Between the two sides lay an irreconcilable conflict of principle.
Demons were fundamentally different from human cultivators. Once a human cultivator found Dao-Merging Grounds and successfully passed the Heavenly Tribulation to enter the Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Realm,
heaven and earth would send down another Heavenly Tribulation every thirty thousand years to test them.
If the cultivator survived, their strength and cultivation would rise dramatically, and they would gain another thirty thousand years to prepare and catch their breath.
But demons faced tribulation in an entirely different way.
Perhaps heaven and earth took pity on the Demon Race: before gaining sentience, they had no systematic cultivation methods and could only feel their way forward by instinct.
Once a demon survived its Heavenly Tribulation, its strength and cultivation rose dramatically and its Lifespan multiplied. Unlike human cultivators, it did not face another Thunder Tribulation from heaven and earth every thirty thousand years.
This was why the Southern Sea Dragon Palace had only one fewer Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal Powerhouse than the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea,
yet the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea far outstripped it in top-tier combat strength. To contend with them head-on, the Southern Sea Dragon Palace would even need the West Sea Dragon Palace to intervene.
If Ao Bing remembered correctly, the father before him had shown no desire to undergo another tribulation since surviving his eighth Heavenly Tribulation several hundred thousand years ago.
For Ao Bing, the Crown Prince of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, the South Sea Dragon Emperor's choice was hardly good news.
After all, the Ink-Blight Poison Dragon possessed noble Dragon Clan blood by birth and had survived eight Heavenly Tribulations.
His Lifespan had reached a terrifying, almost unimaginable length.
Ao Bing might have to remain Crown Prince of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace for