215: If we can't destroy each other, then we can coexist peacefully.

“Well, withdrawing troops indeed cannot truly resolve the conflict between the two sides. This is merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

To thoroughly solve this acute problem, it is undeniable that, as Black Sky said, it is a matter of interest.

The world bustles, all for gain.

The world rushes, all for profit.

There are countless Sea Demon Clans in the sea, and the Sea Demons in the sea are inexhaustible and unkillable. The Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan are old enemies, and friction between them is inevitable. However, a large-scale, prolonged war of attrition between the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan, like what is happening in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea, is ill-advised, as it benefits neither side.

After all, both were born on the Sky Ruins Continent. In my opinion, since neither side can exterminate the other, let us coexist peacefully!”

Saying this, Long Aotian’s gaze involuntarily fell upon Qin Donghuang: “Since we are to coexist peacefully, at least the large-scale, prolonged, bloody wars of attrition like those occurring in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea must not happen again. Therefore, the Human Race cannot monopolize the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm.

My suggestion is that the Ten Thousand Demon Sea here dissolves the Exterminate Human Cultivator Sea Demon Alliance and establishes the Sea Demon Alliance, to be ranked alongside the Land Demon Alliance as a continent-level giant cultivation force. In future Jiedao Heavenly Pride Assemblies, it will send its Prodigies to participate, thereby obtaining qualifications for entry.

What do you two think?”

“Your Lordship is brilliant!”

Black Sky immediately expressed his stance.

This outcome was even better than he had anticipated.

One must know that, by being ranked alongside the Land Demon Alliance as one of the seven continent-level giant cultivation forces on the Sky Ruins Continent, their Sea Demon Alliance would receive at least several thousand, or even ten thousand, entry quotas in each subsequent Jiedao Heavenly Pride Assembly, according to the force Rank welfare rules.

He had understood how difficult it was to obtain entry quotas; each Jiedao Heavenly Pride Assembly had at most a million entry quotas. To obtain about one percent of the total quotas without even needing to send Prodigies was absolutely beyond his expectations.

Before this, he would not have dared to imagine that the Human Race would include them in the force Rank welfare System and grant them quota benefits.

All he wanted was for their Sea Demon Clan to have an opportunity to fairly compete with the Human Race for entry quotas.

Black Sky had little confidence in the combat power of other Sea Demon Clans, but he had an almost fanatical absolute confidence in the combat power of the Black Shark Jiao Clan.

As long as their Sea Demon Clan could obtain the opportunity to fairly compete with the Human Race for entry quotas, sending the Black Shark Jiao Clan’s Prodigies would definitely secure many entry quotas for their Sea Demon Clan.

Adding the quotas secured by Prodigies and those obtained through force Rank welfare, the number of entry quotas their Sea Demon Clan would receive would be very substantial.

How could Black Sky not be excited?

He was more than satisfied with Long Aotian’s proposal, which far exceeded his expectations.

“...I have no objection either.”

Qin Donghuang also expressed his stance.

In comparison, Qin Donghuang’s heart was much calmer than Black Sky’s.

It was an inevitable trend that the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan would eventually shake hands, make peace, and cease hostilities. As Long Aotian said, there are countless Sea Demons in the world’s seas, inexhaustible and unkillable.

Thus, the Human Race was bound to make concessions one day.

In fact, the dispute over interests between the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan, specifically the allocation of entry quotas, was not a recent discussion.

Initially, between the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan, each held 500,000 of the million entry quotas.

Later, the Sea Demon Clan, using the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm opening in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea as leverage, exploited its advantages of timing, location, and popular support, aggressively seizing 100,000 entry quotas from the Human Race.

The quota distribution thus shifted from a 50-50 split to a 60-40 split, meaning the Sea Demon Clan held sixty percent and the Human Race held forty percent.

It was precisely after the Sea Demon Clan aggressively altered the quota distribution that the various giant cultivation forces of the Human Race, who had already sensed a crisis and deeply worried about the future of the Human Race, secretly united and completely overturned the table against the Sea Demon Clan.

The first major war between the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan.

One side had long plotted.

The other was completely unprepared.

The Human Race achieved a complete victory, seizing all million entry quotas.

At this time, the defeated Sea Demon Clan was very angry, but also somewhat subdued, demanding to return to the previous 50-50 split.

However, how could the Human Race, having sensed the crisis and already overturned the table, possibly grant the Sea Demon Clans their wish?

Winner takes all was fully demonstrated after that great war. The Sea Demon Clans, let alone a 50-50 split, couldn't even get a single entry quota from the Human Race.

However, the Human Race was not foolish. To stabilize the Sea Demon Clan, the Human Race stated that the quota allocation issue would be discussed again when the Secret Realm next opened, and this time it was the spoils of war for the Human Race.

This also confirmed the saying:

What cannot be gained on the battlefield is even less likely to be gained at the negotiating table.

Thus.

A thousand years passed, and the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm opened again.

The Sea Demon Clans of the Ten Thousand Demon Sea had all been holding their Qi, and had long gathered all the great Sea Demons in the Ten Thousand Demon Sea, sharpening their blades, ready to reclaim what they lost to the Human Race a millennium ago.

But they did not know that the Human Race had already tasted the sweetness of monopolizing everything, and at the same time, anticipated that the Sea Demons of the Ten Thousand Demon Sea might seek revenge against the Human Race, not to mention the potential Human Race crisis.

The Ten Thousand Demon Sea side fought by gathering the core strength of the entire Ten Thousand Demon Sea, while the Human Race side fought by gathering the core strength of the entire Human Race. How could they compare?

While the Ten Thousand Demon Sea side was dreaming of a 50-50 split or even returning to a 60-40 split, the Human Race once again shattered their dreams.

Two consecutive defeats greatly reduced the overall strength of the Ten Thousand Demon Sea, and at the same time, they deeply realized that the power of the Ten Thousand Demon Sea alone was no longer sufficient to contend with the Human Race.

The Exterminate Human Cultivator Sea Demon Alliance was thus born, summoning Sea Demon powerhouses from all seas across the world, leading to the even larger third and fourth major wars between the Human Race and the Sea Demon Clan.

After the first defeat, the Sea Demon Clan demanded a return to a 50-50 split. The Human Race monopolized everything and ignored them.

After the second defeat, the Sea Demon Clan lowered their share, demanding the Human Race take sixty percent and they take forty. The Human Race continued to monopolize everything and ignored them.

After the third defeat, the Sea Demon Clan further lowered their share, demanding the Human Race take seventy percent and they take thirty. The Human Race still monopolized everything and ignored them.

After the fourth defeat, the Sea Demon Clan had been battered beyond recognition by the Human Race, humbly requesting the Human Race take ninety percent and they take ten. However, the Human Race still ignored them, winner takes all, and continued to monopolize everything as before.

Their share was lowered again and again, but the Human Race simply refused to concede.

What could the Sea Demon Clan do?

They couldn't win in a fight.

It was very frustrating!

In fact, as early as when the Sea Demon Clan lowered their demand to a Human Race ninety and Sea Demon Clan ten split, the Human Race had already agreed, because the Human Race also knew that Sea Demons were inexhaustible and unkillable, and going too far would be counterproductive. It was just that the Human Race found the Sea Demon Clan so annoying that they deliberately held back, waiting until now to make the concession.

Now, Long Aotian making this concession is merely giving the Sea Demon Clan an opportunity to fairly compete with the Human Race’s hundreds of thousands of giant cultivation forces, essentially integrating the Sea Demon Clan as one of the many giant cultivation forces of the Human Race, rather than competing fairly with the entire Human Race.

As for the force Rank welfare that Black Sky was thinking about?

With the emergence of the transcendent force Dragon Heaven Palace, continent-level giant cultivation forces are no longer the controllers of continental discourse and rule-makers.

Previously, each continent-level giant cultivation force could obtain ten thousand entry quotas according to the force Rank welfare rules.

Now?

The force Rank welfare of ten thousand entry quotas can only be enjoyed exclusively by the Dragon Heaven Palace force.

Continent-level giant cultivation forces are reduced to one thousand, sub-continent-level to one hundred, and so on.

The Sea Demon Clan taking one percent or even more of the total entry quotas?

Clearly, Black Sky is dreaming!