Chasing after her husband? Is it even possible to win him back?

However, both the true dragons and the great demons knew that it had already begun.

In the somber atmosphere, if anyone could remain calm and collected, Kang Suan would be one, and the other would be the Azure Dragon God, who had absolute confidence in his own strength.

The tall woman gently lifted the hem of her right sleeve with her slender hand, put down the plain white wine cup in her hand, and slowly turned her gaze to Dang Kang, who was smiling as he looked at the leaden-gray smoke rising in the direction of the capital. "Lord Dang Kang, I have a few questions."

The agreed signal had arrived. Dang Kang didn't care what those people from Yan Kingdom were up to. He just smiled, picked up his wine cup, and raised it to the Azure Dragon God, saying, "God, please speak freely."

"Do you have the confidence to beat me?" asked the Azure Dragon God.

"In terms of strength... I don't have it." As Kang drank, he exhaled a heavy breath of alcohol, implying that he had strength but no other skills.

"If that's the case, why do you still insist on going your own way?" Azure Dragon God pursed his lips and looked at Dang Kang.

“Stubborn to go his own way…” Kang muttered the words that the Azure Dragon God had just uttered, then suddenly burst into laughter, “God, you asked me two questions, so let me ask you one.”

The true dragons all frowned, and the great demons almost clearly divided into three factions.

Some, like Dang Kang, remained calm. This group was on the same side as Dang Kang, and since the uprising had begun in the city, they stood by Dang Kang's side as agreed.

A very small minority glared angrily at Kang Dan.

The majority of the powerful demons, nearly half, are neutral, or rather... fence-sitters.

When Kang slammed the enormous wine cup he was holding onto the table, his amber eyes turned to the Azure Dragon God Lord seated at the head of the table. "God Lord," he asked, "how do you see the demon race, under the rule of you true dragons, differ from the demons who ward off evil?"

The Azure Dragon Goddess frowned. She had naturally learned from her sons that Kang now held the bloodline of the Evil-Repelling Sword in his hands, and this issue... was a trap.

The fact is that the Dragon Clan completely adopted the framework of the Exorcising Evil and Curing Demons Kingdom, only occasionally modifying its policies.

However, acknowledging this fact would cause the fence-sitters to waver and side with Dang Kang.

But, is it blatant lying?

It's pointless; the coup is already imminent, and the many dukes aren't blind.

"Can't the deity answer? Or is it that the answer is too difficult to say?" Dang Kang smiled.

"To be honest, the changes are quite significant," Bi Fanggong, who was sitting not far away, suddenly said.

At this moment, everyone on the platform turned their attention to Bi Fang Gong.

As all the dukes and true dragons know, the Bifang clan lives the same life as before, and their position is the same. In the era of Bixie, the Bifang clan, who could wield intense demonic fire, were craftsmen. In the era of the dragon clan, they are still craftsmen.

Among the true dragons, many breathed a sigh of relief, but the Snake King's expression was not good.

Hong Ji, standing beside Ao Ning, suddenly remembered something. She retrieved from her memory the emotion Chu Xunfeng displayed after inquiring about the Bifang clan when she took him to the Tiangong Workshop.

He remained noncommittal, even subtly questioning his own answer at the time.

[The Bifang were best suited for metal smelting, and they learned blacksmithing techniques, so they simply became blacksmiths. This was established since the time of the Bixie, and the Dragon Clan had no intention of changing it.]

Has Bifang's life changed?

"Please speak, Lord Bifang." The Azure Dragon God looked at the composed Lord Bifang and spoke softly. After hearing Lord Bifang's previous words, the Azure Dragon God thought that Lord Bifang was on the side of the Dragon Clan.

However, looking at Bi Fanggong's indifferent expression, Hong Ji suddenly had a terrible premonition.

"This change may not seem like a big deal, but it is actually quite significant, especially for the entire demon race," Bi Fang Gong suddenly laughed.

Sneer, self-deprecation, and sarcasm.

"Royalty is no longer just a means of warding off evil."

The atmosphere on the platform suddenly plummeted, and even the true dragons felt a slight tremor in their hearts.

They saw the great demons looking thoughtful.

Suddenly, it was realized that the situation of the demon race, and the issue of which side the great demons had chosen, was not as good as the dragon race had expected.

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wrath of the Divine Lord

Bixie, resembling a lion, with two wings and a horn on its forehead, born intelligent and awe-inspiring.

Bixie was active during the chaotic period 500 years ago.

At that time, the predecessor of Xu Kingdom, Da Ling, and the predecessor of Yan Kingdom, Chang Kingdom, were at war. The entire land of six provinces was engulfed in war. The demon race had not yet unified the country. Some lived in seclusion, some occupied mountains and became kings, and some even joined the ghost race in causing chaos in the nine provinces.

The various demons, though sometimes allied and sometimes attacked each other, remained a disorganized and ineffective force.

Until... the Bixie lineage raised the banner of unifying the demon race and began to gather the demon race's power in the chaos of the world. Where the fighting force under Bixie came from is unknown. What the world, including the demon race, knows is that Bixie's power was already quite substantial when he came out of the mountains.

The demon race swept through the war-torn six states, avoiding contact with humans and antagonizing the ghost race. Their goal was clear: to find only demons. Those who surrendered were accepted, and those who did not were killed. Those in the chaotic world were dealt with on a case-by-case basis if there were any reasons, either accepted or killed.

With this benevolent rule and the powerful demon army he had gathered, Bixie led his demon army from Qingzhou, sweeping through six war-torn states along the way. Few dared to challenge this mighty demon army. In the end, Bixie's army passed through Bianzhou, entered the Southern Wilderness, and settled in the wild wetlands.

After more than ten years of fighting, the so-called royal family of the demon race earned its title through the benevolent principles it practiced when it started the rebellion against evil, and through countless battles.

After settling in the Wild Swamp Wetland, Bixie worked diligently to govern the region. He leveraged the unique geographical advantages of the Wild Swamp Wetland and his own reputation and strength to forcefully suppress the then relatively uncivilized demon race, forcing them to focus on production. He also actively made contacts with outsiders, protecting the demon race with a neutral stance and considerable power. He even helped human refugees and mediated some warlord conflicts.

He can be described as a trendsetting figure who led the times.

Bixie, rather than being the first royal of the demon race, is more accurately described as...

This name represents the face, the substance, and even the faith of the demon race.

As a result, Bi Fang Gong's words caused the entire scene to fall silent, and the atmosphere on the stage took a sharp turn for the worse.

Because all the demon races, including the true dragons, actually acknowledged what Bi Fang Gong said in their hearts.

The dragons ascended to the throne of the royal family, and the demon race remained largely unchanged, except that the demon emperor was now a dragon.

From a macro perspective, this should actually be considered as remaining unchanged.

Because the Dragon Clan is more than capable of maintaining its position as Demon Emperor, many demons continue to live their lives as before.

But... it's still the same problem.

Dragons are not wards off evil spirits.

This led to the fact that the policies implemented by Bixie in those years were products of the Bixie era.

Taking the Bifang lineage as an example, why did Bixie make Bifang a blacksmith? Because only Bifang could be a blacksmith. Since they are considered a great demon lineage, compared to the barbaric demons who eat raw meat and drink blood, Bifang is much more intelligent and has demonic fire that can smelt metal.

Back then, the demon race didn't even know how to farm, so naturally they needed to learn from others. Bifang had a unique advantage, so naturally they should be made to learn how to forge.

But now, five hundred years later, do the demon race still need Bifang to forge hoes and sickles?

With the outside world's human race at peace and the ghost race holed up, even with the Southern Wilderness Mountains blocking the way, wouldn't it be difficult to trade with the human race if one were willing?

But the truth is, after three hundred years of exorcising evil spirits and two hundred years of dragons, the Bifang clan is still numbly hammering iron and smelting metal in the Heavenly Craft Workshop all day long.

In fact, it can be seen from the fact that Hong Ji didn't seem to care much about Chu Xunfeng's questions at the Tiangong Workshop that the True Dragons... don't actually have much political sense.

The dragon race actually lived under the rule of Bixie; they simply inherited everything Bixie left behind and continued to carry it on.

Did the dragons do something wrong?

From the perspective of the dragon race itself, but from the perspective of ordinary demons, that's correct.

However, placing this in the position of royalty would be a grave mistake. The Dragon Clan, as the current ruling class of the Demon Clan, is completely unaware that the Demon Clan needs to change and has been preserving everything from the era of Bixie.

Big mistakes.

Just look at the vast vacant mansions in the south of the city, and then look at the northward-spreading, chaotic northern district, and you'll see the difference.

Dragons are unfit to be rulers.

The Azure Dragon Goddess herself knew this, but... she also had her own words to say, and wouldn't be so easily overwhelmed by a combination of punches from Dang Kang and Bi Fang.

"Back then, all of you present participated in the election of the four races. Although you were not among the candidates, many of you present recommended my Dragon Clan to the throne." The Azure Dragon God spoke softly, looking around the entire room. "Back then, I also said frankly that my True Dragon lineage was not suitable to be the royal family. If in the future my Dragon Clan does anything that displeases you, you can come to us and say so. The Demon Clan is not my Dragon Clan's Demon Clan."

"Nowadays, you all haven't communicated with me, but directly echoed the hawks like Dang Kang, directly pressuring us True Dragons... Do you think my True Dragon lineage is easy to bully?"

His words were powerful and resounding, creating a tense atmosphere.

“Back then, we dragons were the first to follow the late Emperor Bixie, serving as vanguard generals and military officers. There was Bai Ze Gong who followed Bixie in building the demon race, yet you did not choose Bai Ze Gong. There was the quick-witted Vermilion Bird God, yet you did not choose Vermilion Bird God. And you did not choose Senior Tie Huai, who was highly respected.”

"What... My dragon clan has never been good at governing a country, yet we have worked hard to improve it over the past two hundred years. Whenever you gentlemen have any requests, when has my dragon clan ever ignored them? I may not have made any merits, but at least I have made no mistakes. You can choose when you want to choose and dismiss when you want to dismiss. I am the one sitting on the throne of the Demon Emperor."

"Or are any of you seated here?"

The Azure Dragon God looked down at the entire scene, his voice low and menacing, "Are you perhaps thinking of establishing your own faction because the old ministers who fought alongside Lord Bixie back then are now almost extinct?"

"You have quite the nerve!" Azure Dragon God Lord's words were filled with anger, and with a single angry curse, thunder rumbled in the dark clouds.

"You keep calling for the late emperor to ward off evil spirits. The late emperor and his three generations devoted themselves to leading the demon race out of war and worked hard to build the demon race into what it is today. But now most of you are on Dang Kang's side, wanting to go north to the southern wilderness, wanting to point your sword at the Xu Kingdom, wanting to start a war with the human race? To settle your personal grudges?"

"What have you done with the efforts of the late emperor over the past three hundred years?!"

"What do you take the demons of my Wild Marsh Wetlands for?!"

"You wish to impeach my dragon clan? Fine!"

"You want the throne of the Demon Emperor to change hands? No way!!"

"The Dragon Clan was forced to rise to power back then. Now you want to change the seats? It's not that easy! You think you can just talk your way out of it?"

The Azure Dragon God narrowed his eyes and looked around at the many vassal kings and dukes who had their heads bowed.

"My title of God-King isn't just for show!"

"Who among you wants to give it a try?"

Chapter Twenty-Six: What Can You Do to Me!