22 – The Demon Lord’s Dominance, Turning the Ex-Husband into Trash
At this moment, he stood lazily before the great rock, bearing that domineering face.
Despite being injured and not yet recovered, despite the imminent confrontation with the Celestial God of law enforcement from the Celestial Realm, he remained so calm and composed that he hadn’t even summoned the Demon Sword.
As the Demon Lord who had ruled the demon realm for ten thousand years, even while injured, he possessed the power to crush that Celestial God with a single slap.
“Come out. Must I wait for you?”
He stood with his hands behind his back, speaking lightly.
In the next moment, a subtle flow of air stirred, and then, the white-robed Lingyao God appeared before Yuan Ning Wang.
He stood about ten feet away from Yuan Ning Wang, slowly cupping his hands and bowing in salute. “Ling Yao pays his respects to Yuan Ning Wang of the demon realm.”
Yuan Ning Wang gave a faint hum, lazily observing this so-called life winner who was said to be loved desperately by the Broom Star.
Tsk, nothing special.
Even dressed in the exquisite celestial robes of a Divine Lord from the Celestial Realm, he was far inferior to Yuan Ning Wang.
With a hint of pride, Yuan Ning Wang asked him lightly, “For what reason have you invited me here?”
Lingyao God slowly straightened up, lifting his head to look at this handsome and powerful man.
Recalling the scene he had witnessed from the shadows moments ago—Yun Sangsang pulling and tugging at this man—his eyes darkened slightly.
This was a man who could bring him an immense sense of crisis.
He had to keep this man away from Yun Sangsang.
Otherwise, he feared his path to winning her heart would be filled with twists and turns, even ending in failure.
Thinking this, Lingyao God decided to be straightforward with Yuan Ning Wang.
He cupped his hands in salute. “This humble god seeks an audience with Yuan Ning Wang to make a request. Perhaps you are unaware, but the celestial maiden by your side, Yun Sangsang, is my wife. She ascended to immortality only a thousand years ago and did not participate in the great war between immortals and demons twenty thousand years ago, nor has she ever come into contact with the demon race.
Moreover, she has been ostracized in the Celestial Realm all these years, never attending banquets or experiencing the world. Thus, she failed to recognize the demonic energy on you, mistakenly taking you for an eight-year-old child as unfortunate as herself. Her actions inevitably became overly intimate—”
He looked at Yuan Ning Wang, sincerely pleading, “As her Fu Jun, this humble god wishes to ask Yuan Ning Wang to stay away from her. Since you are not truly an eight-year-old child, would it not be inappropriate for you to conceal your identity and remain by her side?”
Yuan Ning Wang raised an eyebrow, looking at Lingyao God.
Tsk, it seemed his guess was correct. This man had indeed seen Yun Sangsang pulling him along to sleep and couldn’t sit still, hence inviting him here to ask him to leave Yun Sangsang.
Yuan Ning Wang curled his lips, looking at Lingyao God with amusement. “You say she has been ostracized in the Celestial Realm, never attending the banquets of the immortals in the thousand years since her ascension? Then, have you attended any banquets in these thousand years?”
Lingyao God was taken aback for a moment before replying, “Naturally, I have attended. But my Sang Sang is the Broom Star, covered in Misfortune, so for a thousand years, no one has been willing to invite her and ruin everyone’s joyous atmosphere…”
Before he could finish, Yuan Ning Wang scoffed and interrupted him. “Then what use are you as her Fu Jun?”
Lingyao God abruptly looked up at Yuan Ning Wang. “Yuan Ning Wang, what do you mean by this…”
Yuan Ning Wang sneered. “If others don’t invite her to banquets, can’t you take her along to join the fun and see the world? If others despise your wife so much, fearing she’ll ruin their joyous atmosphere, then why do you eagerly go yourself? If she can’t go, can’t you stay with her instead?”He looked Lingyao God up and down. “You’re Yun Sangsang’s husband, yet you’re mingling enthusiastically with those who despise and reject her, leaving her alone in the palace in cold solitude. Tsk, no wonder she wants to divorce you. Someone like you who bites the hand that feeds them—should she keep you around for the New Year?”
Lingyao God was stunned by Yuan Ning Wang’s words.
He gazed at Yuan Ning Wang in a daze.
So, when Sang Sang was being rejected and despised, he should have stayed with Sang Sang and skipped the banquet?
But it was all the Celestial Gods in the Celestial Realm who despised Sang Sang. If everyone hated her, should he have made enemies of the entire Celestial Realm?
Moreover, for the past thousand years, Sang Sang hadn’t even acknowledged him as her husband. She was indifferent and aloof toward him. In such circumstances, should he still have taken Sang Sang’s side against the vast Celestial Realm?
Suppressing the complex emotions in his heart, Lingyao God looked calmly at Yuan Ning Wang and said slowly, “Yuan Ning Wang doesn’t know the details between Sang Sang and me. We…”
Yuan Ning Wang lazily smiled. “Indeed, I don’t know exactly what happened between you two, but I understand one principle—if you truly held Yun Sangsang in your heart, you shouldn’t have let her face the rejection and hatred of the Celestial Realm’s gods alone. You’re her husband. If you don’t protect her, who will?
And if you’re utterly incapable of shielding her under your wing, then you should stay far away from her. If you want to preserve your own integrity, go be your noble Divine Lord. Why must you disturb and pester her, ruining her peaceful life?”
Yuan Ning Wang glanced at Lingyao God. “If you can’t offer her protection and care, yet insist on dragging her back to confine her by your side—how utterly selfish are you?”
“Uh…” Lingyao God was rendered speechless by Yuan Ning Wang’s relentless remarks.
His cool eyes quietly fixed on Yuan Ning Wang for a few breaths, then he lowered his gaze and closed his eyes.
He took a soft breath, adjusted his emotions, and looked up at Yuan Ning Wang again.
He said, “Yuan Ning Wang, it’s easy for you to talk without feeling the strain. Sang Sang is the Broom Star whom everyone in the Celestial Realm avoids like the plague. The entire Celestial Realm is her enemy. If it were you, would you make enemies of all the Celestial Gods for Sang Sang?”
He stared coldly at Yuan Ning Wang. “Could you, for her sake, make enemies of the entire demon realm?”
Yuan Ning Wang laughed at Lingyao God’s question.
He said leisurely, “How absurd. Is Yun Sangsang my wife? She has no relation to me. Why should I make enemies of the world for her?”
He glanced at Lingyao God and declared domineeringly, “However, if I were ever to willingly place someone in my heart, then not only would I make enemies of the entire demon realm, but even if it meant turning the demon realm into a river of blood where not a blade of grass grows, so what? What do the beings of the demon realm matter to me? The only one who matters is the person in my heart.”
He scoffed at Lingyao God. “So, don’t compare yourself to me. How could you possibly measure up? I am the ruler of the demon realm, capable of rendering it barren. If one day I have a beloved, whether she’s a Broom Star or the King of Hell, the denizens of the demon realm will only bow and kneel, reverently addressing her as Demon Empress. Who would dare show her the slightest disrespect?”
“Uh…” Lingyao God’s fingers clenched tightly into fists!
The feeling of being compared and found utterly lacking was excruciatingly painful!Yet he could not utter a single word in rebuttal.
Because standing before him was Demon Lord Yuanying, and Yuan Ning Wang possessed the audacious confidence and power to back it up!