Chapter 7: Shura Road

Jiucai is the only demon living in the Asura world. He was adopted by the Asura King when he was young and grew up in the Asura world, but he still couldn't integrate into the Asura world. The Asura clan often fights with the gods and worships the strong. For this reason, he trained desperately to make himself stronger. But despite this, the Asuras still didn't recognize him. For some reason, he felt that the Asuras seemed to have a natural aversion to demons.

One day, several Asura warriors were drinking and chatting together. One of them said, "I don't know what the king is thinking. He actually adopted a demon as his adopted son." This was overheard by the passing Nine Jackals. He was so upset that he ran to the old Asura King and cried, "Father, I want to know my life experience. Why am I a demon?"

The old Shura King told him this story.

In ancient times, there was a pillar between the mortal world and the heaven. All practitioners could climb the pillar through their own efforts and live in the heaven, which was more suitable for survival. As time went by, more and more sentient beings arrived in the heaven, and the limited living space in the heaven began to become tense. The sentient beings who lived in the heaven earlier began to exclude the latecomers. They established a system of respect and inferiority, stipulating that the latecomers must serve them, otherwise they could not live in the heaven. The latecomers who wanted to stay in the heaven had no choice but to obey the pioneers. As more and more latecomers came, the living space in the heaven became smaller and smaller, and the pioneers' demands became more and more excessive. Until one day, a wolf god named Tian Chai was unwilling to continue serving the pioneers, so he left the heaven alone and returned to the mortal world to continue living. Although the mortal world is not as good as the heaven, it is free and unrestrained. His departure seemed to tear a hole in the heaven, and the sentient beings who could no longer bear the oppression of the pioneers left the heaven and returned to the mortal world. At first, the pioneers of the heavens did not take it seriously, but as more and more sentient beings in the mortal world achieved success in cultivation, the pioneers of the heavens began to feel a sense of crisis. They were afraid that if those guys in the mortal world united, they would overthrow the entire heaven. Moreover, they had long been accustomed to their own nobility. The days of having clothes and food provided for them, being masters and being served by others. Seeing those guys who were willing to be slaves in the past suddenly no longer under their jurisdiction, the pioneers of the heavens were very angry. They no longer recognized those guys living in the mortal world as gods, but gave them a new name, "demons".

The pioneers claimed that only those who lived in the heavens were gods, noble and inviolable. Those who left the heavens were defectors, lowly and guilty. The war between the gods and the demons was about to break out, and the wolf god who was the first to leave the heavens became the leader of the demons with his character and wisdom. The united demons could not be easily defeated even by the pioneers who had practiced for a long time, which gave the so-called gods a headache. At that time, there was a spider god named Zhu Ben in the heavens, who suggested to the emperor: "There are many demons who are greedy for the heavens. They can be allowed to return to the heavens and treated the same as the gods. In this way, the strength of the demons will inevitably be greatly damaged, and it will not be difficult to wipe them out. After the demons in the lower world are wiped out, it will not be too late to settle accounts with those who have returned to the heavens." The emperor agreed with this plan and acted according to it, and indeed defeated the demons.

After that, the Emperor of Heaven held Zhi Ben in high regard and asked him for the method to ensure long-term peace and stability in the heaven.

Spider Ben said: "You can use demons to cure demons."

The Emperor of Heaven asked, "What do you mean by using demons to fight demons?"

Zhi Ben said: "All the beings in the lower world want to live in the heaven. Although the territory of the heaven is really limited, if they are not satisfied, they will definitely hate the gods and will cause trouble sooner or later. We can issue a summoning order to hold a ceremony of deification every five hundred years. According to the rules of the heaven, a very small number of demons from the lower world will be selected to become gods and live in the heaven. In this way, the beings in the lower world will inevitably fight each other in order to become gods. Then cut off the pillars of heaven to prevent the beings in the mortal world from easily reaching the heaven. In this way, if the beings want to reach the heaven, they can only rely on the grace of the gods in the heaven. Only in this way can the gods become truly noble."

The Emperor of Heaven ordered all the gods to work together to cut down the pillar of heaven. From then on, the mortals’ cultivation often resulted in half the effort and twice the results, and the heaven became the home of the gods.

"As for the demon clan now, well... it's better not to talk about it." The old Shura King sighed helplessly and was unwilling to continue speaking.

It was the first time that Jiu Chai heard about the demon tribe, so he naturally refused to give up and asked, "How is the demon tribe doing now?"

"Since you want to know, I'll take you to see it!"

The old Shura King brought the nine jackals to the demon clan's territory. From a distance, he saw a high platform in the middle of the field, with a large flag next to it that read "Martial Test". Two demon clan warriors fought desperately on the stage until one of them collapsed from exhaustion. The winner shouted madly, "I want to become a god! I want to become a god!" On the other side, in the field where the literary test was written, a demon clan scholar was like a madman, writing on the ground with a large pen, "Demons are shameful, gods are precious. When the day comes to ascend to heaven, I will shed my demon body and become a god."

"Let's go look somewhere else."

As the old Asura King said this, he pulled up the sluggish Nine Jackals and came to a mansion that was under construction. A demon who looked like an overseer was waving a whip and directing several demons to move wood. From time to time, he scolded and whipped them, saying, "Hurry up! This is a mansion built for Lord Tiger who just became a god. If you want to become a god in the future, you have to work hard!"

There was no light in the eyes of these little demons, and their hands and feet were working stiffly, as if they were machines. At this time, a tiger demon came in front of him, and the little demon who looked like an overseer hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Master Tiger God, you are back."

The tiger demon looked at the house and said unhappily, "It's still too slow!"

Xiao Yao said quickly: "Yes, yes, yes! I will ask them to speed up right now, and there will be no delay!"

Nine Jackals and King Shura walked around again, then sat down under a big tree to rest. King Shura said, "You have seen it, this is the demon tribe."

Jiu Jackal said, "No, they are not monsters. They are neither monsters nor gods. I really can't figure out what kind of creatures they are. I have never seen such creatures before."

King Shura said, "Oh, then what do you say they are?"

Jiu Jackal said: "If you say they are gods, they have no dignity. If you say they are monsters, they have no freedom. If you say they are still alive, they are like zombies. Rather than saying they are some kind of creature, it is more appropriate to say they are more like a tool."

The old Asura King murmured, "Tools? They really look like them. They have long forgotten that they were originally gods, and have branded themselves as monsters in their hearts, and are ashamed of it. You should understand now why the Asura clan doesn't like monsters. The word monster was originally a synonym for freedom in my era, but now it has completely changed. The reason why Asuras continue to fight with the gods is because they are unwilling to give up neither dignity nor freedom. Being able to fight to death for freedom and dignity is the glory and meaning of the life of an Asura warrior. Asura has always believed in this, so he is still alive. As for the monster clan, I am afraid they have already perished..."

(End of this chapter)

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