Flower Demon saw the confidence in Mad Devil's voice and the pride on his face. She stopped holding back and asked outright:
"Th-then I'll ask you."
"Hahaha, Flower Sister, ask away. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility. I won't blame you. No, with my magic power as it is now, I'm sure your questions will be as easy for me to handle as snow melting beneath the blazing sun. Nothing could hinder me."
"Where does demonic nature come from?"
"From the heart."
"What is the heart?"
"It is ourselves. It is our true nature."
"Our true nature? Then what is it? Good or evil?"
"This... Flower Sister, you've actually thought of such a fundamental question. Remarkable. Is our true nature good or evil? Of course it's evil. The people of the Righteous Path say that one must abandon evil and follow good. Their cultivation emphasizes 'guarding the Dao heart' to keep the demonic nature that arises from invading it. If our true nature were good, why would the heart need guarding?"
Mad Devil spoke with an air of pride.
From those few brief words on the Dao, it was clear that his understanding of the Great Dao had reached a truly profound level.
Mad Devil's face brimmed with confidence as he smiled at Flower Demon, but he saw no joy of sudden enlightenment on her peerlessly beautiful face.
He didn't mind. Chuckling, he said, "It seems you still have other questions, Flower Sister. Go ahead. I'll clear them all up for you today."
Flower Demon said coolly, "No. It's still this question."
"If our true nature is evil, why doesn't evil overcome good? Why are we restrained by the other side? Doesn't that mean our demonic path was wrong from the very beginning, doomed to come to nothing?"