Everyone knew.
Currently, humans and demons were like fire and water.
Xueluo wanted to return to the Demonic Beast Forest, and that was fine!
However, her attitude towards humans was highly debatable.
Xueluo said indifferently, "I only owe Li Shuang a favor, not humanity anything."
The gazes of the three Supremes flickered.
Chi Yan slowly said, "Senior has been imprisoned for many years, so you might not know! These humans are truly insidious and cunning to the extreme!"
So.
Chi Yan, from the demon race's perspective, recounted the old grudge once more.
"Back then, our race and the human race formed an alliance, agreeing to fight against the demon race together. Originally, everything was going well. Later, a peerless genius of the human race, named Yu Mo, was pursued by demon seeds and fled all the way into our demon territory."
"At that time, Yu Mo used a secret technique to call for help from our demon race. Since we were allies, there was no reason not to help. Our race was just about to go out and rescue him. However!"
Chi Yan paused and said, "Our demon race's Sacred Tree, at this very moment, had a problem! The Sacred Tree's vitality was inexplicably draining away. If it wasn't treated in time, it might perish forever."
"Senior should know how important the Sacred Tree is to the demon race!"
"To save the demonic beasts, the demon race's top combat power couldn't spare themselves to go and rescue him. On the human side, due to some inexplicable internal strife, no one came to rescue him either. In the end, Yu Mo died outside the Demonic Beast Forest."
"Regarding this matter, our race initially felt guilty. After all, we couldn't rescue him in time, which was a fact. So later, even when the human race was constantly making things difficult for us, we didn't say much."
"We also, as usual, sent out demon cubs to go to the spatial realm with human elites."
"During that trip to the spatial realm, all the demon cubs were wiped out, but all the humans returned safely! How could we be convinced by such a strange incident? We suspected that the human race held a grudge and secretly attacked the demon cubs. We were just about to investigate secretly."
A trace of anger flashed in Chi Yan's eyes: "The human side, of course, denied everything. But at this very moment, the Sacred Tree's tree spirit awakened! The Sacred Spirit personally traced back the time in the spatial realm and revealed the scene."
"In the scene, those human bastards, while the demon cubs were unprepared, forced them into spatial rifts!"
"So many demon cubs, all of them vanished without a trace."
"Senior, you should also know that the stronger a race is, the lower the chance of producing a cub. That calamity directly wiped out all the future powerhouses of the demon race, and the demon race's vitality has not recovered to this day! The human race did such a thing to sever the foundation of our demon race, and they still want to cooperate with us? That's simply wishful thinking!"
Chi Yan's narration was largely similar to Yu Jin's in terms of plot.
However.
There were two crucial differences.
First.
Chi Yan said that they couldn't go to the rescue because something went wrong with the Sacred Tree.
Second.
The reason the demon race confirmed the death of the cubs was also because the Sacred Tree traced back time and revealed the scene.
Li Shuang's gaze flickered slightly.
Both of these matters were related to one thing.
That was the towering Sacred Tree beneath her!
The demon race revered the Sacred Tree, so they naturally believed implicitly in its manifestations.
But Yu Jin had stated that the human race absolutely had not done such a thing.
This crucial point then fell to only one matter.
That was.
This Sacred Tree.
Was it truly reliable?
"It was the Sacred Spirit itself that manifested." Xueluo frowned.
The Sacred Tree had a soul, known as the Sacred Spirit. Over the long years, whenever the demon race encountered a fatal crisis, the Sacred Spirit would awaken and guide the demon race to the correct path.
The Sacred Spirit was a supreme existence to every demon.
If it was a conclusion personally made by the Sacred Spirit, then it was no wonder the demon race would turn against the human race without hesitation.
"Indeed. Therefore, we will never cooperate with the human race again. Otherwise, if another incident like the spatial realm happens, the demon race's foundation of tens of thousands of years will be severed in our generation." Xuan Ying slowly said.
Xueluo raised an eyebrow: "Why are you telling me all this? I said, I only owe Li Shuang, not humanity."
"It's good that Senior Xueluo doesn't intend to be an intercessor for the human race. We are just stating this upfront." Xuan Ying smiled: "But I wonder, if that Li Shuang asks Senior Xueluo for help, what would Senior do?"
Xueluo said indifferently, "That is naturally my own business. Whatever decision I make has nothing to do with the demon race."
The three Supremes all breathed a sigh of relief.
"In that case, we have no objections. We just truly don't want to drag the demon race into the mire again, so please forgive us, Senior."
Xuan Ying paused, then continued.
"Since Senior has returned, you are the fourth Supreme of our demon race. Here at the top, Senior can open your own cave dwelling and live with us. However, within our demon race, there is a distinction between superior and inferior. These few you brought must act according to the rules."
"Currently, within the Demonic Beast Forest, only the Xuan Shui Lingli and Moon-Patterned Fox clans still have their heritage. They can choose to return to their respective clans. The races of the other seniors... were annihilated fifty thousand years ago. With their strength, they can choose to become offerings to a super-grade race, and thus settle down."
"I wonder, Senior Xueluo, what do you think?"
The three Supremes stared intently at Xueluo.
Xueluo's expression was calm: "Just act according to the rules."
Xueluo was very cooperative, a stark contrast to her previous irritable demeanor, which somewhat reassured the three Supremes.
"In that case, I will personally create identity tokens for you all. With these tokens, you will be able to move freely within the Demonic Beast Forest in the future." Chi Yan said, and flames ignited in his hand. Something slowly took shape within the flames.
Then, he gave the melted tokens to Li Shuang and the others.
"Just drip blood on the token." Chi Yan said, his gaze still quietly fixed on them.
Under his gaze, Li Shuang and the others dripped blood onto their tokens.
The identity tokens then emitted different lights.
Those in the Tribulation Transcending stage were all red.
Only Li Shuang's token was purplish-blue, indicating that her cultivation was between the Body Integration and Void Refinement stages.
Seeing that everyone had successfully left their information on the identity tokens, a smile finally appeared on Chi Yan's lips.
"Welcome back to the Demonic Beast Forest. With these identity tokens, you are free to move about in the Demonic Beast Forest." Chi Yan said.
Li Shuang and the others thanked the three Supremes and temporarily left the Sacred Tree.
Watching Li Shuang's retreating figure, Xuan Ying suddenly smiled and said, "Senior Xueluo, this Moon-Patterned Fox named Yue Ning, she seems... to still be in the cub stage."
In the world of demonic beasts, super-grade divine beasts mature later. Before the age of one thousand, they are considered cubs.
Xuan Ying couldn't discern Li Shuang's exact age, but it was clear at a glance that she hadn't entered maturity.
A cub less than a thousand years old...
Why would she be with these old acquaintances from the Langya Sect?
Was this... reasonable?