# Chapter 1458: The True Calamity
Jie Tian Mo Di muttered to herself, not even noticing that the expression in Yun Che's eyes beside her had been subtly shifting.
The first planet created by the Evil God?
Wait! Back then, the Golden Crow Soul Spirit had specifically mentioned that the first planet created by the Evil God was...
Jie Yuan snapped back to reality. She sensed the unusual changes in Yun Che's gaze and aura, and said coldly, "If you want to say something, if you want to ask something, just say it directly. Don't hem and haw, don't hide things. That man back then was nothing like you are now!"
This seemingly harsh sentence from Jie Yuan inadvertently revealed... that she indeed regarded Yun Che, to some extent, as a shadow of the Evil God Ni Xuan.
Everything had returned to dust, even that era had come to an end. And Yun Che was the only trace he had left behind... the only attachment she could find.
Yun Che said, "Senior Demon Emperor, you are completely different from what I had imagined."
"Imagined?" Jie Yuan gave a cold smile. "Did you think that after I returned, I would vent my anger and hatred to my heart's content, that I would bring demonic calamity upon the world, plunge all living beings into misery, turn everything living and dead into ruins... that's what we demons should do, right?"
"Junior... indeed thought so." Yun Che answered honestly.
It wasn't just him; everyone thought so, and even more so... because in the eyes of the world, demons were the most violent and evil beings, let alone a Demon Emperor who had harbored hatred for millions of years.
"However, the reason I thought so was not because you are a demon, Senior. Any living being, having suffered such a betrayal and endured so many years of calamity, would become..." He paused, then changed his words, "Though I have only had brief contact with you, I can already tell that you are actually a very good person. No wonder you won the deep affection of Senior Evil God."
"Heh..." Jie Yuan smiled coldly. "A good person? What is a good person? And what is a wicked person? Gods are good people, and demons are wicked people who shouldn't exist in the world... Back then, and now, it is the same, isn't it? Otherwise, how could this land left behind by demons have become so humble!"
Yun Che instinctively looked up ahead... This was indeed the Northern Divine Region!
Also the place where the demon race once resided.
"I dare not deceive you, Senior. The world today is indeed still like that." Yun Che said. "In this era, beings who cultivate dark profound force are still called 'demons.' Whether demon people, demon beasts, or demon spirits, they are all hated and denounced by non-demonic beings, regarded as heretics that should not exist in the world."
"Therefore, this Northern Divine Region—also the land of the demon race—is less a divine realm star region and more like a cage for 'demons.' Because once they leave and are discovered by outsiders, they will be hunted down without mercy, with no chance of escape."
"Demons must be eliminated at all costs... In the cognition of all beings in the Chaos today, this is as simple and common as water putting out fire, deeply ingrained. Even when I was young, I thought so too... This hatred and rejection of demons might be even worse than in your era, Senior."
Jie Yuan: "..."
"Furthermore, I believe you must have sensed it, Senior—the Chaos aura has changed drastically. With the destruction of the gods and demons, the entire power level of the Chaos has greatly declined, and the aura has become thin and turbid. Those you saw earlier are the ones standing at the pinnacle of today's world."
"That one with the true dragon aura, the strongest... might be insignificant in your eyes, Senior, but he is the strongest in today's Chaos."
He specifically mentioned the Dragon God, the sovereign of today's Chaos, so that Jie Yuan could better understand the current level of the Chaos.
"Another change in the Chaos aura is that the dark aura has been continuously decreasing... probably because fewer and fewer beings cultivate dark profound force. As a result, the territorial extent of the Northern Divine Region has been shrinking year by year. Perhaps one day, the Northern Divine Region will disappear forever."
Yun Che spoke very directly. These were common knowledge in today's divine realm.
"Are you telling me all this to redirect my attention?"
"..." Yun Che's lips parted slightly. Jie Yuan's words directly pierced through his intentions.
"Hmph. In today's world, whether they are inheritors of gods or inheritors of demons, whether they live or die, whether they exist or perish, what does it have to do with me?"
Jie Yuan turned her gaze and looked coldly at Yun Che: "There is one thing you have always been wrong about. Do you think that he left behind his source inheritance at great cost because he was afraid that I would bring disaster upon the world after my return?"
"...Please enlighten me, Senior." Yun Che was startled. Was it... not?
"He is the person in this world who understands me best and trusts me most. He knows that if I ever return alive, no matter how great my hatred, no matter how great my fury, I would only kill those who deserve to be killed!"
"If that old thief Mo E were not already dead, if the gods had not already been destroyed, I would not have lost my mind and struck out to kill those three who inherited the Fan Tian divine power!"
Jie Yuan's expression involuntarily softened again at this point, and her gaze grew a little gentler: "Because this was once... a promise between him and me."
Yun Che: "A... promise?"
"He hoped that the gods and demons would discard the prejudices they had held for many years and coexist peacefully... He hoped that the gods would gradually change their perception of demons. Back then, I was willing to follow his wish. I promised him that I would never kill gods or mortals without reason... Since it was a promise to him, I will not break it even in this life."
Yun Che: "..."
Yun Che's understanding of "demons" had been constantly changing. But today, it was undoubtedly turned upside down.
The Evil God had once wanted the gods and demons to lay down their prejudices and coexist peacefully? Clearly, he had failed, and his heart was as good as dead... Hence, the Elemental Creation God no longer existed, and a new Evil God emerged.
"The reason he left behind his inheritance was indeed to remind me to treat future generations kindly. Because after I returned, although I would not bring calamity upon the world... my clansmen would."
"Your... clansmen?" Yun Che's brows twitched.
"The horror of the Outer Chaos is beyond your imagination." Jie Yuan said slowly and deeply. "Although I and my clansmen managed to survive by relying on the Cosmic Thorn, do you know how we survived?"
She stretched out her arm... the countless scars on it were all shocking.
Scars—Yun Che had seen too many in his life. But! These scars did not appear on an ordinary body, but on the body of a Demon Emperor.
Moreover, they were scars that even a Demon Emperor could not erase...
Yun Che only glanced at them before looking away and asking, "Only Senior Demon Emperor has returned. Are your clansmen all already..."
"Over these millions of years, they have died one after another, but some have survived to this day. However... there are fewer than a hundred left."
Back then, along with Jie Tian Mo Di, nine hundred Demon Gods of the Jie Tian Demon Clan were exiled together.
Fewer than a hundred meant only about ten percent had survived to this day. But those words still sent a shock through Yun Che's heart.
Fewer than a hundred... but still close to a hundred.
Nearly a hundred living Demon Gods!?
Though they could not compare to Jie Tian Mo Di, they were still ancient true demons!
"Then... why didn't they return with you, Senior?" Yun Che's heart tightened.
"The Cosmic Thorn opened a spatial passage connecting the inner and outer Chaos. That passage, if left undisturbed, can exist for a very long time."
In Yun Che's mind, the rhomboid crimson crystal embedded in the Chaos Wall appeared. That was actually a passage, not a crack as people had thought.
After all, the Cosmic Thorn's interference with the Chaos Wall was not a forceful destruction with extremely high-level power like the Ancestral Sword or the Evil Infant Wheel, but spatial interference!
It was equivalent to replacing the spatial power of that part of the Chaos Wall with the dimensional divine power of the Cosmic Thorn!
That meant that as long as that passage did not disappear, any living being could freely enter and exit the inner and outer Chaos through it!
"The environment of the Outer Chaos is incredibly complex and terrifying. To reach the passage opened by the Cosmic Thorn on the Chaos Wall from the small world we live in, we need to construct another spatial passage. With the power of the Cosmic Thorn, I can get there directly... As for them, even if they combine all their strength, it will take them several months to construct one."
"Then... why didn't you use the power of the Cosmic Thorn to bring them all along, Senior?" Yun Che asked again.
"Even with all their combined strength, it takes several months to construct" – these words made Yun Che's heart tighten even more.
He had thought that only Jie Tian Mo Di had appeared, meaning the other Demon Gods were all dead... But it turned out not to be the case. And in a few months, even if Jie Tian Mo Di didn't go back to "fetch" them, they would be able to enter on their own!
"Hmph!" Jie Tian Mo Di gave a cold snort. "I thought that since it took so many years to open a passage on the Chaos Wall, the gods would surely have sensed it and long ago prepared to 'welcome' us. If we all rushed out, we might be completely wiped out... I never expected them to die out first!"
Yun Che: "..."
"Furthermore..." Jie Yuan raised her arm, looking at the spike in her hand—regular in shape, flowing with red light—"The power of the Cosmic Thorn is almost exhausted."
"I thought it would recover quickly, but with the current Chaos aura, even if it took thousands of years, it wouldn't recover enough to bring them out. It seems they will have to rely on themselves."
"And they are already impatient." Jie Yuan looked into the distance, her tone cold.
Yun Che's heart was pounding, but he tried to stay calm and said, "When the Demon Gods return, I beg you, Senior Jie Yuan, to do your utmost to calm them. Otherwise... this world will surely be beset by disasters."
Since this was the reason the Evil God had left behind his inheritance and the will he wanted to express, Yun Che believed Jie Yuan would not refuse.
But Jie Yuan said coldly, "Calm them? Hmph! Do you think I can calm them?"
"You are the Demon Emperor, the ruler of the Jie Tian Demon Clan. It is because of your Cosmic Thorn that they were able to survive and return. So, as long as you give the order, they have no reason to disobey!" Yun Che emphasized, "As you said, Senior, this is also the Evil God's wish."
"Naive!" Jie Yuan said coldly. "Do you know what millions of years of hatred, torture, pain, despair, and death mean?"
Yun Che: "..."
"They cannot distort my nature... but they are enough to distort the will and soul of any true god or true demon! They can turn them into real demons!"
"..." Yun Che didn't doubt Jie Yuan's words at all.
"The gods have been completely destroyed, but their hatred and violence must be vented! Before they completely vent it, no one can stop them! Including me!"
"And as their Demon Emperor, I have watched them suffer, watched them hate, watched them go mad, watched them die one by one over these years... How can I stop them!"
"I am also the culprit who caused them to be exiled alongside me! How am I qualified to stop them!"
She turned sideways and coldly looked at Yun Che: "The only one I can control is myself. You have his power, so I can protect you, and I can protect the people around you. But as for what they want to do after they return, I will not interfere! I cannot interfere! I am not worthy of interfering! Even he... could not."
"But..."
"No buts!" Jie Yuan's voice grew even colder. "Doing this much is already my limit. Besides, this world is no longer my world. Everything I cared about has returned to ashes and nothingness. Everything has nothing to do with me... And the life and death of others also have nothing to do with you! What you have said today is already enough for all the people of this era. Do not speak further!"
"No!" Yun Che shook his head slowly but firmly. "Senior Demon Emperor, this world is not completely unrelated to you."