Chapter 1460: True Disaster

The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor muttered to herself in a daze, not even noticing that Yun Che's gaze beside her had been subtly shifting.

The Heretic God's first created planet?

Wait! The Golden Crow Spirit had specifically mentioned back then that the Heretic God's first created planet was...

Jie Yuan snapped back to attention, noticing unusual shifts in Yun Che's gaze and aura. She said coldly, "If you want to say or ask something, just speak directly. Don't hesitate or hide anything. He, back then, was nothing like you!"

This seemingly harsh statement from Jie Yuan inadvertently revealed that she indeed, to some extent, regarded Yun Che as the shadow of Heretic God Ni Xuan.

Everything had returned to dust, and even that era had ended. Yun Che was the only trace he left behind, and the only attachment she could find.

Yun Che said, "Senior Devil Emperor, you are completely different from what I had expected."

"What you expected?" Jie Yuan gave a cold smile. "Do you think that after my return, I would fully unleash my anger and resentment, that devils would descend upon the world, causing immense suffering to all beings, turning both living and inanimate things into ruins? That this is what we devils ought to do, right?"

"This junior... indeed thought so," Yun Che said honestly.

Not only him, but everyone thought so, and to an even greater extent, because in the eyes of the world, devils are the most tyrannical and wicked beings, let alone a Devil God and Devil Emperor who harbored hatred for millions of years.

"However, this junior thought so not because you are a devil. Any living being, having suffered such a betrayal and endured so many years of calamity, would become..." His words paused, and Yun Che then said, "Although it has only been a brief interaction, this junior can already sense that you are actually a very good person. It's no wonder that Senior Heretic God had such deep affection for you."

"Heh..." Jie Yuan gave a detached smile. "Good person? What is a good person? What is an evil person? Gods are good people, and devils are evil beings who shouldn't exist... It was like that back then, and it is still like that now, isn't it? Otherwise, how could this devil-forsaken land before me have become so humble!"

Yun Che subconsciously looked up and forward... This was indeed where the Northern Divine Region was located!

It was also the land where the Devil Race resided back then.

"I wouldn't dare to deceive you, senior; the world is indeed still like this," Yun Che said. "In this era, beings who cultivate dark profound energy are still called 'devils.' Whether devil humans, devil beasts, or devil spirits, they are all hated and denounced by non-devil beings and are regarded as heretics who should not exist in the world."

"For this reason, this Northern Divine Region, once the land of the Devil Race, is less a divine realm star region and more a prison belonging to 'devils.' If they leave and are discovered by outsiders, they will be utterly annihilated, without any chance of survival."

"Devils are beings that must be exterminated at all costs... In the current common understanding of all beings in the Chaos, this is as simple, universal, and deeply ingrained as water extinguishing fire. It was the same even when this junior was young... This hatred and denouncement of devils might even be more intense than in your era."

Jie Yuan: "..."

"Furthermore, I believe you must have sensed it, the aura of the Chaos has already undergone drastic changes. Due to the demise of the God Race and Devil Race, the overall power level of the Chaos has significantly decreased, and its aura has become weak and turbid. Those people you just saw are at the pinnacle of this world today."

"The one with the true dragon aura, the strongest in power... he may be insignificant in your eyes, but he is the strongest in the current Chaos."

He specifically mentioned the Dragon Monarch, the current ruler of the Chaos, so that Jie Yuan could more easily understand the current power level of the Chaos.

"Another change in the Chaos aura is the continuous decrease in chaotic yin energy... likely because fewer and fewer beings cultivate dark profound energy. The star region map of the Northern Divine Region is also shrinking year by year because of this. Perhaps one day, the Northern Divine Region will vanish forever."

Yun Che spoke very directly, and all of this was common knowledge in the current Divine Realm.

"Are you telling me all this to divert my attention?"

"..." Yun Che's lips parted slightly. Jie Yuan's single sentence directly exposed his thoughts.

"Hmph," Jie Yuan scoffed. "In today's world, whether it's the inheritors of gods or devils, what does it matter to me if they live or die, exist or perish?"

Jie Yuan turned her gaze, looking coldly at Yun Che. "There is one thing you have always been wrong about. Do you think he left his source power inheritance at great cost because he feared I would bring disaster to the world upon my return?"

"...Please enlighten me, senior." Yun Che was astonished inwardly. Could it be... not?

"He was the person in this world who understood me best and trusted me most. He knew that if I were to return alive one day, even with immense hatred and boundless rage, I would only kill those who deserved to die!"

"If that old scoundrel Mo E hadn't died, and the gods hadn't been annihilated, I wouldn't have momentarily lost my composure and killed those three who inherited the Brahma God power!"

Jie Yuan's expression involuntarily softened at this moment, and her gaze became a little gentler. "Because, back then... this was a promise between him and me."

Yun Che: "A... promise?"

"He hoped that the God Race and Devil Race would abandon their long-held prejudices and coexist peacefully... He hoped to gradually change the God Race's perception of the Devil Race. Back then, I was willing to follow his wishes, and I promised him that I would never causelessly slaughter members of the God Race or ordinary mortals. As it was a promise to him, I will not break it in this lifetime either."

Yun Che: "..."

Yun Che's understanding of 'devils' had been undergoing various changes. But today, it was undoubtedly a complete reversal.

The Heretic God back then had wanted the God Race and Devil Race to set aside their prejudices and coexist peacefully? Clearly, he failed, and his heart was ashen... As a result, there was no longer an Elemental Creation God in the world, but instead a Heretic God.

"The reason he left his inheritance was indeed to remind me to treat future generations kindly. Because after my return, while I wouldn't bring disaster to the world, my clansmen would."

"Your... clansmen?" Yun Che's eyebrows twitched slightly.

"The outer Chaos is a terrifying place, beyond your imagination," Jie Yuan said slowly and in a low voice. "Although my clansmen and I barely survived by relying on the Universe Piercer, do you know how we survived?"

She extended her arm... The countless scars on it, each one shocking to behold.

Scars, Yun Che had seen far too many in his life. But these scars were not on a mortal body; they were on a Devil Emperor's body.

And they were scars that even a Devil Emperor couldn't erase...

Yun Che only took a glance before looking away, then asked, "Only Senior Devil Emperor has returned. Have your clansmen all..."

"Over these millions of years, they died one after another, but a portion of them also survived to this day. However... fewer than a hundred remain."

Back then, along with the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, nine hundred Devil Gods of the Heaven Smiting Devil Race were also exiled by Mo E.

Fewer than a hundred meant that only about ten percent survived to the present, but these four words still secretly startled Yun Che.

Fewer than a hundred was still close to a hundred.

Nearly a hundred living Devil Gods!?

Although they couldn't compare to the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, they were still ancient true devils!

"Then... why didn't they return with you, senior?" Yun Che's heart tightened abruptly.

"What the Universe Piercer opened was a spatial channel connecting the inside and outside of the Chaos. That channel, under normal circumstances without external interference, can exist for a very long time."

In Yun Che's mind, the rhomboid crimson crystal embedded in the Chaos Wall appeared. It was originally a channel, not a crack as people had thought.

After all, the Universe Piercer's interference with the Chaos Wall wasn't a forceful destruction using extremely high-level power like the Ancestral Sword or the Devil Infant Wheel; instead, it was spatial interference!

It was equivalent to replacing the spatial power of that part of the Chaos Wall with the Universe Piercer's dimensional divine power!

This also meant that as long as that channel didn't disappear, any living being could freely enter and exit the inner and outer Chaos worlds through it!

"The environment of the outer Chaos is incredibly complex and terrifying. To reach the channel opened by the Universe Piercer on the Chaos Wall from the small world where we lived, another spatial channel needed to be formed. With the power of the Universe Piercer, I could reach it directly, but for them... it would take several months to form it, even by gathering the strength of all of them."

"Then... why didn't you use the power of the Universe Piercer to bring them all over?" Yun Che asked again.

"It would take several months to form it, even by gathering the strength of all of them"... This sentence made Yun Che's heart clench once more.

He had thought that only the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor had appeared, indicating that all other Devil Gods had died, but that wasn't the case. Moreover, in a few months, even if the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor didn't go back to 'retrieve' them, they could enter on their own!

"Hmph!" The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor scoffed coldly. "I had thought that after all these years spent opening a channel on the Chaos Wall, the God Race would surely have noticed and prepared for our 'welcome.' If we rushed out, we might all be annihilated... I never expected them to die out first!"

Yun Che: "..."

"Furthermore..." Jie Yuan raised her arm, looking at the spike in her hand, which was perfectly regular in shape and flowed with red light. "The power of the Universe Piercer is already nearly depleted."

"I had thought it could recover quickly, but with the current Chaos aura, let alone a few months, it might take thousands of years to recover enough power to bring them out. It seems they'll have to rely on themselves."

"They, too, have long been impatient," Jie Yuan said, looking into the distance with a chilling tone.

Yun Che, on the other hand, felt a surge of alarm. He tried to calm himself and said, "At that time, if the Devil Gods return, I implore you, Senior Jie Yuan, please... please pacify them. Otherwise... otherwise, this world will surely be plunged into disaster."

Since this was the true reason and intention behind the Heretic God leaving his inheritance, he believed Jie Yuan should not refuse.

But Jie Yuan spoke coldly, "Pacify? Hmph! Do you think I can pacify them?"

"You are the Devil Emperor, and even the monarch of the Heaven Smiting Devil Race," Yun Che emphasized again. "It is also because of your Universe Piercer that they were able to survive and return... Therefore, as long as you, Senior Devil Emperor, speak, there's no reason for them not to obey! As you said, this is also the Heretic God's wish."

"Naive!" Jie Yuan said with a faint, cold tone. "Do you know what millions of years of resentment, torment, pain, despair, and death mean?"

Yun Che: "..."

"It truly couldn't twist my nature... but it is enough to twist the will and souls of any true god and true devil! To turn them into true devils!"

"..." Yun Che had no doubt about Jie Yuan's words.

"The God Race has been annihilated, but their fierce hatred must be vented! Before they fully vent, no one can stop them! Including me!"

"And as their Devil Emperor, I have watched them suffer, watched them hate, watched them go mad, watched them die one after another for all these years... How could I stop them!"

"And I was also the cause of their exile along with me! What right do I have to stop them!"

She turned her body sideways, looking coldly at Yun Che. "The only one I can control is myself. You have his power, so I can protect you, and I can protect those beside you. But what they do, what they want to do after their return, I will not interfere! Nor can I interfere! I am not worthy of interfering! Even he... could not."

"But..."

"No 'buts'!" Jie Yuan's voice grew colder. "To do this much is already my limit. Moreover, this world is no longer my world. All that I cared about has returned to ashes and void; everything is unrelated to me... And the lives and deaths of others are unrelated to you! What you have said today is already enough for everyone in this era; you don't need to say more!"

"No!" Yun Che slowly but firmly shook his head. "Senior Devil Emperor, this world is not entirely unrelated to you."