Chapter 859: Chapter 665: The Secret Observer The situation at the night court underwent a dramatic change in the span of a day, with a massacre unknown to the outside world silently unfolding in the palace. The Female Demon Lord’s faint yet commanding question plunged the entire grand hall into a deathly silence, to which no one dared to respond for a long time. Among the prostrate demon ministers, their robes were soaked and stained red with the blood on the ground. It was as if they were bearing an unbearable weight; once they knelt, without specific orders, they dared not rise for a long time. Zangxin supported his head as he knelt on the ground, his thoughts hidden beneath his mask. And now, among the demon ministers who survived the court, many had attended the night court but did not follow Zangxin’s faction in causing chaos. Although they listened to Zangxin’s words and beat the Heavenly Drum together, which should have been a great crime. With absolute power crushing them, even if the Demon Lord killed them all, they would have no place to reason. Yet, ironically, because of a sliver of hesitation and indecision at the court earlier, the Demon Lord temporarily spared their lives. The surviving demon ministers naturally knew this was a mercy of not being killed. This night’s catastrophe under the Demon Lord’s grace made them truly understand who is the real master of this Demon World. And who controls their cycle of life and death, their rise and fall, favor and disgrace. Zangxin, with alluring promises, successfully persuaded them to strike the Heavenly Drum at night, but those enticing rewards were insignificant at the edge of life and death, and even led to considerable resentment towards Zangxin. If not for his ambition driving all this, how would they be forced into this life-or-death corner? If burdened with the crime of being a treacherous minister attempting to usurp the throne, it would bring disaster upon their clan, never to rise again. The Female Demon Lord glanced indifferently over the crowd, her gaze suddenly settling on a corpse, “I recall Minister Jin is a crucial military official overseeing the law, who in his actions earlier, forgot to spare Minister Jin’s life.” She feigned regret and innocence, patting her head, “The law is as bright as the sun and moon, the realm cannot go without law for a single day. Minister Jin left hurriedly, but his position cannot be left unattended. Why not have Censor Luo act in this role?” Censor Luo was the old demon official who had expressed doubts about the Demon Lord’s matricide truth during the inquiry. His trembling, white whiskers quivered with shock, clearly struck dumb by the unexpected joy. Having come to the court hall obliviously, not expecting any significant value in leaving alive from this bloody feast as an inconsequential old man. Yet, things took such a turn. The position of overseeing law isn’t large, yet in the Demon World, few can hold real power, and if seated in this position, even the seventy-two Prison Law Demon Generals must respect him. Jin Shouya had reached his position as a law demon official only with much secret support from figures like Erhe Zangxin and Young Lord Mi Lu. Before Censor Luo could recover from his delight, the Female Demon Lord stepped further, assigning positions as if arranging troops, “Oh? Was Primordial Monarch Shi He accidentally killed by me too? What a pity…” The Primordial Monarch rank in the Demon World is unique, unlike the many Primordial Monarchs in the Immortal World, as there is only one under the Demon World. The term ‘Primordial Monarch’ represents the ‘Demon Essence’ of the Demon Clan. In the Demon World, a grave sinner sentenced to death would first have Primordial Monarch Shi He extract their Demon Essence energy with brutal methods, storing it in a secret treasure. These Demon Essences, extracted alive, represent the person’s lifetime spiritual power and cultivation, used by the Demon Clan’s great families to lay foundations for their young heirs. However, not everyone can obtain the Sin Demon’s Demon Essence. Elders of great families, aiming to enhance their family’s foundations and glory, offer unimaginable rewards and benefits to obtain Demon Essence for their outstanding descendants. The Primordial Monarch position is of extremely high rank, though a real power is still subject to domination in one aspect. The Female Demon Lord nodded slightly, lowering her gaze seemingly casually on a young demon official, “Chen Chaofeng, you shall take this position for me.” The young demon official’s body faintly trembled, far from the old demon minister’s loss of composure. He suppressed his inner excitement and joy, promptly expressing his gratitude, “Thank you, Your Majesty! I shall serve Your Majesty with all my might until death!” The Demon Lord playfully awarded two extremely important positions and then halted, yet in her decree, almost every surviving demon minister in the hall was promoted three grades, turning misfortune into fortune. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoveI★Fire.net The bodies far outnumbered the living, with some deceased demon ministers’ official positions now having to be left vacant. Looking meaningfully at the promoted officials, the Female Demon Lord made them realize they must alleviate the Empress’s worries and win people’s hearts upon leaving the hall. This mix of reward and punishment means that in the Demon World, the once unsupported Demon Lord might now be nearly omnipotent overnight. When the turmoil settled, the Female Demon Lord made another strategic move, smiling faintly, “As for the ‘Taoyan’ beast, as Zangxin mentioned, born beyond the Six Realms in the Golden Sea, how could it inexplicably appear in the Demon World? I, too, am quite curious about it?” The howling wind and snow entered the hall incessantly. The corpses on the ground gradually froze solid. The Female Demon Lord raised her hand expressionlessly, a powerful aura emanating from her fingers. A massive crimson blood moon slowly ascended to the sky from the far horizon, the scarlet moonlight flooding the capital, as if all things would be exposed in this moonlight.