But the First Demon Sage remained calm. "In fact, when Nuwa created humanity, she used the blood essence of many Demon Race members to create all kinds of unusual beings. Most of them combined blood essence from two or more Demon Race lineages. After Nuwa created nine people by fusing countless such lineages, members of the Demon Court built on her work and developed the Bloodline Fusion Method.
"Bloodline fusion is looked down on in the Primordial World. People believe that combining too many bloodlines makes them impure and cultivation difficult. Nuwa's creations may have carried many bloodlines, but they shared one trait: they took the strengths of each and discarded the weaknesses. Those strengths became a new, perfected bloodline. This was more than fusion; it was a way to create bloodlines anew. Success meant greater aptitude and greater talent.
"Nuwa devised this method and passed it to our Demon Race. Those who used it to gain powerful aptitude were deeply grateful to her. That is one reason they revered her as the Demon Race's Saint. Otherwise, how could she have claimed that title and held a full thirty percent of the Demon Court's Destiny? Surely being a Saint alone would not have been enough."
"Oh... so the Bloodline Fusion Method spread through the Demon Race entirely because of Nuwa. This is the first I've heard of it," Ni Jun said, looking thoughtful.
Ni Jun was far from the only one hearing it for the first time. Many throughout the Primordial World had never heard this story either.
Ren sank into thought. "So that's why... I wondered why Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng had so many followers with fused bloodlines, like a bunch of mongrels. I never expected it all to trace back to Nuwa. Still, extracting the best traits from