Lie Shanyu was terrified and hastily bowed. "Please quell your anger, Sage Lord. It was not that this junior refused to report to our superiors, but that I had the will and lacked the means. More than two thousand years ago, a descendant of a True Demon emerged and performed a blood sacrifice to the Red Moon. Demon God Mountain was nearly destroyed. Back then, we reported to the Upper Realm many times, but never received a reply.
"We even came close to exhausting our divine blood and treasures through those repeated offerings.
"This time, when we sensed that something had happened to the Demon Lord's physical body, it was not that we did not wish to report it, but that we dared not. If this attempt failed as well, we feared we would no longer have the resources to perform another offering.
"So before confirming what had happened, we simply could not perform another offering."
As he spoke, Lie Shanyu's face was full of bitterness and helplessness. He stole a glance at the Purple Cloud Daoist, then continued, "Though we sensed something was wrong and had long since learned the precise situation within the Underground Cave, you have seen for yourself, Sage Lord. The strongest cultivators on Demon God Mountain are only Demigods.
"And we must also maintain the seals on Demon God Mountain itself. If something sealed elsewhere emerged, we might still salvage the situation, but the True Demon's head is suppressed beneath Demon God Mountain. Should anything happen to it, even ten thousand deaths could not absolve us of our guilt.
"The rest of our people are at most at the chaos heaven immortal level. The demonic qi inside the Underground Cave is too dense. Those at the chaos heaven immortal level can barely take a step