Chapter 126: Who Said We're the Same Kind of Demon?
The ancient concept of demon clan was actually quite broad. Anything that didn't look like a human counted as a demon.
Within demon society itself, however, this kind of grouping didn't exist. It made no sense to say that anything unlike a human was a demon, and then expect things that were unlike you to be counted as the same clan, did it?
The Ritual Texts recorded that demons were divided into three, six, and nine grades.
Put simply, there was a three-tier system, a six-tier system, and a nine-tier system.
The three-tier system was the one most widely accepted by the general populace, since anything more complicated was difficult even for demons themselves to remember.
Those whose bloodlines had awakened but whose minds hadn't developed much were collectively called demon beasts.
Those who had developed minds and learned to cultivate but hadn't yet shed their bestial nature were collectively called demon spirits.
Those who had accepted human cultivation methods and ways of thought and taken on a human form were collectively called demon immortals.
In ancient times, a demon taking human form was a complicated affair. One had to reach a certain level of cultivation and survive the trial of a heavenly tribulation before a full transformation could be achieved.