602: Chapter 602 Subjugation

The atmosphere in the grand hall suddenly became eerie; no one agreed, yet no one objected. For a long while, silence reigned.

"Since no one is speaking, this seat will take it as your tacit consent!"

Liu Xuan's gaze slowly swept across the various Demon Lords, finally settling on the burly Demon Lord with protruding tusks who had reacted most violently earlier. "We'll start with you!"

The tusked Demon Lord's already angry expression shifted again. His copper-bell-sized eyes glowed with blood-red light as his savage Yao Beast aura surged.

"You want to enslave this Demon Lord? You, Liu Xuan, are not qualified!!"

Thick Demonic Qi erupted from his body as his head transformed into a strange Yao Beast shape, resembling both a horse and a bull. A coarse voice spat from his mouth, "Everyone, Liu Xuan is using public office to settle a private grudge. We don't need to pay him any mind. Let's leave this place first and find Peach Blossom Demon Saint to talk later."

He intended to leave immediately, but discovered that the space contained a massive restrictive force. His Escape Technique could not be used; he could only force his way out.

Liu Xuan's strength was clearly not low, and with the Peak Nascent Soul Crimson Cloud Divine Bird by his side, he was simply no match for them alone.

The only way to force a breakthrough was for everyone to unite and first break Liu Xuan's spatial seal.

"So you like being the bird that sticks its head out, do you?" Liu Xuan's face showed his impatience. With a wave of his sleeve, a beam of brilliant starlight poured down from the hall's ceiling, directly suppressing the demon's body.

“Buzz~”

As the power of the stars poured down, a light of Primordial Chaos mixed with black and white rose from behind Liu Xuan, transforming into a sword light with a terrifying aura.

In an instant, the sword light flickered once and reappeared behind the burly Demon Lord.

The heavenly origin sword flickered again and returned to Liu Xuan's body. Simultaneously, the burly Demon Lord's aura plummeted rapidly, his Demonic Qi began to dissipate, and the spiritual light in his eyes dimmed and went out.

Dead?!

Killed in an instant??

Isn't this the city outskirts? How can there be such a massive Formation power here?

“Boom!!”

All the Demon Lords in the hall were terrified by Liu Xuan's sudden sword strike. They erupted with Demonic Qi one after another, huddling around Demon Lord Han Jing to form a Formation for self-protection.

"It seems you all insist on opposing me!" Liu Xuan frowned and sighed. "Very well! I just happen to be short on a batch of high-grade Materials to refine Beast Blood Demon Pills."

The Crimson Cloud Divine Bird understood his intent. Its demon body instantly expanded, and intense flames soared into the sky, directly blowing off the hall's roof and allowing an even denser flood of starlight to pour in.

"Wait!" Just as Liu Xuan intended to order Chen Beiming to lead the Thousand Star Sword Array over to settle things quickly, Demon Lord Han Jing, struggling against the pressure of the Star Array, cried out urgently, "True Lord Liu, does Peach Blossom Demon Saint know about these conditions? If she knows, I am willing to submit!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhu Pan squeezed forward and followed up loudly, "Old Zhu is also willing to submit."

The other Demon Lords did not speak, but from their expressions, they basically shared the same thoughts as Han Jing and Zhu Pan.

"Just that?" Liu Xuan smiled. "You should have said so earlier!"

A spatial portal appeared at the opening in the hall's ceiling. Peach Blossom's peerlessly beautiful figure slowly stepped out and flew to Liu Xuan's side.

"Greetings, Peach Blossom Demon Saint!"

"Greetings, Peach Blossom Demon Saint!"

...

Seeing the Peach Blossom Demon Saint arrive in person, the Demon Lords bowed one after another, none of them daring to lift their heads.

This was the deterrent power of a Hua Shen Demon Saint!

Demon Lord Han Jing's inquiry about whether Peach Blossom Demon Saint was aware wasn't actually to confirm it; it was merely to give himself and the others a way to save face.

As long as Liu Xuan gave a verbal promise, they would have followed along and agreed to his conditions.

They never expected that Liu Xuan would directly summon the Peach Blossom Demon Saint!

Peach Blossom casually scanned the demons below and asked Liu Xuan, "Husband, why have you called me here?"

"It's nothing. They insisted on seeing you before agreeing to my conditions."

Liu Xuan looked down at the bowing Demon Lords and asked in a slightly raised tone, "Are you willing now?"

"We are!"

"We are willing!"

"We await True Lord Liu's instructions!"

Could they be unwilling? The Peach Blossom Demon Saint had called him 'husband'; they had to be willing whether they liked it or not.

No wonder Liu Xuan was so assertive; it turned out he and the Peach Blossom Demon Saint had such a relationship!

Why would the dignified Peach Blossom Demon Saint, a Hua Shen Demon Saint, become a Dao Companion with a Human Race Nascent Soul Cultivator?

A Hua Shen Demon Saint would only submit to a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord. Could it be that Liu Xuan had hidden his cultivation and was actually a Dao Monarch himself?

In the battle of Biyou Pool, Daoist Lord Lihuo was heavily injured. Rumors said Peach Blossom had joined Daoist Lord Lihuo back then because she wanted to become his natal spirit beast. If that's the case... could this Liu Xuan be a transformation of Daoist Lord Lihuo, or perhaps he has been possessed by him?

The Demon Lords were lost in wild speculation, but none dared to ask. Whatever the situation, the aura on Peach Blossom Demon Saint couldn't be faked. Since she called Liu Xuan 'husband', they would treat Liu Xuan as her confidant from now on.

"Very good!" Liu Xuan nodded with satisfaction. Then, the translucent spider in his hand split into seventeen, flying onto each of them.

"Do not resist. Just let them enter the edge of your Sea of Consciousness," Liu Xuan instructed.

The Demon Lords complied, nervously allowing the Puppet Gu sub-gu to enter their Sea of Consciousness.

The sub-gu's strength was meager. Once they entered the edge of the Sea of Consciousness, they stopped moving. They did not devour the Divine Soul power within the Sea of Consciousness in large quantities. Instead, they spat out silk threads to cocoon themselves, leaving only a few threads connected to the Yao Beast's Divine Soul to draw basic nutrients for survival and sense the outside world.

The Demon Lords discovered that the sub-gu were merely a means of surveillance rather than something that would damage their Divine Souls, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the feeling of being monitored was uncomfortable, it was nothing compared to their deaths and the dissipation of their Dao.

Furthermore, the sub-gu could only sense their actions and could not monitor their inner thoughts. If things went wrong, they could just pay a price to destroy them.

Overall, everyone was fairly satisfied with the current outcome. The fact that Liu Xuan went to the trouble of using such things made them feel he was sincerely accepting them.

"Alright, now that you are members of the Beast Taming Sect, I will first explain your upcoming tasks."

Liu Xuan pointed to the Crimson Cloud Divine Bird, which had shrunk back down. "From now on, he is your superior. He will relay any orders to you, and you can report any issues to me through him."

"Don't be in a hurry to reveal your identities. Go back and do what you usually do. First, complete the two conditions I mentioned before."

Next, Liu Xuan handed matters over to the Crimson Cloud Divine Bird, letting it lead the group of Foundation Establishment children behind him to select suitable Golden Core Great Demons as natal spirit beasts. Simultaneously, he explained the Liu Family's general arrangements for the front lines to the Demon Lords, giving them a basic understanding of the situation to prevent them from making mistakes out of good intentions.

With the matters mostly handled, Liu Xuan prepared to leave with Peach Blossom. While taking the burly Demon Lord's corpse with him, he left behind a final word: "Work hard for my Liu Family, and your future will be grand. You will understand later that working for my Liu Family is the greatest Opportunity of your lives!"

With that, Liu Xuan and Peach Blossom stepped into the spatial portal and vanished, regardless of whether the demons believed him or not.