Then, rewrite the ending yourself.

"Ah... what a sublime expression..."

Shi Dan's mouth grinned at a bizarre angle, looking utterly twisted.

As a complete pervert, torturing his prey was his favorite pastime.

Pain, scars...

None of these could make Li Ang feel despair or fear.

But when the blade pierced the chest of the young girl before him, Shi Dan saw everything he wanted to see.

So, he didn't interrupt their dialogue; instead, he immersed himself in it.

"A little more... a little more pain... Heh, hehehe..."

Veins wriggled across Shi Dan's face as he excitedly downed a few more magic elixirs.

Just then, a strange aura rose from the battered and bruised young man before him.

"You... how is this possible!?"

Shi Dan's eyes snapped open, filled with shock.

The aura exploding from Li Ang in this instant... compared to his current self...

Was not lower, only higher!

"I... I understand now!"

"It's her... she was also a Righteous Path cultivator!?"

"You, a mere Demonic cultivator... actually, actually let her enter the Righteous Path!?"

"You... You!!!"

Shi Dan was terrified. Trembling, he opened the jars filled with magic elixirs and frantically poured countless pills into his mouth.

At this moment,

In countless illusion worlds, countless "Li Angs" attacked in fury...

...

...

Xianyuan Continent, the venue of the Devil Slaying Assembly.

Twelve gigantic Illusion Towers, marked with serial numbers, stood tall upon the Devil Slaying Platform.

The judges' seats were occupied by the Great Elders of the five major sects.

It was nearing noon. Seeing that the outcome was essentially set, Zhang Yuxian, the Great Elder of the Green Mountain Sect, was grinning from ear to ear, unable to close his mouth.

His disciple's work, *Legend of Devil Slaying*, had seized the initiative due to its release time. At this moment, its vote count was far ahead, firmly occupying first place.

The gigantic Illusion Towers on the Devil Slaying Platform were the joint creation of multiple master artifact refiners.

Not only were their illusion-creating capabilities superb, but they also possessed many functions designed specifically for the competition.

For instance, the numbers on the Illusion Towers were determined by the order in which the contestants completed their illusions.

The Green Mountain Sect was number one, while Lu Ze was the last, number twelve.

The players' votes appeared as pillars of light behind the Illusion Towers.

At this moment, the Green Mountain Sect's votes were in a league of their own, with a light pillar towering over ten meters high.

Zhang Yuxian glanced in Lu Ze's direction.

Although Lu Ze's ranking wasn't the absolute bottom at this moment, it wasn't much better; the light pillar behind his Illusion Tower barely cleared the top of his head.

"Oh my, Elder Zhao... You talk about a perfectly good Devil Slaying Assembly, but look at your Lingxiao Sect's two renowned True Disciples. One is soft-hearted toward Demonic cultivators, and the other uses a Demonic cultivator as the protagonist for his illusion... If word of this gets out, what will people think?"

Zhang Yuxian patted Zhao Wendao on the shoulder, sighing with feigned sincerity.

"The affairs of my Lingxiao Sect do not require Elder Zhang's concern."

Zhao Wendao glared at him and retorted with a cold snort.

"I mean, if you want to tell a story about a Demonic cultivator, fine, but why force a romance plot in there? And the partner is such a small... Sigh!"

Zhang Yuxian ignored him and continued to lament with heartbroken righteousness.

Zhao Wendao's face turned black as he struggled to suppress the urge to get physical.

"Great Elder Zhang."

Lu Ze, who had been resting with his eyes closed inside the number "12" Illusion Tower, leisurely opened his eyes and teased:

"The illusion Lu has created does not necessarily result in a romance with the girl within; it depends entirely on the user's own intentions... Could it be...?"

As he spoke, he feigned a look of sudden realization, quickly covering his mouth as if in shock:

"No way, no way? Elder Zhang, at your advanced age, you're actually into that sort of... Sigh!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd of onlookers below the Devil Slaying Platform burst into laughter, making Zhang Yuxian's face alternate between green and white.

"Sharp-tongued brat... The voting results are about to be finalized. Let's see if you can still laugh then!"

Zhang Yuxian sneered as he looked at Lu Ze.

"Elder Zhang, don't be anxious. The time... is almost up."

Lu Ze gently closed his eyes, silently calculating the time in his heart.

At this moment, there was still a quarter of an hour until noon.

According to Lu Ze's calculations, the true hidden ending was just about to enter the players' field of vision...

...

...

Inside Zhong Yi's illusion world.

"Die!!!"

Zhong Yi roared, every sound carrying a heart-wrenching bellow.

His fists, his face, his eyes...

Everything was stained with dark red blood.

After activating the [Blood Curse], Li Ang's stats were far superior to Shi Dan's.

The mechanical difficulty of this stage was practically zero.

Even for someone with clumsy hands like Zhong Yi, there was no pressure fighting Shi Dan.

By this point, Shi Dan had long since breathed his last.

Zhong Yi still didn't care, smashing his fists one after another into the villain's already deformed head.

Bang—!

Under the immense force, Shi Dan's head exploded like a watermelon.

Only then did Zhong Yi realize, with delayed reaction, that the enemy was already as dead as could be.

He suddenly felt all strength leave his body and slumped to his knees on the ground.

Zhong Yi tremblingly grasped the small hands of the young girl, which had long since turned ice-cold, and wept uncontrollably.

"But..."

"But she's already..."

Tears burst from his eyes once more.

The livestream chat began to grieve along with him.

[Sigh... Watching the daughter Old Zhong raised for a whole day and night, just gone like that...]

[Only a day and night? I feel like years have passed...]

[Old Devil Lu, you aren't human!!!]

[What about going back to a previous save point? Is that feasible?]

[With Old Devil Lu's insidiousness, don't even think about it...]

[If Old Devil Lu wants you to be sad, even a True Immortal would have to endure it!]

[My condolences, Old Zhong!]

...

"No, no... I believe Junior Brother Lu wouldn't be this heartless... There must be something I missed..."

Zhong Yi wiped away his tears, attempting to find a new way to break the situation.

He was currently in the middle of a main storyline quest, so there was no option to load a save file.

[Main Quest: Leave the Inn]

Looking at the mission reminder in the top right corner, Zhong Yi took a deep breath, picked up Su Di'er's body, and walked heavily toward the exit.

The moment he stepped out of the barrier, the entire illusion world seemed to freeze.

Time stood still.

The image turned black and white.

A line of text floated before Zhong Yi's eyes:

[Do you consider Li Ang to be a villain?]

Zhong Yi quickly shook his head: "No."

[But... the path he cultivates is precisely the Demonic Path, is it not?]

Seeing this line of text, Zhong Yi fell silent.

If judging by cultivation techniques, Li Ang was undoubtedly of the Demonic Path;

But if judging by actions, weren't many members of the Righteous Path more like Demonic cultivators than Li Ang?

[Do you wish to save the young girl in your arms?]

With the appearance of this text, Zhong Yi's eyes snapped open, and the hot blood in his heart boiled once more.

"Yes!"

[Even if you are playing the role of a Demonic cultivator?]

"Yes!!"

[Even if you will sacrifice your life?]

"Yes!!!"

[Then, the ending shall be rewritten by "you" personally...]

Immediately following that, a selection box appeared in front of Zhong Yi:

[In the brief time that follows, you may choose to consume spiritual energy to bring a portion of your true self's strength into the illusion. The higher the realm you bring in, the massive the consumption of spiritual energy will be.]

[Please select the cultivation base to bring into the illusionary realm!]