I'll kill you after I finish this game!

The sword of judgment, once wielded, reveals the origins of its opponent and is equally capable of cleaving through anything.

The knight's body, life, soul, will, and everything else are dedicated to his god, and in return, the god bestows upon him the sword of divine wrath!

An unparalleled and boundless divine power swept across and erupted with the will of rage, its booming sound resounding throughout countless times and spaces.

The demon, his body further wounded and bleeding from the chaotic void, wore a mocking and derisive smile. Even with blood streaming from his mouth and chest, he showed no sign of pain as he spoke:

"Cough... Am I a heretic among the same kind of people?"

"You're only saying we share the same origin now? Don't you think that's even more ridiculous?"

The Fallen Abyss incarnation and the Golden Asura incarnation remained silent in the face of the other demon's mockery. Not far behind them, in the chaotic void, Rai Zhe sat atop the head of a silver serpent, his face devoid of sorrow, joy, or emotion.

He no longer cared whether the other party had betrayed his will. It was only natural for inner demons to appear on the path of cultivation; even if they didn't appear now, they would appear sooner or later.

To be honest, after the initial surprise and anger, he calmed down when another version of himself appeared to obstruct him.

What's meant to happen can't be avoided, and getting angry is pointless.

It has reached a multi-level standard in such a short time, and is still growing uncontrollably towards an even higher level.

This is illogical, but it makes sense to Lei Zhe, and Tianmo himself also feels that his existence is reasonable.

He admitted that he was Lei Zhe in his previous life. Although he rebelled, it was a success that was created within a certain possibility and inevitability.

The golden eyes of the Heavenly Demon met the azure eyes of Lei Zhe's true form, and surprisingly, no hostility flared between them at that moment.

"Is it ridiculous? Although I was once confused about my own existence, I feel great now. I know I am living by my own will!"

"Yes, I acknowledge your existence. Looking at you, I think you are one of my possibilities. Everyone wants to live freely and without restraint. If you have power, you will naturally feel that way. If we had the same experience, I might become 'you'."

Lei Zhe's eyes remained calm and unwavering. He offered no rebuttal or mockery to Tianmo's words, simply acknowledging the other's existence with an affirmative and indifferent demeanor.

So-called personality is about how others portray oneself, and how one shapes oneself through one's own unique experiences. Who wouldn't want a carefree and unrestrained lifestyle?

When you're hungry, go eat delicious food; when you're sexually aroused, go find cute girls to play with; if someone annoys you or makes you unhappy, just take action without fear of the consequences; there's nothing wrong with pursuing greater power to make your life better.

Rebellion? Anyone with the experience of another Heavenly Demon Reiji would make this choice, wanting to live out their own life with a unique will—this is everyone's most basic desire.

"It seems they've gotten stronger in more ways..."

Upon hearing this, the Great Free Demon's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but after pondering and recalling his third-person memories from his previous life, he realized that he was very familiar with the being named Lei Zhe.

The other person was originally just a person with desires, and they also acknowledged their desires, but those desires were completely consumed by love.

The strongest resentment and hatred were also satisfied and remedied, and they wanted to fight for what they loved and become stronger for a better life.

Tianmo was satisfied with everything except love, while Lei Zhe felt that as long as he had someone he loved, nothing else mattered.

It was precisely because he saw that love could not be obtained among the seven emotions and six desires, and that his primal power and soul could not be satisfied, that the Heavenly Demon came to this point.

"Since you acknowledge me, then remove the restrictions in my true spirit. I can promise you with my very essence that I will not hinder you or become your enemy."

The Great Free Demon looked at Lei Zhe in front of him and said in a deep voice that what he lacked, or rather, what he wanted to obtain, was a will that belonged entirely to himself.

But Lei Zhe shook his head at Tianmo's unpleasant expression, his eyes suddenly scrutinizing, his expression turning cold and angry, and said:

"Although I acknowledge that you are me, infidelity is not allowed. The things you did as you pleased in my guise have already happened, and anything I say now is meaningless. I can't control what you want to do, but you can forget about the concept of 'love'."

Did Rai Zhe not hold back when he split into two incarnations? Cheating on one's loved ones is absolutely unacceptable, because it would hurt Xiao You and the others.

Reiji does not allow anything that would hurt them to happen, so any separate incarnation other than the self does not have the concept of 'love'.

Aside from the initial memories of knowing who he loves, that love belongs to Razer himself. Without the consent of the real Razer, there is absolutely no possibility of loving someone else!

He admitted that the demon was another possibility of him, but to live recklessly in his manner, it was absolutely impossible to give him the concept of 'love'.

Aren't you a tyrannical and unruly devil? Why do you need love when you're playing with women? Aren't you all about lust and not about feelings?

"Damn it! Who the hell are you being hypocritical about? You have so many ship girls and other girls around you who have those kinds of feelings for you but you don't reciprocate. Your behavior is even worse than Scumbag Zai! Fuck you!"

The demon immediately cursed at Lei Zhe and gave him the middle finger. He couldn't stand Lei Zhe's behavior. If they loved him, they should respond to them!

You can't do it yourself, yet you won't let me do it!

You're already a god-level powerhouse who transcends the mortal realm, so who are you trying to impress by imposing so many moral and ethical constraints on yourself?

However, Lei Zhe was not angry at Tianmo's mockery. He simply sighed inwardly, looked at Tianmo with deep eyes, and said:

"That's why I said I acknowledge you. Maybe it's really enjoyable to be a harem protagonist. I do envy your style of not being able to respond to the emotions of those around you, and I also feel self-loathing for your own behavior. But I can't ignore the emotions of Yuu, Sei, and Nep and act recklessly."

"Ah, maybe when Neptune created the Azur Lane game for me to meet Laffey and the others, it was to fill the void in my heart. But it definitely wasn't meant to create a partner for me. I don't need someone who is inexplicably set to love me."

As he gazed at the words on the tablet screen in front of him, and at the unwavering and resolute will emanating from Reiji, Nep grinned, biting into a lollipop.

Inwardly, I couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of my little one. The kind of being that's designed to inexplicably have love and affection for the summoner, like something out of a novel, is more like a high-class doll."

Anyone who can take for granted this kind of artificially created love is either mentally disturbed and disgusting or a despicable person.

If the person she chooses is that kind of person, then it's really incredibly shallow. Only a disgusting, fat otaku who would commit crimes if there were no restrictions would have such a thought.

When Raiji first met Laffey, his first ship girl, under Neptune's witness, he felt a sense of responsibility and doting affection, with absolutely no lust in his heart.

With unwavering resolve and a sharp gaze fixed on the Heavenly Demon, Lei Zhe spoke from the bottom of his heart:

"I may not be able to give them the love between lovers, but I cannot face them with a willful attitude, much less respond to their sincere feelings with a heart that yields to desire."

"I don't want to become the kind of scum you described, so I can only respond to them with even more love and care. I cherish all of them!!"

Does Raiji's inability to reciprocate the ship girls' special feelings mean he doesn't love them? Then where does Raiji's boundless sharing and care for them come from?

They equally bestowed upon them all their precious and powerful strength and profound understanding of the realm. Now, apart from the little ship girls, almost every ship girl possesses the power to create the world.

To give them a better life, Reiji created a paradise for them. Even though they were war spirits, he sincerely hoped that they could live happily and peacefully far from the battlefield.

I hope the unicorn can laugh with pure joy every day; I hope Laffey and the two lazy duo can live the way they want; I hope...

There is so much love I want to give them.

What boss would share everything with their subordinates without any boundaries? Although Lei Zhe and those around him interacted in a superior-subordinate relationship, the core of their relationship was one of familial care and mutual support.

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Chapter Ninety-Six: The Inner Demons That Must Be Overcome, the Creation of Lei Zhe's Self

"It seems that there is no possibility of relief for me as your obstacle to the path, and for you as your obstacle to the path."

"What? You want to completely annihilate me? You should know the characteristics of my demonic path, right?"

The Great Free Demon wore a disdainful and cold smile; killing him was not so easy.

Raising his hand was a demonstration of his determination to seek the Tao, while his boundless and egoless demonic thoughts evolved into the vast hell of the universe.

In Buddhism, hell is the deepest level of hell, where the souls of those who have committed grave sins suffer eternally after death.

This demonic thought exploits the extremely painful state that all living beings can never escape, and its destructive power is unimaginable.

Lei Zhe on the other side did not speak, but simply chuckled and drew his sword. The concept of the laws of all things was shaped and twisted into the concept of the sword, and the sword intent roared in like a raging flood from another world.

Slash! ...

Kill! ...

Terrifying! Horrifying! Unbelievable! Hundreds of millions of swords, each a Tai Chi symbol, transformed into the most dazzling stars, vying for attention, none willing to yield to the others, none wanting to fall behind.

Ah, my swordsmanship is the strongest!

A swordsman's pride will not yield even to the heavens, for there are too many sword laws that can tear apart and ravage time.

Change, resilience, tenacity, etherealness, selflessness, slaughter...

Countless sword intents and laws roared and formed a torrent, transforming into a universe that transcends limits, into multiple powerful universes, and into a multi-dimensional and endless sword universe!

"【——Tai Chi——】"

In an instant, the fragments of the world that had shattered across billions of miles of void, along with the vast chaotic energy, all surged toward that new alien world, condensing into the infinite world of swords.

"[Divine Incantation and Divine Might - Three Thousand Great Sword Realms!]"

Even if it is said to be the number of three thousand great thousand, it is just a figurative number. The number of sword tribulation lights that evolve is far more than that. When the torrent of sword laws condenses and takes shape, hundreds or thousands of sword energies will burst out.

The sword light was dazzling, and the world lost its color.

That is immeasurable, deviating from speed, reason, and skill, breaking through the rational laws of the universe—the ultimate sword.

The only light in the world that emanated from the Heavenly Demon's Avici Calamity and unbearable torment clashed with the sword energy released by the Great Thousand Sword Realm opposite.

The two intertwined, tearing apart countless even more subtle sword beams and demonic energy.

Each one contained an aura capable of annihilating all things. Wherever it emanated, the chaotic aura around the Boundary Sea was also gathered there, forming mirage-like illusory worlds.

In an instant, all things vanished into nothingness.

"kill!!!"

The Heavenly Demon burst forth from the chaos, its entire body surrounded by an unbridled demonic aura, its demonic thoughts transforming into a blade that slashed towards the void ahead.

But from the chaos opposite, countless swords swept out, their light clashing with the Heavenly Demon Abyssal Blade.

The Great Free Demon knew he was doomed, but he wasn't afraid of death at all, because...

"As the embodiment of all demonic thoughts, you should have already used the method of opening dimensional channels to spread your demonic thoughts to other worlds, right?"

Lei Zhe's eyes gleamed with divine might, showing a deep understanding of the Heavenly Demon's backup plan. As long as the opponent still possessed a single divine thought, they could be reborn once more.

The vast multiverse and chaotic void around them were all surrounded and blocked by Razer, and by using the save-loading feature of Eternal Return, he also stopped those demonic thoughts.

However, it's hard to guarantee that some won't slip through the net. Even if you kill the Heavenly Demon but don't surpass him in terms of cultivation level, a new demon will be born. This is the tribulation that Lei Zhe must overcome.

Therefore, it's time to reveal your desire for enlightenment...

The sense of divinity, from the moment one enters the realm of enlightenment, has already reached a higher level.

Reaching the end of the Ninth Sense path, arriving at the beginning of all things, the cause of all effects, symbolizes the realm of "absolute nothingness".

The divine will and senses have entered the realm of the tenth sense, "absolute consciousness," transcending the infinite multiverse and entering a mysterious realm that is unknowable, undiscussable, and unpredictable.

The tenth sense is a multidimensional sense, which means infinite dimensions. In infinite dimensions there are countless parallel universes. Reaching the ninth sense allows one to perceive multiple universes, but reaching the tenth sense allows one to perceive the origin of everything in infinite dimensions.

Now, with this supreme will, the horror drama is about to begin.

"【Audite. (Listen attentively)——】"

Rezhe's joyful expression looked like that of an idiot, but it was filled with the most sincere blessings and affection.

The chant of supreme divinity flowed from his mouth, transforming into the reality that shook all things!