The King of Black Fog

The Heavenly Emperor raised his hand to stop the reprimanding crowd; he was not angry.

"I know," he adjusted his wide sleeves, hands folded behind his back, "rumors are spreading across the Great Wilderness, saying the Suiren Clan bestowed great grace upon all beings, and to thank them, beings offered a sliver of their consciousness, which then coalesced into the Emperor Sword;

"It is also said that it was for the Emperor Sword that I resorted to any means necessary to destroy the Suiren Clan."

He looked toward the elder of the Suiren Clan.

"Then I ask you, what of the Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi and the Earth Emperor Nuwa who created humans and mended the heavens—do their merits not surpass those of the Suiren Clan? Why don't they have the Emperor Sword?"

"This..." The Suiren elder was at a loss for words.

The Nuwa Clan, long dissatisfied, sneered coldly.

In the Cloud Sea Palace, Li Changzhou was about to transmit his voice to the Suiren elder, when suddenly, a wave of familiar mana reached the elder first.

The elder trembled, then after three seconds, he shouted loudly: "Precisely because Nuwa created humans and mended the heavens, she does not have the Emperor Sword!"

"What do you mean?" The members of the Nuwa Clan were enraged.

"Humans only existed after Nuwa created them! After mending the heavens, there was no Nuwa! This is the reason why Earth Emperor Nuwa doesn't have the Emperor Sword!"

"And furthermore!"

The elder looked at Emperor Jun, incredulous in his own gaze, and said: "Emperor Jun! You are a demon!"

It was as if lightning struck the Heavenly Mending Hall; everyone was instantly paralyzed, turned into terracotta warriors in mud.

Demon!

During this period, in addition to disguising himself as a romantic wanderer to deceive the Nuwa Clan, Li Changzhou had also read much about the history and common knowledge of the Wilderness on beast pelts.

Humans seal beasts within themselves; as long as they can subdue the beast's savage will, they can obtain the beast's strength, physical body, and lifespan.

But if they cannot subdue it?

The scenario has two outcomes—regardless of which, the strength increases greatly.

One, consciousness becomes chaotic, sometimes human, sometimes beast, neither distinguishable;

Two, the beast subdues human consciousness instead, acquiring the Five Virtues Body, this one is a demon.

Demons lack human memory; Emperor Jun has shown no signs of amnesia over the years, meaning that if he truly is a demon, he was already a demon long before he killed the Suiren Clan.

In the Wilderness, appearances vary among the clans, and in ancient times, they considered each other alien clans, but today, alien clan only refers to demons.

Demons must die, this was the last wish of the Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi.

None knew why, but as an enigmatic Heavenly Emperor, every word and deed of Fu Xi took on profound meaning, which all beings have upheld till now.

Nuwa even specifically forged a Demon Mirror.

Everyone looked at the Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Jun, abruptly recalling that what he sealed was one of the Ten Fierce Beasts, the Three-legged Golden Crow.

Up to now, there are those who have sealed the Ten Fierce Beasts, but the only one who succeeded in sealing them within his own body was Emperor Jun.

Emperor Jiang once attempted to merge with Hundun, one of the Ten Fierce Beasts, and ended up as a muddled creature, with Qi so powerful that even the Heavenly Emperor was nearly slain.

"Emperor Jun, dare you to look into the Demon Mirror?" the Suiren elder yelled.

All looked at the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor did not panic, his hands still behind his back.

"Punish the True God."

"I am here!" Suddenly, countless black clouds of calamity surged from the sky, condensing into a massive face occupying the entire sky.

"How should those who dare defy authority and slander the Heavenly Emperor be punished?"

"Annihilate the clan for an individual, eliminate the tribe for a family!"

Lightning snaked across the sky.

Beneath the lightning, Emperor Jun again spoke: "No hurry to punish; my role as the Heavenly Emperor obliges me to lead by example and abide by Heavenly Law—if at least half of those present demand I prove my innocence, then I will look into the Demon Mirror."

He scanned the surroundings.

"Who believes I should prove my innocence?"