Volume One: "The Nature of the Devil Does Not Change"
Arc: "The Devil Finally Leaves Earth"
The atmosphere turned crimson, and the air howled like a storm. The gate above the wooden house was enormous—several times larger than the house itself—and chunks of earth began to rise, tear free, and spin around the portal as if gravity had forgotten its job.
Ikalat stared upward, confused.
"I know a Demonic Ancestor is equal to a Great Emperor, a Sacred Beast, a Sacred Demonic Beast, and the Ghirakhilah. And I know the difference: Great Emperors and Sacred Beasts belong to the Existential Dimensions, while Demonic Ancestors and Sacred Demonic Beasts belong to the Demonic Existential Dimensions, and the Ghirakhilah lives within the Chaos Clan inside the Primordial Chaos. But why is this red gate appearing? I've never seen this."
Mo Sheng stepped forward slightly, one hand behind his back. His eyes narrowed as cracks spiderwebbed across the portal's boundary.
"You live in the Immortal Dimensions," Mo Sheng said calmly, "but not in the Tenth or Eleventh—so you haven't witnessed entrances like this."
He lifted his chin toward the gate.
"When a being like a Great Emperor, a Demonic Ancestor—or anyone of equal rank—enters a lower dimension, the world opens a gate so the entry is safe and doesn't damage the dimension. Sometimes, if they enter with their full power, the gate becomes the size of an entire world."
Mo Sheng's gaze sharpened.
"But this one is trying to enter with only a small portion of power… which suggests someone else is with him. And these cracks mean the Demonic Ancestor is forcing the entry."
Inside Mo Sheng, tension tightened like a noose.
(Please don't let the one with him be that romantic idiot—Mo Sha Du, the Sand Devil. If he finds out Yu Ru Meng—the girl he nearly died trying to impress—is engaged to the Devil of Rebirth… he'll cause trouble. And that fool doesn't even know who the Devil of Rebirth is.)
Suddenly, a screen appeared in front of Scarlet King's face.
This time, it wasn't hidden.
Mo Sheng, Lin Yuan, and Ikalat could see it too.
SYSTEM — External Projection Triggered
Danger Level: 71% (Group Risk Exceeded 60%)
Limited group visibility enabled.
Intent Detected:
Entity One intends to speak with Mo Sheng. Entity Two shows possessive romantic intent toward Yu Ru Meng (the Lord's fiancée).
Identity: Unknown
Rank: High Saint-tier (Demonic Ancestor-equivalent)
Lineage: Demonic Ancestor bloodline
Scarlet King didn't give the System's words any attention.
To begin with, he didn't care about Yu Ru Meng. She was a political tool—not a lover. And to him, lust was nothing but an animal instinct—something that made the mind stumble like a drunk, slowing a person's march toward benefit and goal.
Lin Yuan stared at the floating screen, nearly choking under the portal's pressure.
"What is that?! It looks like the system in video games! Don't tell me you built an actual system?!"
Scarlet King answered with icy calm.
"It's like a game system… but it's only for information."
Mo Sheng's mind went still for a heartbeat.
(This devil… what a genius. He built a complete information system with resources that wouldn't even be enough to form a proper killing array. Good thing I forced him into being my ally.)
Ikalat's suspicion deepened.
(This Scarlet is strange… he doesn't feel like someone who only lived thirteen years. He feels like an old man reborn into a child's body… wait. Isn't that literally a fantasy protagonist?)
The cracks across the portal exploded—so violently that even Mo Sheng flinched. The gate shattered open—
—and two figures stepped through a crimson gale.
Lin Yuan panicked.
"What if they try to kill us?! I haven't even married yet! I don't want to die!"
Ikalat snapped back:
"Damn it! Do you ever think about anything other than marriage and women?!"
Scarlet King's thoughts sank into bleak amusement.
(If you were immortal… you'd crave death permanently—any way you could get it.)
Lin Yuan protested:
"Is there anything more beautiful than women?!"
Scarlet King and Mo Sheng answered at the same time:
"Benefits."
Their eyes flicked to each other. For a brief moment, they clasped hands—cold understanding, silent agreement—
Then both turned back to the newcomers.
The first was an old powerhouse in traditional cultivation robes: huge curved horns framing his head, long gray hair, and a short gray beard. Gray cloth cinched with a golden belt, black boots planted on trembling ground.
The second was a dark-skinned young man in desert-yellow garments. A head-wrap connected to his outfit, and his chest was bare—scarred, sun-hardened muscle.
Mo Sheng's face tightened in shock.
"It's the Great Saint of Strength, Mo Qiang Wei… and Mo Sha Du, son of the Great Sand Ancestor, Mo Sha Ao!"
(Among demons, "Saint" and "Ancestor" were titles used for the same peak rank.)
Mo Sha Du's eyes burned with excitement. He stepped forward like a man walking into a dream.
"Mo Sheng! I came to take my fiancée!"
Mo Sheng's fury detonated. A savage aura burst from him, pressing the air into suffocating weight.
"She is NOT your fiancée—and she will NEVER be your fiancée, you damned bastard! She's engaged to someone else!"
Bitterness flooded Mo Sheng's throat.
(I can't kill him—he's the son of a Demonic Ancestor. And that one will erase me instantly if I touch his bastard son.)
Then—
Yu Ru Meng appeared.
And the world seemed to pause.
Her beauty was more sacred and overwhelming than before—so extreme that Lin Yuan and Ikalat fainted on the spot, collapsing as if their minds couldn't bear her existence.
Scarlet King didn't even look at her.
His attention remained fixed on Mo Qiang Wei.
Mo Sha Du descended, possessiveness and worship burning in his gaze as he approached Yu Ru Meng.
"My dear Yu Ru Meng… I ask to marry you. Will you accept?"
Yu Ru Meng didn't answer.
Instead, she moved straight to Scarlet King—
hugged him—
and kissed his cheek in front of Mo Sha Du.
"Sorry…" she said softly, smiling like a dagger wrapped in silk. "But I already have a… wonderful fiancé beside me."
Scarlet King's expression stayed dead.
He wiped the trace of the kiss away with two fingers, stepped aside from Yu Ru Meng, and thought:
(So that explains her crushing beauty… She possesses the Supreme Transcendent Beauty Physique—a body that grows more beautiful with every moment, always surpassing its previous self… until it reaches Perfect Beauty, a stage beyond perfection.)
Mo Sha Du's sanity cracked.
"Impossible!! Yu Ru Meng is MINE—not for a weak bastard like you!!"
He stepped forward dramatically, veins bulging, aura rolling like a sandstorm.
"Why, Yu Ru Meng?! Why?! I slaughtered an entire clan for the Rose of the Pink Saint, so it would match your enchanting pink hair! I fought thousands of cultivators to obtain the Bracelet of Pure Ice, as beautiful as your skin! Why would you choose someone weak like this?!"
Yu Ru Meng laughed in contempt.
"Hahaha! I gave the rose to a bird to eat, and I threw the bracelet in the trash because it wasn't beautiful."
Her smile sharpened as she glanced at Scarlet King.
"But compared to that… the one beside me is more beautiful than any gift. He is my dear fiancé."
Mo Sha Du's aura surged into an overwhelmingly crushing force that began to bend the grass, split the earth, and make the air scream.
…And Mo Qiang Wei's calm eyes narrowed slightly—as if he'd finally decided it was time to speak.
"Power Stones + rating, please!"