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The Climax of Hundred Years' Reign Ceremony
🕑 Added 2024-09-15 20:48:08 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 280 ---
The Demon Imperial Hall becomes dead silent.
Those who waited for good shows were 'obviously' dumbfounded by this sudden turn of events. They expected no less from Duke Huai to create a problem on this rare occasion.
However, they didn't expect the mysterious Consort Yu to flip the table and change the outcome instantly as if he was ready for this damned situation.
Well, Yu Long didn't care much about Duke Huai. It's just that he found the way this scheming fellow talking is like a third-rate villain, so he wanted to break his momentum.
When third-rate villains like Duke Huai lost momentum, they would start saying nonsense, and Yu Long wanted to witness it firsthand. Also, Yu Long revealed the Mirror of Samsara to test something.
After all, the crux of Illusory Demon Realm's decline is 'actually' tied to the Mirror of Samsara and its owner. According to the canon event, Yun Che was supposed to handle this troublesome matter.
However, Yun Che's fate as a protagonist is no longer there.
With no super-reincarnated goddess in the shadow to help him, he could forget about getting blessed with extreme luck. It doesn't mean Yun Che's situation is horrible, though.
He might not be the chosen one anymore, but he could still grow without the troublesome trials.
And just as Yu Long expected, Duke Huai stuttered while pointing at the dangling Mirror of Samsara in Yu Long's hand.
"Y-You, how come you have the Mirror of Samsara!"
Yu Long lazily leaned on his seat and replied, "What's wrong with me having the Mirror of Samsara? It's mine."
"I have formed a spiritual connection with it."
Everyone was shocked by this news. There is a big difference between having and owning the Mirror of Samsara.
The former merely onto the item due to its value, and the latter owned it due to its acknowledgment.
How long has the Mirror of Samsara stayed in the Illusory Demon Realm?
A thousand years or more. Yet, no one has ever formed a spiritual connection with it.
Simply put, the Mirror of Samsara had been ownerless until Yu Long got it.
In the east wing, Duke Ming's calm expression faltered. No one wished to know more about the Mirror of Samsara's secrets more than him. He knew the Mirror of Samsara held a great secret, possibly letting someone reach the Profound God Realm.
In fact, this is how he enticed the Four Great Sacred Grounds and scheme against the Demon Emperor and Yun Canghai. Duke Ming has planned to take over the Profound Sky Continent after kicking Huan Caiyi from her position and also get the Mirror of Samsara.
But who would have thought the long-disappeared Mirror of Samsara to appear in the hand of a brat!
'Tsk, it seems I have to adjust my plan. I must kill this brat first.'
Huan Caiyi was also surprised that Yu Long owned the lost treasure, the Mirror of Samsara. Yun Canghai has shared a guess that Yu Long might have the Mirror of Samsara because his grandson is supposed to have it.
But she didn't expect it to be true.
'I knew it! I knew that brat has that damned mirror!' Yun Canghai, who hid at the Yun Family's side, scowled at Yu Long.
"Why so quiet?" Yu Long glanced at Duke Huai. "Don't tell me cat got your tongue?"
Duke Huai was provoked, "You don't deserve such treasure!"
"And why so?"
"You're an outsider!"
Hearing this, Yu Long smiled faintly.
He has a 'gotcha' look on his face.
"You see... I have this nifty status called Consort Yu after I got engaged to Caiyi, so I'm not an outsider." He countered quickly.
Duke Huai was dumbfounded. He couldn't argue with Yu Long because it was true. Huan Caiyi announced Yu Long's status not a while ago, and if Duke Huai said otherwise, doesn't that make him senile?
"Huai, step back." Duke Ming calmly ordered.
He stood up from his seat and walked to the edge of the east wing. He looked down on everyone with an amiable expression, "Little Demon Empress, please forget my son's rudeness."
"He was not used to talking with a young, inexperienced person."
"Hah." Yu Long chuckled because this schemer called him young and inexperienced.
Calling Yu Long Young isn't wrong, considering cultivators like Duke Ming are fossil-like. Yet the inexperienced statement is incorrect in every way possible because no one is more experienced than Yu Long in the Demon Imperial Hall.
Of course, Yu Long won't expose himself.
Never interrupt your enemy when he makes a mistake.
Huan Caiyi also realized this and replied, "Duke Ming. I understand your sentiment, but isn't calling my dear fiance an outsider a bit too rude?"
"Not to mention, he said such a thing after I made my announcement just a few moments ago."
"What do you want then?" Duke Ming went straight to the point.
"I want Duke Huai to compensate Yu Long with a demonic weapon and apologize with a head down," said Huan Caiyi with determination.
Everyone gasped when Huan Caiyi said that. Compensating Yu Long with a demonic weapon is still okay, but apologizing with a head down is like asking Duke Huai to lick Yu Long's shoe afterward.
It's a 'great' humiliation, especially when Duke Huai is a senior and Yu Long is a junior.
Even though Demonic Weapons are rare, Yu Long found them worthless.
Huan Caiyi knew this, so she went for the second-best deal. Dragging Duke Huai Palace to ditch by making their acting leader apologize.
'HUAN CAIYI!' Duke Huai screamed inside.
"It's reasonable, no?" Huan Caiyi smiled at Duke Ming.
Duke Ming closed his eyes and opened them a second later, "Little Demon Empress, I think that's a bit too much."
"Why don't we bury the hatchets by giving Consort Yu three Demonic Weapons from my personal stash? What do you think?"
"I will say sorry on behalf of my son." He said with a friendly expression, becoming a pushover in the eyes of others. But inside, he has decided to kill Yu Long more swiftly.
Huan Caiyi nodded, "Very well..."
"But I think my son's words about the Yun Family made sense." Duke Ming suddenly added. "They have contributed nothing in the last decade and have been leeching on our resources."
"Let's not count the Mirror of Samsara because it was in Consort Yu's hand, but what about the Demon Emperor's Seal?"
"After the Demon King Yun Canghai went to the Profound Sky Continent, we have never heard of him and the Demon Emperor's Seal anymore."
"I think we should demote the Yun Family down."
"Oh, Demon Emperor's Seal?" Huan Caiyi reacted indifferently.
"I see... You do have a point."
"As expected of Duke Ming, your wiseness knows no bounds."
"You're so wise that you killed the Demon Emperor and Little Demon Emperor, too!"
After continued surprise and shock, Huan Caiyi's final words rang in the hall and everyone's heart.
Duke Ming frowned, "Little Demon Empress. Are you accusing me?"
"Yes." Huan Caiyi replied coldly.
Duke Ming added, "But you have no evidence. You're just throwing a low punch at me."
"Who said the Demon Empress doesn't have evidence!" A shout came from the crowd.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
A thunderous roar echoed in the west wing as an elderly with countless cyan arcs appeared. The elder shot out to Duke Ming and dragged him to the sky.
Duke Ming's eyes widened, "You, Yun Canghai!"
"How could you be here?"
"You're supposed to be..."
"Died? Too bad, THIS DADDY DEMON KING COME FROM HELL TO BEAT YOU UP!" Yun Canghai grinned madly.
Huan Caiyi stood up from her throne and raised her right hand, showing the Demon Emperor's Seal.
"I, Huan Caiyi, have regained the Demon Emperor's Seal!"
"My people, Duke Ming has collaborated with outsiders and killed the Demon Emperor and Little Demon Emperor. He also planned to rebel alongside everyone on Duke Huai Palace's side."
"Today, as the Demon Empress! I want to bring them to justice by sentencing Duke Ming and everyone on his side to death!"
"Will you follow me?"
"Yes, Empress! Your wish is our command!" The Twelve Guardian Families' patriarchs rose from their seats.
"BRING THE JUSTICE!"
An array formation appeared in the Demon Imperial Hall's core area, preventing Duke Huai Palace from running away. It is Heavenly Grotto Sealing Arrays the Twelve Guardian Patriarchs planned to use.
In the sky, Duke Ming was stunned by Huan Caiyi's acts.
He stared dumbly at the Demon Emperor's Seal in her hand and couldn't help but laugh. "Haha, I see..."
"You planned this from the beginning."
"Yun Canghai, you're as cunning as always."
Yun Canghai snorted, "Trash Ming. You have killed the Demon Emperor, Little Demon Emperor, and my loyal brothers and sisters."
"And I will avenge them today!"
Duke Ming calmed down and calculated something. He glanced at the Demon Imperial City's south gate and smiled, "You're not the only one with a plan, Canghai."
BOOOM!
Two gigantic creatures trampled Demon Imperial City's south gate and rushed to the Demon Imperial Palace. The Heavenly King of Stone and Heavenly King of Song have entered the battlefield.
Yun Canghai entered his Thunderer State and roared, "BRING IT ON, FOOLS!"
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Asura
Thanks for the chapter π
