Meng Chuan lingered on the first level of the Nine Netherworlds for a while before returning to the Real World.
He had not stayed behind specifically to eavesdrop on Meng Qi making up stories about him.
After returning to the Real World, Meng Chuan went to the Southern Border first. He found Qi Zhengyan and returned the Demon Emperor Claw to him.
"It was a great help to me," Meng Chuan said with a smile.
The Demon Emperor Claw struggled a little as it left Meng Chuan, but not very hard.
Qi Zhengyan was the Demon Lord's heir, and the Demon Emperor Claw approved of him well enough.
Since ancient times, the Nine Netherworlds—or rather, the Evil Demons—had produced only two Other Shore Beings.
The first was the emperor of the Nine Netherworlds Evil Demons in the Immemorial Era's Primordial World. He was an Ancient One who passed away because of the Dao Venerable.
Before his death, he cast the Seven Great Curses upon all things. His body dissolved, leaving only the clawed portion of his arm, which became the Demon Emperor Claw.
The second Other Shore Being was the Demon Lord. Originally an ordinary Evil Demon of the Nine Netherworlds, he rose swiftly after obtaining the Demon Emperor Claw.
With the Thunder God's help, he reached the Other Shore, only to be slain by the Heavenly Emperor.
As for the Demon Buddha, he had originally been Haotian Shangdi in the Immemorial Era's Primordial World, not a true Evil Demon.
Qi Zhengyan had inherited the Demon Lord's legacy and won both his approval and the Demon Emperor Claw's.
Though the Demon Emperor Claw's approval was hardly a good thing...
Sensing its struggle, the Dark Matter within Meng Chuan melted away like snow beneath the sun.
Meng Chuan understood Dark Matter