However, now that things had reached this point, there was no point in saying anything. If they wanted to live, they could only offer their loyalty and at the same time complain about Tu Qialuo in their heart. If he hadn’t made things clear earlier, if he had made things clear earlier, they might not have suddenly changed sides.
After instructing the two demons to open up their Knowledge Seas, Yang Kai began planting Soul Brands into their Knowledge Seas one after another, the cold look on his face finally disappearing, replaced by a kind smile. Since they were on the same side, there was no need for him to play any tricks.
Lao Ke, Ke Sen, and Yin also walked up and congratulated Yang Kai, but their hearts were filled with worry. Although Yang Kai had been conferred the title of Great King and seemed to be highly regarded by the Saint Venerable, the Saint Venerable had sent him to the Cloud Shadow Continent to protect the World Gate. Now that this guy had taken down Blue Plains and led them to kill so many Demon King Realm masters, they wondered if the Saint Venerable would blame them.
It should be known that in the Demon Territory, although the Demon Saints also fought with each other, causing the continents under the Demon Saints to become hostile towards each other, this was already considered an internal struggle. Whether it was Cloud Shadow or Blue Plains, both were Yu Rumeng’s territories, especially now that the Demon Territory and Star Boundary were in a great war, it was time to eliminate all internal threats and unite against outsiders.
Moreover, even if the Saint Venerable didn’t blame him, what about Yue Sang?
Yue Sang had indeed been sent to the Two Worlds Battlefield, but the Blue Plains was Yue Sang’s territory after all, so once Yue Sang returned, the matter of the Blue Plains would not be resolved.
Lao Ke and the other two were worried, but at this moment, they couldn’t say anything. Although Yang Kai had taken some responsibility for this matter and ordered Ke Sen to seal the Blue Plains World Gate, the Blue Plains Continent's response had been too excessive, otherwise the current situation wouldn’t have been like this.
Now that things had come to this, they could only take things one step at a time.
Yue Sang’s trusted subordinates had been eliminated, and the remaining three High-Rank Demon Kings, including Tu Qialuo, had also been branded with his Soul Brand, so the others naturally had no intention of resisting. In any case, the nail that stuck out was the first to fall. With Tu Qialuo and the other Demon Kings in front of them, they had nothing to fear. After this battle, all of Blue Plains had fallen into Yang Kai’s hands. This was probably something Blue Plains had never expected.
Yang Kai didn’t intend to interfere in the matters of the Blue Plains Continent and instead ordered Tu Qialuo and the other two to take care of it. He simply wanted to maintain the stability of the World Gate.
He then ordered everyone to collect the Demon King’s corpse that had fallen in battle and throw it into the Mysterious Small World for his Embodiment to devour.
Although these Demon Kings had died, there was still a great deal of energy left in their bodies that had yet to be released, allowing his Embodiment to absorb it.
As for the spoils of war, Yang Kai left most of them to Lao Ke to distribute, causing the group of demons to feel deeply grateful, thinking that their Great King was really generous.
After taking care of everything, Yang Kai returned to Cloud Shadow and continued his task.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
During this period of time, Yang Kai had been comprehending the World Gate. The two continents, Blue Plains and Cloud Shadow, were both under his control, and both sides of the World Gate had been completely sealed off, so naturally no one interfered with him. After two months of comprehension, Yang Kai’s Space Laws had benefited greatly, but he didn’t really care about how to maintain the World Gate.
As for the matter of Yang Kai seizing the Blue Plains, it also caused quite a stir in the Holy City.
Bai Zhuo had said before that in the Demon Territory, the strength of a Saint and a Half-Saint was directly related to the number of territories they occupied. This was not only because the continents they occupied could provide the Demon Saints and Half-Saint with some mysterious karmic luck, but also because of the Myriad Demon Pills produced by each continent.
The more territory they occupied, the more Myriad Demon Pills they would be able to obtain, and so would the number of masters under their command.
The Blue Plains Continent was originally Yue Sang’s territory, and now that Yang Kai had taken advantage of Yue Sang’s absence to seize it, it could be said that his reputation had been tarnished. He had even killed six High-Rank Demon Kings and several dozen Mid-Rank and Low-Rank Demon Kings, greatly reducing Blue Plains strength, causing many Half-Saints who had been guarding the Demon Territory to become dissatisfied with him. Yu Rumeng had been accused by those Half-Saints more than once, wanting Yu Rumeng to punish Yang Kai as a warning to others.
Yu Rumeng naturally wouldn’t do such a thing, but with so many Half-Saints complaining about this matter, she couldn’t just ignore them, otherwise it would affect her reputation.
A month after Yang Kai forcibly occupied the Blue Plains Continent, Yu Rumeng sent someone over to reprimand him, saying that Blue Plains Continent was not his territory and that he could not act in such a manner. She also said that although the Blue Plains Continent’s forces had suffered great losses, there was no suitable person to manage it, so she asked Yang Kai to temporarily act as the representative of the Blue Plains Continent. When Yue Sang returned from the Two World Battlefield, he would return it to him.
When this news spread, the Half-Saints all felt that it was inconceivable and felt that the Saint was being too biased towards this human. She said she would return the Blue Plains Continent to Yue Sang after he returned, but who knew when Yue Sang would return and if he would still be alive?
The battle in the Star Boundary was fierce, so it was not impossible for a Half-Saint to fall.
However, since Yu Rumeng had already made a concession, they couldn’t force her too much, so this matter was left unsettled. Not only were they unable to use Yang Kai to make an example out of him, but they had instead allowed Yang Kai to occupy Blue Plains Continent, forcing the many Half Saints to reevaluate this human.
Yang Kai himself didn’t take this matter to heart. For the past two months, besides cultivating at the World Gate, he had sent people to various continents to inquire about this matter.
Now that there were two continents to deploy, there were more than ten thousand spies.
His main mission in this trip to the Demon Territory was to bring back the Bright Moon Great Emperor, but he hadn’t made any progress so far. He had asked Yu Rumeng about it last time, but she wasn’t too clear about it. Now that he want to know the whereabouts of the Bright Moon Great Emperor, Yang Kai couldn’t ask her about it lest she become suspicious.
As for the others, it was even more impossible to ask, so he could only rely on himself regarding Bright Moon.
He asked the scouts to inquire about the situation of the various continents in the past year, especially when Bright Moon had fallen into the Demon Territory, hoping to use these clues to determine the location of the Bright Moon.
One day, while Yang Kai was comprehending the Space Laws at the World Gate, a voice suddenly flew over from the distance and exchanged a glance with Ke Sen, who was standing guard here.
“What is it!?” Yang Kai opened his eyes and asked. He had already noticed this when he called out to him, but he had simply ignored him. Now, looking at her and Ke Sen, it seemed like something big had happened.
“Great King,” Yin cupped her fists and said in a slightly excited voice, “Myriad Demon Cave has been acting strangely recently. Demonic Qi is surging and I’m afraid the Myriad Demon Pill is about to form.”
“Oh?” Yang Kai raised his brow and showed a look of excitement, “Are you sure?”
Yin smiled and said, “It’s not far off. Normally, as long as there’s any unusual movement, we can harvest it within a month.”
“Good, let’s go take a look.” Yang Kai immediately became interested. He had been to the Myriad Demon Cave before, but it was just a dark pit, nothing special. According to Lao Ke and the others, the Myriad Demon Cave was usually like this, only changing when the Myriad Demon Pill was about to take shape.
Yang Kai was extremely concerned about the Myriad Demon Pill. This pill was useless to him, but it was greatly beneficial to his Embodiment. However, the amount of Myriad Demon Pills required was too great, and the Myriad Demon Pills could only be collected once every ten years. On the other hand, Cloud Shadow could only collect a few dozen or even a hundred pills each time, so with just the Myriad Demon Pills alone, his Embodiment needed three thousand pills to advance further.
However, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still a piece of meat. With this Myriad Demon Pill, his Embodiment could also shorten the time needed to grow.
When Yang Kai first arrived at the Cloud Shadow Continent, Lao Ke and the others had said that within half a year, the Myriad Demon Pills should be ready to be collected, and now, it was about time.
When Yang Kai arrived at the Myriad Demon Cave with Ke Sen and Yin, he saw Demonic Qi soaring into the sky and Demonic Clouds tumbling about. The originally ordinary pit seemed to have a life of its own at this moment.
Lao Ke stood not far from Myriad Demon Cave, his expression filled with excitement and anticipation.
It had been many years since Lie Kuang had sided with Yue Sang, and the few of them had not participated in the harvesting of the Myriad Demon Pills. Every time the Myriad Demon Pills took shape, it would be sent by the people from Blue Plains Continent to collect them, then sent directly to Yue Sang before being transferred to the Saint Venerable.
Originally, every time they collected these pills, they would be given one or two pills while the rest would be given to the Saint Venerable. However, after all these years, the Myriad Demon Pills that originally belonged to them had ended up in Yue Sang’s pocket, making them feel both resentful and helpless.
Seeing Yang Kai arrive, Lao Ke immediately stepped forward and cupped his fists, “Great King!”
“What’s the situation like?” Yang Kai looked over and saw that every time the Myriad Demon Cave took in and sent out a large amount of World Energy into the pit, it would even cause countless tornadoes.
He couldn’t help clicking his tongue in wonder. The last time he had come here, there had been nothing out of the ordinary here, so he didn’t know what kind of situation this Myriad Demon Cave was, or why it existed on every continent.
He had inquired about this before and knew that this Myriad Demon Cave had never existed at the beginning of the Demon Territory. It had only been formed later, and the time it took to form was also varied.
The most widespread theory was that a thousand years after the Demon Territory was reduced to a fragmented continent, a Myriad Demon Cave suddenly appeared. It was unknown how this Myriad Demon Cave was related to the collapse of the Demon Territory.
“From the looks of it, the harvest this time shouldn’t be small. There should be at least seventy or eighty pills, maybe even a hundred,” Lao Ke replied with a smile, looking like an old farmer who had been working hard for a year and had finally found something good.
He couldn’t be blamed for being happy. Over the past few months, he had discovered that Yang Kai was quite good. This time, when he collected the Myriad Demon Pills, he would definitely distribute some to them. Not to mention the Mid-Rank and Low-Rank Demon Kings, these High-Rank Demon Kings would at least receive one as a reward.
Yang Kai glanced at him and smiled slightly, “How can you see it?”
Lao Ke replied, “I’ve seen enough, so naturally I have some judgment.”
Yang Kai nodded lightly and turned his head to look around. He saw many Demon Race cultivators sitting cross-legged on the ground, circulating their Qi and cultivating, and asked thoughtfully, “Is cultivating nearby beneficial to you?”
Yin nodded and said, “Great King is right. Every time the Myriad Demon Cavern moves, it is at the point where World Energy gathers. Right now, cultivating in the vicinity is several times more efficient than normal, so naturally no one wants to waste such an opportunity.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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