No hope for eternal life

Chapter 198 Cession

"You should know better than me whether you have a big appetite or not." Yu Daoling laughed angrily, "In the past, you humans plundered my demon territory and only the Heavenly Demon Realm was left. In addition, the human race spared no effort to hunt down the demons from all realms, and almost all the demon cultivators who had achieved success in cultivation would flee to the Heavenly Demon Realm. Over the years, the Heavenly Demon Realm has long been overrun with demons. Now they are just returning to the Half Realm to recuperate. Is that too much?"

Then, Yu Daoling looked at Shangguan Qiong and asked, "You Tianling Sect always claim to be righteous, but why don't you stop the human race from slaughtering monsters? Is it that the lives of monsters are not as important as the lives of you humans?"

Shangguan Qiong replied expressionlessly: "You are right. The lives of monsters are not as important as the lives of humans. When your monster race was powerful in the past, you slaughtered humans. Now the monster race dare not slaughter humans only because we are stronger. Therefore, the lives of monsters are not as important as the lives of humans."

"What a law of the jungle!" Yu Daoling smiled disdainfully and said sarcastically: "I originally thought that only our demon race would follow this set of survival rules, but now it seems that you humans seem to understand it better!"

Even when facing three ninth-level cultivators alone, Yu Daoling still showed no fear. Instead, he threatened: "In this case, let's discuss the strengths and weaknesses. Until now, the two demon emperors of my demon race have not descended to this world, which is to give your Tianling Sect a face and leave some room."

Just as Dao Ling was speaking, two huge animal heads suddenly appeared in the sky, one was a phoenix head and the other was a tiger head.

The two beast heads stared at Shangguan Qiong and the other two, which put tremendous pressure on them, because they all knew that those were the incarnations of the two Demon Emperors. The appearance of the incarnations meant that the two Demon Emperors were not far from the Tianshuang Realm and could descend to the Tianshuang Realm at any time.

Moreover, the two Demon Emperors of the Demon Clan are both old demons who have lived for tens of thousands of years. Picking out any one of them is older than Shangguan Qiong and the other two combined. The saying that cultivators become more demonic as they get older is not just a random saying. Those two Demon Emperors are not easy to deal with.

At this moment, the two Demon Emperors showed their incarnations, obviously to boost Yu Daoling's momentum.

Then, Yu Daoling continued, "If you insist on not giving up an inch of land, then let's fight it out. Even if it means destroying the entire Tianshuang Realm, my demon race will not hesitate. By then, you will lose more than just half of the realm."

It is common for cultivators to fight and destroy mountains and split the earth, especially for those cultivators standing at the top of the Nine Realms. When they fight with all their strength, they are enough to destroy the foundation of a realm. However, there is only so much territory in the Nine Realms, and the more they destroy, the less they have. Therefore, there has been an unwritten rule among high-level cultivators since ancient times, that when fighting, they will take the initiative to go to the outer space.

Therefore, Yu Daoling’s threat is not just a threat. If a real fight breaks out, the demon clan is fully capable of destroying the entire Tianshuang Realm.

Shangguan Qiong was silent for a while, then said: "It is impossible to give you all the areas south of Huanglong River. Shenfeng Kingdom is already a vassal state of Lingshan Sect, so Shenfeng Kingdom's territory must be preserved. As for other places, you can do whatever you want, we have no right to control it."

"Hahaha, no problem." Yu Daoling agreed readily. Although Shangguan Qiong's tone was tough, he actually agreed to cede all the territory south of the Huanglong River except the Shenfeng Kingdom to the demon clan. This was exactly in line with the expectations of the demon clan. The reason why they had not attacked the Shenfeng Kingdom before was also because of this, to save some face for the two major sects.

Then, Yu Daoling continued, "I will contact the demon army to stop the attack. I hope that Brother Shangguan will keep his word. Otherwise, if we stop and fight again later, we will be ridiculed by the world."

Yu Daoling's real body is here, but his clone is far away in the Heavenly Demon Realm. Through his clone, he contacted the high-level members of the demon army who also stayed in the Heavenly Demon Realm, and instantly issued an order to stop the attack.

Just like that, this battle in which the demons attacked the Tianshuang Realm came and ended quickly, lasting only less than an hour.

After giving the order, Yu Daoling continued, "The ceasefire will last for one hour. After one hour, my demon race will take over all the territories. This hour is for you humans to retreat."

Then, Yu Daoling turned and left. Although the war was temporarily over, he still had a lot of things to arrange.

Emperor Tianku saw that he could not fight anymore, so he said goodbye to Shangguan Qiong and the others, "The demon tribe has evil ambitions, so we must guard against them. If you two Taoist friends need help in the future, you can go to Xuanji Island overseas to find me."

Shangguan Qiong's expression softened, he clasped his swords and saluted, saying: "Daoist Tianku is helping us out of righteousness, which is admirable. You can also come to my Tianling Realm to exchange some ideas in the future."

"Definitely." Emperor Tianku replied, and his figure floated away.

After Emperor Tianku left, Xiao Niansheng finally couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister, do you really want to cede all the territory outside the Divine Wind Nation? If so, won't you and I become historical sinners of the human race?"

Xiao Niansheng was very unwilling. Even if he had to cede a piece of territory to the demon clan, he should continue to "bargain". Moreover, Shangguan Qiong's promise just now was only a verbal agreement. He did not make a great oath and could regret it at any time.

"I said it, and if anyone wants to be the historical criminal, I will be the one to do it." Shangguan Qiong said coldly.

Then, Shangguan Qiong glanced at Xiao Niansheng and asked, "If the fight continues, can you ask You Wushuang to come out? Or do you want our master to come out and clean up this mess?"

"If we can't win on the battlefield, it's all nonsense to talk. If the Kamikaze Nation hadn't joined us because of that large spiritual stone mine, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to save the Kamikaze Nation this time."

"Even if Master can't help, what about Yi Qianhuan?" Xiao Niansheng asked again.

"Don't think about it. Yi Qianhuan was stopped by the Black Demon from the very beginning." Shangguan Qiong said coldly. She also received a notification from Yi Qianhuan, so she rushed to Tianshuang Realm.

"The Black Demon has also made a move." Xiao Niansheng was shocked. This was something she didn't know. The Black Demon was good at splitting himself into many avatars, and he traveled in the nine realms. It was not surprising that he appeared in the Tianshuang Realm. What was surprising was that the demons could actually invite the Black Demon. With the Black Demon's character of not doing anything without profit, the demons must have something that the Black Demon needed in their hands to invite him.

There is a huge amount of information behind the Black Demon's move this time. Since the demon clan can persuade the Black Demon once, there may be a second and third time. Moreover, the Black Demon and the Emperor of Longevity have always been in cahoots with each other, so the demon clan may also be able to persuade the Emperor of Longevity to take action.

So, Xiao Niansheng couldn't help but fall silent. She finally understood that Shangguan Qiong's decision just now was correct. If they really wanted to fight to the end, the price they would have to pay would be too high.

After a long while, Xiao Niansheng looked up at the sky and murmured, "Unknowingly, the situation in the Nine Realms has become so corrupt."

Shangguan Qiong said solemnly: "In the past tens of thousands of years, the Nine Realms have never been truly peaceful. Even with the emergence of amazing talents like Emperor Tianhuo and Senior Yang Wuji, they were unable to restore order to the Nine Realms."

"In troubled times, we need to use heavy laws. You have been too gentle in the Tianshuang Realm over the years. If you could have unified the entire Tianshuang Realm earlier, the demon race would probably have no excuse to start a war now. Facts have proven that you were wrong in the Tianshuang Realm over the years."

"Maybe." Xiao Niansheng shook his head slightly and said, "But I still think that monks should be free and should not be bound by rules and regulations."

"In troubled times, freedom comes at a price." Shangguan Qiong said coldly: "Now the Shenhu Nation and several other countries have paid the price for their freedom. If they were willing to join our sect earlier, perhaps there would not be the unprovoked disaster today."