Chapter 585: The Green Lion Crown Prince! Dao-Enlightened Demon Immortal! A Thousand-Demon Banquet! The Three Great Demons! Cannibal Chancellor!

“You’re going to the Green Lion Crown Prince’s banquet?” Minghe asked, frowning.

“That’s right. This matter needs a conclusion. There’s no harm in taking a look,” Li Yanchu said in a low, serious tone.

“The three great rulers of the Shituo Kingdom are all demon immortals, and now there’s a Green Lion Crown Prince as well...” Minghe said with some concern.

The bear demon stood nearby, keeping his eyes on his nose and not daring to speak. His expression was perfectly neutral, without a single extra detail.

Li Yanchu said calmly, “It’s fine. Shituo City is so bustling, I might as well go see it for myself. Let’s see this thousand-demon banquet and the different races they have.”

Minghe frowned. “I’m going too.”

Li Yanchu glanced at her. Her expression was icy, and she said no more.

Soon, the two of them followed the bear demon toward the Green Lion Crown Prince’s residence.

The mansion was grand, with carved beams and painted rafters. Inside, Li Yanchu realized it wasn’t a rough cave at all. There were pavilions, terraces, artificial hills and flowing streams; every detail was full of artistic intention. It clearly belonged to nobility, radiating natural prestige. The glazed tiles, jade screens, and golden decorations all spoke of luxury.

“Wasn’t there supposed to be a thousand-demon banquet? Where are the people?” Li Yanchu asked.

“They’ll be brought over gradually once the banquet begins. For now, only the invited guests are here,” the bear demon explained respectfully.

“Will the three great rulers come as well?” Li Yanchu asked.

“Unlikely. The three rulers have been in seclusion for many years and no longer concern themselves with state affairs,” the bear demon said.

Minghe secretly exhaled in relief.

Good!

Only the Green Lion Crown Prince, a single Yang Spirit expert, would be present.

Li Yanchu was fully capable of killing someone like the heir of Prince Qing. Even facing a demon-immortal-level Green Lion Crown Prince, while he might not be an equal, there would be no risk to their lives.

She felt lucky to have met Li Yanchu in this Shanhai realm. Otherwise, the Shituo Kingdom would be an absolute nightmare!

With four demon immortals, she wouldn't even have a single thought of resistance. Demon immortals were extraordinarily powerful even among the Yang Spirit realm.

The banquet guests began taking their seats one after another.

Some demons familiar with the bear demon saw his battered appearance and couldn’t resist teasing, “Old Dian, what happened to you? You look like a beaten bear!”

It was clear he had been severely thrashed.

The bear demon twitched his mouth, gritting his teeth in pain coldly. “Step aside.”

Beaten bear?

That was incredibly insulting.

But the bear demon didn’t care; after all, they were demons.

Demons insulted each other all the time; it was normal. Usually, it might lead to a fight, but today was the Green Lion Crown Prince’s Dao-enlightenment banquet. No one dared cause trouble.

As demon attendants filed in, they set out fruits, carefully prepared human meat, and even human brains... The banquet was about to begin.

A tall young man, dressed in a golden robe, slowly walked in. His eyes were narrow, as if shrouded in a faint green aura, and a dense demonic qi radiated from him, manifesting in various forms that inspired awe.

A demon immortal!

The moment he entered, the entire hall fell silent. Countless demons turned their gaze toward the young man in the center.

“Greetings, Your Highness!” Everyone shouted in unison.

This young man was the fourth demon immortal of the Shituo Kingdom, the Green Lion Crown Prince!

He received the salutes with an impassive expression. Among those present, he held the highest status, and his cultivation had reached the demon-immortal level. Naturally, he was supremely arrogant.

He would only formally take his seat once the banquet officially began; for now, he had simply come to show his face and flaunt his prestige...

The Green Lion Crown Prince’s eyes were narrow, and his lips extremely thin, giving him a sharp, cutting appearance. After speaking a few words, he left the center of the hall.

“The Green Lion Crown Prince sure has a big ego,” Li Yanchu remarked.

“Of course. His Highness is a dazzling prodigy of Shituo City. Now that he has become a demon immortal, his power is unparalleled,” the bear demon explained.

“Earlier you said the Lion Demon King’s true form is a red-maned lion. Why is his son green?” Li Yanchu asked. “Was he... cheated on[1]?”

The bear demon realized he didn’t need to do anything; given this young master’s temper, he might very well die at the banquet on his own.

The banquet was being held in a huge garden. Li Yanchu looked around and saw roughly dozens of demons present. Even the weakest among them was roughly on the same level as this bear demon. Some had two horns growing from their heads, radiating extremely powerful auras.

Beside them was a tiger-headed Daoist in a Daoist robe, over ten zhang tall, and a middle-aged man with a sturdy eight-shaped mustache. These three were the strongest.

“Who are these people?” Li Yanchu asked, pointing.

“The one with two horns is the Flood Dragon Demon King, the top warrior under the rulers of Shituo City. It’s said he’s only one step away from becoming a demon immortal.”

“That Daoist is the master of Flying Dragon Temple. His cultivation is extraordinary. The method for absorbing the yang qi of living humans was invented by him, he can instantly age a young person into an old one, ultimately killing them. It’s extremely subtle and deadly.”

“The middle-aged man is the chancellor of Shituo City. His true form is a sparrow demon, and he has a taste for the brains of young children. His meals are extremely particular.”

The bear demon respectfully introduced them to Li Yanchu.

Listening to the bear demon’s descriptions, killing intent flashed uncontrollably in the eyes of Li Yanchu and Minghe, though it vanished almost as quickly as it appeared.

The sparrow demon, who had a taste for human brains, immediately sensed something was off. He turned his head to look around.

“Daoist Sun, what’s the matter?” The towering, ten-zhang-tall tiger-headed Daoist in a Daoist robe asked.

The sparrow-demon middle-aged man glanced coldly around the hall. He didn’t notice anything unusual.

“Nothing,” he said with a smile.

“Maybe you’ve been eating too many young children’s brains lately, and it’s making you paranoid?” the Flood Dragon Demon King teased.

The sparrow demon smiled wryly. “Compared to you, Flood Dragon Demon King, who swallows hundreds at a time, this little bit of mine is nothing.”

Among demons, eating humans was an extremely ordinary practice. Humans were full of spiritual essence, their yang qi and soul nourishing, making them highly beneficial.

Some small demons, before gaining full intelligence, would learn to eat humans. Over time, as they ate, their minds gradually sharpened and awakened.

So for demons, consuming humans wasn’t just about satisfying hunger, it could also serve cultivation purposes.

The Flood Dragon Demon King liked to swallow hundreds of humans at once. His true form was a dragon tens of meters long, capable of annihilating the life force of hundreds in a single bite, chewing their souls to replenish his own power.

By contrast, the chancellor was extremely meticulous, selectively eating the brains of children.

Thus, their methods of feeding were vastly different.

The towering, ten-zhang-tall tiger-headed demon preferred to absorb human yang qi. His addiction was almost pathological; he couldn’t go long without it.

“I won’t chat with you two any longer. I’ll go get a quick taste first,” the tiger-headed Daoist said with a smile, leaving.

He carried humans with him in captivity; once the craving hit, he would drain a victim completely of yang qi, killing them in the process.

The tiger demon went to the section where he kept his humans. Among a group of ragged captives, he selected a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl. Her eyes were different from the others; they were not dull and empty. The towering tiger-headed Daoist immediately singled her out.

“It’s rare to find a human this spirited among the captives. There’s a banquet soon, but let’s have a little treat first!”

The girl’s name was Xiao Lan. She was a native human of the Shituo Kingdom, also known as “bloodfood.”

But unlike the other dazed captives, her eyes burned with hatred, especially toward this tiger demon. Her parents had been drained of their yang qi by him until they aged and died!

1. This uses the Chinese idiom “被绿了”, which literally means “to be given a green hat” or “to be cheated on by a spouse/partner” (i.e., cuckolded). In modern slang, “green” = someone’s spouse being unfaithful.

So the joke is: the child’s unexpected color is humorously suggested to be the result of infidelity, implying the Lion Demon King’s mate had a lover, causing the offspring to be “green” instead of red. ☜