Those Devil Lords who had fled the Demon Realm Underworld would commit slaughter and destruction to satisfy the demonic desires they had suppressed for years. Liang Zhaohuang had long expected this.
What he had not expected was why those Devil Lords had chosen the four fallen commanderies of Yue Province—and why they would even besiege Yue Province City.
Destruction and sacrifices on such a massive scale would only draw the Immortal Dynasty's absolute retaliation.
Even if they were Devil Lords, how many of them could possibly escape?
Surely those Devil Lords had not been suppressed in the Demon Realm Underworld for centuries or millennia, only to lose their minds one by one?
Yet information soon arrived from the Black Tiger Sword, clearing up his doubts.
The Devil Lords' chief purpose was still sacrifice, seeking to completely free themselves from the Demon Realm Underworld.
They had fled by taking advantage of the Demon Realm Underworld's grievous wounds and collapse, but after being controlled by it for centuries or millennia, the ties between them had long become far too deep.
Every one of those Devil Lords had suffered the Demon Realm Underworld's erosion and demonic contamination within their origins. Likewise, portions of their origins had merged into the Demon Realm Underworld, leaving them controlled and constrained by it.
At present, the Demon Realm Underworld had been grievously wounded and was temporarily powerless to retaliate against their escape.
But once the Demon Realm Underworld stabilized, or even recovered somewhat, it would always have ways to strike at these renegade Devil Lords.
Therefore, if these Devil Lords wished to completely escape their fate of being controlled by the Demon Realm Underworld, they had to carry out sufficient slaughter and destruction, offering them as sacrifices to the Demonic Dao Origin. In doing so, they could