The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

As for Ishihara Shou himself?

Naturally, he took this opportunity to leave the Land of Origin and return to the Great Thousand World, back to Jade Capital City, where he found Yun Xiangxiang.

"I'm preparing to transcend, do you want to come with me?" Ishihara Sho asked bluntly.

"So fast?" Yun Xiangxiang asked in surprise.

She had thought it would take at least ten or twenty years, but unexpectedly, it hadn't even been a year, and it was already time to leave this world. It was quite unexpected, and she was caught off guard.

"Could you give me another month?" After a moment of silence, Yun Xiangxiang asked again.

“Okay. But you only have one month. Once that time is up, I don’t care if you’re ready or not. If you can’t come with me, it means you’ve completely given up this chance to transcend. Don’t blame me for reminding you beforehand,” Ishihara Akira warned.

"I understand. I promise to get things sorted out within a month."

"Alright, then we'll see you again in a month." With that, Ishihara Akira made a gesture as if to stand up.

"and many more."

"Hmm?" Ishihara Akira looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Here, this is the Heavenly Fragrance Scroll I promised you." Yun Xiangxiang didn't stand on ceremony and took out a dark gold silk cloth from her bosom. The cloth looked like the text of the Amitabha Sutra from the past and was made of some unknown material. She handed it to Shi Yuanzhang.

"You're quite straightforward." Ishihara Sho was surprised for a moment, but accepted the things without any hesitation.

"I believe I can be honest and trustworthy," Yun Xiangxiang said calmly.

"Good quality".

Then, Ishihara Akira didn't linger any longer, immediately leaving Yun Xiangxiang's brothel to deal with the other women's affairs.

For example, Zhao Feirong's side, Ishihara Akira did not plan to take Zhao Feirong's mother, Zhao Feier, with him when he left, so Zhao Feirong needed to say goodbye to her.

As for the Yaochi Sect, Shi Yuanzhang is going to take Yao Qinghui, Yao Yueting, Yao Yueru, and the Hua sisters with him, so he also needs to explain the sect's succession.

In addition, there's the Xuan Tian Pavilion of the Heavenly Serpent King Xing Mou, the Chu Yun Kingdom of Zen Yin Sha, the Yuan Tu of the Fragrant Fox King Yuan Fei, and Xin Yu Xian and her father, the Peacock King...

In short, for the next month, Ishihara Akira will basically be a bus driver, responsible for taking relevant people to their respective places and accompanying them to finish their business.

Then, without further hesitation, Ishihara Akira gathered everyone together, and with an air of ascension to heaven, left the Yangshen World and returned to the Nightmare Space.

Without further ado, after briefly introducing the situation of the Nightmare Space and settling them in, entrusting them to Qin Mengyao, a senior, for hospitality, he decisively left the dream world and returned to reality.

……

Suddenly, a unique sense of constraint on his body surged into his mind, making Ishihara Akira feel uncomfortable once again.

"Forget it, let's adapt for a day first, and then I'll summon the Heavenly Soul." Seeing this, Ishihara Akira, who had originally planned to immediately summon the Heavenly Soul back after returning to complete the final operation, couldn't help but sigh and mutter to himself.

Without hesitation, he pulled a billion people from Earth into the Nightmare Space to undergo trials and mental transformations, in order to help him refine the real world.

It took three whole days to adapt before I could completely shake off that disharmonious feeling and allow my body and spirit to become harmonious again.

However, even in just three days, he had taken another significant step forward in his conquest of the world. Once he completed this Heavenly Soul Recall, he could bring the entire world's population into the Nightmare Space in one fell swoop, thus completing the transformation of his understanding of the real world.

To acquire ownership in the real world.

Immediately, Ishihara Akira left Nagoya and arrived at one of the so-called remote islands in the waters surrounding Japan. He found an uninhabited island, climbed to the top of a high mountain in its center, and without hesitation, immediately summoned his celestial soul—

"Heavenly Soul, return!"

In an instant, the invisible void trembled slightly, and a streak of light, like a shooting star, suddenly shot out from the void, crashing straight down towards the stone camphor tree on the ground—

"boom!"

Only Ishihara Sho could hear the sound of an explosion that seemed to shatter his soul. Ishihara Sho felt his primordial spirit tremble, and divine flames from the heavens immediately ignited on his body, melting his primordial spirit and consuming the five elements of primordial energy and human essence contained within his body, as if to completely cremate him.

"Just as Bo Xun said, the return of the Heavenly Soul is a very dangerous thing." Ishihara Sho muttered to himself as he sensed the changes in his primordial spirit and the depletion of his body.

Fortunately, I'm not entirely without any means of coping.

After thinking it over, Shi Yuanzhang released the Divine Stone Spirit Embryo he brought from the Yangshen World and merged it into his body. Through refining and fusion, he released the blood and energy of the Divine Stone Spirit Embryo, which had already advanced to the Shattering Vacuum Realm under the impact of the powerful blood and energy of the five immortal monuments and the five great god kings. While merging them into his body and accepting the tempering of the heavenly fire, he assumed a posture and immediately began to practice the Mighty Bull Demon Fist.

Clearly, he was preparing to take advantage of the Heavenly Soul Refinement opportunity to complete the shaping of his body! He wanted his real body to reach the level of a martial arts immortal in the Yangshen world, or even to the point of shattering the vacuum.

With each punch thrown, a series of air explosions reverberated across the deserted island, destroying surrounding trees and scorching the ground beneath their feet, creating inhuman craters on the island as if a real meteorite had struck.

……

However, the Heavenly Fire ultimately exists to temper the primordial spirit and make the cultivator's primordial spirit complete. Therefore, since Shi Yuanzhang was already a Yang spirit, the fire did not last very long, and it gradually went out after only half a day.

However, the damage caused by the Heavenly Fire was real, and the consumption of Qi and blood and Yuan Qi was extremely exaggerated. Therefore, it indirectly made it easier for him to integrate the Qi and blood of the Divine Stone Spirit Embryo into his body and complete the purification of his body.

Therefore, when the Heavenly Fire completely disappeared, although Ishihara Sho was still at the peak of the Martial Saint realm, he had also figured out the situation of the acupoints.

In other words, if he is willing, he can still become a human immortal even without the assistance of heavenly fire, and further promote his physical cultivation to the level of ever-changing transformations, even to the point of shattering the void.

Therefore, without hesitation, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began his cultivation of the human-immortal realm on the island...

"With the past, present, and future incarnations combined, plus the martial arts of immortals from other worlds, even if Mara is currently a Great Luo Immortal, he should still be in for a tough time, right?"

Chapter 566 The Leisure of Reality

Heavenly Demon, Reborn as a Monk in Japan

"How come you've gotten even stronger again?" That night, in the rented room, Yumiko lay panting beside Ishihara Akira, speaking weakly.

“Otherwise, how would I have the guts to ask you to persuade your sister to get a divorce and move in with us?” Ishihara Akira said softly with a hint of smugness on his face.

Although he has not yet perfected the Human Immortal realm, he has already achieved it. The essence of his fist intent can be unleashed under the impetus of his Yang God-level primordial spirit. Only the subsequent myriad transformations and flesh-and-blood derivatives can be realized after his acupoints are opened and developed to a certain extent, not to mention the later Void Powder realm.

However, all of this is just a matter of time for him. With the divine stone and spiritual embryo as a foundation, as long as he doesn't go astray, he believes that it won't be long before he can officially achieve the realm of shattering the vacuum.

As for the issue of acupoints, Ishihara Sho had already figured out a solution when his body was being burned by the Heavenly Fire—for example, by replacing existing acupoints or by directly using Qi and blood energy to create new acupoints on the existing circulatory system.

Anyway, he has plenty of energy and confidence, so he doesn't need to worry about any issues like the goods not matching the description.

In addition, Ishihara Sho successfully pulled all the people on Earth except for those over eighty years old, those under fourteen years old, and pregnant women into the Nightmare Space, thus influencing and guiding the collective consciousness of all humanity on Earth and gaining ownership of the planet.

However, this is only in terms of authority. To actually energize and virtualize the Earth, pull it into the dream world, and form the Desire Realm as he envisions, further operations and modifications are needed.

Ishihara Sho is already doing this, and all he needs to do is use his influence to push it forward. Then comes the long wait, and it's uncertain whether he can complete his operation before the gods and immortals react.

This is the real reason why he had so much free time to start comforting Yumiko.

"By the way, what did Misako say?" Ishihara Sho asked again.

"She said she needs to think about it and will give me an answer in a couple of days. She just happened to have an appointment with me tomorrow, so I guess she already has an answer. Why don't you come with me to meet her then?" Yue Meizi said, resting with her eyes closed.

“Okay, call me when the time comes,” Ishihara Akira agreed.

The two didn't say much more after that. They chatted casually for a while to relax, and then rested together.

……

The following day, around 10 a.m., Ishihara Akira, Etsuko, and Misako sat down at a cafe near the private clinic where Etsuko worked.

"Since you took the initiative to ask me out, I suppose you've already thought through what I discussed with you before," Yumiko said directly to Misako across from her while the waiter was serving coffee, without wasting any words.

"Hmm." Misako was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Ishihara Akira next to her before nodding somewhat awkwardly.

"Then your answer is..." Yumiko pressed.

"I agree to divorce that person and then move in with you." Misako hesitated for a while before answering, her cheeks slightly flushed, as if she were feeling a little uncomfortable.

"A wise choice," Ishihara Akira said with a smile after hearing this.

"You got off easy." Although Yumiko had anticipated this outcome, she still felt somewhat annoyed and pouted after hearing Misako's reply.

“She’s helping you too,” Ishihara Akira said to Emiko with a knowing smile.

Immediately, Yumiko's expression froze as she thought of what had happened last night...

“Perfect timing. You’ve taken the day off, and I don’t have anything else to do, so let’s take this opportunity to look for a place. After all, the place I rented before wasn’t very big. It’s fine for two people, but for three… Besides, I said before that if you’re willing to come, I’ll buy you a big house to support you both, so I can’t go back on my word.” Ishihara Akira took Emiko’s hand in one hand and Misako’s hand in the other, smiling as he spoke.

The two remained silent, but tacitly agreed to Ishihara Akira's decision.

So after finishing their coffee and drinks, the three of them left the cafe together and went to a nearby real estate agency to look for a suitable house.

After all, he still has temples to take care of and can't travel back and forth between the two places. So even for convenience, he would only buy houses in apartments and residential communities near the temples, rather than choosing places in the city center.

Moreover, it would also help Misako break free from the Amamiya family's network and start a new life. Even for her sake, Ishihara Akira would choose to live nearby rather than elsewhere.

Not to mention, Yumiko also works at a nearby private clinic...

However, a house is ultimately a major purchase. Even though the Japanese don't emphasize owning a house and a car before marriage, it's still an important asset to pass down to future generations, so choosing one isn't something to be done casually. Therefore, even after spending a whole day, Ishihara and his two companions still hadn't found a house they liked. They had to leave the matter to a real estate agent to continue searching for a suitable place while they went to attend to their own affairs.

For example, Yumiko needs to go back to work.

Ishihara Sho needs to go back to the temple to check on its operation.

Especially now that the Japanese New Year, or New Year's Day, is just around the corner, there are some things that need to be prepared in advance.

Misako also needs to start dealing with her marriage issues with Mr. Amamiya.

There's no need to worry about that. With the people and lawyers arranged by Keiko Yamada, even if Amamiya is unwilling, they can still get the divorce done and restore Misako's freedom.

……

"What are you going to Tokyo for at a time like this?" After things calmed down, Hanako, who had been chatting with Ishihara Sho, asked with some surprise, "There's no business there that's related to us."

“But we have our followers here. Can’t I go and offer my condolences?” Ishihara Akira said with a smile.

"A visit to offer condolences? Could it be that all those believers are women..." Hanako wondered.

"Why be so smart? Don't you know that playing dumb sometimes is good for your physical and mental health?"

"The key point is that you didn't hide it yourself either."

It was Ai-chan, and other athletes—those people had seen Ishihara Sho before, even at the temple! Naturally, Hanako had also bumped into them.

However, Ishihara Akira's trip to Tokyo wasn't entirely for them; her main reason was actually to check out the winter section of Tokyo Big Sight.

It wasn't that his anime/manga soul had awakened and he wanted to become an otaku; rather, he was curious whether those imaginative anime/manga otaku would cause any interesting trouble now that the entire world's population had entered the Nightmare Space and started exchanging supernatural items there...

Anyway, he has nothing to do right now, and he doesn't want to go back to conquering the world just a few days after returning to reality.

Even if the purpose of doing this is to improve strength and guard against potential powerful enemies, it won't make a difference if I take a day or two. So I want to relax a bit more before heading to the dream world to begin the process of proving myself as a Great Luo Immortal.

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