Human Dao Imperial Court, True Martial Emperor Lord

From ancient times to the present, countless cultivators had discussed the difference between Evil Demons and Demonic Cultivators.

Naturally, the Demonic Cultivator Disciples strongly protested this. They felt this was persecution by the Orthodox Xuanmen, a deliberate attempt to smear their name. Though they were no good birds themselves, they could not be compared to Evil Demons. That was simply too unfair. But who could blame them when their patriarchs had committed far too many evil deeds in ancient times? Even now, the debt had not been fully repaid. Their protests could not halt this long-running debate.

In the end, cultivators of all sects throughout the Myriad Worlds reached a conclusion.

Although Evil Demons and Demonic Cultivators were equally cruel and lawless, bloodthirsty, fond of creating and spreading fear to achieve their own ends, and seemed to use similar methods—if there was even a chance someone was guilty, killing them was the right call—

There were still major differences between them. For instance, Demonic Cultivators were highly organized and restrained by their sects. According to statistics, incidents of murdering one's master and exterminating one's sect occurred only thirty or forty percent of the time. Compared to Evil Demons, who might happily follow one Heavenly Demon General today, switch to another tomorrow, then raise their own banner and found a new faction the day after because of a single errant thought, their ever-changing and unfathomable behavior made the cost of maintaining stability vastly different when facing Demonic Cultivators versus Evil Demons.

For instance, Demonic Cultivators had principles. If they said they would kill a man's whole family, they would kill that whole family even at the cost of their lives; otherwise, their Dao hearts would become unstable. Evil Demons, on the other hand, might want to kill one person one moment,