Great Celestial Venerable

Fang Yun smiled faintly. "I'm nothing special. I'm weak and ordinary, but I can still recognize you, see through you, and finally kill you. I'm rather curious, though. Why did you destroy the Ancient Demons? Wouldn't it have been better to keep supporting them as the Lord of the Myriad Worlds? After all, they weren't the Dragon Race and had nothing to do with us in the Archaic Era."

Ao Pang snorted again, pondered for several breaths, then said, "It's simple. The Ancient Demons were not only stupid, they later split apart. Some were willing to submit to the Great Celestial Venerable, while others... namely, those Ancient Demons now on the Summit of Myriad Stars, actually refused to submit to him. That plunged the Ancient Demons into internal strife, so I had no choice but to support the Demon Barbarians as their replacements."

Fang Yun smiled again. "Were the Demon Barbarians obedient?"

Ao Pang looked helpless. "The Demon Barbarians were just as stupid. They actually split into Star Demon Barbarians and Blood Demon Barbarians. Fortunately, the Star Demon Barbarians were weak and never managed to accomplish anything. The Blood Demon Barbarians, however, were wholly loyal to the Great Celestial Venerable."

Fang Yun nodded. "Then I know where the Demon Realm's Saint Ancestors have gone, and roughly where those nine Great Sages came from. I also understand why the Demon Realm is so empty now. Unless I'm mistaken, you must have realized that the Demon Barbarians have exhausted their potential and are preparing to find a new Lord of the Myriad Worlds. Is our Human Race your next target?"

Ao Pang's eyes flashed, and his expression changed slightly. "I did have that intention. I even used an avatar to meet that old bastard Confucius. But he was far too stubborn, so