Published: August 10, 2026
All the true lord demonic kings who entered Radiant Night Cave Heaven and survived to come out had definitely reaped enormous gains and obtained many ancient resources.
Although their auras had not changed much, considering how they had risen to fame in recent years and now looked like rising noble figures among the demon race, their strength must have increased greatly.
Their magical power may have become much more refined, meaning its strength had improved considerably, and their Primordial Spirits had also likely advanced.
It was not only Liu Yu who was improving; the true lord demonic kings were improving as well.
Over the past twenty years, there had even been vague rumors that the Eldest Princess of the Fire Phoenix Clan and the supreme void palace's Rainforest True Lord were preparing to break through the divine transformation bottleneck!
"Liu is doing quite well."
"As for you, I've frequently heard news of you in recent years. Friend Leopard has risen to fame in the demon race—you're truly the envy of others."
Liu Yu said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the Blood Leopard Demonic King shook his head slightly and gave a bitter laugh before letting out a soft sigh.
"Risen to fame? What does that amount to? It's nothing more than making a bigger show of force."
"Once a cultivator reaches the level you and I have, the only goal left is divine transformation."
"But the difficulty of divine transformation is harder than ascending to the heavens!"
"Not only can one not slack off in one's own cultivation, one also has to resolve the calamities coming from outside."
"The Fire Phoenix Clan is the overlord of the Southern Frontier demonic race, occupying the highest and most supreme ruling position. It's fine if one only cultivates to third or fourth stage, but once they discover an demonic king who may have a chance of冲击 fifth stage, they will suppress them without the slightest mercy."
"This human-demon war was also arranged as a result of unavoidable pressure."
"On the surface I may seem prosperous and flourishing, but in reality I'm already facing great difficulty."
The bloodline ranks of the demon race were divided into: Mortal Demonic Beast, Spirit Demon, True Demon, and True Spirit.
A Spirit Demon bloodline, when placed among first to third stage beings, was practically a crane standing among chickens—a strikingly superior existence that could offer more or less some assistance.
For example, one's battle strength might be stronger than that of demonic beasts of the same rank, or cultivation speed might be faster.
But among fourth stage demonic kings, it was extremely ordinary. Without exception, every fourth stage demonic cultivator had a Spirit Demon bloodline.
So it no longer offered any advantage. Once a cultivator reached fourth stage demonic king, it might even slow cultivation down.
Not only that, but every gift bestowed by heaven had already been marked with a price in secret.
Compared with human cultivators, besides the trial of heart demons, thunder tribulation, and transcendence tribulation, demonic cultivators with Spirit Demon bloodlines who wanted to advance to fifth stage also had to break through the bloodline bottleneck.
It could be said that their growth potential was already limited to fourth stage.
The reason the Black Flood Dragon King was universally acknowledged as the demon race's number one genius was not only because of his terrifying strength, but also because of his exceptionally dense bloodline.
His bloodline had surpassed the scope of a Spirit Demon bloodline and was almost touching the level of a True Demon.
Not only would it not hinder cultivation, it would instead provide assistance, and advancing to fifth stage would not involve any bloodline bottleneck.
That was why the demon race was the realm of pure bloodline theory, even more influential than a human cultivator's spiritual root. Bloodline nobility was supreme.
Those who benefited from the current order occupied the largest piece of the cake, and would instinctively suppress latecomers.