I only want to win over the fairy.

The balance of power has shifted; now it's my turn!

[In December of the 1144th year of the Wanxian Calendar, the Demon Lord Shentu, recognizing the significant contributions of the ancient demon race in this war and their role as a meritorious official in protecting the Nine Provinces and resisting the Supreme Being, is entitled to reside in the Nine Provinces and requests the five continents of Xuanzhou, Fenglinzhou, Jukuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yingzhou from you.]

Your immediate refusal indicates that such a thing is absolutely impossible.

"I have never made such an agreement with you." Bai Yi shook his head and smiled, but he was not angry. "If the ancient demon race truly needs a place to live, I can lend Yingzhou to your ancient demon race to reside in. Moreover, our human race is not a narrow-minded race. If you are willing to coexist peacefully, we are naturally willing to accept you. At that time, the entire land of the Nine Provinces will be your home."

Integration and inclusiveness are the essence of human culture. Any race that is willing to live in harmony with humans can come to live and survive in the land of Kyushu.

When friends come, we welcome them with fine wine; but if wolves come, they will be met with swords and knives.

As Bai Yi's early supporter, he was quite willing to be lenient with the ancient demon race in this simulation. After all, once his horizons broadened, he would realize that the battles with the ancient demon race in the past were just minor skirmishes.

What adult would get angry because of a child's unreasonable demands?

Moreover, if the ancient demon race could be absorbed into the Nine Provinces without losing a single soldier and become part of the human race in the Nine Provinces, then the strength of the Nine Provinces would rise to a new level, and the fortune of the human race would reach an unprecedented peak!

In order to fight against the forbidden zone of life and the extraterrestrial demons in the future, Bai Yi believed that it was necessary to gather all the forces that could be won over and unite all living beings in the world into one group. Otherwise, if internal strife would occur before the enemy was dealt with, there would probably be little power left to resist when the enemy actually arrived.

However, he was unaware that the snake was not working for the benefit of the ancient demon race at all.

What a joke!

I've already pushed my luck so far, and this is the attitude you get? Shouldn't you be furious and teach me a lesson, showing me just how much your strength has improved?!

Shen Tu gritted her teeth; the ancient demon race meant nothing to her.

The ancient demon race believed in the law of the jungle, so she never bothered with the weak. Her goal was always the same: to defeat Bai Yi!

To defeat your enemy, you must first fully understand him, which is why Shen Tu constantly seeks to fight Bai Yi.

Besides understanding Bai Yi's fighting habits and characteristics, she had another purpose, which was to learn from him!

That's right, she wanted to steal Bai Yi's martial arts techniques.

Her own mastered law is the Path of Devouring, which requires continuous devouring to reach its peak. Bai Yi, her greatest enemy, possesses the Path of Reincarnation, one of the strongest among the Three Thousand Great Daos. Therefore, if she could steal Bai Yi's Path of Reincarnation and integrate it into her own power system…

At that time, she might be able to break through the final obstacle and become an emperor in one fell swoop!

As for engaging in friendly exchanges with Bai Yi, or exchanging or demanding the Dao of Reincarnation from him, that was not even in her consideration. Just thinking about such things would be a desecration of her own dignity. She wanted to rely on her own strength to make Bai Yi take her seriously as an opponent, to be amazed by her own power, and then to submit to her power!

My formidable rival!

Let's fight!

Shen Tu took a deep breath, and his heart became filled with fervor and excitement.

"Only the weak need the charity of others!" Shen Tu drew his weapon, staring coldly at Bai: "The law of the world is that the strong prey on the weak. Today I am the ruler of the demon race, and you are the ruler of the human race. Therefore, we are destined to fight. There's no point in saying more. Draw your sword!"

Bai Yi was taken aback.

This guy is really interesting. He knows he can't win but he still insists on fighting. Is he the type who gets excited when someone pins him to the ground and puts him in a thin veil?

Why are all of you cultivators from the past so strange?

[You ignored Shen Tu's desire to fight. You've already realized that her goal is to duel you. Fighting her would only be playing into her hands, and if you let her have her way, there will definitely be a next time. So, it's better to keep her hanging on.]

Hey, the more you want to fight me, the less I'll fight you. I'm just playing around.

I love seeing you get anxious.

Bai refused to fight you and ignored you, remaining unmoved no matter how you mocked him.

You became angry out of embarrassment.

Shen Tu's face darkened.

Good, good, good! Bai, you really are my greatest enemy!

Since that's the case, then we have no choice but to find another way. She's not the kind of weak person who would give up over something so trivial.

"Since you disagree with my demands, any problems that arise within the ancient demon race are beyond my control," Shen Tu said coldly. "Right now, I'm only using crisis and profit to bind them to my cause. Once the crisis is no longer fatal, and once they fail to obtain the benefits they desire, the consequences will be beyond our control."

Bai Yi: (￣_￣|||).

This guy is really getting more and more arrogant. It's always better to give a good beating to a disobedient person.

At this moment, you understand Shen Tu's determination, her domineering nature, and her ambition. Therefore, you no longer pursue tranquility and inaction, but choose to fight her with absolute strength.

With the power of the Human Emperor and the enhancement of the World Lord, your strength instantly surged, multiplied, and increased dramatically. Your power of reincarnation reached its peak at 990,000 levels, and you then suppressed Shen Tu with a single finger.

The vast difference in skill allowed you to easily secure victory. Knowing Shen Tu's proud nature, and wanting to temper her arrogance and subdue her, you condensed the power of reincarnation into a reincarnation seal, which you then engraved on her buttocks. Having been defeated by you four times in a row, she now bears four reincarnation seals.

They should behave themselves now.

For a powerful figure like Shen Tu, his self-respect is of utmost importance. To carve the Reincarnation Mark on someone else's body would be a blatant humiliation, especially in such a place.

If Shen Tu had any self-respect, he would probably be so ashamed that he would leave in shame. In the end, he would obediently listen to others for a while. After all, he had already lost and been humiliated. If he didn't behave, wouldn't he just be asking for trouble?

Moreover, the Reincarnation Seal was created by himself using the power of reincarnation, and it has no other effect than that once it is imprinted, no one but himself can remove it.

After all, to clear the reincarnation mark one has planted, one must either be far stronger than oneself or have a similar understanding of the Dao of Reincarnation.

Leaving aside whether there are any beings who are more proficient in the path of reincarnation than he is, even if they were truly proficient, someone like Shen Tu would never stoop to asking for help.

That is indeed the case.

When Shen Tu saw Bai Jiang imprint the Reincarnation Mark on his buttocks, he was furious. This guy was blatantly humiliating him!

Today, she was defeated.

After the defeat, they suffered immense humiliation.

Damn it! I thought you were a decent person, but you did something like this! I'm not playing anymore! This simulation is over, I'm starting over!

However, Shen Tu calmed down the next moment.

It's normal for the strong to humiliate the weak. This world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. The strong have the right to humiliate the weak, and the weak can only obediently endure the humiliation from the strong. Since they are weaker than Bai, it is normal for them to be humiliated. What they need to do is to keep becoming stronger until they surpass him, and then give back everything he did to them today!

[Having suffered a crushing defeat, you remain silent about what happened at Tianxuan Peak, and tell all the ancient demons who come to inquire about the distribution of the Nine Provinces to get lost. You tell them that if they want to live, they should obey you obediently, otherwise you will not be able to resist killing them.]

[You heeded Bai's advice and allowed all the ancient demon races to temporarily reside in Yingzhou, living in harmony with the human race. Without exception, every ancient demon race member who crossed this line was executed by you.]

During this time, you began to focus on studying the Reincarnation Seal Bai left on you. You discovered that the Reincarnation Seal's structure was extremely profound. Although it contained not much power, its level was very high and it was extremely complex. It was impossible for you to decipher it with your current strength. However, you managed to find a new path within the structure of this Reincarnation Seal.

The layers of the Reincarnation Seal are interlocked, turning endlessly like a wheel. This perfect cycle fascinates you, and you begin to wonder if you can apply this structure to yourself. However, you discover that your path of devouring is to constantly consume external things to grow stronger, and the cycle seems to be incompatible with you.

In May of the 1145th year of the Wanxian Calendar, Bai summoned powerful cultivators from all the immortal sects of the Nine Provinces, including the ancient demon race. Having completely exhausted his new strength, he planned to take the initiative to conquer Guimingtian.

Do you wish to participate in this operation?

[Option 1: My power has reached a bottleneck, and I need a thrilling battle to help me improve my understanding. Moreover, being able to watch the battle between Bai and the Supreme up close will greatly help me comprehend the Samsara Seal.]

[Option Two: This trip will undoubtedly be extremely dangerous. I'll make an excuse to go into seclusion, wait until Bai and Guiming are both severely injured, then go and clean up the mess, becoming the biggest winner in one fell swoop!]

[Note: This choice is of great importance. Please choose carefully, as your decision will affect the future world situation.]

Both options are extremely dangerous.

Option one is to actively go to the forbidden zone of life, Guimingtian. At that time, you will have to face countless supreme beings. Whether you like it or not, you will have to use your trump cards to reach the temporary power of an emperor and contend with the supreme beings.

Moreover, fighting a Supreme Being is extremely dangerous; the slightest mistake could lead to death. There's simply no way to spare any energy to watch Bai's battle. If, in the end, the human race, because they are an ancient demon race, an outsider, and fear that they will become a future threat, they might take advantage of their weakened state after using up their trump cards to attack them...

Option two is equally dangerous, but it is much less difficult than option one. To conquer the forbidden zone of life, one will inevitably face all the supreme beings of Guimingtian. Even if Bai manages to win, he will definitely return severely injured. As for Xiao Jinxuan and Xuanyuan Meng, they will either die there or be severely injured as well.

Based on her understanding of Bai, she knew that he would probably do everything in his power to protect the two of them during the battle. As a result, all three of them were seriously injured. Moreover, because Bai had to protect their lives, even if he won in the end, he would expend a great deal of mental and physical energy to help them recover.

With three powerful emperors severely injured and almost unable to fight, it seems that victory wouldn't be difficult if I used my trump cards.

His master was the supreme being of the Eight Desolate Ancient Lands, a forbidden zone of life, so his relationship with the forbidden zone of life was relatively close. Although the forbidden zone of life was now restricted by the Heavenly Dao and could not be left easily, if he communicated with the master in advance and offered the corpse of an emperor as a reward, his master might be willing to risk the Heavenly Dao's red line to step out of the forbidden zone of life to help him. He could even call on his master's friends.

With at least one Supreme Being and myself, the temporary Great Emperor, the advantage is in my hands when facing three heavily injured Great Emperors!

That guy Bai actually dared to carve the Reincarnation Mark on my buttocks. Such humiliation must be repaid. Therefore, killing him directly is undoubtedly the best way to avenge him.

As a member of the ancient demon race and the disciple of the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone of Life, I am inherently at odds with this human guy, Bai. Therefore, it is entirely understandable that I would resort to underhanded tactics to take advantage of his weakness and kill him. This is a conflict of stances and races.

If Bai were alive, then he would be the one who would suppress this era to the fullest extent. At that time, I would probably live in his shadow for the rest of my life until I die.

Personally, I should do this; for my race, I should do it even more.

only.....

Thinking back to a previous simulation, I killed my opponent by using underhanded tactics. I was indeed happy for a while, but afterwards I felt extremely regretful and empty because I hadn't actually defeated my opponent in a direct confrontation.

That time, I was far stronger than him, but I still chose to kill him with dirty tricks. This was undoubtedly because I was afraid of him and subconsciously believed that I was no match for him. When I faced Bai, I was already at a disadvantage from the start.

Shen Tu closed his eyes, and his breathing became heavy.

Finally, she opened her eyes and clicked on option one.

"Those capable of suppressing an era must possess the heart of a strongman who fears no challenge. Before me, all enemies are but ants." Shen Tu sat in his cave, watching the summons from the Human Emperor delivered to him for nothing. "Taking advantage of someone's misfortune may indeed bring me victory, but I, Shen Tu, disdain such a petty victory!"

You understand that only by defeating Bai honorably can you wash away the humiliation you've suffered all this time. Therefore, you decide to participate in this extremely dangerous battle, fighting with all your might, just to prove yourself!

Yes.

Those who suppress the times are the ones with the strongest and most powerful armies.

To become an emperor by assassinating all those stronger than oneself through despicable means, one cannot be considered a strong person at all; one is merely a despicable thief, a lowly petty thief!

How could I, the dignified Shen Tu, be a lowly thief?!

[In October of the 1145th year of the Wanxian Calendar, after several months of preparation, a forbidden zone expeditionary force with a minimum cultivation level of the Qian Yuan Realm was formed. Since the forbidden zones not only contain Supreme Beings, but also many of the Supreme Beings' trusted confidants who carried seals during their lifetimes, mid-level combat power was also necessary.]

Upon arriving at the Northern Sea, Bai did not immediately lead you into it and into the Guiming Heaven. Instead, he solemnly declared, "Those at the Dao Integration Realm and above! Step forward!"

[The place where Guimingtian resides is the deepest part of the Northern Sea, an extremely harsh environment that exerts a strong suppression on cultivators. Therefore, anyone lacking sufficient strength who attempts to enter will encounter unforeseen circumstances. Thus, Bai does not intend to send weak individuals into it. Instead, he has cultivators at the Qian Yuan Realm set up a grand formation in the Northern Sea according to plan, thereby increasing our strength and weakening the enemy.]

[Subsequently, Bai, Xuanyuan Meng, Xiao Jinxuan, and Shen Tu led a group of Dao Integration Realm cultivators into Guiming Heaven. Just as you were preparing for battle, you discovered that the aura left behind by more than a dozen Supreme Beings remained. This greatly surprised you: Supreme Beings in forbidden zones would not engage in battle unless absolutely necessary. Why were there so many auras of Supreme Beings' deaths? Could it be that Guiming chose to kill all the Supreme Beings here in order to quickly recover its strength?]

[Bai, through the application of the power of reincarnation, deciphered the secrets buried here, learning that after Guiming's defeat, in order to eliminate the backlash from the River of Time, he killed and devoured all the supreme beings here, thus restoring his complete realm. At the same time, he transformed the entire Northern Sea into his own domain to enhance his combat power. Understanding this, you immediately calmed down.]

[While a dozen or so Supreme Beings are difficult to deal with, you might be able to kill more than half of them if you are willing to pay the price. However, a Great Emperor at the peak of his realm, who has already transformed the entire Northern Sea into his own domain and controls a region of the sea, is not an opponent that can be dealt with so easily.]

[Gui Ming, having recovered his strength, appeared and, after a brief conversation, attacked you, attempting to kill you all. Seeing this, Shen Tu immediately activated his trump card, sacrificing three thousand years of his own future to temporarily reach the Great Emperor realm.]

Is it worth sacrificing one's own future in exchange for temporary combat power?

Three thousand years, that's really ruthless.

Bai Yi couldn't help but sigh. This Shen Tu was truly a ruthless fellow. Three thousand years in the future, even if she was at the peak of the Dao Integration Realm and belonged to the Bashe clan of the ancient demon race, her lifespan would be no more than ten thousand years. This meant that she would have to sacrifice one-third of her lifespan with a single outburst.

It is somewhat similar to his own God of Destruction. The only difference is that his is to combine the Emperor's Weapon and the White Emperor's Corpse to form the Great Emperor's combat power, while he is responsible for piloting it. To put it simply, he puts together an invincible Gundam and then becomes the pilot to drive it.

However, this Gundam is too powerful; each time it is activated, it consumes one of my lives.

However, having become the Human Emperor, he no longer needs Gundam to temporarily reach the power of an Emperor by borrowing the power of the Nine Provinces. But this move is not just about piecing together the power of an Emperor, but about giving himself a short burst of power!