Primordial Era: I, the Lamp Burner, intercept the Western opportunity at the outset.

Sun Star, Under the Hibiscus Tree

Taiyi and Dijun gathered here with a group of demons, including two other demons who had also reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

On the left stands a man of refined bearing, with the body of a beast and the appearance of a human, two horns on his head, and eyes gleaming with wisdom—this is Bai Ze. This is a primordial auspicious beast, understanding the feelings of all things under heaven, able to speak human language, foresee good and bad fortune, and even born with knowledge of heavenly secrets, able to deduce blessings and misfortunes. He was a strategist personally recruited by Emperor Jun during his early travels through the prehistoric world.

Bai Ze is not good at brute force, but he is unparalleled in wisdom and strategy. He has a thorough understanding of the geography of the prehistoric world, the strength and weakness of various races, and the timing of the emergence of spiritual treasures. He is a key figure for the demon race to establish itself in the prehistoric world in the future.

On the right stands a man with a human body and a dragon's head, with wings on his back and a faint aura of dragon power emanating from him. This is Ji Meng. His ancestors were from a collateral branch of the dragon clan, possessing pure dragon blood. They controlled the wind and rain, possessed great supernatural powers, and could overturn rivers and seas.

After the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the Dragon Clan declined. Ji Meng was unwilling to be confined to the Four Seas, and admired the power of Emperor Jun and Taiyi Golden Crow Supreme. Therefore, he led his troops to submit and became one of the early pillars of the Demon Clan.

Di Jun and Tai Yi stood at the forefront, their Golden Crow true forms hidden beneath their human forms. The true fire of the sun around them was contained, yet it still caused the surrounding temperature to rise steadily.

Including the two, there are now four Great Luo Golden Immortals on the Sun Star.

Di Jun surveyed the crowd. Four Great Luo Golden Immortals were a considerable force in the current prehistoric world, but they were not enough to unify it.

The recent victories of the Red Army, in particular, had greatly stimulated him, and he keenly sensed that the Zixiao Palace's attempt to seize the road was a great opportunity.

Among the existing forces in the primordial world, whoever benefits the most will have a more secure position after the Zixiao Palace ends.

In Wanshou Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi gathered scattered immortals from all over the world, established his own lineage of Earth Immortals, and firmly established his power in the south. At the summit of Kunlun, the Three Pure Ones came from the same school and their cultivation was unfathomable. Although they were detached from worldly affairs, no one dared to underestimate them. In the depths of the Blood Sea, the Styx Ancestor possessed the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords. He was unparalleled in killing and acted alone. He was also a powerful figure in his own right.

Now, the only threats to them in the primordial world are the Wu tribe south of Buzhou Mountain and the Kunpeng of the North Sea.

Today is the day he is ready to prove the establishment of the demon race.

He and Taiyi swore an oath before the Heavenly Dao.

"I am Di Jun, Taiyi. I feel that in the primordial world, order is lacking and all races are ignorant."

I hereby proclaim to the Heavenly Dao that all spirits of the primordial world shall be gathered to establish the Demon Race and build the Demon Court!

Together they control the universe, using the Chaos Bell to suppress the demon race's fortune, and the celestial stars to protect the Dao.

We vow to protect all demons, revive the demon race's traditions, and coexist with heaven and earth, shining as brightly as the sun and moon!

This oath reaches the heavens above and penetrates the netherworld below, with the Heavenly Dao as witness and all demons revering it!

"Demon race, stand!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the once clear and endless sky suddenly changed color.

The rolling black clouds gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within the clouds, purple lightning surged and thunder rumbled faintly. A vast, cold, and ruthless will of Heaven slowly descended from the heavens, like an supreme deity looking down upon all living beings, locking onto the entire Sun Star.

The demons felt their hair stand on end and their souls tremble, as if they were about to be reduced to ashes in the next moment.

At that very moment, above the heads of the demon race behind Di Jun and Tai Yi, a surge of fortune rose. Boundless demonic energy, spiritual energy, and faith intertwined and condensed in mid-air into a three-legged golden crow phantom that blotted out the sky and was entirely golden. The golden crow raised its head and cried out, its voice shaking the starry sky—a sign of the condensation of the demon race's fortune.

Once the Golden Crow of Fortune is complete, the Heavenly Tribulation above the sky will come without hesitation.

"boom--!"

A bolt of purple divine lightning, as thick as a water bucket, crashed down from the lightning pool with an overwhelming force, striking fiercely at the Golden Crow of Destiny. This was a test from Heaven for the newly emerging great clans; those who passed would become the legitimate successors of the primordial world; those who failed would vanish into nothingness, unrecognized by Heaven.

Taiyi's gaze sharpened, and he held nothing back.

"Chaos Bell, appear!"

A simple, unadorned bell, its entire body a chaotic color, appeared above his head, growing larger with the wind until it instantly filled the sky. Compared to when he was still a Taiyi Golden Immortal and was discussing the Dao with Randeng, Taiyi, who had now stepped into the realm of Daluo Golden Immortal, was now able to wield this innate treasure with ease and with perfect skill.

A vast and boundless power of spacetime, encompassing the past, present, and future, erupted with a deafening roar, firmly protecting the Golden Crow of Fortune from its ravages. The purple divine lightning struck the bell, producing only a muffled boom before being completely dissipated.

Seeing this, Di Jun also made a move at the same time.

"The River Chart and the Luo River Writing, suppress them!"

A diagram and a book flew out from his arms. The diagram depicted the stars of the heavens, and the book contained the great Dao of heaven and earth. The Hetu and Luoshu floated above the Golden Crow of Fortune, and the power of the infinite stars fell from the nine heavens, forming an incomparably thick starlight shield, which complemented the Chaos Bell and protected the foundation of the demon race.

However, as soon as the first bolt of lightning dissipated, the second and third bolts followed closely behind, one after another.

Eighty-one Heavenly Divine Thunderbolts, each stronger than the last, purple lightning like dragons, bombarding and exploding wildly.

The Sun Star, originally a land of supreme Yang, was now struck by lightning, causing mountains to crumble and the earth to split, with lava spewing forth. The Fusang Tree, relying on the power of its innate spiritual root, remained unmoved, but the vast area outside it was already devastated, with the earth cracked and star fragments scattered everywhere.

Di Jun and Tai Yi had anticipated this, and this time they gathered all the peak experts of the Great Luo Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals they had recruited to jointly resist the tribulation lightning. Bai Ze deduced the trajectory of the tribulation lightning and gave a warning in advance; Ji Meng stirred up wind and rain to weaken the power of the lightning; and a group of powerful demons used their supernatural powers, their demonic energy soaring into the sky, clashing fiercely with the heavenly tribulation lightning.

The earth and sky shook, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Finally, as the last bolt of purple lightning dissipated, the endless dark clouds in the sky slowly dispersed.

A colossal eye, formed from the essence of supreme Dao, floated silently in the sky, indifferent, majestic, and devoid of joy or sorrow—it was the Eye of Heaven.

Those eyes slowly swept over the wounded yet more imposing demons on the Sun Star, and finally, a voice that transcended time and space, uttered with boundless indifference.

"allow."

The single word, once spoken, was like a divine decree, establishing the order of the universe.

Di Jun and Tai Yi were overjoyed and almost roared to the sky.

The Heavenly Dao has officially recognized the demon race!

The Eye of Heaven slowly dissipated, and the next moment, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky.

Flowers rained down from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and boundless golden light of merit poured down from the heavens like a torrential downpour, falling upon the sun. This was a great merit that established the clan, set order, and pacified all spirits, its weight unimaginable.

Of the merits, Di Jun and Tai Yi each received 35% and were the greatest contributors; Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and other high-ranking demons received 20%; the remaining merits were transformed into golden raindrops, scattered across the primordial land, falling into those tribes that had already turned to the demon race, causing them to submit and have no more thoughts of rebellion.

Di Jun and Tai Yi immediately sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to cultivate merit.

Merit entered his body, cleansing his primordial spirit and strengthening his physical body. His already stable early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation broke through with a bang under the scouring of this vast merit.

The aura surged higher and higher, its oppressive power sweeping across the starry sky.

Both of them have entered the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!

Beneath the Fusang tree, the demons knelt in worship, shouting in unison.

"Greetings, Demon Emperor!"

"The demon race is flourishing, and all demons come to pay homage!"

The sound surged straight to the heavens, shaking the sun, moon, and stars.