Above all spirits

Chapter 364 Famous Throughout the Eight Realms

The Liu family, though an obscure and relatively low-profile hegemonic power.

But ultimately it is a hegemonic power, possessing an emperor.

Now that the emperor has fallen, everyone has no choice but to pay attention to this shadowy organization.

Although the rumored Shadow Assassin left these words, seemingly making his identity ambiguous, everyone actually had some guesses. It was most likely that the Heavenly Demon himself took action, because it was impossible for other emperors to appear in the Demon Clan, and this Shadow Organization had just been established, so it was unlikely that any other emperors would join.

To assassinate an emperor, one must at least be an emperor himself, or even multiple emperors.

This is a common-sense assumption.

Even so, the fact that Gu Yun was able to successfully assassinate an emperor, even if that emperor wasn't particularly famous, still made some people uneasy.

In addition, the protests of the entire Liu clan, which called on the Star Alliance to punish the Heavenly Demon, gave some people a chance to take advantage of the situation, and the calls to punish the Heavenly Demon grew louder and louder in the middle ranks.

Unfortunately, this world cannot be won over simply by having a large number of people and a loud voice.

After learning that the Heavenly Demon had grown to such a level, and before the Heavenly Demon invaded the Demon Realm and infringed upon the common interests of everyone, no one was willing to take the lead in going to the Demon Realm to fight against the Heavenly Demon.

Moreover, although the current Heavenly Demon's act of assassinating the Emperor was extremely heinous and caused great fear among some families, it was ultimately based on a relatively righteous cause. At the same time, it promised that the enemy would not attack it and that the demon race would never set foot in the human realm.

In this situation, there are even fewer people who are truly willing to send troops to the Demon Realm. Furthermore, although the lower and middle-level people may be kept in the dark, the higher-ups of the various hegemonic forces are actually aware of the inside story of how the Liu family destroyed the Jin family. The demon race was indeed involved, which caused some dissatisfaction at the time. However, the Liu family slaughtered the Jin family without leaving any evidence. The Star Alliance will not interfere in the grudges between families.

The matter was gradually forgotten.

Now that the Heavenly Demon has made a move, it must be at someone's behest, presumably the last surviving member of the Jin family. Although the Heavenly Demon is theoretically a demon, the whole story is ultimately a dispute between humans. It's just that this last surviving member of the Jin family has found a good helper.

The Liu family destroyed the Jin family and sought out the demon race; the Jin family's orphan, who slew the emperor, sought out the demon race.

The Covenant didn't want to deal with this mess.

They even wiped out some of the Liu clan members who dared to cause trouble in the Star Alliance territory, declaring, "We know in our hearts what we did in the past."

This left Liu's people feeling both helpless and resentful, secretly cursing the Star Alliance for being blind and allowing the Heavenly Demon to run rampant; they believed the Alliance would eventually suffer the consequences.

After all, how many of those who sit in the highest positions in the world have a clean past? They have a ton of enemies. When the time comes, they can hire the Shadow Organization to assassinate them and expose their scandals. Let's see what they can do then.

However, the Covenant members have not been unaware of this possibility.

However, all these dominant forces are very confident in their own territory and power. The Liu family is just a false dominant force that has usurped the throne. If the Heavenly Demon dares to invade, he will surely be sent away without ever returning.

It wasn't just the human world that was bustling with activity.

The demon realm is now in an uproar.

Gu Yun's actions brought the support in the Demon Realm to its peak. Because of this reputation, even if demons were discriminated against outside, few would dare to actually offend them. At the same time, normal industries that revolved around this point began to take shape in the Demon Realm, and everyone was convinced of Gu Yun's abilities.

Who wouldn't want a powerful backer?

No one is born wanting to burn, kill, and plunder. If you can earn a living with your own skills, who would want to live such a dangerous and precarious life?

This made the three demon kings who initially resisted Gu Yun feel as uncomfortable as if they had eaten shit. Even some of the demons under his command began to stir because of this. After all, for a demon to oppose the Heavenly Demon was truly a hopeless situation with no end in sight.

finally.

Left with no other choice, the three demon kings submitted a letter of surrender to Gu Yun, expressing their willingness to submit to the Heavenly Demon's command and only hoping that the Heavenly Demon would be magnanimous and forgive past grievances.

Gu Yun had anticipated this, and this was the situation he had orchestrated—the best outcome without bloodshed. If they truly resisted mindlessly, Gu Yun would have no choice but to slaughter them. Therefore, he didn't feel too much remorse. He simply made it clear that if he discovered any wrongdoings in the future, Gu Yun wouldn't hesitate to be ruthless.

The three demon kings dared not resist and repeatedly swore oaths to the heavens to promise Gu Yun. Some powerful demons also joined the Shadow Organization. Although the three demon kings also became temple masters, their titles were indeed relegated to the back.

With this, the entire Demon Realm was officially unified.

Everything is progressing in an orderly manner according to Gu Yun's plan.

The once blood-red demon realm has begun to show signs of green.

The night, which was usually dark and gloomy, was unusually illuminated by the lights of countless homes.

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As for Jin Zicheng, he was naturally the one most grateful to Gu Yun.

During this period, he also successfully condensed the Emperor's Will. Gu Yun, in the process of condensing the Emperor's Will, tested his conjecture and used the ability 'Dominator', which he had almost never used since he condensed the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Will. This is an ability that can turn people into demons and plant a demonic seed in their hearts.

With Jin Zicheng's complete acceptance and willingness to refrain from resistance, Gu Yun successfully transformed Jin Zicheng into a demon while retaining the Imperial Will of Shining Gold, officially making him a member of the demon race and a new Shadow Assassin in the Shadow Organization.

Although Jin Zicheng wanted to seek revenge directly on the Liu family, he knew that he had only recently condensed his imperial will and was not yet familiar with many of the powers. In addition, as Gu Yun had said, a pseudo-innate being could kill an emperor, not to mention the decades of accumulation the Liu family had made with the help of emperors. Although he did not know how Gu Yun had managed to ignore the numerous barriers and formations to assassinate Liu Hongyu.

But I certainly couldn't possibly explore the vast Liu family mansion.

So he decided to take on some jobs first to gain experience.

The Shadow Organization has a lot of orders.

It spans the entire Eight Realms.

The impact of Gu Yun's successful assassination of the Emperor was so great and widespread that even the realms that didn't usually pay much attention to the Demon Realm took notice of the Shadow Organization.

This is an Emperor, a top-tier existence even in other realms.

Although most people simply couldn't afford the Emperor's price, they gradually realized that the first job to hire the Shadow Organization to assassinate the Emperor must have come with a huge discount.

However, there are still many orders to assassinate the Holy Body and the pseudo-innate.

There were even queues.

After all, many assassins are prepared to live a life of no business for a year, and then live off their earnings for the rest of the year. They are tired of living in fear and just want to enjoy a life of leisure when they have money.