《Summoning Goetia Demon In Cultivation World》 1 : Summoning Gremory This world is so stupid, people in this world just blatantly believe this QI thing or this sense. They just believe they will be like the people from the upper realm if they keep trying and trying. Yet, you will not be able to be like them, if you don¡¯t have any talent for this QI thing. I found out that I don¡¯t have any talent for this QI thing when I was twelve years old, my parents in this world were disappointed¡­And now I have been reincarnated into this world with zero talent, and without a system like novels tell... Now I am eighteen years old, what I do is farm... This makes me angry because there is a well hundreds of metres away and people are not thinking about making some pipe of water from bamboo; they just think walking back and forth to fetch water is the only solution that can be trained. It frustrates me to see such a lack of innovation and problem-solving skills in this world. When I was trying to make these bamboo pipes, all the people were protesting... Everything was going smoothly until my parents in this world showed me a sword and a scroll, which they believed could make me gain talent. ¡°Wait!! How much did you two spend on this sword and this scroll?¡± I asked them with some concern because we couldn''t afford these... ¡°You don¡¯t need to know it¡­" answer my father. ¡°JUST TELL ME!!¡± Out of the blue, there were some knocks at the front door, and it was a harsh knock. I quickly rushed to answer the door, my heart pounding with anticipation. As I opened it, I was met with the sight of two imposing figures dressed in elaborate robes with hoods. They introduced themselves as Inner Disciples from a prestigious martial arts school, and they demanded payment. Payment? Are they referring to the sword and the scroll? They just rushed inside the house, and I tried to make a quick escape, but one of the Inner disciples grabbed my arm tightly, preventing me from leaving. With a stern expression, they explained that the payment they sought was possessions of home, land, and any valuable assets. They made it clear that failure to comply would result in severe consequences, leaving me with no choice but to hand over everything we owned. As they swiftly began confiscating my belongings, I couldn''t help but wonder what had led them to this drastic measure...Yet they started to take my parents with them. I demanded an answer from them, but the one who grabbed my arm held it more tightly, and I felt pain. I pleaded with them to stop and release my parents, but my pleas fell on deaf ears. The pain in my arm intensified, and I realized that resistance would only lead to further harm... After one of them took my parents far away, the other, who grabbed my arm, released me...She opened the hood, and It was a woman... She opened her mouth and said with a loud tone, "NOW YOU NEED TO GO AWAY FROM HERE AND NEVER STEP ANY FOOT IN HERE...PATHETIC" I started to walk off from my own home...feeling a mix of confusion and fear. As I walked away, I couldn''t help but wonder what had led this woman to turn against us and why she had taken my parents. The weight of the situation settled heavily on my shoulders as I ventured into the unknown... After some walking, I remembered something... I remember, that I read a book about Ars Goetia The Book of Evil Spirit¡­If this world has such QI energy or anything, surely summoning them will be a possible¡­Even I don¡¯t believe much of this book¡­But right now, I am in this nonsense and stupid world, surely summoning one of them is possible and real¡­ So I went to the wood, picked a stick of wood, and started to draw the magical circle. I tried to remember the shape of the magical circle. First I drew a big circle with a size of 2,7 metres, with a giant serpent inside the circle¡­Next, I drew a triangle with a circle shape inside of it at the top of the big circle I had drawn. This shape was for a place to command the spirit¡­Next, I drew some hexagrams with a small Maltese cross in the centre of each hexagram, where the spirit would appear. Next, I drew four pentagrams around the big circle, where they should preserve me from danger and also command the spirits¡­ I thought all of these things would not work, because I didn¡¯t have any ingredients or anything, for example, some of the words in this magical circle should be made of calf''s skin, silver or other materials¡­For right now, I didn¡¯t have any of that¡­Yet this world had these QI energies, surely without any of those materials, it should be okay... I looked at the above to check the sun''s position, as I didn''t want to summon a great or powerful spirit for the first time...After checking the sun''s position and determining what the time was right now, surely it would be okay...And I checked around me¡ªwere there any humans around me? because I needed no one around me to summon this type of spirit... Everything was clear, so I walked to the circle inside the triangle, and started to chant, "I invoke and move thee, thou, Spirit N.: and being exalted above ye in the power of the Highest, I say unto thee, Obeyl in the name Bera-lensis, Baldorchiensis, Paumachia, and Apologiae Sedes; and of the mighty ones who govern, spirits, Liachidae, and ministers of the House of Death; and by the Chief Prince of the seat of Apologia in the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee and by invoking conjure thee. And being exalted above ye in the power of the Most High, I say unto thee, Obey! in the name of him who spake and it was, to whom all creatures and things obey. Moreover I, whom God made in the likeness of God, who is the creator according to his living breath, stir thee up in the name which is the voice of wonder of the mighty God, El, strong and unspeakable, 0 thou Spirit N. And I say to thee obey, in the name of him who spake, and it was; and in every one of ye, O ye names of GodI Moreover in the names Adonai, El, Elohim, Elohi, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Zahaoth, Elion, lah, Tetragrammaton, Shaddai, Lord God Most High, I stir thee up; and in our strength I say Obey I O Spirit N. Appear unto His servants in a moment; before the circle in the likeness of a mun; and visit me in peace. And in the ineffable name Tetragrammaton lehovah, I say. Obey! whose mighty sound being exalted in potper, the pillars are divided, the winds of the firmament groan aloud; the fire burns not, the earth moves in earthquakes, and all things of the house of heaven and earth and the dwelling place of darkness are as earthquakes, are in torment, and are confounded in thunder. Come forth, O Spirit N. in a moment: let thy dwelling place be empty, apply unto us the secrets of truth; and obey my power. Come forth, visit us in peace; appear unto my eyes; be friendly. Obey the living breath! For I stir thee up in the name of the God of Truth who liveth for ever, Helioren. Obey the living breath, therefore continually unto the end as my thoughts appear to my eyes; therefore, be friendly, specking the secrets of Truth in voice and understanding..." Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. For a few seconds, there was nothing happened, until...I looked at the ground at the centre of the big circle, especially the hexagram. A sort of gate or portal began to appear...Slowly, a figure appeared from that portal... It was a majestic being, radiating an aura of wisdom and power. As it stepped out, the air seemed to shimmer with energy, and a sense of awe filled the atmosphere... It was a woman with a crown tied about her waist who rode a great camel...If it was a woman, I immediately knew who the spirit was, especially the crown tide in her waist. It was Gremory or Gamori; she was a duke and powerful demon... Shit fucked, I don''t intend to summon Duke or anything stronger demon; I just want to summon Earl, Count, or Knight demon. This is bad, and I don''t know what to offer, even though this is my first time summoning a demon because I reincarnated in this world... The woman was looking around her until our eyes met...And she opened her mouth, revealing a sinister smile that sent shivers down my spine. "Who are you? You are not my master." If the spirit starts to talk, do I need to chant another one? Let''s see what we chant after the first invocation.. "O thou wicket spirit N. that obeyeth not, because made a law and invoked the names of the glorious and ineffable God of Truth, the creator of all, and thou obey est not the mighty sounds that I make---" "STOP IT!!" said the woman... I immediately stopped the chanting...She got off her camel and walked towards me...First, I was so scared that I froze in place, unsure of what she would do next. Her piercing gaze made me feel small and insignificant... But, the circle was working...The woman could not get closer, it was like there was a barrier around the circle where I stood...The woman''s frustration grew as she realised her attempts to approach me were futile...She seemed perplexed by the invisible force that prevented her from reaching me, unable to comprehend the power of the protective circle. She opened her mouth and said, "This world is strange; what in the hell have you summoned me to? This is not the world where my master lived. Where is this world?" Her voice trembled with confusion and disbelief as if she had been transported to a realm completely unfamiliar to her...She scanned her surroundings, desperately searching for any semblance of familiarity, but found none... "This is not the world your master lived in, Solomon...This is the other world where all the principles of your master world no longer exist...This world does not rely on your master power, but there is something new called QI, and there are some stages of this QI...Where it''s similar to the magic of your master..." "So, what are you trying to do with summoning me into this world? "I want you to len---" I can just say lend me some power, and she will try to exchange it. I need her to stay by my side and assist me continuously, not just a one-time exchange for power... "I want you to be my friend..." She was confused by the sudden change in request. She had expected a simple exchange of power, but now I was asking for friendship. Unsure of how to respond, she hesitated before finally speaking up. "Friendship is not something that can be forced or demanded. It is built on trust, understanding, and mutual respect. If you truly want me to be your friend, then show me that you are worthy of it..." "What do you need?" I asked her. "First, I want to know what your ambition is." She asked me back. I paused, taken aback by her question. I hadn''t expected her to inquire about my ambitions. Because this world doesn''t make any sense and the people and everyone are so dumb, how about changing all the people''s minds and thinking about this nonsense? So, I answered, "I want to make a sect.." "A sect? What is that?" "In this world, there is a thing called sect, where it''s similar to school in your master world, but in here, they practice their cultivation or martial arts to gain power or to prolong their lives, and at one point, they will become immortal.." Her face was in disbelief as she struggled to comprehend the concept of immortality. She questioned, "You are a human; how can a human become immortal?" "That''s the concept of your master world: humans can''t be immortal, but in this world, humans can become immortal. With their supernatural power called QI power..." "Interesting, I need to see this QI power...I want to know what the difference is between angelic knowledge and power with this QI power." "So do you agree with being my friend?" "I accept it, but with an offering...what do you offer to me?" I pulled the sword and the scroll that my parents in this world gave me and said, "I offer you this sword, which someone believes will gain QI power, and this scroll, which someone believes will contain some explanation to increase cultivation power or QI power.." "Hahaha, you read my mind, huh? Before you explained to me about this world and Qi power, you made me wonder what the hell this power is, and now you offer me the answer...You are a smart one human..." "Do you accept it then?" "Yes, I accept it...Now, you can invoke the last chanting..." "The last chanting?" "The chanting where both sides have made a deal..." "Ah, yes....O thou Spirit N. because thou art the servant of fealty and obedience, and because thou art he that obeyeth my power and thy creation; therefore I say Descend unto thy dwelling, obey the law which has made, without terror to the sons of men, creatures, all things upon the surface of the earth. Descend therefore I say, and be thou as stewards of Time; come forth in a moment, even as servants that hearken to the voice of the Lord; in the moment in which I invoke thee and stir thee up and move thee in the mysteries of the secret wisdom of the Creator! Descend unto thy dwelling place in pleasure: let there be the mercies of God upon thee: be friendly in continuing; whose long continuance shall be comforters unto all creatures. Amen..." Both of our bodies were shining a light. A seconds later, the magical circle I drew slowly disappeared, until it was gone... Gremory said, "You said you wanted to make a sect, right? Do you need any personnel?" She snapped her finger, and out of the blue, another shitton of portals appeared on the ground around us...When she said that, I knew what would appear. Gremory has 26 legions of spirit, so she has called. Tens of thousands of people appeared from all the portals...I believed all of them were the spirits that she commanded... Ha ha ha, maybe with these, I can make my name in this world... 2 : A Bait From Gremory "Are these spirits at your command?" asked I with unbelief what I had seen. "Oh! You know that these are spirits..." "Well, I know that you have 26 Legions of Spirits, but still, to see them in front of me with my own eyes is shocking for me..." Gremory chuckled and replied, "Yes, these spirits are under my command. They are loyal to me and will do whatever I ask of them." I couldn''t help but feel a surge of excitement at the thought of having someone powerful with me... Yet, it was Gremory; I couldn''t let my guard down completely. She was maybe one of the nicer demons, but she was still wicked and cunning...What I learned from my previous world was that demons didn''t like to feel like slaves to humans, so as long as the demons felt the same as humans, they wouldn''t rampantly attack me... Gremory''s face suddenly appeared in front of me and said, "You! amazing..." "Why have you said that?" I asked. "You know that ceremonial magic drains a lot of willpower and mindpower, especially to bring me into this world and have an exchange with me that surely drains you a lot. Still, you can stand after all of that...Amazing" Gremory''s words caught me off guard...I felt a wave of dizziness wash over me, my vision blurring as if the world were spinning out of control... It took a moment for me to regain my composure and steady myself, realising the toll that the ceremonial magic had taken on me...Yet, the world around me seemed to darken, and my thoughts became muddled...In a few seconds, my vision became blank... .... I opened my eyes, and what I saw was a familiar ceiling...I realised that I had been transported back to my room...What!! My room!! At once, I got up from it...When I got up, I saw Gremory standing beside me...I looked at her, and she showed a sinister smile and said, "Welcome back. You must be wondering how you ended up here. When you have passed out, I tried to find your shelter or house--" "And you use your power to seek my past..." "You know it..." "Of course, I know it; you can see the past, present, and future...Yet, you saw a past where this is not my house anymore, right?" "Ah! You mean that woman..." "Don''t tell me, you-" ... "TA-DA!" She brought me to a room, where the woman of inner disciple lay down and was bound by ropes to the corner of the bed, with one spirit beside the bed. After seeing me, she kept growling with her mouth sealed with ropes. "What have you done??" I asked Gremory about this. Gremory replied with a mischievous grin. "Well, that woman didn''t let me come to this house...So like you are seeing right now...I took matters into my own hands...It wasn''t me; it was just one of the spirits who took her down...and made sure she wouldn''t be a problem anymore...Now, you can finally have your house back..." "It''s bad...When you mess with her, you will mess with her sect..." said I. "Ah, the sect you have explained it to me...It''s alright; you will create it too, right?" "Yeah, I know, but I don''t want to mess with another first..." Hearing our conversation, the woman of the inner disciple started to growl and become aggressive... I took a deep breath calmly and said "*SIGH* may you remove the rope from her mouth??" Gremory took a glance at the spirit, and the spirit removed the rope... After the rope had been released from her mouth, she spat and shouted, "YU LEI!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!¡± Gremory looked at me and asked, "Is that your name?" "Yeah...That''s my name..." "I never heard that type of name before..." "Because this world is on another side of the world, you will not see names like mine in your world..." "IS SHE YOUR SENIOR OR WHAT?" asked the woman... Again Gremory asked me, "What is this senior she said?" "It''s a term for an elder generation or an elder teacher...and junior is a term for a younger generation..." Gremory showed a cynical smile again and said, "YES! I am his senior..." "Cut it out; you are not my senior..." Gremory chuckled and said, "I was just joking around. Well, it''s fun to pretend sometimes, isn''t it? You know what, Yu Lei, I am so curious about the power you told me earlier...Your sword and your scroll didn''t manage to help me find the answer..." Shit, so those are fake...I thought they were real... Gremory''s aura suddenly changed, and the room filled with an intense and mysterious energy emitted from her. She said, "Because the agreement had been sealed, I couldn''t retract, nor could you...Yet, I need to know about this power...And your offerings couldn''t answer it..." If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Is she going to go rampant right here?? "So do you want to redo the agreement between us?" I asked Gremory. Gremory chuckled softly, her eyes gleaming with anticipation. "Let us continue on this path...As you know about my power, I see something interesting will happen, and I smell some of the treasure scents that will come to us..." she replied, her voice filled with a mixture of excitement and determination. "It means you have seen the future of mine; hearing you smell treasure scents, I almost forgot that you can know the whereabouts of treasure..." "You want to obstruct me?" Her eyes fiercely stared at me. I don''t have any power to prevent her from doing that; for now, just let her be happy... "Just, do whatever you want! At least you know what you are capable of." Helpless of me, I couldn''t prevent her... "Great..." Gremory asked the spirit to bring the inner disciple out of the room...I followed them out of the house...When I took a step out of my house, I was shocked...The farmland and everything were gone; it became a vast training ground with tall walls and obstacle courses...It was a stark contrast to the peaceful countryside and dumb society that I had known in this world... They brought the inner disciple to the centre of the training ground, where all the spirits of Gremory gathered around on the training ground seats...Gremory brought me to the place where there were two distinguishable chairs...Both chairs were adorned with intricate carvings and luxurious fabrics, and we both sat on the chairs... I asked Gremory, "What are you trying to do with her?" "Of course, to test this Qi power..." "Test??" Gremory clapped her hands, and one spirit came to the centre of the training ground...It used the inner disciple appearance... "It is one of the Legion''s leaders... So let''s see again: how is this Qi power? Besides, before you were passed out, you couldn''t watch it..." said her. Immediately the atmosphere of the training ground became intense; all the spirits cheered and growled at the two people in the centre of the training ground... The woman of the inner disciple shouted at me, "YU LEI!!! You know this is unacceptable, and you are well aware of the consequences, right?" Her voice echoed through the training ground, causing a hush to fall over the spirits...The intensity in her eyes matched the charged atmosphere as she awaited my response. Yet Gremory was the one who responded, "NOW, YOU ARE TRYING TO SPEAK WITH GRANDMASTER!! YOU MAY PAY SOME RESPECT TOWARDS HIM!!" Gremory''s voice boomed across the training ground... A sudden, all the spirits chanted my name with the title of Grandmaster, "GRANDMASTER YU LEI! GRANDMASTER YU LEI! GRANDMASTER YU LEI!" I said to Gremory, "You did that on purpose, huh?" "Well, sometimes you need bait for higher power, right?" answered Gremory. "YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, YU LEI!!" Shouted the inner disciple. Opposite her stood one of the Legion leaders, whose prowess, skill, and power I didn''t know. I didn''t know which side would be better, but when Gremory said that, one of her spirits took her down earlier. It meant she was outpowered and out-skilled by the spirit of Gremory... The spirit pointed a fiery finger at her, I saw a lot of sweat come from her¡­It may be indicated that she was scared at the beginning and knew she couldn¡¯t win this match¡­ With that, the battle began. She began to lean and dash forward with her blazing fist...Yet, the spirit didn''t try to move or avoid her... Instead, it stood its ground, confident in its abilities. As her fist collided with its body, a shock wave and dust rippled through the air...The impact of the collision sent her stumbling backwards, momentarily disoriented...She quickly regained her footing, determined to prove herself against her foe... Now, she used her foot to launch a powerful kick towards the spirit''s midsection, hoping to catch it off guard...As her foot connected with its body, the spirit remained unfazed...Undeterred, she swiftly followed up with a series of lightning-fast strikes, showcasing her agility and skill in an attempt to break through its defences. However, as she launched another attack, she realised that her opponent''s body remained unscathed, revealing an astonishing level of resilience and power...The spirit seemed to effortlessly deflect each strike with minimal effort, leaving her feeling frustrated and outmatched...She knew she needed to come up with a new strategy if she wanted any chance of defeating this formidable opponent. While they were fighting, Gremory asked me, "There is a piece of question that I am confused about you, Yu Lei..." It distracted me from the fighting, I asked her back "What is that?" "How did you know about the ceremonial magic of Solomon? If you are from this world, where there is no trace of Solomon''s power, even though there is no trace of systematic Abrahamic... So you can''t know this ceremonial magic.." She looked at me with curiosity. I paused for a moment, contemplating how to answer Gremory''s question...Finally, I replied, "Well, it''s true that the knowledge of Solomon''s ceremonial magic is not from here, and there is no trace of it...But do you believe if I say I was from Solomon''s world?" "What do you mean by that?" "Maybe this is different from what you believe in as demons, but I am being reincarnated into this world, where my previous world was Solomon''s world...That''s the reason why I knew the ceremonial magic because I had read it..." Gremory''s eyes widened in surprise as he processed my words...She seemed to hesitate for a moment before asking, "So you''re saying that you possess the knowledge of Solomon''s ceremonial magic because of your past life in another world? How is that even possible? That''s why I couldn''t trace the ceremonial magic information in your memory..." "You are asking the wrong being; I can''t provide the answer; why am I in here, not in hell or heaven?" Gremory''s confusion deepened, her brow furrowing. "If you don''t have the answers, then who does? And why are you unable to be in hell or heaven?" She questioned, her voice tinged with curiosity and concern. As I met her gaze, a flicker of uncertainty passed through my eyes before I responded, "Perhaps there are forces at play beyond our understanding, ones that have brought me here for a purpose yet to be revealed." ... While we were talking, I didn''t watch the fight. Suddenly I looked at the condition of the inner disciple at the centre of the training ground; her condition was so bad that she was full of bruises and blood in various places. It was clear that she had been through a gruelling battle or a one-sided fight...Her breath became unstable, and her body trembled with exhaustion... "You know that this match is not balanced and fair," I said, my voice filled with sympathy. "It seems that she has been dealt an unfair hand..." "When you said about immortality and Qi power, surely I think she is Immortal..." "No!! She is not immortal; she is just in the first realm or mortal realm; that''s why she is the inner disciple.." "WHAT!" her face was surprised and shocked after hearing, that she was not immortal. "Her lifespan maybe 100 years more, but still, she is not an immortal being..." "Well, 100 years is a longer lifespan for a normal human...Just wait a little longer; there will be something interesting after this..." "Don''t tell me! You want to provoke another with her...." "Relax, I just want to observe a little longer, maybe..." She paused a moment and continued, "There will be another guest for us..." After some long minutes, while she was getting beaten more and more, she was still breathing and unstable...I couldn''t hold it anymore, watching her like that...I immediately stood up and looked at Gremory...But, she was showing a mischievous smile at the sky, as if she knew exactly what was happening. It sent a chill down my spine, realising that she had planned this all along¡­ 3 : Nature and Power of Gremory I was trying to see what Gremory was looking for, but I still couldn''t see anything. Until, a few minutes later, some figures emerged from the shadows of the sky, slowly approaching us from the sky. It was then that I realised that the mysterious guest was not alone but had brought a group of unknown individuals with them...From a group of the unknown, only one person descended to the ground...He landed at the centre of the training ground... His presence commanded attention as he surveyed the area with a piercing gaze... "May this unknown guest introduce himself? Who dares step a foot on this ground?" asked Gremory to the man... "I am her senior and her mentor, I am here, want to take her..." Gremory asked me, "If he is the teacher of her, does it mean he is the immortal one?" I answered, "I believe not, because immortal beings are not living in this world; they live in upper realms, where all the immortals usually gather..." "WHAT!!" Gremory''s eyes widened in disbelief as he processed the revelation that immortals resided in the upper realms. "Why didn''t you tell me this earlier?" she exclaimed, her voice filled with astonishment. "Well, even I didn''t understand all the realms or stages of this cultivation in this world, okay.." Because some of the novels I read in my previous world were in the LitRPG genre, they had a system for their stories, but here, I don''t have anything... "What are you doing in this life and this world?" asked Gremory. "I am reincarnated in a low family, so what I was doing was just doing all the farmland that my family had...And I don''t have any talent for this cultivation; I have a low QI, so I don''t pursue this nonsense called cultivation...So, when I got kicked out by that woman from my house, I turned to great power¡ªthe angelic power of the demon...That''s why I used the ceremonial magic of Ars Goetia..." I answered her question. The man tried to intervene in our conversation, trying to take his disciple away... Gremory turned her gaze towards the man, and immediately he collapsed. He couldn''t get up like a strong force of gravity was around him. I continued "Sought it deeper about my past in this world, you will see, about the difference of this world...The people of this world are so focused and keep trying to cultivate these things; no matter if they don''t have any talent, they will keep trying...Every day of their lives is just training, training, training; they don''t try to find joy or fulfilment in other aspects of life. It''s as if their entire existence revolves around becoming stronger. It''s a stark contrast to the world I come from, where people value balance and harmony in all aspects of life, not just physical strength..." While we were talking, I could see the man was trying to find a way to bring his disciple away from the training ground...But, he stood against Gremory...With just her gaze, the man was frozen in fear of her...Unable to move and sweating more... Gremory found a new intention after hearing me and started walking towards them...In front of them, she looked closer at the man''s eyes, who was afraid of her, and then at his disciple''s eyes, which were full of bruises... After looking at them, she turned her face to me and said, "Keep in mind, Yu Lei. Many things in this world are incomprehensible, and you cannot understand them; therefore, you must trust yourself. All humans want is love, no matter which world or universe they live in...You must be willing to be open, restless, loving, and compassionate. No one expects much. People will put you to the test, and you must not give in. Certain characteristics will be valued differently by each individual. Find it and become it. Cowardice will not help. Just be kind....." I asked her, "What are you talking about, Gremory.." "Like my former contractor master, Solomon said, ''If you see oppression of the poor and justice and righteousness trampled in a kingdom, do not be astounded.'' So this world is beyond what my master Solomon said..." Her aura and energy suddenly changed... as she continued, "It''s a cruel reality we live in, where the powerful exploit the weak without remorse..." With determination in her eyes, Gremory''s voice grew stronger as she declared, "Maybe I am wicked and cunning, but to see this world beyond my imagination makes me SICK...How many children in this world have been sacrificed for you?" asked Gremory to the man... Even though she is cunning and wicked, she has a great fondness for children. That''s why she couldn''t slaughter an entire human because there are children among them. It seems she sees the man in the past and finds out that he has sacrificed children... I was afraid of what would happen next because I sensed Gremory right now was out of control...I asked her, "Calm down, Gremory!!" "This person is sacrificing children for this nonsense power...How the fuck will I calm down?" Gremory''s anger and frustration were palpable as she expressed her disbelief and outrage at the person responsible for sacrificing innocent children in pursuit of power. It was clear that calming her down would be a difficult task given the gravity of the situation... His disciple beside him intervened and said, "There is no way; my teacher is sacrificing children for his foundation realm..." "Little girl, my eyes can see the past, present, and future...I can see your past, present, and future by just looking into your eyes. When I looked into his eyes, he was not benevolent and compassionate like he claimed to be. He was consumed by a thirst for power, which blinded him to the suffering he caused. It was crucial to expose his true intentions and protect the innocent children from further harm..." Gremory looked at the sky and towards the group of people waiting in the sky and asked the disciple, "It seemed you have chosen the wrong place to seek knowledge and power...Your place is where power came from the soul of living beings, no matter what ages..." Hearing that, it meant...I immediately asked Gremory, "GREMORY!!! WHAT YOU SAID, IT MEANS THAT.." "Yes...Yu Lei, your parents in this world are no longer alive and exist; their bodies and their souls have become a foundation of power for one of those people in the sky right now.." said Gremory... This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. I was taken aback by Gremory''s revelation. The realisation hit me like a tonne of bricks, leaving me speechless. It was difficult to comprehend that my parents were now nothing more than a source of power for someone else. Immediately, the man could be set free from the gravity that Gremory sent to him... He floated effortlessly in the air, his body weightless, and his expression filled with relief. It was clear that he had set himself free from Gremory''s power...He went to the group of people who still waiting in the sky... He said loudly towards us, "Because you already knew about our secret...I''m afraid we can''t keep all of you alive any longer...." Immediately, they were changing their aura and their appearances...Slowly, pieces of horns grew in their heads, and their eyes turned a fiery red...Dark of Mist was surrounding them... "I DON''T BELIEVE YOU, SENIOR, HAVE USED DEMONIC CULTIVATION..." said his disciple, who was still on the ground beside Gremory. The disciple''s voice trembled with disbelief and anger. She continued, "You were supposed to protect us, lead us, not betray us! It means that everything you''ve been taught and believed in is a lie. How could you do this?" The disciple''s eyes filled with tears as she struggled to comprehend the betrayal that had unfolded before her... Yet, after seeing their real nature, Gremory just laughed at them, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...Is your appearance now called a ''demon''? Don''t make me laugh!!" The man said to Gremory, "It seemed you are the fool in here; you don''t know what realm we are right now; with this method, we easily achieved Emperor Realm..." Gremory turned to me and asked, "Yu Lei, what is this Emperor Realm?" I answered, "It''s the fifth stage of this cultivation; usually they can live for 4000 years or longer..." "So they are strong?" "Definitly, in that stage, they can usually manipulate the elements of forces at a high level, such as Water, Fire, and Earth, immunity from disease, ageing, and physical harm; and many more...In Mortal''s eyes, this stage considered rulers or leaders...." "Interesting..." At once, one of the group started to dash towards Gremory...Who was unaware of the impending attack. The group member moved with lightning speed, aiming to strike Gremory from behind...A blow of dust exploded as the group member''s fist connected with Gremory''s back. Yet she was still standing, like it was nothing; even the ground around her was cracked after the attack. unfazed by the attack. Gremory turned around, her eyes filled with a mixture of surprise and amusement...The group is shocked and astounded to find their stage of realms couldn''t even leave a scratch on Gremory...The group members exchanged worried glances, realising they were up against a formidable opponent they had underestimated...The group member who attacked her immediately backed to the sky and rejoined the other members. She smirked, revealing her true power and dominance over them, "You have chased a power to prolong your life with another soul being sacrificed, but what you fail to understand is that I am the embodiment of darkness..."... Next, the group members tried to use some elements around her, hoping to weaken her and level the playing field. However, their attempts were futile, as she effortlessly absorbed and manipulated the elements to her advantage. With a wicked grin, she taunted them, "You see, my connection to the forces of darkness grants me control over all elements, bending them to my will. Your feeble attempts only serve to amuse me." Realising their desperate situation, the group members exchanged worried glances, unsure of how they could defeat such an overwhelmingly powerful adversary... Yet, The man unleashed something that they believed could chain Gremory. The man revealed a sacred artefact, a relic of ancient power that had the potential to break Gremory''s hold over the elements. As he raised it high, a surge of hope coursed through the group members, and their determination reignited. It was the Seal of Celestial Chains... He used it towards Gremory...At once, Gremory was surrounded by chains that came from dimensional gates...Instantly, gripped and trapped her...Still, Gremory showed no worry; she even showed a smirk smile...The chains pulled her to another dimensional gate behind her... The group watched in awe as Gremory disappeared into the portal, her smirk fading away. They knew that she would not be able to escape the Seal of Celestial Chains, and their confidence in their victory grew stronger.... I saw Gremory disappear in front of me, making me worried...Not worried about her, but I was worried about my own life too...Slowly all the members of the group were descending from the sky to the ground...The man who used the seal and the mentor of the disciple, who was helpless on the ground, walked towards his disciple. He lent his hand to her, but the disciples still refused his hand...Out of the blue, his head exploded, and the blood was scattered around the ground, even splashing into his disciple''s face...In a second, his body was down and helplessly on the ground...All the group members were shocked and puzzled. What had happened? The disciple''s face was pale with horror as she stared at the lifeless body of her mentor. She couldn''t comprehend the sudden and brutal end to their encounter. Trembling, she slowly reached out to touch his lifeless hand, even though she was being deceived by her mentor... In a few seconds, after the man was gone and died, a dimensional gate appeared... Slowly, a figure passed the gate, and it was none other than Gremory....The faces of helplessness and fear reappeared in the faces of all the group members...As Gremory was standing in front of them, unscratch... "What a fool who tried to trap me in another dimension...Even fool and stupid, he tried to seek and extract my knowledge..." Gremory''s voice echoed through the area, filled with a mix of amusement. The group members exchanged worried glances, realising the gravity of their actions. They had underestimated Gremory''s power, and now they were begging for her forgiveness about their own life... Gremory turned to me and asked about them "What are you gonna do with them??" I paused for a moment, contemplating the consequences of my decision. The group members trembled before me, their eyes filled with fear and regret. Finally, I spoke with a firm voice, "They shall face the consequences of their actions and learn from their mistakes...Especially their actions towards helpless and innocent souls..." Suddenly, I sensed something that was tingling me...that one of the members immediately leaned and dashed forward towards me...Swiftly, he attempted to attack me with a desperate fury, in a quick response, Gremory appeared to neutral his attack towards me...With a single swift motion, she effortlessly blocked his strike and swiftly disarmed him, leaving him stunned and defenceless... The member who got disarmed said, "You are the fool; you have a mighty power...Yet he is a mortal being without cultivation that commands you...You a--" "Annoying.." With just a snap of a finger from Gremory, she summoned a dimensional gate and pulled the member who tried to attack me into the gate...The member''s desperate fury quickly turned into sheer terror as he was forcefully pulled into the dimensional gate...The others watched in shock and disbelief as Gremory effortlessly demonstrated her power over them...Realising that she had a power like their treasure, the Seal of Celestial Chains... She turned her gaze towards the other members...Yet, she didn''t use the same method as before; she summoned hundreds of thousands of knives around them, which were crescent moon knives...At once, at her command, all the knives were flying and piercing towards them...Slicing in every skin of them, leaving trails of blood in their wake. The members cried out in agony, desperately trying to shield themselves from the onslaught of razor-sharp blades. As the air filled with the metallic scent of blood, slowly by slowly they lost their parts of the body...Limbs were severed, and screams of pain echoed through the training ground. The relentless barrage of knives left the members disfigured and incapacitated, their bodies scattered with lifeless fragments... It was my first time seeing that all eight members whose cultivation was equivalent to the Emperor realm were easily taken down and killed by Gremory...It felt like I wanted to throw up, after seeing blood, limbs, and other human organs scattered around on the ground... 4 : What is Dual Cultivation? Immediately, all the spirits cleaned up all the bodies, and the blood was scattered on the ground...While they were cleaning it, Gremory beside me asked me, "What are you going to do to her?" She pointed at the disciple, who was still on the training ground, holding her mentor''s hand... I paused for a moment, contemplating my options. With a heavy sigh, I replied to Gremory, "I will have a conversation with her..." I walked towards her. In front of her, she was looking at me with tears under her eyes and a furious face. Without looking at me, she opened her mouth and said, "What do you want?" "I just want to know, what are you going to do now?" I asked gently, trying to convey empathy in my voice. "I don''t know...My mentor is dead in front of me with tragedy, and I can''t just go back to the sect because it lied to me; I thought their cultivation was a righteous path...but now I see the darkness that lies within. I feel lost and betrayed." Her voice quivered with a mix of anger and vulnerability. "If you are still confused about which path and way you want to go, you can stay here for a while. Take some time to heal and reflect on what you truly want for yourself, or maybe I can ask Gremory to heal your mind; she usually deals with emotional and psychological issues. Sometimes, it''s necessary to step away from everything we know to find our truth." Finally, she looked at me and said, "You mean this monstrous place..." "Monstrous?" "Yeah, look at them, who are still cleaning the ground. What the fuck are they? They aren''t humans, and they can shapeshift to different appearances.." "They are spirits that Gremory commanded...Because Gremory is a companion of the love of women, and especially of maidens, her spirits used maidens'' appearance...Even Gremory''s appearance now is not her real appearance...". The reason is that Gremory takes a human appearance because there was one shape of ceremonial magic before that made demons take a human appearance... "And that woman is the real deal of monstrous...Who the hell is she? Is she your dao partner?" "No, she isn''t my dao partner, and like you said, hell, she was from there, and she is a demon..." "Demon you said.." "And former angel..." "What is an angel?" Angel is a term from the Bible, from the Hebrew word malach and the Greek word angelos, both meaning "messenger". Surely, she doesn''t know about the word of the angel...Let''s see what the angel term is for this world. "It''s Xian or Xiannu...Which she--" I stopped for a second because I saw her face suddenly terrified and shocked... "YOU MEAN SHE IS IMMORTAL BEING..." said her voice with a tremble of fear... "WHAT I AM AN IMMORTAL BEING?" Someone spoke, and it was none other than Gremory, suddenly standing beside us... The disciple became more afraid of Gremory, immediately prostrated towards her, and begged for her forgiveness... "May Senior forgive me for all of my ignorance and disrespectful behaviour. I did it with Yu Lei too and I deeply regret my actions. I now understand the gravity of my mistakes and will do everything in my power to make amends." Gremory asked me, "I heard your conversation with her; it seems you know each other..." "Ah well...We have known each other since childhood, but our paths became different each other after we knew our talent for cultivation or QI...I am not talented enough, but she is worthy enough...So she has been invited by another sect..." "Hoooo...Typical human, blinded by power and oppressing the weak...What is her name?" "Cai Ying..." answered I. Gremory turned her face to Cai Ying, and asked, "I heard about this Dao Partner...May you explain it to me?" "Yes..May this mortal explain it to you, Dao Partner is a partner of dual cultivation..." "And what is dual cultivation?" "It''s a method of cultivation that men and women do; you know what I mean, right?" Her face suddenly became so red... The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "No, I don''t know..." "You know, it''s when both of them touched each other--" She suddenly stopped with a face full of red... At once, Gremory turned to me and asked the meaning of Dual Cultivation... I answered, "Heal her first!!" "Fine...Then you need to tell me..." While looking at me, she snapped her finger at Cai Ying...With her snapped finger, Cai Ying''s body was fully recovered; all the bruises and blood were gone..."Now tell me!!" said Gremory... I paused for a moment, collecting my thoughts. "Dual Cultivation," I began, "is a practice in certain martial arts and spiritual traditions where two individuals cultivate their energies together, combining their strengths and enhancing their abilities. It is believed to create a powerful bond between partners and can lead to profound spiritual growth." Gremory nodded and said, "With what method? You are just telling me the meaning of it, not the method..." "*Sigh*" I took a deep breath and said, "With physical contact, or intercourse between each other... "OOOHHHHHHH...There is a method like that in this world..." Suddenly she showed a smirk, smiled at me, and came towards me...She leaned her mouth against my ear and whispered with a warm and inviting tone, "Do you want me to make her more seductive and loving to you?? So you can do this Dual Cultivation." I was quite surprised and said, "Of course not..." "You are not fun...So what will be going on with her?" Cai Ying was still prostrating in front of us...I asked her again, "Do you want to go back to your sect, or which path do you want to choose?" Cai Ying hesitated for a moment, her eyes darting between me and Gremory. Finally, she spoke softly, "I...I want to go back to my sect..." Gremory out of a sudden said, "I think you need to stay here for a week..." I asked the reason, "Why??" "After these bunch of fools, there will be more bunch of fools to come here..." "Well, that lay in Cai Ying''s decision..." I turned to Cai Ying and asked, "What do you think?" Cai Ying looked conflicted, unsure of what to say. She glanced at Gremory, then back at me before finally responding, "I...I think I should listen and stay here for a week..." ... With that, Cai Ying would be staying at my place for a week...Gremory gave me the artefact of the Seal of Celestial Chains, which she didn''t need...As the day passed, I realised that there were only me and Cai Ying as the only humans in there...I was walking around my place which now become bigger, because some were changing by the spirits of Gremory. I found Cai Ying still meditating in the corner of the room, her eyes closed in deep concentration...Seeing there was some aura around her body, slightly made me envy to want some talent in cultivation... I wondered if there was a way for me to tap into that energy and unlock my potential, and I had someone to ask...I was walking around the place and trying to find her...I found her in the garden, and I didn''t believe that I had this big garden now with ponds and a pavilion around the ponds in it...I approached Gremory, who was still relaxing in the pavilion with some treats... As I approached Gremory, the aroma of the treats filled the air, adding to the enchanting atmosphere. I didn''t realise it when we met the first time, even yesterday, but now I realise how beautiful she was with a golden crown and white lace...Yet, with her beauty, she sometimes tested her summoner with her change to an ugly woman...Despite her occasional transformation into an ugly woman in some stories, Gremory''s beauty remained captivating. It was as if her appearance reflected the complexity of her character like I wanted to add an intriguing layer to our relationship... That Solomon bastard is surely lucky to have this woman chase, love, and do anything for him... "What do you want to seek this time?" asked her. Without looking at me, it was like she knew my arrival. Her voice held a hint of amusement as if she already knew the answer to her question. I hesitated for a moment, captivated by her enigmatic aura, before finally mustering the courage to speak my desires aloud, "I want to have power in this world..." "Because you envy your childhood friend, you want to seek power with treasures in this world.." I walked to approach her, sat in front of her seat...and our faces and eyes met each other... I could see my reflection in her eyes. It was a surreal moment...Without breaking eye contact, I said in front of her, "Yes, that''s exactly what I want...You have the power to know the treasures'' whereabouts...So may you lend your power to me?" As I spoke those words, a wave of anticipation and vulnerability washed over me. The area around me fell silent, even though I could hear winds around me, and I could feel the weight of my request hanging in the air... She took her tea and took a sip of it, finally opened her mouth, and said, "You have Cai Ying, right? You can try to do the method you explained before..." "There is no way; I use that method..." "Or..." she leaned her head towards me, her face and her eyes became closer to me; she showed me a lustful smile and licked her lips, "Instead, Cai Ying, you want me to do with you?" I hesitated for a moment, my heart racing at the unexpected proposition. The air grew heavy, and I didn''t know where to look...My mind raced with conflicting thoughts as I struggled to make a decision...On one hand, the allure of her beauty was undeniable, but on the other hand, the idea of engaging with a demon filled me with uncertainty and fear...I weighed the risks and consequences in my mind, unsure of what path to choose...The temptation was undeniable... I looked at her, my voice trembling with uncertainty, and started to stutter, "Bu-bu-t, you don''t have the cultivate powers; instead, you have ang-ang-elic power...Is th-th-at work?" Her eyes flickered with a mix of amusement and mischief as she leaned in closer; even so, she started to climb on the table, her voice dripping with honeyed persuasion. "My my my, don''t you see? The power I possess is far beyond what any human could comprehend...It is not bound by the limitations of cultivation or earthly realms or different worlds...Like you saw when I did it with those fools...With me, you would experience a whole new level of existence." As she spoke, her words seemed to carry an otherworldly resonance, captivating and alluring. It was as if the very air around her crackled with an unseen energy, hinting at the immense potential of her abilities. With a mischievous smile, she added, "So, my dear, are you ready to embark on a journey that transcends the ordinary and embraces the extraordinary?" She immediately pushed me out of the chair...And we fell to the ground with her on the top of me¡­ 5 : New Way of Power STARING I sensed a lot of stares from Cai Ying at the table...Right now, we had breakfast with just me and her because Gremory didn''t eat like a human...She ate when she wanted and what she wanted especially treats... Finally, her mouth opened, and she said, "So...." I looked at her, and asked "So what?" "How was the feel?" "Feel?" "Come on, you two were so loud yesterday...even made me can''t concentrate my meditation...And you two did it all day and all night. What the fuck are you two? motherfucker rabbits?" I spat some of my food and felt my face flush with embarrassment as Cai Ying''s words hit me. I hadn''t realised that our things had disrupted her meditation... "What are you feeling right now?" asked her, her voice filled with annoyance... "Feeling??" "Come on, don''t be so dumb like this, Yu Lei...Yesterday, you just did it with her...Surely, there must be something different with you today..." "Ah!! you mean by that..." I looked at my own body, but "I don''t know...how to check what is the difference?" "HUH!!!" Cai Ying let out an exasperated sigh, clearly frustrated with my lack of understanding. "I can''t believe you''re this clueless and this dumb," she muttered under her breath. "Just think about how you feel compared to yesterday... Are you more energized? Do you feel any physical changes?" "There is one thing: I feel different than yesterday..." "So what is that?" she became more curious, even her face became more closer to me... "I became more happy..." Cai Ying became more annoyant and angry; I could see her face... turning red with frustration. "That''s not what I meant!" she continued to shout at me, "OF COURSE, YOU ARE HAPPY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BANGED HER...WHEN I SAID SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, IT FEELS SHE IS NOT HUMAN WITH THAT BEAUTY...BUT IT''S NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW, DO YOU FEEL ANY DIFFERENT LIKE THE POWER OR STRENGTH THAT YOU GET FROM HER?" "How about you show me or tell me to test it after breakfast? Because I don''t know anything about this power or have any type of training.." replied me. I hope it didn''t make her mad... "FINE..." Luckily, she accepted it, and I saw she quickly wanted to finish her breakfast...I could sense her eagerness as she hurriedly finished her breakfast, and I was just enjoying my breakfast...In the middle of my breakfast, suddenly she had already finished her breakfast... With some food still in her mouth, she said, "Come on *munch *munch.."...She walked towards me and started to drag me out of the table...I wasn''t yet finishing my food...She kept dragging me out, and all the spirits who did some errands around the house were watching us...Until Cai Ying bumped Gremory at the hall of the crossway... Cai Ying and Gremory exchanged startled glances. Gremory, with a bemused smile, asked, "What''s the rush, Cai Ying?" She started to notice me being dragged out by Cai Ying; her bemused smile became a smirk, and she said, "What will you want to do with him? You know he just felt whacked after what happened to him relentlessly yesterday..." "Yes, I know, yesterday there were some relentless growling or some sounds in some place, or, I can say, from someone..." Cai Ying replied with some annoyance in her tone... Gremory was far taller than Cai Ying and me, so she immediately leaned her body and her head towards Cai Ying and said, "It seems this little girl''s behaviour has changed; it wasn''t like we first met; instead, there is something different; maybe there is something that made her changed..." Gremory acted like she was still thinking, but deep down, I knew she was just playing with her...And finally, she acted like she knew the answer: "Aha!! Maybe you are just jealous...about what just happened yesterday..." Gremory''s words hit Cai Ying like a sudden gust of wind...The hand of Cai Ying, which she used to grab me, became more shaken as she felt annoyance and irritation from Gremory''s words... Immediately she just bumped her and passed her...Cai Ying''s face turned red with anger as she stormed past Gremory, unable to bear her taunting any longer...Yet, Gremory said another sentence, which made her more furious... "YU LEI IS THE FIRST HUMAN; I HAVE DONE IT..." Said Gremory... It made Cai Ying walk faster, and her grip was more shaken... ~~ Finally, Cai Ying released her grab on me, and she brought me to the training ground... I asked, "So what am I going to do in here??" "Pick a stone around you!!" "A stone???" "Yes, as small as possible..." I did what she asked for, and she picked one small stone too...After she picked it up, she came to me and showed it to me in her hand...She said, "To test, you are different from yesterday, or you emerge a new talent...We can just use this small stone..." Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! I looked at the stone in her hand, unsure of how it could show a change in my body or my talent. I held onto the small stone tightly, waiting for further instructions... I looked at her hand, and suddenly she gripped it tightly...And in any second, she opened her grip, and the stone was destroyed in her hand...She said, "Smaller stone is hard to destroy, to destroy smaller stone, it means it needs a lot more force than bigger stone...If you have any talent, these forces will be your QI to destroy this stone...Now, you can try it..." I focused all my energy and concentration on my hand, channelling it into the stone as I gripped my hand. Suddenly I heard a sound from it¡ªthe sound of a crack. I started to open my grip and felt excited as the sound was heard. I thought the stone would break into tiny pieces instead...It just showed some scratching; the stone wasn''t completely shattered into pieces like Cai Ying did... I was disappointed because I couldn''t shatter the stone...Cai Ying looked at my stone and said, "Maybe doing it with that incompetent woman, it''s not worth it..." "WHO YOU PREFER TO INCOMPETENT WOMAN?" We turned around our bodies to the voice, it was none other than Gremory...Gremory walked towards us, and looking at the stone on my hand...She said, "You''re pretty good..." Cai Ying asked, "What you said is pretty good for him?" Gremory looked at my face, and as she became closer, she said, "Yu Lei, do you know why you don''t have any talent for this cultivation power nonsense?" I shook my head. Immediately, one of her fingers touched my chest, and she said, "Your soul is different..." "My soul??" She pulled her body from me, turned her face to Cai Ying, and asked, "Let me ask this little girl, what is the foundation of this cultivation power?" "Qi..." "What is the source of this Qi thing?" "The soul, or the essence of life, comes from the person..." Gremory turned her face to me and said "You heard that...The problem''s in your soul...You were not born for this nonsense power, and your soul does not belong here...It seems that your soul is unfit for this cultivation power...It appears that you were not meant to possess this kind of power, and your soul does not belong in this realm...You need to just give up to chase this Qi nonsense..." "WHY YOU SAID THAT TO HIM, TO JUST GIVE UP?" Cai Ying said with frustration in her voice... "I am just giving him advice on the best path or outcome for him...His soul is not from here, so his soul can''t learn this QI power..." "But, if it''s impossible for him to learn, why could he scratch a stone with his energy?" Cai Ying''s question was right, and I wanted to know from Gremory... "Because he has a fraction of my power..." answered Gremory. I was surprised, then she continued, "My power isn''t like the cultivation power you had in this world; my power is angelic power, which I had since I was being created or born...different from the cultivation power, which your immortal being is merely human who seeks path and power with natural energy, or Qi; I was born with that power..." Her face suddenly showed a smirk and lustful smile towards Cai Ying, "Yu Lei and I had been bound, so a small fraction of my power would lay to him as my admiration towards him as companionship..." Cai Ying was annoyed by Gremory''s last sentence, but I was more curious why my soul wasn''t suitable for cultivation, so I asked her, "Why my soul can''t do cultivation?" Gremory showed some sighs and said, "*sigh* I have just told you earlier, your soul isn''t from here...The friction of power between our world and this world is different...In the previous world, there was no such thing as nonsense power like this world...When your soul came to this world, it became incompatible with the cultivation techniques and energy here...It''s like trying to fit a square shape into a round hole shape...Your soul simply doesn''t resonate with the spiritual essence of this realm, making it impossible for you to cultivate..." Cai Ying suddenly looked at me and said, "Wait!! Yu Lei!! From her words, does it mean you aren''t from this world?" "I am from this world, yet I reincarnated in this world from another world...The world is so different from this world..." and I turned my face to Gremory again and asked, "You said you lay your fraction of power to me, because *ahem* we are bound to each other...as your admiration towards me...Does it mean I can just *ehem* be bound with another goetia demon?" "Surely..." "Wait a second, there are only two women in 72 demons, so do I need to be bound with the others?" Immediately, she snapped her finger, and her physical appearance changed to...a male one... "We can easily change our appearance; it depends on our summoner..." She snapped her finger again and went back to her female appearance..."With this information, surely you have a new ambition, right?" "Ambition of conquering demons, you mean?" "HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You maybe can become like Solomon..." ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ After knowing the real me, Cai Ying kept looking and watching at me...As if she wanted to know what I was... Cai Ying continued to observe me intently...One day, two days before a bunch of fools from her sect came, like Gremory''s prediction, I asked her what she wanted...She told me, that she was curious about how I summoned demons like Gremory, a powerful demon...Her curiosity made me think... Could I summon the demon frequently, or was there a limit on how often I could? I immediately went to the garden with Cai Ying following me...In there, I immediately drew the ceremonial magic, which surprised Cai Ying...In the process of drawing the ceremonial magic...Gremory walked around the garden and saw what I was doing... She immediately came to me and asked, " What are you doing? Is that a summoning ritual?" I nodded...And she continued to ask, "You know what time is it?" I looked at the sky, to determine the sun''s position...and asked her, "Why??" She answered with a mischievous smile, "Nothing...Just go on..." After the ceremonial magic circle was done, I did what I did when I summoned Gremory, I stood on the circle pattern and started to conjugate the first conjuration... "I invoke and move thee, O thou, Spirit N.: and being exalted above ye in the power of the Highest, I say unto thee, Obeyl in the name Bera-lensis, Baldorchiensis, Paumachia, and Apologiae Sedes: and of the mighty ones who govern, spirits, Liachidae, and ministers of the House of Death: and by the Chief Prince of the seat of Apologia in the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee and by invoking conjure thee. And be.....(Bla bla too long, so I cut it)..appear unto my eyes; be friendly: Obey the living breath! For I stir thee up in the name of the God of Truth who liveth for ever, Helioren. Obey the living breath, therefore continually unto the end as my thoughts appear to my eyes: therefore be friendly: specking the secrets of Truth in voice and understanding..." Suddenly Gremory said, "You know...You don''t have the sigil to summon a specific demon, so when you just summon it like this, you will summon it randomly...I saw your past. When you summoned me, you didn''t want me; instead, you wanted to summon a lower demon than a duke or duchess. That''s why you tried to summon a demon in the middle of the woods, far away from humans...Still, you forgot that duke demons could still be summoned because they bound from sunrise until noon in clear weather...In this summoning you are doing it right now, maybe a king demon can be summoned from your ceremonial magic." "WHAT!!!" I forgot about that... 6 : Summoning Seir as Prince or Princess? I forgot and failed to think that I had never considered the possibility of summoning a king demon with my ceremonial magic...Fully, caution, I looked at the ground of the ceremonial circle....A few seconds, a light appeared on the ground...And slowly, a figure appeared riding on a winged horse... With a winged horse, immediately I knew who he was...It was Seir... Gremory was surprised and said, "You actually found a carriage...Great one..." I asked, "What do you mean carriage?" "Well, because of his power." I see that Gremory refers to the power of Seir, with which he can travel anywhere with a blink of an eye, especially that winged horse.. Seir was looking around in awe, checking in on the surroundings of the ceremonial circle. Then he turned his gaze at me and spoke with a deep, commanding voice, "You have summoned me, mortal..." after he looked at me, Gremory walked beside the circle, Seir noticed her, and turned a glance towards her "Well, is it the Arcduchess Gremory?" Seir''s voice echoed through the air as he addressed Gremory, his eyes filled with recognition. "Thanks you; you are still recognising me, Prince Seir..." Gremory responded with a warm smile, her voice filled with gratitude... "May I know what is happening right here? Where am I? and what is this world?" asked Seir, His voice was full of curiosity as he looked around, his eyes scanning the unfamiliar surrounding... "As you can see in front of you, you have been summoned by this human...And about this world, you need to ask this human too..." Seir got off the horse and started to get closer to me...As he was right in front of me, separated by just the circle, the only barrier between me and him...He opened his mouth and said, "You had summoned Gremory; it means there is something different in you...I don''t demand anything for the cost of your summoning me or the cost of our contract...Still, I need to know where I am and what this world is." "Let me answer those questions. Right now you are in a realm of the world that''s different from the human realm, you know...In this realm of the world, humans have a power; it''s QI, which is their soul power, different with your power which is angelic power...And from this power, humans can prolong their lives, never ageing, never get disease, and the most important thing is being immortal..." His face showed a full sense of unbelief and astonishment as he processed this information...He turned his face towards Gremory to get a sense of what I had told... Gremory''s expression remained unchanged, his eyes reflecting a mix of curiosity and scepticism... He showed some giggles and said, "Ha ha ha...You summoned me to a world that I never knew...I like it...You may have finished this conjuration...And I am willing to do anything for your desire..." Gremory said, "You still have that good nature and are obeying as usual, huh, Seir..." Seir nodded, "Well, Gremory, you know me too well. I may have been summoned to a new world, but my nature and desires will remain the same..." I continued the last conjuration, "O thou Spirit N. because thou art the servant of fealty and obedience, and because thou art he that obeyeth my power and thy creation; therefore I say, Descend unto thy dwelling, obey the law which have made, without terror to the sons of men, creatures, all things upon the surface of the earth. Descend therefore, I say, and be thou as stewards of time; come forth in a moment, even as servants that hearken to the voice of the Lord; in the moment in which I invoke thee and stir thee up and move thee in the mysteries of the secret wisdom of the Creator! Descend unto thy dwelling place in pleasure; let there be the mercies of God upon thee; be friendly in continuing; whose long continuance shall be comforters unto all creatures. Amen..." Both of our bodies were shining a light...Yet, there was a twist and something different than I did with Gremory...As the light shone in his body, slowly, his appearance changed...Slowly, all three sizes¡ªhips, busts, and waists¡ªwere changed...He was slowly changing into a woman...With her hips becoming wider, her bust became bigger yet not bigger than Gremory, and her waist became smaller... After that, the face changed the most; she became more beautiful with delicate features and illuminated skin...Her clothes changed, became more feminine... It was as if a divine touch had transformed her into a breathtakingly beautiful woman, her height a little bit shorter than Gremory...Her eyes sparkled with newfound femininity, captivating anyone who dared to meet her gaze...And the ceremonial magic circle was gone from the ground.. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Seeing that, I immediately turned to Gremory, and asked, "What just happened?" She answered, "Like I said, the demon used the appearance that the summoner liked...It seems you like women, so they changed their appearance to women...."and she leaned her lips into my right ear, and whispered warmly and invitingly, "~~With the changed appearance of him, or I call her now, you can bind your relationship with her easily...Especially, she is the obedient demon at all...She even already said she would fulfil your desire; what a great catch, right? ~~" I immediately flustered red after hearing those words...Meanwhile, I looked; Cai Ying was kept circling and looking around Seir and the winged horse... Seir finally spoke some words after her transformation, "Well, now I have become a princess, Seir, not a prince anymore..." Seir''s voice sounded confident as she continued, "But don''t worry, my loyalty and devotion to you remain unchanged. I will do everything in my power to make you happy as your obedient demon princess." Gremory whispered warmly and invitingly again to me, "~See, she is an obedient demon like she said; surely she will fulfil all your desires...~~" I ignored Gremory beside me and walked towards Cai Ying, who showed some curiosity about Seir and the winged horse...As I walked towards her, my mind and my body became heavier. I remembered that the summoning magic took a lot of willpower and mindpower...As I took a step towards Cai Ying, everything became more deterrent in my vision and my hearing too...The light around me faded, and the sounds became muffled as if I were underwater...With a snap of the finger, my vision became black and dark... ~~~ ~~~ I opened my eyes...And I was looking at the ceiling of my room...Realising I was passed out after summoning Seir...I got up from my bed and, out of nowhere, felt some movement, like a small kick from beside me. I turned my head to the side beside me...There was Seir, who was still sleeping beside me. My mind was going everywhere after I saw Seir on my bed with me beside her.I immediately looked at my body, still fully clothes.. *sigh* I am still fully dressed. Wait, what about her? Is she still fully clothed? I looked at the blanket that wrapped her, thinking of the worst scenario. Which she maybe wasn''t fully dressed or undressed...I took out the blanket that wrapped her, fully prepared if she wasn''t fully dressed... After I took it, fully relieved, she was fully clothes... I let out a sigh of relief, grateful that nothing inappropriate had happened while I was unconscious. I began questioning how Seir ended up in my room and on my bed...A few seconds later, after I took out the blanket, she became uncomfortable and slowly opened her eyes...With a doze off, she looked around...After her eyes became closer to mine, she immediately widened her eyes... "FINALLY YOU HAVE WOKEN UP!!" She said it with a cheerful tone and a bright smile... I blinked in confusion, trying to process the situation..."How did you end up here?" I asked... "Well, ehmmm...Gremory told me to sleep with you, to keep an eye on you..." That bitch sent her on purpose... "So how long was I unconscious?" "About two weeks..." Disbelief, shock, and surprise after hearing that...I immediately thought about the other people from Cai Ying''s sect who must have come here, and what about Cai Ying? Swiftly, I asked her, "What happened while I was unconscious?" "Everything is done and under control..." "What do you mean by under control??" Out of the blue, the door of my room was opened with a slide...I looked at the figure who was opening the door; it was Cai Ying...If Cai Ying was still here, what did it mean? She walked towards us, and beside the bed, she just looked at me like everything was normal and said, "Come downstairs; the breakfast is ready..." After that, she started to walk away from me and left the room... What the hell was that? She is still in here after two weeks, and she look Seir on my bed like it''s normal thing... I went down to have breakfast like Cai Ying said, and Seir kept staying beside me...Yet, while I was walking around my home, I felt there was something different...It seemed the spirit was increasing...When I put my feet in the room to get breakfast, Cai Ying and Gremory had already taken seats, yet the room became bigger than before I was unconscious...It wasn''t just that; my feeling was about something different; it was that my place became bigger than before...Seeing everything inside became bigger, I walked past them and looked at the outside of my house..To my surprise, the outside of my house appeared to have transformed as well. The once familiar surroundings¡ªtraining grounds, gardens, even ponds¡ªnow seemed vast and expansive, as if the boundaries of my property had expanded overnight...I looked, and all the spirits were walking around doing some errands... I turned back to the others in the room, which were Cai Ying, Gremory, and Seir, who had already taken seats at the table...I went to the table, took a seat...I asked, "What just happened in the past two weeks while I was uncisocus? and it seems my places and my farmland became bigger, wider, and expanded." If it becomes bigger and wider, this place will become like the forbidden city... Cai Ying, Gremory, and Seir exchanged glances and looked at each other before Cai Ying spoke up, "You really want to know what happened?" "Of course, I want to know, and especially the reason why you are still in here?" 7 : Spirits Nature Cai Ying began to explain to me what had just happened in these past two weeks...After I got passed out, Seir began realising what would happen to this place, and with a big smile, Seir asked Gremory, "Is this true??" Gremory just nodded...Cai Ying was so confused and asked, "What is this true?" "This is Seir; her power is similar to mine... When my power focuses on the dimensional gate, her power focuses on her speed; she can go around the world in just a blink of an eye...Yet, the most important thing is that she is a prophecy demon, which means she can see the past, present, and future, like me...Even the treasures'' location..." "It means..." "Yes, we have seen the future of this place...Which people from your called sect will come here..." Seir started to circle Cai Ying and took a closer look at her...Started to say, "Is she his childhood friend?" Without hearing any word about Cai Ying as a childhood friend, she immediately knew... "If you are referring to him, yes, we are childhood friends..." Cai Ying looked at my body, and she was surprised because, while they were talking, one of the spirits took my body inside..."Where is he?" asked Cai Ying... "One of my spirits took him..." Gremory answered...Which surprised Seir... She looked at Gremory and asked, "You summon your spirits in this realm?" "Of course I am..." "Well, if you summoned them, let me summon mine, too..." She snapped her finger, and just like Gremory, a shitton of portals appeared... Seir has the same legion as Gremory; it''s 26 legions of spirits... Cai Ying was shocked and terrified, as the spirits began to appear one by one in those portals...Cai Ying watched in awe as the spirits emerged from the portals, all of their presence overwhelming the area. They still didn''t have any appearance, just plain white humanoids...The sheer number of spirits was astonishing, and it was clear that Seir possessed immense power like Gremory, in Cai Ying''s eyes...Seir took a look at Gremory''s spirit, for which they used a beautiful maiden appearance, so she ordered her spirits to take the same appearance as a beautiful maiden...One by one, they changed their appearance and started to leave the garden... After all the spirits left, Seir and Gremory followed it, relaxingly leaving the garden... Cai Ying stopped them and asked, "Why are all of you two just acting relaxed? In two days, there will be my sect attacking this place..." Gremory and Seir just exchanged some glances, and Gremory said, "Just take a chill; they are just no matter what their nonsense powers are, if they are just humans, they are just weaklings in our eyes..." Seir nodded in agreement, adding Gremory''s words, "Besides, we were born with these powers, not like you humans who chased power in any way, even sacrificing other living souls...our powers are far superior to anything they possess...We have nothing to fear from a mere human group like you called the sect..." With confident smirks on their faces, they continued their walk inside... Cai Ying was left behind in the garden; she didn''t know what to say or how to react... She felt a mix of anger and frustration at their arrogant attitude...After Seir came to the world two days before the sect attacked this place, Cai Ying began to observe Seir and Gremory...Cai Ying observed Seir, and she kept standing beside me without moving while I was still unconscious...Except she would take a nap or be asleep beside me...She told me that sometimes Seir did something inappropriate to me while I was unconscious...She couldn''t tell me the details of it because of what Seir did... Hearing that, on the table, I immediately took a glance at Seir...She avoided my glance... I noticed a hint of guilt on her as she purposefully avoided my glance...Became clear to me that there was more to her actions than met the eye, and I couldn''t help but wonder what exactly she had done while I was unconscious... Gremory suddenly gave me a suggestion to check what she did to me, "Why don''t you use the stone like before? If you can shatter the stone more than before, it means..." She began to lick her lips, and her voice suddenly became honey-inviting. "You know what I mean, right?" I stared heavily at Seir and said, "I will take your advice later; now, I want to hear the rest of the story from Cai Ying..." with Seir still avoiding my eyes... Cai Ying continued; after observing Seir, she started to observe Gremory...Which Gremory just took a relax...Especially in the garden, below the pavilion, Gremory was just sitting and enjoying the sound of ponds and fish, with treats in front of her... After what she observed, Cai Ying decided to take a look at what the spirits were doing... She noticed that the spirits were diligently working, each one assigned to a specific task. Some were tending to the plants, while others were cleaning and organising the surroundings. Cai Ying was impressed by their dedication and efficiency...Yet, what most amazed her was their efficiency in building something... If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Next, she told me about how my place became bigger than before...When she took a stroll outside the main building or my place, she noticed the streets and the roads were different inside the village; my place was the only place left where all the people were gone...They weren''t the same as she knew; when she was still a child, the streets and the roads were completely dirt. But now they were fully stone, with ditches beside them...She was amazed by how the spirits made the roads...There were three layers of it, the bottom layer was sand with some large stones, the second layer was pebbles and gravel, and the third layer was stone, which she had never seen before...She was amazed at the intricate patterns formed by the stones as if they were carefully placed by the spirits themselves... It wasn''t just the roads and the streets that got transformed...Because the houses in the village were not inhabited by the people...The spirit renovated all the houses and started to build another house for them... Hearing that, I was confused...The spirits were a shitton of them, more like tens of thousands of spirits...If they built houses here, it would be like a city...Before Cai Ying continued her story, I asked Gremory and Seir, "You two have a shitton of spirits like tens of thousands. If they build their house here, this place will become a city...Do they need housing like humans?" Gremory and Seir exchanged a knowing glance before Gremory replied, "Indeed, there are countless spirits under our command...While they may not require physical housing like humans, providing them with a sense of belonging and a place to gather is important for their well-being." Seir added, "The spirits find solace in having a designated space where they can connect and support each other....It also helps maintain order and organisation within their realm...." "So they will not use the houses..." "Yes, they didn''t take a rest, sleep, eat, or drink like humans...Yet, they need to find something to do, like errands, so they build something...If they don''t find anything to do, they will simply leave the realm...Waiting, we called them back..." replied Seir... " I see..." Cai Ying continued...Two days had passed; the day which Gremory and Seir had seen had become reality...After the sun rose, Cai Ying sensed some heavy QI power coming towards the place, she told Gremory and Seir about it...Cai Ying and Gremory walked outside, while Seir was going somewhere... On the outside, Cai Ying and Gremory were standing waiting for them, but they were suddenly surprised by what Seir brought to the outside. She was with one spirit, which brought my body, which was still unconscious, and with spirit, brought a chair...The spirit put the chair in front of everyone, and Seir put my body on the chair like I was still sitting in there...And she put a white blindfold on me to make sure the enemies did not know I was unconscious... Cai Ying was confused and asked Seir, "Why do you bring his body in here?? He is still unconscious... "The master''s presence is the power for his servant..." "I am not his servant, so I don''t need him to be here.." Gremory instantly said... "You are still the same as before, Gremory..." Seir took some time to change my position of sitting to be more intimidating..."There, look how magnificent he is right now...The enemies will think how powerful he is..." While they were waiting, from the distance of a valley between mountains, five big flying ships appeared from there...Gremory and Seir were shocked to see those flying ships... "This world is surely so weird...How the fuck did they build that? With the condition of normal humans, they are so backwards...Even I don''t find any pipe of water from any easy material like bamboo in this world...Yet, they can build those giant flying ships...WHAT THE FUCK!!" Said Seir with unbelief... "Ha Ha Ha Ha, you are right, Seir...Because they are so blind to chase this nonsense power, they forget about daily necessity development or their brain development..." answered Gremory... After some time, finally, all the ships were in front of my place...At once, one of them shouted, "We come here; we want to seek vengeance after what happened to our people...We demand justice for the destruction caused by your kind!" The tension in the air was palpable... "Look at that; one of their voices could reach here without any tools; that''s quite impressive..." said Seir, impressed. "You want to address it, Cai Ying?" asked Gremory to Cai Ying... Cai Ying stepped forward to the front of Gremory and Seir; she shouted at them, "Dear fellow disciples, senior brother and sister, martial uncle and aunt, and great elders, I hope all of you can turn your ships back to the sect...And avoid any problems with this place...Deep down in my heart, please leave this place..." Cai Ying''s voice resonated with determination and concern as she pleaded for their attention... One of the people from the ships addressed it: "You are the new inner disciple, but you have no authority to command us. We have our reasons for being here and will not be swayed by your pleas...Which you still don''t know the secret of our sect..." Immediately everyone in the ships, changed their appearance, like the other members did before; they changed their appearance to a demon appearance... "I don''t believe it, that the sect that invites me, guides me, and teaches me is deceiving me..." Cai Ying was shocked and bewildered by the sudden transformation of the ship''s occupants... Seir found it unbelievably and amusing; she turned to Gremory and asked, "Are those demons in this world??" "Unfortunately yes..." Gremory said with a low tone... "HA HA HA H A HA" Seir started to laugh her ass off, unable to contain her amusement. "You mean, they just changed their skin colour and hair colour and grew horns and called it a demon? Ha Ha Ha Ha" Once again, Cai Ying tried to persuade the people on the ships to go back...Yet they didn''t hear it... "Back off, Cai Ying...It''s useless now..." said Seir... "But..." Cai Ying looked at Seir''s fierce expression and a big smile, and she immediately backed off... Seir turned her face to Gremory and said, "You want to take care of this?" "I think you want to take this...Your smile disgusts me..." "Oh!! It seems I have been caught...Am I smiling that hard??" With the blink of an eye, Seir was in the sky, flying...Which everyone was unaware of it, especially the people from the ships, who were staggered after seeing her immediately fly in front of them... "Instant transmission or teleportation, huh??" said one of the people on the ships... 8 : Power of Seir Seeing Seir alone in the sky, they sent some people into the sky to face her...Meanwhile, on the ground, Gremory asked Cai Ying to explain what realm or what stages of power the people who faced Seir...Cai Ying explained that Seir was currently facing people from the Emperor realm... Without knowing it, Seir seemed to not worry about what these realms were...Her opponents started to surround her in all directions, forming a tight circle. As they closed in, Seir''s expression remained calm and determined, ready to face whatever challenges awaited her...At once, all of them dashed to Seir with lightning speed, launching a coordinated attack...With all of their attacks connected to every part of Seir''s body from bottom to top and shockwaves emitting around it... People on the ship showed some smiles as the attacks connected to her body...Yet, that smile was only a second away and faded to concern as Seir stood her ground, seemingly unscratched...At once, scared, the people who attacked Seir backed off... Seir showed a big mischievous smile, "Ha Ha Ha Ha are the demons in this realm so weak??" Seir mocked them, and her laughter echoed through the air... Someone from the ship ordered the people who faced Seir to retreat...With speed, they were retreating...Seeing they were retreating, Seir didn''t waste any time...In the blink of an eye, all of the people who faced her were knocked to the ground...In Cai Ying''s eyes, she saw all the emperor realm people in the sky suddenly just fall to the ground so fast without any reason...Their bodies lay motionless on the ground...Everyone''s eyes just saw Seir didn''t move from her spot as the people were knocked to the ground... Because Cai Ying didn''t see anything in what Seir did, she asked Gremory, "Was she the one who knocked them to the ground?" "What do you think??" said Gremory, who just showed a smile... Cai Ying''s confusion grew as she observed Seir''s calm demeanour amidst the chaos...she asked Gremory again, "Is it the angelic power you said, and you were born with this?" Gremory chuckled and replied, "Yes...This is angelic power, but what you watch right now is a small fraction of our power...Like Yu Lei tried to shatter the stone, that small fraction of power I gave to him is equal to what you saw in here..." Cai Ying''s eyes widened in astonishment. "So you''re saying that what Yu Lei did was just a fraction of this angelic power you possess?" She asked, struggling to comprehend the magnitude of their abilities. Gremory just nodded, her smile widening, and said, "But every demon has different angelic power, and the capable are different from each other; maybe my fraction of power is bigger than Seir''s fraction power, or it can be inversed...Just keep this sentence in your heart: ''We aren''t humans who seek power; we were born with power.''." ... As everyone on the ship was shocked by what had just happened, they showed some concern after seeing their fellows just easily knocked to the ground and laid emotionless dead...Yet, six people were approaching and surrounding Seir...Gremory asked Cai Ying what their realms were...But, Cai Ying told Gremory she couldn''t tell it because she couldn''t identify higher realms than emperor realms, and she told Gremory that they were the elders of the sect...Gremory showed a big smile... Without knowing this, Seir didn''t show any worry while facing them... Seir remained calm and composed, unaware of the true power and status of the six individuals... One of them unleashed his technique; he took a deep breath and controlled his breath. With his hand raised and pointed at Seir, he shouted, "Heavenly Flame Burst!!" his words flowed like molten silver, laced with the energy of the heavens...Yet, he was a demon in camouflage...In response, the atmosphere seemed to ignite with fire around Seir....its intensity and heat intensifying with each passing second...The flames danced and swirled, taking on the form of a majestic dragon, ready to bite Seir... The dragon''s fiery eyes locked onto Seir, emanating a sense of ancient power and wrath...As the dragon lunged forward, its scorching breath engulfed everything in its path, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake....Seir just took every fire from it and raised her two arms, like welcoming the fire from it... As the dragon passed her...Seir was unscratched, and her clothes didn''t get burned by the dragon of fire...With just punching her fist into the air, a massive shockwave erupted, making the dragon''s fire immediately disappear without any trace... The people who faced were shocked to find their Heavenly Flame Burst. Yet, one of them seemed to try something else for Seir...He pointed his finger at the sky, and invocated, "Nine-Heavens Sword..." as his voice echoed through the sky and the atmosphere around...The sky began to darken, as dark clouds gathered and swirled above...Nine swords with massive size appeared from the dark clouds... Each sword glowed with a blinding light, emanating an aura of immense power... As the nine swords had appeared, the person who called it, pointed his finger at Seir...At once, all nine swords dashed and sliced through the air towards Seir with incredible speed and precision, leaving thunder trails...The swords were moving towards Seir in every direction; Seir couldn''t evade it...She just stood in there like nothing happened...Seeing Seir didn''t do anything, all six people showed some smiles, and with high hope, that the swords would slash her...Yet, it wasn''t like they hoped that there would be blood on Seir and limbed severed on her...Instead, the swords just went through her like nothing happened...There was no scratch on Seir, the swords pierced her like water... This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Cai Ying didn''t believe what she just has seen...She asked Gremory, "What is that?? Why did the swords just go through her?" "I have said to you right, Seir''s power is on speed...She can circle the world in a blink of an eye. What she did was simply move... Yet, our eyes couldn''t see it; what we saw was the past of Seir, so it was like the swords pierced through her.." "Past of her??" "Yes, Seir''s speed is so fast that our eyes can''t track her, so when she moved around, she would leave a shadow of her, which is her past in that spot...Until Seir stops moving, that shade will be gone, and we know where Seir is..." "But, I feel Seir''s energy in that spot...." "That''s the biggest mistake if you face an opponent with agility or speed like Seir...When she faced them, one of them said Instant Teleportation...That was their biggest mistake...When you did a teleportation, you could track the energy from here to the destination of the teleportation...Yet, if you are still moving at high speed, the energy will also be moving at higher speed...If you said you felt Seir''s energy in that spot, it means you couldn''t track Seir''s speed..." "What!!" Cai Ying was in disbelief... "You know the craziest part is...Right now, Seir isn''t in that spot; what you see right now is the shadow of her past...When they did all the flame until these nine swords, Seir was moving until right now..." Cai Ying''s disbelief grew even stronger as she struggled to comprehend the information...So right now, what they were against was just a shadow of her past...Not the real-time or the real of Seir... ... A devastation blow to the six people who faced Seir...They didn''t realise how strong Seir was...And still, one of them was trying with their technique, one by one, until the technique of Dragon''s Roar...The sound that escaped her lips was not merely a human roar; it was a declaration of his indomitable will and the embodiment of the dragon''s might...The very air seemed to tremble as the resonance of her vocal release built in intensity...For instance, a shockwave erupted from her body, sending a massive vocal and shockwave towards Seir... The force of the shockwave just went through Seir...Even everything around her was devastating, like debris flying around... Meanwhile, Gremory hearing that technique, immediately asked Cai Ying, with the biggest smile she had shown, "Is there any dragon in this world??" Cai Ying answered, "It''s a legend from the upper realm, but some cultivators believe they have encountered dragons...As you have seen before, the fire which shapes like a dragon, that''s the dragon we believe..." "Really!!! That is interesting.." Gremory showed some excitement...At once, she shouted at Seir, "HEI SEIR, DON''T KILL THE ONE WHO USED ROAR!! LET HER LIVE!!!" "I can''t accommodate your request...This is my fight..." answered Seir out of nowhere... "Argh! Why do I need to do it by myself..." Cai Ying said, "Wait!! Does that mean you??" She immediately looked at the sky...Like what she scared off... A dimensional gate suddenly appeared from behind the person who used the Dragon''s Roar Technique... Seir was surprised to see a dimensional gate suddenly appear. "YOU!!! GREMORY!!! WHY YOU MEDDLE IN THIS FIGHT???" Seir, with an angry voice, shouted at Gremory, who caught one into her dimensional gate... "You always have to interfere, don''t you?" Seir''s frustration was evident in her voice as she glared at Gremory...The dimensional gate immediately disappeared with the person who got pulled to it... "It''s not that I want to interfere with your fight, but there is something I want to know in this world from that person..." Said Gremory... "Yeah yeah yeah..Yet, you don''t need to do that..." "Just focus on your fight then, finish it fast, and stop whining about it....." Cai Ying seeing Gremory took the person, wondering what her purpose was, asked, "Why did you catch her in your dimensional gate?" "You said there is some chance that Dragon is real in here, right? I want to know their whereabouts..." "Why??" "The War of Heaven, of course...You won''t understand and know it..." Cai Ying was wondering what The War of Heaven was...She had never heard of it before, maybe because she was just a mere mortal... After some time, they were trying to harm Seir with their techniques, and suddenly the atmosphere and the sky became different... The air crackled with otherworldly energy, and the once clear sky was now filled with dark clouds swirling ominously with a lot of thunderous lightning...A dimensional gate suddenly appeared... Seeing that, Seir immediately shouted at Gremory, "I TOLD YOU NOT TO INTERFERE WITH MY FIGHT!!" "It''s not my gate..." answered Gremory... "What??" confused Seir... Seeing that gate, everyone on the ship, all the six people who faced Seir right now, and Cai Ying immediately took a kneel towards the gate...Gremory and Seir were puzzled...Gremory tried to ask Cai Ying, yet Cai Ying''s face was so terrified that she couldn''t emit a single word from her mouth... A dimensional gate was opened, and a glance of foot appeared from it... The foot belonged to a woman figure dressed in regal attire, emanating an aura of power and authority. Gremory and Seir exchanged bewildered glances...Because they didn''t see this gate or even this figure in their prophecy...Without any explanation from Cai Ying, Gremory flew towards Seir''s shadow and face-to-face towards the gate... Seir''s sound of nowhere said, "Don''t you dare meddle in this fight!!" to Gremory... Suddenly, the figure faced nowhere, Gremory took a big smile and said, "Ha ha ha she knows where you are; just quit moving around....." The figure''s head was moving around as if seeing something invisible moving around... "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, even she can track you, Seir..." Gremory said... Suddenly, her eyes were quickly seeing her beside her, and she raised her hand...In a fraction of a second, a massive shockwave appeared in her hand and revealed she blocked Seir''s kick...Seir tried to follow up her kick with another strike, yet the figure just blocked it with her other hand... After both of Seir''s feet got blocked and gripped by her, she immediately threw her out with massive force, and all the ships got carried away in the force...The impact of the throw sent Seir flying through the air, crashing into the surrounding ships and causing chaos among them...As Seir struggled to regain her footing in the sky, Gremory calmly watched from a distance... Seir and Gremory didn''t know who they were facing... 9 : Formidable Opponent Hearing that there was someone or something in this realm who could stop Seir''s attack, after hearing Gremory''s explanation about Seir''s power in the story was baffling me...But this was a story from the past; I was so relieved to see them okay right now...Because Cai Ying was unconscious after the figure appeared, Gremory and Seir started to tell the story to me... The woman figure who appeared from the gate was wearing regal attire: golden lace and a golden crown that billowed in the wind...Her presence was so powerful and authoritative, making it clear that she was no ordinary adversary....As Seir regained her foot and stood up after being thrown up by her... She locked her eyes on the woman, and she flew towards Gremory. "How does it feel? being thrown up by her?" asked Gremory with a mocking tone towards Seir... "Not fun at all..." answered Seir... Gremory and Seir didn''t say a single word towards her; instead, they wanted her to say something towards them...The woman''s eyes were looking around as she tried to find something...Until Gremory''s expression slightly panicked, she said to Seir "SHE IS TARGETING YU LEI.." "WHAT!!" As the woman in a fraction of a second passed between them, with a blink of an eye, Seir tried to intervene before reaching my body... Seeing Seir and the woman clashing in the realm of time, which tried to prevent the woman from getting closer to me...Gremory saw Seir struggling to keep the woman, and she was getting closer to my body... "FUCK!!!" With quick reaction, Gremory joined their realm flow of time, and she summoned her gate behind my body, who was unconscious the whole time and dragged me to the gate for my safety... As my body went inside the dimensional gate, Gremory and Seir showed some relief...Yet, the woman''s figure didn''t show any emotion or expression... She had just a flat emotion on her face...Seir regrouped with Gremory... Finally, Gremory opened her mouth to say towards her, "MAY THIS UNEXPECTED FOOL INTRODUCE HERSELF?" The woman just showed a glance towards them... Her eyes were cold and piercing as if she were sizing them up...In the valley, the atmosphere between Gremory, Seir and the woman became more intense...Hoped to find her identity, yet the woman swiftly moved like lightning pierced the air and time towards them...With a blink of an eye, Seir responded that, once again, they were clashing inside the realm of time... Their powers collided, creating a whirlwind of energy that crackled in the air...Everyone who survived could only sense the shockwave as their fists collided with each other... Meanwhile, in the realm of time, Seir was a little bit taken aback by the woman''s speed and agility...Their kicks and fists collided with each other even faster than sound, making their fists like thunder. A shockwave came first, followed by thunderous sounds... The intensity of their battle continued to escalate, causing the very fabric of reality to tremble...Each strike sent shockwaves rippling through the realm of time, distorting its very essence...As the clash reached its climax, it became clear that their powers were pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible in this mortal realm... Gremory showed a little bit of worry, knowing that the woman''s expression didn''t change at all; instead, Seir showed some frustration as she was being pushed by her...Yet, as the battle raged on between the woman and Seir, Seir kept getting pushed back...She couldn''t land a single clear hit to her body; every time she tried to land a hit, the woman easily blocked it with her fist or just easily evaded it... Seir''s frustration grew until, at one point, Seir saw the woman show a smirk...It sent a red flag towards Gremory, seeing the woman finally show an expression. With a quick reaction from her, she summoned a gate behind Seir, which she had been pushed back by the woman...The gate pulled Seir before the woman landed a powerful fist, which was full of fire, different from the fists before towards Seir...With fast, that gate transferred Seir to beside Gremory... After the woman landed her hit towards the air, instead, Seir...Her powerful flame fist discharged massive energy towards the earth, leaving destruction as the fire spread uncontrollably. The ground cracked and crumbled under the force of her attack, causing a great earthquake following the fire trail...In a second, followed by a massive thunderous shockwave boom sound which everyone in the world could hear... Seir tried to regain control of her breath after being overwhelmed by the sheer power of her agility and speed... Gremory said to Seir, "I think it''s time not to play around..." "Yeah..." Seir replied... "You want to tag with me..." If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "No fucking way, I won''t let you meddle in my fight, especially with her..." her eyes locked onto her opponent. Gremory nodded in understanding. "Alright then," Gremory said, a hint of respect in his voice. "I''ll let you handle this on your own." After regaining her breath control, her appearance changed; she grew fangs on her mouth, a tail on her back, and black armour slowly emerged into her body from the tip of her toes until the top of her face. Out of nowhere, a spear swiftly moved fast towards Seir with a lightning trail...She caught it as if it were a mere twig...With a determined glint in her eyes, Seir swung the spear around effortlessly, showcasing her mastery over the weapon... Her eyes were so calm yet so fiery at the same time that there would be some spark of lightning around her eyes...Seeing Seir had a weapon in her hand, the woman suddenly raised her right hand to the sky. The sky became darker than before as the thunderous storm came along...At one point, the thunder struck her hand and slowly emerged a sword with a golden handle...As the sword emerged, the woman pointed her sword towards Seir... Seir''s grip tightened on the spear as she observed the woman''s display of power...She took a deep breath and instantly launched at her...Even with Seir''s instant speed, the woman could stop Seir''s spear with her sword...As their weapons collided and created massive sparks from their metals...Both sides tried to overwhelm each other; their faces were getting closer to each other as they saw their opponents'' expressions...Until both sides back to each other side...In a fraction of a second, it was the woman''s turn to plunge towards Seir... Seir anticipated her attack and swiftly blocked it with her shaft spear...As the woman''s sword collided and stuck at Seir''s spear, Seir tried to counterattack by using her foot to swiftly hit her and push her...With her great agility, the woman spun to the right and dodged Seir''s foot... She swiftly regained her balance and launched a fierce strike towards Seir''s exposed side...Seir, however, managed to pivot just in time, narrowly avoiding the woman''s attack...The intensity of their battle grew as they continued to exchange blows, their movements fluid and precise... From in observation view or a mortal view, this battle was like the two figures just standing around, not moving...The two figures were just standing in the sky; their presence commanded the attention of everyone below...The tension in the air was palpable, as if the entire world held its breath, waiting for the first move to be made...Yet, in their realm of time, they were clashing hard with each other...Their weapons clashed, resounding clashes, sparks flying...In a second, in the human realm, out of the blue, there was a boom sound in between them...Which resonated a massive wave, causing the ground to tremble and buildings to shake...The shockwave rippled through the air, shattering everything on the ground and flying in all directions...That boom was the first clash of their weapons, which in their realm of time had clashed a lot of time in just one second, yet the different realms and the different friction of time made their weapons collide that the human realm couldn''t comprehend; only the first collided...Each second in the human realm, there would be a massive shock and a thunderous sound as they kept clashing with each other... As the clash kept going, at one point, there was no one getting pushed back, as both Seir and the woman displayed their unwavering strength and determination...The air crackled with electricity, intensifying the tension between them...Until the woman lowered and dispelled her weapon from her hand...Seir was puzzled about what she had done. Finally, the woman opened her mouth and said with a warm and inviting tone, "My time has come...I''m sure we''ll cross paths again.,." a gate suddenly appeared in front of her...Her words sent chills down Gremory''s spine...As she had a power of prophecy like her and Seir... Seeing her fleeing, Seir didn''t accept it...In a flash, she dashed to her...Hoped to prevent her from getting away...Yet, the woman disappeared through the gate before Seir could reach her. Seir was left standing there, filled with a mix of frustration and anger...She looked at some survivors on wrecked ships on the ground to relieve her frustration and anger...She released her frustration and anger towards them by massacring them...Limbs, heads, and every part of human bodies were flying around as Seir swung her spears towards them... The survivors on the wrecked ships screamed in terror as Seir unleashed her frustration upon them...Their pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears as she mercilessly slaughtered them, leaving a trail of carnage in her wake...The sight of their lifeless bodies provided a temporary release for Seir''s pent-up frustration and anger, but deep down, she knew it was only a fleeting satisfaction...After there weren''t any living humans in the wrecked ship or around it, she came back to the place and met Gremory...In there, Cai Ying was unconscious, and Gremory took out my body from the gate...One of Gremory''s spirits took Cai Ying and me back inside... As Seir removed her armour, her fang, and her tail, back to her normal appearance, Gremory came towards her and asked her, "How was it?" "Strange..." "There were around 10 or 15 massive shockwaves in your clash with her..." "10 to 15 seconds? That long? No, it was more like 10 to 15 minutes. Time seemed to stretch during the battle," Seir replied, her voice filled with disbelief... "Well in this realm, you just fought with her in 10 to 15 seconds...Now, we know there is someone or something that could equal our angelic power..." Seir showed a big smile, "Ha ha ha ha, you are right...Yet, these things are humans, which makes it interesting...I sensed it; when I was fighting with her, she was just a human..." Seir''s smile widened as she continued, "It''s fascinating to think that humans possess the potential to rival our angelic power...It adds a whole new dimension to our battles." "WELCOME TO THIS NONSENSE REALM...MAY THIS POWER MAKE US SHOW OUR TRUE NATURE AND TRUE PRESENCE..." Gremory said with a big smile as Seir... "Yet, we need Yu Lei, because he can do something for us and him as well..." said Seir... As the two demons finally understood the real meaning of power in this world... 10 : A Start to Create Sect After that battle, the valley beside my place was messed up with craters and scorched earth as a testament to the destructive force unleashed by the clash...Yet, all over that could be cleaned up by the power of their spirits...In just merely two weeks, all the craters and scorched earth were patched up... Cai Ying, couldn''t go back to her sect after everyone she knew was being massacred by Seir... She found solace in my place, and she told me that this place was the best place to meditate...With proof, she went through a breakthrough just in these two weeks to the Qi Condensation Realm, which was the second realm after the Mortal Realm... Yet, the identity of the woman was still a mystery, as I asked Cai Ying...She didn''t know a single thing...As she appeared from the gate, she just told us that suddenly she felt so heavy in her body, and her chest was so tight that she could barely breathe...That made her unconscious... For Gremory, she didn''t find anything that fascinated her...As she captured the person who had the technique of Dragon''s Roar...She couldn''t harness information about the dragon whereabout...Because the person didn''t have that type of information, she just got a scroll from someone... ..... Hearing that, I didn''t realise that I had finished my breakfast...After knowing what happened in these two weeks, I wanted to know what Seir did to me...As advised by Gremory, I just needed to do with the stone like before. If I shattered it more than before, it meant Seir did it to me...I asked Cai Ying to come with me to the training ground...When we walked towards the training ground, Seir and Gremory followed us... At the training ground, I picked a small stone...I did like before, which I gripped the stone and focused on it...In any second, I could hear something from it. As I opened my palm, I saw the stone was being shattered...Seeing the stone get more shattered than before, even almost crushed it to small pieces...It indicated that I received a fraction of Seir''s power by shattering the stone...She violated me when I was unconscious. I immediately took a glance towards her, who stood on the side of the training ground...She just avoided my glance...I didn''t know whether to feel happy or feel being violated by her... Gremory walked towards me and asked, "As you called me back then, you said you wanted to make a sect....So when will you start to make this sect??" I paused for a moment, considering Gremory''s question. The idea of starting a sect had been on my mind for quite some time, but I hadn''t yet made any concrete plans...Yet, the idea of changing people''s mindset to make the transition from chasing this nonsense power to using common sense was quite challenging... Seir heard about this sect thing and at once came towards me and asked, "Honestly, I was wondering what this sect is in this nonsense world?" "Sect is a place to learn this nonsense power you called...It is like a school where individuals gather to study and practice specific teachings or principles related to this power...It provides a structured environment for growth and development, allowing members to deepen their understanding and harness their abilities...However, my intention for the sect is to shift the focus from blindly pursuing power to cultivating wisdom and practical knowledge that can benefit not only ourselves but also society as a whole..." " "You mean, normal humans learn this power in this sect you called...and become stronger like that woman...Damn, that''s interesting..." Cai Ying joined the conversation, saying, "Well, to make a sect is a difficult task; you need to know what your sect is. What is different about your sect? And most importantly, what path is your sect? Without a clear purpose and unique teachings, a sect would simply blend in with the rest of the world...It is crucial to establish a distinct identity and a clear path for followers to follow to create a successful sect...Additionally, understanding the essence of one''s sect and how it differs from others is essential for attracting dedicated disciples." Well, about that, you see it in front of you, Cai Ying...These two women have different powers, paths, and identities. It''s angelic power, but still, angelic power can''t be learned by humans...And the important thing is me...I can''t use this cultivation power... I looked at Cai Ying, She can use this cultivation power...maybe she can properly teach the disciples...So I asked her, "Cai Ying, do you want to teach these disciplines? As if I created this sect..." Cai Ying was surprised and shocked, "You know that I am not that qualified to teach; I am just in the second realm..." This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. I asked her, "So what realm is the best qualified for you to teach?" "I hate that; you said it like you could make me break through easily..." Cai Ying replied with frustration... "Just answer it, and we will find a way for you to easily achieve that realm..." Cai Ying took a deep breath and finally said, "How about the Sage realm?" with a joking tone... "Now, what is the fastest method for you to achieve it? Before you told me that this place made you easily breakthrough, what is the reason?" "I think a different atmosphere... Here, somehow I feel so relaxed and relieved; the flow of energy is different. It''s like the air itself is infused with a special power that aids in cultivation," Cai Ying explained. "But I''m not sure if it''s just in my mind or if there''s something truly unique about this place..." I asked Gremory and Seir, "Is there something different about what the spirits did in this place?" "Nothing particular, they just did what they did as in our realm..." Answered Seir¡­ Maybe that¡¯s it, there is something different from my previous realm or world, to this world or realm, which makes a fraction of accelerate to breakthrough in this world¡­It opens some paths where the knowledge and sense in my previous world, to accelerate cultivation in this world¡­Which this building is built with knowledge from another world, and makes some energy on it¡­Different knowledge or different understanding of something can make people accelerate in their cultivation¡­ "Is there any method for you to cut the path and cultivate fast?" I asked. "Yes, there is, with treasure, some ancient scroll, pill, or artefact that can be used as a bridge to accelerate cultivation," Cai Ying replied. "However, relying solely on external aid may not be sustainable in the long run...It''s important to also focus on internal cultivation techniques and harness the power within oneself." "Right now we don''t care about the long run, the more I want is for you to accelerate to Sage Realm as fast as possible...You can harness the power within Dao or oneself after you are in Sage Realm..." Cai Ying suddenly felt frustrated and offended by my words... feeling as though I had dismissed her advice... I turned to Seir and Gremory and asked, "So, is there any treasure around here???" Gremory was uninterested in answering it, yet I still had another prophecy demon, Seir...Seir answered, "At least thirty..." Seir''s response caught my attention, and I eagerly asked, "Thirty treasures??" "Yeah...You want-" Suddenly, Gremory shut Seir''s mouth with her hand...Seeing that, I sensed there was something Gremory needed or demanded...I asked, "Is there anything you want, Gremory?" I immediately noticed a mischievous glint in Gremory''s eyes as she smirked and licked her lips. She replied, "Oh, I want much more than just treasure..." I felt it would be no good, from her expression, as she continued, "As you can see, when you were unconscious in these two weeks, Seir used you for good reason...And I didn''t do it like Seir, yet I found out...There was something different about me...It wasn''t like when I was under contract with Solomon..." As she started to stretch her hand, "I felt a little bit weak...I noticed Solomon had a ring from the bastard Archangel Michael..." I asked her, "So what is the reason?" "The ring could generate magical power for us, the demon under his command...But, in this world, you don''t have the ring...So there isn''t any magical power to us; it made me a little bit weak from our first meeting..." "And what is the solution??" Gremory started to walk to me...In front of me, her face leaned towards my face, and she said with her seductive tone, "~~You know what I mean, right??~~This world has the technique of it, and you have done it so That technique generates some magical power for me and you...That''s why Seir said we need you because you are useful for us and for yourself..." I gulped as her voice came to my ear. As she was in front of me, I didn''t know where to look, because she was way taller than me, so in front of me right now were her jugs...I said towards her, "I will consider--" She immediately put her face right in front of mine and said, "~~There is no consideration about this~~ You just need to obey it or not..." I felt a rush of intimidation and intimacy as her piercing gaze met mine. It was clear that she expected nothing less than complete compliance about this matter..."I understand," I replied, my voice trembling slightly... After hearing my answer, she just showed a smirk and mischievous smile, ¡°You better be prepared¡­¡± and she walked away from me¡­ I took a glance towards Cai Ying and Seir, and Cai Ying''s face contorted with jealousy as she watched Gremory walk out from the training ground to inside, while Seir''s face showed a big smile...After Gremory was gone from the training ground, I ordered Seir to get all these treasures... She asked me and Cai Ying, "You want to come?" I asked her back, "How do you bring us on the trip?" Seir snapped her finger, and a winged horse was summoned from the ground. Its majestic wings shimmered in the sunlight as it landed gracefully before us...It was the winged horse when I summoned Seir for the first time...She turned to me and Cai Ying, a mischievous smile playing on her lips, and asked, "Ready for an adventure?" We hopped onto the horse and eagerly climbed onto its back...As I thought, I would feel the sky beneath me, I couldn''t help but feel a rush of excitement....The wind whipped through my hair as the horse took off into the open sky, carrying us towards our thrilling journey ahead...That was my thought when I climbed on this horse...Yet, this was Seir''s horse, so when I hoped and climbed on her horse, after I blinked my eyes, immediately I wasn''t on the training ground again... Instead, I found myself in a dense forest, surrounded by towering trees and unfamiliar sounds... 11 : Treasure Hunting with A Twist Arriving at the dense forest, I could see Cai Ying''s face was shocked and in disbelief...As her face showed, I thought we had similar thoughts about the trip...We would fly in the sky, enjoying our trip...Yet, it just happened instantaneously, after we blinked our eyes and arrived in this forest¡­ We got off the horse, and after we put our feet on the ground, I looked around¡­I found ancient ruins, hiding from all the bushes and dense forest... I asked Seir, ¡°Is the treasure inside the ruin?¡± Seir answered, ¡°Yeah¡­¡± as casually¡­ I felt Seir was too casual and too relaxed on this treasure hunt thing, and Cai Ying wasn¡¯t as casual as Seir¡­She was too worried and concerned about the safety of the ruins¡­Yet, we were walking towards the entrance of the ruin¡­There was a shit ton of stairs to enter the ruin¡­Seir and Cai Ying easily climbed all of it with jumping or flying¡­Yet, as a person without cultivation, and shitty angelic power, I needed to climb it one by one¡­ A few minutes later, finally, I arrived at the top of the stairs. As I arrived... I found something that made me angry¡­That Seir and Cai Ying already took the treasure; it was a scroll type of treasure¡­Seir told me that they took it while I was climbing the stairs¡­ Out of breath, tired, and angry at them...Without saying any words towards them, I was just sitting at the top of the stairs... feeling a mix of disappointment and frustration. The effort I had put into climbing the stairs seemed wasted... "Come on, Yu Lei! Don''t act like a child!" said Cai Ying... "There are still some precious treasures which you can join with us..." added Seir. I took a deep breath and said, "Fine then, but next time, don''t leave me behind like this..." Out of nowhere, the horse was beside me without my noticing it... "Now hop in!!" said Seir... We hopped on the horse, and just as before, with just a blink of an eye, we arrived at another destination, which was the same: inside a dense forest with another ancient ruin...I asked them to wait for me, not get the treasure without me again¡­ Seir chuckled and reassured me, "Don''t worry, we won''t make the same mistake twice. We''ll wait for you this time...since this place, there are no shitton of stairs like before..." With a newfound trust or mocking me, I followed Seir and Cai Ying right behind them... As we ventured deeper into the ruin, I asked them, "Is there any trap in here??" Seir glanced back at me with a mischievous grin and replied, "Well, there might be a few surprises along the way...How about you take the lead in front of us??" "No fucking way!!" Until we arrived in a room in which there was a tomb...Cai Ying, without any hesitation, opened the tomb, and there was a scroll in there...She without being cautious, just yoinked it...Immediately, the room was filled with a loud, rumbling noise...The floor beneath us began to shake...Some of the stones from above began to fall...I looked at Seir, yet she was disappearing out of nowhere... Ah yes, that bitch can move in a blink of an eye; surely she''s already outside the ruin... Cai Ying immediately ran towards the exit, and I tried to keep up with her, but it was difficult...On the way to the exit, I was unaware that I could keep up with Cai Ying...Which made Cai Ying surprised that I was beside her all the time...After getting out of the ruin, Cai Ying asked, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? HOW THE FUCK YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ME?"... I tried to catch my breath, hard to answer her question, "Just give me...a second..." After I regained control of my breath, I answered her question, "HOW THE FUCK I KNOW THAT!!" Cai Ying stared at me, her eyes wide with disbelief...I could see the confusion and frustration on her face as she tried to process what had just happened...In any second, the ruin was collapsed... Seir clapped her hand and made us focus on her as she said, "Now, let''s go to another location..." "YOU BETTER NOT LEAVE US BEHIND AGAIN LIKE THAT," I said angrily to Seir... "It''s fine; you can manage it...now hope in!!" We went to another ruined location in the blink of an eye...We started to enter and explore the ruin...Until we encountered some people who were already in front of a sort of tomb...They noticed our presence, and immediately our eyes and their eyes met... I looked around, and Seir and Cai Ying suddenly disappeared... Are they just leaving me with these people? With a quick reaction, one of them immediately dashed towards me... Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. I closed my eyes as one of them threw a kick at my side of the body...In the next second, I didn''t feel any hurt...So I opened my eyes and found out that somehow I blocked his kick with one hand...After seeing I could block his attack, I tried to throw a simple punch at him with my other hand...The man with fast hands tried to block my punch; my hand collided with his block hands, and instantly he was pushed back hard... The other people looked shocked and hesitant, unsure of how to react... I didn''t know what happened; before, I could keep up with Cai Ying''s speed; now I could throw a punch hard...was this the fraction of angelic powers from Seir and Gremory? Still, what was the gap between this fraction of those two angelic powers and cultivation powers? I asked them to seek the answer, "What realms are all of you in right now?" One of them answered, "Are you mocking us or what?" "No no, I just want to know.." With speed, two of them plunged at me with intense aggression...Again, they focused on both sides... Trying to overwhelm me with their combined strength...Again their fist and kick collided with my hands, as I blocked their attack, even right now, I caught her fist and his foot..This time, I noticed that it wasn''t a coincidence that I blocked his attack...I realised the fraction of Seir and Gremory''s angelic power was indeed powerful... Easily, I could throw them up... Ha Ha Ha, am I this strong?? Still, I don''t know what realms they are in... After some attack from them towards me, which I was able to block or evade their attack...They started to exchange glances between each other...I felt it would be no good...My feeling was right, they seemed to try to invoke something... As they chanted incantations, a surge of energy began to fill the air...At once, from behind, I could hear a dash at a fast pace towards them...I turned around, and as I turned around, the figure had already passed me... It was a blur of motion, moving with incredible speed and agility...Quickly, the figure cleared out the people and prevented the invocation... The figure was Cai Ying... I was surprised, she could clear everything easily...Wait, if she could beat them easily, did it mean they were weak from the beginning? I asked her, "What do you think these guys'' realm is?" "These people, I think, are still apprentices, and they try to build their foundation, so they aren''t in the first realm or mortal realm..." When I heard that these people were just normal humans who tried to build their realm, it made my heart a little bit shatter...I thought I had become more powerful...After they got beaten up, we took the treasure from their hand...and we got out from the ruin... I was surprised, when I took my feet out of the ruin that there was a shitton of treasures, including scrolls, artefacts, and pills beside the horse...It meant Seir had already taken all the treasures while I was inside this ruin...I looked around to find Seir...As I found her... "Don''t tell me!! The purpose of this trip is to test my strength and agility, or, I can say, the small fraction of angelic power you two-handed me..." said I... "HUNDRED FOR YOU..." answered Seir... I was so angry because, without proper training, she just threw me at those people. I could die. I asked her with a high tone, "Whose idea is this?" as I slowly walked towards her... "Eh!! You don''t like it??" with a confused face, Seir asked me... "No, I don''t like it," I replied angrily. "You should have at least given me some warning or prepared me..." "It''s Gremory''s idea...As Gremory said, we feel weak as day by day passes without any generational power...So Gremory found out the technique--" "Yeah, the dual cultivation...But the reason is not that, right??" "The reason is to train your stamina and your strength, so you can match us in this technique..." I was baffled as to the reason for this trip; these demons were so thirsty about this thing...About that, I was curious, while I was unconscious, how often Seir did it to me... "While I was unconscious, how often did you use this technique on me??" She told me a quite ambiguous number, and I couldn''t think of doing something like that with those numbers... "I think it''s better to pace it...Just do it when you are really in the crucial time..." "EHHHH!!! BUT WE NEED POWER..." "But we also need to be careful not to overexert ourselves. It''s important to find a balance between gaining power and taking care of our bodies. Wait, you don''t need to take care of your bodies because you are already a demon....And the important thing is that I am just merely mortal...You can kill me with your desire for this thing..." Seir suddenly got closer to me and placed her busts on my body. "Well, we are demons, surely we have a lot-" Suddenly Cai Ying was in the middle of us, "STOP!!!!" Cai Ying intervened, as her face was so red as if she couldn''t bear to hear any more about the details of this intimate technique... "Now, can we go back home??" "Sure...But, wait a second..." In a second, a gate appeared from the ground of all the treasures, sucking all of them up...I didn''t know Seir had the power of dimensional gates, so I asked, "Is that gate from your power, Seir??" "No, it''s from Gremory..." "What, Gremory??" I was confused... "Yeah, in a second, I went home and told Gremory to open a gate so it could store the treasures..." I was in disbelief. In just a second, even in a fraction of a second, she went back home and came back here again...How fast is this bitch? "And there is something for you, Yu Lei.." "For me?" "Yeah...." Out of the blue, a dimensional gate behind me appeared and pulled me to the gate without my consent...I was startled by the sudden force and found myself inside a room which was pitch black...In a second, I could hear a snap of a finger, and immediately a lot of candles lit inside the room...Slowly, I could see what was in front of me, and slowly, I could see there was a bed in front of me...With, a woman lying on it. It was Gremory with different attire, somehow a little bit aroused me...She had a mischievous smile on her face as she looked at me and said, "Welcome to my chamber, Yu Lei. Prepare to experience something that you''ve never imagined." "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS GREMORY?" I asked her... "Look at my eyes, Yu Lei!!" I noticed her eyes became more glowing, and suddenly I could smell something different, like the smell of roses or something so fragrant that made my mind a little bit dizzy...Yet, the most thing that could make me dizzy was her voice... Her voice suddenly became so warm in my heart and so inviting that it melted me, "~~Come to Yu Lei to me!!~~" ~~~~ I opened my eyes and found myself lying on my bed...Immediately, I checked beside me: was there Gremory or Seir beside me? There was no one beside me... God damn it, this demon had just hypnotised me!!! Gremory can make someone become intimate or fall in love with someone, but I don''t know if she could do it to someone who contracted to her... Solomon must have powerful willpower and mindpower that make this bitch demon can''t hypnotise him... 12 : The Trip At the breakfast, I only saw Seir; the other two were gone...As I walked to the table, I could see her smile so big to me, with some sinister giggle...I sat on the pillow and looked at the table. There was only my dish on the table; there wasn''t anything in front of Seir...I was a little bit puzzled. I asked her, "Why is there nothing in front of you??" "I am not hungry..." replied her, still with her big smile at me... "So what are you doing in here??" "I just want to see you..." "Want to see me?? Is there something you want to see?" "Your body and your expression, after what Gremory did to you, I''m just curious what expression you show..." "You mean Gremory hypnotised me..." "She did that, damn...Yet, is it a pleasure memory? or a fun memory with her??" Her face suddenly leaned towards me...Her eyes narrowed, a mischievous glint in them. "Or perhaps it''s something more... intimate?" "I don''t remember anything...So how long did Gremory take me??" "Just for a day, yet her realm is different from this realm...If you use this realm time to her realm, it''s like three days..." "THREE DAYS!!!" How thirsty she is...Maybe I need to make this a usual thing after these demons use their power, "So where are the others?" "Gremory is relaxing at the usual spot, the garden, and for Cai Ying, she meditates with some treasures I got..." "For how long will Cai Ying meditate?" "She didn''t tell me..." "Where is she right now?" "She is on the training ground right now..." ~~~~~~ At the training ground, I found Cai Ying in the middle of it with some treasure artefacts around her...I saw the artefacts emit a sort of energy towards her...She received it and absorbed it...I went closer to her...As I was beside her, I asked her "How long will it take you to break through to this Sage Realm with all these treasures¡ªartefacts, scrolls, and pills?" She opened one of her eyes, looked at me, and said "A couple of months..." "A couple of months?? that long??" "That''s the quickest time, I knew...The Sage realm needs a hundred years even a thousand years to achieve it...There aren''t any other cultivators who have a lot of treasures like this..." I was surprised by her response. "So, you''re saying that even with all these treasures, it still takes years to reach the Sage Realm?" I asked, trying to wrap my head around the concept... She nodded solemnly... "Good luck then.." Said I. When I wanted to leave the training ground, Cai Ying spoke some words, "If you want to create a sect, there will be a gathering where all sects will gather in one place as they try to seek prodigy disciple, saint, or another disciple..." "Where is this gathering?" asked I... "You can find it if you move to the north from this place..." "What do you mean, move? Is there no specific location for this gathering?" I asked, slightly confused... "XINXING.." "So when does this gathering start?" "Maybe in a couple of weeks..." "Can you try to determine something, especially about time? before I asked you about how long will you achieve you said a couple of months, but now I asked about when the gathering starts, you said a couple of weeks..." "When you live longer, time will be a meaningless thing, a couple of weeks can be felt in a day or couple of hours, because you have lived longer, so the time around you will become an illusion..." "Typical of cultivators who lived longer than any human..." I left the training ground... ~~~ As I went inside, I was greeted by Seir...She showed a big smile again and asked, "Do you need a ride?" "For this time, I want to enjoy the trip...So I don''t want the ultra-speed thing, right now?" Her face became frowning as I declined her offer... "Yet, if you want to join, you can come with me..." I said to her... She nodded, her expression softening...I went upstairs to my room...Inside the room, when I wanted to do a little bit of preparation... Out of the blue, a gate appeared beside me, followed by a voice from behind me, which came from the door... "You can use mine..." I turned around, and it was Gremory...I asked her, "So you want to come too?" Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. Gremory smiled mischievously and replied, "Well, I can''t resist a good trip, especially since I never see this world except this place..." "Alright then, but you will find it amusing about this world, especially how the humans thinking.." said I, and I tossed everything to the gate... "So laugh at it...How stupid they are..." ~~ After everything was prepared, I went to the front entrance of my place, or, I could say, my village, because it wasn''t a home anymore but rather a village of mine...Arrived at the front, I found it a carriage...It wasn''t a carriage from this world, I had seen some carriages in this world that had Eastern designs or ancient Chinese designs...Yet this carriage had a Western design compared to an 18th-century royal carriage...It had black and a lot of gold ornaments around it...I looked around; there was Seir and Gremory already in there... I went to them, and asked, "What the fuck is this??" "A carriage, is there something wrong with it??" asked Seir, confused... "Of course it is, do you know how the common carriage in this world?? Not like this!!!" "Don''t blame us!" said Gremory. "It''s the spirits; they built it like this; what they know about carriages is like this for their master..." "People in this world will find it weird and different...So who will be the coachman for this carriage?" "We don''t need that, because the two horses for this carriage are spirits from me...So they know what they are doing..." said Seir... I immediately looked at the horses; these horses were spirits from her, yet I couldn''t comprehend it. The spirits around the house used beautiful maiden appearances, and these two used horse appearances... I took a deep breath, and after that, I went inside the carriage...Followed by Gremory and Seir...Inside the carriage, Seir asked, "Where''s the destination we''re headed?" "The city is called Xinxing; it''s on the north side of this place..." answered I... Seir closed her eyes and quickly opened them...Immediately the carriage was moving...I thought she was just commanding her spirits to move...As we started the trip to Xinxing city to seek some people...Maybe this was my first time out of the village...I never set foot out to another city...I couldn''t help but feel a mix of excitement and nervousness as the carriage rolled along the unfamiliar road... Yet suddenly, my spine was tingling as Seir beside me suddenly laid her head into my lap, and Gremory put off her right heel and took her right foot into my lap too...I gulped... I asked, "Is there any reason you two are doing all this?" Seir answered, "For Gremory, there is no reason, yet for me, it''s different..." "Ah, you don''t mind sharing him with me??" asked Gremory with a warm tone... "NO!! YOU HAVE DONE IT INTO YOUR REALM...AND I HAD USED SOME OF MY POWER WITH THAT WOMAN AND TO HUNT TREASURE, SO IT''S MY TIME NOW!" Hearing that, I knew what they meant.......With quickness, Seir hopped into my lap, and she started to grind, which made me... feel a surge of pleasure coursing through my body...As Seir kept doing it, I looked at Gremory; her face showed some jealousy...It was clear that she wanted to join in on the action... ~~~~~~~~ As the carriage stopped, I finally went out of it after what they had done to me...As I set my foot on the ground, I immediately collapsed because these demons were so thirsty...I didn''t know how to feel after all of that...Two beauty demons went all in on me...After I went out, I looked around, and the carriage stopped in front of the entrance of a city... I took a deep breath, trying to process the intense sensations that still lingered within me....And they went out of the carriage...They seemed satisfied with their mischief, yet they kept arguing... "WHY YOU TRIED TO SNATCH HIM FROM ME?" "It''s not a snatch; it''s just merely a sharing... "WHAT!!! YOU HAVE USED HIM IN YOUR TIME, NOW YOU WANT TO USE MY TURN TO REFILL MY POWER..." As they kept arguing about their mischief to me, the city folk who passed us or around us stared at me with some disapproval, especially the women...Somehow I could hear their whisper, especially the women, "Look at that pervy soul, caught up in the chaos caused by those mischievous troublemakers..." And they kept slandering me...As my ears kept tingling from their slanders, I got up...Went to Seir and Gremory...and asked them, "CAN YOU TWO STOP?? If you want to talk about that, not in public, okay?" They just avoided eye contact with each other... "How about we go inside the city and enjoy the city?" I suggested, Seir and Gremory exchanged a glance before finally nodding at me... We walked towards inside the city, where we read the sign of the city, the city called Xucun...We went inside of it, and the cityfolk kept staring at us...I was a little bit uncomfortable. I looked behind me...There were Gremory and Seir, followed by the....carriage.... Without anyone in there, the carriage could easily follow us; it was like magic or a powerful carriage in another human being''s eyes, especially the shape of it, which was different among the carriages in this world... After some strolls in the city, finally, some people came towards us...Which flirted with Gremory and Seir...Their charm and beauty seemed to captivate everyone around them... Gremory found it amusing, so she did something to them, which made all of the men fall in love with each other... The atmosphere around them became filled with laughter and joy as the men playfully embraced one another, unaware of Gremory''s mischievous influence...We passed them as they kept embracing each other... After some minutes of strolling, we encountered a commotion between two sides...When we tried to pass this commotion, suddenly a person from it came to me...He begged me to purchase his jewellery so his property wouldn''t get confiscated by them...He pointed at the building in front of us...Yet Seir didn''t buy his words...She told me he was lying about the confiscation, the jewellery price, and even the people who tried to confiscate it... "It''s a swindle trick, then?" I asked Seir... "Yeah..." Seir immediately turned to them and said, "NOW GET LOST!!" At once, they got lost from us, but their movements were a little weird; it was like they were being controlled... "Did you just?" Seir was nodding...She could influence people without their knowledge, and seeing a lie from humans...So those people probably got influenced by her to get lost... ~~ We stopped by some sort of restaurant, hoping to grab a quick bite and some refreshments. The place was bustling with activity, and we found a table near the window...As we sat down, we read the menu...Gremory said to me, "Are these all the desserts in this restaurant?" "Yeah, why??" "It''s...just lame and too little..." "Well, this is the human realm, and what you eat back home is not from the human realm...I don''t know from where those spirits could get everything and make it for everyone..." In some seconds, a waitress came towards our table and took our orders...Gremory took some desserts only, Seir took some appetisers, and I just took one duck as the main dish...As she had taken our orders, she left our table... We waited patiently for our food to arrive...While we were waiting, there was a crowd at the entrance of the restaurant...I tried to see what was behind the crowd, and as I wanted to get up from my seat, Gremory said to me, "It''s just a bunch of maidens; don''t be so curious about a bunch of maidens; you see them every day at home...Especially....You have us in here..." As the crowd dispersed, as Gremory had said, it was a group of beauty maidens...But, they got a sword in each of their hips...From those swords, immediately in my mind, they were cultivators... They took seats behind our table...As they were seated at their table, I could hear them talking about the gathering sect...It seemed they wanted to join in some sect... 13 : Gremorys in Bad Mood As they were talking and I heard their talking, our food arrived. After the food was sat on the table, Gremory immediately made some weird expressions and said to me, "Are these foods?" "Of course..." "I just find that they aren''t as delightful as at home..." "Because at home, the spirits who prepared it and the ingredients came out from nowhere...And here, the human who prepared it with limited ingredients... Just enjoy it!! Look Seir!!" I pointed at Seir... She was eating like there was no tomorrow, savouring every bite with pure joy on her face...Gremory couldn''t help after Seir''s face; she took a cautious bite...I looked as she took the bite...After the food went into her mouth, her expression showed dissatisfaction with her food...She put the chopsticks away immediately and didn''t take a single bite anymore...Yet, she ordered some desserts, which made the table full...These would be a waste of food... I asked Gremory, "Are you sure you don''t want to eat these foods? You have ordered it; it''s just a waste if you don''t eat it..." "I don''t care about wasting the food...If you want these foods not to go to waste, how about you give them to these maidens behind us?" "Are you sure?" "Yeah..." I sighed. As one waitress passed us, I immediately called her and told her to give the desserts on the table to the people behind us...She nodded and quickly gathered the desserts, making her way towards the maidens...The maidens exchanged some words with the waitress, as they were surprised because they didn''t order the desserts... The waitress told them they were from us and pointed at our table...The maidens looked over at us...Immediately one of them got up and went to us...In front of our table, she showed some gratitude gestures and a small bow towards me... "Thanks for your patronage..." the maiden said with a grateful smile to me "We were pleasantly surprised by your kind gesture...Is there anything we can do to show our appreciation?" I pointed at Gremory and said, "You can show your gratitude to her, not to me..." The maiden immediately did the gratitude gesture and small bow towards Gremory and said, "Is there anything we can do to show our appreciation?" She didn''t take a look at the maiden, as if she were disgusted with her...I said towards the maiden, "Our companion is a little bit shy; I think there is nothing to be done to show her appreciation. She is just happy to have been able to help..." The maiden nodded understandingly and smiled at Gremory, expressing her gratitude nonverbally as Gremory looked in the other direction and avoided her gaze...The maiden came back to her table, and we continued to enjoy our meal except Gremory; she just stared off into the distance, lost in her thoughts. While we were enjoying our food, suddenly, at the entrance of the restaurant, there was another commotion and crowd...I, like the others, just didn''t care about it as I was eating my food... I could hear people murmuring and turning their heads to see what was happening, but I remained focused on my meal... As the crowd dispersed, a man and his entourage came into the restaurant...When he set foot into the restaurant, some people wanted to shake and kiss his hand...I felt this man was maybe someone important in the city with an entourage...I took a glance, and this man immediately went to the maidens'' table...Quickly, he immediately flirted with them and bragged about himself, which I couldn''t hear what he was bragging about...His flirt and brag weren''t well received by the maidens, yet his eyes quickly went towards us...I looked at Gremory, who was still upset or not in the mood... Immediately in my mind, you better not go here, if you want to be alive... And he went towards us with his entourage... As he approached, I could sense an air of arrogance surrounding him. His entourage followed closely behind, their expressions mirroring his overconfidence...He opened his mouth and started to flirt with Seir and Gremory and brag about himself, "What two beauties came from heaven! Stop by this restaurant...May I treat you to the finest delicacies and show you a night you''ll never forget..." said he... As he tried to raise his hand to Seir''s, she quickly pulled away, clearly uninterested in his advances...And he looked at Gremory. He walked around the table to get closer to Gremory... If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "Is this beauty in a bad mood? Because your man can''t seem to satisfy you, leave this beauty without any food on the table..." he said with a smug grin...Gremory just didn''t give a single shit to him... After he attempted to flirt with Gremory and Seir, he started to focus on me... His eyes narrowed as he approached me, a sinister smile playing on his lips...I thought he would start to slander me in front of Gremory and Seir in an attempt to humiliate me... He started to slander me in front of the people, he started to circle us, and he said, "Look at this man, who makes one beauty on the table don''t eat, even don''t provide it...he''s just a selfish fool...What a fool wastes beauty, especially when it''s right in front of him...When you see a man like this, it means only one thing: he must be an incompetent man in bed...That made these two beauties in bad moods..." As all the city folk and guests in the restaurant were laughing at me, I could take his insult or his words towards me, yet I could sense monstrous anger from Seir and Gremory... Their eyes were filled with fury...As for Seir, I could feel she would be ready to defend me, but for Gremory, I thought it was a different thing...I held Seir''s hand on the table as a silent gesture to not go rampant and just held it...But I couldn''t do it for Gremory; she wasn''t a demon like Seir with good nature, so she wouldn''t listen to me...I feared that Gremory''s anger would escalate into something more destructive...I just hope she didn''t destroy this city... The maiden, who showed some gratitude towards us before, got up from her seat and went to the man...She tried to tell him not to make a scene... "You better watch your mouth; he''s still kind enough to give us some food..." "I can give you ten times more than him... "I don''t care how many you give us, yet your purpose is just to flirt with us...Instead, this man gave us his kindness, not like you..." As the maiden tried to unsheathe her sword, his entourage immediately went to her. Suddenly, Gremory said in a high tone, "ANNOYING!!!" which caught everyone off guard in the restaurant... Here we go...I hope Seir doesn''t join her... "YOU!! ARE THE MOST LOW LIFE, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED..." said Gremory while she was still sitting... "Low life, you said; you don''t know who I am?" and he started to brag about himself, claiming he was a prodigy in a prestigious sect; his sect name was Brilliant River Sect or JiangJiao Sect...And his bragging went to his claim to be the prodigy who was born one in millions and possessed extraordinary cultivation talent..."I bet the man with you right now doesn''t have cultivation talent!!" "Sure, he doesn''t have any talent for your nonsense power...But he possesses something far more valuable and more powerful..." Said Gremory, which made my heart as she said that... "No talent is no talent; it means he''s weak and lacks the potential in this world...You better start to follow me, and I will treat you like the Queen of the world..." said he, as I noticed he tried to lay his finger into Gremory...That''s a no thing towards Gremory... In a blink of an eye, the man and all of his entourage were being thrown fast towards the entrance doors, followed by the destruction of some tables along his trail...It shocked all of the people. What just happened? The maiden''s expression was disbelief about what had just happened... "PRODIGY MY ASS... YOU''RE NOTHING BUT A PEST! YOU NEED A MILLION YEARS FOR YOU TO LAY A FINGER PARTS OF MY BODY." Gremory''s voice echoed through the restaurant, causing a momentary silence...The maiden stood her ground, unfazed by her outburst..." WE GET OUT FROM HERE, YU LEI BEFORE MY MOOD BECOMES Deteriorated..." said Gremory with a scowl... Seir went to someone in the restaurant, whom I believed was the one who charged the restaurant...She used her power to influence or hypnotise him, "All the payment from the destruction and the food will be paid by this man who got knocked out in there..." The man just nodded under her command...As we just left the restaurant swiftly... ~~~ On the trip towards the carriage, we had been called by someone from behind...I turned around, and it was the group of maidens before...They had followed us out of the restaurant. Looking at them as they came towards us, Gremory said, "I don''t want any annoying things, so just ignore them...." We continued walking towards the carriage, ignoring the persistent maidens who were now approaching us...Their calling towards us, "SENIOR!!" became louder, but we continued to ignore them...As we reached the carriage, Gremory quickly opened the door....and we hurriedly got inside...As the carriage started moving, I looked out the window and saw the disappointed expressions on their faces... Seir suddenly said, "You will see them soon..." "What do you mean??" "They said in the restaurant before about the gathering sect...Surely they will go there...So we have a bigger chance to meet with them in there..." "Yeah........" Yet we have a new problem now, where we just offended another sect...I needed to find a way to make Gremory not go rampant...I asked her gently, "Gremory, may you control your emotions and don''t go rampant easily." Gremory looked at me with a sort of disapproving look. She nodded slowly, "I''ll try my best," she replied without looking at me...I looked at Seir beside me; it seemed she was trying to do the same thing as before...All of a sudden, Gremory was in front of me; she raised her right foot between me and Seir... "I am in a bad mood; don''t ever do it in front of me..." Said Gremory... "You are the one in a bad mood...Yet, Yu Lei is not in a bad mood..." Immediately, I sensed a fierce stare from Gremory, as if she had told me not to do it... I looked at Seir and said, "We just did it before; it seemed we needed to restrain ourselves about this..." Seir was frowning after hearing that and avoided my eyes...Now I had two demons in a bad mood...One was in a bad mood because an idiot struck his nerve towards her, and one was in a bad mood because her desire didn''t get fulfilled...both of them looked out the window...We continued the trip as there were no single words inside the carriage... 14 : Power Testing We continued our trip with some stops in some cities...We took a rest and ate, yet we didn''t spend a single tael... All because, Seir, just influenced or hynotized all the people to get away with paying... Gremory''s mood wasn''t getting better each time we passed by cities, because she wasn''t fascinated or impressed with the dessert cuisine in this world...Her love for desserts was so massive, but when she tried to compare all the desserts in this world with the desserts made by the spirits, of course, there would be a huge gap...The spirits made foods which were vastly superior to foods in this world, yet the ingredients of these foods were still mysteries in my eyes... ~~~~ On the trip, we were still on the road in the mountains when suddenly Gremory took a deep breath and released it as loudly as possible...Is her bad mood reaching another level? She took a glance at Seir. Which was trying to avoid Gremory''s glance... Out of the blue, "Arghh!!" a sound came from Gremory... "What are you growling about?" I asked. Gremory turned to me with a frustrated expression, but suddenly her frustrated expression changed to a mischievous smile as she said, "I heard from Seir, you have beaten some people, with our fraction power into you..." I raised an eyebrow, surprised by Gremory''s sudden change in demeanour. She continued, "In some minutes, there will be some commotion or disturbance, or, I can say, some pests...Neither I nor Seir don''t want to take care of these pests..." Her face was immediately in front of mine, "Soo..." "You want me to take care of these pests..." "YES!!" Her face was pulling away from mine... "The question is, are these pests strong??" I asked... "Don''t be worried, they are just pests..." As minutes passed, I became more curious: what were these pests they were referring to? ~~~ While we were trying to pass the mountains, we encountered a wooden gate. It was not that big, more like it could be made in a night with that small size...Some dudes appeared from the side of the gates, and their attire reminded me of mountain bandits with some weapons¡ªa short sword and axe on them...So these bandits were the pests they had mentioned earlier... One of them said, "My men and I would like to speak with you regarding your purse and your belongings," as they got closer to both sides of the carriage. I looked at Seir and Gremory; they still kept their composed and seemed to care about the bandits...I said to the mountain bandit who talked, "As you can see, we don''t bring any valuable belongings...We are simply passing through and have no interest in any trouble," I added calmly... I noticed the bandits started to stare at Seir and Gremory with a lewd look. The mountain bandit said, "You have two beauties around you, and we''ll have our pay... or we''ll have our fun..." As the other bandits tried to open the carriage and laid their fingers on Seir and Gremory, I could sense Gremory heavily staring at me, like she was telling me to do something quick with these pests... I opened the door carriage on my side, which surprised the bandits...I said a simple sentence to them, "Let us go peacefully, and no harm will come to you..." All the bandits were laughing as my words were just merely a joke...Even one of them tried to throw a fist into me... But before his fist could connect, I swiftly dodged it and countered with a punch, knocking him to the ground...The others were surprised after what had happened...I could hear Gremory whistle like she was impressed or something... Yet another bandit tried to swing his axe towards me from my other side...As he swung towards me, I focused on his axe shaft part...With a quick reaction before his axe could reach me, I stepped to the side and grabbed hold of the shaft, using his momentum against him...With swift action, I disarmed him and sent him stumbling backwards... I could see their reaction becoming more cautious...They seemed to realise that I was not an easy target...The bandits exchanged wary glances, and in a second, they went to me from both sides, closing in on me from all angles...Yet I said to them, "Just let us go peacefully, and no harm will come to both sides..." You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Ignoring my words, they immediately lunged towards me, their weapons raised and ready to strike...Swiftly, I dodged their attack with my sidestep...Their weapons clashed with each other in front of me after I dodged it...My focus was immediately on their feet...Swiftly, I threw low kicks at one of their feet, and he easily got down after my low kicks...Yet the other was still unaware of what I would do next. I launched another simple fist towards the other...As my fist connected with the second attacker''s jaw, he stumbled backwards, momentarily stunned... Now there were three bandits down in front of me...Yet, there were still some of them around us...Again, I said the same thing towards them, "Just let us go peacefully..." However, despite the three of them being down, one of them still showed some grins and smiles. He slowly stepped forward, undeterred by his fallen comrades. It was clear that he wasn''t going to back down easily...I tightened my grip... He moved so fast, not like the others; suddenly he was in front of me...As he swung his axe towards the side of my body, I could barely react. I tried to stop his swing like the others and grabbed his shaft...Finally, I could grab his axe shaft in a matter of seconds, yet his prowess in his swing was unmatchable for me...Despite my attempt to hold his swing, I couldn''t match his strength, and the force of his blow sent me to fly some metres... I crashed into the ground, feeling the impact reverberate through my body...I checked my body. Did the axe pierce into my body? I was grateful that the axe didn''t strike my body... As I lay on the ground, gasping for breath, I realised the close call I had just experienced...I managed to get up and clean up some debris from my clothes... As I brushed off the dirt and debris, I could see Seir''s head going out from the carriage''s window. Her expression showed a kind of disappointment, yet she seemed to still try to support me... After I got control of my breath, in quick, I did sidesteep towards him with fast...Despite my fast movements, the man was just casually standing without any flinching or movement...Somehow, out of my control, my body suddenly could throw a flying kick with a roundhouse kick towards the side of his head...I could feel the impact between my foot and his head...Yet, he stood his ground, and his head didn''t flinch despite the force of my kick... With quick skill, he took my foot and threw me to the side of rocky walls with a powerful throw. As I crashed into the rocky walls, pain shot through my body as I spat some drops of blood...As I struggled to get back on my feet...I tried to look at him, and he seemed to be having a conversation with Gremory and Seir... Maybe he would brag about himself and slander me... But to my surprise, suddenly a shockwave erupted from him, creating a lot of dust around him...After the dust settled, I was shocked because the man was gone from his spot; instead, his legs were still there, detached from his body, full of blood...I could hardly believe my eyes as I stared at the gruesome scene before me... The shockwave had not only obliterated the man but had left behind a horrifying sight of his severed legs, blood pooling around them... I looked at the other rocky wall, and there was a big hole as if something had burst through it. It became clear that his body had burst or been thrown into that wall...The other guards were frightened; even one of them was pissed at himself after what had just happened...I noticed the door of the carriage opened, and Gremory walked towards me...As Gremory was walking to me, I could see her expression, which was kind of disappointing...In front of me, she looked down at me, who was struggling to get up... "It seems that man is too much for you..." she said with a hint of disdain in her voice....I could sense her disappointment in my inability to handle the situation...It was clear that Gremory expected more from me, and I couldn''t help but feel a pang of shame for letting her down. Out of the blue, Seir was beside her and said "Don''t blame him; his opponent was much more powerful than him....What did he call it back then?" "Sovereign Soul Realm..." answered Gremory... "Yeah...that realm, which he told us, was under exactly the Emperor Realm...So for him, it''s a huge gap between him and that man, even with Cai Ying..I assume he will get beaten by her easily...Now, you need to heal him first..." said Seir... "Whatever..." Gremory snapped her finger towards me, summoning a healing energy that I couldn''t see with my naked eyes, yet that enveloped my body...As the warmth spread through me, in an instant, everything was being healed... I could feel the pain and injuries fading away as if they were never there... After the pain and the injuries were gone, I went back up and stood up...As I looked around, the mountain bandits suddenly were prostrating towards Gremory and Seir, begging for their mercy...I asked Gremory and Seir, "Which one of you did it to that man?" I pointed at the only foot that was still standing without a body... Gremory and Seir exchanged a glance before Gremory spoke up, "It was Seir''s doing...It was a lot of work for me to do it..." Seir nodded in agreement, a hint of pride in her eyes. "It was indeed me because it was just unfair between him and you...So I just knocked him a little bit..." "Well a little bit in your eyes, quietly different in reality..." I said while looking at the severe feet...I continued, "So what are you going to do with them that are still kneeling towards you two??" Gremory shrugged, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. "You know what? I want to do something for them, who may relieve my bad mood..." Gremory''s mischievous smile grew wider as suddenly some dimensional gate appeared behind each bandit and pulled them into the gate... As the bandits disappeared into the dimensional gates, I couldn''t help for my curiosity and concern. "What exactly are you planning to do with them?" I asked Gremory, She chuckled softly, her eyes gleaming with mischief. "You want to know??" "I think I prefer not to know it..." We went back inside to the carriage, and we left the scene, leaving the chaos and bloodshed behind...We continued the trip to Xinxing City... As we travelled, everything was quiet and calm, not like at the start of the trip, when they were quite thirsty... 14.5 : Personal View and Life Out of a sudden, Seir asked me a great question, "Yu Lei!! There is something that raises some questions in my head..." "Go on, what are those?" "First, you are so different from other summoners in my experience, when another summoner summoned us, they would feel a sensation of power or excitement, and you were a hundred eighty degrees different...You were just plain and didn''t seem to care about it...Why?" "I have lived in two different world; this nonsense world and the other world where your contractor Solomon live, yet in the other world, I lived two or three thousand years later than this world era live in, and same with Solomon era, I lived three thousands year after Solomon died...So to answer your question, is simple, I have seen everything...In my life in another world, I faced a lot of things more advanced and more powerful than this world, yet in this world, I faced something more supernatural power than the other world...So the sense of getting surprised because you saw or witnessed your power and someone power in this world, would not surprise me again...I had seen it or watched it in my other world..." It was a movie or novel... "We go with the next question, why do you seem not to care about your parents in this world?" "Why are you asking me that?" "Because, after you are being separated from them, you didn''t try to seek their whereabouts..." "I thought Gremory had told me about that, they used by Cai Ying''s sect people to get the foundation of their power...So why do I need to seek their whereabouts? If I already know the answer..." "So do you not seek revenge or are angry about it?" "Seeking revenge or being angry won''t change what has already happened...Yet, my parents in this world, I didn''t find any relation to them, or I didn''t feel fond of them..." "WHY?" "Because the one who shaped my nature, personality and soul was my parents in my previous world or other world, not in this world...So when I was born in this world, I was already me, not like a baby who didn''t know anything... I had already formed my own identity and had a sense of self. Therefore, the actions or feelings of my parents in this world didn''t have as much impact on me as they would on others...Yet after knowing their souls became the foundation of someone''s cultivation, it was hurting my heart..." "So the last question is, why did you not kill Cai Ying or do something horrible to Cai Ying because what had she done to you?" This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. "Like I said, I have seen everything, and in this world, I don''t have anything to lose, including my own life...To kill or torture Cai Ying for something she didn''t know, it''s a bad thing in my view...She only knew that the sect she went in was the benevolent and righteous path, yet she was been deceived...So you want me to kill and torture her, for what she done to me, which I believe what she done to me that she seized my home, property even my parents¡ªwasn''t her... It was the manipulative sect that deceived her and used her...Seeking revenge against her would only perpetuate the cycle of harm and suffering...In my other world, I had seen much worse, a kingdom destroyed because they were being deceived or misinterpreted their belief...I read what this world believed it was about Dao or Tao in this world''s foundation of power...When I read that and compared this world, it was completely different...The Dao is only for the cultivators, and the normal human who doesn''t have any talent is just left without anything in this world...But, the normal human doesn''t want to achieve something other than this QI thing...The most ironic thing is in this book their mighty teacher or guru, written that we as humans need to learn every day...So what do you think about that message?" Gremory said, "It told the human to become develop..." "Correct, yet you see about this world, is this world in a phase of development? All of you two have witnessed the airships that can fly, right? You don''t see much more; there is some sect or cultivator that had the technology, like Gremory''s power...So that''s why I said Dao is only for the cultivators, yet for the normal human to chase Dao on the same path as cultivators is a dead end...That''s why the normal people in this world are stupid or dumb enough...Have you seen the well in my village? The distance between the village and the well is quite far, I have tried to propose pipes of water made of bamboo...and the people quickly rejected it, for the stupid reason, if there is some easiness like this, they can''t train for their QI...My thinking become crazy after hearing that because we are normal human beings without any talent of this QI, how many years until we die, we could become like the other cultivators... It is disheartening to see such narrow-mindedness in my village... "And what happened in the village?" "A lot of people migrate to the city because the soil becomes drier and unstable for farming because of their stupid idea..." It was Gremory''s turn to ask me, "I''m curious about your previous world, Yu Lei. How advanced and how developed your previous world is?" "How advanced my previous world is, hmmmmmm...That''s a good question...Let''s see we have a transportation in the sky which can be lethal or fighter, and can be transport...we have something that can do anything with just write it or command it, for example, painting, writing, even composing a melody...We have a thing that can get you food, information, a book, even a capture of what you see...and the big one is we have a weapon that can blow the entire kingdom, and make that land unhabitable for a couple of decades even centuries... In addition to these incredible capabilities, we also have a device that can connect people from different corners of the world, allowing instant communication and sharing of ideas. Furthermore, this technology has revolutionised industries such as healthcare, where we can prolong people''s lives by transplanting pig hearts into the human body if their hearts are failing... There are a lot of things.." "That''s amazing advanced...I don''t know how far humans can be developed, yet my sibling and my king Paimon know all the knowledge and the secret of this universe..." "Yeah, I know Paimon; he surely has that kind of power..." 15 : Arrived at Xinxing Finally, a sign of Xinxing City could be seen in the distance...A sigh of relief that finally I could reach the city, after some days of trip, some rests, and some events...We went to the entrance of the city, where I could see a checkpoint in front of the gate...Our carriage queued up for the checkpoint, I saw there were a lot of carriages that queued up...I turned my face to Seir and Gremory, whose faces showed some impatience... After a few hours, our carriage finally reached the checkpoint...As our carriage stopped in front of the guards, I could see their eyes go into Gremory and Seir...I sensed they had some inappropriate thinking about them...Like what I had sensed, they ordered Gremory and Seir out of the carriage, leaving me alone inside...Yet, Gremory and Seir didn''t comply with the guard''s order... The guards grew increasingly agitated, their voices growing louder as they demanded compliance... Gremory looked at Seir as if she wanted Seir to do something...I thought Gremory wanted Seir to use her power, to influence the guards, and just let us pass the checkpoint without any problem...Seir seemed to avoid Gremory''s glance...Meanwhile, the guards outside became more agitated and demanded them to get off the carriage...Even, they kicked the carriage''s wheel...I saw they tried to take out the horses from the carriage...Seeing that, I immediately asked Seir, "May you use your power to resolve this matter?" Seir hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and finally said, "*exhale* Fine, I will do it..." Out of a sudden, the atmosphere in the checkpoint was changed...The guards became not agitate anymore, and let us in... Seir said, "There!! Everything is resolved now..." Without getting up from her seat, even moving her finger, she could easily resolve this matter and influence the people around her...Or maybe she was moving so fast to resolve this matter...As the guard opened the gate, our carriage immediately went into the gate... Our carriage took a step into the city, and we could see inside the city...Gremory and Seir''s expressions didn''t show any excitement, maybe because after all the cities we passed by, everything was the same...I asked them, "All of you want to stop by and take some bites of food?" Seir was just nodding, and Gremory was just ignoring me... ~~ We stopped our carriage in front of a sort of restaurant, which Seir told me...It seemed Seir knew everything about where we were and the name of the location...This restaurant somehow had an Inn, which was convenient for us to rest and stay the night... As we took a step out of the carriage, I could see all the people around us taking their eyes on us...It could be the carriage, which was weird in the eyes of the people in this world...The eyes of the people became crazier as Gremory and Seir came out of the carriage... Their presence seemed to draw even more attention... We went inside the restaurant...As we took a step inside the restaurant, the presence of Gremory and Seir became even more recognisable. The atmosphere seemed to shift as all eyes turned towards them, whispers filling the air...I looked around the restaurant, and it seemed there were some cultivators in the restaurant, their attire was more extravagant and different than normal human beings, and they brought their own weapon in their hips, thighs, legs, or backs...We found an empty table in a corner of the restaurant and quickly made our way towards it...As we sat down, the waitress immediately went to us and gave us the list of the foods and drinks... Gremory didn''t care about the menu, because she knew that her favourite type of food, desserts would be so bad in this world...Meanwhile, Seir just looked at the menu, and immediately told the waitress who waiting beside us, that she ordered some of the appetizers...As for me, I just ordered one main dish...The waitress took a glance into Gremory, as it was only her who didn''t order...I told the waitress, that she was a little bit sick, so she didn''t have much of an appetite. The waitress nodded understandingly and assured us that she would bring some water for Gremory... I was looking around, as I waited for the food...All the cultivators in the restaurant sat in the group at each table and wore the same attire as if they were in the same group or sect...Out of the blue, a group of people went to our table, as I noticed them, they seemed to be in the same sect... They were wearing matching robes and had a distinct emblem on their sleeves... As one of their head leaned into our table, I sensed these people wanted some problem...Their stern expressions and intense gazes made it clear that they were not here for a friendly encounter... You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. "May these great people tell us what the intention is?" I asked them... The man who leaned his head into my table took a glance towards me, and smirked, "I don''t see there is a boy at this table..." "So may you tell us what you are doing at our table?" "We just saw these beauties and couldn''t resist coming over to introduce ourselves..." "Well, if you want to introduce yourself, you can just be standing beside the table, not just lean your head into our table..." "It seems we have a brave boy in here...So what are you? their servant??" He tried to intimidate me, and his face suddenly was in front of me, I could see his mischievous smile... "I am not their servant, yet I warn you, don''t do any disturbing in our table, and calmly leave our table..." After some passed by in some cities from our trip, some idiot people tried to flirt with Gremory and Seir, yet their fate became disastrous... I could see his face it seemed to hold a laugh after I said that...In a second, he was laughing at me... His laughter echoed through the room, causing a few heads to turn in our direction... "I just tell you the thing for your own safety..." "MY OWN SAFETY HAHAHAHA..." he burst into uncontrollable laughter, his voice echoing even louder. The people around us grew more curious, their eyes fixed on the spectacle we were creating...Until he suddenly slammed the table in front of me..."Listen here kid, I don''t need your advice, especially from kids like you...What are you going to do to me, huh?" "*Exhale* Whatever, I just gave you some advice...If you want to take it, go on, for you keep alive, but if you don''t, it''s your life..." Then he took a look at Gremoy and Seir..."So these beauties, are you--" Suddenly, the waitress came to our table with the food...Some appetiser for Seir, and one main dish for me...Nothing for Gremory...Seeing Gremory without any food, the man took an opportunity, yet Gremory was fed up with it... Immediately he went beside Gremory, and said "Why there is no food in front of you? Is it because this boy not taking care of you?" Gremory took a glance at him, and immediately smirked at him, like she was mocking him...She looked into another view...The man with his entourage looked offended by Gremory...Yet, he was looking for some opportunity to impress with them...The man tried to take his hand, into Seir''s shoulder, yet Seir quickly pulled the shoulder to the front. Avoiding his hand on her shoulder... Seir''s actions made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with the man and his entourage... Seeing disagreement from Seir, the man didn''t give up and took his glance with Gremory...In my mind, don''t try to mess with Gremory, or you will fucked...The man tried to lay a hand into his hand, yet Gremory immediately pulled her back without looking at him... Gremory''s swift reaction conveyed her unwillingness to engage with the man... After getting rejected by both of them, the man started to brag and said to them, "Do you not know who we are?" Here we go again. He continued, "We are from Brilliant River Sect or JiangJiao Sect..." Familiar name...Hearing that, I looked at Gremory, and she was a little bit mad..."We aren''t just the members of the sect, we are the inner disciples, who go here with a mission, trying to scout or find a new member who is suitable to join the sect..." "Does that job not entrust for you, the inner disciples, but instead for the elder or the senior of yours?" I asked them. "No kid, we are here to do the mission; surely we have one senior with us, but she just watching us to do this mission..." "Okay got it..." I replied... "What you see in front of you, beauties, a man who can get you into the JiangJiao Sect, so do these beauties want this invitation from me?" The man grinned confidently as if he had a key to save the world... Yet, his words didn''t get any response from Gremory or Seir was doing what she doing, it was eating, and Gremory in her bad mood was looking in another direction... I said, "It seems these people don''t want your invitation in here, so may you leave our table?? And let us enjoy our meal..." The man''s confident grin faltered for a moment, yet he became more agitated, "DO YOU KNOW¨C¡± "BEHAVE YOURSELF!!!" Suddenly, the loud voice of a woman came from another direction...We looked at the voice; it was a woman with a stern expression and a commanding presence...She approached our table with authority, her eyes fixed on the man...She had better cultivator attire, more like a high-ranking official or a person of importance...Yet, they had the same colour of attire, purple... The woman''s arrival seemed to have a calming effect on the man, as he quickly regained his composure...The man and his entourage were immediately silent in a thousand words...The woman took her eyes to our table, and said, "I apologize for these idiots...It''s my fault that I couldn''t control them. Please accept my sincerest apologies for any inconvenience they may have caused..." Seir and Gremory just looked at her without saying a word, so I said, "It''s alright, we appreciate your apology..." The woman nodded gratefully, yet she showed a smile to us and said, "I heard disturbing news from my other disciple, that he had encountered some trouble with a group of unruly individuals... He mentioned that they were causing a disturbance in the city...leaving him full of wounds... the group just left the city, but he warned me about their presence in the area..." "Well this group surely sounds dangerous," I replied... "Yeah, so dangerous, that they annihilate the entire mountain bandit in a second..." Ah! She is talking about us... 16 : A Duel Challenge "The group is so dangerous; they surely annihilated the entire mountain bandit..." I said to her, pretend not to know about it... "Yeah, so dangerous...It''s even so dangerous for you that you take the same route, as the mountain bandit got annihilated..." said her to me... "Really? That''s odd, we didn''t encounter the single thing that slowed our trip, right guys?" Seir looked at me with some food in her mouth, and Gremory looked at others... "Maybe you guys were lucky not to encounter something like that; maybe some mountain bandit..." "Maybe we used our luck this year to avoid that. ha ha ha!" I slightly chuckled to make the atmosphere lighter... "Ha ha ha..." In front of my eyes were a foot and a chopstick out of blue...In a second, followed a medium shockwave that made my hair blow out... "Listen here! We don''t want any problems...Right now, you are disturbing our meal. You may get out of my sight right now...But if you want to play, I can play along with you..." said Seir... She lowered her foot from my face as Seir pulled her chopstick...The man and his group couldn''t say a single word after witnessing what had just happened... "I didn''t know if you have strong beauty..." said she while looking at me... Seir smirked, "But let me assure you, underestimating me would be a grave mistake." The man and his group exchanged nervous glances, realising they had tried to flirt with someone far more formidable than they had anticipated... "With this, I know who the group is that harms my disciple..." "Are there any you want? Maybe you want revenge on your dumb disciple!? Like the bunch of idiots behind you?" Seir''s voice dripped with icy disdain as she taunted the woman, "Because of your action, you disturbed other guests in this restaurant..." I saw the woman''s hand go to her robe like she was trying to take something from it...In a few seconds, her hand was out from her robe with something...She threw it onto our table...The sound of the object she threw was like a metal object...I looked at it, it was a token or an emblem coated with gold...The token gleamed under the restaurant''s dim lighting, catching the attention of everyone at our table... As I looked closer, it was ½­ word, which means "river" in Chinese...It seemed to be a token or emblem representing her sect. Could this be her formal address to duel Seir? Finally, the woman spoke some words about it, "With this, I, Qin Qiang, challenge you to a duel to pay back what you have done with my disciple...I will wait for you at the city entrance in three days. The rules are simple: a fight to the last breath..." The woman''s bold declaration hung in the air, leaving a sense of anticipation among the guests. Her eyes locked onto Seir''s, her determination unwavering. It was clear that this duel would be a battle of honour and vengeance, with no room for mercy... Yet, what you declared to challenge was Seir; there was no way you would win from her...I saw Seir, she was treating the woman''s challenge casually... Seir''s eyes flickered with a hint of amusement as if the woman''s declaration was nothing more than a mere inconvenience... "Why do you need three days to challenge me in a duel? Why not right now?" asked Seir with some amusing tone, mocking her... The woman''s face flushed with anger, her determination unwavering. "As Cultivators, you need a lot of preparation, both mentally and physically," she replied, her voice steady. "I want to ensure that when I face you, I am at my best and give you the battle you deserve.". Seir''s smirk widened, "Take your time, and I want to give you some words, don''t disappoint me in the duel, because I haven''t experienced a great duel for a while..." The woman''s eyes narrowed, and she leaned her face against Seir''s, her gaze piercing through Seir. "Rest assured, I won''t disappoint you,". After that, the woman, Qin Qiang with her group of disciples left our table and walked to leave the restaurant... "HEI, YOU LEAVE THIS!!" said Seir to the woman while holding the emblem... This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. At the restaurant entrance, Qin Qiang casually said, "I will take it back at the duel..." and she left the restaurant... In just a matter of seconds, after they left the restaurant...Immediately, the inside of the restaurant erupted as people started whispering and speculating about the significance of the emblem and the upcoming duel. The atmosphere became charged with anticipation as everyone wondered what would happen next and who would emerge victorious in the impending battle... Another day, another commotion from these demons. I was amazed that Gremory didn''t give a single fuck about her, yet it was Seir''s turn to cause the commotion...I took a deep breath, *exhale* Seir asked me, "Is there something wrong?" "Yeah, you...every city went; there must be a problem, before Gremory who did all the problems, and this time is you...It seems both of you have schedules for these types of things..." I replied, frustration evident in my voice, "It''s just exhausting having to deal with these constant disruptions...And this time, we cause " "HEI, the root of this time is Gremory, yet Gremory seems not to want to deal with it, so I guess it''s up to me to handle it..." "Yeah, I know...But, you two seem so sensitive, you easily make a small commotion into a big commotion..." Out of nowhere, Gremory turned her head towards us and said, "Because they are humans, Yu Lei...And these humans somehow have more powers than other humans...Do you know how these types of humans will act towards others? They will act with a sense of superiority and entitlement, believing that their powers make them better than everyone else..." "And those words came from a demon; I am astounded by it..." said I... "Now, I want to ask you: you have lived in two different worlds, this nonsense world and the other world. What do you think of the humans in this world? than your other world?" "What about your answer? You have lived in this world now...so what''s your answer to your question? "Their greed!!" "Greed?" "When you lived in the other world, the greed of humans was just focused on material things, such as money and possessions. But in this world, their greed seems to extend beyond that. It''s not just about accumulating wealth but also about this nonsense power, status, and control over others... It''s a never-ending hunger that consumes them, driving them to do whatever it takes to get ahead, even if it means trampling over others in the process...And they sacrifice the development of this world for their gain. The pursuit of power and control blinds them to the potential for growth and progress, leaving this world stagnant and lacking in innovation...So they have this nonsense power, yet they are narrow-minded..." "I get what you have tried to say..." Now, Seir tried to ask me a question, "While we were on a trip, you talked about Dao...I don''t quite understand or follow about this such thing..." "Because you follow different things...Dao or Tao, also known as the Way, is the core of Taoism...It is a concept that emphasises living in harmony with the natural order of the universe. It teaches us to let go of our ego and desires and instead focus on finding balance and inner peace. It is a path that leads to self-discovery and understanding, allowing one to transcend the limitations of power and control..." "Is there any purpose for them following this?" "Ultimately, the purpose of following this path varies from individual to individual and group to group. Some may seek a deeper connection with nature and strive for harmony with the environment... Others may focus on achieving a balanced and fulfilling life, prioritising well-being and contentment. Still, some pursue the path in search of longevity and immortality, hoping to transcend the limitations of mortality..." "From where do these humans gain the Qi power to prolong their lives?" "Inner strength, meditation, and energy cultivation practices are some of the ways humans can gain Qi power to prolong their lives..." "You mean these humans harvest these powers on their own, without help from above?" "Above??? Oh! You mean God...No, this world doesn''t believe in a singular God or central God, yet they believe in some deities, like spirits...A powerful one, that they can try to know these spirits'' power or try to harness their power..." Seir and Gremory were astounded and in wide disbelief. Now it was Gremory''s turn to ask me, "Wait! You mean there is no God in this world, right? You know what I mean about God..." "I don''t know about that. Is God''s existence and power still reaching this world or not? So I can''t say there is no God in this world...Like your existence in this world..." "You are right, Seir and my existence surely indicates there is a powerful one being in this world or universe, because without this powerful one being permission, surely we can''t live or be summoned in this world or universe..." "It seems you two are so scared of God..." "Of course, we do, know our limits and boundaries, so to no fuck with God...I can fuck around with Angel but with God, that''s a no-zone to fuck around...Maybe that''s the difference between humans in this world and demons like me, that we know our limit and boundary to fuck around, yet the humans in this world don''t know it, like the woman earlier...She doesn''t know the boundary of her power, there is a huge gap between her and Seir...Surely she must know it..." "Well, if you know your boundary, surely there would be no War in Heaven, right?" Suddenly, Seir choked on her food, and I looked at Gremory''s face, her eyes were wide open in disbelief at what I had asked her...I realised that my question had struck a nerve...Gremory''s reaction made it clear that the topic of the War in Heaven was sensitive and held significant meaning for her. It seemed as though I had unintentionally touched upon a painful memory or unresolved conflict... Gremory turned her face, backing me, and I could hear her say with a low voice, "I just follow my father..." Father? Is she talking about her own father or her father figure...Her father is Asmodeus, and her father figure is Lucifer... 17 : A Small Bet Between Gremory and Seir We settled to stay in the inn of the restaurant¡ªnot we exactly, but Seir and I¡ªbecause Gremory used her dimensional gate and entered her gate... I didn''t know what she was doing in there. At least, I decided to give Gremory some privacy... As we settled into our rooms at the inn, I couldn''t help but wonder what Gremory was up to in her dimension. Nonetheless, I knew it was important for her to have some time alone. I was quietly surprised about the bed in the room¡ªit wasn''t a separate bed, but instead a king-size bed... There was a couch beside the bed, which I noticed... Seir tapped my shoulder and said, "You should be tired; you can go to bed right now." "Fine, but we will not be doing that." "What do you mean? There is no Grem-" Suddenly Seir was looking around and continued, "It''s a rare chance for us; there is no Gremory, so we can spend all night." "You mean ''spend me''...no! You didn''t use much power in the past these days... So there is no reason; you need to refill, right?" "But..." I walked to the couch and started to lie down on it. "Let''s take some rest; I just want to end this day fast." While I was lying down on the couch, she hopped in my crouch right away. I was frustrated and said, "I told you, I don''t want to do it... So may you get off of me?" Yet, I saw her face become more like a demon while she was fighting... Her eyes illuminated green, she licked her lips, and I could hear her low, menacing growl. It was as if a switch had been flipped, transforming her from a gentle companion to a predatory creature. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and I could feel my heart racing with fear. She pulled her face in front of mine; I could see her pupils change to a different shape, and her iris became brighter green. The more I saw her eyes, the more I felt like falling into her eyes. ~~~ I felt a light beam into my eyes. Slowly, I opened both of my eyes and realised... It was already morning... I looked around the room; it was a messed-up one, with the cushions of the couch scattered around with the pillows of the bed. And the bed was the most messed up, with sheets tangled and some blankets thrown haphazardly. I checked myself; I was undressed with Seir on my shoulder. I noticed her; she was undressed too. She was lying next to me, her hair spread out on the pillow. There were our clothes strewn across the floor... The last thing I remembered last night was Seir''s face in front of mine with bright eyes and a mischievous smile. Did she do what Gremory did to me? Hypnotised me? Gremory could make someone fall in love with or intimate with someone, yet Seir could only make someone do whatever she wanted without their knowledge... I didn''t know if her power could make me do all of this. It seemed like we had a wild and passionate night together. The room was filled with a mix of excitement and satisfaction, as evidenced by the disarrayed state of our surroundings. As I tried to remember what I had done last night, I noticed someone''s existence in the room... I turned my head beside me, and slowly there was a woman beside me. Slowly, I lifted my head, and it was Gremory. Her face was filled with a mischievous smile as if she knew exactly what had transpired between us. "So, are you satisfied now?" She asked me... I was so confused. What did she mean by satisfied? "What do you mean?" At once, a dimensional gate appeared in front of my bed, and an image, which was like a TV, started to show what had happened last night to us. As I watched the images unfold, it became clear that Gremory was referring to the intense and passionate encounter we had shared. Yet I didn''t know if I acted like that with Seir. "Is that me?" I asked Gremory... "Of course, is that your D? Surely you know it."Her voice was like being sarcastic to me. "I know it''s mine, but I didn''t know I acted like that; even though I did with both of you in the carriage, my action towards you was not like that." The images kept playing as I was having a conversation with Gremory: "It was like I am a rabbit with a humongous sexual drive." Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. "Back then, when you did it with me in my chamber, you acted like that." I was astounded. "WHAT!!" Gremory smirked, enjoying my reaction. "Oh yes, you were quite the eager participant," she teased. "But don''t worry, it was pleasant doing it with you." I kept watching it and became more embarrassed, wondering how I had ever behaved in such a way... "May you stop and get rid of that from my face?" I pleaded, feeling my cheeks flush with embarrassment. Gremory chuckled and waved her hand, causing the embarrassing memory to vanish from my mind. "There, all gone," she said with a mischievous grin. Still, I didn''t know why Gremory was here in my room; yesterday, she was in such a bad mood and went into her realm... I asked her, "So what are you doing here?? Don''t tell me!! You have a kink about watching someone do it." Gremory laughed, her mischievous grin widening. She started to bend her body into mine and pulled her face in front of mine. "What happened if I said yes? Will you do it for me? Bangin Seir in front of me?" said she with an inviting tone, and she licked her lips. These demons surely are thirsty... Do all demons act like this? I pushed her face away from mine and said, "I am not in that kind of kink... So what are you doing here?" "Seeing my bet..." "A bet??" "Yeah, between me and Seir..." "What is this bet about?" "Of course, about you..." "Me???" "As you already know, our power is similar; I can make someone fall in love with or intimate with someone, and Seir''s power is to influence people''s decisions without their knowledge... So we bet which power can extract the most energy from you... About energy, I think you know what I mean, right? I lost a word after hearing that from Gremory: "When did you two start this bet?" "When you were unconscious after you summoned Seir, Seir saw a glimpse of our dual cultivation thing from the past... She noticed some energy being transferred from what we had done, which refilled my lost energy from dealing with a bunch of emperor realms, whatever people... Even though I noticed some energy in me, I thought it was this world technique, so I didn''t think about it a lot. Yet Seir started to connect it with the ring of Solomon... That in this world, there is no his ring, so there is no way to refill our energy, so she saw it as another way from Solomon''s ring." "After that, you start a bet." "Not yet. After Seir fought that woman who was equal to her at some stage, she used more of her power, making her lose some of her energy... She started doing it with you to refill her energy without your consent. And it is true, we fucking around was another way from Solomon''s ring... We decided to make a friendly wager to see whose power could have a greater impact on you and extract more energy. It was just a playful competition between us, nothing serious. To make you aware of what we would be doing to you, I told you how we refilled our energy." "WAIT!! Did Seir tell me earlier in the carriage before we did it that she said she needed some energy because of that woman? Yet you told me that she had refilled when I was unconscious. What was going on? Did she lie on purpose?" "Yes... Back there, we just want to check what your threshold is when you are conscious or aware that you are fucking us. To make the minimum threshold for our bet... And we had fucked around in my chamber while you were under my command, so to know how great I was back then, I needed the minimum one, right??" I took a deep breath after hearing all of that: "*inhale* *exhale* So you two have tricked me into becoming your cattle." I got up from my bed, took my clothes that were scattered on the floor, and started to wear them. "I thought you were in a bad mood, so you went into your realm." while I was dressing myself. "Yeah, I was in a bad mood, but that wasn''t the reason I went into my realm." "Don''t tell me! The reason was about this bet." "Exactly... I just didn''t want to hear and watch you two snuggle around in front of me." "So who is the winner of the bet??" While I was trying to put my shoes on, *knock* *knock* Gremory knocked lightly on the wall... "Do you know what¨C" "WHAT?" I immediately said that I was frustrated. "You know that in this world, I still do not see a thick wall; they usually use some thin wood or just merely wood with paper thickness, like this one." Again, she knocked on the wall. "The sound isn''t so deep; there is no way this wall absorbs any sound from this room." "Was last night that loud??" "Don''t tell me, you still don''t know it after I showed you the images of yours... Even what I showed there wasn''t any sound, but your action surely tells you well... If you still don''t know it, I will show it to you again with the sound." At once, the gate of her appeared again, showing what had happened last night with me and Seir with the sound... I was completely caught off guard by the images; the sound was surely loud. Seir''s moaning could be heard by the entire city, no matter how loud it was. I couldn''t believe my eyes and ears as the images and sounds revealed the intimate details of what we were doing. The embarrassment and shock I felt were overwhelming, knowing that the entire hotel surely could hear us. ~~~ *munch* *munch* *munch* Seir was eating her breakfast. *slurp* *slurp* *slurp* Gremory was drinking her morning tea. Seir put her chopsticks, "What happened to him?" asked Seir to Gremory... "I just told him the truth about last night." "So?" "He is now embarrassed by the fact that everyone knows what you did last night." Seir was looking around and said, "I see, that answer, why a lot of people are looking at us with their disgusting faces." She backed and turned to Gremory. "So are you admitting the loss?" 18 : Breakfast Conversation "So what will we be doing today?" asked Seir to me. I lifted my face and looked at them. With sorrow, I said, "I don''t know." I turned to look around as people kept staring at me. I could feel the weight of their gazes as I tried to avoid them. Seir said casually while playing with her chopsticks, "Don''t be so timid, for just a little thing!!" "A little thing? You said¡­ It''s a big thing." "Well, for humans, it''s surely a big thing, yet it''s not." "What are you talking about?" "You are referring to yours, right?" "No, I''m not... I am referring to the situation." The people around us started to whisper amongst themselves; their curiosity peaked during our conversation. I could sense their judgement, making me even more uncomfortable. "Huh¡­ I just don''t understand how your mindset works." "Because you are a human, and I am not one of yours." "If it''s your words like that, I will assume all demons are thirsty like you... Now, today, I want to know and gather some information about the meeting." Suddenly, Seir said, "Done!" I was puzzled by what she had just said. I asked, "What did you mean by done?" "It''s done¡­" "Don''t say you just found some information about the gathering." She lifted her head, leaned her head towards my face, and said, "It''s not some information, but it''s the information. I''ve managed to gather all the details." I was taken aback and said, "Yet, I have just said to you a second before... and now you said, You have gathered all the details and the information." "Right¡­" "How the hell did you do it?" "Well¡­ It''s a demon''s secret art." As I kept looking at Seir and Gremory, I realised they were prophecy demons; they could see the past, present, and future, yet I still didn''t know how far they could see the past and future. I asked both of them, "You two are one of the prophecy demons, right? You can see the past, present, and future, yet how far can you see the past and future?" I saw Gremory not take any interest in my question, yet Seir seemed to want to answer the question. She put her chopsticks on the table and started to explain it to me. "To answer your question, you need to know two types of fate... you know these two types of fate?" Two types of fate? Was she talking about fate from God and fate from humans? I said, "You mean certainty of fate from God and uncertainty of fate from humans." "There you go... You already know the two types of fate; imagine you are walking in a line, and in every step, you face a lot of crossroads with a lot of paths, yet all these crossroads will face the same one line at the end. That''s how we see the future. We can see the end of all the paths, yet we can''t see all the crossroads at the same time; there is a limitation on how far we see all the crossroads. "You mean you can see God''s fate for humans, such as death, life, and soulmates? And you can''t see the fate of the human itself?" "Correct, we can see when humans die, live, and get their soulmates, because these fates are from God, and they will not be affected by human actions, so no matter how stupid, dumb, or smart they want to avoid this fate, they still face it. Yet, we can still see the fate that can be changed by humans, like getting rich, smart, or anything else, and how their actions affect this fate. But our vision of this type of fate through human action is limited; I can only see a year in the future. On the other hand, Gremory, I believe she can see these fates a decade in the future." "So basically, you two know everything in this world for a year to you, Seir, and to Gremory for a decade... How about the past?" "Past is easy to see because the crossroads and all the paths weren''t changed at all, so we can easily follow the road quickly. I can see a century of humans'' past, and Gremory can see a millennium." "That''s so far, century and millennium of the past, and last thing, what about the present? I knew the concept of the past and the future, so why is there a concept of the present? What do you see in this concept?" This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. "The present isn''t about vision, but about how we are aware of this world. For example, I know what Cai Ying is doing at the moment, which means I know the present of this world. It can be connected to the future." So they were aware of everything that had happened in the past, like the duel challenge. "So you aware of the duel challenge that would be in you?" "I am not aware of that challenge." I was shocked and puzzled. How could she not be aware of the duel if she could see a year in the future? "How??" "As I have explained before, I couldn''t see all the paths of each crossroads, so when she suddenly challenged me to the duel, it wasn''t in my vision; I didn''t seek that path, so it was out of the blue; maybe there was something around her or in her mind that triggered her action that was different from my vision¡­" "So when one path was incorrect from your vision, you will restart your vision again, and start to seek that path that is correct... And this stuff keeps repeating for every incorrect path you have sought." "Correct¡­" Seir''s gaze turned to a waitress walking around the dining room, "As you can see, that waitress, if my vision is about that, she will be alright for an hour, so I seek a correct path¡­BUT!!" Immediately, the waitress fell to the ground suddenly and spilt everything, "If that waitress fell like that, so I sought the incorrect path, and restarted it again in the new path, which is correct¡­" "You are just gambling on which path is correct and incorrect¡­So it''s based on your luck¡­" "That''s why there is the present¡­" "What do you mean?" "To seek a correct path, I need to know what the situation of the present right now, for example, that waitress before, if I didn''t see anything about the present right now, my vision would show that the waitress will be alright for an hour, but if I checked around about the present, I would see some assholes who tried tripping her¡­So to determine which path I seek is correct, I need to see the present around the subject, and the paths of the other subjects¡­That''s why it''s about the past, the present, and the future¡­" "Well, it''s your thing, not my thing¡­" Still, there was something I wanted to know more about them, I turned my gaze to Gremory and said, "There is something I want to know about you, Gremory¡­" I asked, hoping to gain Gremory''s interest. As our eyes met, she still didn''t care so much, yet she said, "Go on! What is that?" "As you can see, you are a chaotic evil, and cunning, like some books describe you, one of them says, ''Gremory can be an ally as long as the summoner be friend with her.'' Yet, why after I summoned you, you weren''t evil maybe killed me on the spot, or tried to mislead me to my doom, Why didn''t you do all of that?" Her face began to change from indifference to curiosity. She leaned in closer, her eyes narrowing with intrigue. "Well, have you generalised me as a lesser demon being? Or what? I am a royalty and noble demon, even though we are a demon, we have our own sense of honour and loyalty. May I know an example of what the book told about me?" "Sometimes she can help you in dangerous situations, though there are high chances that she''s the one who put you there. Sometimes she can be your greatest enemy, all because of some small thing you did accidentally offend her¡­That''s how they told about you¡­" Gremory''s expression hardened as she absorbed the information. "So, according to the book, I am a complex character who can be both helpful and vengeful. It seems they have captured the essence of my dual nature." She paused, her voice laced with a hint of intrigue, "Let''s make another example like Seir did about her power¡­What is the biggest thing the demon wants in your mind?" I tried to answer her, "As I remember and look around me, maybe some types of blood and human flesh?" Suddenly I heard some chuckles from Seir, yet from chuckles it became a loud laugh. "WHAT ARE YOU? AN IDIOT, HUH? HAHAHAHAHA" Seir''s laughter echoed through the room so that everyone could hear her, causing me to shrink back in confusion and embarrassment. I looked at Gremory, and she showed some great chuckles behind her hand. Gremory''s amusement added to my confusion, making me wonder if I had said something truly foolish¡­ "So what is the desire of a demon? If my answer amuses all of you¡­" I asked Gremory. Gremory put her hands down and tried to regain her composure. She started to explain it to me, "Let''s make it simple: who is stronger, a human or a demon?" Immediately I wanted to say human, yet Gremory added more in her sentences: "Without any help from above¡­" "Well, if that''s happening, I can''t believe I say this, I guess the demon is the stronger¡­" "How about we go back to when the demon got kicked out of heaven and sent out to hell by God, What was the ambition or the main goal of that demon at that time?" "To bring humans into hell?" "Correct, so to make humans into hell has a lot of ways; even King Solomon got misled from God''s path by the plan of one of the Four Queens of Hell. The biggest desire of demons is to mislead humans from God''s path. So if I killed you after you summoned me, I wouldn''t have anything to gain." "So you desire to mislead me from God''s path?" "My desire is your mind¡­" "My mind??? I am more confused right now¡­" "We are a royalty or noble demon so we have loyalty and an oath towards our contract. When our contract is sealed, I will honour it no matter what happens. Yet, humans are different, when the contract is sealed, it seems they think we are submitted to them. If the human is clueless, he will mislead from God''s path in a few days. In that time, the human will start to break the contract, and we as the demon will easily have their soul." I remembered about Lucifuge story, "I see, I heard and read a story about the demon contract. Some noble or high demons will have benevolent contracts, like donating some wealth to the poor and giving the demon one coin of gold or silver every month, first I thought it was an easy contract, yet humans are always unpredictable. They may initially comply with the terms, but their desires and motivations can change rapidly after they get everything they want; wealth, health, and power." "You know it well, so when some humans thought we needed human fleshes and blood, I think that humans just got tricked by a silly ghost or lesser demon. I admired some presents that represent love, and for Seir, I believe she liked some presents that represent her nature: swiftness and speed." "So you will not kill me?" Gremory and Seir started to look at each other, and Gremory said, "For now, I don''t have any mind for doing that¡­And I just killed some people who annoyed me, like Queen Eisheth Zenunim¡­" Seir burst her mouth after hearing that name, "I am amazed, You are just casually saying that name¡­" Gremory said, "What? It''s just a name¡­Queen Eisheth killed or absorbed the humans to show God how fragile and easily humans get tricked. So she killed and absorbed all humans who had fallen from God''s path¡­When the humans just keep in God''s path, I will not kill them...And we are former angels, you need to know that, we aren''t a lesser demon."