When a cat was down on his luck, even a sip of cold water could get stuck between his teeth!
Now that Di Hou had captured him, Heaven Defier was utterly despairing.
Di Hou belonged to one of the Demon Race's Hundred Strong Races. To rank among the top hundred out of the countless demon species meant standing at the very pinnacle of the Demon Race.
The demon history recorded in the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror was explicit: during the Five Emperors Era, all of the Hundred Strong Races possessed god-level bloodlines. In even more ancient times, they had been born divine!
Even after the Five Emperors passed away and the Spiritual Energy Era ended, their starting point remained exceptionally high in the Desolate Territory Era.
Di Hou were generally born in the dao domain realm. With their powerful bloodline, they could quickly advance to the reincarnation realm with a little cultivation, undergo tribulations, and embark upon the Reincarnation Emperor Lord's path to godhood. (The latter was Zhao Xing's speculation: there were also paths to godhood in the Desolate Territory Era.)
The life markings on this Di Hou were clearly shallow, meaning he was no more than a thousand years old. He was even younger than Mountain Cat.
Yet this Di Hou was already in the life and death dao domain realm.
In fact, breaking through to the reincarnation realm would not have been difficult for this Di Hou. He was merely building up his foundation at his current stage to prepare for the subsequent Reincarnation Emperor Lord's tribulation.
After all, his race was born in the dao domain realm and had never accumulated strength or explored its potential during the origin stage. As such, its members usually chose to remain in the dao domain realm for longer. According