From the moment he set foot on the Mountain of the Azure Dragon, he was no longer human. He had abandoned the path of light and instead embraced the darkness—the demonic path.
This was why he could exist in the Demon Realm, breathing in its dark energy without harm. He had become one of them.
He needed power to protect her. With his inferior spiritual root, if he had chosen the human path, he would never have been able to catch up to her. But he had forgotten one thing—by choosing the demonic path, he could no longer stand beside her in the light.
The moment he used his power, the world recognized him for what he truly was.
The animosity between humans and demons had been deeply rooted in mythology, religion, and culture since ancient times.
Humans feared and despised demons, believing them to be evil, ruthless, cruel, and harbingers of chaos.
