As the Demon Race's karmic retribution increased, the Human Race's tribulation drew nearer along with it.
If they were even slightly careless when the time came.
And the Two Sages of the Western Land, or Laozi and Yuanshi, exploited the situation again.
It would probably be anything but good for Daochen or the entire Heavenly Court.
But when Daochen remained silent, Nüwa frowned slightly.
You're the Demon Emperor, Daochen. The Demon Race's fortune rests upon you. Because of our original agreement, and because my own fortune is bound to the Demon Race, even the Human Race's fortune has been transferred to you.
Now that something momentous is clearly about to happen.
Aren't you worried, Daochen?
Is the fortune of heaven and earth, so important to a Sage, really less important than practicing making little Golden Crows?
"It's perfectly normal."
Daochen raised his head and smiled. "Although Suirenshi of the Human Race has now assumed his rightful place, freeing them from eating raw flesh and drinking blood, they still haven't moved beyond the stage where they lack any understanding of familial ethics. Unions between blood relatives violate the harmony of heaven, but unfortunately, the Human Race hasn't realized this yet."
"And members of the Demon Race have discovered that devouring humans accelerates their cultivation. Humans have also discovered that, after killing demons, the treasures on their bodies are extremely useful to the Human Race. With this going back and forth, repercussions are inevitable."
The demons in the Heavenly Court rarely descended to the lower world, much less slaughtered humans, but that applied only to the demons of the Heavenly Court.
Those Daochen had driven out of the Heavenly Court, and even the new demons that had risen from ignorance over the years, were under no such restrictions.
And they would never