"How naive you are, Tianxin."
Outside the dream, Qi Ye observed the two people who seemed to be frozen in place.
If Su Tianxin could see this, she would be even more surprised than seeing Hongye so easily turn into a demon.
According to Su Tianxin and Blue Demon's predictions, everything that happened in the dream should only have passed for a moment in the outside world, and Qi Ye should not have had time to notice it.
In fact, Blue Demon also possesses such power.
In the original timeline, while giving his own Core Elixir to his son, he also created another life for him in a dream. He stayed in Coiling Dragon Valley as a hunter, accompanied by his mother and the villagers, and grew up happily in the "Hunter's Dream". After the dream ended, Blue Demon even materialized the hair tie that should only exist in the dream into Liu Yun's hand.
But only a moment has passed in the outside world.
Having cultivated with Qi Ye, Blue Demon, whose dream demon side was stronger than the dragon demon side, should not have made such a basic mistake.
This is all because dreams are the domain that Qiye, or rather Li Lin, or Basil, excels in, even though Qiye has drastically reduced his own abilities for the sake of the game experience.
Moreover, their idea of secretly contacting Hongye was also given to them by Qiye.
Otherwise, Blue Demon, who only loves his own son and godson, would have no reason to cooperate with Su Tianxin for the sake of so-called human affairs.
Despite claiming to care about the world, Su Tianxin, who actually prioritizes Gan Jiang and ability, would never commit such an act that could be considered a betrayal.
Yan Hongye's demonic transformation was also within Qi Ye's expectations.
Love is indeed a great power, but it is also born in the human heart. It is an extreme emotion that is more ardent than hope and more profound than despair.
A soul that has been inhabited by love for six lifetimes, only to be abandoned by her lover in the seventh. Having practiced the [Profound Heart Marvelous Art] since childhood, she watched her life come to an end. A girl who grew up in a family where her parents were not on good terms and were separated, she finally found a pillar of support, only to find it was all an illusion. It is only natural that she would turn love into hatred and become a demon.
"Seven lifetimes of love, aren't they also Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers?" A deep, demonic light flickered in Qi Ye's eyes.
The resentment that had lingered deep within his soul for seven lifetimes was inexhaustibly transforming into the magic within him.
"How to choose? Should we use Hongye to become the complete form now and guide the Heavenly Demon Star to corrupt the human world? Or should we let Hongye awaken, let Jin Guang Yi Xi successfully enter the Demon Realm, and then discover that all their schemes are futile in the face of my power?"
Qi Ye tapped his fingers on Blue Demon's thigh, pondering what to do next.
"Hongye, Jin Guang, Zhuge Liuyun, I hope you can give me a little surprise."
In a dream.
"Wake up, Yan Hongye."
"It's all a misunderstanding. Blue Demon has never been in contact with humans."
In order to maintain the dream, Su Tianxin, whose power was no match for the demonized Hongye, even began to lie in order to bring her back to the right path.
Blue Demon, who was only playing a supporting role, suddenly had a thought, "Yan Hongye, I am Zhuge Liuyun's mother."
"Mother?" Even if it's a demonized Hongye, it's still Hongye.
She gave up on herself and devoted herself entirely to the [Profound Heart Marvelous Art]. Like an iceberg, she kept her heart frozen from the outside world, yet she was still very naive.
Zhuge Liuyun was her senior brother.
Zhuge Liuyun's mother was immediately equated with her parents.
The foundation upon which the resentment in one's heart was built collapsed almost immediately.
Su Tianxin noticed the changes in the demonized Hongye almost immediately.
Having found a breakthrough, she, who had copied countless love stories for Gan Jiang over the years, immediately made up a story that could persuade the demonized Hongye.
"Blue Demon is mentally deficient; she never thinks before she speaks or acts. She means she's a woman, and Qi Ye's subordinate. That's why she was so easily deceived by Zhuge Qingtian."
Yan Hongye: 'That's right, Zhuge Liuyun doesn't think things through when he speaks or acts. However, Jin Guang is absolutely right, Zhuge Qingtian is indeed a hypocrite; it's disgusting how he fools fools.'
After Yan Hongye's expression softened slightly, Su Tianxin quickly added, "Qi Ye is the ruler of the Yin Yue Dynasty, the Holy Lord of the Demonic Path."
"What?" This severe blow caused Yan Hongye's hair to turn almost black to the naked eye, and she had no time to think about the flaws in Su Tianxin's previous lies.
The person she decided to spend her life with, even to have an unconventional affair with, turned out to be a member of the demonic path.
Xuan Xin Sect is the leader of the rivals of the righteous path in the human world.
What should I do?
"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to hurt Qi Ye," Su Tianxin comforted her. "We just hope that you can get Xiaoqian and Qi Ye to consummate their marriage."
"Who is Xiaoqian?" Intense jealousy caused Hongye to lose her mind for a moment.
"She is the other half of Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers," said Blue Demon.
Yan Hongye: 'It's over, even idiots are smarter than me now.'
This brought her back to her senses somewhat in an instant.
"What should I do? Why does it have to be me? I don't even know where the Demon Realm is."
"If I'm not mistaken, you should have already lost your virginity," Tianxin said with a hint of bitterness. "Only you can do this. When Qiye finds you again, crush this [Tear of the Blue Demon] to remind us. It will attach itself to you in the dream, and what you need to do after that is to entangle him in the dream."
"The matter of Qi Ye and Xiaoqian Qian consummating their marriage in reality will be left to me and Blue Demon."
Reality.
Yan Hongye woke up in the main hall of the Xuan Xin Sect.
"Was all of this a dream?"
However, the strange object discovered in her soul in an instant—a deep blue orb containing ethereal magic—shattered her self-deception.
"So... Nanaya really is."
She bit her lip lightly, and for the first time, a hint of hesitation appeared on her resolute face.
Lanruo Temple.
The original location of the Black Mountain Old Demon.
In the center of the piled-up bones, a man in red sat cross-legged.
"Stop arguing, Ning Caichen!"
"I only kill man-eating monsters, including that Enchantress."
"Don't just look at his face, you fool!"
"It's safer for your mother to stay in Ping'an Town. Zhu Fugui is a filial son and a wealthy landowner."
"My magic will never fail. Zhu Fugui will always believe that your mother is his mother."
The man in red clearly didn't speak, but the voice seemed to come from his body out of nowhere.
"Stop arguing, those bedbugs are back, and this time it's a pretty big one!"
"A bedbug? You audacious monster."
At the end of the road, in the light, a richly dressed man sat in a sedan chair, propping his face up with one hand and looking down at the red-clad man opposite him.
"It's a real pity that it wasn't someone from the Yin Yue Dynasty who made the move, but you, Ning Caichen."
"I was right to do it back then. I should have killed the pregnant woman too."
"That way we can kill the two Evil Demons and uphold justice in the world!"
The man in red remained motionless.
But at this moment, he was having a more private conversation with Ning Caichen.
That was a memory, a memory of Ning Caichen when he was still in his mother's womb.
Inside the tent, a young woman in labor is breathing heavily, comforted by her husband and midwife.
A figure suddenly appeared inside the tent.
Two sword strikes rang out, and the midwife and husband died one after the other.
The woman looked at the swordsman with despair and pain; he raised his head, his eyes filled with chilling murderous intent.
"That's him!"
The face with the cinnabar mark between its brows overlapped with the face in my memory.
Ning Caichen possessed this demonic body.
"It was you! You killed my father!"
Then, the scholarly air on the man in red's face faded once again.
"Ning Caichen, this time your opponent is your father's killer. You won't cause any more trouble, will you?"
"Of course not."
"Two consciousnesses, one body, interesting." Jin Guang frowned.
He was not hesitating because Ning Caichen seemed innocent.
Instead
"Thank you for reminding me of those days."
"I should have killed the pregnant woman first."
"Then kill the husband and the midwife."
"Back then, I was too focused on fame and fortune, prioritizing the reputation of the Xuan Xin Sect and killing people to cover it up first."
"Let's do it."
He jumped off the sedan chair and hovered in mid-air.
The palanquin bearers swiftly pulled the palanquin to both sides, and the body, seat, shafts, crossbars, and shoulder poles instantly shattered into pieces.
A huge talisman carpet unfolded and landed at the feet of the Jin Guang.
Four Dharma flags were unfurled in the hands of the Xuan Xin Sect Disciple carrying the sedan chair.
"Heaven and earth are boundless, the profound mind and the righteous law; people govern the mind, the mind governs the law, and the law governs demons."
The banner, the talisman carpet, the four armored Xuan Xin Sect Disciple, the Jin Guang emanating from them, their robes, and their magical artifacts all seemed to form a unified whole at this moment.
A huge symbol.
"Heaven and earth are boundless, the profound mind and the righteous law; people govern the mind, the mind governs the law, and the law governs demons."
This is a demon-slaying formation.
The Liu Dao Demon Lord and his subordinates once suffered a great loss under the Demon-Breaking Formation set up by Sima Sanniang.
The Demon-Slaying Array in the hands of Jin Guang, who was dressed in the sect leader's robes, covered in magical artifacts, and transformed into a RMB warrior, was even more terrifying, with a power at least ten times that of the former.
"Nearly a thousand years have passed, and this is all? Humanity has truly fallen." The man in red raised an eyebrow. "Gaudy and flashy."
He raised his right palm high.
The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the Star Power of the purple Heavenly Demon Star fell.
The Heavenly Pool of the Dao Realm.
The Three Realms Saintesses opened her eyes.
"Sect Master, be careful."
"It's a demon!"
"The legendary Primordial Demon!"
The three's telepathic communication came at just the right time.
"Run!"
The talisman carpet beneath Jin Guang's feet and the magic flags of the Xuan Xin Sect Disciple instantly transformed into Flying Carpet and bamboo horses, respectively.
The force that caused the demon-breaking formation to disintegrate was transformed into propulsion.
After the man in red completes his super evolution Yi Xi...
The five people had disappeared on the horizon.
Yi Xi:
"It seems that humanity has not degenerated to the point of being utterly worthless. At least their escape techniques are quite good."
Humanity in this world is a super race that has defeated the gods, degraded them to demons, created the human way, and degraded the heavenly way to the demonic way.
So-called Demons and Monsters were merely a source of material for humankind during the Spring and Autumn Period. If it weren't for their ability to thrive in extreme environments like Demons and Monsters and their favor from Heaven, they would likely have been wiped out.
The Demons and Monsters forces have been able to develop to their current state thanks to Yi Xi and his descendants bringing humanity a systematic cultivation method and creating the Demon Realm, a safe haven where Demons and Monsters have time to grow.
Born into such an environment, Yi Xi was naturally a big humanist.
But if it weren't for Mo Xie's death breaking his defenses, he wouldn't have bothered becoming a demon at all.
In fact, he was prepared to be reborn as a human after the Heavenly Demon Star was broken.
However, now...
Everything was beyond his expectations.
Moye's reincarnation did not meet his reincarnation.
The Demons and Monsters have evolved to the point that even he, the creator of the demon realm, cannot find the location of the Gate of the Demon Realm.
The Heavenly Pool of the Dao Realm.
They all gathered together again, and even Zhuge Liuyun, who had been hiding at the foot of the mountain playing with ants, was pulled over.
"What is the Primordial Heavenly Demon?" The Jin Guang- faced man, who had almost died, was as white as paper.
"The title of the most powerful among the Heavenly Demons. The ultimate demon among demons." The Three Realms Saintesses spoke in unison, "Just like the distinction between demons and monsters in the Yin Yue Dynasty."
"There are still primordial demons living in this world?" Sima Sanniang exclaimed in surprise. "Shouldn't all the demons have died out long ago, leaving only the Moon Demon?"
The Moon Demon instigated the curse of the Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers, precisely to bring the Heavenly Demon Star to the mortal realm, allowing the Heavenly Demon Clan to be resurrected in human bodies and once again corrupt the world with their demonic power.
"No, there is another possibility: the human demon who has reached the end of his lifespan may return to the human world." Yan Chixia's expression darkened. "Although even the most powerful human demon cannot return to the human world and escape from Heavenly Demon Star, there may always be exceptions."
Humans and demons can both transform into demons.
But humans don't need to become demons first; they can directly transform into monsters.
This is also why he didn't mention Demons and Monsters; Demons and Monsters are not nearly as powerful as human demons.
Humans are born with a Daoist body, which is excellent nourishment for the growth of demons, but if they become demons, they will instantly surpass all other demons.
Moreover, it is more likely that demons will return to humanity.
"Who could it be? The Six Paths, the Wu Jie, the Four Phases, the San Sheng, or the Bu Er? It can't be just Yi Xi, can it?" Sima Sanniang said.
"That demon is very ancient. It's an ancient demon from a thousand years ago. Perhaps... he is Yi Xi." Jin Guang guessed. "According to Yan Chixia, Yi Xi is the culprit behind the curse of the Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers. Gan Jiang is just a victim, and he is from the same school as Yixi."
"Given the karmic connection between the two, it's quite possible that they became brothers."
"If Yi Xi were to be resurrected, the first thing he would want to find would definitely be Gan Jiang and Mo Xie," Hongye said. "And their reincarnations are both in the Demon Realm!"
"The Yinshan Mountain of the Black Mountain Old Demon is very close to the passage to the Demon Realm!" A blush appeared on Jin Guang's pale face. "That's possible. The Black Mountain Old Demon has always believed that only Demons and Monsters like them, born with supernatural powers, are worthy of being the ruler of the Demon Realm. The descendants of Yi Xi, with their inferior human blood, are unworthy of the position."
"Perhaps that's why the Black Mountain Old Demon has been blocking the entrance to the Gate of the Demon Realm, preparing to launch a counterattack after the death of the Liu Dao Demon Lord."
Who wouldn't want to bully and take advantage of a widow and a young child?
Back then, Zhuge Qingtian's wife and son were very easy to bully.
"Are we going to Yinshan?" Yan Chixia shook his head. "After the severing of the connection between heaven and earth, in a mortal world where immortals no longer exist, the combat power of a primordial demon is invincible. Hongye might be able to, but her power still needs to be used to resist the curse of the Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers."
"Su Tianxin." The Three Realms Saintesses carefully considered before uttering this name.
"Who is she?" Jin Guang, somewhat displeased.
It's one thing for Yan Hongye to ride on his head, but he's also a short-lived wretch.
Su Tianxin, what kind of dog is that?
"The Founders of the Xuan Xin Sect," said the Three Realms Saintesses.
"Grandmaster," Jin Guang said solemnly.
"Two hundred years ago, it was she who used the [Moxie Sword] to suppress the [Netherworld Spring]," said the Three Realms Saintesses.
"You knew where the [Netherworld Spring] was all along?" Jin Guang was furious.
"No, we don't know." The Three Realms Saintesses shook their heads. "We just figured it out. Before that, this news was just a mystery."
"So, the conclusion is that we just need to wait for the dogs to fight," Zhuge Liuyun interjected.
"You dog, you're the dog! That's the patriarch!" Yan Chixia smacked Zhuge Liuyun on the head. "Yi Xi and the new Demon Lord are the dogs!"
"Yawn, who's talking bad about me?"
He looked around.
"Hongye, Hongye, what's wrong?"
Turning his back to her, Yan Hongye quickened her pace and left. "Qi Ye isn't a dog! You old geezer!"