Zhou Yuanjue's act of effortlessly crushing a Celestial Demon to death instilled a unique sense of security in the crowd, who had a natural fear of the near-mythical creatures.
All fear stems from the unknown.
This unknown forges an illusion of invincibility in the human mind, causing them to lose the courage to resist.
The way to shatter this unknown is simple: a leader, a precedent, a demonstration.
Before the first person ever ate a crab, they were thought to be fierce, ugly, and poisonous—creatures everyone stayed far away from.
But once the first person ate one, crab became a beloved delicacy for countless others.
And Zhou Yuanjue's actions had precisely that effect.
He showed people that Celestial Demons weren't invincible or some profound mystery. On the contrary, they could be destroyed—and destroyed with ease by a fellow human.
This played a massive role in shattering the public's fear of the Celestial Demons.
