Chapter 1549: Chapter 680: A Momentous Occasion! Proposing Marriage in Rakshasa City
Next, Lanling ignored the mandate from Rakshasa City and instead continued with the previous plan.
The next evening, the son of the Black Demon Banner Master returned to Black Demon City, saying he did not meet the Little Rakshasa King. After handing over the head of Princess Di Nie’s envoy, no one paid any attention to him, nor did they send any replies to Lanling.
This meant that the issue of the Black Demon Banner Master’s resurrection naturally couldn’t be conveyed.
Two days later, Rakshasa City issued a second mandate.
It ordered Lanling to immediately enter the royal city to propose marriage and discuss the matter of marrying Princess Sha Yan. The mandate clearly stated that immediately after the wedding, the Black Demon Flag would be renamed to the Flame Demon Banner, and Lanling would be appointed as the Blazing Demon Banner-Master.
This was a typical incentive.
The mandate clearly stated that if Lanling did not arrive in Rakshasa City to propose within five days, it would represent his voluntary abandonment of the marriage and the chance to become the Blazing Demon Banner-Master, not considered a breach of the Heavenly Demon’s blood oath by the Rakshasa Royal Family.
On the third day, the major event for the Flame Demon Banner officially arrived.
All 169 tribe chieftains of the Flame Demon Banner were to be replaced, and the new chieftains would pledge allegiance to Lanling atop Mirror Mountain in Flame Demon City before the Mirror Demon King.
After pledging allegiance, the inauguration ceremony follows.
Indeed, the inauguration of the 169 new chieftains does not take place in Black Demon City but in Flame Demon City.
Despite Black Demon City being much larger and more luxurious.
Flame Demon City is the capital of the Flame Demon Banner, so the ceremonies must be held there.
It is performed before the Mirror Demon King because certain tricks are involved.
On the summit of Mirror Mountain, there is a stone-carved throne, appearing ancient and primitive.
Lanling sits on it, accepting the kneeling allegiance of each chieftain!
Undoubtedly, Lanling is a legend, a conqueror.
The newly appointed chieftains may fear Lanling greatly, but their allegiance may not be entirely willing; they simply have no choice.
It begins when the first chieftain kneels before Lanling.
“I swear, I will lead the Silver Tribe, to forever pledge allegiance to Lord Lanling…” this is the son of the original Silver Alliance Leader.
As soon as he knelt, he suddenly felt the surrounding scene sharply change.
He was no longer atop the mountain but within a Hall of Firmament tens of thousands of meters high, seemingly the temple of the Ancient Demon Emperor.
And in front of him, there was no stone chair but a Dark Throne.
The one seated was no longer Lanling, but… a thousand-meter-tall Ancient Demon Emperor.
He stood as tall as a mountain, his eyes like stars, his body like a black hole, his breath roaring from beyond the nine heavens.
The energy aura emitted from him was suffocating.
Before him, one felt infinitely small.
Is this… is this the true form of Lanling? Combining it with the fact that he once summoned hell lightning to kill the Black Demon Banner Master and then resurrected him again.
Is this truly the Ancient Demon Emperor?
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The first chieftain who came to pledge allegiance felt his entire body tremble, increasingly sensing his own insignificance, involuntarily feeling a surge of submission from the depth of his heart.
This is Lanling’s method.
This is why the pledge ceremony takes place before the Mirror Demon King.
Because the Mirror Demon King can create such illusions, allowing these new chieftains to experience unprecedented shock and awe, even submission.
Moreover, the so-called illusion is not a mere illusion.
Because the image of the Ancient Demon Emperor cannot be manufactured by anyone. The Mirror Demon King is the shadow of the Demon Emperor, a truly existent image.
Therefore, this image of the Ancient Demon Emperor appears so real, it cannot be conjured out of thin air.
“Rise…” Lanling said.
But to the ears of the Silver Tribe’s new chieftain, it sounded like the earth roaring, like the stars whistling.
The new chieftain lifted his head, feeling a star-like radiance suddenly fly in, entering his brain, disappearing without a trace.
Could it be a spiritual contract, representing his allegiance to His Majesty through a spiritual contract?
When the new chieftain stood up, the Hall of Firmament vanished, the Dark Throne disappeared, the Ancient Demon Emperor ceased to exist.
What lay before him was once again Lanling.
But as this new chieftain gazes upon Lanling, he feels nothing but reverence, fear, and submission.
And so, one by one, the new chieftains kneel before Lanling to pledge allegiance.
After a full six hours, all 169 chieftains have pledged allegiance.
Each one underwent a profound soul shock and cleansing.
In the evening, within the new grand hall of Flame Demon City’s castle.
Before countless onlookers, the 169 chieftains took their oaths.
Each of the 169 chieftains recited a vow of 365 words, then formally assumed their roles as the new chieftains of the 169 tribes of the Flame Demon Banner.
After assuming their roles, the first meeting of the Flame Demon Congress commences.
All chieftains, all senior civil officials, all officers of the chiliarch rank and above are in attendance!
At this time, there are over 600,000 troops in the entire Flame Demon Banner, so there are over 700 officers above the chiliarch rank, plus all chieftains, all senior civil officials, totaling more than a thousand people.
The entire congress focuses on one agenda, which is the formal establishment of the Flame Demon Council.
There are no elections, no raising of hands; every member of the Flame Demon Council is appointed by Lanling.