“I naturally had my reasons at the time,” Yu Lijing said calmly. “If I hadn’t been unable to continue being the Demon Lord due to some issues, I wouldn’t have let you take the position.”
“That’s right, I understand.” The Demon Lord had suppressed his agitated emotions and said calmly, “At that time, you were already mentally unstable and didn’t know when you would have a relapse. It was impossible for you not to abdicate.”
“You…” Yu Lijing glared angrily at the demon lord, her sore spot suddenly hit.
"Did I say something wrong?" the Demon Lord retorted coldly. Did she still refuse to admit it?
“That’s right. I am sometimes confused, which is why I sealed myself in the forbidden area. I did this so that the demon realm would not go astray because of me. What? You want to use this to say that I am irresponsible?”
Yu Lijing never felt that she had done anything wrong.
For the sake of the safety of the demon realm, she must step down.
The demon realm absolutely does not need a demon lord whose mind is sometimes unclear.
"No," the Demon Lord immediately affirmed. "For the safety of the Demon Realm, you sealed yourself in the forbidden area without any problem. As the Demon Lord, your understanding of righteousness and the greater good is a blessing to the Demon Realm."
"My question is, why is it me, not Yu Jinshuo, who became the Demon Lord!" The Demon Lord's voice grew increasingly stern as he mentioned this, even carrying a hint of interrogation.
"Do I need to tell you my decision?" Yu Lijing clearly disdained to answer the question, as if the Demon Lord had asked an extremely stupid question.
Yu Xinyi listened to his parents' argument, and countless questions popped into his mind. Yes, why didn't they let his uncle inherit the position of Demon Lord?
In terms of lineage, the uncle is more suitable than the father.
"Is it that you don't need to tell me, or that you're unwilling to tell me?" the Demon Lord sneered.
Yu Lijing was immediately enraged by the demon lord's attitude. She slammed her hand on the table and demanded, "What do you mean?"
“I’ll answer you,” the Demon Lord said coldly. “Because the Three Realms were in turmoil at that time, you didn’t want your younger brother to take that risk.”
The Demon Lord's words made Yu Xinyi gasp. How could this be?
His mother arranged for his father to...
"Therefore, I sat on the throne of the Demon Lord and became the supreme Demon Lord of the Demon Realm." The Demon Lord's voice was extremely calm, but he deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the words "throne" and "supreme".
"When the Three Realms are at peace, there will naturally be a legitimate bloodline to inherit the throne, either Yu Jinshuo or Yu Xinyi. If the Three Realms are in turmoil and the Demon Realm is no match for them, the one who will ultimately suffer humiliation and death will be the Demon Lord at that time, right?"
The Demon Lord's words shocked Yu Xinyi. He had never imagined that his parents would have such a "scheme".
Both of them were his closest people, how could this happen?
Why is this happening?
Yu Lijing did not deny the Demon Lord's questioning. Instead, she sneered several times and glanced at the Demon Lord with an extremely contemptuous look: "You knew this all along, yet you still accepted the position of Demon Lord. Why? Isn't it because you coveted the vanity of the Demon Lord's position?"
"Vanity? Vanity? Hahaha..." The Demon Lord suddenly burst into laughter, laughing uncontrollably, his body trembling. "Yu Lijin, after all these years, is this how you see me? So worthless?"
"For what you call vanity, I'd risk my life? In times of turmoil in the Three Realms, the position of Demon Lord is nothing but a death warrant. Don't you understand that? If you don't, why not let Yu Jinshuo become the supreme Demon Lord?"
When the Demon Lord spoke, his voice carried a bitter pain, a bitterness that welled up from the depths of his heart, which could not be concealed or diluted.
"Why did I take over the position of Demon Lord? Because Xin Yi, Xin Yi was still young at that time, because of Yu Jinshuo, because Yu Jinshuo is your younger brother..." The Demon Lord tilted his head slightly, hiding the pain on his face.
"Yu Lijin, why have you never thought about why I did this?"
The Demon Lord's question only elicited a cold laugh from Yu Lijing: "If you weren't greedy for power, why would you have married into my family? Why would you have become my husband?"
The demon lord's body trembled. The suffering of so many years was nothing compared to the boundless bitterness in his heart at this moment...
"In your eyes, I've always been this kind of person." The Demon Lord smiled sadly and nodded repeatedly. "Good, good... I understand now... I was just deceiving myself all along."
I never knew that liking someone could make you love so humbly, so humbly that all your dignity is shattered, leaving you with no whole self.
Even if you've sunk to the dust, so what?
In the end, all she got in return was her disdain, still believing that he had ulterior motives.
"Yu Lijin, what are you doing back now?" The Demon Lord quickly composed himself. When the pain reached its extreme, it was nothing more than numbness.
"If you want to kill Yu Jinshuo, of course I have to come back to see. If the demon realm is overthrown by those with ulterior motives, wouldn't that be letting down our ancestors?" Yu Lijing completely ignored the pain in the demon lord's eyes and spoke to herself, cold and ruthless.
"Rest assured, since I am the Demon Lord, I will naturally not allow anyone to overthrow the Demon Realm." The Demon Lord said in a deep voice, the majesty he naturally exuded was the pride of being the Demon Lord.
"Now that Yu Jinshuo is back, you no longer need to shoulder this heavy responsibility..." Yu Lijing commanded habitually.
Even though she was sealed in the forbidden area for more than a thousand years, it did not diminish her dignity as a superior.
"Yu Lijin, do you know my name?" the demon lord suddenly asked.
When the question was asked, Yu Xinyi suddenly felt confused.
Was Dad so angry he lost his mind? Why would he ask Mom what his name is?
We've been husband and wife, how could we not recognize each other?
The helpless smile on his face suddenly froze when he saw Yu Lijing's confused expression.
Without waiting for Yu Lijing's reply, the Demon Lord sneered, "So you really don't know, do you?"
Yu Lijing rolled her eyes at the Demon Lord, adopting a disdainful attitude: "Is it necessary to ask such a boring question?"
"There's no need, because it's a very boring question." With that, the Demon Lord turned around, walked to the main seat in the side hall, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down steadily.
"I am the current Demon Lord, Yu Lijin. If you have any questions, you can raise them and I will consider them. As for who will succeed me as Demon Lord in the future, you don't need to worry about that."
The Demon Lord spoke with a cold expression, leaving no room for argument.