Inside the divine palanquin, the Purple Star Heavenly King looked at the returning Demon Emperor and cupped his hands in congratulations. "Congratulations, Demon Emperor, on recovering your supreme treasure."
The Demon Emperor smiled faintly. "Purple Star, I already said that a trade would have sufficed. Had you chosen to trade, the item would already have been recovered."
The Purple Star Heavenly King shook his head. What he wanted—or rather, what the Heavenly Emperor wanted—was something Jiang Changkong could never trade.
That was a fragment of the Heavenly Dao!
How could one trade a piece of heaven?
"After speaking with the Judicial Divine King this time, this Emperor has many doubts in his heart."
The Demon Emperor sat down and said blandly, "The Heavenly Court's All-Heavens Star Array is stronger than the Demon Court's. It can illuminate the stars within the array?
As far as this Emperor knows, the All-Heavens Star Array originally belonged to the Demon Race."
"It ceased to be what it once was long ago. The All-Heavens Star Array was indeed first produced by the Demon Court."
After pondering for a moment, the Purple Star Heavenly King said, "Afterward, it became the grand array used to suppress the Ancient Heavenly Realm. The ancient Heavenly Court used it as well, but its power was inferior to the Demon Court's.
That was because the All-Heavens Star Array needed the complete Chaos Bell, working in tandem with the divine stars of the Heavenly Realm, to reach its limit."
"At its peak, the All-Heavens Star Array could contend with Saints and possessed boundless might."
"The Heavenly Court's version works together with the divine stars?" the Demon Emperor mused. Previously, the power of heaven and the stars of the heavens should both have lent it their blessings.
"It works with the Heavenly Dao,