At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

However, to advance to the second-tier transcendent, one needs to accumulate good deeds by 'unifying knowledge and action'.

The height of one's mind determines one's potential, and good deeds determine the power one can acquire.

She could feel the complexity within herself; many of the alien races she killed were evil people, and many were good people.

The wicked foreign tribes massacred, burned, killed, looted, and plundered the empire's borders. She protected tens of millions of civilians in the northern provinces, so she was considered to have done good deeds. However, the kind foreign tribes were the ones who led their armies to annihilate tribes and slaughter the old and young.

There is no such thing as a good thing where good and evil cancel each other out in this world; a good thing is a good thing, and an evil thing is an evil thing.

Therefore, she possesses both immense good and evil.

It's a very peculiar state.

"Sigh..." Esdeath sighed. The moment she awakened, Tao Jing's seal on her was lifted, and her power returned.

But I felt a void in my life. Even though there was a path to endless growth right in front of me, I couldn't continue to walk on it.

The power granted by Imperial Arms has a limit, but the training system does not.

“If I hadn’t gone to slaughter the alien tribes back then… no! Even so, I still would have done it.” Esdeath shook her head. Her parents and her people were all slaughtered by the aliens, and she would definitely retaliate in kind.

"I wonder how many good deeds I have to do for my good deeds to surpass my bad deeds and reach the second level."

At that moment, an elegant voice came from behind Esdeath.

"Oh, how peculiar! This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it."

Esdeath showed little emotion as she turned around and saw a man in a black and white tuxedo standing behind her.

"Who?"

"Allow me to introduce myself," the man in the tuxedo said politely. "I am Asro, the demon viscount under His Majesty Beelzebub, the Gluttonous Demon King."

“Madam, your evil deeds and good deeds are both so enormous, almost reaching the fifth level. It’s unbelievable.”

"He did great good deeds while committing unforgivable evil deeds, and his mind was awakened in the same way as that of ordinary people."

Asro continued, "In my eyes, your soul is yearning for power. So, do you want to accept the gift from hell?"

“Demons.” Esdeath couldn’t help but laugh. “Hehehe… Tao Jing was right, you really did appear before me.”

"Oh... Tao Jing, that female hero from Xia Kingdom?" Asro was a little surprised that she could be associated with the hero who was about to enter the 'Legendary Realm'.

Human heroes are equivalent to demon lords, but humans have much more potential than demons. Every hero has the potential to become a 'god candidate' once they reach the sixth rank.

But demons are different. Currently, there are only a limited number of 'Demon Thrones' in Hell. At most, a demon can only become a Demon Grand Duke or a Demon Prince in his lifetime.

“I refuse the power bestowed upon me by others; I will take the power of hell myself.” Esdeath grinned as she stared at the demon before her.

An arrogance emanating from her very soul formed an invisible aura that emanated from Esdeath, making even her icy blue eyes glow.

"How arrogant! If you were a demon, I'd even doubt if you'd become the Demon Lord of the Arrogance faction." Asro was momentarily stunned.

"Hahahaha, you're not qualified to make me a Fallen One. Let your Demon King come!" Esdeath exuded killing intent, her icy blue light blazing as she attacked Asro without hesitation.

Crackling sounds filled the air as the icy blue light instantly solidified, the ultra-low temperature spread, and the entire house was frozen into an ice sculpture.

"Although he has the strength of the early stage of the fifth rank, the quality of his energy is too low and his body is too fragile." Asro was surrounded by an ominous black aura. The power of the Imperial Arm was directly absorbed upon touching the black aura, causing him no damage whatsoever.

"Even if I stand still and don't fight back, you can't hurt me in the slightest. Don't make pointless attacks."

"Then let me unleash the immense sins within you." Asro said, extending his hand, and Esdeath was instantly enveloped in the power of great sin.

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"Ah!" Esdeath was enveloped by black energy and was instantly forced to kneel on one knee. A continuous stream of black energy poured into her body from her eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

"Damn demon! Trying to force me to become a fallen one! You underestimate me!" Esdeath was furious. "I've always been the one in control of power, yet you dare to try and let power control me!"

Unable to resist, Esdeath instead accelerated the absorption of the demonic power emanating from her body.

No, this is not the power of the demon, but rather originates from her sins. The demon has simply transformed her sins into this highly seductive power.

As this power was generated, countless wails and curses arose in her mind, and countless negative emotions threatened to overwhelm her consciousness.

"I will admit to the sins I have committed, but don't even think about using them to control me!" Esdeath's icy blue eyes instantly flashed red, everything before her eyes turned blood red, and her heart pounded incessantly.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

Esdeath devoured the power formed from the immense sins, causing her own rank to rise continuously.

Second tier, peak of second tier, third tier, peak of third tier, fourth tier, peak of fourth tier, fifth tier, peak of fifth tier.

Esdeath slowly rose from the ground, and the aura of the Fallen instantly spread.

Rumble rumble rumble—

The dark, corrupted domain of the Fallen spread, engulfing the entire capital city of millions in almost a few seconds. The sky roared, and dark clouds rolled in, blocking out the sunlight, as if the end of the world had arrived.

The fourth-tier superhumans who were flying out of the conference hall looked terrified.

"Oh no!" Mine's face turned pale.

"Such a terrifying aura! Esdeath has become a Fallen One!" Najenda cried out in terror.

This was definitely a fifth-order level of pressure. She had clearly felt it from her mentor, Tao Jing, and every one of the current councilors had felt it.

But the next moment, the corrupted domain rapidly contracted, and the ominous black clouds rolling in the sky also quickly disappeared, as if they had been sucked back in.

"Huh?" Asro stared blankly at Esdeath, who was controlling the Fallen Domain and drawing her back in.

How could that be... He only guided the other person's sins, but he didn't catalyze them.

Even if the 'seed' is planted, it would take at least two or three years to complete the fall, to transform such a massive amount of sin. Just now, this woman actually controlled the sin and transformed it into power, directly becoming a 'fallen one'.

To achieve this, how strong would one's will have to be? One would need to be a fifth-tier hero. If this woman didn't have such immense sins, she probably would have truly become a hero.

A cold sweat broke out on Asro's forehead in an instant; he felt like he had done something stupid.

"Hehehe, is this the power of a demon? It is indeed powerful. It has been constantly provoking my will, trying to control my mind and break my will." Esdeath covered her forehead, her expression crazed: "If this continues, I can only maintain my sanity for a dozen years at most."

"You, are you really human?" Asro broke out in a cold sweat. He had managed to stay conscious for over a decade in this state? Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't even last a minute.

"Human, of course, a demon!" Esdeath grinned, her eyes filled with pure killing intent. Want to control her with power? Heh heh heh, you underestimate me!

"Not good!" Asro's expression changed drastically, and he instantly activated the magic circle leading to hell, with a crimson magic circle appearing beneath his feet.

But Esdeath was faster; her fingers were already gripping Asro's neck.

"Quickly!" Asro's expression was bloodshot; for the first time, he felt fear.

This woman was too arrogant, so arrogant that she was absolutely confident in herself and believed that she could control everything, which made her will harder than a rotten rock in a latrine. This was the first time he had encountered someone who could briefly control the power of great sin.

Even though it was only a brief moment of control over the power within his body, it was enough to kill him.

After all, he was only a late-stage fifth-tier demon viscount, while this woman had already surged to the threshold of the sixth tier.

The crimson magic circle instantly transformed into a vortex, sucking Asro into it.

"Holy crap, do you want to go to hell?!" Asro was shocked to see that the other person was still holding his throat but hadn't broken it, and instead was entering the vortex with him.

“Just as I wish! I’ve said it before, I want power, and I will take it myself!” Esdeath grinned maliciously.

"You madman! Go suffer in hell with your flesh and blood!" Asro cursed. The pain that flesh and blood suffers in hell is hundreds or thousands of times greater than that of the soul. After all, one must endure the pain of the flesh and blood as well as the pain of the soul.

Esdeath, gripping Asro's neck, was sucked into the portal to hell.

"Esdeath—"

At this moment, Najenda, Akame, Leone, and the others had arrived above Esdeath's residence, staring at her with cold sweat dripping down their faces, but were surprised to find that they could not sense the presence of any living person.

Esdeath! She escaped?

Meanwhile Hell

The moment Esdeath grabbed Asura and plunged into the 'magma hell', she burst into flames.

"Aaaaaah—" Esdeath screamed in agony.

Asro transformed into a flame and escaped Esdeath's grasp, still shaken: "Madman!"

Asro watched the woman continue to fall towards the second level of 'Frozen Hell'.

"What is this? Did I break the rules?" Asro's face turned pale.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. The woman's sins were indeed greater than her good deeds; her good and evil were both immense, making her practically an anomaly among humans.

"Let's go and consult His Majesty the Demon King..."

……

Xia Kingdom capital

With only one day left until the start of the grand event, while various civilizations and great powers sent envoys to attend, the Xia Kingdom was also making preparations.

All the fifth-tier extraordinary individuals from Xia Kingdom gathered in the exclusive rest area at the back of the venue.

Guli Xian'er, a fifth-tier hero from the Western Regions; Yu Chengyue, president of the Martial Arts Association and part-time instructor of the Extraordinary Legion; Lin Yong, vice-captain of the Extraordinary Legion; and Tao Jing, the protagonist of the grand event who is about to reach the sixth tier and captain of the Extraordinary Legion.

"Congratulations, Master Tao Jing! But isn't it a bit uncomfortable to suppress your promotion?" Gu Lixian asked with a puzzled look in her blue eyes, dressed in ancient costume.

She has now reached the late stage of the fifth rank, but there is still a long way to go before reaching the peak, and the sixth rank is nowhere in sight. She was shocked when she suddenly heard that Tao Jing had advanced to the sixth rank.

"No, I'm suppressing my breakthrough so that when I advance to the sixth rank, the World Tree will send down 'Divine Wisdom,' which will cause a range of rule fluctuations. Perhaps this will allow talented people to comprehend something," Tao Jing said with a smile.

Tier 5 heroes represent the pinnacle of human character. The restrictions for advancing to Tier 6 are not that high. Once you reach the peak of Tier 5, you either accumulate good deeds that resonate with the World Tree and bring down 'divine knowledge', or you have outstanding talent and comprehend the mysteries of the rules on your own.

"Hahaha, Tao girl has really gone to great lengths for us." Yu Chengyue stroked his long beard heartily. "This old man is going to benefit from your help this time. Who knows, I might actually learn something from you."

He was already at the late stage of the fifth rank, and he was confident that his comprehension was quite good. Even if he couldn't comprehend 'Divine Wisdom', he could still gain some benefits.

"I just don't have any aptitude for it." Lin Yong scratched his head. He had advanced to the fifth rank after returning from the dungeon, but he hadn't made any progress since then and was still in the early stage.

"Don't rush, you're still young, you have over four hundred years to go." Yu Chengyue patted Lin Yong on the shoulder.

"You're right," Lin Yong nodded.

"By the way, Fairy Girl, will the immortals be coming to this grand gathering?" Yu Chengyue asked Gu Lixian'er.

“This…” Gulixian’er paused for a moment, looked around, and then said softly.

"Although the masters didn't say it explicitly, their words implied that they would come."

"But they will definitely be disguised as ordinary superhumans. I also sensed that some gods will be attending this grand event."

Tao Jing nodded: "As expected." They didn't even know the gods had arrived, since gods don't show themselves, and even those at the sixth level wouldn't be able to sense them.

"Then we must make sure this grand event is meticulously planned, so that the world's great civilizations and gods can witness the glory of our Xia Kingdom," Yu Chengyue said with a hint of pride.