The Primordial World kept no count of years. In the blink of an eye, another three Assemblies had passed.
During those three Assemblies, Heavenly Dao Hongjun had fanned the flames from behind the scenes.
Calamity power manifested throughout Heaven and Earth, and conflicts between the Wu and Yao Tribes grew ever more frequent.
After all, both tribes were constantly expanding, while the heartlands of the Primordial World were only so large.
Cultivation depended on resources, and resources had to be fought for.
As conflicts between the two tribes multiplied, they reached a point where reconciliation was impossible.
The manifestation of calamity power merely accelerated that process.
In the Demon Emperor Palace of the Demon Court.
Di Jun sat upon the golden Throne, listening to the report from below.
A burning eagerness rose on his face.
"Do the Heavenly Secrets truly reveal that the sovereign of Heaven and Earth can become a Sage?"
After the battle between the Human Emperor and Hongjun, he had marveled at the power of the Human Dao.
Yet a sense of urgency had also risen in his heart.
As the ruler of the Demon Court, he too had once been a leading figure upon the stage of his era.
But now, with Tongtian, the Human Emperor, and others attaining Sagehood, his radiance had begun to dim.
That fading radiance was the least of his concerns.
What troubled him more was that, without a Sage's power, he felt compelled to tread cautiously in everything he did.
He feared offending one of those Sages and being forcibly slain, regardless of Karma.
Attaining Sagehood had become an obsession.
All these years, he had continually ordered the Demon Court's Celestial Observatory to divine his Sage Path.
Today, he had finally received some relatively definite information.
Below him, Shangyang, the Demon