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Humans... are the masters of this world, a setting that was added later...

to explain why the Human Race, initially so weak, evolved so quickly through successive versions of their tale.

The theme of the Demonic World is demons, and the initial ordinary demons faced by the Human Race evolved into Ancient Demons, confronted later in the envisioned fourth Chapter, alongside the frightening entities that travel through outer space. How should one explain this?

As the game grew more popular and the call for a fourth version increased, he remembered that he had no choice but to first come up with a plot patch.

But this patch... was originally only in his own mind... these fools...

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Chen Baifeng asked, frowning.

"I’m saying that this is the true nature of the world!"

"You sure talk big..." Chen Baifeng and the others sneered upon hearing this. This rogue demon, who suddenly appeared, claimed to know the true nature of the universe...

"Do you know why there is reincarnation in this world?" The Old Celestial Master didn’t mind the mockery and instead questioned back.

"The spirits of this world revolve in cycles of Yin and Yang, flourishing and declining; it is the natural law of the world..." Chen Baifeng tried to explain the phenomenon with the Yin-Yang Theory.

In fact, the older generation of magicians could not determine the cause of ancient reincarnation, and could only resort to using geomantic theory to provide an explanation.

"Ha ha ha... flourishing and declining..." The Old Celestial Master’s laughter was full of mockery: "Is that how you deceive yourselves on ordinary days?"

The crowd: "....."

"Let me tell you why!" Master Zhang sneered, "This world can prosper because your population increases. With more humans and enough slaughter, enough Resentful Spirits will emerge, filling the world with Spiritual Energy. The decline is simple as well; the increase in Spiritual Energy relies on the suffering and death of the Human Race. But once there are enough human deaths and your population decreases to the point where it cannot sustain the world’s Spiritual Energy, the energy naturally depletes, and the world will reject overly powerful demons. "

"Thus... demons that have harvested enough Spiritual Energy choose to leave this world, waiting for it to revive. When your Human Race’s population is sufficient again, they return. It is a cycle that never ends!"

"This..."

Inside the great hall, including the elders of the Yun Du Sorcerer Family, everyone was shocked; such a radical theory... was indeed alarming to hear...

"If that’s true, why do the records say that the Dragon Palace treats the Human Race kindly?"

Chen Qing was stunned and looked over; the one who spoke was Emperor Siao, who appeared detached from beginning to end.

Moreover, it was strange that as soon as the Emperor spoke, everyone else, who was anxious to ask questions, fell silent, including Chen Qing. It felt as if the Emperor’s voice made everyone subconsciously step aside.

Chen Qing felt a sudden tightening in his heart; this person must have grasped...

"Because that is its mission..." The Old Celestial Master cackled: "They are servants, their very purpose is to safeguard the fire of the Human Race, ensuring that it will not be extinguished; it’s the last design for your race.

In your memories, dragons are disasters yet also protectors, and even the Imperial Clan loves to use dragons as totems. This habit is not false; you have indeed been protected by the Dragon Clan. "

"But that is not out of kindness of the Dragon Clan but because they know if the Human Race perishes, every single one of the Dragon Clan will be turned to ashes!"

Upon hearing this, all the magicians could not help discussing it again—was it really like that?

Every family had records of ancient times, and most held the Dragon Palace in high esteem. Why did so many magicians pursue Dragon Transformation? Because the Dragon Clan was the only Ancient Demon showing goodwill to the Human Race.

"So that’s how it is..." the Emperor nodded slightly, "That makes sense. The Celestial Serpent is chaotic and greedy. Without the Dragon Clan as the final guardians, our Human Race would likely be devoured completely by those Serpent Demons, right?"

"Your Majesty is a wise man, and an extraordinary one at that!

" The Old Celestial Master nodded approvingly.

The Emperor was the most resilient person he had ever seen.

Where anyone else would have faltered or even despaired when faced with something that shattered their understanding, this man was different.

It seemed that no matter how dreadful the truth, nothing could shake his strong heart.

"I still do not understand..." the Emperor said pensively, "If those beings from outer space are truly as terrifying as you say.

.." He pointed toward the Four Saints among the stars.

"Why do they need to continually demean themselves by coming down to our world to create chaos? What is the meaning of this?"

The others also nodded in agreement. Indeed, those fearsome Demons, hailing from outer space and even compressing their own bodies and strength—if the spiritual energy here is insufficient, they can’t even maintain normal breathing—what are they really after?

"This is the key to evolution!" the Old Celestial Master chuckled.

"The spiritual energy of outer space is rich but too impure to be directly absorbed for their own strengthening. Hence, the more they linger in outer space, the more grotesquely distorted the Demons become. Take the Otherworldly Demon Statues, for instance. They’ve lost even their own forms, and many creatures may even have their consciousness corroded by the spiritual energy of outer space! "

"But your Mortal World is different..." he continued with a smile.

"The spiritual energy here is scarce, but it is extremely pure and fully absorbable. A single drop of pure spiritual energy gathered here can drive hundreds of thousands times the spiritual energy in outer space. Here, you accumulate the foundation; outside... you accumulate Divine Skills. Do you understand what I’m saying, Your Majesty? "

"I think I understand some of it," the Emperor squinted and nodded. "So... the spiritual energy here is incredibly precious, and can be boldly utilized for consumption, while the spiritual energy from outer space can only be used externally, right?"

Chen Qing, listening to this, bowed his head in contemplation. This explanation was from a draft of the fourth Chapter of a worldview, still imperfect at the time, and specifics were still under consideration. Had it become a reality now?

So had this world evolved this way because of him? Had someone perfected the background of this game after his death?

Who was it?

"That’s roughly the idea. The spiritual energy from outer space is far less precious than that found here, and your Human Race is the source of spiritual energy production. Thus, for millions of years, you could only grow through constant cycles of reincarnation until you were harvested."

"Are you telling us this to make us accept our fate?" the Emperor asked, looking at him.

"No...." Master Zhang replied. "This old man has said so much to clarify the reasons to the Supreme One of the Human Race—I’m from the Ancient Demon Clan, and we alone can help your race break free from this tragic fate of being prey!"

"Oh?" The Emperor scoffed coldly. "Aren’t you... also a Demon?"

"We are different..." the Old Celestial Master said, grinning and exposing a sinister red glint in his eyes. At this moment, all the Four Holy Guards raised their heads, their eyes flashing a terrifying red, making the temperature of the entire hall seem to drop to freezing point in an instant.

"We... can coexist!"

"Coexist?" Chen Baifeng scoffed coldly. "Just like how you deceived my foolish son by letting worms parasitize inside him? And then wait to devour us once you’ve grown stronger? Don’t say you wouldn’t, Ancient Demons are secretive, but we aren’t completely uninformed."

"It was indeed like that before..." the Old Celestial Master did not dispute his words and said lightly, "But that has changed now. What do you think... we created the prosperous Sorcerer Dynasty for all these years? If it were still the old way, why bother to stay hidden until now?"

Saying this, the Old Celestial Master gestured, and one of the Four Holy Guards stepped forward and removed his upper clothing.

All the magicians’ pupils constricted.

What a perfect body!

After undergoing Dragon Transformation, it was almost immediately clear that the Four Holy Guards had extremely well-conditioned bodies, every inch of flesh refined to perfection without any superfluous elements. Such a perfect physical form was rare even among the Imperial Clan of the Dragon Clan.

Chen Qing was also stunned. Such a physique, he had seen it on only one other person—Ao Zhen!

"We don’t lack symbiotes..." Master Zhang chuckled. "What we lack... are coexistent souls!"