Volume One: "The Nature of the Devil Does Not Change"
Arc: "The Devil Finally Leaves Earth"
Mo Sha Du moved toward Scarlet King at terrifying speed and punched him in the stomach—yet someone blocked the blow. It was Mo Sheng. He stopped it with ease, while Scarlet King didn't even move.
Mo Qiang Wei spoke calmly:
"Mo Sheng… let the young ones fight for a bit, while you and I talk."
Mo Sheng answered in a hoarse voice:
"But, Great Ancestor… this person isn't ordinary. He is—"
The Demonic Ancestor, Mo Qiang Wei, cut him off. With a flick of his finger, he manifested a golden rope of qi, wrapped Mo Sheng, and pulled him away.
Meanwhile, Scarlet King moved and punched Mo Sha Du hard, sending him crashing into the ground nearby. Then Scarlet King took Yu Ru Meng by the waist with both hands, making her flinch for a split second… but she smiled and pressed against him.
Scarlet King asked coldly:
"System… what's the win rate against this pervert?"
System: "Apologies, my lord. I do not have sufficient information about Mo Sha Du's strength; therefore, I cannot provide a victory percentage."
Scarlet King replied with icy indifference:
"Tsk… doesn't matter."
Mo Sha Du rose from the rubble and rushed at Scarlet King again. He slammed his palm into Scarlet King's chest and pushed him slightly backward.
Scarlet King lowered his head, then spat all the blood gathered in his mouth into Mo Sha Du's eyes, blinding him for a moment.
Then Scarlet King drove a strike below the belt, making Mo Sha Du cry out in pain, and followed with another punch to the face that sent him smashing into the house and destroying it.
"Hah… let's see if you'll still be able to have children after that."
Yu Ru Meng laughed from inside Scarlet King's arms and kissed his cheek again—right in front of Mo Sha Du, whose rage exploded as he ground his teeth so hard they nearly cracked.
"This is so fun… keep going, my love!!"
Behind them, the Demonic Ancestor opened a distant gate and entered with Mo Sheng.
[Inside the Gate]
The place was a black void filled with stars and the remnants of supernova explosions.
Mo Sheng spoke nervously:
"Great Ancestor… that person isn't ordinary… he's the Devil of Rebirth, the Heaven-Polishing Cultivator!!"
Mo Qiang Wei replied:
"Even if he is the Devil of Rebirth, he's still weak right now. And he seems to want a good relationship with us, so we shouldn't worry about him for now. We may worry in the future—but not now. Now… let's speak about the main issue."
Mo Sheng asked, curious:
"What is it, Great Saint?"
Mo Qiang Wei answered as he moved through the void:
"In seven hundred years, the Great Dimensional Family War will begin. The four strongest factions in existence will gather, namely: the Existential Demonic Dimensions, the Classical Existential Dimensions, the Chaos Clan, and the Court of Heaven and Earth.
"And we need you to choose one of the saints' descendants and begin training them… or make your daughters, Yu Ru Meng or Yao Yan, become Demonic Ancestors and enter them into the competition—whose battlefield this time will be the Mountain Death Forest in the Eleventh Dimension."
Mo Sheng asked:
"Why do you want to enter this time? Usually, Great Ancestor, you prefer not to participate in this competition."
Mo Qiang Wei replied:
"This time is different. I want one of the strongest weapons in existence: the Badge of the Existential Emperor—the strongest being in the history of existence. A being who has existed from the beginning of existence until now. The greatest entity to ever exist.
"His power surpassed the al-Ghayramnagi Light and Darkness—the origin of nothingness and existence, and the reason the Dimensions, Primordial Chaos, and the Dao exist.
"If we obtain that badge—which can grant any wish—then we can wish for the Classical Existential Dimensions to become Existential Demonic Dimensions. That way, existence in this existential era will belong to the demons.
"The prize for winning the Great Family War is the Badge of the Existential Emperor. There are only eleven badges, and the one offered as a prize is the seventh."
Mo Sheng cut in:
"And don't forget, Ancestor… the badge grants only one wish, within the boundaries of existence… and it won't form again for 2,200,000 years."
[Outside]
Mo Sha Du surged with force and slammed Scarlet King into the nearby mountain. Scarlet King burst out with Yu Ru Meng still in his arms, and a trace of worry appeared on her face.
Scarlet King used the Vaporization Technique and transferred Yu Ru Meng into Yao Yan's hands. Then he ripped open the shirt across his chest and thought:
(Damn it… he's strong. I have to fight seriously. And my clothes are like a seal that suppresses my power. It's time to activate their effect. If my dark energy wasn't easily detected by the Twenty-Two Great Concepts, I wouldn't be wearing these clothes that hide the dark qi I possess.)
Scarlet King lunged, grabbed Mo Sha Du by the head, smashed his head into the wall, and began hammering him with heavy punches.
But Scarlet King was suddenly yanked away—then smashed into the mountain several times by a rope of sand. Mo Sha Du rushed in and began punching Scarlet King while the sand ropes bound him.
Scarlet King released an extremely powerful shockwave, forcing Mo Sha Du to cover his ears—and shattering the sand binding Scarlet King.
Then black mist appeared around Scarlet King, and he vanished. Mo Sha Du froze in shock—
But mist appeared behind him.
From that mist, Titan King emerged in "Phase 2.5—and the new addition was a black-crystal sword attached to his left arm.
Titan King moved. Savage electricity burst from the sword—then the strike fell onto Mo Sha Du's body like lightning.
His body was ground into the earth. Rocks exploded around him, and red dust rose as if the land itself were bleeding.
Mo Sha Du staggered back, coughing blood—then laughed like a madman as he wiped his face with his sandy sleeve:
"Hah… beautiful… so beautiful! You dare to wound me in front of her?!"
Yu Ru Meng raised an eyebrow coldly, while Yao Yan supported her and looked at Mo Sha Du with contempt.
As for Scarlet King—rather, Titan King—his screen expression stayed flat:
" :| "
He took one step forward, and the ground trembled beneath it.
(This isn't a fight… this is noise.)
Mo Sha Du moved suddenly and spread his hands. Sand exploded from beneath the ground like gigantic snakes, wrapping around Titan King's legs to bind him—then turning into sand ropes packed with tiny blades.
Mo Sha Du screamed with hysterical excitement:
"I'll break your bones slowly… and I'll make her watch!"
But before the bindings could tighten, Titan King's screen trembled, and a faint purple light appeared along its edges.
Then… a single sound.
One shockwave only.
"Wooooom—!!"
The sand ropes shattered like glass, and the sand scattered violently from the vibration.
Mo Sha Du froze for a moment, hands clamped over his ears, blood spilling from his nose—then he roared:
"Filth! Filth! These aren't combat techniques… this is torture!"
Titan King moved in an instant, appearing behind Mo Sha Du with no warning. He grabbed him by the throat with one hand and lifted him off the ground. Iron fingers squeezed like a mountain.
Then he slammed him into the nearby wall—once… twice… three times.
The mountain shattered like mud.
Mo Sha Du fell to the ground, gasping—yet his eyes burned with even greater madness. He shouted:
"Yu Ru Meng… I—I…!"
Before he could finish, sand exploded around him and formed thick armor. At its center appeared an ancient desert engraving, and from it emerged two sandy arms carrying two spears.
Mo Sha Du smiled in victory:
"This… is an Ancestor of Sand technique! Desert Armor… and the Twin Spears of Thirst!"
The spears shot toward Titan King—yet Titan King didn't move.
He merely raised the electric sword… and cut the air once.
—SHRRAAK!—
The spears split in half, and the armor turned into dust that drifted down slowly.
Mo Sha Du froze, staring at his hands as if he couldn't believe it, then screamed:
"Impossible!! I'm the grandson of the Great Sand Ancestor!!"
At that moment, the System appeared as a small window near Titan King—visible to everyone now, because the danger had exceeded the threshold:
System:Warning: Unregistered energy activity rising.Probability of intervention by a higher party: 64%.Status assessment: If this battle continues at this pace… the lord will be detected.
Yao Yan stepped back, biting her lip:
"This… isn't the level of a young man… this is a monster."
Yu Ru Meng watched Scarlet King in silence, eyes half-closed, as if trying to understand something deeper than mere strength.
(This existence… cold… but not stupid.)
Mo Sha Du staggered forward, then suddenly reached toward Yu Ru Meng and shouted in a broken voice filled with possession:
"Come here!"
A sand-chain whip snapped toward her—
But Yao Yan lazily raised her scythe in arrogant boredom and struck once. The whip split into fragments.
Yao Yan said mockingly:
"Don't touch her, desert dog… unless you want me to cut your tongue out."
Mo Sha Du trembled for a moment—then his rage erupted again:
"You too?! Even you are stopping me?!"
Scarlet King stepped once—then, in a blink, he was right in front of Mo Sha Du. He raised the sword until the tip was a hair away from Mo Sha Du's face.
The screen expression was:
" -_- "
And he spoke in a voice colder than death:
"Enough."
Mo Sha Du laughed, choking:
"I won't stop… I won't stop! Even if I die! Even if—"
Before he could finish, Scarlet King punched him once in the jaw.
Mo Sha Du flew dozens of meters, rolled across the ground, and stopped, trying to stand. His body trembled, and his knees wouldn't hold.
Then… the mist returned for a moment, and the air shook.
[In the Black Void]
Mo Qiang Wei stopped moving and stared into the emptiness as if he were hearing something from far away, then said in heavy calm:
"End it… before this becomes something bigger than a fight between youths."
Mo Sheng replied with contained tension:
"I told you… that devil isn't normal."
Mo Qiang Wei smiled faintly:
"And that is exactly why… we don't break him now."
[Outside]
A small crack opened in the air—not a full gate, but a thin slit like a blade. Pressure poured out and made everyone choke for a moment.
Scarlet King stopped advancing.
Yu Ru Meng stopped smiling.
Even Yao Yan frowned slightly.
Then a quiet voice spoke—yet it made bones tremble:
"Enough."
In an instant, Mo Qiang Wei stepped out of the crack, standing between Scarlet King and Mo Sha Du. He didn't move—yet his existence alone was enough to extinguish the fire in the place.
Mo Sha Du dropped to his knees, gasping, then screamed like a defeated child:
"Great Ancestor of Power! He took her from me!"
Mo Qiang Wei looked at him coldly:
"You never owned anything in the first place."
Then he turned to Scarlet King. There was no anger in his face—only evaluation.
He said slowly:
"You… are using techniques that do not resemble this dimension."
Scarlet King didn't answer immediately. The mist around Titan King faded, and Scarlet King returned to his human form—eyes calm, lifeless.
Then he replied coldly:
"And you… watch more than you speak."
Mo Qiang Wei smiled slightly:
"True."
He lifted a hand. Mo Sha Du rose despite his pain—like a puppet pulled by a string.
Mo Qiang Wei spoke in a voice that accepted no argument:
"Mo Sha Du… you will return with me."
Mo Sha Du screamed:
"But Yu Ru Meng!!"
Mo Qiang Wei answered coldly:
"If you want her… then earn her in a way that doesn't bring shame."
He looked toward Mo Sheng, who stepped out from behind him:
"Mo Sheng… remember what we discussed. Seven hundred years."
Mo Sheng shivered slightly, then nodded:
"I know."
Before the red gate closed, Mo Sha Du threw a hateful glare at Scarlet King and shouted:
"I won't forget! I'll come back… and I'll make you kneel!"
Scarlet King didn't react. He simply looked at him with dead eyes and said one word:
"Try."
The red gate closed, and the air returned to normal—yet the aftertaste of pressure remained lodged in everyone's chest.
Lin Yuan and Ikalat collapsed to the ground as they gradually regained consciousness, panting as if they'd been pulled up from the bottom of the sea.
Lin Yuan said, trembling:
"…I… hate marriage."
Ikalat wiped the blood from his nose:
"You liar."
Scarlet King didn't care. He turned away calmly and stared into the darkness around him, as if hearing a distant whisper from the River of Time.
"Power Stones + rating, please