Chapter 97: New Age’s Buffet
Seeing the demonborn girls indignant and depressed left Wang Qi with a wry smile and something to reflect on.
[Can I keep my cool if I face a defecting ancient cultivator in the modern system?]
After modern cultivation society culled the demons in the nine Demon Kings’ period, demons learned restraint. The Immortal Alliance proudly declared, “No beast shall awaken without approval now!” Under these circumstances, the Immortal Alliance took in those demons that played by their rules. This did not erase generations upon generations of human and demon slaughters. If the two sides learned to coexist, humanity could alleviate the centuries-long hatred. But out there, at sea, humans and demons were still at odds.
Despite the current age’s cultivation being a hundred times stronger than in ancient times, random demon raids still occurred, and the enmity towards demons and demonborn within some areas of the Immortal Alliance held strong.
What trumped the human and demon conflict was the total animosity between ancient and modern cultivators. Ancient cultivation’s slogan was ‘take what you can and give nothing back,’ while the modern system was all about ‘sharing, borrowing, and coexistence.’ Ancient cultivation eroded the world and was in direct opposition to the modern system’s core principles. There was no room for negotiation.
The Immortal Alliance’s strikes at demons and ancient cultivators were all within their rights.
Coupled with the deep grudge against each other, nothing was there to stop the ongoing process.
[But what guarantee is there that the same feelings won’t transfer to the Immortal Alliance’s defectors?]
Having gone through something similar, Wang Qi sympathized with Yang Jun, dissolving the initial malice. The event also brought contempt for him.