Chapter 98: Chapter 98: The Pinnacle of the Demon Realm (33)
Half a month later.

The Demon Monarch of Central City had been missing for such a long time without a clue; the last remaining monarch had become a sitting duck.

However, when the confidants of the various Demon Monarchs came to investigate, they found nothing. The Demon Monarch carried himself with an air of ‘How would I know? You all can search as you please—if you find anything, consider me defeated.’

Kidnapping so many Demon Monarchs could not have happened without leaking any wind of it.

Other Demon Monarchs had been kidnapped, so why was he the only one unharmed?

Suspicions aside, they had no evidence and could only jump around, probing the situation.

The Demon Monarch spent all day dealing with those people and never felt living to be so exhausting.

“You should bring them together,” Chuzheng suggested to the Demon Monarch.

“How can I unite them? These demons won’t listen to me.” They followed other Demon Monarchs, and to truly subdue them would require a major confrontation.

Even if the other Demon Monarchs were in his hands now, it wouldn’t be easy to subjugate these individuals.

Did she really believe that by capturing a few Demon Monarchs, she had unified the Demon Clan?

If it were that easy, someone would have done it long ago.

“Are there enough Demon Bones?”

“I think rather than…” the Demon Monarch paused slightly, “What did you say?”

Chuzheng: “Can the Demon Bones summon them?”

“Demon Bones, the day the Demon Clan sees the sun again…” the Demon Monarch muttered, repeating a rumor that had circulated since the Demon Clan’s imprisonment.

A member of the Demon Clan possessing Demon Bones is born a king, the chosen monarch of the Demon Gods.

Every member who has the Demon Bones leads the Demon Clan to glory.

But since the sealing of the Demon Clan, no one with Demon Bones had appeared.

He suddenly became excited: “Do you know where the Demon Bones are? With the Demon Bones, all demons will obey! Hahaha, the day we leave this damned place is near, tell me quickly, where is the member of the Demon Clan who possesses the Demon Bones?”

Chuzheng pointed to herself: “Me.”

“…”

Get lost!

The Demon Monarch walked away but then turned back: “Do you really have the Demon Bones?”

“What good would lying do for me?”

“…”

The Demon Monarch thought about it and probably couldn’t come up with any benefit from her lying to him.

“Alright, alright, I believe you. Since you’re the holder of the Demon Bones, then it’s easy to handle, I’ll go now.”

–

Using the news of the Demon Bones, the Demon Monarch gathered the Demon Clan in Central City, waiting for the moment to break the seal and leave the Underground Demon City.

But…

“She’s been here for several days now. Does she really have a way to break the seal?”

The Demon Monarch found time to come see Chuzheng.

Chuzheng had been in the wilderness for several days, and at this point, she could only talk to Li Tang.

“Yes.” Li Tang’s eyes were gentle, his trust in her unconditional: “She has a method.”

The Demon Monarch paced back and forth at the spot, murmuring something to himself.

“What’s your relationship with her?” the Demon Monarch abruptly asked.

Li Tang was slightly stunned. What relationship…

“We…”

Li Tang didn’t know what their relationship was.

“Demon Monarch, does this concern you?” Li Tang countered.

“Just curious,” the Demon Monarch’s gaze roamed over him: “Your Heart Demon is becoming difficult to suppress, isn’t it?”

The Demon Monarch’s eyes held a hint of malice. Li Tang frowned, on guard: “The Demon Monarch need not worry.”

The closer he got to her, the stronger his Heart Demon became.

Yet he couldn’t control himself from getting close to her.

“Your Heart Demon arises because of her.” The Demon Monarch leaned close to Li Tang: “So, whenever you’re near her, in fact, you’re strengthening the Heart Demon.”

Chuzheng, sitting on the ground, turned her head and saw the Demon Monarch whispering with Li Tang.

What are these two demons whispering about?

Chuzheng tossed the Demon Crystal in her hand and called out to them: “Li Tang.”

Li Tang came over, leaving the Demon Monarch behind: “What is it?”

“What were you talking to him about?”

“Nothing… we didn’t talk about anything.”

“Don’t talk to him too much.” This Demon Monarch asks for a Good Person Card as soon as we meet, what if he ruins my Good Person Card!

“Okay,” Li Tang agreed and shifted the topic, “Any progress?”

“I forgot where the last Demon Crystal should go, let me think.”

Li Tang: “…”

Chuzheng thought about it for several days, not because she didn’t remember, but because she never actually saw it.

She only caught a glimpse of the last bit as Li Tang called her away.

At that time, she had no idea she’d end up doing this.

Eventually, failing to remember, she had no choice but to try one by one.

Central City could see demonic Qi rising from somewhere outside the city every day.

Occasionally, accompanied by the sound of explosions.

“Are you sure this is okay?” the Demon Monarch asked every day, checking on the progress.

Chuzheng brushed the dust off her sleeve and said with a calm face, “No problem, rest assured, it’ll work next time.”

Demon Monarch: “…”

Couldn’t be reassured at all.

How many “next times” has this been?

Those who don’t know might think you’re blasting an exit!

–

Shangning City.

“These two demons have been causing trouble lately, I haven’t been able to open for business in days.”

“Tell me about it, the Demon Clan is just awful.”

“Didn’t you guys hear? There’s been something strange at the site of the Demon Clan’s seal.”

“What, what kind of strange?”

“I’m not sure myself, just heard that strange noises are coming from the site of the Demon Clan’s seal all day, do you think the seal is about to break?”

“The Demon Clan could be making a comeback…”

“If the Demon Clan really does come out, won’t our Shangning City be the one to suffer?” Shangning City was very close to where the Demon Clan was sealed.

In taverns and teahouses, people sat together discussing recent events.

“Boom—”

The bustling Shangning City suddenly quieted down as if plunged into silence.

Everyone looked in one direction.

Black demonic Qi surged into the sky from the mountains, and the previously clear sky was now shrouded in dark clouds.

“The Demon Clan’s seal is broken!”

No one knew who shouted, but then the entire city’s populace frantically ran out of the city.

The news of the Demon Clan’s seal being broken quickly spread to the ears of all major Sects.

The slogan of the anti-demon campaign echoed overnight.

Meanwhile, the instigator was sitting in a store in Shangning City, exchanging ‘intelligence’ with the King’s Account.

“I’ve completed the comeback now, right?”

The position of the Demon Monarch is really powerful.

Demon Life’s Peak!

[Miss, although… what you did, I can’t say it’s wrong, but… can we take a slightly more normal route in the future? Get to know the Spendthrift System, okay!?]

The King’s Account bargained with Chuzheng.

They really were just a Spendthrift System, not dealing with any other services.

She went to the Demon Realm and released all the evil demons and monsters just to complete a comeback mission? Spending could also accomplish that!

“I’m very normal,” Chuzheng said, twirling her teacup, her fingers brushing over the pattern, “Where do you think I’m not normal?”

[…]You’re not normal in any way, okay? It had run out of luck for eight lifetimes to have met you!

“It’s convenient this way.” Isn’t it just reaching the peak of life? Am I not at the… no, Demon Life’s Peak right now?

The King’s Account didn’t want to argue with Chuzheng and only reminded her that Lin Chen still needed some attention.

Chuzheng: “…” Just saying, a clean cut, directly getting it done is very convenient!

[…]

Now the Demon Clan has broken through the seal and appeared in the Human Realm, and various forces are actively fighting against the Demon Clan.

The Demon Clan has been sealed for so many years, one can imagine how great their fury is.

Just as Chuzheng anticipated, they were no longer going to ‘pamper’ her only.