The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

She had never truly seen an Ascendant, but she could not be more familiar with them.

The headless corpse lying inside the coffin was clearly an Ancient Great Demon, yet its aura had unmistakably become that of the Ascendant she was familiar with.

Such a situation filled her with unease.

She thought back to when the monsters had scrambled for the corpse, only taking away the headless body.

However, the head of the Ancient Great Demon had been taken away by an Ascendant.

Could it be that the head of the Ancient Great Demon in the possession of the Ascendant had established some sort of connection with this corpse?

For some reason, at that moment, Zhu Yue the Dragon Maiden had a vague epiphany.

——She could not seize and kill this corpse.

Perhaps only the Ascendant himself could handle this corpse. If she were to act now, it might be detrimental to the Ascendant.

This intuitive realization was incredibly abrupt, but the Dragon Maiden chose to trust her intuition.

She was well aware that before long, the Ascendant would descend in the south; he would not stand idly by while the Lustrous Fairy of the Mysterious Sword Sect was in danger...

Restraining the restless evildoers of the north, the Dragon Goddess Mother watched, eyes wide open, as the group of monsters escorted the spiritual coffin out of the Yin Mountain region.

Gazing distantly toward the south, a trace of worry flickered in Zhu Yue's eyes.

The calamity in the south had become quite apparent now. Facing so many monsters and the transformed corpse of the Ancient Great Demon, could he... settle everything again this time?

...

Within the haunting clouds that shrouded over the Imperial Capital, the Emperor sat on his throne, issuing orders coldly.

"The bloodline of the Lu imperial family must be completely annihilated, not allowed to survive outside."

"That daughter of Nie Ming, the Prefect of Hejian... you handle her."

"The one hiding at Red Leaf Villa with Uncle Six, let the Huan Pi Yao take a trip there."

"Now that the corpse of the Ancient Great Demon is heading southward, the road of life that I seek for the people of the world is within reach. At such a crucial moment, we cannot afford any errors."

"My beloved consort, have your people take Qianwu Guards to enforce a lockdown within a two-hundred-li radius around the Imperial Capital."

"If that Wu Ming dares to show up within the boundaries of the Imperial Capital, kill him!"

"If the Sword Cultivators from the Mysterious Sword Sect dare to come in, also kill them!"

"With True Man of Green Leaves absent and all of Imperial Heaven's Demon-Suppressing Magicians moving south, distracted by the Ancient Resentment Well Evil God, now is our perfect opportunity!"

Above the Demon Mist screen-draped grand hall of the palace, the Emperor on the throne bore a gloomy, ferocious look, like a demon.

His sharp-edged face had a harshly chiseled contour, his gaze was pensive and resolute, and his eyes glittered with a cold murderous intent.

"Once the corpse of the Ancient Great Demon arrives in the Imperial Capital, I will overturn this turbid world!"

...

Within the fog-laden Peaceful Realms, Li Muyang, who sat atop the head of an emerald-bladed praying mantis with his eyes tightly closed, suddenly shuddered.

The next second, he instinctively clutched his neck, as if someone were chopping off his head.

"...damn it, another failure."

Li Muyang, opening his eyes, leaned back in exhaustion, lying directly on the broad head of the emerald-bladed praying mantis.

The consecutive defeats were somewhat damaging his confidence.

But more importantly, with the deadline for clearing the game drawing near, Li Muyang could not help but become anxious.

Looking at the countdown numbers next to the system game list, he made a quick estimate.

There were only three days left until the time limit for game clearance.

Within these three days, he must defeat the Emperor and beat the game "Demon Mist Imperial Capital."

Otherwise, this game would be permanently closed.

At the same time, he could not transform into Wu Ming to go to Tianyuan continent and stop the Emperor's conspiracy.

Without Li Muyang going to Tianyuan Continent…

It was not that Li Muyang considered himself very important.

Rather, based on his repeated disastrous failures in the game, once Tianyuan Continent's revolt lacked him, an Ascendant, no one would be able to stop the Emperor's conspiracy.

Firstly, the little girl Nie Yubing would certainly die on the night the game's plot begins.

Without Li Muyang, the Qianwu Guard would easily kill Nie Yubing, who wouldn't have awakened her abilities.

And without Nie Yubing's ancient evil bloodline's combat abilities, many plotlines within the palace would change.

At the very least, the immensely powerful Ancient Great Demon, the nine-tailed fox, would be left unslain and would always stay by the Emperor's side, becoming an extremely mighty force.

The Ancient Holy Spirits below the palace would also remain unchallenged.

All the citizens within the Demon Mist Imperial Capital would be entirely turned into demon spirits.

By then, the Emperor would lead over a million demon spirits to break out from Heiyuan Pass, instead of just the few hundred thousand in the game.

—In the game, thanks to Li Muyang and the Mysterious Sword Sect Sword Cultivators' efforts, hundreds of thousands of citizens escaped the capital.

Even so, the Emperor forced everyone into a relentless retreat.

If he had succeeded in his first attempt to transform evil spirits and turned all the living people in the capital, the Emperor, with such formidable power breaking out, would be unstoppable.

The fate of the Mysterious Sword Sect's Sword Cultivators would probably be dire.

Not to mention Chu Qingxue, the Glazed Fairy…

Li Muyang, sitting beneath the jade green mantis, rested for only a few dozen seconds before abruptly sitting up and grimly entering the game again.

"This time, it's a race against time!"

It'd be extremely difficult to complete such a challenging level within three days.

While fighting monsters before, Li Muyang had been stuck on several tough levels for many days.

Now the final level was even more difficult than all the previous ones.

Thinking of completing it within three days... was difficult.

But Li Muyang had to succeed!

This was a game that absolutely did not allow for failure.

He closed his eyes and re-entered the game, facing the nine-tailed fox's corpse, the thirteen demon spirits, and the headless body of the Temple Seal Lord.

Li Muyang approached directly and released his skills on the headless body of the Temple Seal Lord.

Perhaps it was because of the Ancient Holy Spirits, but Li Muyang was exceptionally concerned with this headless corpse.

He instinctively wanted to slay this headless corpse first, not wanting it to remain before his eyes.

He always felt the threat from this headless corpse far exceeded all the other monsters within this level.

Even… the Emperor was not as dangerous as this headless corpse.

Previously, Li Muyang had been attacking the headless corpse while simultaneously targeting other monsters.

But this time, he changed plans.

He completely disregarded the other monsters, temporarily leaving the pressure of the thirteen demon spirits and the corpse of the nine-tailed fox to Nie Yubing and the Glazed Fairy.

With his hands now free, Li Muyang unleashed his full firepower on the headless corpse before him.

He intended to bring down the headless corpse of the Temple Seal Lord as swiftly as possible.

Above on the platform, his Sword Qi was formidable; an endless surge of Sword Qi swept toward the Temple Seal Lord.

Yet the headless corpse, in the face of Li Muyang's violent assault, let out a pleased laugh.

"…Hahahaha! Ascendant! Have you also sensed something amiss?"

"Truly worthy of being an Ascendant! Your spiritual perception far surpasses that of normal people."

"That's right, this corpse of an Ancient Great Demon, is your special gift!"