Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

This moment.

Black Du Wei appeared before Evil Spirit Du Wei, accompanied by the Seventy-Two Pillars Demon Gods and the tower.

"This time, I have won,"

"Or rather, we have won."

Behind Black Du Wei, the Demon Gods stood in utter silence, each of these great conceptual beings emanating a terrifying will.

They were a form of contamination.

Conceptually, they could corrupt everything.

Similarly, this gave reason to their indestructible nature, their undying essence.

The "we" he referred to also included the Demon Gods.

Because he was a representative of the Demon Gods, or rather, a vessel for them—an incarnation of Du Wei in the guise of a Demon God.

And at that moment.

Evil Spirit Du Wei responded with indifference.

"He" looked down from above and said calmly, "There are no winners in this world, you are but a copy of me, so what if your essence is that of a Demon God?"

"Tell me, what do you have to win with?"

Evil Spirit Du Wei crushed Paimon to death in his grasp.

Then, pointing towards the tower behind Black Du Wei, he said, "You think you can win because of it?"

"Merely a tower."

He pointed to the Seventy-Two Pillars Demon Gods and said, "I do not acknowledge the so-called cycle, nor do I acknowledge another version of me from a different timeline, yet even so, within the infinite cycles you believe in, the Demon Gods have never been able to kill me."

"So, on what grounds do you think you can win?"

Black Du Wei coldly said, "Just because I am now Du Wei, I have replaced all of your timelines from the past, I possess everything you have, and around you, I have sown the seeds of betrayal."

"This tower, originally commissioned by you to Carlos, is now, with the past replaced by me, the tomb I have prepared for you."

"I am stronger than you!"

Suddenly.

The tower rose into the air.

And appeared directly above Evil Spirit Du Wei.

In its deepest part, the massive sarcophagus opened, as if summoned by a maternal call or as though Death itself were humming lowly.

An extraordinarily terrifying force of attraction.

It sought to pull Evil Spirit Du Wei into it.

If it succeeded,

Evil Spirit Du Wei would be dead beyond death.

But he remained utterly calm.

"I do not recognise the existence of cycles; I have denied the past,"

"That which I disdain is what I have abandoned because I have seized the future."

"To me, the moment I appeared in this world marks my beginning, while you obsess over a past I have discarded and denied. Do you think you are stronger than me?"

Evil Spirit Du Wei extended his hand.

As if he had truly seized the future, the tower was frozen in mid-air, unable to fall any further.

Black Du Wei moved forward.

The concepts of the Seventy-Two Pillars Demon Gods were pressing down.

He said, "Envelope, what are you waiting for!"

Once, Black Du Wei had thought of planting a seed of betrayal in Carlos, the predecessor of the Envelope, turning it into a covert piece to be placed by Du Wei's side.

Just waiting for an opportunity to transform into the sharpest blade and stab Du Wei.

The Envelope flew out of Evil Spirit Du Wei's pocket.

It was suspended,

emitting an unusual aura.

Seeing this, Evil Spirit Du Wei shook his head.

"Utterly foolish."

"Long ago, I said it would have nothing to do with Carlos."

"It is the Envelope."

"My most loyal servant."

The Envelope fluttered up and down.

[Master of the Evil Spirit, this idiot is really too stupid. What does it matter if the Envelope has Carlos's memories? The Envelope is the Envelope, Carlos is Carlos.]

[Even if the world ends and time reaches its finality, the Envelope will still be your most loyal servant, accompanying you until the end. The Envelope will never betray you.]

Seeing this, Black Du Wei.

His expression changed slightly.

How could this be...

In the past, he had indeed planted the seed of betrayal within Carlos.

If he wished it, the Envelope would surely betray.

But reality was completely different from what he had expected.

Far from betraying, the Envelope was actually chastising him.

The situation seemed somewhat out of control.

Black Du Wei felt a sense of unease.

Not daring to say more, he launched an attack on Evil Spirit Du Wei directly.

"Armored Divinity Ascension."

All at once.

The powers of the Seventy-Two Pillars Demon Gods converged upon Black Du Wei.

The entire sky was torn asunder.

Meteors fell,

torrential rain poured down, the ocean boiled, raising monstrous waves.

The situation became one-sided.

Black Du Wei commanded the tower.

He sought to kill Evil Spirit Du Wei.

He was too strong now.

And he still said, "I have arrived at the present from the past, and I shall decide the future."

As his words fell,

a timeline was stretching from the past into the present.

It was the concept of Du Wei, being inscribed into this world.

Fundamentally, replacing it.

Bang...

The fists of Black Du Wei and Evil Spirit Du Wei collided.

The two were as if they were the obverse and reverse sides of a mirror.

Filled with a strange sense of harmony.

Evil Spirit Du Wei was silent.

Even at a disadvantage, there was not the slightest hint of panic in his eyes, which were filled with calm and extreme composure, as if he could face the sky falling with equanimity.

The battle stretched on for a long time.

...

On the high seas.

Giant waves soared.

Cities near the coast were swept by a storm.

Tremendous lightning stretched across the sky.

And in that deep darkness, each flash of lightning reflected two identical figures.

...

In Poland...

The sky was bright.

The Cultists knelt on the ground, chanting incomprehensible words, praying.

At this moment.

A deity descended.

They saw a true god, but it was a malicious one.

Countless people who witnessed Black Du Wei and Evil Spirit Du Wei had their wills utterly shattered, plunging into chaos.