How did I, an Onmyoji, become the Lord of Yokai?

While Shimizu Asahi's mastery of Onmyōdō may not be unprecedented, there is no doubt that in this era, his talent and ability were the best. Even Abe no Seimei, who inherited the bloodlines of the white fox Kuzunoha and Abe no Masatsugu, and Hagoromo, who inherited the bloodlines of the great demon Tamamo-no-Mae and the priestess Chiyo, could not rival Shimizu Asahi in Onmyōdō.

Or rather, the only one who can suppress Shimizu Asahi's peers right now is Kidomaru, who has mastered his own bloodline power and completely transformed himself into a 'human'.

But Kidomaru relied on his race's bloodline, not his talent for Onmyojutsu.

In other words, Shimizu Asahi is now the best successor to Heian-kyo.

Even at the age of eighteen... no, it should be said that he was almost nineteen years old when he reached the pinnacle of the Great Demon Realm, just one step away from stepping into the legendary Demon King Realm... his talent was even astonishing.

He could sense it himself; after a while, he would be able to take the final step and enter the realm of the Ghost King.

The realm that countless people care about and yearn for has appeared before his eyes.

The door was open, awaiting his final step.

But now, he has resolutely chosen to give up.

The path to becoming a Ghost King was right before him, yet he abandoned it and chose another path.

Such a choice would be extremely foolish for anyone. The right path is right in front of them; they could have just waited a little longer, but instead, they chose to give up at this crucial moment.

However, it must be admitted that Shimizu Asahi's choice demonstrated tremendous courage.

Giving up the limits of human and yokai power, all for this one possible hope... Shimizu Asahi genuinely wants to end this world as soon as possible.

"Since you've said that... then we won't say anything more. Although Yin-Yang magic and sorcery are somewhat different, they are essentially the same. We can also lend a hand in this matter."

Reiko didn't say anything more to persuade him. She knew that since Shimizu Asahi had made this decision, he would definitely do it. Rather than trying to persuade him at this time, she would rather stand with him.

Besides, whether Shimizu Asahi becomes the Demon King or not is not a problem for them. Her current strength is already powerful enough, and even if it is not enough, there is still Shimizu Mio standing behind her.

He doesn't need to worry about whether he's strong or not.

and......

Just because it didn't exist before doesn't mean it won't exist in the future...

She didn't dislike that statement.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

Qingshui Chaoyang smiled gently. He had never considered not using his own wife.

You have to understand, these are all demon kings and great demons, as well as my own sister, who is above all living beings. It would be a real waste not to use them.

Hmm... that word doesn't seem quite right, but oh well. As long as the ending is good, that's all that matters.

After Shimizu Asahi made up his mind, he told Seimei and the others about it. When Seimei and the others heard about it, they were all shocked. Almost everyone advised Shimizu Asahi to wait a little longer, because the opportunity to break through to the Demon King level was not something that could be obtained casually.

However, Shimizu Asahi did not listen and insisted on his decision.

Seeing that their persuasion was useless, Seimei and the others knew it was pointless, so they sighed and said nothing more.

However, Kamo no Yasunori went to the back mountain and told Kamo no Tadayuki about it.

It seems they want Kamo no Tadayuki to make the decision.

Upon learning of this, Kamo no Tadayuki thought for a moment and then gave this answer.

"Since that's the child's choice, let him do it."

Kamo no Tadayuki knew his disciple best; once he made a decision, there was no doubt that no one could change it.

Well... no, I should say that even if there were someone who could change His decision, He would still respect it.

These two people...respect and support each other, which is truly rare.

"If humans and gods can live like this, how much more so can humans and demons?"

"Make the decision you believe is right."

Even the most powerful Kamo no Yasunori said so, so what else could the others say? They could only accept the fact and watch Shimizu Asahi walk down this path step by step.

I hope he succeeds...

And there was another matter: just as Shimizu Asahi decided to change course, the punishment from the imperial court was also handed down.

This upheaval has caused heavy losses to the Yamato Kingdom... especially the other countries centered around Heian-kyo, who will likely have a very miserable winter this year.

Therefore, in order to appease the anger and sorrow of other countries, the imperial court issued a series of punishments against powerful families and the Yin-Yang Bureau.

These punishments can be summarized into three points: first, criticizing the achievements of the Onmyo-ryo and the strength of the Onmyoji; second, reducing the Onmyo-ryo's financial support for three years; and third, requiring each major family to contribute their own money and resources to disaster relief, which is equivalent to providing assistance to other countries.

However, the state did not intervene, but instead let the powerful clans intervene... Although sometimes the wealth of the powerful clans was greater than that of the royal family, at least at this time, the wealth of the royal family was undoubtedly the greatest.

Therefore, such compensation is completely meaningless.

Oh, right, there's one more thing. Although the imperial court doesn't contribute funds and instead asks the large families to do so, in reality, it's only the small families that actually contribute.

In Heian-kyo, the two major clans, the Fujiwara clan and the Kamo clan, are now basically the ones making the decisions in the imperial court. Although the Kamo clan, under the leadership of Kamo no Yasunori, is willing to contribute financially, this incident has caused them to lose too much of their influence. As a result, the Fujiwara clan, which should be declining, is now able to barely hold its own against him.

Furthermore, since this matter was in the interest of the other families, no family other than the Abe family was willing to stand by the Kamo clan.

In the end, it was only after Shimizu Asahi approached each of them one by one, speaking with the most 'pleasant' expression, that they reluctantly handed over their money.

In addition, he went to the palace to see the young emperor and told him about the matter. Upon hearing this, the young emperor immediately ordered the granaries to be opened without hesitation.

And so, the food supplies for these countries and their people to get through the winter were all prepared, and they were eagerly awaiting the end of winter and the arrival of spring...

However, with the arrival of spring, help is needed. Families who have lost their husbands and children face another challenge... Chapter 879 I... This is the Demon King?

Time slips away unnoticed, and in the blink of an eye, winter has passed.

Thanks to Shimizu Asahi's intervention, the people did not have a particularly difficult winter. In fact, as compensation, Shimizu Asahi even personally contributed a considerable amount of money.

The money obtained from the Sea of ​​Immortality finally found a use.

With so much support, people can even save a little money.

Throughout this winter, Shimizu Asahi did not leave home; he was constantly trying to find a way to improve the formation.

His attempt to change the formation wasn't entirely without a clue, nor was he simply throwing himself into it blindly.

The key to this formation lies in the connection and space. To get started, you need to focus on the resonance of the formation and the space itself.

As for the space, he already had a guess.

Traditionally, the application of Yin-Yang magic formations involves setting up a location, opening a passage through the formation, and then jumping down.

However, this formation is usually used to connect two different worlds.

For example, traveling from the illusionary world to the world of the River of Destiny, or from the outside world to Ichizaki Island; in short, it is a journey between two different worlds, rather than a journey between a single world.

So, Shimizu Asahi started thinking, if this kind of teleportation and linking between two worlds can be accomplished, then there's no reason why it can't be accomplished within the same world. In terms of difficulty, crossing worlds is far more difficult than traveling back and forth within the same world.

Following this idea, Shimizu Asahi directly analyzed the formation, and finally concluded that the formation was intended to link two worlds. Because the two worlds have different feelings, it is only necessary to search for a little while to find the other world and then establish a passage between the two worlds through the formation.

After discovering this secret, he tried to turn the search for the world into a search for regions, but later found that this plan would not work.

It's not that it can't be used, but there are prerequisites for using this formation.

Previously, we were able to connect to different worlds because the spaces between them were too obvious. Now, we are searching for the same world, which means that the surrounding space is not much different. If we want to connect, we can only click randomly.

Without coordinates, it's really impossible to know which space corresponds to which place.

Even if you are teleported there, you don't know where you will end up.

Therefore, previous assumptions were shattered; traversing within the same world was actually more difficult than crossing worlds.

But coordinates are easy to solve. So-called coordinates are just a mark, a guiding light to lead the other party to that place.

Shimizu Asahi went to a certain place, made a slight mark with his spiritual power, and then returned home to use the formation again.

And then, he indeed found the coordinates.

However, once the coordinates were resolved, another problem arose: the coordinates were too far away to be detected.

Shimizu Asahi has tried his best to deal with this problem, but the fact that it is too far away to be sensed remains unresolved no matter what.

He tried it out and found that his distance was roughly several dozen miles from Heian-kyo to Heian-kyo... no, it should be the area around Kyoto Port.

It's not exactly close, but it's definitely not far either.

Shimizu Asahi told Reiko and the others about this issue, and Reiko and the others did try it out and found that the issue should be judged according to strength.

The stronger you are, the farther the distance you can perceive.

Reiko can spread to the sea, while Shimizu Mio can spread to another country.

This might not even be the true distance to Shimizu Mio.

It can only be said that if Shimizu Mio were to take action, the problem of connecting the spaces would be completely solved.

The next question is how to allow the power of the Cloud Mirror to spread through space...

"Hehehe, Master is really amazing, he came up with a solution to the problem so quickly."

The girls were clearly very impressed with Shimizu Asahi's improvement. However, even with this improved formation, he still needed to find a way to allow the power to penetrate it.

The essence of this formation is actually a 'door', similar to a portal. Although it is not as convenient as a portal, it is still a door that can take you anywhere. However, in this way, it is equivalent to opening the gate of every region.

The only way to get from one region to another is through a door, which is undoubtedly a huge problem. Therefore, Shimizu Asahi has to find a way to make the door smaller, or rather, to make it a door that only spiritual power, divine power, or demonic power can pass through.

However, this improvement is different from the previous ones. The previous ones involved adding something, while this one is a genuine modification of the original.

Fortunately, the problem wasn't actually that big. He had a solid foundation in the art of clear water and rising sun. He slowly modified the formation according to his knowledge... At first, he thought the modification would be very lengthy, but after starting the process, he found that the modification was not difficult at all.

At first, he didn't care why the problem had become so simple, since all he needed to do now was to complete the formation.

As time went by, and spring was about to end, Qingshui Chaoyang finally succeeded in completely modifying the formation.

Although it's uncertain whether it was completely successful, at least he did complete the modifications.

After completing the modifications, Shimizu Asahi tried out the formation's effects and asked Ibuki and the others for help. While helping, Ibuki and the others were surprised to find that Shimizu Asahi... had unknowingly reached the Demon King realm.

"Ghost King, it's me?"

Hearing the girls' surprised voices, he paused for a moment, tilted his head, seemingly not quite reacting yet. But soon, he noticed the changes in his body.

The spiritual energy became purer than before, and the surging spiritual energy transformed from a river into a vast ocean.

His power had increased countless times without him even realizing it!

"This power...it is indeed the power of the Demon King, but...why am I suddenly..."

He had already chosen to relinquish the power of the Ghost King, but unexpectedly, after completing the formation, he discovered that he had unknowingly overcome the obstacles that had troubled countless people, reaching the highest realm between humans and demons...