The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 351: Chapter 291: Situation in the Upper Realm

Upon thinking about these matters, Victor naturally had no intention of opposing the Seven Great Demon Kings.

They were destined to be future sisters of her daughters, and if possible, it was necessary to maintain good relations.

After all, unlike when she borrowed from the old Demon Dragon Emperor in the past, both she and the new Demon Dragon Emperor were still very young and prepared to coexist for a long time to expand the lineage of the Demon Dragon Race.

Victor might not care about other matters, but she had to keep a tight watch on the legacy issue of her race. Knowing that in recent generations, the Demon Dragon Race was in a low period, or she wouldn’t have had to seek assistance from the old Demon Dragon Emperor when she could no longer conceive.

Ilya retrieved the Demon Mirror that was previously confiscated, then returned them to her sisters according to their number.

However, they had no use for them now, as the sisters who frequently communicated were all present, and Lynn, whom they needed to contact particularly, couldn’t be reached face-to-face right now, so upon retrieving the Demon Mirror, each simply put it back into their storage equipment in silence.

"Do you all think that the Miracle Saint Emperor is truly sincere in trading with us? Could it be that after waiting in vain, we end up with the same fate as the former Demon Dragon Emperor, surrounded and slain by divine soldiers and generals?"

After returning the Demon Mirror and extending goodwill to the Seven Great Demon Kings, Victor looked at the Divine Abandonment Continent, corrupted and nearly indistinguishable from the Demon Realm, muttering her concerns.

"The gods have no strength left to attend to the Lower Realm. Even if the Miracle Saint Emperor is powerful, he is still just one person. As long as we don’t provoke him actively, he wouldn’t dare attack our Demon Realm, which is guarded by two Near God entities."

Ilya, being the head of the Seven Great Demon Kings, was the foremost demon under the Demon Emperor. In the absence of the Demon Emperor’s direct involvement, she was the de facto Lord of the Demon Realm.

Because of this status, she could listen to the edicts from the Upper Realm, and this started gradually after Lynn, pretending to be from the Demon Race, successfully ascended. She still remembered hearing the Demon Edict from the Upper Realm on the night of Lynn’s departure.

It was unclear which Demon God sent the message, but the content was rather explosive.

The Light God King was severely injured and retreated in defeat, two of the ten Main Gods had fallen, seven were injured, and the Divine Realm was on the verge of collapse. However, the Upper Demon Realm also only suffered a costly victory; the two Demon God Kings of Destruction and Guardian were in seclusion to heal, yet seven of the ten Demon Lords still retained their battle strength.

Ilya didn’t quite understand why the Upper Realm shared this news since they couldn’t assist in the Deity War. But after witnessing the Power of Faith accumulated over the years by the Guardian Demon Divine Hall being absorbed completely, and the nearly ruined Destruction Demon Divine Hall being cleaned as if by a dog, she understood the real implication.

Provide us with the Power of Faith! It’s not enough!

Essentially, that’s what it boiled down to.

Ilya, a devoted follower of the Guardian Demon God, saw the situation and naturally wanted to do everything possible to sate His hunger.

The existing sources of faith were stable enough and didn’t require interference; the Purgatory Demon Race was nearly wiped out and of little use, and the Yellow Springs Demon Race had disappeared without a trace, unlikely to be found in the short term...

So, expansion was the only option.

The foreign expansion strategy of the Guardian Demon God Faction differed completely from that of the Destruction Demon God Faction. They pillaged and destroyed every world they arrived at, while the Guardian Demon God Faction’s approach was to liberate and absorb worlds.

As long as you embraced the Guardian Demon God, there were resources, ample support, and a helping hand to elevate everyone.

Although their approach was often criticized by the Destruction Demon God Faction as world enslavement, they refrained from wanton slaughter and destruction, adhering to a principle of voluntary participation, although eventually, the growing voluntary participants rendered the initially unwilling ones to follow suit.

However, before Ilya could implement her expansion plan, out of nowhere emerged Victor, a Dragon Mother from some remote mountain wilderness.

Near Gods were truly daunting. Even though they all had the power of peak Demigods, the combined strength of the seven Demons was still no match for Victor.

Fortunately, she bore no intent to kill them. The Demon Dragon Race had always been accustomed to wavering and typically refrained from absolute conclusions, always keeping options open.

It was precisely for this reason that they had the opportunity to mislead Victor into thinking there were lingering problems in the Miracle World...

She indeed had concerns about the terrifying world that managed to simultaneously retain the lives of the Demon Dragon Emperor and the previous Seven Great Demon Kings, and sought to resolve the issues of the Miracle World during the optimal window when she had painstakingly leveled up to 999, alongside the new Demon Emperor also being a Near God, concurrently possessing two Near Gods.

Through a series of prior negotiations, all conditions were settled, but judging by Her Majesty Dragon Mother’s stance, she seemed somewhat unsettled.

Seeing this, Ilya repeated the demonic edict she had heard to reassure Her Majesty Victor.

"With the Light God King and nearly all of the ten Main Gods injured or fallen, once the two Demon God Kings have recovered, won’t they be able to sweep across the Divine Realm? At that time, why should we concede anything to the Miracle World? Not to mention the Divine Protection Continent being returned today and the Divine Abandonment Continent being traded; even the Divine Protection Continent, where countless Demon Race souls were buried, could be seized at once!"

After hearing Ilya’s account, Victor’s eyes sparkled with a bright light, not at all resembling someone old and frail. She seemed to foresee the Upper Demon Realm annexing the Divine Realm, elevating the entire Demon Race, with everyone achieving extraordinary advancements.