Lu Chuan said, "Does the Great Sage not know that he and I are sworn brothers?"
Some things did not need to be hidden; at their level, they were very hard to hide anyway.
He believed Zhulong's recommendation of Kong Xuan carried this intention as well.
"The Demon Race has rendered great service to heaven and earth. I believe the Heavenly Emperor will not be biased against them."
Zhulong said, "They are the descendants of the ancient heavenly gods. That is why I protect them. They, too, deserve a chance to survive in these Three Realms."
Lu Chuan's heart shook, ripples rising within it.
Heaven and earth were opened, all living beings were born, the three clans vied for supremacy, the Heavenly Court was established...
In ancient times, there were no immortals, nor were there humans. Back then, the heavenly gods of the ancient Heavenly Court actually had another title: demon gods.
This could be seen from those legendary appearances.
Dragon heads with human bodies, human bodies with snake tails... basically, there were no proper human forms at all, unlike now, when the human form had become the mainstream.
In that era, demons held an exalted status and also represented glory—probably similar to the now-flourishing human race, while demon creatures did everything they could in cultivation to transform into human form.
Later, with the ancient war between Gods and Devils, the heavenly gods suffered heavy casualties, the ancient Heavenly Court was destroyed, and with nowhere to go, the heavenly gods drifted among the earthly realms and slid into decline.
It was also at this time that the human race came into being in accordance with destiny.
When the human race descended into the world, they were not powerful. To survive, they waged a struggle for existence against natural disasters, poisonous