Among the immortal, demon, and devil paths, breaking through to the fourth tier was most difficult and dangerous for devil cultivators. Thus, compared to True Lords and Demon Kings, Devil Lords had always been the fewest in number.
However, devil cultivators could often use bloody, cruel sacrifices to draw down projections of demon gods from the Demon Realm. If successful, such projections generally possessed the strength of a fourth-tier Devil Master.
Therefore, whenever a Demon Calamity truly erupted, it was often exceedingly difficult to deal with.
Moreover, within the many records and pieces of knowledge on the devil path contained in the bone jade slips left behind by the Skeleton Devil Master, Liang Zhaohuang discovered that devil cultivators were not without ways to increase the safety and success rate of breaking through to Devil Master.
According to one bone jade slip, there were generally three methods for the devil path to raise the success rate of breaking through to Devil Master.
The first was through massive sacrifices. This made it easier to sense and contact the Demon Realm's 'Devil Path Origin.' With the power of the sacrifices offering protection, devil cultivators would not easily sink into the Demon Realm's 'Devil Path Origin,' making it easier to imprint and refine that 'Devil Path Origin' and break through to the Devil Master tier.
Even when facing the heavenly tribulation brought by the world's backlash, the power of those sacrifices would provide devil cultivators with considerable protection, weakening much of the heavenly tribulation's force and making it easier for a Devil Master to survive it.
Back then, the Blood Sea Devil Master had submerged the territory of three counties at the border of Yang Province, Jing Province, and Yu Province. Using those three counties as sacrificial offerings, he initiated a great sacrifice, smoothly