The Torch Dragon Dao, the Torch Dragon God!
According to this ancient book, all members of the Demon Race could be divided among four paths: birds, beasts, Scaled, Shelled, Insect, and Worm Creatures.
Each path, in turn, had three beings who embodied its ultimate culmination.
For instance, the ultimate beings of the scaled and shelled path were the Torch Dragon God, the Winged Dragon God, and the Azure Dragon God. Representing the three tiers of heaven, earth, and yao, they were the strongest of all scaled and shelled creatures, Yao Gods who stood at the pinnacle of the Demon Race.
Other examples included the Phoenix God of the bird path and the Qilin God of the beast path.
Much of the ancient book was missing, and most of its contents were ambiguous. Only the scaled and shelled path received a general introduction, but for Su Changsheng, that was enough.
"The Torch Dragon God, the Winged Dragon God, the Azure Dragon God!"
"So these represent one of the Demon Race's four paths. They're collective names for demonic Dao Paths, rather than references to particular powerful Yao Gods. My previous Azure Snake Bloodline should have been a branch of the Azure Dragon God's lineage, but its quality was too poor, inferior to the orthodox lineage, so I couldn't evolve along the Azure Dragon path."
"Now I'm on the Torch Snake path, which seems to be the Torch Dragon God's foundational bloodline. With this as my opening, as long as I practice specific Forked Path Demon Arts and collect specific uncanny source substances, I can keep advancing."
"This is the Mythic Bestiary-a Dao Path that allows my Yao Body, bloodline, and so on to continually evolve upward."
Su Changsheng looked thoughtful.
This Mythic Bestiary was like the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, a complete