The Old Emperor Went Red with Rage. "But because something went wrong in the middle, it turned into him needing to consume large amounts of high-purity Magic Power to maintain his evolved body."
"And obviously, nothing could compare to the purity of Magic Power in mages and martial artists who trained and meditated every day."
"So he chose to eat people."
"Simply put, he went from a human into a monster, and thus degenerated."
Lord Lan Qingyou pursed her lips, her face full of disdain.
After all, a thousand years later, there were quite a few Degenerate Species.
Most of those fellows had been artificially deceived into being created.
There were also some who truly had no road left to walk.
Or were genuinely driven into a dead end.
But someone like this, who rushed up eagerly on his own, was indeed rare.
And her words stabbed viciously into the Old Emperor like a long spear.
It made the Old Emperor feel extremely awful.
His eyes bulged with fury.
"Foolish! This is evolution! It is humanity's greatest path forward!"
"How could someone like you, who only relies on a title to strengthen herself, possibly understand the efforts We have made for humanity's progress?"
The furious Old Emperor could not help but snort coldly.
If not for his many years on the throne, which had cultivated excellent self-control, the Old Emperor might already have jumped to his feet by now.
"This argument again? To be honest, I'm sick of hearing it."
Lord Lan Qingyou shook her head.
A thousand years later, those fellows—especially the people from that Pure Origin Sect or whatever—loved this sort of tune.
Though Lord Lan Qingyou had not encountered many of them.
Counting everything, she had even only ever met unofficial members of the Pure Origin Sect