Rise of the Demon God

Long Chen agreed with the Demon King, giving control of his body.  However, it was then that he heard the voice of the Snake Monarch. 

"Before we face the Tribulation, can I talk to the people on the ground?" he asked. 

"Alright. But you'll only be able to speak. To keep us safe, I'll have the control of the body."

"Alright."

The Demon King flew down. The Lightning Dragon that he had destroyed started coming together again, even bigger than before. 

The lightning dragon flew up to the sky, roaring. As the lightning dragon flew up, he absorbed even more lightning, becoming even bigger. As the Dragons became stronger, the Tribulation became stronger. All the other Lightning Beasts also became stronger. 

The Dragon disappeared into the Dark Clouds before rushing down again. This time, he wasn't alone. The other eight lightning beasts were with him as well this time. 

****

"The White Tiger Godly Star Core... It's with him..." The Black Tortoise Patriarch exclaimed, noticing Long Chen in the sky. He could sense the core inside Long Chen. 

Not only the core, but he could also feel the White Tiger King's essence with him. 

"What are you saying? How can he have a core? He is a human!" Zhu Chang didn't feel as if his father's words were making sense. 

The Beast's core couldn't be passed to a human. 

"I know he is a human... Or at least some of him was a human. But it's also true that he has the core. Not only that, but he also gave old Baihu's life essence. That means he killed him and stole his life essence. The reason he is dead it's because of him." The old man grimly stated. 

Normally, the Snake Monarch would've called him a crazy old man for even thinking that Long Chen could do all this, but at the moment, even he felt that Long Chen had the beastly Suppression. 

"I don't think he is the friend you recall him as. Something is different about him. He might even be an enemy now."

"Don't be crazy. Long Chen isn't strong enough to kill him. And what reason would he even have? They were working together!"

While the group was amidst a discussion, Long Chen came down, landing before the group. 

"What are you all doing here?" 

He also noticed his clone. "And you... Are you... The clone that Bloodline Temple created in the Trial World? I don't remember having another clone after all."

"It seems you still remember me. After leaving me in that godforsaken world..."

"Godforsaken world? You mean a beautiful world where you were the King? Why do you look angry? It's as if you hate me for leaving you with a king's life? Moreover, even if I wanted to, I couldn't have taken you with me. You know the restrictions and why I couldn't..."

"Then again, you do have the anger of the heart demon, so that might be a factor as well."

Even though Long Chen didn't know why his clone would hate him, he did have some idea. 

While Long Chen talked to the ground, his eyes focused on the surroundings. 

"Anyway, I don't have time to talk to you all much. I'll ask and tell later. I'm going through a godly tribulation here. You should get out of here because this place is about to get dangerous. Also, take Xun with you! Wait for me at the Royal City! I'll tell everything!" 

"Now go!"

After finishing what he had to say, the Demon King started flying to, slightly relieved that Long Chen didn't waste too much of his time. 

"Now, kid, I'm sure you heard about Demons and how strong we are? Let me show you a glimpse of a true demon's strength! The strength that you'll soon possess!"

The Demon King raised his hand, watching all the beasts coming toward him. 

"Demon's world!" 

A mysterious wave came, spreading out with Long Chen at the core. As soon as the Demon King used his domain, the surroundings slightly changed. The spatial cracks that were developing stopped. It was as if even the space was in his control. 

The Black Tortoise King didn't want to leave, but he did worry about his son.  Moreover, he felt that Long Chen wasn't lying. He was going to return. He started moving back with Zhu Chang, Xun, and others. He didn't actually go back to the Royal Palace, but he did create some distance between them and where Long Chen was. 

"The Demon's Domain? How is it possible for him to know? Even I don't know how to use it?!" The Demon Princess exclaimed, watching Long Chen use the Demon's Domain. It was an ancient Domain Skill that could only be used by a rare few, according to what was written about this skill. 

However, the scriptures about this skill that they had were incomplete. The skill in their possession had many flaws since it was incomplete. Firstly, it couldn't be learned by anyone who wasn't the age of her father. Secondly, when anyone learned the skill, the range was generally much smaller. 

Amongst the present generations of Demons, only her father knew how to use the skill, and even he could only create a Demon's Domain that was much smaller than Long Chen's Domain. 

"You!" She grabbed Long Chen's clone's collars. "You have his memories! Tell me, who taught him our skill?!"

"I don't know. He didn't learn that skill before coming here. I only have his memories up to the point of him leaving the Maze of Death. Who knows, maybe he found some Demonic Scriptures inside the Tomb and learned them? Why don't you ask him instead of troubling me?"

"Scriptures inside the Tomb? That would explain the wings and the Domain! The Tomb! It must be the Tomb of a Demoniac Ancestor!"

She was so excited about the possibility of recovering all those skills that she didn't even think why her ancestor would make a Tomb in the White Tiger Realm instead? 

She even forgot to consider the possibility that it was impossible. Even if there were scriptures of this skill in the Tomb, how could Long Chen learn and master all these skills in a few hours?

She was blinded by her excitement and didn't even consider the possibility as she rushed ahead. She wanted to retrieve those scriptures, and for that, he also decided to go inside the tomb like Baihu Yang and the others. 

The Black Tortoise Patriarch told him to stop, but she didn't listen and rushed ahead. She also entered the tomb, blinded by her greed. 

In the sky, Long Chen used the Demon's Domain, but that didn't stop the beasts from coming to him. It wasn't the intended goal either. Long Chen also flew to the lightning beasts.