"Congratulations, you will soon become the renowned Demon Emperor. I'm afraid I won't live to see that day," Fairy Tian Xuan said with a bitter smile, her eyes filled with an unspeakable despair.
Zhou Hong's senses returned. Yes, he had achieved fame, but Fairy Tian Xuan was beyond saving because of it.
"I'll try to save you. I'm a Demon Emperor now, after all. I'll put you in my sub-world and see if you can recover," Zhou Hong thought of this idea. In his sub-world, he was everything, so it should be fine.
However, Fairy Tian Xuan shook her head. "It's impossible."
"How will you know if you don't try? In my sub-world, I am God. Wouldn't it be easy to make you recover?"
"According to your logic, couldn't you also fill me with medicinal power and then harvest me like leeks for a few more years in an endless cycle?"
"Theoretically, yes."
"Exactly. If that were possible, why would the Nine Dao Immortal Emperors have spent thousands of years cultivating me? They could have just thrown me into their sub-worlds. Since they are like gods in their sub-worlds, they could have turned me into a human spirit instantly."
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Trying it will make it clear."
Zhou Hong instantly pulled Fairy Tian Xuan into his sub-world.
"Recover immediately," Zhou Hong commanded with a thought while standing in the sub-world.
But unfortunately, Fairy Tian Xuan showed no change.
"Why is this happening? Why? In my sub-world, I am God. I can do whatever I want," Zhou Hong seemed on the verge of collapse, unable to comprehend it.
Fairy Tian Xuan, however, let out a laugh, her smile filled with bitterness, as if everything was within her expectations.
"Zhou Hong, let me out. It's useless. As a human spirit, I strictly speaking no longer belong to the human race. I am just a field that has been stripped bare of its medicinal crops. The land is no longer fertile and is destined to become barren. In your sub-world, although you are omnipotent, there are limits, because none of us know whose sub-world we are in at this very moment."
Zhou Hong felt a wave of dejection. Yes, for everyone in the real world, whose sub-world were they in?
Zhou Hong and Fairy Tian Xuan returned to reality.
"Can you really not save me?"
Fairy Tian Xuan shook her head. "My fate is sealed. See you in the next life."
"I'm sorry," Zhou Hong said, filled with guilt.
"It's all fate."
Fairy Tian Xuan let out a laugh. Suddenly, her face stiffened, her eyes dimmed as if a lamp had been extinguished, and her hands fell limp.
Moreover, her body instantly turned into a wisp of smoke and drifted away.
"Tian Xuan!" Zhou Hong shouted, lunging forward, only to grasp at empty air. Zhou Hong had thought he might at least find a corpse, but even the corpse had turned to dust. No wonder there was no possibility of saving her.
Zhou Hong sat down on the ground, the joy of becoming a Demon Emperor completely gone.
"Tian Xuan, thank you. Without you, I wouldn't have reached the Demon Emperor realm so quickly," Zhou Hong murmured to himself, looking at the ground where Fairy Tian Xuan had lain. He had no way to repay her.
Just then, Zhou Hong heard a voice from outside the floating island: "Come out, don't hide. I didn't expect you to be hiding here."
Zhou Hong's senses immediately returned. It seemed he had finally been discovered. He had originally expected not to be found for ten years, but to be discovered in just over eight years was unexpected. Fortunately, he had already stepped into the Demon Emperor realm, and such a powerful one at that.
Zhou Hong's aura instantly surged, and with a boom, the entire floating island turned to ash. To be precise, the island he had been hiding on dissolved into nothingness.
A Demon Emperor standing outside was shocked, seemingly never expecting that Zhou Hong, hiding here, would be so powerful.
"Are you Zhou Hong?" the Demon Emperor outside asked cautiously, looking at Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong let out a slight snort. He remembered that when he had hidden here eight years ago, he had learned that this place belonged to a Demon Emperor named Da Wei. He presumed the person before him was Demon Emperor Da Wei.
"Your name is Da Wei, isn't it?" Zhou Hong asked.
"Yes, this is my Demon Immortal Kingdom. I was just returning from outside and passed by here. I suddenly sensed a strange aura and then discovered it was you!" Demon Emperor Da Wei said with a hint of apprehension, as he realized Zhou Hong's aura was incredibly powerful, even stronger than the Super Heaven Demon Emperor he often saw in recent years.
"Tell me, what's the situation in the Demon Realm now? I mean, regarding me. Eight years ago, before I hid here, a wanted order was issued throughout the entire Demon Realm."
Demon Emperor Da Wei honestly replied, "The entire Demon Realm is currently conducting a nationwide search. Almost all Demon Emperors are searching for you under the leadership of the Super Heaven Demon. I've also been outside all these years. I just took a leave of absence from Demon Emperor Super Heaven. I was supposed to continue searching for you tomorrow. But I never imagined you would be hiding in such a dangerous place. We all thought you were on the surface, and we even searched in other realms."
"Super Heaven Demon Emperor? Who is he?" Zhou Hong's eyes narrowed slightly, hearing this name for the first time.
"He is the third-ranked Demon Emperor in our Demon Realm and the one in charge of the entire Demon Realm. The reason the entire Demon Realm is hunting you this time is because, through deduction, he discovered that the entire Demon Realm will be unified in the future. Then, a Demon Emperor reported to him that a genius among the Demon Kings had attained the qualification of a Demon Emperor, and he had also stated that he would unify the Demon Realm in the future, so...!" Su Dan Novel Network
"Heh heh, a good deduction indeed. It's damn accurate," Zhou Hong couldn't help but chuckle.
"What is the strength of this Super Heaven Demon Emperor?" Zhou Hong asked again.
"He currently possesses the power of 500 stars."
"Oh, he's quite powerful. How many years of cultivation did it take him to reach this strength?" Zhou Hong asked with some curiosity, wondering if others were immediately that strong upon becoming Demon Emperors.
"As far as I know, Demon Emperor Super Heaven has been a Demon Emperor for over 100 billion years. When he first entered the Demon Emperor realm, he only had 400 stars. After 100 billion years of slow development and accumulation, he gained over 100 more, so now he has 500 stars."
Zhou Hong nodded. It seemed that becoming a Demon Emperor didn't mean starting from the lowest level. Some people were powerful from the beginning. No wonder Zhou Hong possessed over 1000 stars immediately upon becoming a Demon Emperor.
"You just said that this Super Heaven Demon Emperor is ranked third in the Demon Realm. What about the first and second?" Zhou Hong asked again.
"I haven't met them either. With my level of less than 20 stars, I haven't even heard their names. However, I heard that these two are over 1000 stars. They are the most ancient Demon Emperors, and only Demon Emperor Super Heaven can meet them."