Chapter 1483 - Demonic Essence (2) (1/2)

Demonic and devil qi had similar characteristics, but, branched along separate paths. The largest difference would have to be the fact that demonic qi was capable of effecting the mind, while devil qi had stronger enhancement abilities. Its these differences that led to one becoming a cultivation path, while the other became a will path.

If Dyon had to describe his [Judgement] technique – his current strongest attacking ability if one ignored Titan Emperor's Will – he'd say that it fell into the demonic category as it attacked on two separate planes.

As for Titan's will, although the records described it as a higher form of demonic will, Dyon was skeptical of this assessment. This was because, unlike his demonic will, titan will didn't directly infect an opponents mind. Instead, it enhanced to the body to a realm where its user's presence itself could do so.

In simple terms, demonic will forced one to rely on it for strength. However, titan will allowed one to strengthen themselves and thus rely on themselves. In fact, in Dyon's opinion, it was far more similar to devil qi in that respect.

These thoughts that floated in Dyon's mind made him extremely curious about the source of these energies, and Demonic Gorge gave him the perfect opportunity to assess his hypotheses.

With Little Rain's help, it wasn't very long before they found their first deposit of demonic essence. It seemed that there were different entrances to the very same connected mine.

Stones of black stood etched in an open vein, stretching down below farther than Dyon could see. In fact, the truth was that if it wasn't for his divine sense, he wouldn't be able to see more than a few feet into the open mine. This was likely why the tiger beasts hadn't dared to explore much.

”The history on this is vague even for us,” Little Yang spoke, ”The age of such cultivation came before our species was birthed. Although, as historians, we've done our best to collect records of this time, they aren't infallible.”

Dyon nodded. ”What do you know then?”

”We're certain the open pit mines like this, filled with demonic essence were far more common several eras ago. In all likelihood, humans realized how much certain beasts gained from such areas and soon realized they could strengthen themselves as well.

”This led to two diverging paths. The first to appear was the demonic path, thus why these stones are known as demonic essence. Much later, when humans began to study their meridians to step away from the body refinement path and begin to follow the body and energy paths, this was when devil cultivators were born.”