I Don’t Want to Be the Heavenly Emperor

When chaos first parted and the primordial mist appeared, gods, mortals, demons, and monsters stood among the void. The Heavenly Emperor, whose power rivaled creation itself, shaped myriad beings, while the Azure Dragon transformed into a demon, binding the fates of both.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Wild Era, the God of War, Brahma Immortal, led eight hundred disciples of the Shrine of the Returning Ruins and, with great might, sealed the Demon Emperor, Reverse Zither, in the wilds of Cangwu.

In the thirty-sixth year, the Heavenly Emperor Lingxiao joined forces with Brahma Immortal once more, decisively vanquishing the Demon Saint, Cold Wall, at the Pimu Mounds. From then on, the realms of mortals, gods, demons, and monsters found peace, and all beings in the Great Wilderness flourished.

To prevent the resurgence of the demon and monster clans, the Heavenly Emperor transformed and journeyed to the Ancient Fiery Cavern of Southern Wilds. There, he gathered a thousand-year-old Red Lotus of Pure Flame for its spirit and used a piece of Primordial Jade from the Eastern Wilds as the catalyst, finally forging the eternal, peerless holy vessel capable of containing all things under heaven—the Demon-Transforming Vase. This artifact was placed within the Purple Firmament Palace, subduing evil from above and observing the mortal world below.

He then reforged the Celestial Sword with the Heaven-Mending Spirit Stone and the souls of the Eight Heavenly Dragons, crafting the Azure Dragon Sword, a blade capable of slaying gods and demons alike, thus balanci