Xu Yi nodded. "Speaking of demon cores, something just occurred to me. I've hunted some demon beasts before and obtained their demon cores, but they were nothing like the powerful demon races you two just described. What's the reason for that?"
Yuan Long said, "I understand. You mean internally formed demon cores. Those are really just organs of the demon race. Though they're formed from the essence of the body, they aren't true demon cores, which gather the demon race's vital essence. And the demon beasts that form internal demon cores are often great demons with a Celestial Phenomenon Attribute, like the Howling Wind Bird and the Thunder Cat Bear here."
Xu Yi had meant the Thunder Cat Bear. When he'd entered the Chaotic Star Sea and killed Old Demon Zhong, he'd happened upon the battle to reward the good and punish the evil, encountered a Thunder Cat Bear, and obtained its demon core.
Now, after hearing Yuan Long's explanation, he finally understood that the two kinds of demon core were entirely different things.
Then he asked, "Aside from the demon race's realms, is there anything else you two can tell me about them? The more, and the more detailed, the better."
Compared with Old Demon Tan's notes, the Yuan family—a clan that had existed in the sea region—clearly knew far more about the demon race.
"...The deep-sea regions are, in fact, the Demon Domain. The great upheaval tens of thousands of years ago completely divided the demon race and humanity. The demon race took the waters, while humanity remained in the Northern Sacred Court. This division was caused by war, not by nature. So it's perfectly common to encounter demon races like tigers and wolves in the waters..."
"...Another thing worth mentioning is that the higher a demon's realm,