Following Yan Ji's example, the various clans received the true teachings of the Incense Path bestowed by Li Ling and began switching to incense arts, tapping into their own potential.
Within just a few years, their ranks had gained hundreds of Great Demons and over a dozen Demon Kings. Each pioneered a branch of their own, exploring ways to combine their bloodline powers with the methods of the Incense Path.
Others were astonished by this, but Li Ling found nothing strange about it.
He understood that, by traditional standards, these fragrant demons had very low cultivation and strength. Within any given realm, most stood at its early stages.
Most of the power in their bloodlines had turned into unusual fragrances and had never been fully utilized.
After all, nature had to obey the principle of balance. Spirit resonance that became fragrance could not become muscle, claws, or fangs. Competing in traditional fields, they inevitably fell behind.
Yet once developed and utilized, fragrance could also be transformed into considerable power.
Inspired by him, these demon cultivators might well produce powerful cultivators capable of protecting their own races.
There was actually little he needed to do beyond sowing the seeds and waiting for the fertile soil to yield its rewards.
For cultivators of the middle and lower ranks, this was likewise a grand feast.
They benefited most from this transformation. With their Dao Paths still undecided, they were free to choose and could adjust to various circumstances.
Every additional choice meant that some traditionally regarded as useless timber could become geniuses.
In past eras, the methods available to them had been limited, and they might have been overlooked or discarded. But now, with the sect flourishing, they could all find futures of their own.
The Incense Accumulation Sect had already designated Gathering