While Jiang Ning was busying himself in Donghai, the atmosphere in the Underworld was a little depressive.
Greedy Wolf's return put a stop to all the plans the 18 Court Chiefs had to rule over their own territory separately. This made them rather unhappy.
They knew that the Demon King was indeed back, but their ambitions had grown after so many years. They weren't going to give in so easily.
Some of the younger Court Chiefs in particular, had not been around when the Demon King was in charge and had no impression of his rule.
They wanted to become the Demon King too!
Even Guan Yi, the one whom Greedy Wolf had slapped, was no different.
In front of Greedy Wolf, he had to maintain a high level of respect and he didn't dare to rebel openly against Greedy Wolf. That would certainly get him killed.
But he refused to bow down to Greedy Wolf. He absolutely refused to!
"My dear fellow Court Chiefs, I don't suppose any of you want the situation you've fought so long and hard for to change, do you?”
Guan Yi had invited a few of the Court Chiefs whom he was closer to for a visit. He said he was just inviting them for a chat over tea, but everyone knew what he really wanted to talk about.
Even though that slap had landed on Guan Yi's face, it was also a slap in their faces.
"But he's the Demon King, so what can you do about that? He's still very powerful. Not as powerful as before, but definitely a force to be reckoned with,” said the 8th Court Court Chief, Tang Fang. "I recognize this feeling."
He had gone through that era, but he wasn't the Court Chief back then. He hadn't had the right to follow the Demon King to that battle against the Heavenly Palace. He only knew the result.
The ones left behind only knew that the Demon King and some Court Chiefs had perished in that battle. Those who survived came back with severe injuries, but they had quietly stepped away, allowing new people to take their place.
Nobody understood why they gave up their positions of power, but nobody asked them about it either.
"Guan Yi, what do you intend to do?"
Guan Yi glanced at him and his expression became threatening. "I want to get what I want the most! Don't all of you want the same thing? Do you want to be the ruler or the slave? You pick." He scoffed.
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