The Human Emperor's Scheme: Severance of Heaven and Earth, No More Heavenly Descent! (Part Two)

Events unfolded from there. Shen Qian swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, and Cheng Yu (Yunyangzi) accompanied her to Demon Race territory.

But away from everyone else's eyes, Shen Yue found it strange as well. Everything had gone too smoothly.

Yes, far too smoothly. Shen Yue had expected that, once the matter was exposed, Humankind would never let his aunt return so easily.

Before Shen Yue departed, Shen Tian had also made his stance clear: if necessary, they would bring Shen Qian back even at the cost of starting a Human-Demon War.

Thus, Shen Yue had been prepared to battle Humankind in Beiyou Prefecture during this operation. Elite troops in varying numbers had even been dispatched from across Demon Race territory to the Northern Abyss Islands to prevent the situation from escalating further.

Who could have guessed that they would let Shen Qian return after nothing more than a Heavenly Dao Oath?

Yet just as they were about to leave the area under Beiyou Prefecture's control, Qin Shuo, in his capacity as Human Emperor, sent Shen Yue a highly secretive strand of divine thought, asking him to pass it on to the Demon Son of Heaven, Shen Tian.

This left Shen Yue even more puzzled.

After returning to the Demon Capital, Shen Yue passed Qin Shuo's strand of divine thought to Shen Tian.

When Shen Tian read the message contained within it, he could not help trembling in shock.

It was far too audacious! Even Shen Tian was stunned by Qin Shuo's ambition.

He had never underestimated this Human Emperor.

But only now did Shen Tian truly marvel at him. He was indeed a formidable ruler, worthy of having led Humankind to wrest the entire Eastern Continent and part of the Southern Continent from his father's hands.

Still, Shen Tian was