Jackie Chan Adventures: I, the Holy Lord's Brother!

Chapter 116: New Gods and Old Gods
"Shentian, I've discovered that I never seem to see through you."

"Ever since that demonic event during the Chaos Period, you've become a completely different person. Your behavior has completely changed."

"If I hadn't been able to sense that your soul hadn't been replaced, I would have doubted whether you were the same as Zhu Shan in the past."

The four of them were flying on the route to the island country. The Holy Lord turned his head and said this to Shentian.

After hearing the words of the Holy Lord, Shentian closed his eyes and thought deeply. He didn't expect that the Holy Lord still remembered the things of the Chaos Period so clearly.

However, Shentian naturally couldn't reveal his entire origins, as that would only bring unnecessary trouble.

After a few pauses, Shen Tian opened his eyes and said, "The past is all in the past. Talking about it now is meaningless. Besides, everything I did was for myself."

"From your perspective, isn't it perfectly normal to be confused by my behavior?"

"From your perspective?" Upon hearing this, the Holy Lord's gaze lingered on Shen Tian for a moment, then he withdrew his gaze and said, "You're right."

"Right now, the most important thing is to release Zhulan and the others from hell and merge the two worlds."

"That one"

"Can I say a few words?"

Walon, who was held in Qingmei's hand, suddenly said.

Shentian glanced at Walon, then glanced at the Holy Lord, and reminded him, "You can speak, but you'd better think twice about what you are about to say."

"Of course," Valon nodded frantically, then said carefully, "Actually, I just want to ask, why do you have to establish a kingdom?"

"Why? Does this require a reason? My Lord and the others were born to rule the world!" Qing Mei said without waiting for Shentian to answer.

Valon said, "But if you do this, won't you also attract the attack of the Righteous Mage? If the two are hostile to each other, won't the battle last forever?"

Shentian was slightly stunned.

He didn't expect that after only spending a few days with them, Valon could actually see the problem with the balance of yin and yang.

His eyes fell on Walon, and Shentian seemed to want to take a fresh look at the latter from inside out.

But if you think about it carefully, Valon in the original book seems to be very smart, otherwise he would not have been able to create the Black Hand Gang and make a comeback after several failures.

Thinking of Valon's unique personality charm, Shentian explained, "You are right. We and the Righteous Mage have indeed been fighting over this for tens of thousands of years."

"Whether human or demon, everyone wants to be the sole master of this world, but fundamentally solving this problem is not as simple as it seems."

"Actually, it's very simple if you look at it from a different perspective. We demons are also one of the original creatures born into this world."

"And we were born tens of thousands of years earlier than humans. So why must demons be sealed and never rule the world?"

"If you look at it from a demon's perspective, you'll see that this world was originally ruled by us demons, but it was humans who suddenly intervened and disrupted the original order!"

"So what we are doing now is just taking back what originally belonged to us."

Hearing this, Valon fell silent.

During the few days he followed the Holy Lord and Shentian, he learned a lot of secrets.

This world, from the beginning to the end, is actually just two powerful races, demons and humans, fighting each other, and no one can be said to be the righteous side.

Even the humans who are determined to kill them all are more inclined to the existence of villains. Holding the Pangu Treasure Box, Walon said: "Isn't there a way to have the best of both worlds? For example..."

"For example, humans enslaving demons? Or sealing them?" The Holy Lord suddenly took up the topic sarcastically, "Forget it. Between demons and humans, there will never be a way to have the best of both worlds."

"In the five thousand years since I was sealed, although I have been asleep most of the time, I have gradually come to see the true nature of this world!"

"To use a metaphor from the myths and legends of your human world, we demons are the gods, and you humans are the inferior race that suffers."

"And in these myths, humans always triumph over the gods, creating a universally desired world ruled by humans. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Valon asked subconsciously.

The Holy Lord turned his head, his eyes cold as he said, "Because this world has abandoned us [Old Gods]!"

"At the end of a myth, the protagonist always inexplicably gains some benefit and suddenly grows up."

"In the end, I climbed the Mountain of God, cut off the head of the God, and was crowned king by the people!"

"I'm sure you've seen this kind of plot many times in various myths and stories!"

"We demons have been abandoned by this world. The world wants to use the heads of us, the old gods, to create new gods like you!"

"Otherwise, why do you think we, who are clearly stronger than you humans in every way, always fall prey to your extremely weak bodies?"

By the end of his speech, an irrepressible rage had accumulated in the Holy Lord's hoarse voice.

And Valon fell silent again.

Because what the Holy Lord said was right, whether in terms of body, mind or soul, humans are no match for demons, and he also witnessed with his own eyes the scene when his father and Qing Cang used righteous magic.

With just a few spells, such terrifying power can erupt from the weak human body.

To be honest, Valon still cannot imagine how the shadow of the god was formed at that time.

"So now you understand!"

"In this day and age, the only way for us demons to survive is to rebuild our kingdom, otherwise we will be buried by history," the Holy Lord said hoarsely.

And at this moment.

Shentian finally figured it out.

Why did the Holy Lord in the original novel leave hell and tamper with the History Book of Time even at the risk of being retaliated by the book?

It turned out that the Holy Lord and the seven demons at that time were really at their wit's end. If they didn't use the forbidden power in the history books, they would be in trouble.

Then the demons, the [old gods], will be completely replaced by the humans, the [new gods].

After all, the devil is the son of luck of the previous generation of this world. Now that the world no longer wants the devil, it will find ways to kill the devil.

Otherwise, why, after all the demons in the world were sealed, no demons appeared in the world for two thousand years?

And if I hadn't arrived, the Holy Lord, the Demon Dragon, Tara and the others would have been easily killed by Dad and the others like experience packs.

(End of this chapter)