Are There Only Demonesses Left in the Cultivation Realm?

Xia Lianxue was never some fiancée from a game; she was a real girl from next door.

Everything was real.

Lu Changyuan took it one step at a time, quickly integrating into this world.

Although his innate aptitude was poor, Lu Changyuan was blessed with good fortune. Opportunities came one after another, and he even found a way to circumvent the Celestial Dao and re-enter the world of Yao Guang through the Red Dust.

But slowly, as his Cultivation grew stronger, Lu Changyuan found it harder and harder to go back.

The Sun and Moon Palace Master, Su Wuxiang... Lu Changyuan came to know more and more people, and the bonds tying him down grew heavier.

These all became reasons why Lu Changyuan could not return.

Supreme Heartless. The warmth of home grew more distant while the backstabbing and deceit of Cultivators grew ever closer.

So, Lu Changyuan’s desires later changed.

As the people he knew had Fallen into Demon one by one, Lu Changyuan’s desire eventually transformed into a thought no one else would dare to conceive.

He wanted Chang’an for the Mortal World.

The age of chaos had to end.

Whoever opposed Chang’an.

He would kill them.

Along with this came another monstrous desire—he would kill the Desire Demon.

Anyone who stood in the way of him killing the Desire Demon.

He would kill them too.

Lu Changyuan had done more than enough.

He was too tired now, a weariness that came from the depths of his soul.

"It’s time to rest. With me. When you wake up, we can go slay demons together, alright?"

A gentle voice drifted out, and another figure appeared before Lu Changyuan. She wore magnificent robes, a Glazed crown upon her head. Her eyes were like a painting, her beauty like a Jinglian atop the Celestial Mountains.

This was the Sun and Moon Palace Master.

She was also the person Lu Changyuan had admired most before he had achieved the state of Supreme Heartless.

She reached her hand out to Lu Changyuan. It seemed if he just took it, he could return to the past—to the days of riding across the world with the Sun and Moon Palace Master and Su Wuxiang.

’So tired.’

’I really want to rest.’

Lu Changyuan’s knees suddenly buckled, and he sank to a half-kneeling position on the ground.

His eyelids felt as if they carried a colossal weight, about to close at any moment.

The illusory shadows crept closer, as if inviting Lu Changyuan into a sweet dreamscape from which he would have no desire to escape.

"Master, just leave this world to me. You should rest."

Just then, another figure appeared before Lu Changyuan.

It was an unreasonably beautiful face, cold with a touch of detachment, profound with a hint of Mysterious Technique.

She, too, was completely naked. Her peerless beauty was displayed with a natural grace, as if she did not mind Lu Changyuan’s gaze in the slightest.

"With me guarding this world, all living beings can be free from worry."

Lu Changyuan was startled.

He looked up and saw that it was truly the Daoist Sect Master, his only disciple.

"Awake now? Master, prepare to die!"

Lu Changyuan saw undisguised killing intent in the beautiful woman’s eyes.

He instinctively reached for Broken Thought.

"Have you grown so powerful? To the point that when the Desire Demon transforms into your likeness, it must bear your Karma and be influenced by you?"

No one answered Lu Changyuan.

The next moment, all the illusory figures shattered.

Lu Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face.

Because he had already passed through the gate of the path of death.

He had entered the path of death.

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The Netherworld is a very special place.

And the path of death is especially so.

Those who walk the path of death are the guilty. By walking it to the end, they can be pardoned.

It is a road of unknown length and destination, surrounded by deep Nether Qi.

"I’m finally here."

Lu Changyuan murmured, then made a move that was nothing short of staggering.

He voluntarily gave up his resistance, leaving behind only a sliver of his Thought. He allowed the Desire Demon to possess his body. That Thought transformed into a Spirit and stood upon the path of death, while the body behind it was completely devoured by the Desire Demon.

Lu Changyuan took two steps forward, disappearing completely into the path of death, before turning back to look at his own body.

His original body was now completely occupied by the Desire Demon. That indescribable mass of black desire began to writhe and contort, finally being reborn from the darkness.

And so, another Lu Changyuan was born from that body.

Unlike the Lu Changyuan of the past, the eyes of the Desire Demon Lu Changyuan were filled with a frenzied, crimson red.

It seemed a little surprised, astonished that Lu Changyuan had given up his resistance so quickly. But in the very next instant, its body shot into the air, as if trying to flee from whence it came.

BANG!

A dull thud rang out, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall. Then, an irresistible force slammed down, brutally pressing Lu Changyuan’s body back to the ground, where it smashed wretchedly onto the cold path of death.

The Desire Demon quickly scrambled up and turned, its crimson eyes staring fixedly in the direction it had come from, trying to find the gate to the path of death that Lu Changyuan had entered. But behind it, there was only the same profound darkness that lay ahead.

The gate to the path of death had disappeared.

The Spirit that was Lu Changyuan floated there quietly, watching the Desire Demon’s futile attempts. His tone was calm and flat. "Have you discovered you can’t get out? Of course not. This is the path of death. You’ve stolen my body and become a corporeal person, so the only way out is to walk this path to its end. Those are the rules of the Nether Monarch. Even if you are a Demon from Beyond the Heavens, now that you’ve taken human form, you must obey."

A low growl rumbled in the Desire Demon’s throat. It had not yet fully adapted to Lu Changyuan’s body.

A moment later, it suddenly looked up, staring intently at Lu Changyuan.

"What’s wrong? Not used to your new body?"

Lu Changyuan had become an illusory Spirit, so the Desire Demon could not see his expression.

"When you were the Desire Demon, you had no physical form and were unaffected by most Laws. Even the Yao Guang Technique could barely touch you. But now that you’ve become a person, you have many more restrictions."

Until it walks the path of death to its end, the Desire Demon cannot leave.

The Desire Demon seemed enraged by Lu Changyuan’s calm demeanor. It let out a furious roar, driving Lu Changyuan’s body to gather a monstrous surge of Demonic Qi and slap viciously at Lu Changyuan’s Spirit Body.