The Yao Race's Fortune had already plummeted after their crushing defeat in the final Witch-Demon Tribulation and the collapse of the Heavenly Court.
What little remained was closely bound to Di Jun, the Demon Emperor.
Though Tai Yi held the revered status of Eastern Emperor,
he was still an "Emperor," not the "Demon Emperor." The amount of the Yao Race's collective Fortune he could share and gather was limited!
Hong Meng Purple Qi was the foundation of sainthood. Yet to stir the Purple Qi, fully fuse with it, and Prove the Primordial Dao,
one needed not only personal insight, merit, and opportunity, but also the impetus and support of an immense amount of Fortune!
Especially for someone like Tai Yi, whose path relied primarily on fusing with the Purple Qi and Proving the Dao with Strength, with merit as a supplement. Fortune was like the "kindling" that ignited the Purple Qi!
"I bound most of the Yao Race's Fortune to myself. Though that can keep the remnants of the Yao Race stable and make them easier to govern, it has also invisibly limited the total Fortune Tai Yi can gather.
Perhaps this is one of the key obstacles that has kept him from taking that final step!"
Di Jun's thoughts grew clearer and clearer, and his heart colder and colder, yet also more resolute.
"If... I transfer the position of Demon Emperor, along with nearly all the remaining Yao Race Fortune it carries, to Tai Yi!
I'll resign and step down as Demon Master, retaining only the foundation of Fortune needed to sustain my own existence.
Then Tai Yi will become the Yao Race's sole Emperor, the one favored by its Fortune!
*He'll receive an unprecedented concentration of the Yao Race's Fortune! Combined with the Secret Method Zhenyuanzi taught him,