Volume One: The Nature of the Devil Does Not Change (Shortened)
Arc: The Devil Finally Leaves Earth
Scarlet King grabbed a Hell Spirit by the skull and crushed it with ease, even though destroying that skull would normally require planet-destruction-level power. Inside, he found a dark-green primitive stone. A malicious smile tugged at his lips—these stones would bring him tremendous benefit, enough to push him through more than one level in the Qi Gathering Realm. He shouted to Lin Yuan and Ikalat:
"There are green primitive stones inside!! Whoever kills more gets more primitive stones—party time!!"
Lin Yuan shot off in the opposite direction, firing lasers from his eyes into the fog as he began slaughtering the Hell Spirits overwhelmingly. Slime clung to their bodies and detonated, but none of the three were affected. Ikalat released countless chains that snared large numbers of spirits, crushed them with brute force, and hurled them into the shattered mountain.
Meanwhile, Scarlet King pulled a sword from his left arm and an explosive cannon from his other, then started carving and blasting through the spirits. He spun at a terrifying speed, arms spread wide, the hooks behind his back extending to slice everything around him—while he fired lasers at any spirit that got too close.
He also unleashed deafening shockwaves from his chest, because the disco recorders were currently inside his body—making the spirits' skulls explode.
Soon, nothing could be heard except the brutal roar of the recorders' soundwaves, Lin Yuan's shouts, Scarlet King's laughter, and the metallic clashes of Ikalat's chains.
Then Scarlet King rose into the sky and fired red beams from his eyes at everything in his path. With the soundwaves amplifying the chaos, the spirits went mad—killing themselves and tearing each other apart in a frenzy, driven by the red beams and the relentless, crushing sound.
Finally, after half an hour, they had wiped out every last spirit. They collected 367 primitive stones—some red, most dark green, and one blue. Scarlet King said:
"Each of us will take 122 primitive stones, but I'm taking the blue one. And we already know the color ranking: red, then green, then blue, then purple, then white and black. The more a stone's color leans toward whiteness—less dark, more shining—the purer, stronger, and better it is. Now let's cultivate. These stones will raise all of us to Level Five of the Qi Gathering Realm… maybe even Level Six. That will bring our power up to star-destruction—or even a small solar system."
The three sat in meditation and started cultivating, consuming one primitive stone after another.
[After an hour]
Scarlet King broke through to Level One of the Qi Gathering Realm.
[After a day]
Lin Yuan broke through to Level Three of the Qi Gathering Realm. Radiant energy poured from his body, his face grew younger, and he became stronger and more vigorous.
[After a week]
Lin Yuan broke through to Level Four of the Qi Gathering Realm, while Scarlet King and Ikalat broke through to Level Three.
[After a month]
Lin Yuan broke through to Level Six of the Qi Gathering Realm, while Ikalat reached Level Four and Scarlet King remained at Level Three.
When Scarlet King opened his eyes, he sensed a seductive energy behind him. He moved at a speed that shattered light itself, reaching horghriya speed [a speed higher than light by 368,000 times]. He seized the source of that demonic seduction and realized it was Lin Yuan, bound by a rope of seductive energy—both Lin Yuan and Ikalat had clearly been affected by it. Scarlet King murmured as he held the source:
"(Hah… failure.)"
When he looked closer, he saw a seduction demon—female, judging by her long hair and the impossibly alluring curves of her body. But her body was completely black, swallowing all light, closer to a black hole than flesh. It was as if she was using a technique to conceal her form, revealing only her lustfully shining pink eyes. The spirit spoke in a sweet, seductive voice:
"You strong man… why don't you let me go, and I'll give you a satisfaction beyond description?"
Scarlet King's only response was to squeeze her neck tighter. He had seen scenes like this too many times—desire meant nothing to him now. There was only coldness, calm, and his goal.
The spirit begged, voice trembling with fear:
"Please—mercy… just help me leave this place and I'll do anything. You're the only living beings I've finally met."
Scarlet King tightened his grip again and said coldly as he leaned close to her face:
"What benefit will I get from helping a whore who's trying to seduce me?"
The seduction spirit nearly cried from terror. She seemed naive—especially when she felt Scarlet King's overwhelming killing intent. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Scarlet King let her drop to the ground and went to free Lin Yuan and Ikalat, only to find them already unbound—yet still consumed by intense lust. It seemed the rope itself had been formed from the seduction spirit's power.
Scarlet King struck each of them in the stomach, sending them flying—destroying fifteen mountains in their path, carving through the earth, and launching them into the sky for nearly 5,000 kilometers. When they crashed down near the seduction spirit, the lust finally broke—but they were almost destroyed.
And with a devil's malicious "wake-up call," Scarlet King unleashed deafening soundwaves on them.