In the years that followed, Jiang Che remained in the Demon Palace, rarely involving himself in the affairs of the Demon Realm. Most of his time was spent indulging in pleasure with Yao Yue, and the vast majority of his days were spent traversing the river of time to return to the future, where he would reunite and grow intimate with his wives.
As for his two apprentices, Mo Shangxie and Ji Qingyi, he chose to let them fend for themselves. Since he no longer managed matters, he allowed them to do as they pleased. Ji Qingyi, with her rebellious nature, would ultimately turn against him—and the reason would be simple enough: she would try to imprison him.
Wasn’t that how yandere types operated?
As for Mo Shangxie, Jiang Che similarly opted to let her be. However, since she had already become one of his own, he would not treat her poorly. He had granted her immortality, and her lifespan was now endless. Given her talent, she was destined to one day cultivate into a peerless Immortal Emperor.
It was worth noting that in recent times, besides his two apprentices, a new genius had emerged across the Three Realms. This one was a sword cultivator, young yet already treading the path of immortality, and had become the heir of the strongest sword sect in the human realm—the Kunlun Sword Tomb.
He was Chen Taiqing, later known as the Taiqing Sword Immortal.
Yet even someone as formidable as Chen Taiqing was overshadowed and eclipsed by Jiang Che’s two apprentices.
“This Ji Qingyi really knows how to make trouble for me,” Jiang Che muttered, pulling up his pants. He had just returned from the future.
Jiang Che had simply adjusted the flow of time between the future timeline and the present. For every thousand years he spent in the ancient Heavenly Court, only one year passed in reality.
Manipulating time had become effortless for him now.
“Lord Demon Ancestor, the Lord Evil Emperor requests an audience with you!”
The Destruction Demon Emperor approached Jiang Che and spoke with utmost respect.
Jiang Che sighed. It had now been a full three hundred years since he last saw Ji Qingyi!
As for the so-called Peach Banquet of the Heavenly Court, it had never taken place. Word was that the Heavenly Emperor was still in seclusion, cultivating. But in those three hundred years… Ji Qingyi’s cultivation had soared. Just a few days ago, she had successfully crossed the Immortal Emperor tribulation and advanced to the rank of a Six-Calamity Immortal Emperor!
Yes, in less than five hundred years, Ji Qingyi had risen from a mere beginning-level Foundation Establishment cultivator to a Six-Calamity Immortal Emperor. And because she had grasped the origin of the demonic path, her true cultivation had already reached the realm of the Supreme Evil Emperor.
Even the most outrageous cultivation cheat couldn’t match this—she didn’t even bother to hide it anymore.
“Let her in,” Jiang Che said.
He glanced at his remaining system points. He only needed five billion more to upgrade the system. Over the years, he hadn’t seen Ji Qingyi, so he couldn’t milk her for points. Now, he no longer wished to drag this out. He wanted to complete the upgrade quickly, then properly deal with the affairs of the Three Realms.
“Yes!” The Destruction Demon Emperor nodded and slowly withdrew.
Before long, a woman in a black dress stepped inside. Ji Qingyi had completely shed her youthful innocence, gradually merging into the image of the future Evil Emperor.
“Master,” Ji Qingyi said softly, walking steadily before Jiang Che. She looked at him with a calm, steady gaze.
[Ding! Host has fleeced Ji Qingyi. Earned 2 billion points.]
[Jiang Che: “…”]
He had been hesitating about how to squeeze one last haul from Ji Qingyi, and yet, the moment she showed up… she just exploded with points?
Ji Qingyi lowered her eyes. She had once believed that once she cultivated to the level of the Supreme Evil Emperor, she would finally see Jiang Che’s back. But now she realized she had been utterly wrong!
Even though she had merged with the origin of the demonic path, even though she had already sensed the traces of the spiritual path and gradually shaped the prototype of the Evil Spirit Path, even the combined forces of the Destruction Demon Emperor and the Devouring Demon Emperor from the Demon Palace were no match for her.
Yet standing before Jiang Che… the pressure she felt was still immense!
Jiang Che remained an insurmountable mountain in her eyes.
The remnants of the Evil God were right: to truly take down her Master, she had to become a Transcendent.
“Yi Yi, I’ve heard all about your affairs,” Jiang Che said flatly.
Ji Qingyi had spent years creating the Evil Spirit Path, sacrificing countless lives to slowly grasp its early form.
The reputation of Ji Qingyi, the Evil Emperor, was notoriously brutal. She had sacrificed countless billions of beings. But no one dared to stand against her, because all who did were dead. Ji Qingyi’s power now made her nearly invincible across the entire Three Realms.
“So, Master, will you stop me?” Ji Qingyi asked slowly.
Having seen the vast gap between herself and Jiang Che, she was even more determined to complete the Evil Spirit Path. Since she lacked the transcendental status, there was almost no other way for her to surpass him. Only by creating the Evil Spirit Path could she take that step. Once she reached transcendence… her Master would no longer be able to stop her!
She would imprison her dearest Master by her side forever—until the end of time, until the universe itself crumbled!
“It doesn’t matter. I won’t interfere with anything you do,” Jiang Che said casually.
Although Ji Qingyi had sacrificed billions of lives—so many that, without exaggeration, the underworld now had barely any revenue because nearly every dead soul had been absorbed into the Evil Spirit Source—the Evil Spirit World she created in the future would grant eternal life. Its Evil Spirit Army would far surpass the power of the Nine Heavens.
Why? Because the Evil Spirit Path was like grinding all living beings into dust and merging them into the black mist. The combined power of countless billions was an endless energy source.
Jiang Che paid no further attention to Ji Qingyi. His mind was now focused on the system.
[System Ultimate Upgrade Task Completion: 100,000 billion (Completed)]
After countless epochs, Jiang Che had finally completed the system’s ultimate task.
Of course, to say it was a “system” was misleading—there had never truly been a system from the start. For Jiang Che, the system was a kind of limitation, a form of confinement. As the system gradually unlocked, Jiang Che also progressively transcended.
Accumulating system points was like climbing a staircase—step by step, he ascended to the highest point.
Only Jiang Che was different from ordinary people. He preferred hoarding points. The more he hoarded, the higher his status grew. Anyone else, with thousands of billions of points in hand, would have spent them all long ago.
[Ding! Does the host wish to clear all points and proceed with the upgrade?]
[Warning: The system will require ten thousand years to integrate. During this integration, the host will lose all abilities, retaining only the privilege of immortality. Proceed with the upgrade?]
The system’s voice rang out.
Jiang Che smiled helplessly. Losing all his abilities? That basically meant he was defenseless. And it had to last for ten thousand years?
But Jiang Che didn’t care—he couldn’t die. Even if he became an ordinary man stripped of all power, he could simply go into seclusion!
Seclusion would solve everything in one shot.
Just like the Heavenly Emperor: closed himself off for ten thousand years, and emerged unbeatable!
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