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Though it was called Kunlun Mountain, Kunlun Mountain World would have been a better name.
It was a world of towering mountains and rugged ridges, with scarcely a stretch of flat land.
The small patches of level ground between the mountains were where mortals lived, forming villages, cities, and even nations.
But this also meant that no great nation with hundreds of cities and territory stretching ten thousand miles could arise in this world.
Instead, there were only small states with sparse populations!
For the most part, these nations existed to provide food and forced labor for the kings and Great Saints.
For the demons had occupied every Famous Mountain and Great River where Spiritual Qi gathered, establishing Cave Abodes and proclaiming themselves kings.
They were said to number Three Thousand Six Hundred Demon Generals, One Hundred and Eight Demon Envoys, Thirty-Six Cave Demon Kings, and Seven Great Saints.
Beyond them were only lesser demons who had never amounted to much and could not claim a place on the stage.
At that moment, Tang Changsheng appeared in a Demon King's Cave Abode under the Black-Faced Thunder God Demon General's command.
Demon King was a grand title for someone of no real standing, something he had simply claimed for himself.
He was like those would-be rebels throughout history who never amounted to much, raising makeshift banners and calling themselves the Nine Mountains King or the Heaven-Pacifying King.
Still, the Three Yu Demon King had some ability. He controlled a vast territory spanning the Three Mountains, Seventeen Ridges, and Sixty-Nine Peaks.
Yet the Three Yu Demon King had always kept a low profile. He