In the Cultivation World, everyone was selfish and self-serving, scheming against one another.
Within the Devil Race, the laws of survival were even more brutal. Little Demons could devour one another and grow into Greater Demons, while Greater Demons could likewise devour each other to further raise their cultivation and strength.
If he faced a life-and-death crisis, even if other demons came to help him, they would surely take the chance to devour him as well.
Just like today—if he had not retained enough of his cultivation and strength over the years, Tantai Zhi before him would never have said so much to him. She would have simply devoured him outright.
By devouring him, not only could Tantai Zhi recover her cultivation faster, it would also bring her enormous benefits.
The reason the Devil Race needed time to recuperate after emerging once more this time
was also because many demons who had once been powerful had long since become weak beyond measure after being sealed for thousands of years.
Once the seal was broken, demons would run wild. The demons would first slaughter one another, and many new demons would rise and grow.
The strong were revered, and weakness was the original sin. This was displayed with the utmost vividness within the Devil Race.
It was precisely because of this that the countless demons of the Devil Race could remain powerful at all times.
A demon dragon well versed in the Devil Race's laws of survival naturally would not easily place himself in danger.
"Monk Jiekong... that fellow truly isn't easy to deal with!" Tantai Zhi's lovely brows furrowed slightly. Her seductive eyes were like silk, yet wariness flickered within them as well.
"He may be difficult for others to handle, but that might not be the case for you,