Piety

Outside Pious City lay a deathly silence. With no living aura to attract demons, even the mindless demons, bloodthirsty to the utmost, mostly lay dormant. Other than the occasional wandering, most remained settled in one place, whether cultivating in seclusion or sleeping, none could say.

Within Cangshui City, however, it was far noisier.

Though only a short time had passed, this unprecedented Demon Race had clearly evolved a hierarchy and order of its own.

Mindless demons clearly occupied the lowest rung of the Demon Race. Only demons possessed of intelligence were true members of the Demon Clan.

Though demons could freely shift between human form and demonic form, human form was clearly unwelcome within the Demon Clan.

Yet it could not be denied that the overwhelming majority of demons had originally evolved from humans. They had wholly inherited human memories and emotions, and their corresponding habits of life would inevitably influence this demon race.

Thus, though the Demon Race was chaotic and evil, humanity's most obvious trait—order—was also exceedingly apparent in Cangshui City.

Formations and restrictions of every size could even be seen throughout the city. Demons moved through streets and alleys like humans, conversing with one another. The houses and halls once inhabited by humans had also changed drastically, adapting to the generally massive bodies of demons.

Fortunately, the Outer City was inhabited mostly by low- and middle-order demons. These low-order demons had clearly been among the first batch of demons, corroded and transformed in those early years. Having inherited everything from humans, they naturally possessed sufficient intelligence.

To the Demon Clan, they were undoubtedly fortunate as well.

After all, even if the demons that came later had possessed lofty Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivation before their deaths, if they had been forcibly transformed without giving birth to