The Heavenly Devil Enters the Game / The Real Cheat ...

Xu Jun lowered his head, a glint of light in his eyes.

What One Iu knew, how could he not know? But it was precisely because he knew that he understood one thing: Yotsuya Miko's astonishing potential for growth.

Through extensive data analysis, he gradually realized something interesting: Yotsuya Miko's strength was rapidly increasing at all times, as if she were regaining her original power.

He didn't know the exact reason, but perhaps Yotsuya Miko was indeed a god, a god who was regaining her power.

"I deliberately misled you with this information."

Xu Jun knew that even if he told his older brother about this, he would not agree to his plan. Instead, he would do something else—such as using various methods to eliminate Yotsuya Miko before she became powerful enough to truly rival a god.

Those who are too powerful are only seen as outcasts and objects of fear. This mentality is especially true for those who consider themselves superior; no one expects a god to actually appear above them.

"Power, status, and profit—I don't care about any of those things. But you do care, and that's why you want to stop me. That's something I can't tolerate."

He muttered to himself, his voice low. Some things were unforgettable for him.

Chapter 234 The demon enters the game

This scheming between brothers is probably quite fascinating. That's what the onlookers think.

In the darkness, One Iu fell asleep. Then, the wisp of black mist in his heart emerged and enveloped his entire body. However, it only enveloped his entire body and did not control his will.

The Heavenly Demon, who should have been sleeping alongside its previous host, condensed its upper body into black mist in mid-air, its empty eyes gazing at its current host.

"Finally, we've found a satisfactory host."

As it spoke, it recklessly possessed the body of One Kyojun during the previous car accident, and what happened afterward truly made it feel somewhat emotional.

"Kamikakushi Mountain... actually possesses unclaimed spiritual energy. Although there are arrays set up, they can't harm me, but they have provided me with a lot of spiritual energy. However, excessive absorption will only arouse her suspicion."

Through One Kyojun and One Iu, it finally figured things out and understood who the Heavenly Mandate Holder of this world was.

"Yotsuya Miko, if I could reside in your body, I'm afraid I could escape from this world very quickly."

These Heavenly Mandate Holder, as mentioned before, are beings capable of influencing the world, and this Yotsuya Miko certainly embodies that.

"Those so-called Gate of the Underworld are probably opportunities left specifically for this Heavenly Mandate Holder. They're probably no different from the secret realms of the Xuanhui Realm. The existence of the Xuanhui Realm techniques and demonic beasts is precisely why these remnants of the Xuanhui Realm exist."

Faced with their predicament, the Heavenly Demon quickly pieced together the general situation of this world. It wasn't surprising that this world contained remnants of the Xuanhui Realm; after all, secret realms were things abandoned by one world but accepted by another.

"According to the world's deductive logic, One Kyojun should be Yotsuya Miko's ally, while this One Iu is the obstacle. How interesting."

Thinking this, its gaze involuntarily took on a somewhat strange quality.

Thinking about it this way, its existence seems abrupt. The car accident came so suddenly that it had no idea what to do, so it could only possess One Kyojun's body, then come into contact with Kamikakushi Mountain, and then change its host to One Iu's body.

"World Consciousness..."

It looked up at the ceiling. Logically speaking, with its concealment abilities, the world's World Consciousness shouldn't have been able to lock onto it. But it simply couldn't believe such a coincidence.

"So be it. Whether it's a coincidence or a scheme by the World Consciousness, the Heavenly Mandate Holder is still unaware of my existence. This is my chance, my chance to kill the Heavenly Mandate Holder."

The Heavenly Demon's hatred for the Heavenly Mandate Holder is one thing; it has suffered too many attacks from the Heavenly Mandate Holder, so it's normal for it to want revenge on one of them, especially since these Heavenly Mandate Holder are not invincible. More importantly, these Heavenly Mandate Holder often possess a "source" that can be plundered, something that can help it rebuild its physical body and escape this world as quickly as possible.

Furthermore, this Heavenly Mandate Holder has not yet fully matured. Once this Heavenly Mandate Holder matures, it will not need to consider leaving this world before the Heavenly Mandate Holder truly dies, let alone finding a host. It will be sealed away for hundreds of years.

"To deal with these Heavenly Mandate Holder, we must strike swiftly and decisively, eliminating all her allies at once. This requires a gradual approach. However, an opportunity has presented itself."

It murmured to itself, then, remembering its current strength, it shook its head.

"Let's build up our strength first, just in case something goes wrong later."

Despite its cautious assessment of Yotsuya Miko's strength, it still felt somewhat uneasy considering the various unforeseen circumstances that befell these Heavenly Mandate Holder before their deaths.

"That Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method is worth using. With this identity, one would also need to worry about being exposed because of killing, so it's good to quickly accumulate spiritual energy. This way, we can launch a surprise attack later. The modern technology of this world should not be underestimated either; those so-called firearms can also be prepared properly. Before the plan is implemented, let's just let things proceed as originally planned."

Carefully sorting out his thoughts, the upper body formed by the Heavenly Demon began to disintegrate, turning into black mist that flowed into One Iu's body. Influenced by the World Consciousness, One Iu didn't need to do anything; he would naturally develop a dislike for Yotsuya Miko and begin to try to use his power to deal with this Heavenly Mandate Holder.

According to the usual script of the World Consciousness, all these methods have failed. It only needs to influence One Iu's actions at the last moment to potentially kill Yotsuya Miko. Of course, even if it cannot kill Yotsuya Miko, it will be enough to cause her emotional breakdown, paving the way for its subsequent actions.

Of course, if one operation fails, there might not be a second one. However, for it, which doesn't need to worry about actual death, it's worth the gamble. If it wins, it can leave this suffocating world sooner; if it loses, it's just its current fate, at most a seal. That's the pros and cons.

"It's a highly profitable business, and if it's truly a calculated scheme, then I have no choice but to take it."

Therefore, the Heavenly Demon no longer cared whether it was a scheme or not; at most, it was somewhat puzzled as to why the world's World Consciousness would suddenly take such action. Could it be that it intended to replace a Heavenly Mandate Holder Demon to achieve this?

"It's not impossible."

After all, there are always some Heavenly Mandate Holder are strange, such as the one in the Xuanhui Realm that it still can't forget— the Myriad Transformation Devil Venerable Zhang Qiudao.

The Heavenly Demon is one who plots to seize the Mandate of Heaven and is adept at concealment.

After flipping through a large amount of information about the Yotsuya Miko Demons, a sentence from one of them inexplicably popped into her mind. She rubbed her throbbing head and, unusually, felt a strong urge to rest.

After spending the entire day reviewing information about the Heavenly Demon, she gained some insight into the mutation that had occurred to her; this mutation was caused by external forces.

The Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding provided by her cheap master indeed had no side effects, since it was a method to transform oneself into a demon, and all the power originated from oneself. Unless, external forces were mixed in from the beginning, it would be an external force that suddenly appeared at that time.

If it's the former, then there's a problem with her foundation. If it's the latter, then she needs to figure out what kind of external force would cause these demonic organs to mutate and fight back.

Chapter 235 The Real Cheat

After meeting with One Kyojun, he went to the hospital for a few more days.

According to Yuria, the head of the Oone family has made preparations for the meeting, but there are still some minor obstacles.

So Yotsuya Miko waited, continuing to peruse information about the Heavenly Demon. Although after reviewing a large amount of material she had a rough idea of the possible cause of the mutation, Yotsuya Miko was still troubled by the exact cause.

As for the former, it's because an accident occurred when she first started cultivating the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding. Perhaps it was due to the influence of the Nine Nether Profound Soul Treasure Record, since the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding appeared and cleansed the residual desires of the Soul Extract in her body when dealing with the Xuanming Python. In this light, it seems to be related.

The latter explanation is also plausible; the alienation came extremely suddenly, precisely at the moment she was contemplating the problem. Because of the alienation, Miko had no choice but to set aside those questions. However, she tore out that page from the notebook that recorded those questions. And because she was preoccupied with the alienation, her memories of the time became blurred.

Looking back now, it's rather strange; I can't quite put my finger on why.

So she continued to peruse the information about the Heavenly Demon and began to ponder Zhang Qiudao's research on magic techniques.

As mentioned before, Zhang Qiudao believed that incantations were a combination of spiritual energy and special properties. However, this combination was not simply a matter of mixing spiritual energy and special properties together, but rather achieved through various techniques. These techniques were the core of the incantations; without their use, the incantations could only function to a limited extent.

The Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding is a prime example, employing extremely intricate and complex techniques. To put it simply, using the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding is like solving a quadratic equation in one variable—it's somewhat difficult, but that's about it. Explaining and analyzing the techniques it uses, and gradually figuring out its core, is like proving why 1+2 equals 3.

Therefore, Yotsuya Miko had to start from the basics, trying to understand Zhang Qiudao's views on spell techniques and learn the creation skills of these techniques from her cheap master's theoretical achievements. After studying for the past few days, although she still couldn't completely analyze the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding, she no longer had any problem creating some simple spell techniques that only required spiritual energy to activate or whose characteristics were not so demanding.

Of course, compared to the spells in the Soul Nourishing Artifact Path Understanding, they appear rather cumbersome and unattractive. The spells she created consume one to several times more spiritual energy than spells of the same power in the Dao of Soul Nourishing Artifact Path Understanding, and their casting speed is also much slower, which requires more learning and practice.

Through Zhang Qiudao's understanding and explanation of the principles of the incantation, Yotsuya Miko felt even more emotional towards this inexplicable master. Besides the theories and knowledge of this Myriad Transformation Devil Venerable Lord, the materials she studied also contained descriptions of the Xuanhui Realm. Although there were likely some exaggerations, the cultivators of the Xuanhui Realm throughout history were far inferior to Zhang Qiudao.

Before Zhang Qiudao, no one had ever tried to explain the essence of magic techniques. They mostly relied on their spellcasting experience and the Spiritual Sense that a high level of cultivation could generate to piece together a magic technique. The creation of these magic techniques required the right time, place, and people, and even more so, luck, much like opening a blind box. The difference was that high-level cultivators had a guaranteed minimum, while low-level cultivators had nothing at all.

The methods these cultivators used to create techniques were extremely outdated, and Zhang Qiudao regarded them as those who were stuck in their ways. After all, because they relied solely on experience and the powerful computing and control provided by their Spiritual Sense, these cultivators cherished the techniques they created and would not pass them on to anyone other than their direct disciples or close friends and relatives. This gave rise to a monopolistic class.

In Zhang Qiudao's investigation report on the Xuanhui Realm, he drew an empirical conclusion: sects are formed by powerful individuals or families. Powerful individuals possess complete cultivation techniques and multiple spells, which they can provide to their disciples. Similarly, a family gradually accumulates its own complete system of cultivation techniques and spells through blood ties.

These established sects, through mergers and reorganizations, optimized and supplemented their original cultivation techniques and formulas, thus forming a complete organization. Within this organization, disciples could learn cultivation techniques and formulas, as there was no need to hoard all of them. Through generations of accumulation, there were enough cultivation techniques and formulas available for disciples to use, while those at the upper levels could cultivate more advanced techniques and formulas.

These sects cherish their heritage, and a powerful institution within them is the Transmission Pavilion or Transmission Peak, and so on. It is precisely through these techniques and methods that they recruit disciples, allowing these disciples to develop and strengthen the sect, drawing upon the elite disciples to inherit their mantle, and using marriage or adoption to bring these disciples into the power structure.

Thus, sects are essentially organizations controlled by multiple blood-related families, who monopolize the sect's interests. This is more evident in the righteous sects of the Xuanhui Realm, while it is slightly less so in the Demonic Path sects. Due to the various drawbacks in the cultivation techniques and spells of the Demonic Path sects, there are actually fewer blood relatives and family ties, since some cultivation techniques and spells are inherently patricidal.

In Demonic Path sects, the strong seize the benefits, making them less consolidated and stable than righteous sects. However, compared to righteous sects, Demonic Path sects are much more lax in their control over cultivation techniques and spells, and they don't have as many rules when recruiting disciples. This laxity and ease of entry is the way Demonic Path sects survive.

This was the case before Zhang Qiudao.

As for what came after him... there weren't many sects left in the Xuanhui Realm.

While pondering these matters, Yotsuya Miko continued to peruse the theories and practical experiences related to magical techniques. After the emergence of the mutation, her focus on magical techniques and information about the Heavenly Demon finally allowed her to discover her true advantage as a disciple of the Myriad Transformation Devil Venerable Lord.

The Nine Nether Soul Selection Manual, the Soul Nourishing Artifact Path Understanding and Object Manipulation, and the Explanation of Soul Merging Artifact Casting Understanding were not her true strengths. Zhang Qiudao's insights into cultivation were the real treasure. Even without these top-tier techniques and spells, Zhang Qiudao's profound knowledge of cultivation was more than enough to allow her to reach her current level.

She even felt that through years of dedicated research, she could create a righteous cultivation method without side effects. Although it couldn't compare to top-tier methods like the Nine Nether Profound Soul Treasure Record, it would still be first-rate. And there would be no need to cultivate these bizarre Demonic Path techniques.

A Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding and a Nine Nether Profound Soul Treasure Record tormented her terribly.

Chapter 236 What can you do in ten minutes?

After a moment of reflection, Yotsuya Miko realized that she was indeed lucky.

Although the extraordinary abilities in her eyes were due to Zhang Qiudao passing on all his skills to her, if she hadn't encountered Zhang Qiudao's remnant spirit back then, she wouldn't have been able to reach her current state—although there was a slight accident.

But frankly, those minor accidents couldn't compare to the opportunities she gained. The insights of an Enlightenment Realm master from the Xuanhui Realm, the renowned Myriad Transformation Devil Venerable —even if Miko had never witnessed the methods of Enlightenment Cultivator, she, at only the Core Formation stage, could already travel to the heavens and the earth, withstand bullets with her bare body, and roam freely across different countries. For a Dao Enlightenment Realm, several major realms below Core Formation, it was simply unthinkable.

In other words, the concept of the Xuanhui Realm is far more complex than that of this world. Both the number of living beings and the area of the world are countless times larger than that of this world. Otherwise, the battles between Enlightenment Cultivator alone would be enough to destroy the entire world. Yotsuya Miko has no doubt that Enlightenment Cultivator could destroy the world she lives in with just one spell.

"Thinking about it this way is really scary..."

She murmured, not holding much hope that Miko herself could reach that level.

Looking back on her journey, it can only be described as good luck. Riding on this good fortune, she has reached her current level, cultivating to the Core Formation, which is the realm described in the Nine Nether Profound Soul Treasure Record as "capturing people with divine power".

Moreover, her advancement to the Core Formation realm was largely thanks to the Xuanming Python's contribution; only a ferocious beast at the late Core Formation, close to the Golden Core realm, could provide her with such abundant resources.

After reaching the Core Formation stage, the Ghosts Mountain God this world offered negligible help to her cultivation. She would need to kill hundreds or even thousands of mountain gods to advance to the Golden Core stage. But such a number of Mountain God didn't exist in this world. Perhaps they existed in the "Gate of the Underworld."

If the person in front of him were Zhang Qiudao, he would have entered the Gate of the Underworld without hesitation to seek his own path to enlightenment. But the person in front of him is Yotsuya Miko. She doesn't have the same ambition to seek enlightenment as Zhang Qiudao; she's just drifting through life, occasionally helping out when something happens.

Regardless of her thoughts, the world will not grant her her wishes.

Just as Yotsuya Miko continued her slacking off during class, her Spiritual Sense was suddenly stimulated and suddenly unfolded.

The Spiritual Sense that was instantly activated quickly detected the trace of a bullet in mid-air.

At that moment, Yotsuya Miko's eyes flashed, and in an instant, she cast a spell without even looking at it, aiming it at a sniper on a building.

Want to assassinate her?

Before the bullet could even pierce the glass and reach her, it was completely destroyed along its trajectory by this incantation, leaving not a trace. The incantation then pierced the sniper rifle barrel at incredible speed and entered the sniper's brain.

The sniper, who had no time to react, fell to the ground, his sniper rifle falling to its side with a crisp sound.

She's just a sniper; I'm being a little too dismissive of her.

From realizing the bullet was aimed at her to killing the sniper, Yotsuya Miko's expression remained calm. However, beneath this calm, a spark was brewing.

Several incantations flowed out with her thoughts; this was a new little trick she had learned, requiring only an extra five or six layers of spiritual energy to avoid the need for hand gestures.

Guided by her Spiritual Sense, these incantations landed on the corpse of a sniper in the far distance. The recently deceased body quickly decayed due to the incantations, hissing as if splashed with sulfuric acid. The clothing and flesh clinging to the bones were corroded away, exposing the bones beneath. The nascent Soul Body was forcefully torn apart by the incantations and vanished from the world.

Then, the traces of the bones disappeared, leaving only a pool of foul-smelling slime on the ground, and a sniper rifle not far from the slime.

The spells that had been used to complete all of this returned to Yotsuya Miko's body along their original path, along with the memories of the sniper whose body had been completely destroyed.

These methods weren't used on Tong Sheng Yuanhe before, either because she hadn't learned them yet, or because she didn't want to cause Okita Qishen unnecessary resentment. But now, there's no need to use any gentle methods.

These fragmented memories were quickly sorted out, and the most important intelligence was extracted.

The Kawagen Family...

Yotsuya Miko's eyes turned cold. If she remembered correctly, that Yamada Mukawa was also a member of the Kawagen Family, no, a dog of the Kawagen Family.

This guy destroyed his entire shipment, and now this scoundrel from the Kawagen Family is sending people to kill him?

We were really underestimated.

The moment the school bell rang, Yotsuya Miko made a phone call—the number that One Kyojun had given her.

Perhaps because he valued her call so much, One Kyojun answered the phone shortly after she made the call.

"Miss Yotsuya?"

"Which members of the Kawagen Family do you want to kill?"

Her voice was calm, as if she were asking what to have for dinner, rather than discussing murder.

"I'm in a hurry, I only have ten minutes."

"... Kawagen Mingli, Chuanyuan... they are..."

There was only a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone before someone quickly recited several names and addresses. Then the call ended.

"Beep beep."

Looking at the disconnected call on his phone, One Kyojun put down the documents in his hand. Although he was a little confused when he received the call, he quickly realized what had happened.

"The Kawagen Family has made their move?"

He frowned. It wasn't that he couldn't understand why the Kawagen Family would take action against Yotsuya Miko, but rather that he couldn't understand why Yotsuya Miko would ask him for a spot at this time, and how she knew so quickly that it was the Kawagen Family who made the move.

But since the plan was to have Yotsuya Miko scare her older brother anyway, it wasn't too surprising.

"Go and keep an eye on what's happening with the Kawagen Family right now."

He gave a brief instruction and then continued reading the documents in his hands.

However, before he could finish reading the document in his hand, someone barged into the study.