"What a pity."
Those were the words of the Enchanting Love Demon Empress. It sighed.
The moment they heard those three words, Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao knew their hopes had come to nothing. The reason the Enchanting Love Demon Empress had agreed to meet was that simple: rather than going through the trouble of killing its way into the Primordial Chaos Domain and breaking its tacit peace with Tai Yu, it had simply waited for them to deliver Lin Xiaoxiao and Wu You to its door.
What it regretted was Wu You's eye talent.
The reason for that regret was exactly as Wu You had expected. A Demon Empress as proud as a Primordial Evil Demon could never accept symbiosis with a human.
"It isn't merely because being human-dominated lowers one's status. More importantly, fertility is the foundation upon which every Demon Empress propagates her race. They consider it their greatest ability. Once Wu You lost that ability, in the eyes of the other Demon Empresses, she was ruined—unworthy of the title of Demon Empress, even an insult to the Primordial Evil Demon race."
In truth, Li Tianming, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Wu You had long understood this. They simply had not been willing to give up, wanting to test their luck. What if they encountered one that could accept it?
Now that they had their answer, it was deeply disappointing, but this was reality... Even the Demon Empress of the Divine Tomb Throne had been willing to negotiate with Li Tianming, yet unwilling to negotiate with Lin Xiaoxiao. That alone showed how intolerable they found the existence of Lin Xiaoxiao and Wu You.
"Accept your fate. The existence of aberrant breeds like you is a desecration of the Primordial Evil Demon race."
The Enchanting Love Demon Empress's voice turned