I only want to win over the fairy.

"Bai Ze, do you know? Cultivation level isn't everything in life. You should occasionally try to let go of the pain of the past, take a good look at this world, enjoy peaceful and beautiful moments, and seize your future. Constantly confining yourself in a cage will get you nothing," Bai Yi said softly. "Besides, the strength of your cultivation level doesn't determine anything. Who doesn't start from Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, step by step? Once the curse in your body is cleared, I believe that with your talent, it won't be long before you catch up with, or even surpass, me."

"You only say this because you're so powerful that no one can compare to you," Bai Ze sighed. "If you were weak and I were strong, could you still say these words so calmly?"

"Oh~, I see." Bai Yi casually lay down on the grass beneath him: "Look..."

[Flames seemed to burn the blue sky, and a vast expanse of wispy smoke stretched as far as the eye could see.]

Bai Yi pointed to the clouds in the sky and said, "That cloud drifts and dissipates with the wind, just like the life of a living being. But no matter how hard we try, no one can easily accept dissipating like a cloud, which is why we desperately pursue power, wealth, and status..."

"Bai Ze... stop lying to yourself. Deep down, you're not pursuing power; you just want to escape—to escape your present, your past, and your future. But what happens after you escape? You still have to come back and face everything. You're not just giving up or giving up because life is meaningless; you're afraid of how you'll endure a painful and hopeless future, and you're afraid that you'll cause trouble for others."

"In the past, you pinned your hopes for the future on escapism, believing that as long as you did nothing and ignored everything, everything would be fine. But that's just a mirage. Since giving up is meaningless, since life has no meaning, why do you continue to live?"

"Bai Ze, it is precisely because the present, past, and future of the world have no meaning, and precisely because life itself is meaningless, that we are able to break free from illusions and truly face this void. Cast aside meaning, cast aside the past that binds you; it is not important. The growth of a living being is about constantly overcoming the immature self of the past. Only after all old ideas are shattered and rebuilt can we be reborn."

"So, Bai Ze, face your heart. Don't do things because of what others think. Life is short and meaningless; it's just about living for the sake of living. So why can't we do what we love in this painful and meaningless life? Like what you like, want what you want, hate what you hate. Don't let external factors distort your own thoughts. What do you think?"

Bai Yi fell into deep thought as he looked at what Bai Yi had said.

How many of the things I'm doing right now are actually for my own benefit?

Honestly, she had no idea that getting close to Bai Yi was to help Yu Gonghua, and sponsoring Bai Yi was to avenge her clan and make him stronger so he could target the forbidden zone of life. The essence of doing these two things was to provide a better living environment for the Innate Holy Spirit Clan in the future.

Even now that she and Bai Yi have become Daoist partners, she is still thinking about whether she will cause trouble for many people, whether she will drag Bai Yi down, and whether she will embarrass Yu Gonghua. She has never given herself much thought.

After thinking it over, she finally understood the meaning behind Bai Yi's words.

The other person may have seen through your purpose in approaching them from the beginning, but they don't like to pry, so they didn't care and chose to let things take their course.

She raised her head and glanced at the clouds drifting in the wind. Their transcendent state, detached from the mundane world, was something that no living being could grasp no matter how hard they tried. Even cultivators could only grasp the flowing clouds, but could not grasp the meaning of "transcendence" contained within them.

"Ha, I always like to overthink things. Without realizing it, I've become the kind of haggard housewife I used to hate the most. I should just do whatever I want." Bai Ze exhaled a breath of stale air.

Since you've given me so much advice, I feel like I'm hopeless if I don't make some changes.

Now, she understood a little better why Yu Gonghua was so infatuated with Bai Yi.

Meanwhile, Shen Tu has also entered the final stage.

Through repeated battles with Bai, experiencing defeat and the humiliation of having the Reincarnation Mark etched on her body, she finally understood the mark and knew the path she should take next.

[Having been defeated by Bai Yi ninety-nine times in a row, you are now covered with ninety-nine Reincarnation Marks, so many that some are no longer concealed by your clothes. Although it is extremely humiliating for others to see the Reincarnation Marks, which contain the aura of reincarnation, on your body, and they might even wish you would commit suicide immediately, you are also overjoyed to have gained new insights from the Reincarnation Marks. You believe that this time you will definitely be able to defeat Bai Yi!]

[Bai's strength largely stems from the Path of Reincarnation, and by understanding the source of Bai's power and combining it with the Path of Devouring, you will surely be able to defeat him! To thoroughly humiliate him!!!]

Bai's realm was only the Dao Integration Realm, the same as mine, or even worse. The reason he was so powerful was purely due to the powerful boost brought to him by the Dao of Reincarnation.

Without the cycle of reincarnation, Bai is nothing to fear!

After countless battles, Shen Tu has evolved the Dao of Devouring to a completely new level, which is self-devouring!

Unlike when she unleashed the power of an emperor and devoured herself, what she needs to do now is to devour herself constantly, while allowing the devoured parts of herself to undergo a cycle within her body and transform into a stronger new body!

She vaguely sensed that this was the complete realm of the Devouring Path. Her old body was her food, and she could be self-sufficient with her own power, and even become stronger. Once she completed it, she would surpass all other living beings, and even Bai would not be her match!

The perfect state of that Devouring Path is Ouroboros!

[Having gathered the ultimate number of ninety-nine reincarnation seals, you unhesitatingly devoured your divine body, soul, and everything else within you. With each bit of your old body you devoured, a new, more perfect body was born. When you had completely devoured your old body, a brand new you was born, and the reincarnation seals engraved on your old body were completely transformed into your sustenance.]

After three days and three nights, you have finally adapted to your new body and feel a power far greater than before. You are filled with immense satisfaction. You have now transcended the realm of the ancient demon race and reached the realm of celestial beasts. You have a premonition that you only need to devour yourself four more times at most to prove your Dao through force. This is the confidence that the Dao of Devouring has given you.

[No need to rely on heaven and earth, prove your own path to become an emperor!]

"Since this world won't allow me to become an emperor, then I will shatter its limitations!"

[In March of the 1147th year of the Myriad Immortals Calendar, the Path of Devouring completed its final transformation in your hands. Because this world does not allow the appearance of a second Great Emperor, you, who violated the rules of heaven and earth, encountered the Tribulation of Immortal Slaughter. In the past, this was an extremely dangerous, even fatal, lightning tribulation in your eyes, but now it could not pose much of a threat to you. You easily devoured the Tribulation of Immortal Slaughter and transformed it into your own power.]

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

That's fantastic, I've finally reached this level!

I am the Great Emperor Shen Tu. Bai, wash yourself clean and prepare to die!

Taking advantage of your recent attainment of the Great Emperor status, when both your strength and your personal "momentum" are at their peak, you immediately challenged Bai, declaring that you would settle things once and for all here today.

"Come and fight! There is no difference between humans and demons, but there is a world of difference between a mount and a king. And there is only one factor that can determine who is the king: power! To be a king or an emperor, one must be the strongest!! Whether you become the mount and I become the king, or you become the king and I become the mount, this battle will decide!!!"

Bai Xinran accepted.

[One side represents the pinnacle of the Path of Reincarnation, the other the pinnacle of the Path of Devouring. Your battle is a clash between the Daos. You rely on the powerful endurance of the Path of Devouring to wage a protracted war against Bai, constantly absorbing his power and gradually wearing him down.]

[Bai, as the controller of the Cycle of Reincarnation, can restore your body to its original state whenever you shatter it, even if it is damaged in the soul. You suspect that Bai's Hell Path possesses the power of resurrection from the Seed of Reincarnation. Meanwhile, the Asura Path (Bai Emperor Sword), Hungry Ghost Path (Tai Xuan Heavenly Furnace), Animal Path (Spirit Ghost Fox), and Human Path (Human Emperor Sword) have also caused you considerable trouble.]

[You fought each other endlessly, from the earth to the heavens, from the heavens to the seas, from the seas to the lava fields; your power dried up the oceans, turned mountains into basins, tore the sky apart, and even destroyed the great road.]

This protracted battle lasted for two full months. The power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation made you extremely frustrated, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, you decided to unleash your strongest killing move to decide the outcome of this battle. Bai, whose power you had been slowly absorbing and slowly cutting through with a soft knife, also intended to decide the outcome with a single blow.

[You have pushed the devouring power of the Devouring Path to its limit, creating a pitch-black hole in your hand capable of swallowing everything. Meanwhile, Bai has pushed the Six Paths of Reincarnation to their limit, using the Six Paths to deduce the Three Thousand Great Daos, allowing all things in the universe to bloom within his body.]

[The strongest blows collided, causing the heavens and earth to crumble. The order of the world was disrupted and even temporarily extinguished by your battle and attacks. Ultimately, the sky was torn apart, allowing the extraterrestrial demons from beyond this world to descend.]

Exhausted, you were assimilated by the endless stream of extraterrestrial demons, losing your sense of self and merging into the consciousness of a multitude.

【you are dead. 】

Shen Tu: "???"

I'll kill your entire family! Extraterrestrial Demon!!

At least tell me who won in the end! Tell me the hell right now!!!

Chapter 171 If Life Were Only As Beautiful As Our First Meeting (4500 words)

Shen Tu was furious.

She had worked so hard all this time just to compete with Bai, but just when she finally reached Climax, the battle suddenly ended, and she didn't even know who won in the end!

If the gap were too large, making it impossible for her to see any chance of winning, that would be one thing. But this time, she was clearly evenly matched with Bai, and her chances of winning were obviously very high, perhaps even a 50/50 chance. And this is what you show her?!

What kind of bullshit extraterrestrial demons are these!

I will cut off the heads of your entire clan, stuff them into your anuses, and then send you one by one to your deaths!

"Who won?!" Shen Tu asked Qiu Yue Lian without thinking. He and Bai were in the middle of the shattered world, the very center of the extraterrestrial demons' descent, and at their weakest point, so it was natural for problems to arise. But Qiu Yue Lian wasn't in such a dangerous place, so she must know who the final victor was!

Who knows, it might be a mutual destruction.

Now it all depends on whether Bai can survive. If the other party can survive, then I have lost. If the other party dies with me, then I have won.

Qiu Yuelian ignored Shen Tu's words, and was now in a state of deep confusion and shock.

Things developed far too fast, so fast that she didn't have time to react. She wasn't worried about Bai Yi's duel with Shen Tu because she had complete confidence in Bai Yi, but the appearance of the extraterrestrial demons was far beyond her expectations.

However, this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is what happened after the extraterrestrial demons descended.

On this day, the world's greatest crisis descended. An entity known as the "Extraterrestrial Demon" breached the world's barriers and descended upon this world.

[The first to be affected were Shen Tu and Bai Yi, located in the land shattered by the heavens and earth. In their extreme weakness, they were attacked and assimilated by the extraterrestrial demons. Shen Tu had no time to react and was devoured by the extraterrestrial demons, becoming one of them. Bai Yi, after a brief resistance, was attacked by the already assimilated "Shen Tu" and ultimately perished, becoming the cornerstone of the extraterrestrial demons' evolution.]

[We know nothing about the extraterrestrial demons, only that these bizarre beings can assimilate all living things in the world, and that they cooperate closely with each other, like a natural disaster, turning every place they go into a paradise for the extraterrestrial demons.]

"Join...the great...evolution...the oneness of all things...we...embrace...everything..."

These calamity-like extraterrestrial demons are not individually powerful, but once they band together, their combat power increases exponentially. The combat power of a group of extraterrestrial demons is at least a hundred times, or even ninety times, that of a single extraterrestrial demon!

However, this is not the most terrifying aspect of the extraterrestrial demons. Their greatest threat is their ability to assimilate. If one is not careful, even an emperor may be assimilated by them!

Qiu Yuelian is now in utter despair. Bai Yi and Shen Tu, the two strongest warriors in the world, have suddenly been assimilated by the extraterrestrial demons. How can they fight back?

Are the extraterrestrial demons really that powerful?

There have been records of extraterrestrial demons invading the world before, but these demons only wreaked havoc at the lower levels. Once they encountered high-level combatants, they proved utterly vulnerable. Yet here, even someone like Bai Yi, a top-tier figure among the Great Emperors, has been assimilated into a member of the extraterrestrial demons…

The White Emperor and the Demon Emperor both perished at the hands of extraterrestrial demons. Nearly seventy percent of the Central Plains was devoured by these demons. This tragic day plunged the entire world into half a day of remembrance and sorrow. This devastating day also became a harbinger of an era of despair, an era that would henceforth be known as the Dark Age of the Fall of Emperors.

On the fifth day of the first month of the first year of the Fallen Emperor Era, Emperor Xuan, Xiao Jinxuan, attempted to bring back the assimilated White Emperor, but was severely injured. Fortunately, Emperor Xiaoyuan, Xuanyuan Meng, intervened in time, saving him from certain death. The Central Plains completely fell, and darkness finally descended upon the Nine Provinces.

Extraterrestrial demons...

They're a pretty troublesome bunch.

Others may not know the origin of these extraterrestrial demons, but Xuan Yuanmeng knows them all too well. These creatures are the offspring of those immortals who love to reap everything in the world, and they are a special race with intricate connections to transcendent beings.

These beings called Extraterrestrial Demons do not actually refer to a single race, but rather to all beings assimilated by them; they are all Extraterrestrial Demons.

There is a special reason why people often refer to beings from outside the world as extraterrestrial demons. Beings from outside the world are very easy to be transformed into one of them if they are unlucky or do not have enough strength.

What's even more terrifying is that high-level extraterrestrial demons can't tell that the other party is an extraterrestrial demon. When they enter a place, they will behave exactly like the local natives. Their disguise is so effective that it can even deceive the Heavenly Dao's detection!

Of course, that was the state of the Heavenly Dao without consciousness. If Xuanyuan Meng, who had already gained self-awareness, were to take full control of the Heavenly Dao, she would scrutinize all suspicious individuals. No extraterrestrial demons would be able to hide from her. She would never ignore things that seemed fine, just like the unconscious Heavenly Dao. As long as they did not threaten the heavens and earth or violate the forbidden zones of the order of the heavens and earth, she would not care about anything.

However, there was one thing she didn't understand: why did the world barrier suddenly break, allowing so many extraterrestrial demons to enter?

The World Wall isn't something that can be broken so easily. Bai Yi and Shen Tu are both quite powerful, and if they fought at full strength, they might be able to disrupt the order of heaven and earth. However, they weren't specifically targeting the World Wall, so how could they allow it to shatter so easily...?

Or is it that there is some damage somewhere in this world, and the world wall separating this world from the outside world has long been broken, allowing some high-level extraterrestrial demons to enter this world, and then take advantage of the chaos in the world order to widen the gap in the world wall and forcibly carve out a big hole?

No, it shouldn't be that simple.

Xuan Yuanmeng felt that there must be some kind of force behind this. According to her observation, Gui Ming did not have a cultivation simulator, yet he suddenly regained the strength of a peak Great Emperor. This was very inexplicable. What was even more inexplicable was that the world did not react to Gui Ming, who had returned to the position of Great Emperor and even wanted to bring back races that had been eliminated in the past.

What about the tribulation to become an emperor that one needs to overcome to return to the Emperor Realm?

Moreover, Guiming had already severed his own life, but now he has returned to the Emperor Realm. Naturally, the tribulations he needs to overcome need to increase. It would not be an exaggeration to directly face the Immortal Slaughtering Tribulation or even the Heavenly Dao God Tribulation. However, he ended up with nothing.

"Is it them?"

"If what they did is correct, then everything makes sense. Only they have the power to easily grant Guiming the power to return to the position of Great Emperor."

"If it is them, it is normal for extraterrestrial demons to descend upon the mortal world on such a large scale."

She believed that with the power of those beings, even the slightest clue would attract their attention, not to mention the considerable commotion caused in the previous simulation, which they would surely notice.

Since they have already noticed this, why don't they intervene directly instead of going through all these roundabout methods?

Or is there something that is hindering them?

Xuanyuan dreamed of the four very friendly transcendent immortals he encountered during that transcendent simulation.

Since there are beings who want to hinder him and Bai Yi, there are also beings who want to help. Perhaps those four also know that Bai Yi and he will merge and transcend in the future, so as friends they will meet in the future, they chose to stop those chaotic beings.

It's still because it's too weak.

She has no right to know what kind of relationship or conflict exists between them. No matter how much she thinks about it, it won't make any difference. So, the most important thing is to focus on improving her own strength!