The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings Chapter 2329 - 2274-2275: Demonic Way Transformations, Wrath of Thunder_2

With the great catastrophe drawing near, influential powers assemble in the Divine Land World, while mighty experts successively unleash their strategies, all desperate to claim dominance amid the disaster and ultimately grasp the destinies.

At this point, the Demonic Way's formidable leaders hold every right to join the fray, and no one dares to shut them out now, nor does anyone possess the authority to demand they stay away.

After all, their overwhelming might could shatter the entire balance; refusing them entry would only provoke endless chaos until everything collapses, leaving no victors in the end.

Everyone anticipated the Demonic Way's emergence, so it comes as no shock.

"The Demon Race stirs with unrest too. They've started slipping into the Divine Land World, reaching out to certain local demon descendants. These offspring have harbored deep grudges against humans for ages, and now they've allied with the intruders," Yu Zhenzi said with a furrowed brow, highlighting the gravest threat unfolding.

Humanity's arch-nemesis, the Demon Race, has resurfaced at last.

Back when the Peacock King and Heavenly Fox King emerged in the Chaos Void, Yu Zhenzi realized that after millennia, the Demon Race had rebuilt their forces, poised for a fierce resurgence to challenge human supremacy once more.

Yet he never foresaw their swift maneuvers, covertly embedding agents into the Divine Land World and linking up with the lingering demon spirits already there.

Following the War of Sealing Gods, though the Demon Race's top powerhouses departed, that didn't erase all demonic traces from the Divine Land World.

In the vast array of world's tribes, any non-human qualifies as a demon. While this view might seem overly broad, wiping out the Demon Race entirely proves nearly impossible, short of humans launching a frenzied purge against every non-human entity, even those without awakened spiritual awareness.

Humans have never pursued such extremes and couldn't succeed even if they tried; the world itself would never tolerate it.

Though humans triumphed over the Demon Race's formidable foes, fulfilling Heaven, Earth, and Humanity's grand design and solidifying their role as protagonists in the Divine Land World, this victory doesn't banish other beings completely from the world's embrace.

To Heaven and Earth, impartiality reigns supreme; all creatures under the sky spring from their nurturing essence. They stand as Heaven and Earth's offspring, with humans merely the favored firstborn gaining extra blessings. This hardly grants permission for humans to butcher or oppress the rest of the family.

Should humans descend into such madness, even as the universe bows to the Path of Humans, they would face abandonment by heaven and earth, perhaps even ruthless subjugation.

As a result, the Demon Race evades total annihilation, enduring only relentless oppression to break their spirits and force utter submission to humanity's rule and service.

Over the past thousands of years, this dynamic held firm: newborn demons, lacking elder guidance or potent strength, could only yield to humans, bereft of any shot at rebellion.

Naturally, throughout this era, the Demon Race kindled sparks of defiance, yearning fiercely to defy humans, shatter the yoke of suppression, and rise on their own terms.

Yet such efforts ring hollow, for humans' failure to eradicate the Demon Race doesn't equate to permitting their unchecked expansion.

Across this thousand-year span, within the Divine Land World and even amid the myriad realms of the Chaotic Void Heavens and Seas—wherever the Heavenly Court's light reaches—one unyielding decree persists.

No member of the Demon Race may ascend to immortality!

Demons may linger and be domesticated, but none can cultivate past the Supreme Overlord realm; violations invite swift retribution.

Even demons tamed or reshaped by Buddhism and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect face erasure of their spiritual awareness or total mental overhaul, or else they cannot persist.

In this iron grip, the Demon Race poses zero danger to humans; their subjugation cuts even deeper than that endured by the desolate beast survivors.

Given the vast power gap, despite the demons' accumulated grievances, humans dismissed them as trivial, convinced these wretched beings could never endanger them.

But eras shift, and with the two Demon Kings' return, these demons glimpse salvation, their hatred for humans swelling as they lie in wait for the Demon Race's elite to reemerge, primed to surge forward the instant they do.

"The Demon Race, those ingrate curs! Without our long-suffering leniency, how dare these demons dream of this moment!" A sharp chill gleamed in Pang Hong’s gaze.

Regarding the Demon Race's survival, human ranks split solely into hawkish and cautious camps, with zero room for harmonious alliance.

The cautious side tolerates the Demon Race only if no Immortal Demon King arises; as long as lesser demons refrain from harming humans, uneasy coexistence might endure.

Yet the hawkish faction harbors even fiercer terror toward the Demon Race, rejecting any demon reaching Seventh Layer Heaven strength.

They crave the uprooting of all perils and refuse the Demon Race even a sliver of revival potential.

To them, the Demon Race's mere presence embodies danger; were total extinction feasible, they'd pursue it without a second thought.

This defines the hawkish core.

Pang Hong once aligned with the cautious group, believing that barring a True Immortal Demon God from the Demon Race, some measure of forbearance sufficed, provided no real peril loomed.

But upon learning of the Divine Land World demons' ties to the exiled ones, Pang Hong's fury boils over in disapproval.

"Unleash devastating force upon them, remind these fools who truly rules the Divine Land World—their very breath hangs by our grace!" Pang Hong declared, his voice laced with frost.

A Taoist Monarch's declarations shape the cosmos; before his ascension, Pang Hong served as a Heavenly Court True God and head of the elite Shenxiao Sect, commanding vast respect.

Now elevated to Taoist Monarch, his presence radiates even greater dread, leaving even Yu Zhenzi—long acquainted with him—momentarily stunned by the display.

"Such is the might of a Taoist Monarch powerhouse!" Yu Zhenzi marveled silently to himself.

Amid his awe, he pressed on: "Should we dispatch forces to wipe out these Demon Race elements?"

"Hold back our own troops—relay the intelligence to the Heavenly Court, to the Jade Emperor, to Great Emperor Ziwei, and to the other two Imperial Honors. Ensure they grasp the crisis at hand, and stop chasing petty thrones while ignoring the true stakes!" Pang Hong commanded. "Then rally the Thunder Department's deities; unleash every guardian from the Thunder Department to purge the Demon Race!"

Pang Hong seethed with rage right then, incensed by the Demon Race's brazen defiance—clearly, centuries of mercy had clouded their grasp on the world's true overlords.

Still, this crisis demands a united front, not solo action; the Jade Emperor and his peers must respond in kind.

Power struggles among them are one thing, but crushing the Demon Race falls squarely on their duties; they claimed Imperial Honor thrones through valor in the War of Sealing Gods against demonic hordes.

With the Demon Race now roiling in mutiny, a devastating reprisal becomes essential!

Let them scheme with the returned demons if they dare—I'll slaughter every last one and shatter their plots.

The Demon Race's incursion relies on exploiting these native demons in the Divine Land World, but slaughter them all, and what foothold remains?

In this instant, Pang Hong sheds his cautious skin, outstripping even the most hawkish voices in ferocity.

Countering the Demonic Way's subtle advances may prove thorny, but against these alien demons, no mercy will temper the onslaught.