Chapter 582 – Can’t Advance or Retreat

“Right! You, the seven clans, must make amends to Senior Demon King!”

“Even old-timers such as Domain Lord Qin have taken the initiative to come forward to make public amends, what reason do you have to refuse as the culprits, coupled with the relationship of the Demon Emperor’s Seal ……! Aren’t you guys afraid that the world will laugh at you!”

“Chiyang family head, in the beginning it was your Chiyang family that sent people to my southern sea domain to proclaim the sins of the Demon King …… Now that the truth has come out, it is not too much for you even if your entire clan knelt down in front of the Yun family to make amends, now are you unwilling to even admit your faults to the remains of the Demon King!”

“Don’t you all have any shame or guilt in the face of the Demon King’s remains! If so, even if you are a guardian family, we will look down on you!” ……

Which one of the people who could enter this Demon Emperor’s hall would be a fool. From what they had seen and heard today – the clear-cut camps, King Huai who had deliberately stirred up trouble, the arrogance and hubris of the Seven Family Heads and their obedience to King Huai that was so obvious that it couldn’t be any more obvious, coupled with the fact that everything had been revealed step by step by Yun Che, how could people not smell something different from it.

The clearest point is that …… the seven families joining together to violently target the Yun Family, as well as joining together a hundred years ago to incite the promotion of the Demon King’s sin against the Yun Family, was absolutely deliberate, and even hid a certain conspiracy that none of them dared to think about deeply.

And these party overlords, driven by the seven families a hundred years ago, became accomplices and pawns, and even became sinners who defiled their loyalty and goodness, and while they were ashamed of the Demon King, how could they not be angry in their hearts, how could they not be hateful. But the other party is, after all, the seven guardian families, they can not afford to provoke …… But once someone starts, the crowd corresponds, then the situation will naturally be completely different.

Qin Zheng’s words were like casting a stone into the sea, but it rolled up a thousand layers of huge waves, and all the domain lords, city lords, and hegemonic lords all looked at the seven families with anger and spoke angrily to each other, and for a while, the entire Demon Emperor Great Hall was filled with voices denouncing the seven families, and the rebuking sounds were getting more and more ear-splitting and more and more intense.

Each and every one of the seven family lords’ faces were twitching violently, cold sweat was pouring out from their foreheads, and their hearts were even more like they were pressed up against ten thousand huge stones. Even if they were being scolded and viciously rebuked by the Demon Emperor, they wouldn’t be under so much pressure, but the people accusing them in front of them, casually taking out a single one of them, were people who could only bow down to them, people who were inferior in their eyes, but what they were united in, representing, was the will of the people of the world and the entire Illusory Demon Realm!

“Your Highness King Huai …… us …… what should we do?” The seven family heads all panicked and transmitted their voices to King Huai, their entire bodies sweating madly. They were incomparably clear that in such a situation, if a bad move was made today, their ten thousand years of prestige would surely be in tatters, and they would even become the target of the Illusory Demon Realm.

King Huai’s pair of teeth had almost been chewed to pieces by him. These years of planning, in terms of the power he controlled, he had indeed surpassed the Little Demon Empress, but the primary reason why he had delayed putting it into action was the will of the people of the world, which was also something he had dreamed of controlling all these years.

Today’s ceremony of the Queen Demon, the world’s heroes gathered, is the perfect opportunity he has been waiting for! His ambition, also wanted to today, really put into action, did not expect, the action has not yet begun, has been completely crushed by Yun Che …… But this is not the end, in his unpreparedness, the world’s people’s will, actually stood to the side of the cloud family, and he spent a huge cost to control the seven guardian families, in the blink of an eye has become the target of the masses! ……

The hundred years of defamation against the Yun Family, instead of expelling the Yun Family from the Guardian Families as he had hoped, had provoked guilt, self-blame, and anger among the world’s heroes. Instead of favoring his side, the hearts of the people he most wanted to control were on the complete opposite side.

His plan had only just begun when it completely collapsed and left him in a sorry state, a result he had never dreamed of before. He gritted his teeth and said in a low and incomparable voice, ”What else can be done! You guys still don’t go to make amends to that dead body …… are you waiting to be drowned by the world’s spit!!!”

At this point in time, to make amends to Yun Canghai’s remains, they had to do it even if they did not do it. Otherwise, the consequences would be so severe that even their Guardian Clan would find it difficult to bear. At that moment, the seven great masters simultaneously clenched their teeth fiercely, crossed over the layers and layers of people, and flew to the front of Yun Canghai’s remains …… then, with great difficulty, knelt down on one knee.

The great hall of the Demon Emperor quieted down, everyone’s gazes were on the seven people’s bodies, and to the Helian Mad Seven, these gazes were like looking at a prisoner being judged, making it difficult for them to the extreme. The seven of them had never imagined that being the head of a guardian family would one day fall into such a situation.

Helian Mad clenched his teeth hard, then inhaled a fierce breath, doing his best to display a calm and frank look, bending his head towards Yun Canghai’s remains, he said, “Senior Demon King, senior was blinded by a single leaf at the beginning, a moment of foolishness, thinking that he was doing it for the sake of the entire Illusory Demon Realm, not thinking that he had made such a big mistake, here I am to make amends to Senior Demon King.”

Even though Helian Madness was making amends, he downplayed his own “sin” to the extreme, turning it into a momentary foolishness for the sake of the Illusory Demon Realm in his mouth. Yun Che secretly sneered and did not say anything. Chiyang Bailei, Jiufang Kui, Bai Fei, Nangong Yan, Xiaoxifeng, and Lin Guiyan also moved forward to make amends, shouting the exact same thing as Helian Madness.

When the seven family heads rose, their faces were already as dark as if they had just crawled out from the bottom of a pot, and they glanced at Yun Che out of the corner of their eyes, hating the fact that they could not use their teeth to tear him into pieces.

Although the seven people’s “confessions” clearly lacked any sincerity, as Guardian Family Heads, they had already bowed down to Yun Canghai’s remains in public, so the crowd naturally could not voice any more condemnation. Yun Che silently looked at Yun Canghai’s quiet remains, inwardly calm with a sourness …… Grandpa, it was not my merit that the Yun Family was vindicated, if it wasn’t for your hundred years of death guarding the Demon Imperial Seal, if it wasn’t for your loyalty that can be seen by the sun and the moon, even though I have heavenly ability, it is impossible for me to allow the Yun Family to gain the heart of the world. It is also grandpa, with his own life, in exchange for me to see the sky again …… and what I can do for grandpa is only so much …… not as much as a thousand percent of grandpa’s kindness ……

“Hehe, the seven family heads personally bending their knees to apologize to the Demon King, although it should be, but it is also enough to appear that the seven family heads have an extraordinary mindset and outstanding demeanor!” King Huai stepped forward with a face full of calmness, expressing his appreciation to the seven people who had clearly committed a great mistake and were despised by the crowd inwardly, with a calm demeanor as if all of this had nothing to do with him at all. He looked at Yun Che and said unhurriedly, ”Yun Che, the seven Family Heads have already completely done as you wished by bending their knees and admitting their mistakes to the Demon King without sparing their dignity! You should, now, return the Demon Emperor Seal to the Little Demon Empress.”

“It seems that His Highness King Huai’s memory isn’t very good!” Yun Che flicked his eyes and said indifferently, “I clearly said before that if I wanted me to return the Demon Emperor Seal, these seven people would first have to kneel down and repent to my grandfather, and then they would also have to swear allegiance to the Little Demon Empress! I haven’t seen them swear allegiance to the Little Demon Empress!”

King Huai’s brows wrinkled as he said in a deep voice, “Yun Che, this king and the seven family lords are mindful of the fact that you’re a junior, and that you’re after the Demon King, and have tolerated and compromised with you, so don’t you dare to bully others too much ……”

King Huai and the seven family lords were indeed tolerating and compromising, but as long as one wasn’t blind, they could see that they weren’t willing, but rather, they had to tolerate and compromise under Yun Che’s step-by-step pressure. Having the seven family lords swear allegiance to the Little Demon Empress in public was not a big deal at all in the eyes of the others …… because as guardian family members, serving the Little Demon Empress was originally their natural duty.

However, King Huai was clearly aware of Yun Che’s purpose!

Yun Che wanted them to swear an oath of allegiance …… and it was also the poisonous oath of “If there is any rebellion, the descendants will be slaves and prostitutes for thousands of generations! If they took this poisonous oath, it was undoubtedly planting a poisonous nail in the hearts of the seven family lords, and if they continued to follow King Huai and rebel in the future, they would undoubtedly be cursing themselves and their descendants, and the Illusory Demon Realm would also remember the poisonous oaths of the seven family lords due to the witnesses of the world’s heroes today.

This was not just disgusting the seven family lords, it was also disgusting him, King Huai!

And if the seven family lords refused, that was undoubtedly directly telling the world’s heroes that they had a ghost in their hearts……. Not to mention Yun Che, any other person who could speak would be able to smoothly place an unbreakable shitpot on the head of these seven family lords.

This hand of Yun Che’s still made them sick to their stomachs even as they entered and retreated …… It was simply more vicious than the devil’s curse.

“I bullied people too much?” As expected, as soon as King Huai’s words left his mouth, Yun Che’s counterattack arrived instantly, “Dare I ask King Huai, where am I bullying people too much? As the family heads of the Leading Guardian Families, it is only natural for them to serve the Little Demon Empress! They have been loyal to the Demon Emperor clan for ten thousand years, and now, I’m just letting them shout out an oath of continued loyalty! Not only can they take this opportunity to show their loyalty to the Little Demon Empress again, but also allow the Demon Emperor Seal to be returned, this is simply the simplest thing under the heavens, there is no point in going overboard or making things difficult at all! And where is the bullying.”

King Huai’s chest rose and fell violently, he knew very well that Yun Che would say such words, and he also knew even more clearly that in front of the world’s heroes, these words could not be refuted at all……. Guardian Families existed in allegiance with the Demon Emperor Clan, and this was originally common knowledge that was known to all in the Illusory Demon Realm. If any guardian family rebels against the Demon Emperor clan, it will undoubtedly be reviled and hostile by the entire Illusory Demon Realm. King Huai’s mind turned sharply, and he reluctantly said, ”The Guardian Families have been loyal to the Demon Emperor for ten thousand years, and have never had any dissenting thoughts, as the world knows! Yet you made these seven family heads swear a poisonous oath of allegiance, this is clearly questioning and desecrating their loyalty! Hmph, all the so-called oaths in this world will always be nothing but empty words, if they truly have dissenting intentions, what can they do even if the oaths are a hundred times more vicious!”

“Your Highness King Huai is so right!” Yun Che nodded his head with a faint smile, “Since this all poisonous oath is nothing but an empty word, then by casually shouting an empty word, you can both show your loyalty and return the Demon Emperor Seal to the hands of the Little Demon Empress, I don’t think that any individual would have a reason to refuse it, right? Then why did King Huai Fang say that I was too deceitful?”

“…… “King Huai was instantly speechless.

“Heh ……” Yun Che laughed coldly: “If what I asked for just now was for them to swear an oath on behalf of the entire clan, that would indeed be a bit of an imposition, after all, even though they are the head of the clan, they are unable to represent and decide on every single person in the clan’s Will. But what I am asking for is simply themselves! If these seven family heads are loyal to the Little Demon Empress, then even if this oath is a thousand times more poisonous, they will definitely be open and honest, and there won’t even be the slightest bit of hesitation or panic! Instead, he will gladly take this opportunity to express his loyalty to the Little Demon Empress in front of the world’s heroes!”

“If even this is to be resisted and panicked …… Heh, wouldn’t that be telling all of us that they have ghosts in their hearts! If they take this oath, they will become cursing themselves!!!”

“And!!!” Without waiting for King Huai and the Seven Family Lords to speak out, Yun Che suddenly reached out, pointing at King Huai, and said with a tightly locked brow, “Your Highness, King Huai, I really don’t understand a little bit, such a simple and all-beneficial matter for the Illusory Demon King Clan, you as the Illusory Demon County King should have been happy to see it, but you’re the one who spoke out to obstruct it, can’t it be that you, King Huai …… ”

Yun Che’s sentence stopped here, but anyone could hear the meaning he was expressing, and after a short pause, Yun Che’s expression and tone changed at the same time, “Your Highness King Huai, even though I am only a junior, there is a sentence that I still have to caution King Huai …… In this Illusory Demon Realm, anyone who rebels against the Demon Emperor, even if it is the Guardian Family, are at best scorned. But you King Huai …… and all the royal clans here if you have a rebellious heart, that is something that even the heavens will look at!”

Among the East Seat, the faces of all the royal clans changed in color, and King Zhong said in a deep voice, “Yun Che …… what do you mean by that!”

“Is it hard for Your Highness King Zhong to understand!” Yun Che’s eyes narrowed slightly as he incomparably solemnly said, “As we all know, back then, it was the Ancestor Demon Emperor who unified the Illusory Demons, allowing the Illusory Demon Realm to calm down from the endless chaos, and to be at peace for ten thousand years! And the ones who accompanied the Ancestor Demon Emperor in the hundreds of battles to unify the Illusory Demons were the Twelve Guardian Families! The twelve guardian families were the arms of the ancestor demon emperor ten thousand years ago, and have been the guardian barriers of the demon emperor for ten thousand years, which can be said to be a great honor. For the Twelve Guardian Families to have the status and reputation they have today is indeed what they deserve.”

“But your royal family, is because of the inheritance of a little bit of the demon emperor bloodline, so that a lifetime is a noble royal family, with the most honorable status, enjoying the best resources and ordinary people do not dare to hope for a lifetime of richness and glory, but do not need to have what to pay, and even more so, have not had a bloodbath! And all of this is because you have the bloodline of the Demon Emperor Clan, a gift from the Demon Emperor Clan to you!!!”

“You can enjoy all of this with peace of mind, but you cannot forget who brought all of this to you! You can’t have the slightest bit of rebelliousness, otherwise, you are ungrateful, and the heavens will not forgive you!”

“And now, the Demon Emperor clan suffered the biggest disaster since ten thousand years, the first Demon Emperor died, the little Demon Emperor died, only the little Demon Queen is left to support everything …… but also because of the woman’s body, and was subjected to countless questions. Your royal family enjoyed the ten thousand years of gifts from the Demon Emperor lineage, and at this time, the Demon Emperor lineage is in an unprecedented predicament, isn’t it the best opportunity for you to repay the Demon Emperor lineage!”

“And if at this time, there are any people of the royal clan who instead of supporting and assisting the Little Demon Empress with all their might, instead harboring dissenting thoughts, then that is truly a heartless conscience, worse than a pig or a dog! So ugly and shameless that they will be struck by heavenly thunder!”