"Sha Tan" glanced over from afar, matched what he saw to what he knew from his memories, and could not help curling his lip.
Li Chen's consciousness was controlling the body, producing responses through neural linkage. It was almost as though he had descended in person.
As far as he knew, the ruler of the Yan Pond Sea Kingdom was named Ye'e Di Luosha, a Foundation Establishment expert of the kingdom.
Unlike races such as humanity, whose members mostly reached Foundation Establishment through their own efforts, the Sea Demon Race relied more on innate gifts. As a result, members of its pure-blooded royal lineage all possessed cultivation of at least late Qi refining upon reaching adulthood.
Their bloodline made them, and their bloodline broke them.
The aptitude of royalty meant that, unless they truly suffered from innate deficiencies and were utterly worthless, they were practically guaranteed to reach late Qi refining or even its peak. With racial treasures and abundant resources, advancing to Foundation Establishment was no great difficulty either.
But because they lacked the corresponding tempering of magic power and cultivation of the Dao heart, they often held no advantage over others at the same level. Many who forged their Dao foundation by using treasures, extraordinary arts, or secret arts to awaken their bloodline potential would permanently lose their individual potential for further growth, unable to advance even an inch for the rest of their lives.
Thus, this race mostly focused on cultivating martial techniques or spells, placing great value on practical combat experience.
Overall, they could well be called a warrior race, but from the perspective of civilizational development, this was hardly a good thing.
Li Chen felt that they were somewhat like nomadic peoples. In the cold weapons era, they could often swagger about and throw their