After finishing his meal, Zhou Hong left the restaurant and, after a casual inquiry, found the residence of the Black Orchid Great Demon King.
It was a place that occupied a vast area, and the spiritual energy in the air was extremely dense. Precisely because of this, there were many individuals loitering outside the Black Orchid Great Demon King's residence, trying to "ride the coattails" of the abundant spiritual energy.
"Hello!" Zhou Hong walked towards a man squatting in a corner.
"You're here to mooch off spiritual energy too, right? Go somewhere else." The man assumed Zhou Hong was also there to absorb the spiritual energy from the Great Demon King's home.
"Excuse me, no, I just wanted to ask, is this the Black Orchid Great Demon King's residence?"
"Isn't that obvious? What do you want? If you have nothing, hurry up and leave, don't disturb my absorption of spiritual energy."
"I just wanted to ask, do you know the Black Orchid Great Demon King's youngest daughter?"
"Why are you asking about Hei Xiao Lu? Don't tell me you're a toad lusting after swan meat and have feelings for her?"
"Haha, you guessed it."
Zhou Hong couldn't be bothered to waste more words with the pathetic fellow and turned to leave. Zhou Hong circled the Great Demon King's mansion for a whole loop, and it took him several hours, which showed just how vast the Black Orchid Great Demon King's residence was.
Finally, Zhou Hong completed his circle and arrived at the front of the mansion. He squatted down not far from the main gate. He wanted to pursue Hei Xiao Lu, and without an introduction, his only option was to loiter by the main gate and see if any opportunity arose.
Unfortunately, after squatting for two days, Zhou Hong saw no opportunity, which made him very depressed, feeling like a paparazzi.
However, no matter what, Zhou Hong had to continue squatting. After all, besides waiting here, he couldn't think of any other way to see Hei Xiao Lu. He could only hope that Hei Xiao Lu would come out of this main gate.
"Grandpa, this can't go on. Cultivators can take years or decades for a single breakthrough. I can't wait here for decades! If things get desperate, I'll think of a way to sneak in," Zhou Hong said impatiently in his mind.
"Absolutely not! If you go in, you'll die. Don't forget the big secret you're hiding," his grandfather shouted.
"Grandpa, what's the use of my sub-world? It only holds my family, and I haven't seen any other significant use for it," Zhou Hong's heart was filled with doubt. To put it bluntly, it was a large storage space. No matter how large a storage space was, it couldn't make an Immortal Emperor so wary that my grandfather would be killed by the Immortal Emperor.
"Zhou Hong, you don't understand this. As your sub-world matures in the future, and more powerful individuals emerge within it, your strength will grow stronger and stronger. When you reach a certain stage, your sub-world will give birth to a power called World Power."
"World Power?"
"Yes, you can draw upon the power of the entire world to attack others. Someone who possesses World Power is completely different; it's an absolute suppression. The stronger the World Power, the stronger the individual."
"Wow." Only then did Zhou Hong understand why a certain Immortal Emperor had been wary of his grandfather back then.
"Grandpa, what was the scale of your sub-world back then?" Zhou Hong asked curiously.
"In my time, my sub-world had already birthed three layers. Although the third layer was just a nascent form, my first and second layers were already filled with many powerful individuals. My World Power reached eighteen star-levels."
"Star-levels?"
"This is the unit of World Power. The power of one star-level is the force of a planet colliding. Eighteen star-levels means the collision force of eighteen planets. You know how big a planet is, right? The Earth you used to live on was barely half a star-level."
"Whoa!" Zhou Hong was shocked. How colossal was the Earth? The power of smashing it would be unimaginable, and that was only half a star-level.
"The Immortal Emperor who was wary of me also had a sub-world, but unfortunately, his sub-world only had the power of six star-levels."
"Why such a big difference?" Zhou Hong found it somewhat unbelievable.
"For that trash of a sub-world, having six star-levels of power is already decent. If I had been at the Immortal King level back then, I might have been able to instantly kill him."
"Then how was he able to discover you?"
"I had no choice. He knew I had a sub-world and wanted to inspect it. His goal was to see how big my sub-world was. In the end, he discovered it easily. So now, you must absolutely not be rash. For the sake of chasing a woman, if this trump card is discovered, it's completely not worth it."
"That's true." Zhou Hong nodded.
"You haven't broken through to Demon Person yet. Once you break through to a Grade 1 Demon Person, your sub-world will surely extend to a second layer. At that time, you will possess at least one star-level of power."
"And then? What advantage does the power of one star-level offer?"
"A great deal. If the opponent doesn't have World Power, even a Demon Master might not be your match."
"No way? That's spanning a whole major realm!" Zhou Hong was utterly shocked. The cultivation realms for demons were Demon Person, Demon Master, and Demon King. Possessing one star-level of power could allow someone at the Demon Person realm to defeat a Demon Master.
"Therefore, possessing a sub-world and being able to mobilize World Power is like a cheat code for those who don't have one. Your sub-world is inherently stronger than ordinary sub-worlds. If it can evolve into ten or eight layers in the future, any Immortal Emperor can be punched into oblivion."
"Mhmm."
Only then did Zhou Hong understand how much his sub-world would help him in the future, and his sub-world was not comparable to ordinary ones.
"Alright, don't think about that too much now. Find a way to get a cultivation spot and improve your strength."
"Okay." Zhou Hong cast his gaze towards the entrance of the Black Orchid Great Demon King's mansion, hoping to find a way to get close to Hei Xiao Lu soon.
Just then, Zhou Hong suddenly saw several people walk out of the Great Demon King's mansion.
However, in the next second, Zhou Hong was a little disappointed because they were not some noble figures, but rather like servants of the Black Orchid Great Demon King's residence.
Still, Zhou Hong had a flash of inspiration when he saw those servants.
"Can I sneak into the Black Orchid Great Demon King's mansion and become a servant? Otherwise, squatting here at the entrance is just like being a paparazzi, completely useless."
Thus, Zhou Hong decided to first sneak into the Great Demon King's mansion and become a servant.
However, Zhou Hong didn't know that even becoming a servant in the Black Orchid Great Demon King's mansion was not easy. It could even be said that the competition was even greater than becoming an inner disciple of the Dragon Tiger Demon Sect.
Zhou Hong walked towards those servants who had come out, greeting them with a sincere expression and asking them how he could enter the Great Demon King's mansion as a servant.