“Ah... what a wonderful expression...”

Stan’s mouth was twisted at an odd angle, looking extremely distorted.

As a complete pervert, tormenting his prey was his favorite thing to do.

Whether it was pain or scars.

None of these could make Li Ang feel despair and fear.

But when the blade pierced through the chest of the girl in front of him, everything Stan wanted to see, he saw.

So, he did not interrupt their dialogue; instead, he immersed himself in it.

“A little more, a little more pain... Hehe, hehehe...”

Several blue veins wriggled on Stan’s face, and he excitedly drank a few more demonic potions.

Just then, an unusual aura rose from the battered young man in front of him.

“You... how is that possible!?” 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Stan’s eyes widened suddenly, filled with shock.

The aura that Li Ang burst forth with at that moment was only higher, not lower, than his current aura!

“I... I understand!”

“It’s her... she’s also an Righteous Path Cultivator!?”

“You, a mere Demonic Cultivator... actually, actually made her enter the Righteous Path!?”

“You... you!!!”

Stan was terrified, and he tremblingly opened the bottle filled with demonic potions, frantically pouring countless demonic potions into his mouth.

At this moment,

In countless Illusion Realm worlds, countless “Li Angs” angrily made their move... In Xianyuan Continent, at the venue of the Demon Subduing Assembly.

Twelve huge Illusion Towers, marked with numbers, stood atop the Demon Subduing Stage.

The seats of the judging panel were occupied by the Grand Elders of the Five Great Sects.

It was already nearing noon, and seeing that the general trend was set, Zhang Yuxian, the Grand Elder of Qingshan Sect, couldn’t stop grinning with smugness.

His Disciple’s work, "demon execution chronicle", had seized the initiative due to its release time, and its votes were now far ahead, firmly holding the first place.

The giant Illusion Towers on the Demon Subduing Stage were the combined work of several Artifact Refining Great Masters.

Not only was their performance in creating Illusion Realms superb, but they also had many functions designed for the competition.

For example, the numbers on the Illusion Towers were determined by the order in which participants completed the Illusion Realm.

Qingshan Sect’s number was one, while Lu Ze’s was the last, twelve.

Players’ votes would appear in the form of light pillars on the back of the Illusion Towers.

At this moment, Qingshan Sect’s votes were far ahead, with the light pillar reaching a height of over ten meters.

Zhang Yuxian glanced in Lu Ze’s direction.

Lu Ze’s ranking at this time, though not the very last, wasn’t much better; the light pillar behind his Illusion Tower barely reached above his head.

“Oh dear, Elder Chao... you say it’s a perfectly good Demon Subduing Assembly, yet your Lingxiao Sect’s two renowned True Immortals, one is merciful towards Demonic Cultivators, and the other uses Demonic Cultivators to create an Illusion Realm... what a mess if this gets out, wouldn’t it?”

Zhang Yuxian patted Chao Wendao’s shoulder, sighing hypocritically.

“The affairs of my Lingxiao Sect do not trouble Elder Zhang.”

Chao Wendao glared at him and replied with a cold snort.

“You talk about Demonic Cultivators, fine, but you just had to arrange a romance, and the other party is so young... alas!”

Zhang Yuxian ignored him and continued to lament with feigned distress.

Chao Wendao’s face darkened, and he tried hard to suppress the urge to strike.

“Grand Elder Zhang.”

Lu Ze, who had been meditating with his eyes closed in Illusion Tower number “twelve,” slowly opened his eyes and teased:

“The Illusion Realm I created does not necessarily lead to a romance with the woman within it; it’s entirely up to the user’s own will... Could it be...?”

With that, he feigned a look of sudden realization, quickly covered his mouth, and pretended to be surprised:

“No way, no way, Elder Zhang, you’re already so old, and you still enjoy this... alas!”

As soon as these words were uttered, the crowd of onlookers below the Demon Subduing Stage burst ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) into laughter, making Zhang Yuxian’s face turn green and then pale with anger.

“Sharp-tongued... the voting results will be finalized soon, I wonder if you’ll still be able to smile then!”

Zhang Yuxian sneered, looking at Lu Ze.

“Elder Zhang, don’t be anxious, the time... is almost here.”

Lu Ze gently closed his eyes, silently calculating the time in his mind.

There was still a quarter of an hour until noon.

According to Lu Ze’s calculations, the true hidden ending was about to enter the players’ field of vision... Zhong Yi’s Illusion Realm world.

“Die!!!”

Zhong Yi roared, each sound carrying a heart-wrenching wail.

His fists, his face, his eyes... all were stained with black and red blood.

After casting the Blood Curse, Li Ang’s stats were far above Stan’s.

The difficulty of this stage’s operation was almost zero.

Even someone as clumsy as Zhong Yi had no pressure fighting Stan.

At this moment, Stan had already breathed his last.

Zhong Yi still ignored it, punching his already deformed head again and again.

“Boom—!”

Under the immense force, Stan’s head burst open like a watermelon.

Only then did Zhong Yi belatedly realize that the opponent was already beyond dead.

He suddenly felt all strength leave his body and abruptly knelt on the ground.

Zhong Yi tremblingly held the small, already cold hand of the girl, sobbing uncontrollably.

“But...”

“But she’s already...”

Tears welled up in his eyes again.

The live stream’s bullet comments also grew sad.

“Alas... seeing the daughter that Zhong Yi raised for a day and a night, just like that...”

“Only a day and a night? I feel like many years have passed...”

“Old Devil Lu, you’re not human!!!”

“Can we revert to the previous time point? Is it possible?”

“With Old Devil Lu’s cunning, don’t even think about it...”

“If Old Devil Lu wants you to be sad, even a True Immortal would have to endure it!”

“Please accept my condolences, Zhong Yi!”

...“No, no... I believe Junior Brother Lu wouldn’t be so heartless... there must be something I missed...”

Zhong Yi wiped his tears, trying to find a new solution.

At this point, he was in the main quest, and there was no option to load a previous save.

“Main Quest: Leave the Inn”

Looking at the quest reminder in the upper right corner, Zhong Yi took a deep breath, embraced Suteir’s corpse, and walked heavily towards the exit.

The moment he stepped out of the barrier, the entire Illusion Realm world seemed to freeze.

Time stood still.

The scene turned black and white.

A line of text appeared before Zhong Yi’s eyes:

“Do you believe Li Ang is an evil person?”

Zhong Yi quickly shook his head: “No.”

“But... he cultivates the Demonic Path, doesn’t he?”

Seeing this line of text, Zhong Yi fell silent.

If judged by Cultivation Technique, Li Ang was undoubtedly of the Demonic Path;

But if judged by his actions, weren’t many of the Righteous Path more like Demonic Cultivators than Li Ang?

“Do you wish to save the girl in your arms?”

As this line of text appeared, Zhong Yi’s eyes suddenly widened, and the hot blood in his heart boiled again.

“Yes!”

“Even if you are playing the role of a Demonic Cultivator?”

“Yes!!”

“Even if you will sacrifice your life?”

“Yes!!!”

“Then, let ‘you’ personally rewrite the ending...”

Immediately following, a selection box appeared before Zhong Yi:

“For the brief time that follows, you can choose to consume Spiritual Qi to bring a portion of your true self’s strength into the Illusion Realm. The higher the Realm brought in, the greater the Spiritual Qi consumed.”

“Please choose the Realm of Cultivation to bring into the Illusion Realm!”