"However, there's one more question I have to raise."
"Why can't we of the Witch Clan become one of the Human Race's Five Emperors?"
"Besides Witch Clan blood, we also have human blood flowing through our bodies!"
Chi You's face was full of resentment. He was half human too, so why couldn't he qualify?
"There are many factors involved in this matter."
Houtu sighed.
"All I can tell you is that, right now, the most basic requirement for becoming one of the Five Emperors is a pure human bloodline."
"As long as there is even the slightest impurity, becoming one of the Five Emperors is impossible."
Hongjun now placed great importance on the Human Race's situation, and both the Witch Clan and the Demon Tribe had once been Heaven and Earth's Protagonist.
Both races possessed the power to threaten the Human Race's survival.
Thus, Hongjun could allow those two races to drag out their dwindling existence, but if either harbored any other ambitions, he would immediately appear and destroy them both!
Houtu had only come to understand this after Xu Tong's guidance.
Once she understood it all, Houtu broke out in a cold sweat.
If she had agreed outright to Zhunti's proposal back then, the moment Chi You became one of the Five Emperors might have been the moment the Witch Clan truly vanished!
"If that's the case, I understand."
Chi You nodded, growing even quieter.
"Rest assured, the Witch Clan owes you for this."
Houtu's face was filled with guilt. They could only rely on Chi You for this matter; the others did not even qualify to compete.
If they had not been compelled to contend for the position, Houtu would never have wanted Chi You to face such certain defeat.
"For the Witch Clan's future, I'm willing to