After a long silence, the Illusory Heart Demon Emperor spoke softly. "Ancestor, what do you mean?"
"The Demon Race has strayed from its path."
The Chaos Demon Ancestor's voice carried a trace of weariness. "We relied too heavily on bloodlines, clung too tightly to tradition, and put too much faith in strength. We forgot that, in the face of an absolute crisis, only change, only fusion, only uniting every force we can unite will give us a chance to survive."
He looked at the last points of light left by Golden Roc's and Fire Phoenix's marks as they faded into the Void.
"Golden Roc and Fire Phoenix sounded a warning with their deaths. The price of that warning was far too high."
The Battle Heaven Demon Emperor slammed a fist into the Void, shattering space inch by inch. "Are we just going to let it end like this?!"
"No. We are not letting it end."
Chaos Currents slowly swirled in the Chaos Demon Ancestor's eyes. "We must make a choice. Do we cling to the so-called dignity of the Demon Race and march toward extinction, or set aside our prejudices, embrace this new age, and fight for a real future for our people?"
He paused, then said one word at a time:
"Let me remind you: that Fang Chen has the Golden Roc Immortal Emperor at his side. And judging by how he treats him, Fang Chen does not reject the Demon Race."
"More importantly, his Fusion Dao may be able to break the ultimate bottleneck in Demon Race bloodline evolution."
Every Demon Emperor shuddered at those words.
The bottleneck in bloodline evolution had plagued the Demon Race for hundreds of millions of years.
The stronger the bloodline, the harder it was to evolve. Bloodlines could even regress, or an