717: Chapter 716 The Nine Netherworld Devouring Demon Emperor!

Great Emperors, twelfth-grade emperors, beings standing at the Peak of the martial Dao, are a height that countless Martial Artists cannot reach in their entire lives.

He wanted to know, in a single era, exactly how many such powerhouses existed!

Xiao Hei was silent for a moment, seemingly searching carefully through its vast Legacy memories for relevant information.

After quite a while, it finally gave a roughly accurate answer: "In my Legacy memories, there were about twenty verifiable emperor-level powerhouses in the Era of the Demonic Path.

The Demon Race accounted for nearly half, and the other Heavens and Myriad Worlds accounted for half."

Twenty?!

Hearing this number, Qin Yan was shocked!

Twenty Great Emperors existing simultaneously in one era. This number far exceeded his expectations.

Based on the fact that Taixuan Holy Land could rank in the top ten or even top five of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, yet only had one emperor-level being holding down the fort, he had previously speculated that the total number of emperor-level powerhouses in the current Heavens and Myriad Worlds should only be around ten.

Ten was already a quite terrifying number—ten emperors were enough to suppress the Myriad Heavens and intimidate the Myriad Realms.

Who knew that the Era of the Demonic Path actually had a full twenty Great Emperors!

And the Demon Race was worthy of being the Dominator of that era, actually having nearly ten Great Emperor powerhouses; it was simply terrifying!

Ten Demon Race Great Emperors; each one was a Peak of the Demon Race, and each one was one of the most powerful beings in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

No wonder they could enslave the Myriad Races.

If ten Great Emperors attacked simultaneously, who among the Heavens and Myriad Worlds could resist?

Although the Myriad Races also had Great Emperors, their numbers were inferior to the Demon Race, their power was inferior to the Demon Race, and their unity was inferior to the Demon Race.

In that era, the Demon Race was the heaven, the Demon Race was the earth, and the Demon Race was everything.

"Is it that the Myriad Races Era is weaker than the Era of the Demonic Path, or are there also unknown Great Emperor powerhouses hidden in the Myriad Races Era, or is it just that the few top-ranked super powers have a larger number of Great Emperor powerhouses?"

Qin Yan's train of thought ran wild, and he instantly derived many associations from this number of twenty Great Emperors.

He was born in the Myriad Races Era and grew up in the Taixuan Holy Land, so he had a personal feeling for the martial Dao landscape of this era.

Taixuan Holy Land could firmly rank in the top ten or even top five in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds with just one Great Emperor. If the entire Myriad Races Era also only had a few Great Emperors, then compared to the grand occasion of the twenty Great Emperors coexisting in the Era of the Demonic Path, it would be too shabby.

He immediately asked Xiao Hei about these doubts one by one, and then took the opportunity to ask many questions about the Demon Race.

Xiao Hei did not hold anything back and recounted the ancient information about the Demon Race from its Legacy memories.

Qin Yan listened quietly, becoming more silent the more he listened. The clearer the image of the Era of the Demonic Path became in his heart, the more terrifying it was.

The Dominator of the Era of the Demonic Path was the Demon Race, and the highest Dominator of the Demon Race was that legendary Devil Emperor—a supreme being at the twelfth-grade emperor level, the only monarch respected by all Demon Race in the entire era.

Below the Devil Emperor were the Four Great Demon Gods, each of whom was a genuine Great Emperor-level powerhouse.

Below the Four Great Demon Gods were the Ten Great Demon Emperors—these ten Demon Emperors were all supreme powerhouses in the True Emperor Realm, and the few ranked at the very front had strength that already surpassed the limit of the True Emperor and had stepped into the Domain of the Great Emperor.

Further down were the Seventy-Two Demon Generals, all in the True Emperor Realm, and all of them were battle-hardened elites among True Emperors.

They led the various legions of the Demon Race, fighting in all directions.

This was the core power and combat structure of the Demon Race—one Emperor, four Gods, ten Emperors, and seventy-two Generals, layered like a pyramid suppressing the heads of the Myriad Races, making it difficult for the rest of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds to even breathe.

The racial composition of the Demon Race was equally vast and complex.

The Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree race—the race Xiao Hei belonged to, known for devouring Spiritual Qi and absorbing energy.

They were born with the ability to devour and could absorb the Spiritual Qi of all things for their own use.

They had a very high status in the Demon Race and were one of the important combat forces of the Demon Race.

The Blood Demon Race, feeding on blood and taking blood as their Dao, the majesty of the Qi and blood around their bodies far exceeded that of the same level;

The Shadow Demon Race, born favorites of darkness, able to shuttle and hide in shadows at will, were natural assassins and killers...

The strength of the Demon Race was terrifying to this extent.

"Xiao Hei, do you know the Black Demon Emperor?" Qin Yan suddenly remembered that terrifying being who was sealed in the ancestral land of the Elf Clan.

That experience left a deep impression on him, and it was still fresh in his memory.

"I know."

"The Black Demon Emperor is ranked as one of the Ten Great Demon Emperors. His strength, even among True Emperor powerhouses, is in the top tier, far from what ordinary True Emperors can compare to."

"Then what is the Black Demon Emperor's ranking among the Ten Great Demon Emperors?" Qin Yan asked.

"Second to last," Xiao Hei answered truthfully.

Qin Yan was silent for a moment.

The Black Demon Emperor, who had destroyed the Jade Court with his own power, left Blood Absolute severely injured, and caused the fall of three Hall Masters, was actually only ranked second to last among the Ten Great Demon Emperors!

"Who are the Ten Great Demon Emperors?" Qin Yan continued to ask.

Xiao Hei did not hold anything back and listed the titles of the Ten Great Demon Emperors recorded in its Legacy memories one by one.

In this one-man, one-pet question-and-answer session, Qin Yan obtained a massive amount of secret information about the Demon Race from Xiao Hei's mouth. Many of the contents had not even been recorded in the oldest collection of books in the Taixuan Holy Land's library.

Thinking of this, Qin Yan couldn't help but become more and more curious—what kind of existence was Xiao Hei?

"Then Xiao Hei, do you know what your identity is now?"

Qin Yan finally couldn't help but ask this question.

In the nest, Xiao Hei's pitch-black branches swayed gently, and it was silent for a long time before slowly opening its mouth: "I don't know. My life story, my past, and all memories related to me are sealed in the deepest part of my mind by a very powerful force. With my current strength, I am far from able to unlock that Seal and cannot touch any of the information stored within it."

Its tone carried a bit of confusion and a bit of helplessness.

But when it said this, its tone became a bit more certain: "However, one thing is clear—I am a Nine Nether Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree, so my origins must be related to the Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree race, and it is even possible that I have an inextricable connection with that Nine Nether Spirit-Devouring Demon Emperor among the Ten Great Demon Emperors."

Nine Nether Spirit-Devouring Demon Emperor—the seventh-ranked existence among the Ten Great Demon Emperors, with strength that could reach the heavens and earth!

This Demon Emperor was the most powerful being of the Spirit-Devouring Demon Tree race.

(So sleepy~~~, I can't even open my eyes~~~)