The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario didn’t occur. Just when they were about to reason against being unreasonable, the Miracle Saint Emperor, this True God, arrived just in time.

He didn’t arrive at 12:59:59 to toy with them, but "arrived early" at 12:58:58.

No demon knew what His thoughts truly were—a show of power, or just a scare?

In any case, after His arrival, having received the storage ring filled with massive treasures from the Proud Demon King, He glanced at the contents of the ring and then broke through the world barrier.

Clearly, the down payment offered by the Proud Demon King was satisfactory, and the Miracle Saint Emperor didn’t mind that she compensated with high-end and even top-tier treasures, since when truly measured by value, even if both have equal value, the treasures from the Demon Emperor Palace were far more rare.

Because so much of it was invaluable, famously unobtainable, said once: "Even if you have money, you can’t buy it."

Yet, among them, some items are exclusively for the Demon Race. Who would the Miracle Saint Emperor give them to? Or would He sell them to some Demon God when He goes to the Upper Realm, letting Them reward the Lower Realm?

Goodness, He’s really...

Ahem, the Miracle Saint Emperor is gone, better not to think about those things. After all, no demon truly understands a deity’s mind.

But it’s better to think carefully about the current issues facing the Demon Realm...

A realm away, a True God from the Human World exists in that direction, a place they mustn’t go. And because of His "generosity," the Demon Realm is burdened with a huge debt, leaving their internal development stagnant for some time, as most resources need to be prioritized for payment to the Miracle World.

In this case, if the Demon Realm wishes to continue developing without stagnation, they must quickly develop new worlds, and the direction of such development should be as far from the Miracle World as possible. Otherwise, they truly worry that some greedy True God might catch a whiff and come.

Thinking of this, all demons present turned their attention to the team of Demon Kings led by the Proud Demon King, instinctively ignoring Her Majesty the Dragon Mother Victor because they all knew that in today’s Demon Realm, besides the Demon Emperor, the Seven Great Demon Kings were truly in charge.

"Back to the Royal City, convene an all-night meeting to discuss follow-up matters."

Since handing over the nation-worthy treasures to the Miracle Saint Emperor, the Proud Demon King Ilya had been gloomy, but after the Miracle Saint Emperor left, and when her subordinates pointed to her for work arrangements, even in annoyance, she had to calm down and arrange everything first.

Even Victor had no ambition to compete for power this time. Putting aside that she signed the humiliating treaty against the Demon Race, causing demons to resent her, and even under normal circumstances, she didn’t want to meddle in affairs now.

All she wanted was the Demon Emperor’s resource quota or even exclusivity — power wasn’t unappealing, but it depended on the situation. Right now, in the midst of this mess, she certainly didn’t want to take over.

She would rather wait for the Seven Great Demon Kings to bring the Demon Realm back on track before vying for those ambitions. As a senior demon, she couldn’t withstand such exhaustion, giving her all for the Demon Realm and the Demon Race, dedicated until death. These should be left to young demons to handle while she awaited the harvest.

With these thoughts, Victor and a group of strong demons together returned to the Proud Royal City, but upon arriving in the city, before heading to the Demon Emperor Palace, they received a news they weren’t sure was good or bad.

Illidan Demon Emperor had finished his secluded breakthrough!

Given the time he spent in seclusion, clearly, he couldn’t have succeeded, not to mention there was no descent of Heaven and Earth’s power in the Demon Emperor Palace.

Illidan Demon Emperor was in seclusion for a very short time, just over a month reckoning, some of which may have been spent in frivolities.

Reasonably speaking, such a short time was not enough to achieve becoming a Demon God, nor should it be so quick to fail in a breakthrough. The accumulation of power alone takes time, let alone stopping at just one attempt to break through.

Only during the gathering commanded by the Proud Demon King did they learn that Illidan Demon Emperor’s breakthrough failed when he angrily reprimanded Dragon Mother Victor.

It was because Her Majesty Victor bombarded the World Wall leading to the Miracle World, attracting the already ascended Miracle Saint Emperor.

While seemingly showing off to the high-ranking demons, He could, with His ability as a True God, not be aware of an Near God demon dragon fiercely trying to break through?

In such a state, Illidan Demon Emperor couldn’t withstand the slightest interference; although protected by the Demon Emperor Palace’s top-level Palace Protection Array, not even a True God could break it and kill a Near Demon God, He didn’t need to take such measures. He merely cut off the Demon Emperor Palace’s magic power and demonic qi at Illidan’s crucial breakthrough point, dispersing the slowly gathering Heaven and Earth’s power...

Without directly targeting Illidan Demon Emperor, He completely severed his hopes of achieving a Demon God status.

Though one interference shouldn’t render Illidan Demon Emperor hopeless from becoming a Demon God for life, no one can continuously attempt breaking through Demon God’s Realm in a short time. After all, it’s Ascension to Divinity, not winning a cabbage, so to have another chance, it requires at least another century of accumulation. This is only because Illidan Demon Emperor wasn’t recklessly rushing, spared from backlash, and in not being injured enjoys the best outcome.