Primordial Era: I really don't want to be the Heavenly Emperor!

Chapter 317 Lu Ya's Demise!

The conversation between Donghua and Lu Ya chilled the hearts of Bai Ze and the others. They had discussed having Lu Ya become the Demon Emperor, but they never expected that the biggest problem lay with Lu Ya himself.

At this moment, Bai Ze and the others glared angrily at Lu Ya, looking as if they wanted to tear him apart. However, it was understandable. In order to let Lu Ya leave the Western Lands, they lost 100,000 elite demons, but now all of that had been destroyed by Lu Ya.

How could I not hate them? How could I not be angry!

Upon hearing Lu Ya's words, Donghua chuckled and said, "Lu Ya, don't you know that I am a vengeful person? Back then, you attacked Xikunlun without cause, injuring my wife and me, and trying to kill us."

"Since my birth, Donghua has never suffered such a loss. So, Lu Ya, do you think I will forgive you?"

Hearing Donghua's sarcasm, Lu Ya could only bite the bullet and say, "If it were the former Dongwanggong, I don't think so, but if it's the current Heavenly Emperor Donghua, I think so."

Donghua laughed heartily. He hadn't expected Lu Ya to understand him so well. To be honest, he was now in a state of indifference towards Lu Ya, and any hatred he felt for him had vanished with Lu Ya's death.

However, he was indeed very unhappy with Lu Ya and had a feeling of disgust towards him, so he could choose to kill him or not.

"Give me a reason not to kill you?"

Upon hearing Donghua's words, Lu Ya was overjoyed. He knew his chance had come, and immediately knelt down and bowed:

"I, Lu Ya, hereby declare that I am willing to serve as Your Majesty's sharpest weapon, to command the demon race on Your Majesty's behalf. Whenever Your Majesty commands, I, Lu Ya, will fight for Your Majesty throughout the four seas and eight wastelands!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ya immediately knelt down on the ground, indicating his submission.

Upon hearing Lu Ya's words, Donghua smiled. Lu Ya was indeed a clever man, but too clever for his own good. Although he wouldn't kill him, he would definitely not let him go.

Donghua looked at Bai Ze and the others and asked, "What are your thoughts on this matter?"

Upon hearing Donghua's words, Ji Meng, whose temper was the most fiery, immediately stood up and angrily declared, "How can such a shameless person be worthy of being the emperor of my demon race? He's nothing but a bastard! I, Ji Meng, will never acknowledge him!"

Ji Meng is an absolute loyalist of Di Jun, but he is also a straightforward and kind-hearted person, a rare breed among demons. Back in the Heavenly Court, he dared to directly criticize Di Jun.

Because of loyalty, he was willing to let Lu Ya succeed him as the Demon Emperor. But because of loyalty, he now deeply hates Lu Ya. It can be said that because of Lu Ya's existence, Di Jun's last bloodline in the prehistoric world has been wiped out.

"Lu Ya, did you hear that? How can someone like you be worthy of the position of Demon Emperor?" Donghua said to Lu Ya expressionlessly.

At this moment, Lu Ya also got up from the ground and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I..."

But before Lu Ya could finish speaking, Donghua interrupted him directly, raising his right hand slightly and suspending Lu Ya in mid-air. Donghua had lost interest in toying with Lu Ya; he found it pointless.

"Lu Ya, I will not kill you, but I will strip you of the Golden Crow bloodline and original power, so that the Sun Star can continue to nurture a new Golden Crow."

"If you survive, this will be your destiny, and the cause and effect between us will be resolved. If you do not survive, then disappear completely!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Donghua immediately took action. With a casual flick of his finger, the Devouring Dao appeared above Lu Ya's head like a black hole, followed by an endless surge of suction power.

Lu Ya's figure instantly transformed into his true form, the Golden Crow. Then, the primordial power within his body, mixed with his true blood, was extracted bit by bit by Donghua.

"Ah, ah, ah!"

Lu Ya's mournful cries echoed continuously across Dragon Head Mountain, sending chills down people's spines, but no one sympathized with or offered him any help.

Ji Meng and the others felt that Lu Ya deserved his punishment, and they wished they could come in Donghua's place to strip Lu Ya of his Golden Crow essence.

As time passed, Donghua extracted all of Lu Ya's primordial power and Golden Crow True Blood.

At this moment, Lu Ya could no longer maintain his Golden Crow form and transformed into a ball of red and black flames. This was the Li Fire, which was also Lu Ya's original true form, the wisp of primordial spirit power that had escaped back then. Unexpectedly, it had been nurtured by Lu Ya into such a state.

"bump!"

Donghua waved his hand and collected the extracted primordial power and true blood, while Lu Ya collapsed to the ground, his cultivation level dropping from the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm to the Golden Immortal realm.

"Is it safe to take?"

"Lu Ya is completely convinced and thanks the Great Heavenly Venerable for sparing his life!" Lu Ya was filled with extreme grief, but he dared not show it, nor could he.

Donghua's power made him unable to muster even a shred of resistance, let alone a desire for revenge. As long as Donghua didn't kill him, he was willing to live a life of ignominy.

"Alright, it's your good fortune that you survived. I keep my word and won't kill you. Go now. From this day forward, our karmic ties are severed, and we'll be strangers if we meet again!" Donghua waved his hand generously, letting Lu Ya leave.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Great Heavenly Venerable!" After Lu Ya finished speaking, he immediately struggled to get up and then quickly flew away from Dragon Head Mountain, fearing that Donghua would change his mind.

Watching Lu Ya's fleeing figure, Donghua smiled gently, then glanced at Ji Meng unintentionally.

At this moment, upon seeing Donghua's signal, Ji Meng instantly understood that he was to take action to eliminate Lu Ya. However, this was exactly what he wanted. Without the Golden Crow bloodline, Lu Ya would not hesitate to kill him.

Ji Meng instantly flew away from Dragon Head Mountain, heading in the direction Lu Ya had left. He exuded a powerful aura and killing intent, making no attempt to conceal his purpose: to kill Lu Ya!

Facing Ji Meng's attack, Bai Ze and the others seemed not to notice him, but instead said to Dong Hua, "Great Heavenly Venerable has come from afar. Would you be willing to come to the palace for a cup of wine? Otherwise, as the hosts, we would truly be failing in our hospitality."

Donghua smiled and glanced at Bai Ze, then patted his shoulder and said, "I am the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Three Realms, and I am the master no matter where I am in the primordial world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Donghua walked into the hall first, leaving Bai Ze behind, filled with regret. He didn't know what was wrong with him today. He, who was usually so clever, had made mistakes repeatedly today, and now he had said the wrong thing again.

To dare to call oneself "master" in front of this great celestial being is truly courting death.

But since the words had already been spoken, he had no choice but to accept them and then walked into the hall with Shang Yang and the others.

……

Lu Ya left the Shouyang Mountain territory with a clanging voice, but as soon as he left, he couldn't help feeling the strange sensation in his body, and a mouthful of divine blood spurted out.

"It really hurts!" Lu Ya lay on the ground without any regard for his image. He felt as if his body and soul had been scraped by a knife. He never wanted to experience this kind of pain again.

But at this moment, he could no longer care about the pain in his body and soul. He forced himself to stand up and then prepared to leave the place.

But as soon as he stood up, a figure appeared in front of him—it was Ji Meng!

"Lu Ya, you have desecrated the bloodline of the Golden Crow, causing His Majesty Emperor Jun to be childless. You truly deserve to die!" Ji Meng's murderous intent made Lu Ya, who was already seriously injured, suffer even more. At this moment, he felt the breath of death again.

"Ji Meng, would you spare me?" Lu Ya knew that his resistance was futile, and even begging for mercy was pointless, but he still did not want to die.

He had always pursued the Great Dao, and having finally been reborn, he absolutely did not want to die like this. As long as he could live, he was willing to have his dignity trampled on.

However, Ji Meng is not Dong Hua. He will definitely not show any mercy to Lu Ya, who has lost his Golden Crow bloodline.

"Keep those words for your next life to repent!"

"No, you won't have a next life. I will annihilate you, body and soul!"

After Ji Meng finished speaking, a long sword appeared in his hand, and the power of the Great Dao burst forth. He unleashed the full power of a Quasi-Saint, and a beam of light flashed as he charged directly toward Lu Ya.

Faced with Ji Meng's blade, Lu Ya had no power to resist and could only wait to die on the spot.

"Heavenly justice, how unjust you are! Heavenly justice is boundless, yet how cruel you are to me!"

With a "whoosh!" sound, Ji Meng's blade light directly cleaved Lu Ya, obliterating his body and soul, and even shattering the source of his fire. It was a truly tragic end.

Still not satisfied, Ji Meng unleashed several more slashes, reducing Lu Ya to dust, leaving no trace in the primordial world.

Ji Meng sheathed his longsword and said softly, "Lu Ya, you not only tainted the Golden Crow bloodline, but also caused me to lose 100,000 men. You truly deserve to die. To finish you off so easily is too lenient!"

Ji Meng waited for several years at the place where Lu Ya died, until nothing unusual happened, before leaving and returning to Longshou Mountain.

At this moment, on Longshou Mountain, Donghua stood alone atop the mountain, playing the zither and sipping tea, appreciating the unique scenery of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Meanwhile, Bai Ze and the others were busy working on behalf of the half-demons. They began to work on the mindset of the demon race. Since issuing orders was useless, they would personally go out and persuade them. Surely these subordinates wouldn't even give them this much face?

After years of persuasion by Bai Ze and his companions, who were full of confidence, they thought they would achieve results. However, they eventually discovered that no matter what they did, the demons were simply unwilling to accept these half-demons from the bottom of their hearts.

They believed that these half-demons had tainted their bloodline and were unworthy of being demons; in short, they looked down on them. However, considering that Bai Ze and others had personally intervened, they put on a good show, but their mindset remained unchanged.

"Brother Bai Ze, this won't do. We can't fool the Great Celestial Venerable at all. He can see through us at a glance. If we don't solve this soon, we'll be the ones who die!" Ying Zhao looked at Bai Ze with a worried expression, hoping that his clever brother would think of a solution.

But when faced with Yingzhao's question, Bai Ze shook his head helplessly. This time he had tried everything, he was even close to kneeling on the ground and begging those people, but it was all to no avail.

At this moment, Ji Meng, having finished dealing with Lu Ya, flew over and looked at Bai Ze with a happy expression, saying, "Brother, it's completely over. There's no such person as Lu Ya in this world anymore!"

"It's good that it's resolved!" Bai Ze said weakly, then his gaze remained fixed on the half-demon as he began to think of feasible solutions. He was not one to sit idly by and wait for death.

Ji Meng, who was originally happy, turned pale when he saw the state of the group. He knew that the matter of the half-demon had not been resolved and Donghua's sword hanging over their heads could fall at any moment, which meant that their lives could be lost at any time.

"Brother, the Great Celestial Venerable only asked us to deal with the matter of the half-demons. If it really doesn't work, we can just kill them all. If there are no more half-demons in this world, these conflicts will naturally disappear!" Ji Meng's gaze lingered on the half-demons, and then a killing intent pierced through the heavens and earth.

Hearing this, Bai Ze shook his head helplessly. He had thought of this method before, but he believed that if he dared to do it, Donghua would definitely take action first and kill him and his men with one slap without hesitation.

Seeing Bai Ze's attitude, Ji Meng said angrily, "If this won't work and that won't work, let's just drive them out of here. Once they leave the demon realm, these conflicts will naturally disappear!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze's eyes lit up instantly, as if he had figured something out. He then happily patted Ji Meng on the shoulder and said, "You're truly our savior!"

Shang Yang exclaimed, then asked without answering, "Brother, are you really going to do this? The Great Celestial Venerable will definitely not approve of this method. Isn't this too heartless?"

Bai Ze laughed and said, "It's not about driving them out, but about separating them. Since neither the human race nor the demon race is willing to acknowledge them, let's establish a separate race, so that these half-demons belong neither to the demon race nor to the human race. Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

"Yes, that's a good idea. It's simple and direct!" Yingzhao clapped her hands in agreement.

This approach not only fulfills the task assigned by Donghua, but also resolves the issue of half-demons once and for all.

"Alright, since the brothers agree, let's do it this way!"

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the thousand-year time limit agreed upon by Donghua has arrived. Bai Ze and the others also arrived in front of Donghua as promised.

"I report to the Great Heavenly Venerable that the matter of the half-demon has been completely resolved. I request the Great Heavenly Venerable to make the final decision!"

Donghua smiled, gesturing for Bai Ze and the others to sit down and talk, then said, "I already know what you did. Very good, you haven't let your clever minds down!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Great Heavenly Venerable!"

Donghua nodded, and then told Bai Ze his true purpose for coming here, which was to make Bai Ze the Demon Emperor.

"Great Celestial Venerable, Bai Ze's strength and magnanimity are insufficient to shoulder this heavy responsibility. He is truly unworthy of the title of Demon Emperor. I beg the Great Celestial Venerable to rescind his decree!"

Donghua glanced at Bai Ze in surprise; this was the first among them to refuse him. He then pressed his imposing aura against Bai Ze.

"Stop with the nonsense, just tell me, will you accept it or not?"

"I am willing, Your Majesty, I, Bai Ze, pay my respects!" Upon hearing Donghua's words, Bai Ze immediately yielded and knelt down, as did Yingzhao and the other two.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects!"

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