The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

And Victor, who was being scolded with finger-pointing by the Illidan Demon Emperor, merely lowered her head without meaning to refute. Although she felt very wronged—she alone wasn’t responsible for the decision to try to conquer Miracle World—at that moment she was the only Near God in the Demon Realm besides Illidan Demon Emperor, who was in seclusion, and she was the one implementing the plan no matter how she argued; there was no escaping that.

Thus, Victor decided to just take the mockery, since after all, she was Illidan Demon Emperor’s mother-in-law, and also the top and main combat force within the Demon Realm. Aside from a few scolding words, what more could he do?

Especially since the Demon Realm owed Miracle World so many resources and urgently needed to expand territories to fill this huge gap. Was it possible for him to punish her at this point, as one of the only two Near Gods in the Demon Realm?

As Victor expected, though Illidan Demon Emperor was furious and slammed the table hard enough that the HP kept dropping by -1, after venting his anger he simply sat back in the main seat, without imposing any substantive punishment on her.

On the contrary, to facilitate her leading armies to expand territories, Illidan Demon Emperor lent her a set of top-tier Guardian Series Demon Armor.

It was said to be a temporary loan, but it was essentially a reward. Her scolding wasn’t for nothing, and getting a set of equipment not entirely suited to her Near God status was like upgrading from a shotgun to cannon.

What Victor didn’t know was that the set of equipment given to her by Lynn was no treasured possession of the Demon Emperor Palace, but was a transformed Original Divine Artifact, by his hand. Currently, his handling of small spheres had become even more skillful, allowing him to freely convert any attributes within the range below level 1000.

There were only three sets of artifact equipment that topped out at level 999, and they had all been merged. Right now, the best equipment Lynn could manage was around level 980.

"Alright, the scolding has been done. Getting angrier only punishes oneself, serves no purpose, and harms health. I’ve already reviewed the treaty, although it wasn’t signed by me, the signatory on the other side is a True God. Though I might not want to accept it, I have no choice..."

"What’s done is done, and there’s nothing more to say. This emperor will at least remain in the Lower Realm for one or two hundred years more. The things we owe now will likely need to be repaid during my reign. Alas... even though I am a proud demon, what can stand against a True God? If one day I meet Him in the Upper Realm, I will certainly contest against Him. But here in the Lower Realm, I don’t even want to see the True Gods!"

"So be it! Now that heavy troops are already assembled, a brief rest, then let Dragon Mother Victor lead the expeditionary force. Don’t go eastward, open up lands to the west for me!"

"In addition, let the Seven Great Demon Kings consolidating the Demon Realm manage the Seven Great Demon Kingdoms here, and avoid letting the massive outflow of resources influence the stability of the realm. Try to source some resources under the governance of Guardian Demon God in other worlds—uh, without affecting demon hearts—otherwise stable worlds might become unstable, and impacting Guardian Demon God’s Power of Faith won’t be mitigated by any amount of resources from the Lower Realm!"

"As for this emperor... I am about to travel across myriad worlds, to borrow some resources from neighbors and friends afar. Damn! It’s shocking that even this emperor has to work for money, a plant!"

At a general assembly in the Demon Realm, Lynn was still the one-man powerhouse, deciding everything alone. Although he didn’t possess the supreme status of a True God here, the Demon Emperor was nonetheless the highest position in the Lower Demon Realm, especially since Vice Emperor Victor was his attendant, and the Seven Great Demon Kings were all his imperial consorts.

In terms of this Demon Emperor’s possession of wealth, it could be said to be the most in history. Let alone comparing him to the Late Demon Dragon Emperor, not even the first Emperor of the Demon Realm could deploy such a grand scenario.

Thus, after he laid out all arrangements with much grumbling, everyone in the Demon Realm obediently followed orders without a shred of objection.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with his plans themselves, as the problems the Demon Realm currently faced and the original development directions were supposed to follow this path. It’s just that due to the extortion by Miracle Saint Emperor, things had become more critical and urgent, with actual gains sharply decreased.

"Understood!"

There was nothing more to say; following Illidan Demon Emperor’s order, all qualified high-ranking members of the Demon Realm and a group of strong individuals took their orders and left. The so-called general assembly came and went quickly, and soon the demons dispersed completely, leaving only Lynn and the Seven Great Demon Kings.

Victor also wisely withdrew; she was thoroughly exhausted by various circumstances today. Fortunately, the result wasn’t too bad. Though Illidan Demon Emperor’s breakthrough failed, causing her to miss a great opportunity, staying behind meant Illidan Demon Emperor had more time for offspring.

He had the Demon Realm’s treasure, the Demon Mirror; no matter how far he wandered to other worlds, returning was a matter of minutes. He could easily roam worlds by day and return to the Demon Realm for nightly revelries, fitting in business and pleasures alike.

In fact, Lynn intended just that; his purpose for wandering myriad worlds wasn’t to "borrow" resources but to explore other Great Worlds.

Before this, the worlds he traveled through were mostly related to Miracle World and the Demon Realm. Apart from those, there were just dead worlds like Destruction World and Frozen World. During that trade journey, they passed by many "Living Worlds," but they moved through void space, merely skirting world edges, only for the sake of travel, not opting for the shortcut of breaking through inevitable World Walls of "Living World." Including the delay of breaking worlds, what’s the point of a shortsighted approach?

As for "dead worlds," although without obstruction of world walls, anybody capable of traversing void space...

Now he could easily break or cross worlds; world walls posing challenges to Near Gods were like nothing to him. Given the opportunity, he certainly wanted to explore more Great Worlds.

Miracle World’s treasures and Demon Realm’s treasures were under his control, combined with treasures from the Archipelago World, pushing Lynn to anticipate surprises in other Great Worlds.

However, crossing worlds for Lynn is a minor task now, so there’s no need to rush. How can an unaccounted treasure from an Otherworld compare to the real beauty right before his eyes?

Oh no, a beautiful demon.

"Don’t look at me; I’m exhausted from indulging you."

Tonight was meant for Aya’s turn, logically, she should have been accompanying for sleep, but being glanced at by Lynn, although not retreating in fear, Aya still denied Lynn further attempts.

Her current state was poor; should she try to force herself to accompany Lynn, she might not serve well, and not only fail to let Lynn enjoy himself but possibly displeasure him due to unmet satisfaction.

"What do you take me for? Upper and lower sessions? I simply want to hold you while I sleep tonight, can’t we pull back from the edge given Ilya and Phantom’s privileges?"

While Aya’s refusal was reasonable enough, she clearly misunderstood herself; was he someone who constantly remained in a state of excitement, never resting day or night?

Compared to endless physical pleasure, he actually preferred that heartfelt feeling. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have limited his number of consorts to those easily counted. As for his status, even before Ascension to Divinity, he could effortlessly gather a vast harem of beauties.

Those Princesses lined up in Miracle World as candidates didn’t achieve more than affectionate touch and embrace to date.

"Really? I’m not fully convinced..."

Aya pursed her lips upon hearing this, given Lynn’s previous lingering gaze on her body, she hardly believed his "holding sleep" could be platonic.