All eyes were on Yihuang, waiting for him to resolve the matter.
---Aside---
My painkillers expired, and I'm out of medication. The pain is so bad I have goosebumps all over, and I've been feeling really down for a long time. My period pain wasn't this bad last time. Why is that?
At noon, my mom hit the nail on the head with a single sentence: I was hungry.
I forgot that I should eat more to avoid cramps when I'm on my period... and then, I finally ate until I was stuffed... and my stomach stopped hurting... I realized, I'm just a tragic figure...
This is the second update for today. What a huge blunder! All that pain for nothing... *crying*
Chapter 108 The Divine Lord's Responsibility
“Speak,” Yihuang said decisively.
The Confucian Venerable took a deep breath, barely managing to reduce the immense pressure from Yihuang to the minimum. He quickly composed himself and said, "The Divine Lord should know about the turmoil that occurred in the Three Realms back then."
The Confucian Master paused here, and after seeing Yihuang nod, he continued, "Back then, when the Three Realms were in turmoil, in order to maintain order and minimize casualties, the Immortal Realm left spaces in different places to facilitate control over the situation in the Three Realms."
“In that case, how can it be said that the Immortal Realm deliberately monitored the Three Realms? It was entirely due to the circumstances at the time.” The Confucian Master spoke with righteous indignation, and his explanation was reasonable.
It's not that they don't want to monitor the demon realm; rather, they originally wanted to safeguard the safety of the three realms.
"The people of the demon realm are doing something I don't know. They're killing people from my immortal realm and destroying my immortal realm's space without even a reason. It's completely unreasonable," the Confucian Venerable accused with sound reasoning.
"The Immortal Realm has always remained aloof, cultivating its character and mind. Even if we don't concern ourselves with worldly affairs, we cannot allow ourselves to be trampled on by others." The Confucian Master spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, arguing his point even before the Divine Lord.
After listening, Yihuang turned to look at Moyun: "What do you say?"
Mo Yun smiled gently: "I didn't understand what the Immortal Realm meant."
Yihuang looked at Moyun and then said, "It seems the Immortal Realm wants a reason from you: why did you kill people from the Immortal Realm and destroy the Immortal Realm's space? Is that what they mean?"
The Confucian Master nodded firmly: "Our Immortal Realm needs a reason, a reason that we can accept. Otherwise, our Immortal Realm will never stand there and let people bully us."
Yihuang didn't speak, but just looked at Moyun, meaning that the Immortal Realm had already made its demands.
Mo Yun smiled, a gentle smile that was so comforting, like a warm spring breeze, warm and cozy. However, the meaning behind his words was completely different, chilling to the bone.
"The reason is that there is no reason."
Mo Yun raised his eyes and looked at the Confucian Venerable and the Heavenly Venerable with a smile. His voice was as clear as a mountain spring, but this spring was made from melted snow from the mountaintop, which made people feel cold all over and shiver.
"In the demon realm, do I need a reason to kill someone?"
"You..." Even the good-tempered Confucian scholar couldn't help but fly into a rage.
What does he mean?
You don't take the Immortal Realm seriously, do you?
"Fine, what a demon god you are!" The Heavenly Venerable gritted his teeth and roared, "What do you want to do?"
After shouting, it seemed as if he remembered that the Divine Lord was still beside him. He turned to Yihuang and said, "Divine Lord, the Three Realms have finally enjoyed a thousand years of peace. We cannot allow it to be disrupted by a few people and cause chaos and suffering again."
He thought that after saying this, the deity would say something, even if not reprimand the demon god, at least offer some advice. But to his surprise, after he finished speaking, the deity simply gave a soft "hmm," and then... nothing more.
"Divine Lord?" The Heavenly Venerable stared at the Divine Lord in astonishment. What did this mean?
Ignoring the Celestial Venerable's reaction, Yihuang asked, "Since the Three Realms are now at peace, why is the space from the Immortal Realm still in the Demon Realm?"
One sentence left the Celestial Venerable speechless, unsure of what to say.
The Confucian scholar sighed inwardly. Sure enough, what he feared had happened.
If this matter were discussed in the demon realm, given their position in the immortal realm, the demon lord wouldn't be able to say anything; they would only have to face the demon god alone.
Now that they've arrived in the realm of gods, they're being suppressed by the divine ruler.
Explaining it would be too weak.
"That's right, it's a problem left over from back then. We only sent one person over and didn't do anything else," the Confucian scholar had to explain, though his explanation was somewhat flimsy.
"Legacy issues?" Yihuang chuckled softly, his gaze fixed intently on Ruzun.
"You should all know the truth of this matter." Yihuang didn't waste any more words, turning to look at Mo Yun, his brows furrowing slightly. "Don't come to the God Realm for this kind of thing again, otherwise..."
Yihuang said nothing, but the Confucian Venerable suddenly shuddered, his chest heaving with blood and qi, clearly injured by the force.
The two were terrified; they hadn't even seen the Divine Lord make a move, yet they had been injured.
Ru Zun glanced at Mo Yun beside him out of the corner of his eye and found that he was completely unharmed.
At that moment, Ru Zun's heart skipped a beat, and he realized something.
The power of the demon god far surpasses theirs.
When a deity takes action, he will definitely not only warn them and not the demon god; in other words, the power exerted by the deity is equal.
It was just a warning to them, but they got hurt by it, and it had no effect on the demon god.
If the demon god were to suffer the same injury, the power would need to be increased. However, the divine lord is high above and would never show favoritism. If the power were increased, their injuries would not be just a warning.
Mo Yun smiled and said to the Confucian Venerable, "The God Realm has come with you. Are you going back to the Immortal Realm or continue discussing this matter in the Demon Realm?"
The Confucian Master really wanted to return to the Immortal Realm immediately. It was obvious that the Demon God had done it, so what else could they say?
However, the Celestial Venerable did not do so, and said one step ahead of him: "Go to the Demon Realm and explain things clearly."
Ru Zun really wanted to slap his senior brother to see if he had lost his mind.
What's the point of going back to the demon realm?
Everyone knows that the space of the immortal realm was destroyed by the demon god.
However, since the Celestial Venerable has already spoken, can he refute it immediately?
He could only nod and agree, saying, "Okay."
Heaven knows how much heartache the Confucian scholar felt when he uttered those words.
After the Celestial Venerable and the Confucian Venerable bowed to the Divine Lord, they turned and left.
After seeing them leave, Mo Yun was about to open a spatial passage to leave as well, but before he could do so, Yi Huang called out to him, "Wait a minute."
Mo Yun raised an eyebrow in surprise, turned to look at Yi Huang, and asked in confusion, "Divine Lord, is there anything else you wish to instruct me to do?"
"Have you found the person you're looking for?" Yihuang asked directly.
After hearing Yihuang ask that question, the little fox and the others suddenly realized something.
The demon god's expression remained unchanged, but upon hearing Yihuang's question, the coldness emanating from him suddenly vanished, and he became completely gentle.
At this moment, the demon god truly resembled his smile, warm as spring.
"Found it." The demon god murmured softly, his smile gentle as water, his eyes brimming with a captivating light.
The little fox almost got angry at the sight.
He was really not used to the person who was so arrogant and domineering just now suddenly becoming so gentle.
"Okay, that's good." Yihuang nodded and didn't say anything more.
Mo Yun glanced at Yi Huang with a strange look, then turned around, opened a spatial passage, and left the God Realm directly.
What's so interesting about asking this question?
"Hey, Yihuang." The little fox called out to Yihuang without any politeness.
"Hmm?" Yihuang glanced down at the little fox, then hugged Liu Lanyan tightly to prevent the fox from taking advantage of his woman again.
"This demon god is very strange." The little fox looked at Yihuang seriously, ignoring the person who started to get jealous for no reason.
"What's strange?" For Yihuang, nothing else mattered; the most important thing was Xia Xinyan in his arms.
"The demon god's power is strong enough to rival yours, so why doesn't he just destroy those two people from the immortal realm?"
From the moment the Demon God forced the power of the Confucian Venerable back into his body with his first move, he realized just how powerful the Demon God was.
Moreover, he had seen the Demon God several years ago, and the power he possessed back then had left a deep impression on him. Several years had passed, and he absolutely did not believe that the Demon God's strength had remained stagnant.
Upon hearing the little fox's words, He Xiyuan and Lianzhi also looked at Yihuang, as they had been wondering about the demon god's actions since earlier.
With the power of the Demon God, who once swept across the Three Realms, why should he have to put up with the wrath of the Immortal Realm now?
“It’s different now,” Mingxin, who hadn’t spoken until now, said. “Now he’s not alone, and he has too many concerns about protecting the demon realm.”
Upon hearing Mingxin's words, He Xiyuan nodded in agreement: "That's true. Protecting the demon realm is completely different from when he ventured out alone."
When one's power sweeps across the three realms and quells the chaos, one can naturally conquer through pure force.
However, in order to protect a demon realm, one cannot disregard other things.
"How long has it been since the turmoil in the Three Realms was quelled?" Lianzhi scoffed. "Only about a thousand years, right?"
"The calm is just a facade." The little fox swayed his fluffy tail and blinked his narrow eyes. "The Demon Realm has always been fond of plundering. The Monster Realm is the weakest. The Immortal Realm seems to be beyond the mortal world, but whether that's really the case is hard to say."
"This balance could be broken at any moment," the little fox sighed. "The Demon God's situation isn't much better either."
Lianzhi glanced at Yihuang and asked, "Are you planning something?"
She always felt that Yihuang was also strange.
"Ideas? Are they even worth my time?" Yihuang didn't take those people seriously at all.
Lianzhi slapped her forehead in frustration. How could she forget that Yihuang was so arrogant except in front of Xia Xinyan?
Well, Yihuang has the right to be arrogant; after all, he is a god.
"The matter is already very simple. It's clearly a problem of the Immortal Realm, yet they come here to ask you for judgment. You could have simply said that it's the Immortal Realm's fault." After calming down, Lianzhi pondered Yihuang's attitude just now.
Yihuang glanced at Lianzhi and asked, "Who was that person who just came?"
"The Demon God and the two Venerable Ones of the Immortal Realm," Lianzhi replied directly. What was there to ask? Everyone already knew this, so why ask now?
“Since it’s not a matter for the God Realm, why should I care?” Yihuang said so matter-of-factly, leaving Lianzhi completely dumbfounded.