The Eternal Heavenly Dao finally compromised.
As the barrier outside the Jade Bamboo Grove shattered, Cheng Yu was officially released, his sentence served. Once the Heavenly Dao's restrictions vanished, he immediately learned everything that had happened in the Eternal True World over the past ten thousand years.
After the Demon Race's Monster Emperor cut down his own cultivation and submitted to Heaven, the Demon Race underwent another wave of polarization under the effects of the Demon Laws.
As the one who had finalized the Demon Laws, Cheng Yu understood their contents better than anyone except their author, Azure Owl.
The first few provisions could roughly be summarized as follows: the Monster Emperor-or rather, the Demon Son of Heaven-was the lord of all demons and Heaven's eldest legitimate son. His words carried Heaven's authority, and those who disobeyed his commands would incur Heaven's displeasure. As the Demon Dynasty was his court, an official's rank would directly affect their cultivation speed and the difficulty of their breakthroughs.
This directly resolved the problem posed by the Demon Race's powerful local Great Clans, as well as that of a weak ruler and strong ministers.
Yet it also sparked conflict between those regional clans and the Demon Race's central court. After confirming that Cheng Yu had indeed disappeared and the Demon Sage's confinement had not been lifted, some of the powerful regional clans rose in rebellion under pretexts such as purging corrupt advisers from the ruler's side.
They were no fools. They knew perfectly well that the longer they waited, the weaker they would become and the stronger the Demon Dynasty would grow. Rather than wait until the imperial court had left the regional powers far behind, they might as well take their chances now.
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