos Gods and Devils—cruel, cunning, and immensely powerful.

"Yes, we shall strictly obey the Great King's order. But... what is this 'royal city'? How are we to build it?" Wolf Two was now the head of the Ten Demon Marshals. Though his cultivation was not the highest, his wisdom was peerless. With He Yu's backing, the other nine marshals, however unwilling, had no choice but to submit.

Hearing Wolf Two's confusion, He Yu cursed himself for being a fool. There was no civilization in the Primordial World yet! They didn't even have grass huts, let alone a massive city!

After providing some guidance, the ten thousand lesser demons began their work under the leadership of the Ten Demon Marshals. A massive project was underway. He Yu needed a royal city from which to govern the entire Primordial World. The Mount Buzhou Range sat at the very center of the world, overlooking all directions—it was the perfect location. The royal city would be built there.

The ten thousand demons began working with fervor, following He Yu's instructions: gathering materials, hauling stones, laying foundations, processing and grinding, measuring and positioning... It was an incredibly tedious process. Although the demons possessed demon energy and formidable bodies, progress was slow, primarily because the city He Yu required was truly magnificent.

How could the city of a ruler governing the entire Primordial World be small?

He Yu needed a city that spanned a million miles, with walls ten zhang thick and hundreds of zhang high. It would have nine gates—one main gate and four side gates on each side—and include various trading areas, numerous courtyards, and dwellings. The royal palace would sit in the center. It was simpler than the cities of the feudal era, but it was merely a facade; after six months, it would likely cease to exist, so there was no need for perfection.

Building the city was a monumental task for ten thousand demons. He Yu immediately ordered Wolf Two to stay behind and supervise the construction, while the other nine marshals were sent to round up lesser demons from all directions. As for the other Demon Kings, He Yu handled them personally. Under his perception, those who did not know how to restrain their aura had nowhere to hide. In short order, over a dozen Demon Kings within a billion-mile radius of the Mount Buzhou Range were subdued by He Yu.

He Yu's goal in ruling the Primordial World was to obtain its resources to help him survive the Giant Beast Calamity. Upon subduing these Demon Kings, he simply extracted a sliver of their consciousness origin and appointed them as vassals, each governing a vast territory. Shrewd and capable lesser demons were also appointed as vassals.

As the city rose, He Yu continued to appoint vassals to control the surrounding regions. His territory grew, and his subordinates multiplied. A month later, when the royal city was finally complete, He Yu's expansion ceased. By then, he had eight thousand vassals under his command!

With the completion of the city, He Yu personally named it Demon King City!

One month of the six-month window had already been wasted, leaving only five. The Giant Beast Calamity loomed ever closer. He Yu now focused all his attention on his cultivation. The first step was to bring all the Demon Cores within his body to their peak. The second was to create a powerful defensive technique, and the third was to fully utilize every available resource in the Primordial World, while also seeing if it were possible to refine a treasure like the Demon Summoning Banner.

Better to be prepared!

Regardless of whether he could survive the Giant Beast Calamity, he had to plan for the future. If he took advantage of his current strength to force the demons to surrender a sliver of their consciousness origin into the Demon Summoning Banner, then even if they turned into Giant Beasts in six months and he could no longer suppress them, wouldn't he be able to command those countless beasts as long as he held the banner?

Even if there were omissions, it would not change the grand trend!

Therefore, the Demon Summoning Banner had to be researched and refined!

In truth, directly fusing the consciousness origins into himself for suppression and control was the most perfect method. However, after controlling twenty-five different consciousness origins, He Yu discovered he had reached his limit. This realization immediately set him thinking: twenty-five origins corresponded exactly to the twenty-five Demon Cores in his body. This could not be a coincidence. He surmised that his capacity for control was tied to the number of his Demon Cores. In the Demon Race, everyone cultivated only one core; even in his memories of his past life, he had never seen anyone cultivate two Golden Cores simultaneously. It was truly sharp!

In the myths of his past life, the Demon Emperor Dijun and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi refined the Demon Summoning Banner to gather the primordial spirit origins of the myriad demons, thereby controlling the Demon Race. This suggested that even at the level of the two Demon Emperors, they could not control them through their own power alone. He guessed that perhaps they could only control one!

With the Green Spirit Fruit Tree and the Demon Cores in his body, raising his cultivation was not a problem. Coupled with the high-grade spiritual essences offered by his various vassals, bringing all twenty-five Demon Cores to perfection was also achievable. Now, he needed to study the Demon Summoning Banner and create his defensive technique. Despite his memories, He Yu ordered the collection of countless cultivation methods from the demons, claiming he would help improve them. He did not even spare the lesser demons. As the saying went, two heads were better than one; while the demons' cultivation methods were crude, they were not without merit.

Days passed. He Yu cultivated daily, researched the Demon Summoning Banner, and developed his defensive technique. His influence grew by leaps and bounds; other Demon Kings either fled or chose to submit. Among them, the Evil Dragon Demon King, upon seeing the royal city, was also willing to submit sincerely.

The Primordial World!

Starting from the Mount Buzhou Range and spreading in all directions, hundreds of millions of miles were now under He Yu's influence. The Primordial World was truly vast, seemingly infinite. Though his influence expanded rapidly, he could never see the edges, and even the four great seas remained out of reach.

"The Primordial World is truly too vast. The territory I control now would take me over ten days to traverse even at full speed on a demon cloud! No matter, time is running out. I will stop the expansion here for now. The important matters must come first; otherwise, even if I controlled the entire Primordial World, everything would be for naught after the Giant Beast Calamity!" He Yu was confident in his ability to rule the Primordial World, but he lacked the one thing he needed most: time.

Time flew by!

In the blink of an eye, another month had passed since the completion of Demon King City. He Yu had ceased his expansion; the distances had become too great, requiring ten days to half a month for a round trip—he had reached his limit.

During this month of cultivation, despite spending time on expansion and research, He Yu had managed to raise his primary Demon Core to the peak of the Golden Core Mid Stage, while the twenty-four internal Demon Cores had all reached the peak of the Golden Core Early Stage!

At the same time, he had hit a bottleneck. Twenty-five bottlenecks—whether breaking through them one by one or all at once was an incredibly difficult task. And this was only the first step; the twenty-four internal Demon Cores would then face the bottleneck of the Golden Core Mid Stage, which would be ten times more difficult than his current situation!

"Sigh! The Eight Meridians Mystic Pole is sharp, but the cultivation process is truly monstrous. It's this difficult now; how much effort will be required for the Primordial Spirit, He-Xu, Loose Immortal, and even the later Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal stages? It's terrifying." He Yu felt a chill just thinking about it. Others cultivated one core, but he was cultivating twenty-five simultaneously. While it was equivalent to having the strength of twenty-five cultivators at the same level, the cultivation process was arduous beyond measure!

Looking at the twelve Green Spirit Fruits on the Green Spirit Fruit Tree before him, He Yu felt a surge of confidence. At the very least, he would pass this bottleneck. As for the ones to follow, he would deal with them later.

He plucked a Green Spirit Fruit. It felt as smooth as grease, with a faint green luster flowing within, as if he were holding a massive green gemstone.

Looking at the fruit in his hand, He Yu felt curious. What would be the effect of this acquired spiritual fruit?

He prayed it would not disappoint him!