Lu Bei was chosen by the ancestors of the Phoenix and the Demon Emperor Zhulong as the vessel for the Great Desolate Manifesting Demon Secret Record; even if Huang Xiao had any objections, it was not her place to speak.
That the ruler of the demon race should be a human being was absurd to the extreme. Coupled with the fact that Lu Bei had deceived Huang Yu beforehand, this filled her with deep aversion.
"If not for the cruel turn of times and the lack of a better choice, Gu could never have become the Demon Emperor. If you want to blame someone, blame the demon race itself for being spineless. If you fail to choose a reliable Demon Emperor once more, the demon race is doomed to perish." Lu Bei reasoned with bold self-assurance, his arguments weak yet his tone utterly unyielding.
Chapter 945