(Volume One: "The Nature of the Devil Does Not Change"
Arc: "The Devil Finally Leaves Earth"
Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan kept their eyes on Scarlet King. Yu Ru Meng's gaze was enchanting—mocking, too—while Yao Yan looked at him like a pawn she could use to compete with her sister… if she could win his heart first.
Scarlet King felt irritated under their stares.
"Hah… their eyes are annoying."
He didn't want to share stones—benefit, profit—with either of them. Not when he didn't trust them. So he glanced at Yu Ru Meng and said in a calm, teasing tone:
"I, Ikalat, and Lin Yuan will reach the Central Region before you."
In the same breath, Scarlet King moved with overwhelming speed, seized Lin Yuan and Ikalat, and black, smoky mist rose around the three of them. They vanished right in front of Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan.
The mist reappeared in a dark land that resembled the Far Lands—towering stone pillars piercing the sky, green grass swaying below, and glowing night insects drifting in the air. The haze faded, and the trio stood there in a dead, hollow quiet. The place was empty—no birds, no spirits—only silence.
Ikalat narrowed his eyes at Scarlet King, suspicion sharp in his voice.
"Hah… your vaporization technique only works if you move to a new place, or if you've seen the destination before so you can transfer to it. But this is our first time in the Sealed World… so how did you teleport to the Central Region on a first visit?"
Scarlet King met his gaze with lifeless eyes and a cold, mocking smile.
"Hah… you said it yourself. If I don't choose a specific location, we get sent somewhere random. So maybe we're in the Far Lands… or the Central Region. No one knows until we explore."
Ikalat's suspicion only deepened as Lin Yuan and Scarlet King moved ahead. He thought to himself:
(This Scarlet is strange. His behavior is suspicious. How does he know laws, arrays, weapons, this place… so many things? He's extremely suspicious… but for now I have to stay with them to survive. And staying with them benefits me too.)
Then it hit them.
A terrifying, crushing aura—like the one Ikalat and Scarlet King had sensed before, except now it was so much stronger it felt unreal.
Lin Yuan dropped to his knees in sheer horror. Ikalat froze, trembling.
As for Scarlet King—he used the vaporization technique and fled.
A man appeared.
Red hair. Red eyes. A golden band across his forehead. A black robe trimmed in white at the collar and edges, while the lower half turned red from the waist down—between the thighs, all the way to the feet. A red cloak-like drape hung from his shoulders down his back. Short black horns. A golden belt around his waist.
And he was the source of that crushing aura.
The red devil moved.
He kicked Lin Yuan, sending him crashing through three stone pillars and shattering them. Then he struck Ikalat with a blow that slammed him into a mountain—pulverizing it into fragments.
It happened before either of them could even understand what had occurred. Lin Yuan began sweating and vomiting blood, his stomach turning purple, tears spilling from his eyes from the pain. Ikalat was left with severe injuries running from his chest down to his knee.
Then a gate opened—like the one the golems had used before.
A hundred small golems marched out, along with five commander-rank golems… and a smaller golem with wings.
Ikalat panicked, pointing at the winged one as he shouted:
"He's not commander-rank… he's a GENERAL!!"
The red devil blurred forward and punched one commander golem in the face, shattering it with a single strike. He rushed another—then a cannon shot slammed into him. It didn't leave even a scratch. He blocked it with his bare hand.
Then Titan King appeared at full power, cannon aimed straight at the red devil. The expression on the screen was:
"):<"
And he roared:
"Hey… Mo Sheng!"
Mo Sheng charged Titan King and drove a brutal blow into his chest, blasting Titan King backward. But an attack came from behind—one of the golem commanders—so Mo Sheng dodged with ease. Titan King struck again, knocking Mo Sheng into the air, and followed with a cannon blast.
Ikalat appeared above Mo Sheng and, with a single kick, drove him into the ground like a meteor.
Titan King turned his screen toward the golem general and gave a small nod. The general understood immediately: a temporary alliance against the Demon King.
Mo Sheng burst from the earth with crushing force, moved like a blur, and struck the general, Titan King, and Ikalat—dropping them with overwhelming power.
But Titan King appeared behind him and slammed him down with a punch. Titan King rained blows while Mo Sheng lay on the ground—so heavy that the earth cracked and shattered beneath them.
Then a brutal strike landed on Titan King and sent him flying away.
Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan appeared and shouted in unison:
"Don't you dare lay a hand on our father!!"
The Shadow rose from Titan King's shadow—taking the same form as Titan King. Then Scarlet King said:
"Lin Yuan and Ikalat—handle Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan with the Shadow. I and the golem army will deal with Mo Sheng!"
Lin Yuan, Ikalat, and the Shadow surged forward to stop Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan.
Titan King charged back toward Mo Sheng—but Mo Sheng caught Titan King's fist and hurled him with crushing force straight into the golem army. Then Mo Sheng moved and smashed Titan King's screen apart with overwhelming power.
Mist rose around Titan King. Scarlet King returned to human form—his eyes bleeding heavily, yet still functioning.
Mo Sheng struck Scarlet King and sent him crashing into a nearby mountain. Then Mo Sheng moved fast and pierced Scarlet King's left chest.
Scarlet King laughed as he coughed blood.
"My heart is on the right side, you idiot."
Scarlet King slammed a heavy blow into Mo Sheng's jaw, grabbed him, and unleashed devastating soundwaves directly into him.
Then Scarlet King saw Mo Sheng's mouth opening—and the spirit of the Hell Scythe Commander beginning to emerge. Scarlet King realized Mo Sheng was being controlled, not fighting with his full power or awareness.
He pushed the soundwaves harder—
—but Mo Sheng struck him violently, leaving Scarlet King half-dead and unconscious.
Mo Sheng turned toward Lin Yuan, Ikalat, and the Shadow, who were struggling against Yu Ru Meng and Yao Yan… but the golem general intervened, struck Mo Sheng, and pinned him to the ground.
Then dark energy burst out—an aura so tyrannical it terrified everyone. It poured from Scarlet King's body.
Inside Scarlet King, the White Darkness stared at that crushing aura—yet it was rising from deeper within. Then it said:
"Oh… welcome, my dear brother… the Black Darkness has finally awakened."