The Demonic Cultivators in the Immortal Realm had reached lofty levels of mastery. What they lacked was Demonic Power. Anyone who had managed to cultivate demonic arts in the Lower Realm was exceptional: either a thousand-year-old monster hidden deep from sight or a great devil whose existence would rouse the entire cultivation world to hunt him down. Every one of them was a prodigy. Even after reaching the Immortal Realm, they advanced quickly in their understanding of the arts. Unfortunately, demonic energy there was pitifully scarce. For all their mastery, they had too little power to draw on. They could only wage war on paper. Faced with a spell, they might know exactly how to break it and, in an academic discussion, list several ways to do so. But when it came time to act... without enough Demonic Power, none of those methods worked.
The five Lu Household elders knew this well. That was why they were confident they could use Demonic Energy Crystal to "make" three Eighth-Rank Immortals in a short time. Whatever those three were actually capable of, Lu Kuangtao would at least have three formidable enforcers under his command.
"What do you want in return?" Lu Mei asked. Luo Qian thought for a moment. "Three Divine Artifacts with rank restrictions!" Lu Mei considered it. "Our Divine Artifacts are made for Demonic Cultivators. Even if you had them, you couldn't use them." Luo Qian said, "I don't believe you Demonic Cultivators have gone all these years without putting something away." He pressed on, "Go back and discuss it with the five elders. This is your best chance to rise: your father commands the strongest military force in the Immortal Realm, and now Demonic Energy Crystal could raise your cultivators' ranks..."
Lu Mei understood everything he had said. It