In the Moon-Gazing Valley, with the arrival of Di Shitian, the birthday celebration ceremony officially began.
After the five Demon Ancestors spoke in low voices, three demons first stepped onto the square. They bowed toward Di Shitian at the same time and offered their congratulations: “We congratulate the Heavenly Wolf Holy King on his thousand-year birthday. May the Heavenly Wolf Holy King enjoy blessings as vast as the East Sea and a lifespan as long as the South Mountain!”
These three were none other than the representatives from the Dragon King Sea Demon Domain, who had just been mocked by the crowd of demons: the Holy Son Long Changqing and his two guardian Demon Ancestors!
At that moment, as Long Changqing opened his mouth, a huge jade box appeared in front of him. With a casual wave of his hand, the jade box flew toward the Heavenly Wolf Holy King.
The five great Demon Ancestors frowned slightly and were about to intercept it, but Di Shitian merely raised his hand. A vast surge of demon power wrapped around the jade box, and with a “whoosh”, it flew into his grasp.
Di Shitian reclined halfway on his throne, his expression calm. He casually opened the jade box.
In an instant, bursts of purple radiance shot out from inside the box, accompanied by an astonishing demonic aura. Arcs of electricity danced around the jade box.
“What immense power of thunder and lightning!”
Even Mo Fan could not help narrowing his eyes at the sight. The lightning seed at the centre of his brow seemed to sense something and began to pulse faintly, as if the item inside the jade box held immense attraction for it.
But no matter how strong the attraction, it was not something Mo Fan could act on at this moment. He forcefully suppressed the lightning seed in his brow to avoid causing any trouble.
Joking aside, no matter how valuable the thing in that box was, since it was now in Di Shitian’s hands, he could not possibly make a move. Otherwise, he would likely end up dying right here!
In his Chi Dragon Transformation state, Mo Fan could briefly boost his physical strength to the peak of the Ancestral Realm. This gave him a sliver of capital to contend with a demon clan Holy King, but it did not mean he could truly disregard the terrifying power of a demon clan Holy King.
If they really fought, the one who would die would most likely be him, and it would not take long!
“I never expected it to be a mid-grade Heavenly Purple Bamboo Yin Thunder Fruit. Even for this Holy King, this item is quite useful. Your father, the Dragon Jiao, truly has great sincerity!”
On the main seat, Di Shitian gave a slight nod. A trace of delight appeared on his usually calm face, showing that he acknowledged the gift from Long Changqing.
“Grant them seats at the upper table!”
“Yes!”
Upon hearing this, the five great Demon Ancestors all nodded. They then respectfully said to Long Changqing and the other two demons, “Please, honoured guests, take your places at the upper table!”
Only then did Long Changqing breathe a sigh of relief. He turned his head and swept a cold gaze over the representatives from the various holy lands. With a cold snort, he led his two Demon Ancestors toward the upper seats.
The crowd of demons could not help curling their lips at the sight, but they quickly turned their attention back to the jade box in Di Shitian’s hand.
A mid-grade Heavenly spiritual fruit was considered a rare item even among the major holy lands.
One must know that across the entire Nine Provinces Continent, spiritual plants were divided into five grades: Heavenly, Earthly, Mysterious, Yellow, and Mortal. Heavenly grade was directly the highest tier of spiritual plants, capable of providing some benefit even to Ancestral Realm cultivators, and even to the legendary Holy Realm!
From this, it was clear that the Dragon King Sea had paid a considerable price this time to ease the relationship between the two great demon domains!
Perhaps sensing the gazes of the crowd, Di Shitian laughed heartily and said, “Spiritual plants in the world are divided into five categories, with Heavenly grade being the highest. Each category is further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.
This mid-grade Heavenly Purple Bamboo Yin Thunder Fruit is truly a rare treasure in the world. I suppose most of you present have rarely had the chance to see one. Today, this Emperor is in a good mood, so I shall let all my fellow daoists broaden their horizons!”
With that, Di Shitian reached out and took the Purple Bamboo Yin Thunder Fruit directly from the jade box.
Mo Fan immediately looked over. He felt the lightning seed in his brow become even more agitated, as if it wanted to leap out of his forehead.
It was a fruit surrounded by a purple halo, only the size of a fist, yet it radiated an incomparably terrifying thunderous might!
Endless arcs of electricity emerged out of thin air around the fruit, as though the entire space was being distorted by it.
“Is this a Heavenly-grade spiritual fruit?”
“Indeed extraordinary!”
Whispers rose among the surrounding great demons. Mo Fan could not help turning to look at Niu Xiaosheng, only to see that the fellow’s expression was slightly strange.
Mo Fan gave a slight grin.
Of course he understood why the fellow looked like that. Back when they were on the way to Moon-Gazing Valley, this Holy Son of Giant Spirit Mountain had taken out a Heavenly-grade spiritual fruit, originally intending to use it to win over Hei Yi. In the end, Mo Fan had borrowed the flower to offer to Buddha.
Seeing another Heavenly-grade spiritual fruit now naturally stirred up some unpleasant memories for him.
“But this fellow really is generous. Such a precious Heavenly-grade spiritual fruit—even a Holy King like Di Shitian values it highly—yet that fat deadweight used it just to chase after a girl…
If his father found out, wouldn’t he beat this guy’s backside until it swells up?”
Mo Fan felt amused in his heart, but he also understood that the Demon Spirit Fruit Niu Xiaosheng had taken out that day was only a lower-grade Heavenly spiritual fruit. Its value was far below this Purple Bamboo Yin Thunder Fruit.
While the crowd of demons discussed among themselves, the Heavenly Wolf Holy King Di Shitian swallowed the Purple Bamboo Yin Thunder Fruit right in front of everyone.
Crackle—
In an instant, boundless thunder power erupted from within Di Shitian’s body, causing his entire figure to blaze with lightning, as though a Thunder God had descended!
“This is the aura of destruction… This Emperor likes it very much!”
Di Shitian laughed heartily. Then the thunder power on his body completely converged.
While the crowd of demons felt envy, they also could not help feeling a trace of pressure.
After all, they represented their respective demon clan holy lands and their various Holy Kings. For Dragon King Sea to offer such a grand gift right at the start put them in a difficult position. If they did not present something equally impressive next, they might truly cause their own Holy King to lose face.
“Continue!”
“This Emperor is growing more and more curious about the gifts from all of you!”
Di Shitian grinned, a hint of playfulness in his smile as he looked toward the group of great demons preparing to present their gifts.
“Since the seniors are in no rush to take their seats, allow me to offer my humble gift first!”
At that moment, another great demon spoke up. Mo Fan immediately looked over, only to realise it was yet another familiar face: Qing Hou, the one they had some grudges with!
Qing Hou brought the Azure Lion Demon Ancestor onto the square. He bowed respectfully toward Di Shitian on the throne above and said in a loud voice: “I am Qing Hou, Holy Son of Lion King Ridge, here on the orders of the Nine Spirits Holy King to offer birthday congratulations!
I wish the Heavenly Wolf Holy King a lifespan equal to the heavens and might that shakes the Southern Frontier!”
After speaking, Qing Hou waved his hand. Another item flew toward Di Shitian.
The crowd of demons all looked toward that treasure, curious to know what it was.
Mo Fan was no exception, but he quickly recognised it as a silver-coloured bead. Inside it seemed to be a demonic shadow swirling around. In an instant, he understood what this item was.
It was a demon core!
But it was no ordinary demon core, because a demon infant had already been nurtured within this demon core!
Strictly speaking, this was a demon core similar to the Frost Flood Dragon Pearl. A powerful expert had used great divine ability to seal a demon infant inside this demon core!
In this way, the value of this demon core far surpassed that of a demon core or a demon infant alone, because it could be used for inheritance!
The so-called inheritance did not mean instantly elevating some small demon to the Demon Ancestor Realm. Instead, it allowed the demon receiving the inheritance to obtain all the divine abilities, innate talents, and even bloodline of the demon infant within the core!
Although it could not instantly elevate someone to the Ancestral Realm, it could serve as a shortcut, allowing them to step into the Ancestral Realm in the shortest possible time!
“It is actually an Ancestral Realm Infant Core!”
Even Di Shitian’s eyes lit up. He held the infant core in his hand and sensed it for a moment. Only then did the smile on his face grow richer.
With this infant core, it meant that in a short period of time, Moon-Gazing Valley could give birth to an Ancestral Realm demon cultivator!
An Ancestral Realm demon cultivator was an extremely rare strategic resource and foundation for any demon clan holy land!
“Grant him a seat at the upper table!”
“Yes!”
