It had to be said that Chu Mu's grasp of human nature was truly exquisite.
He knew full well that at the Demon Consort's level, ordinary Heavenly Dao Oaths, Dao Heart Oaths, and even Great Dao Oaths could all be broken.
It was simply a matter of whether the benefits outweighed the cost of breaking the oath.
He understood what the Demon Consort wanted-nothing more than to bundle up the Great World of Ten Thousand Immortals and hand it over to the younger generation of Devil Ancestor Mountain in the Lower Realm.
He could also roughly guess that the Upper Realm was watching Immortal Relic Province, and that something momentous would most likely happen there.
That was why she had taken such a risk, sending down a strand of her avatar's will to rapidly strengthen Devil Ancestor Mountain as a whole.
But if he made the Demon Consort swear upon her love for Rahu, the meaning would be entirely different.
He knew that the Demon Consort loved Devil Ancestor Rahu deeply. Even if lying carried no price whatsoever, she would never do it.
Because that would be a betrayal of her Dao Companion, graver than breaking a Great Dao Oath. It might even become a thorn in her heart, preventing her cultivation from advancing another inch.
Chu Mu understood very well that although demon cultivators acted without restraint, once they reached the Demon Consort's level, their true hearts and obsessions were stronger than anyone else's.
She could have blood all over her hands and betray the Heavenly Dao, but she would never willingly betray the love for her Dao Companion that she had upheld for countless years.
Compared with hypocritical courtesies, the madness and purity of demon cultivators' emotions were precisely what allowed Chu Mu to keep her firmly in