[The Qi Mountain Demon Emperor had long been the Demon Race's sea-calming needle, the pillar that held up its heavens.]
[Without him presiding over the demons of Southern Shu, they could not possibly contend with the Demon Cult's current power and the might of the Xuantian Devil Master.]
[Even Liu Sui's face took on a worried look when she mentioned this. She was a demon herself, after all. How could she not worry about her people's future?]
[Yet a trace of doubt arose in your heart. Just how had such news gotten out?]
[Even if something truly had happened to the Qi Mountain Demon Emperor, the Demon Race's leaders should never have made it public. That would be no different from throwing their own ranks into disarray.]
[Moreover, the Qi Mountain Demon Emperor had ascended to the Tenth Tier Demon Ancestor realm only a thousand years ago. He was in his prime. How could he suddenly have died? Something was surely amiss.]
[Liu Sui explained, "This news came from a Great Demon King who held a Fruit Status and attended the Jianmu Assembly."]
[Your brows rose. A Fruit Status cultivator? Anyone who attained a Fruit Status stood among this world's greatest figures. As a demon, why would such a person announce something so unsettling to the entire world?]
[Liu Sui added, "The one who spread the news was the Divine Silkworm Daoist, the Great Demon King who holds the Willow Earth Fruit Status."]
[The Willow Earth Fruit Status belonged to the Earth Virtue lineage, a way that nourished plants and bore the weight of all things. It was quite distinctive among the southern demons.]
[The Divine Silkworm Tribe possessed deep reserves of power, no less than Azure Sea Lake. The Divine Silkworm Daoist was also an elder of exceedingly high