Zhang Yuanqing landed in the grand manor and strode to the artificial lake that occupied half of the estate.

The water was a deep blue. A faint salty and fishy scent hung in the air. Sardines, sea turtles, colorful sea snakes, small sharks, and other marine creatures swam in the water.

As a high-ranking Siren, Ke Lisi enjoyed soaking in the manor's artificial lake. The bottom of the lake was designed to simulate the ocean environment, encompassing hundreds of common marine creatures and plants.

Compared to land, the "ocean" gave the Siren a greater sense of security.

When Ke Lisi was unhappy, insecure, or nervous, she liked to hide at the bottom of the lake and calm herself.

Zhang Yuanqing gazed at the deep blue water and sighed, "Ke Lisi, I'm here."

Weini already knew his identity. As a direct descendant of the Heavenly Punishment Chairman, Ke Lisi couldn't possibly still be in the dark. As his voice faded, a colorful sea snake slithering on the surface of the water suddenly leaped out, its body growing into a giant python tens of meters long. It opened its dark red maw, spraying venomous liquid, and bit at Zhang Yuanqing. At the same time, the surrounding marine creatures transformed, turning into gigantic, ferocious sea monsters that leaped out of the water and pounced on Zhang Yuanqing.

"Puff, puff..." The first sea python to pounce was instantly burned to ashes by golden flames. Then came the sea monsters, one after another, ignited by the golden flames three meters away from the target, silently burning to charcoal.

Zhang Yuanqing stared coldly at a spot at the bottom of the lake and said, "Are you coming out yourself, or should I burn all the seawater here?" The lake fell silent. There was no response, and no sea beasts continued to leap out.

A black shadow glided close to the surface of the lake, rapidly approaching the shore, and suddenly leaped up.

It was a Siren woman covered in blue-black scales, holding a golden trident, with flowing golden hair, fair skin, and moist lips, looking valiant and heroic.

She leaped high into the air, like Runtu under the moonlight, and thrust the trident at Zhang's family member. Zhang Yuanqing grabbed the tip of the trident with one hand.

With a gentle tug, he pulled the valiant and heroic Siren into his arms, and clenched his other hand into a fist, heavily hitting Ke Lisi's abdomen.

The shockwave raged in all directions, uprooting the lawns and trees by the lake, causing huge waves in the artificial lake.

Ke Lisi spat out blood and flew backward. Zhang Yuanqing flashed behind her and kicked her to the shore. Ke Lisi bounced like a ball, rolled, and smashed deep pits in the ground.

Finally, she crashed into the waist-high green belt.

"Whoosh!"

Ke Lisi leaped out of the green belt, leaning on the golden trident, staggering to stand firm, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, stubbornly and angrily staring at him.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the sky, which was about to dawn, "Give me the treasure map fragment, and I'll spare you some pain."

Among his many lovers, Ke Lisi was different. Zhang Yuanqing hadn't conquered her with sweet words or the persistence of three meals a day and unwavering stamina. He conquered her with violence. Sirens were temperamental, combative, and worshiped the strong. Strength and martial prowess were more attractive to Siren women than handsome looks. Of course, when the Demon Lord and Ke Lisi fought, it wasn't with the intention of sleeping with her.

It was purely because Ke Lisi wanted to hunt the fallen Night Wanderer and repeatedly tried to kill him, and was repeatedly beaten up.

Over time, this girl fell in love with the Demon Lord.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't like this woman at first. He just thought she was beautiful and had a good figure, and he wouldn't pass up the opportunity to sleep with her.

Later, he discovered that this young lady was straightforward and simple-minded, liking what she liked and hating what she hated, without any infighting or countless small schemes. This allowed the Demon Lord, who had experienced the vicissitudes of life and was mentally exhausted, to find a rare sense of ease and peace. He regarded her as the second white moonlight after Yin Ji.

The breakup was partly because Ke Lisi couldn't tolerate the Demon Lord's promiscuity, and partly because the Demon Lord wanted to sever ties with Teng Er, Ke Lige, Weini, and others.

Ke Lisi bit her lip and continued to glare at him. From the artificial lake behind Zhang Yuanqing, a colorful little fish emerged, its voice sharp and crisp, shouting, "Stinky man, dead渣男, you scum who loves one at a time, you should be donkeyed, your butt should rot, why aren't you dead yet!"

After spraying out her passionate feelings, the little goldfish shrank her head and said timidly, "These are the master's true feelings, not mine, not mine... Lucy is just a soulless translating machine."

What donkey dares to donkey my butt, Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself. His gaze contained a hint of majesty as he looked at Ke Lisi, who stubbornly met his gaze.

Zhang Yuanqing stepped forward and slapped Ke Lisi to the ground. The temperamental young lady fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face, sobbing and choking.

Like a tamed little wild horse, Zhang Yuanqing reached out to her. Ke Lisi grabbed the treasure map fragment, threw it at him angrily, and widened her red eyes, protesting silently.

Zhang Yuanqing took the treasure map fragment, gently stroked her head, and said in a low voice, "I am him, and I am no longer him!"

What he wanted to say was that he was the Demon Lord, the Demon Lord who had emotional entanglements with her, the sweetheart she couldn't forget. But at the same time, he was no longer the "heartless" Demon Lord. After saying this, regardless of whether Ke Lisi understood, Zhang Yuanqing transformed into a golden rainbow and escaped.

Ke Lisi looked at the little fish Lucy with teary eyes.

"What does that mean?" The little fish Lucy blew a few bubbles, spread out her two short fins, and said, "I think he means: I am indeed the Demon Lord, but I am no longer corrupted by the Fallen Holy Grail, so 'I won't acknowledge what happened before. If you can understand it, then understand it; if you can't, I don't care.'"

Ke Lisi's eyes dimmed, "I didn't expect Yuan Shi Tian Zun to be the Demon Lord. If I had known it was him, I should have castrated him in New York County to vent your anger for Master." Lucy comforted, "Don't be sad, the end of the world is coming, what are personal love and hate grievances?"

Northwest, a certain rural village.

The rural areas in the Northwest are poor and backward. Whether it's a yellow mud house or a brick house, it exudes an air of antiquity and simplicity.

There are no neatly planned fields or imposing residences like those in the rural areas of the South. There are no clean and tidy cement roads, and no street lights. The land here is barren, and most farmers can only barely feed themselves, and their pockets contain only a few crumpled bills at the end of the year.

The public's spotlight will not focus here, internet celebrities will not come here, reporters' footsteps will not set foot here, and official monitoring rarely extends here.

The temporary stronghold of the Soldier Lord Church, however, is here.

Some villagers have already been bewitched by the members of the Soldier Lord Church. They live their lives as usual, but they will unconditionally obey the orders of the bewitching demons. When they arrive, they will provide accommodation and food free of charge.

There are many similar secret strongholds of the Soldier Lord Church in the Northwest.

Members of the Soldier Lord Church rarely come here. Besides regularly maintaining the stability of the strongholds, these strongholds will only be activated if the conflicts between the Lawful and Free factions intensify and the situation becomes tense.

In a two-story brick house with a courtyard, the lights are bright.

More than a dozen members of the Soldier Lord Church are sitting in the courtyard, eating hot pot around a stove, with beef, mutton, dog meat, and various offal floating in the hot broth.

The Northwest lacks green vegetables in winter, but there is an abundance of meat.

A bald, tattooed strong man cursed, "This godforsaken place, you can't even find a decent woman.

They're all dark and dry women. How long are we going to hide? I really want to go out on duty, with wine, meat, and women."

The main force of the Soldier Lord Church is hiding, but that doesn't mean they are willing to become blind and deaf.

There are still intelligence personnel acting as scouts outside, who will periodically transmit "encrypted messages" back and belong to duty personnel. Or go out to rob and plunder. Doesn't the Extinction Heavenly King continue to kill outside? The officials haven't hunted her down even though she is living well." Someone came up with a bad idea.

The two Heavenly Kings did not hide in secret strongholds. Their personality flaws were difficult to suppress. For example, Extinction was bloodthirsty by nature. If she lacked targets, she would turn her butcher knife on the members of the Soldier Lord Church.

"If you don't want to live, don't implicate us." A short, pot-bellied man said in a deep voice, "Yuan Shi Tian Zun has already advanced to the Lord of the Sun. The Fear Heavenly King said that he is the strongest demigod in the world, even surpassing Shura. If he notices us, we will all die."

"Damn it, Yuan Shi Tian Zun has become the Lord of the Sun, what does he have to rely on?"

"In one year, he went from an ordinary person to a demigod. This kid is simply a freak. It's frightening just thinking about it."

The topic shifted to discussing the Lord of the Sun.

At this time, the roar of a supersonic fighter plane passing overhead was heard. The expressions of the Soldier Lord Church members changed slightly. Before they could react, they saw an iron-tower-like black shadow smashing into the courtyard.

With a loud bang, the bowls and chopsticks on the table bounced slightly, and the hot soup splashed out of the pot, landing on the people around the table.

It's not an enemy attack. The bewitching demons felt relieved, and then fearfully bowed down and worshiped, "Shura!" Shura swept over everyone and said in a muffled voice, "What new intelligence is there?"

A Mist Lord rushed out of the house and bowed, "We have not received any intelligence from the members on duty outside."

In his opinion, Shura and the Fear Heavenly King had only been out for a few hours. Hearing this, Shura walked out expressionlessly,

planning to go to the next stronghold. The secret strongholds of the Soldier Lord Church were not just one. A small rural village could not accommodate all the bewitching demons.

Since there was no intelligence here, he could only go to the next place. Just as he took a step, the sound of a mobile phone rang in the house.

The Mist Lord hurried into the house, and a few seconds later, he rushed into the courtyard in a panic, with a strange expression on his face, "Shura, the Forest Heaven Guardian of the Dark Night Rose has just sent a message." Shura turned around, and all six of his eyes looked at the Mist Lord.

The Mist Lord still had a strange expression on his face and said, "Yuan Shi Tian Zun disappeared four years ago, and during that disappearance, he became... When the Pure Yang Head Teacher investigated his background, he touched this secret, but fell into a cycle of memory loss..."

What is he saying?

The bewitching demons in the courtyard didn't understand.

Shura was silent for a few seconds, then turned around and entered the house, took out an old leather scroll, and actively entered the dream.

In the bizarre dream world, he saw the figure condensed by starlight.

Anyone who investigates that Yuan Shi Tian Zun is the Demon Lord, or approaches this truth, will enter the cycle."

Shura said.

The starlight figure nodded slightly.

The Spirit Realm world, the War of the Gods instance. Sitting cross-legged in the air, the Taiyi Sect Leader wearing a starlight robe had a black round moon above his head, and the starlight around him was constantly surging, like flames roasting the black round moon above his head.

The Star Lord was gradually eroding the remaining spirit of Ling Tuo. The Great Yin source had initially merged with him. In two days at most,

he would be able to obliterate the brand left by Ling Tuo and completely control the Great Yin.

Suddenly, he pricked up his ears and listened for a moment, then opened his eyes. His left eye was filled with dazzling starlight, and his right eye was filled with dark energy.

"I see..." The darkness in the Taiyi Sect Leader's right eye receded, starlight surged, and he looked up at the starry sky, deduced for a moment, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of Taiyin power.

This black smoke-like Taiyin Lord penetrated the instance and flowed through the Spirit Realm world like oil, "extinguishing" the stars along the way. Before long, this "oil" reached its destination, an instance called "Ascension Immortal Sect."

The rich, dark Taiyin power enveloped the star representing the instance, causing it to disappear first in the Spirit Realm world.

Almost in the next second, a golden light split the "galaxy" and came to the Spirit Realm world.