When the Ancestral Machine Emperor finished speaking, every Heavenly Demon present looked puzzled, as though they were seeing him for the first time.
"We have other allies? What allies?"
The Heavenly Demon who had spoken first looked even more baffled and asked without hesitation.
They had joined forces to destroy world after world. Apart from themselves, there was no one they could turn to for help.
The Heavenly Demon Envoys could indeed help them, but like the Heavenly Demons themselves, they could not break through the Barrier and reach the Savior's world.
And even if they could get there, what then? Could they pull some marvelous trick out of thin air?
With their feeble strength, they could not stir up so much as a ripple in the old world.
That was why the Heavenly Demons all felt there was something wrong with what the Ancestral Machine Emperor had said.
The Ancestral Machine Emperor heard their questions and sensed what they were thinking. He shook his head slightly and said with an inscrutable air, "Have you forgotten? Many worlds are still struggling desperately under our threat. Could they not become our allies?"
At those words, the Heavenly Demons looked more confused than ever. They furrowed their brows and turned his words over and over in their minds.
Yet no matter how hard they thought, they could make no sense of them.
The Ancestral Machine Emperor shook his head slightly and continued, "They fear death. They fear extinction. That is precisely what we can use to control them. We can make them our vanguard, send them into the Savior's world, and wreak havoc enough to turn heaven and earth upside down."
"They are not us. The Barrier will not affect them. And among them are top experts who have reached the Heaven-Human