"Not so!"
Ying Wu shook his head.
"I call this Coiling Dragon Vine the 'Void Dragon Vine.' Its failure lies in... its inability to reproduce."
"Plant-type demonic beasts reproduce in only three ways. First, they flower and bear fruit, producing offspring through seeds. Second, their roots divide, giving rise to new plants. Third, cuttings from their branches take root, regain vitality, and grow into complete individuals. Yet none of these three methods works with the Void Dragon Vine."
After hearing this, Song Wen felt rather bewildered.
"Fellow Daoist Ying Wu, forgive my dullness, but I truly cannot understand why you insist on making it reproduce. The Void Dragon Vine is immensely powerful, and its strength will continue to grow. What does it matter if it cannot reproduce? Even if it produces offspring, they will inevitably be weak, and you will have to expend countless resources and immense effort raising them. Would that not be a needless undertaking?"
"How can something that cannot reproduce be called a living being?! Heaven's Dao creates life, and I, Ying Wu-can too!" Ying Wu's voice thundered. As those last two words left his mouth, the entire island seemed to tremble.
Song Wen shook his head slightly. He could not understand Ying Wu's obsession.
Now that he thought about it, the Man-Snakes Zhou Siyi had bred in the lower realm had also been unable to reproduce. The Beast Taming Sect's solution at the time had been to keep crossing humans with Azure Jade Snakes to create new Man-Snakes.
The Nether Foxes bred by the Divine Blood Sect, however, could reproduce, though their method was somewhat peculiar. Nether Foxes had no distinction between male and female. Instead, as their lives approached their end, they would naturally conceive offspring, typically giving birth to one to four young Nether