In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Asmon walked confidently down the road toward the teacher's office.

Even the best students would feel uneasy if they suddenly received a text message from their teacher. Only the truly outstanding students can remain calm and composed—and, without a doubt, he is that truly outstanding student.

Okay, to be precise, it is now.

The story goes back a month, to a dark and stormy night. Asmodeus—of course, he wasn't called that back then—was walking down the street when he was stabbed to death.

But somehow, a trace of his true spirit remained, and he traveled to this place that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

The reason he felt familiar with this game was because its worldview had become a kind of "fashion item" in his previous life. This game, which blends almost all card games on the market and even completely plagiarizes "Harry Potter" in terms of plot, does have some interesting gameplay, even if you remove the parts that cannot pass the censorship.

When he traveled through time, it was already the card-playing starter for the card players.

The reason for the unfamiliarity is even simpler and clearer:

He's never played before; after all, he's not a card player.

The good news is that even though he hadn't played it before, as a time traveler, he brought with him a "cheat code"—

However, this cheat program clearly has major problems!

Asmon rubbed his forehead, looking at the screen that only appeared in his eyes:

[Chaos Desire Indicator]

Under this main title, an eight-pointed star stands in the center of the screen, each of its eight points bearing a phrase and numbers that symbolize indicators—proper Arabic numerals.

...Oh, perhaps it should be renamed Tess Numbers from now on?

[Unintentional Killing: 80]

[Vicious Skill: 71]

Greedy Dissolve: 35

[Corruption and Erosion: 27]

[Ecstasy Perception: 91]

[Hellstorm: 78]

【Erosion and Destruction: 13】

[Invisible Distortion: 29]

In the center of the eight-pointed star is an explanation of it, also in one line of text:

[When one of the eight chaotic desires breaks through its limits, the host can become the champion chosen one in the corresponding field; when all eight desires break through their limits, the host can ascend to godhood and become the true primordial destroyer!]

"The Primal Destroyer..."

Asmon frowned.

He'd spent a lot of time in the library these days, even though his thirst for knowledge had significantly increased his "Vicious Skills" stat. He knew that to overcome these chaotic desires, his first task was to figure out all the vocabulary the system had ever mentioned.

And, without a doubt, each word here points to an intention:

demon.

When people mention "demons," they might think of a hostile race that "crawls out of hell and lurks in the earthly paradise," often living a primitive, bloodthirsty lifestyle and at most maintaining a tribal system...

But those who have actually been on the battlefield know that it's all wrong—or rather, that impression only applies to a portion of the demons.

Even within the demons, there are distinctions. Even though many of their internal communications documents were captured on the battlefield, people still don't know where these code names came from. But that doesn't stop people from summarizing them and putting the results in the library.

This afternoon, he summarized and refined these vague words, and developed his own understanding of these symbols:

"The distinctions within demons are the eight desires I must deal with—the kind of demons who have no desire to kill are the kind of tribal demons who eat raw meat and drink blood. They often have a penchant for killing and will even pile up human heads to make a mound of skulls to intimidate other forces."

"But their mortal enemy, Ecstasy Perception, has a different style: the violent outcome is not important; what matters is participating in and experiencing its transformation, regarding everything that happens in between as a feast for the senses. This kind of demon is often extremely hedonistic, even to the point of being completely incapable of self-control. They often allow their enemies to hack and slash them on the battlefield in order to experience the 'thrill of being stabbed by a blade'—"

"Similarly, some demons allow their enemies to chop them up, not for pleasure, but because they want to spread 'love within the family.' Corruption and decay—these demons are often bloated and wreathed in miasma because they believe there is no difference between humans and microorganisms; they are all life forms and should understand each other."

"The mortal enemy of corruption and decay, the 'Hellstorm,' is yet another style. They also believe that life should understand each other, but their purposes are often different: the demons of the Hellstorm do not regard life as equal to themselves, but rather as pawns in the arrogance of a chess player. They may study academic subjects, but their purpose is not to benefit the general public, but to make their pawns more obedient."

"There is another kind of demon that studies academic subjects, namely, the art of evil. In the words of my previous life, it is materialism and technocracy. This is also the kind of demon that caused the most damage to the 'World Alliance' during the eight hundred years of war. Those who believed that if their magic card technology was one step further improved and their military equipment was a little stronger, they could end the war. In the end, they often degenerate into demons who worship evil art."

"The opposite of this, the invisible distortion, is a completely different thing. The mind and the faith, in their past lives, are those who believe that 'the bolder a person is, the more they will produce.' They often fall into this kind of demon. The essence of the mind is often constant change, distortion, and unknowability. When this constant distortion is taken to the extreme, it will mold itself into a rolling mass of non-material flesh and bones."

"As for the remaining two categories, the Allied Forces did not intercept any specific descriptions of them in the documents, only knowing one thing: even among demons, they are all called 'madmen,' Greed Dissolve is described as 'a dragon of pure, irrational hatred,' and Corruption Destruction is even called 'the cursed'..."

After piecing together all the information he had, Asmon took a deep breath.

He didn't even know how to get out of this mystery—hoping technology would solve the problem? Very well, in the process of searching for solutions and researching technologies, vicious techniques would only grow;

You don't rely on skills at all, hoping to adjust through your own heart and faith? That's even better; the invisible distortion is waiting for you to embrace it.

Okay then, I won't look for it myself, I'll pay someone to research it, is that alright? Sorry, money is the thread that controls others, you are truly a born hellish storm;

You say no, no, no, I don't want to use money to manipulate others to help me find things; it's all for helping friends? Corruption is sending you an invitation. Your willingness to give away your own things to others perfectly aligns with our principles!

He can't even get angry, because if he gets angry, his lack of will to kill will increase, since the term itself represents "the dark anger brought by battle and the red joy of the end of life".