Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1777: 998: Delivery of Resources, Abundant Rewards!
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In the depths of this starry expanse lies the desolate Silence Zone of the Ten Thousand Demon System, barren of lifeforms and riches, utterly void and lifeless.
Right now, amid this profound quietude, Su Lin continues to refine the soul bone while gradually corroding the Demon Star Lord.
Within such utter stillness, moments fade away unnoticed.
….
Time flew by swiftly, and a full century had elapsed in an instant.
The Emperor’s Son of the Ten Thousand Demons had only stirred from his slumber more than a decade prior. In that span, following the vanishing of the Demon Star Lord, the Emperor’s Son seamlessly assumed control over the Emperor’s dominion.
Even had the Demon Star Lord persisted, its core loyalties would have firmly backed the Emperor’s Son, making any meddling pointless.
Upon ascending as the true Lord of Ten Thousand Demons, the Emperor’s Son unleashed a wave of sweeping changes across the whole system.
One key measure involved stripping authority from the outer vassal territories,
permitting them sole command over life-and-death decisions, incentives and penalties, plus summoning of exotic beasts solely in wartime,
whereas during peacetime, such authority falls under the oversight of the Council of Demon Kings.
Thanks to the Emperor’s Son of the Ten Thousand Demons earning immense respect from the troops and exotic beasts in those vassal lands through the fierce clash against the Black Sun Evil Army, alongside the binding restrictions of his Demon Body on these subordinates, they had no choice but to comply.
Likewise, the Emperor’s Son proclaimed that henceforth, vassals must contribute just twenty percent of their yields, with the other eighty percent allocated as bounties to exotic beasts, boosting their fighting prowess and safeguarding their vitality.
Fairness governs both rewards and chastisements.
The system as a whole now buzzes with vigilant readiness for conflict, as research facilities, the Council of Demon Kings, and more function with precise efficiency.
Stability has at last fully taken hold.
Regarding the timing of when the Emperor’s Son of the Ten Thousand Demons might rally the vast forces of the Ten Thousand Demon System toward the Star Core to claim its essence and settle the score for his father’s demise, such details hold no interest for Su Lin, Heavenly Ghost, or their allies.
“Oh, Mo Peng, you vanished for more than a hundred years—what exactly were you occupied with?”
As Heavenly Ghost and Su Lin lingered in anticipation of the Emperor’s Son presenting the full array of prizes, he posed the question in a light, offhand manner.
Truth be told, Heavenly Ghost harbored profound awe for this fresh backer, who had ascended to the “Unspeakable” tier.
He burned with curiosity about the intricate plots woven during that long absence of a century.
Yet Su Lin offered no straightforward reply, instead brushing it off with a vague justification. “I’d gone into closed-door training. Oh, and I assisted the Emperor’s Son in reshaping his Demon Body—what sort of resources did you bargain for with him?”
“Eight hundred billion soul stones!”
Heavenly Ghost let the matter drop there,
aware that the cunning tactician and fierce fighter known as Mo Peng would reveal nothing if he chose silence.
Still, a flicker of jealousy lingered in his gaze as he added, “Heh, you’ve clearly cleared your obligations to the Unspeakable—congrats, you’re likely the pioneer in the Blazing Nebula to pull that off.”
Having tasted the ruthless, greed-fueled ways of the Unspeakable firsthand, Su Lin saw no reason to question Heavenly Ghost’s jealous tone: “Though given the Unspeakable’s nature, they’ll probably saddle me with fresh debts down the line.”
And during their exchange,
a grand Dragon Chariot soared into view from afar, bearing the Emperor’s Son of the Ten Thousand Demons, whose might now dwarfed his strength from millennia past.
Currently, the Emperor’s Son wielded not just the overpowering Demon Body but also a sliver of Dimensional Truth.
This marked his entry into the Half-step Taboo realm, granting him undisputed rule over the Ten Thousand Demon System.
“Brother Tian Gui, Brother Mo Peng, why not linger a while longer within my Ten Thousand Demon System? It pains me to see you depart.”
Even before the Dragon Chariot drew near, the Emperor’s Son vaulted from its deck, striding toward Su Lin and Heavenly Ghost with genuine warmth and reluctance in his demeanor.
After all, throughout the fierce struggle for the throne, Su Lin and Heavenly Ghost had provided invaluable aid to his cause.
Absent their support, the Emperor’s Son could well have ended up the vanquished one.
“We can’t remain; each of us has pressing duties elsewhere.”
Heavenly Ghost and Su Lin steered clear of prolonging the discussion,
and soon after, the Emperor’s Son swiftly delivered the promised bounty to Su Lin and Heavenly Ghost.
Heavenly Ghost claimed eight hundred billion soul stones alongside an indelible rank as a Ten Thousand Demons Ancestor.
This authority, linked to the Destiny Stone, served to intimidate exotic beasts shy of the King Level throughout the Ten Thousand Demon System.
In essence, the Ten Thousand Demon System could neither oppose nor betray them moving forward.
Even leveraging the might of the Ten Thousand Demons Ancestor, if Heavenly Ghost and Su Lin ever faced exile, they could seek refuge here with elite rank and influence.
Su Lin’s haul proved even grander.
The initial five trillion star stones got doubled to ten trillion by the Emperor’s Son!
This sum matched the total worth of three typical rogue stars!
Beyond the star stones, Su Lin gained a supreme Space-Time Altar for leaping across hundreds of billions of miles, priced in the billions of star stones.
Ten forbidden-grade individual foil paper assassins, each worth billions of star stones.
Two Tenfold Heaven Marks, likewise valued in the billions of star stones.
Plus the Serenity Bell, various Peak High Heaven Realm crossbows, the leftover nineteen Extinction Arrows, and tens of billions of Black Robe Battle Armors that block probes from Divine Soul Spiritual Sense, among other items.
One could argue that the upfront gains were already a lavish windfall.
Now came three elite Heavenly Realm Blood Pills, a complete array of elite Heavenly Realm Treasured Pills and Secret Pills, two thousand high-quality Heavenly Realm Blood Pills, and sixty million standard Heavenly Realm Blood Pills.
On this occasion, Su Lin pocketed concrete treasures amounting to no less than five trillion in star stones and blood stones.