The Demon Empress clenched her fists and said quietly, "Whatever the case, we finally have some leads on Ji Du. They haven't been confirmed, but at least we have somewhere to start!"
"That may be true, but the leads on Ji Du are tied to the Wu Clan! And the Wu Clan members who know about them are Zhu Jiuyin and Houtu! Houtu goes without saying. She has the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, controls the Six Paths Reincarnation, and holds the Underworld. She's practically invincible! Zhu Jiuyin is extraordinary too. From Taiyi's account, he's clearly formed his own Primordial Spirit, broken free of the constraints of his Witch Body, and grasped the essence of cultivation! What's more, the path he's comprehended is the Time Great Dao. Put all that together, and he'd be extremely difficult to deal with! There's no chance we could force either of them to tell us anything!
"Besides, a clash with either of them would certainly spark a war! Ren is allied with the Wu Clan, and one war after another has proved he's a powder keg. The slightest provocation, and he explodes! A conflict between our Demon Cult and Ren would only make the Demon Race happy! And a clash with Ren might also..."
The Shadow Fiend's voice trailed off, as though there was something he could not put into words.
Kong Xuan and the others were puzzled. The Demon Empress, however, knew perfectly well that the Three Demons valued Ren highly.
After all, Ren held a possible key to their attaining Primordial Unity. If the Demon Empress truly came into conflict with him, the Three Demons might well cause an uproar over that alone!
But without a confrontation, getting information on Ji Du from Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin would be no easy task.
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