The fire phoenix carried the sword light and attacked the Wood Flower Boy.
Boom!
Thunder struck down. This was the Heavenly Retribution!
The Heavenly Retribution was to punish Yaohua for daring to attack the ancient god. However, Yaohua didn't spare a bit of strength to protect herself. Instead, she was fully prepared to kill the Wood Flower Boy.
Just as the thunder was about to strike her, suddenly someone appeared and took all the Heavenly Punishment.
It was Chongming!
All the punishments for betraying the Celestial Realm fell on Chongming.
Demonic qi coiled around him. He had black hair and a black crown. Rumbles of thunder struck within the demonic qi shield outside his body, making him look like a demon god descending into the world.
On the surface, the Wood Flower Boy was a disciple under some great emperor, but in fact, his strength was just so - so. Seeing the True Fire of the Phoenix surging towards him, he quickly made hand seals.
After he finished making the hand seals, Yaoyao suddenly appeared beside him and happily shouted, "Father! What are you doing?"
Yaoyao paused, but it was too late to stop. The power that hadn't been fully digested yet sensed the summon from within Chongming's body and rushed out one after another.
She was not as proficient in immortal techniques as Chongming. Blood spurted out from her pores in large amounts. Soon, she couldn't maintain her human form and turned back into her phoenix prototype.
Seeing this, Yaohua quickly stripped off her own phoenix spiritual light to suppress the demonic power in her body and at the same time repair her body.
As the demonic qi within Chongming's body summoned, all the demonic qi within a hundred - mile radius surged out.
In the chaos, a familiar figure took the opportunity to run out. It was Zhao Wu!
Chongming slowly rose into the air. He made a fist with his hand, and all the surging demonic qi rushed into his body. Even Zhao Wu, who had been running away, was involuntarily sent flying back.
He grabbed Zhao Wu and flew to the bank of the Heavenly River.
Yaohua vaguely sensed the meaning behind his actions - since he couldn't become an immortal, then he would become a powerful figure among the demons and protect all sentient beings in another way.
The demons obviously also felt the surging power within his body and the coercion from his bloodline. They were all frightened and gathered on the bank of the Heavenly River in a panic. "My god, isn't this the God Chongming?"
"No good. He has now fallen into a demon. Isn't he going to kill us to increase his own strength?"
Among the dense crowd of demons, there were many old people, the weak, women, and children. They were the first to kneel on the ground and kowtow. "Greetings to the Demon Lord."
Chongming slightly raised his hand. "Rise. Now that I have become a member of the demon race, I am of the same status as all of you. I will never harm innocent demons."
"Then what are you here for this time?" The Devouring Demon stood in front of all the demons and asked nervously.
Chongming said indifferently, "I want to become the supreme of the demon race!"
The Devouring Demon immediately objected. "Our demon race already has the leader Zhao Yue."
"Whoever opposes can come and fight me one - on - one now." Chongming quickly adapted to his current identity and looked at him with a half - smile.
Although his action was simple, the aura he exuded invisibly intimidated all the demons.
The Devouring Demon was immediately speechless. He did have a bit of loyalty to Zhao Yue, but not much.
He wasn't a fool. Naturally, he wouldn't confront Chongming, who had peak power, at this time.
The little green - clothed demon flew out and said with a smile, "I think it's good to have a Demon Lord among us. At least this Demon Lord is on our side now, instead of just massacring the demon race like before."
He turned to look at the other demons. "Right, everyone?"
"Right!"
I don't know who started it first, but they saluted Chongming and knelt on one knee.
A million demons knelt on one knee one after another. "Welcome the Demon Lord!"
"Welcome the Demon Lord!"
"Welcome the Demon Lord!"
Wave after wave of shouts rose. Chongming looked at the demons below and felt a multitude of emotions in his heart.
He said sternly, "From now on, I'll demarcate the south of the Heavenly River as the Demon Realm. It will have nothing to do with the other three realms."
This voice, driven by demonic power, resounded throughout the three realms.
He originally wanted to put an end to all the chaos, but as soon as he wanted to do something further, he was tortured day and night by the memories of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon. He even gradually lost his sense of self and could only retreat into seclusion secretly.
On the other hand, Yaohua used the system to carry out infrastructure construction in Shenzhou. She rebuilt the statue of Chongming to accumulate the power of faith for him.
The system had some complaints about this. "Host, Chongming has fallen into a demon. Why are you still helping him collect the power of faith? You might as well just go to the Demon Realm with him. This way, I can absorb more demonic qi."
Yaohua shook her head. "I believe there is still spiritual qi in Chongming's body. As long as enough power of faith is accumulated, he can transform from a demon back into a god!"
At this time, a little paper crane suddenly flew to her side. She opened it and frowned slightly. "The Wood Flower Boy has come to the Demon Realm incognito, trying to stir up internal strife in the Demon Realm so that Chongming will continue to be restricted by the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon?"
The system said hesitantly, "It can't be, right?"
Yaohua pondered. "This matter does seem like something the Wood Flower Boy would do. But this paper crane has no signature. Who sent us this message?"
The system couldn't figure it out either. "Maybe someone is deliberately trying to confuse you."
Yaohua shook her head. "We'd better believe it than not. I'll write a letter first to tell Chongming to be careful about this."
At this time, her eyes narrowed slightly, and Zhao Wu appeared in front of her.
He staggered over. "Yaohua!"
Seeing that he was covered in blood, Yaohua felt a bit of heartache and was also a bit stunned. "Zhao Wu, how did you end up like this?"
"Isn't it all because Chongming locked me in a cage and tortured me!" Zhao Wu said with a bitter smile.
Yaohua was shocked. "Chongming would never do such a thing. Is there some misunderstanding?"
Zhao Wu tightly held her hand and wanted to take her away. "Chongming is now influenced by the will of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon and has completely fallen into a great demon. I finally managed to escape from his hands. I came here this time to take you away with me!"
"Escape? Escape to where?" Yaohua countered. "Even if he has really fallen into a great demon, we have no power to fight back. No matter where we escape to, he will catch us back."
At this time, a black streamer flew from the horizon. The person had phoenix - like eyes and thin lips. His eyes were arrogant, showing a kingly aura. Black demonic qi coiled around his body. He looked like the king of demons, extremely handsome and powerful.
He stared intently at the hands that Yaohua and Zhao Wu were holding, and his eyes were as cold as ice. "Where are you going to escape to?"
After saying that, he raised his hand and wanted to grab Zhao Wu back again.
Zhao Wu didn't care about his dignity and quickly hid behind Yaohua. "Look, he's really coming to catch me! The former him would never casually kill the innocent, but now I didn't provoke him at all, yet he insists on catching me. Isn't this being eroded by the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon?"
Yaohua looked at Chongming worriedly. "Are you really being eroded by the power of the mysterious demon?"