Complete Failure

Xihe was startled, finding it all very unexpected.

Still, she nodded.

She looked at Li Mo, her expression changing. "Li Mo, in that case, I'm afraid I'll have to offend you."

"What? What are you trying to do? If you lay a hand on me, I'll call for help! Just as I thought—you really are going to force yourself on me!"

Li Mo was startled and took two steps back.

[*Sigh! My charm really is too great. I may be just a low-ranking soldier, but what can I say? My charm is invincible!]

Li Mo saw a beam of moonlight spill down from Xihe.

A cool sensation washed over his face.

Di Jun's thoughts stirred at the sight.

He could tell it was an illusion spell.

Even he might not be able to withstand this illusion. He could easily fall under its influence in a short time.

Li Mo had no choice but to accept his fate!

From now on, he'd be bound to me, Di Jun, for good.

At the thought, the corners of Di Jun's mouth curled into a smile.

"Little Sister Xihe, I'll be going now. I won't disturb the two of you." Di Jun vanished in a flash.

A cool sensation washed over Li Mo's face.

For some reason, a beautiful woman appeared before him.

But before he could reach out and take her delicate hand,

the system's voice rang out in his mind.

"Ding! The host's willpower has been detected as insufficient. Activating defense mechanism."

"Ding! Defense mechanism activated successfully."

In an instant, the scene before Li Mo disappeared.

Xihe's face suddenly went pale as she suffered a backlash.

Her head throbbed as if needles were stabbing into it.

"You... You weren't affected by my illusion? Li Mo, you..."

Xihe looked at Li Mo, her eyes clear again.

"Lady Xihe, there's no need. I know I'm incredibly charming, but I won't accept your advances."

"I'm going back to my post! Bye!"

Li Mo had no idea how to explain himself.

The situation just now had clearly been Xihe trying to use an illusion to influence him and make something happen between them.

But then the system had suddenly activated its defense mechanism.

Patting his chest, he hurried away, muttering to himself, "Thank goodness! It all worked out. Xihe failed, I'm still Li Mo, Di Jun is still Di Jun, the Demon Race is still the Demon Race, and Xihe can still be Brother Jun's wife."

Meanwhile,

Xihe had already left the room and gone to Di Jun to tell him what had happened.

Di Jun had been in high spirits, sipping fragrant tea. When he saw Xihe return, he couldn't help but stare.

"Li Mo was that quick?" Di Jun asked.

"Brother, please don't tease me. I failed," Xihe replied.

Only then did Di Jun notice that Xihe's face was deathly pale and she looked injured.

"How could that be? How did you fail? If even I hadn't left just now, I might have been affected by that illusion of yours. He's only at the Late True Immortal level. How could he possibly resist it?"

Di Jun looked utterly incredulous.

But Xihe shook her head. "There's only one explanation: Li Mo's willpower is simply too strong. That's why he wasn't affected by the illusion."

At those words, Di Jun was stunned.

"Your primordial spirit must be injured, right?" Di Jun asked.

"Indeed." Xihe smiled bitterly, still unable to believe it.

She had actually suffered a loss at the hands of a little fellow at the Late True Immortal level.

"Go and rest. Your task is complete. Thank you, Little Sister Xihe." Di Jun cupped his hands, signaling for her to leave.

Then he summoned Tai Yi.

Tai Yi was astonished when he heard what Di Jun had to say.

"What? He actually said those things? 'If Heaven had not birthed me, Li Mo, the Primordial World would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity!'"

"I'll leave my peerless bearing upon this Primordial World!"

"Beauty is as dangerous as a wolf or a tiger. You shouldn't even think about it, let alone touch it!"

Di Jun repeated the words, leaving Tai Yi in shock.

What surprised him most was that Li Mo had actually withstood Xihe's illusion.

"Then, Brother, what should we do? If we can't bind Li Mo to us, won't we lose such a powerful general?" Tai Yi looked extremely anxious.

The more extraordinary Li Mo proved to be, the more worried Tai Yi became that he might leave.

"Don't worry. Let me think. This isn't necessarily all bad for us. The more exceptional Li Mo is, the more we need to keep him by our side." Di Jun fell into deep thought.

On the Sun Star, the Moon Star goddess had also been given a special bedchamber by Di Jun and Tai Yi.

After hearing her elder sister Xihe's account, Changxi covered her mouth.

Her praise for Li Mo was plain to see.

"This little Li Mo is surprisingly clever. No wonder Elder Brother Di Jun values him so highly."

"It seems he'll have a place among the powerful in the Primordial World one day!"

"Even more frightening, he's only at the Late True Immortal level, yet he managed to resist Elder Sister's illusion."

Changxi knew Xihe very well.

She could cast that illusion herself.

Even a powerful cultivator at the same level would need a little time to break free of it.

Yet Li Mo had regained his clarity in an instant.

And on top of that, he had even caused Xihe to suffer a backlash.

"Terrifying..."

"Third Sister, Fourth Sister, come to the main hall. We need to discuss something."

Di Jun's voice rang out from outside.

At that, the two hurried to the main hall.

When they arrived, Xihe and Changxi were both astonished.

"What? Elder Brother, you want to become sworn brothers with Li Mo?"

Di Jun nodded.

"Exactly. You've both seen Li Mo's potential. I can't bear the thought of him leaving the Demon Race someday, so I have no choice but to resort to this. It's a way to keep him here, but we still can't truly bind his heart to us."

"If Elder Brother has made up his mind, then let's do it. It's a way," Xihe said.

Changxi and Tai Yi nodded in agreement as well.

Li Mo, however, knew nothing about it.

After returning to the Eight Treasures Dragon Transformation Pool, Li Mo went right back to sleeping and taking it easy.

He'd only just fallen asleep when someone woke him.

"Li Mo, Lord Di Jun has summoned you." Mie Meng woke him politely.

Had it been anyone else, Mie Meng would have kicked them awake long ago.

But Li Mo was different from the other soldiers.

"What's going on with you people? Have you all lost your minds?" Li Mo asked.

"Li Mo! Watch your words." Mie Meng was so startled that he jolted, then hurriedly warned him.

"It's fine. Lord Di Jun is broad-minded. He won't take something like that to heart."

"Commander Mie Meng, I'll go on ahead."

Li Mo left at once.

Mie Meng and the others watched him go, their faces full of envy.

They had no idea what Li Mo had done to earn Lord Di Jun's favor so thoroughly.