Jiang Chen patiently described the ten demonic tribes to Ziju Min, ceasing only when he was sure his old acquaintance fully grasped what he had said. 

“Demons are strong,” he advised, “but they have a fatal weakness—they are vastly undermanned and very poor at reproduction. The strategy they use to invade the various planes is one of bloodline assimilation, which requires them to constantly fight wars to increase their numbers. 

“Most of the time, it’s their puppets who do the dirty work. The actual demons are elites and rarely take to the field. When they do, it’s for a hard battle ahead. Thus, each pureblooded demon we kill is one fewer...