Chapter 459: Birth of the Star Demons

That was the first generation of Demon Abyss descendants.

From then on, the Demon Abyss Realm began coveting the human worlds.

Whenever they discovered a small world where humans lived, they would find ways to establish a passage and transform that world into a subsidiary Demon Abyss Realm under the original Demon Abyss Realm. In this way, the beautiful lands of humanity would be turned into Demon Abyss Realms filled with surging demonic aura.

This was everything Xiao Shou had learned about the Demon Abyss Clan.

It was almost as if, after the extinction of the Ancient Demons, the Heavenly Dao had deliberately created the Demon Abyss Clan as humanity’s natural enemy.

It had abandoned the female demons’ ability to reproduce and continue their species, forcing the Demon Abyss to find another way to reproduce. They eventually discovered that human flesh, blood, and resentment could allow them to produce true descendants.

When human resentment mixed with demonic aura, demon infants would be born, eventually growing into demon soldiers and Demon Generals that existed much like worker ants and worker bees.

No wonder they refused to let humanity go.

Could it really be that the Heavenly Dao had destined them to do this?

After all, the Heavenly Dao was the supreme existence in this world. Xiao Shou did not believe that anyone could stand above the Heavenly Dao and create such a race.

But that could never become a reason for humanity to compromise.

Otherwise, the Heaven Origin Realm would become the next Water Virtue Realm.

And the Water Virtue Realm should have been the homeland of the founders of the various major forces in the Heaven Origin Realm before they migrated here.

So that was what had happened.

Back then, those people had escaped on their own, leaving countless mortals and low-level cultivators here to endure endless torment for generations upon generations, all the way until now.

Even the body Xiao Shou currently inhabited belonged to a descendant of those who had fled this place.

How could this have happened?

How could Xiao Shou repay the karmic debt owed to this world by the ancestors of this body?

How could he make amends to these people who had suffered so much?

How could he help everyone regain their spirits and live with some dignity?

Just as Xiao Shou was overwhelmed by shock and had no idea how to deal with the situation before him, a series of loud cracking sounds suddenly rang out.

"Crack!"

Wait!

In his ears?

How could he hear anything while his soul was merely residing within the tree?

And why did the sound seem to be coming directly from beside his ears?

Xiao Shou was filled with confusion. Whether it was an instinctive reaction of the Star Demon Mother Tree or his own response, he immediately extended his perception toward the Star Demon Mother Tree itself.

Then he saw something that left him astonished.

The twelve Star Demon Fruits hanging from the Star Demon Mother Tree, all of whose mysterious purple-gold patterns had finished forming, began emitting an intense purple radiance. They fell from the branches high in the sky toward the ground.

As they descended, several cracks appeared across the fruits beneath the enveloping purple light. One after another, either thick or slender arms and legs stretched out from within.

Then the purple radiance suddenly intensified.

The skins of the Star Demon Fruits transformed into sets of purple armor, covering the hazy figures within the light. After a moment, the radiance faded.

Six men and six women appeared.

They had purple hair, purple eyes, pale complexions, and heights exceeding 1.8 meters. All of them wore purple armor.

They calmly opened their eyes and descended from the sky onto the roots of the Star Demon Mother Tree without showing the slightest trace of fear.

Instead, they simultaneously knelt down in silence and raised their heads to gaze at the Star Demon Fruit that still hung from the branch high above. Its entire surface was now covered in dense, mysterious golden-purple patterns.

Ah!

Xiao Shou almost forgot.

There was still one larger Star Demon Fruit.

He had not expected it to mature together with the other fruits.

So the ones below were the Star Demons nurtured by the Star Demon Mother Tree he had created?

The absolute fusion information had said that they were born from his pain and expectations.

Xiao Shou did not know what kind of nature they possessed or how their race would survive and reproduce.

Since female Star Demons existed, did that mean their race possessed the ability to continue its own bloodline without needing to rely on human flesh, blood, and resentment?

But if...

If the Star Demons Xiao Shou had created were just like the Demon Abyss Clan...

Then no matter how powerful they or the Star Demon Mother Tree became, Xiao Shou would find every possible way to destroy them with his own hands.

Even if the Star Demon Mother Tree was known as an immortal and indestructible existence, he would completely erase its existence.

The Star Demon Mother Tree seemed to sense Xiao Shou’s determination.

Instead of violently resisting or becoming hostile, it gently swayed its branches, as though a soft voice were speaking beside his ear.

"My Creator, please rest assured. We were born carrying out your will. We will never do anything that goes against your will..."

That voice came from the Star Demon Mother Tree?

No.

Ever since the Star Demon Mother Tree had been born, it had never spoken to Xiao Shou.

Then where had this voice come from?

With this question in mind, Xiao Shou hesitantly shifted his gaze toward the only Star Demon Fruit still hanging from the Star Demon Mother Tree.

It was the largest of the thirteen Star Demon Fruits.

Its entire surface was now covered in golden-purple demonic patterns, which continuously flickered with golden-purple radiance.

Are you the one speaking?

Xiao Shou silently asked this question in his mind as he looked at the enormous golden-purple fruit that was nearly three meters in size.