"That truly was a grand offer—one that was hard to refuse..."
The Dao Venerables present fell silent for a moment. Only then did Dao Venerable Tai Wu laugh, his aura still heavy as a mountain, as he spoke.
"If that is truly the case, then Senior's identity is likely that Taiyin Demon Lord who fell within the Heavenly Court back then—Empress Xi'e?"
"Correct."
The woman nodded slightly before saying, "I did not expect you Human Race people to still know of my identity."
"Senior truly jokes."
Jiang Shu smiled among the crowd. "Every Demon Lord and Dao Master is an existence whose radiance illuminates the nine heavens and runs through history. Although our Human Race had not truly set foot in the Demon Domain at that time, we naturally came to know of them later."
Although much of the Demon Race's memories were passed down through bloodlines,
the Human Race and Demon Race had fought for a very long time. How could there have been only this one great war?
Thus, they understood the Demon Race's foundations and history.
They had merely been uncertain before because they did not know which era this corresponded to.
Now that they knew this was where the Demon Race Heavenly Court had fallen, determining the identity of this Demon Race Dao Master was naturally no difficult matter.
"Hehe..."
Xi'e nodded faintly, raised her head toward the sky, and then spoke with a smile.
"Then, are you all willing to cooperate?"
"With Senior's identity and cultivation, could you not wipe out those rebels yourself?"
The Sect Leader of Sword Concealment Sect spoke coldly.
It was a probing remark, meant to see exactly what foundations Xi'e possessed.
None of the Venerables present were fools. Though the woman before them bore hatred as deep as the sea