What the City of the Demonic Path Looked Like

Among them, the Human Path was especially intense.

The division between the natural world and the human world, the distinction between the world in itself and the human world, was drawn by humans. A person could treat nature kindly, feed their dog, and regard it as their own son.

But at the same time, they could also eat dog meat.

One's attitude toward nonhuman things was determined by each individual person.

You were not human. Humans could treat you well, or they could treat you badly.

Humans could live harmoniously with dogs, but humans could also eat dog meat.

The crucial distinction lay not in one's attitude toward humans, but in the power to classify. The Shaman Path stripped away that power, refusing to acknowledge that "humans" possessed the right to divide the natural world from the human world.

Because of this, the Human Path was even less willing to accept the Shaman Path, which was why their relationship was so irreconcilable.

But no matter what, it was clear that the Shaman Path got along quite well with every faction other than the Human Path. They could all find something in shamans that they could accept, yet the Shaman Path forbade that "acceptable" thing from becoming "the only acceptable" thing.

Thus, the Shaman Path had a clear boundary separating it from the other Dao Lineages.

The Demon Prince understood this deeply.

In truth, the Demon Prince had insights into every Dao Lineage. It was precisely because of this that he walked out of the palace and toward Li Shiwei.

"Though you fell into demonic deviation through obsession and your Dao heart has crumbled, you still have the Shaman Path on your mind. Even your sense of beauty is cut from the same cloth as the Shaman Path." The Demon Prince