Seven nights were very happy, and now I am extremely happy.
When someone feels guilty towards you, they will often treat you even better.
Right now, Tianxin and Blue Demon are treating him extremely well, unlocking many previously untapped pieces of knowledge, and they're willing to cooperate with him.
Although there was also the element of finding an opportunity for Xiaoqian to switch back to human form and successfully unite with Qiye to break the curse.
But this only accounts for a small part of the factors. At this moment, Tianxin and Blue Demon had almost only one thought: to put aside all constraints and moral principles and serve Qiye as much as possible.
"The rise and fall of a hundred years, both great and small, pass by like a dream."
Seven Nights woke up from his dream again.
Ren Blue Demon and Tianxin never imagined that the end of the world would happen. Every time they were momentarily lost in thought without realizing it, Qi Ye was dreaming.
And it wasn't just Hongye's dream; he had also entered the dreams of Jin Guang, Sima Sanniang, Yan Chixia, and even Zhuge Liuyun.
Through countless lifetimes, he finally mastered the power of humanity— the Dao Power —and the essence of the Xuan Xin Sect, including the [Profound Heart Marvelous Art].
After all, this gentle haven should be enough to incubate the ambitions of any powerful ruler.
To deliberately seek out hardship, to actively seek out powers that are fatal to demons, is inherently against both human nature and demonic nature.
"My Lord, what's wrong?" Poetry was still too complicated for Blue Demon. She wiped her mouth. "Dreams? My Lord, do you also have questions about the power of dreams?"
She herself didn't believe that.
Although, in her and Tianxin's understanding, Qiye could only use the magic of dreams when he was cultivating with her.
But he hid the real Gate of the Demon Realm in his own dream.
Such a feat, such skill, is something she could not achieve even if she studied diligently for hundreds or thousands of years.
She said that simply to get closer to Qiye.
"Gan Jiang, the demonic nature within you is growing ever stronger," Tianxin sighed. "How can I guide you back to the righteous path?"
Her tone of voice, appearance, and temperament were holy and noble, but her body language was like that of a fallen saintess who had fallen into a goblin cave.
"Demon nature and Dao Nature are both human nature."
Qi Ye pulled Tianxin into his arms, and Blue Demon, who had been curled up like a kitten beside Qi Ye's legs, got up and made way for him.
"Tianxin, why don't you think my path is the right path?" Qiye said, "This Dadi was originally a paradise for demons."
"Human life is as short as a mayfly to Demons and Monsters, who have to struggle their whole lives for food, clothing, shelter, and daily necessities."
"To become an immortal demon and arrive in a world without oppression and without the worry of making a living, how could that not be the right path?"
"Demons rarely possess emotions. Freedom taken to the extreme only leads to chaos." Tianxin shook her head.
"I will become the sole oppressor, the creator of this world order," Qi Ye replied. "Since they can scrimp and save to serve human monarchs who control them through various forms of methods that weaken, fool, exhaust, humiliate, impoverish, and abuse the people, why can't I be the new leader?"
"I don't need their food or property. I just need them to stop acting out their demonic nature, killing each other, and maintaining order."
"The Yin Yue Dynasty is a good example."
"The rabbit demon, wolf demon, snake demon, and other Demons and Monsters of different origins and with different habits have all come under my rule and are living in peace and prosperity."
"Moreover, they are demons who speak the same language and still retain the memories of being human."
"Demons and Monsters are easier to manage than humans, and their minds are simpler. As long as the monarch is powerful enough, no Demons and Monsters will disobey his orders."
"And you?" Tianxin furrowed with even deeper worry. "This world may be a better place than it is now, but it all depends on you. Having received the power of the [Heavenly Demon Star] and unearthed the resentment of seven lifetimes, how can you guarantee that you will remain the same as you are now?"
"Perhaps, you don't even need the [Heavenly Demon Star]. The power of the Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers is enough to dominate the human world."
"Then this will be a war," Nanaya said. "There will be bloodshed."
"But my plan will not."
"I will project the power of the [Heavenly Demon Star] onto the moon, creating a grand dream called [Infinite Tsukuyomi] that will envelop the resurrected Heavenly Demons, the Demons and Monsters of the Demon Realm, and all of humanity."
"Let them understand, become accustomed to, and submit to my rule in endless dreams."
"Then he awoke as a demon, and as a citizen of the Yin Yue Dynasty."
"Human life may be short or painful, but it is precisely because of this that happiness and the preciousness of love are highlighted." Tianxin.
"Don't sing praises of suffering. Suffering is always suffering, and it is never worth singing praises of," Qi Ye shook his head. "Suffering should be avoided. We endure hardship to temper ourselves, only because suffering is unavoidable."
Qi Ye's words did not change Su Tianxin's mind.
Her body and Mind Stone were willing to submit to Qiye because of love, but her thoughts would not change. Her worldview and philosophy, which she had established just one step away from becoming an immortal, were more indestructible than the hardest substance in the world.
To sum it up in one sentence. "Floating clouds may obscure the moon, but they cannot block out the view; in the pursuit of the Way, even death cannot diminish my resolve."
P. S. (maximum number of times): I'm asking for Gan Jiang's love.
Of course, Shichiya did not intend to do so.
He was merely changing the subject. For someone like him, who was only in the Seven Nights, it was quite troublesome to conceal his pure Dao Power from Tianxin while their bodies were connected.
The entrance to the Dao Realm.
The Xuan Xin Sect disciples, led by Hongye, were on high alert.
"What brings you here, Yi Xi?" Hongye said in a deep voice, his powerful Dao Power surging around him, ready to unleash a mighty strike at any moment.
"What powerful humans. Even stronger than Su Tianxin back then." Yi Xi looked at Hongye, then shifted her gaze back. "There's even a child of a human-demon, and they figured out my identity so quickly. It seems I really didn't come to the wrong place."
"You don't seem to be planning to go to war with us?" Yan Chixia stopped Zhuge Liuyun, who was about to explode, and spoke while facing Jin Guang's murderous gaze.
"I am the sect leader," Jin Guang said in a low voice.
"Looks like there are still some smart people out there." Yi Xi glanced at Jin Guang with a mocking look. "I'm going to enter the Demon Realm entrance."
"You can't find it either?" Hongye didn't know whether she should be happy or depressed.
She hoped that the Demon Realm would never be opened, so that she could ignore Qi Ye's identity and be intimate with him in her dreams.
On the other hand, she also hopes to meet Qi Ye in reality, and incidentally eliminate the other half of the Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers, thus saving the righteous path of humanity.
"Yes." Yi Xi nodded, with a hint of pride. "It seems my descendants are quite outstanding."
Members of the Xuan Xin Sect:
Jin Guang couldn't help but mock, "Your descendant? Yi Xi, your sinful bloodline was severed twenty years ago. The current Demon Lord is someone you know very well, Gan Jiang."
"Gan Jiang? Gan Jiang! Ah! Why are you everywhere!"
The future he saw in Yi Xi was incomplete; he only knew that he would fall in love with the reincarnation of Mo Xie.
At this moment, crimson demonic energy swept across the entire Dao Realm.
The sky was suddenly shrouded in dark clouds, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring.
Jin Guang was met with Yan Chixia Sima Sanniang.
"Jin Guang, you've been the sect leader for so many years, yet you haven't improved at all. Can't you even be more patient?"
"If we fight with him because of you, it's all your fault."
"Don't worry," Yi Xi interrupted. "I won't get angry because of what that idiot said, nor will I get angry because of Gan Jiang, that loser."
The members of the Xuan Xin Sect subtly observed Yi Xi's distorted face: Who would believe that?
"How do we cooperate?" Jin Guang asked first.
At the same time, he looked at Yan Chixia with the air of a victor, as if to say, 'I won this time.'
"My body and Gan Jiang are one and the same. I have a spell that can find the [Gate to the Demon Realm] through my connection with him, but it requires several powerful humans to cast," Yi Xi said.
"For the sake of the righteous cause, for the sake of humanity, for the legacy of our patriarch, I, Jin Guang— "
"You're not one of the people I'm talking about."
He interrupted Jin Guang's speech in Yi Xi.
"Your strength is all built up from magical artifacts. What I need are those."
Following Yi Xi's direction, Jin Guang looked at Yan Chixia and Sima Sanniang, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
"This is outrageous! I will reach the Golden Talisman Realm just like them!" Jin Guang said in an almost roaring tone.
The four talismans of yellow, purple, gold, and blood are not paper talismans, but are drawn in the body with Dao Power and blood respectively.
Those who achieve this will have their names recorded in the annals of the Xuan Xin Sect.
"I don't understand the system you created based on Su Tianxin's foundation," Yi Xi said casually. "But you are a Gold Talisman because you can only reach the Gold Talisman level. They are Gold Talismans because they haven't reached the upper limit of this realm yet."
"Stop looking so sad, kid. I was surprised to see how well you managed to escape. You really gave me a fright."
"You—" Jin Guang spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
The corridor of the Demon Palace.
Tianxin blocked the two girls in front of her.
"Moye".
"Please call me Xiaoqian."
Xiaoqian, whose fox-demon features were revealed, frowned.
"Don't even think about me turning back into Mo Xie."
Mo Xie's reincarnation was hidden in her Sea of Consciousness and never revealed again after returning to the Demon Palace.
She always believed that Su Tianxin was only feigning submission in order to break the curse through her human form.
"Xiaoqian." Just like her name, Xiaoxue, with snow-white hair, snow-white skin, and snow-white Xiao Xue, unlike the dark-skinned characters in TV dramas, nudged Xiaoqian with her elbow and whispered, "She is, after all, the Holy King's wife."
In the demon realm, the strong are revered.
Even though Su Tianxin and Blue Demon came later, one was human and the other a traitor, Xiao Xue still automatically placed them in the position of Madam.
"What's there to be afraid of?" Xiaoqian puffed out her chest. "We're not just maids. Would the Saint Lord Qiye make things difficult for us because of her?"
"What if we come for the sake of the Holy Ruler's wishes?" Tianxin asked.
"You say it," Xiaoqian replied fiercely.
"Moye cannot lose her virginity, but Xiaoqian can," Tianxin said. "Since that day, you have been avoiding me. But even though it was my first time that day, I could sense Gan Jiang's excitement. He really likes the combination of Tianxin and Xiaoqian."
Why do you avoid us like the plague? Do you hate the Tianxin?
She blinked her big, bright eyes, which were filled with sorrow.
"Of course not. You're actually my cousin." Xiaoqian's tone softened slightly.
"Then why?" Tianxin asked. "Don't you trust the Holy Lord? Do you think my little tricks can fool him? Would I harm Gan Jiang?"
She indeed had no intention of hiding it and planned to force herself on Mo Xie when she met Hongye and Qiye in their dreams. She also had no intention of harming Gan Jiang; she only wanted to deflower Mo Xie.
After all, she hadn't told Hongye where the Gate of the Demon Realm was.
"Okay, okay, but I want to take Xiao Xue with me," Xiaoqian said.
"What did you say, Xiaoqian?" Xiao Xue's fair skin turned a blushing pink, and her voice was barely audible. "That's not shameful at all."
She was never used to serving Qiye with anyone other than Xiaoqian.
"You know why." Xiaoqian narrowed her fox-like eyes and stared intently at Xiao Xue.
"Mmm." Xiao Xue nodded, her voice so low that even with Su Tianxin's near-immortal senses, she almost couldn't hear it.
Xuan Xin Sect.
To avoid interfering with the operation of the magic array, Yan Hongye stayed far away and looked out from inside the pavilion.
"Why now?" Hongye's worried expression froze, and she closed her eyes. "It's a dream."
Inside the Demon Lord's palace, Qi Ye, whose body was pressed against Blue Demon's, once again fell into a dream.
"How annoying." Xiaoqian whispered to Xiao Xue as she dressed, "If the day of the Heavenly Demon Charges Seven Sha arrives, my help to the Holy Lord will be much greater than that of this traitor."
Xiao Xue nodded repeatedly.
'Such a good opportunity, I hope Yan Hongye can seize it.' Su Tianxin stared at Xiao Xue and Xiaoqian's necks, ready to knock them unconscious at any time, and then make Xiaoqian appear in her human form.
In a dream.
Hongye listened to the sound of the artificial waterfall and watched the fish in the lake, she sat by the waterside pavilion, playing with the deep blue magic bead in her hand.
"Xiao Cui, do you think we might be dreaming?"
"Miss, why are we dreaming?" The chubby-cheeked maid tilted her head and timidly reached out her hand. "Could you pinch me, Miss?"
"Yes, how could I be dreaming?" Hongye looked at the mansion behind her.
She was born and raised here, with loving parents, a comfortable life, and a handsome and considerate husband.
She was intimately familiar with every trace here.
Her hands caressed the railing, which even bore the marks of her childhood playfulness.
However, the deep blue magic bead in her hand reminded her of another unhappy period in her life, and a loophole.
She never left this mansion, this garden, to go out into the world.
"Young Master, you've arrived." Xiao Cui's cheerful voice made Hongye look at the newcomer with great trepidation.
He possesses the magnanimity of pine and bamboo, is as flawless as jade, and has features as beautiful as a painting.
"Seven Nights," Hongye called out the name of the person who had just arrived.
"What's wrong, Hongye?" The man held Hongye's soft hand. "You seem to have something on your mind?"
"Seven Nights, are we dreaming?" Hongye asked.
"You're awake, Hongye," Qiye said with a smile.
The world seemed to freeze. The sound of the waterfall stopped, the fish in the lake stopped swimming, and Xiao Cui's breathing disappeared. At this moment, only Qi Ye and Hongye were free to move around in this world.
"Why did you come to me?" Hongye's eyes reddened.
Qi Ye pulled Hongye into his arms. She tried to struggle, but her body went limp and she skillfully wrapped her arms around Qi Ye's neck.
A man's voice rang in my ears.
"At first, it was curiosity, curiosity about the nemesis that the righteous path had prepared for me."
"And then, there is love."
"I've really fallen in love with you, Hongye."
"Then can you give up your status as a couple destined to Seven Lifetimes of Resentful Lovers for me?" Hongye asked, "And then just the two of us, find a place where no one can find us."
"No." The man said firmly.
Hongye lowered her head, her slender white fingers tightly gripping the deep blue magic bead, turning it into fragments.