Chapter 372.2: Dare Kill My Son? I’ll Swallow Him Whole!

Qi Yuan nodded. "Not bad. Pretty good."

Today's matter went rather smoothly. The citizens of Brilliant Star were actually quite reasonable. They could be convinced with just a few words.

However, when he thought about the demons he had killed earlier, he felt slightly guilty. Sure, they deserved to die, but he had originally assumed they were still resisting. That was why he killed them. This was just a tiny bit awkward. To ease his conscience, he felt he ought to host a banquet and share a feast with them.

He said remorsefully, "I'm a little hungry..."

The princess's legs immediately gave way. Many of the kneeling nobles even began crying aloud. The Violet Palace cultivator kneeled on the floor without daring to speak. They all thought Qi Yuan was about to eat Brilliant Star.

Qi Yuan stared at the people on the ground with interest and sighed. "When it comes to funeral wailing, the people of Stone Village are still the professionals. Your crying is really low quality. Hurry and prepare a banquet. Make it lavish. Ten dishes and three soups. So many demons died earlier, how can there not be a funeral feast?

"Oh right, go make preparations first. I'm going to visit the Myriad Demon World. After all, I have to personally investigate who the mastermind is. Who could be so utterly heartless and malicious as to devise the most poisonous scheme in all the heavens? Canceling the Martial Arts Tournament and targeting me like this?!"

Then, he vanished. Only the kneeling nobles and the princess remained.

The princess wondered, Ten dishes... Does he mean ten planets? How are we supposed to even prepare the soup?

Unfortunately, Qi Yuan had already left, and nobody could give her an answer.

***

Within the Demon Court of the Myriad Demon World stood ten thousand peaks. Each mountain housed at least one Violet Palace cultivator, with one mountain piercing straight into the heavens. Legend claimed that it reached all the way to the upper world.

At that moment, an overwhelmingly powerful aura spread from the highest peak as a furious roar erupted. "WHO KILLED MY SON?!"

The entire Demon Court shook. Countless dormant presences awakened from the mountains.

"Demon King, what happened?"

"Did something happen to the young lord?"

"How dare they?!"

"Please give the order, Demon King! I shall lead an army to avenge the young lord!"

"For countless years, only the Myriad Demon World has troubled others. Nobody has ever dared trouble us! This is outrageous!"

Like stars in the sky, thousands of Violet Palace cultivators awakened and gathered before the highest peak. The Demon King was a gigantic python tens of thousands of meters long. A simple movement from him shook the entire Demon Court.

He was absolutely furious. "I will swallow him alive!"

Not only was the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord his only son, but he was also the next heir to the Demon Court. As part of his son's cultivation, the Demon King had sent him to Brilliant Star in search of Ancestral Blood.

Yet now, the Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord's soul lamp had gone out. Moreover, his son was a favored disciple of a great power in the upper world. Once his son ascended, he would officially become that great being's disciple, benefitting the Demon King immensely.

The giant python roared in fury, "Daring to ruin my plans, I will swallow him alive!"

At that moment, however, the sky turned red.

Qi Yuan’s boundless voice echoed across the heavens.

—Who wants to swallow me alive?

The thousands of Violet Palace cultivators all looked up.

The Demon King, towering ten thousand meters high, also raised his head. Endless crimson was all that he saw. His pupils contracted violently. After all, he knew that the crimson expanse was merely the tip of an unimaginably enormous iceberg.

The colossal being was calm.

—Oh, so it's just a paramecium. Quite an ambitious one, aren’t you? You actually want to eat me.

The Demon King was terrified. From the day he was born until now, he had never witnessed or even heard of such a scene. He wasn't even certain the colossal being was speaking to him.

The Demon King swallowed hard and prostrated himself. "Exalted One..."

When faced with such a powerful, gigantic lifeform, one whose full appearance could not even be seen, the only option was kneeling. All the Violet Palace cultivators fell to the ground like ants.

Nevertheless, as Demon King, he forced himself to say, "May I ask why you have descended upon the Myriad Demon World, O’ Exalted One?"

Qi Yuan was very reasonable. Even when facing a paramecium, he remained patient. This time, he was also listening carefully to the voices of the world's living beings.=

—A certain Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord dared send Brilliant Star to invade Arch Star, attempting to implement the most poisonous scheme in all the heavens and cancel the Martial Arts Tournament to target me. I accidentally killed him, so I came to the Myriad Demon World to see who the mastermind is. Who could be so vicious as to cancel the Martial Arts Tournament?

The Demon King's heart nearly stopped. This being killed my son?

He was terrified beyond measure, especially because he had just declared that he would swallow his son’s killer alive. How was he supposed to do that?

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind before he struggled to answer, "Our Demon Court never ordered him to cancel the Martial Arts Tournament."

Qi Yuan's voice rang out again, carrying a hint of displeasure.

—So you're saying there is no mastermind? That I was overthinking things?

He had always been cautious. When he killed someone, he preferred to eliminate the entire family line and uproot the problem completely.

"No!"

Suddenly, the Demon King thought of something. Didn't the Exalted One just say he'd been caught up in a scheme? Could it be that great being from the upper world? But is my son's master really this powerful?

Having never reached the Yin Spirit realm, the Demon King had no idea how strong they truly were.

Still, he hurriedly said, "Exalted One, please wait. I understand now! Thousand-Eye's master has to be plotting against you! I'll lure him down immediately. He's in the upper world!"

The Demon King had no desire to die for no reason. Better to let those two clash. An upper world great being should be able to defeat this creature, right?

Qi Yuan was relaxed.

—I’ll give you one hundred seconds to call him down.

"As you wish!!" Lowering his head, the Demon King rushed to the Heaven-Linking Platform and lit a stick of incense. "Patriarch! A powerful expert has killed my son in cold blood! That expert is likely targeting you! Please descend down and save us. Patriarch, you must be careful. That fellow is somewhat large."

The incense could not transmit much information, so he could not say much more.

***

In the upper world, an old man opened his eyes. "A mere ant from the lower world dares plot against me? Hmph. Somewhat large? How large could he possibly be? I shall see for myself!"