I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

The seventh year of the reign of Emperor Yuan of Han.

A year has passed since that “trivial little disturbance” in Suining Prefecture.

One year.

The demons of the Great Zhou finally understood the feelings that Xue Du had back then.

The speed at which the method of mortal self-mutilation spread in the Great Zhou Dynasty far exceeded the imagination of all evil spirits.

From a small border county in the south to a bustling metropolis in the heartland, the mnemonic spread in just six months.

Half a year.

Chi Yuan's impenetrable defenses, which he had maintained for 30,000 years, were completely breached in just six months by a short incantation of less than a hundred words.

the reason is simple.

The news of the restoration of Dali had already spread throughout the world.

Those merchants, refugees, and fishermen who flowed out of Dali brought not only incantations but also stories.

The story of Zhao Heng's martyrdom.

The story of Li Zizai spreading Buddhist teachings.

The story of millions of ordinary people besieging the Black Iron Spire, collectively detonating it, and burning the evil spirits to death.

There's also a story about a blue sky.

These stories are more effective at spreading than the rhymes themselves.

Because a mnemonic is just a piece of text, while a story is proof.

This proves that this path is viable.

This proves that mortals can indeed kill demons.

This proves that blue skies are not just a legend.

The mortals of the Great Zhou Dynasty lived for 30,000 years under the feet of evil spirits, longer than the Great Li Dynasty, and were also more numb than the Great Li Dynasty.

But numbness doesn't mean there's no feeling.

When a real-life example is presented to us, that layer of numbness begins to crack little by little.

What grows from the cracks is hope.

And once hope takes root, it can never be uprooted.

……

The mortals of the Great Zhou began a rebellion just like those of the Great Li.

First, there were sporadic explosions.

Dozens, even hundreds of people, gathered in front of the local demon stronghold, sat down, closed their eyes, and detonated.

It wasn't large in scale and had limited destructive power, but each time it could permanently reduce the demonic energy in that area.

The demons' response was exactly the same as it was back in the Great Li Dynasty.

One word: Kill!

Suppression, blockade, and purges.

The demons and lackeys under Chi Yuan acted swiftly and decisively, carrying out a frenzied massacre throughout the southern region.

But what about the results?

The result was exactly the same as that of Da Li.

Kill one, detonate it before it dies, and a white light will flash.

Kill ten, and light ten.

The more ruthless the killing, the more ordinary people will be triggered.

Because your massacre itself is a form of propaganda for ordinary people.

"Do you see that? The demon is killing people."

"Why kill them? Because they were afraid."

"What are they afraid of? They are afraid of mortals committing suicide."

"Is the method of mortal self-mutilation really effective? Look how terrified they are, do you think it's useless?"

Fear is contagious; the fear of evil has spread to mortals.

But what mortals read in the fear of evil is not fear, but courage.

If you're afraid of me, then I won't be afraid of you.

Six months later, the sporadic outbreaks escalated into village-level events.

Two months later, the village-town scale had grown to the size of a city.

More than a dozen prefectures and counties in the southern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty fell one after another.

The word "fallen" is quite interesting here.

In the past, mortals were ruled by demons, a state known as "fall".

Now, the evil spirits have been driven away by mortals, also known as the fall of the demons.

It's just a different direction.

……

Chi Yuan finally couldn't sit still any longer.

For 30,000 years, it has never personally handled matters concerning mortals.

In its eyes, mortals are just livestock. The affairs of livestock can be left to the shepherd. Why should it, as the master, get involved?

But the shepherd couldn't control it.

The demons at the Golden Core stage are out of control.

The demon in the Foundation Establishment stage was burned to death.

Demons at the Qi Refining stage would have long been chopped into mincemeat by mortals with hoes.

Chi Yuan had no choice but to take action himself.

The demonic power of the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was unleashed in full force, stirring up a terrifying storm of demonic energy in the southern region of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The sky, stretching for thousands of miles, turned pitch black again.

The areas that were purified by the explosions of mortals were re-infused with demonic energy under the power of Chi Yuan's Nascent Soul.

The blue sky disappeared, and darkness returned.

The mortals of the Southern Territory looked up at the blue sky that had just appeared and was quickly swallowed up, and many knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Chi Yuan stood high in the sky, looking down at the mortals below, who were like ants, his vertical pupils filled with cold killing intent.

"As I have said."

"Da Li is Da Li, and Da Zhou is Da Zhou."

"A situation that even a Golden Core cultivator couldn't handle, I can turn around with one hand."

It's right.

The power of the Nascent Soul stage is indeed terrifying.

A single spell from Chi Yuan can re-pollute the demonic energy that stretches for miles.

Faced with absolute power, the detonation of mortals is like an ant trying to shake a tree.

The problem is, there is only one Crimson Abyss.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has billions of mortals.

It re-contaminated the South, and the North was blown up.

It went to the North to suppress it, while the mortals of the East besieged the local Black Iron Spire.

It flew to the Eastern Territory and re-infused it with demonic energy. The area in the Southern Territory that had just been polluted was purified by a new round of collective detonation.

Because mortals never stop.

If you pollute them back, they'll explode again.

If you pollute them again, they will explode again.

Your magical powers are limited, while the lives of mortals are infinite.

For the first time, Chi Yuan felt a weariness that came from the depths of his soul.

It wasn't the exhaustion from depleted magic power, but a kind of exhaustion where nothing seemed to help.

It finally understood why Xue Du had been forced to such a state back then.

It's not because the bloodline is weak, but because this kind of consumption is a bottomless pit.

You are expending your magical power, while mortals are expending their lives.

Magical power may run out, but the lives of mortals will not.

Because every day new mortals are born, and every day dying mortals detonate their bodies before they die.

This is a war of attrition that can never be won.

The Crimson Abyss can pollute a thousand miles again, but it cannot pollute the entire Great Zhou.

The explosion caused by mortals affected the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

This is a long time.

Time is on the side of mortals!

……

The night that Chi Yuan suppressed the Southern Border.

Blood Crossing has already left the Great Zhou without a sound.

It knows better than anyone what will happen next.

Because it has been through it.

The same script, the same direction, the same ending.

However, the Great Zhou Dynasty has one more Chi Yuan than the Great Li Dynasty, so the process will take longer.

But the ending won't change.

Chi Yuan will exhaust his patience, exhaust his magic power, and exhaust his arrogance of being "unrivaled in the Nascent Soul stage".

Then it will make the same choice as Xue Du.

escape.

Blood Crossing didn't want to wait until that day.

It didn't want to watch Chi Yuan repeat his own script.

That's too torturous.

It's like looking in a mirror; the mirror reflects your most pathetic self.

So it left early.

where to go?

Great Yan.

The Great Yan Dynasty was even further away than the Great Zhou Dynasty, separated from the Great Li Dynasty by half a world.

Moreover, the demon guarding the Great Yan is also at the Nascent Soul stage.

Blood Crossing doesn't expect Great Yan to be able to stop mortals from committing self-mutilation.

It has given up all illusions.

It just wants to survive a little longer.

If we can survive until the mortals' self-inflicted death ritual comes to burn, we should live one more day.

When Xue Du left the Great Zhou Dynasty, he did not say goodbye to any of the evil spirits.

It simply carved a line of words on the wall of the stone chamber with magic.

"Lord Chi Yuan, the Great Zhou is the Great Zhou, and the Great Yan is the Great Yan."

"May you be able to control your mortals."

After finishing carving, Xue Du looked at the words and, unusually, smiled.

A bitter smile.

Then it flew away without looking back.

P.S.: The author realized their mistake and corrected it, only then realizing that "Qingyuan" was incorrect and changed it to "Hanyuan". Waaaa, it was my fault. Also, could you please give me a gift? QAQ...