# Chapter 580: Command!
Compared to being enfeoffed as a king, although the other rewards were also incredibly generous, they were essentially insignificant. Yun Che quickly tugged Xiao Yun's sleeve: "Hurry up and thank the Little Demon Empress…" then lowered his voice to add, "Don't refuse under any circumstances."
"Ah…" Xiao Yun woke up as if from a dream. He stammered in a somewhat flustered manner, "Xiao Yun… thanks the Little Demon Empress for… this grace and favor."
"Very good. I am delighted that you are willing to accept it." The Little Demon Empress nodded approvingly.
Those with discerning eyes could see that although the Little Demon Empress was ostensibly granting a great reward to Xiao Yun, she was in fact strongly supporting the Yun Clan. Helian Kuang's face twitched several times, and finally unable to hold back, he loudly declared, "Little Demon Empress, the matter of enfeoffment as king is no small affair. How can you possibly—"
"But—"
"What 'but'!" The Little Demon Empress's voice grew even colder and sharper. She gave a cold snort. "Clan Master Helian, if you—back then for the sake of saving my imperial father—had risked your life to travel to the Tian Xuan Continent, if you had lost your family and home to retrieve the Demon Emperor Seal, leaving only one son orphaned in this world, then I would certainly be willing to enfeoff your son as a king, granting him a lifetime of glory and splendor! Since you have not, then shut up!"
Helian Kuang's face immediately flushed bright red, and he couldn't say another word. Those who had been preparing to speak also shrank their necks, and for a moment, no one dared to voice any opposition.
Yun Che's mouth curled into a faint smile. He said calmly, "Yun Che thanks the Little Demon Empress for granting this wish… Additionally, I ask that the Little Demon Empress also bestow the Overlord Pill upon Xiao Yun. Yun Che's profound strength is currently limited, and he is still far from the Overlord Emperor realm. It will be a long time before he needs this Overlord Pill. Meanwhile, Xiao Yun has been stuck at the Half-step Overlord Emperor realm for a long time. The Overlord Pill would be most suitable for him."
"Big Brother…" Xiao Yun turned his face, deeply moved.
Everyone in the hall was stunned… The Overlord Pill, a treasure that even the Guardian Clans considered a divine object, and Yun Che was simply giving it away! What a magnanimous heart this was.
The Little Demon Empress said, "This Overlord Pill was already decided to be granted to you. You naturally have the right to determine its ownership. Since you are willing to cede it to Xiao Yun, then let it be as you wish."
"Baoqing Wang, right now, present this Overlord Pill to Xiao Yun."
"Yes!"
Baoqing Wang acknowledged and rose, lifting a black jade box as he walked toward Xiao Yun. As he took his steps, pairs of eyes were locked tightly onto that black jade box, their gazes filled with uncontrollable, intense envy. Many young people were even constantly swallowing their saliva. No one had expected that the ultimate ownership of this Overlord Pill would be Yun Xiao, someone who was ordinarily unremarkable and only spoken of as a topic of conversation.
Compared to the astonishment of others, one person was overjoyed… Tianxia Diqi. She shouted excitedly to her family members beside her, "Did you hear that?! Brother Yun has been enfeoffed as a king… enfeoffed as a king! Wahhh! I knew it… Brother Yun would become the most remarkable person!"
"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother! You always looked down on Brother Yun… but now Brother Yun has been personally enfeoffed as a king by the Little Demon Empress! He's a hundred times more remarkable than all of you combined. See if you still have the right to look down on him from now on!" Tianxia Diqi clenched her fists, puffed out her cheeks, and launched the most powerful counterattack against her elder brothers. Then, her excitement gradually cooled, becoming dimmer as she whispered to herself, "But Brother Yun is so pitiful. His birth parents have already… already…"
"This kid actually has such a background." Tianxia Disan rubbed his chin and smirked. "Seventh Sister, don't get too excited just yet. Now that this kid's status has changed, and with the Yun Clan's momentum reversing, I'm afraid that many royal princesses will soon be throwing themselves at him. When that happens, he won't care about you anymore."
"You're talking nonsense!" Tianxia Diqi gave Tianxia Disan a hard slap, huffing angrily, "Brother Yun is not that kind of person. He'll only ever love me and me alone for the rest of his life, hmph!"
"I never expected that behind Yun Xiao there was such a hidden debt of gratitude. No wonder Yun Qinghong and his wife have treated him like their own son all these years. Even when the outside world was full of gossip, they still protected him dearly." Tianxia Xiongtu said rather emotionally.
Tianxia Wudi glanced at Tianxia Diqi and said with a hearty chuckle, "With a descendant like Yun Che, and with the Little Demon Empress's public promise, the Yun Clan's powerful rise is already a certainty. Yun Xiao has now been enfeoffed as a king, becoming the second foreign king after the Demon Emperor. As it stands now, it's no longer a question of whether he is worthy of Seventh Bao, but whether Seventh Bao is worthy of him, hehehehe."
Tianxia Wudi's smile was quite mischievous. Tianxia Xiongtu gave a faint snort but said nothing.
When Xiao Yun took the black jade box containing the Overlord Pill, his mind was still in a daze. He stood there stunned, unable to speak even after Baoqing Wang had stepped back and left.
The Little Demon Empress said, "Xiao Yun, your current profound strength cultivation is exactly at the Half-step Overlord Emperor realm. Taking this Overlord Pill will help you break through that bottleneck in one go and step into the Overlord Emperor realm. The enfeoffment ceremony will be held on a selected day after the grand ceremony. You may step back for now."
"Yes…" Xiao Yun acknowledged, then suddenly looked up and asked, "May I ask… if I can give this Overlord Pill in my hand to someone else?"
The Little Demon Empress replied expressionlessly, "Since it has been granted to you, how you dispose of it—whether you use it yourself, give it away, burn it, or discard it—is entirely up to you."
"Xiao Yun thanks the Little Demon Empress." Xiao Yun's expression became much more relaxed and joyful. He carefully held the black jade box and walked down under the stares of the crowd, each person's gaze holding a different meaning.
"Yun Che, are you satisfied with this?" the Little Demon Empress asked Yun Che.
"Of course I am satisfied. I thank the Little Demon Empress for granting this wish." Yun Che nodded sincerely.
"In that case, what is your second demand?" the Little Demon Empress inquired.
Yun Che's expression turned solemn. He walked over to stand beside Yun Canghai's remains, then turned to face the seven clan masters of the Eastern Seat, whose expressions were dark and uncertain… The moment his gaze fell upon them, the hearts of the seven clan masters tightened simultaneously. After being repeatedly tormented by Yun Che, now facing his suddenly darkened expression, they had become like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.
Not disappointing them, Yun Che raised his arm and pointed his finger straight at the seven of them, speaking slowly and resolutely: "Helian, Jiufang, Chiyang, Nangong, Xiao Family, Bai Family, Lin Family… I want you, the seven clan masters, here in this great hall today, before the remains of my grandfather, under the gaze of the entire world… to kneel before my grandfather and repent… and swear that you will serve the Little Demon Empress with unwavering loyalty for the rest of your lives! Otherwise, may your descendants be slaves and prostitutes for ten thousand generations!!"
The words Yun Che had spoken today had shocked the world countless times. As soon as he spoke these words, he once again startled everyone—especially the people of the Demon Emperor's City. He pointed his finger at the seven clan masters, and every single word was uttered in an extremely forceful, commanding tone. And the ones he was commanding… were the clan masters of the seven great Guardian Clans!
But given Yun Che's previous words and actions, people didn't find it too surprising that he would say such things. What the seven clans had done to the Yun Clan and to Yun Canghai over the past hundred years was known to all, and they themselves had already admitted to it. Making amends to Yun Canghai by apologizing was only right and proper in terms of morality.
As for swearing allegiance to the Little Demon Empress, that was even more a matter of common sense and justice.
The seven clan masters all gritted their teeth, anger reaching its peak within their hearts. With every word and action, Yun Che listed their "grave crimes," trampled on their justifications, tore apart their disguises, and scolded and raged at them as if they had been stripped naked and placed before everyone's eyes, until they could no longer argue and were almost utterly humiliated. They themselves knew best what they had been doing for the past century… But to kneel before Yun Canghai and apologize publicly here and now—as clan masters of the Guardian Clans, how could they be willing!
Because would that not be equivalent to the seven clans bowing their heads to the Yun Clan today before the entire world!
Helian Kuang's face darkened as he forced a cold smile. "Yun Che, you are just a mere child of the Yun Clan. You are not qualified to demand anything from us—"
"Clan Master Helian, you've misunderstood!" Before Helian Kuang could finish his sentence, Yun Che interrupted him without the slightest courtesy, speaking in a voice even harder and lower than Helian Kuang's. "I am not demanding anything from you—I am commanding you! Demanding? Ha! You know full well all the despicable things you've done over the past century to maliciously suppress my Yun Clan. And you know better than anyone who it was that sullied my grandfather's illustrious reputation! After treating my Yun Clan like this, and you still expect my Yun Clan to demand anything from you? Ha! The Yun Clan people are not that cheap! This is a command! Because this is what you owe our Yun Clan, and what you owe my grandfather!"
"And furthermore!" Without waiting for the other party to speak, Yun Che had already raised the Demon Emperor Seal, roaring in a low voice, "Don't you dare say that I am not qualified to command you! Right now, the Demon Emperor Seal is in my hands. If you do not comply today, I will never hand it over to the Little Demon Empress!"
"Earlier, you all claimed that the matter of the Demon Emperor Seal was more important than the heavens; that because the Demon Emperor Seal was lost, the crime of our Yun Clan was so great that we deserved to be executed and our entire clan wiped out; that for the Demon Emperor Seal, you would be willing to be ground to dust; that for loyalty, you would sacrifice your own dignity and honor… And now, you don't need to risk your lives rushing to the Tian Xuan Continent to retrieve the Demon Emperor Seal. You don't need to take any risks, nor expend any resources. You only need to do something you should have done anyway, something that anyone with even the slightest shred of decency would do, and the Demon Emperor Seal can return to the Little Demon Empress's hands, allowing the entire Illusion Demon Realm to be reborn… I think you, the clan masters of the seven great Guardian Clans, should have absolutely no reason to refuse, right? Unless all the words you spoke before, along with the 'loyalty' and 'dignity' you spoke of, were nothing but fart let out at will!"
The faces of the seven clan masters instantly became as stiff and ugly as feces dried for several days. Yun Che not only wanted them to kneel before Yun Canghai and apologize publicly, but he had also completely sealed off their escape route… And what sealed off their escape route was none other than the "righteous and awe-inspiring" words they themselves had shouted earlier when enumerating the "grave crimes" of the Yun Clan.