Above the Nine Heavens, the Human Emperor, Liang Zhaohuang, Yang Xinghai, and the other Immortal-rank existences each made their move, contending with the world's origin for the power of the demon realm, the Demon Emperor's origin, and even the Demon Race's fortune.
Below the Nine Heavens, the remaining demon beasts of the Demon Country swept up by the Demon Emperor also plunged one after another. Those not grievously wounded fell into panic and chaos.
The clan families of the Immortal Dynasty's various provinces, the central court, and the imperial forces all began competing to carve up these demon beasts, Demon Race members, and the resources and treasures within the Demon Country's territory.
The Demon Emperor had already fallen, and the Demon Country had already been destroyed. The Immortal Dynasty had won this battle of national fortune completely. Under such circumstances, whether the provincial clan families or the Immortal Dynasty's central court and imperial forces, none sought to slaughter more demon beasts or Demon Race members. Instead, they turned to capturing them alive.
Without the Demon Country's support and the Demon Emperor's command, these demon beasts—even the demon kings—had changed from enemies into rare resources and treasures in the eyes of the Immortal Dynasty's cultivators.
Especially since it was foreseeable that, with the Demon Country's destruction and its territory occupied by the Immortal Dynasty and opened up as New Province, the living space of demon beasts would be increasingly squeezed. In the future, both the number and varieties of demon beasts would likely continue to dwindle. It would become difficult for Immortal Dynasty cultivators to hunt demon beasts and obtain their materials.
The farsighted and calculating clan families naturally began making preparations in advance. They captured and took in these defeated demon beasts, raising them as spirit beasts so that they