A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

Sherpa Beelzebub said with a hand on his chest, "It is our greatest honor to be a member of the stage play created by His Majesty."

The evil version of Li Wei laughed: "I have never denied that I am a person with a bad character. I am different from the other me, but I am no less generous than the other me when it comes to things that can make me happy. What he can give, I can give; what he cannot give, I can also give. However, whether you can be rewarded depends on your individual abilities."

Upon hearing the evil version of Levi's words, the members of the Calamity Gang understood what kind of person their boss was. Although he was a madman with a terrible personality, if they could please him, they might receive less than the others could.

The evil version of Li Wei said, "You must be from the Demon Realm, right? I don't care why you came to me, but since that's the case, then your mission 4 will mainly target the Demon Realm. Perfect, it can give the other me some fun."

The members of the Calamity Gang stood at attention, knowing that the evil version of Levi was about to give them orders.

The evil version of Levi said, "Right now, you are far too weak. Sending you on missions in this state would only be sending you to your deaths, which doesn't suit my taste. I want to see more destruction. So let's make you stronger."

Li Wei snapped his fingers, and black smoke enveloped the members of the Calamity Gang. They could all feel a powerful force constantly surging into their bodies, making them stronger from the root. This made them ecstatic; they hadn't expected their crazy boss to be so willing to invest in them.

Chapter 1. The Calamity Gang in Action

The evil version of Levi also harbored some thoughts about the Horror Clan, because he found the situation within the Horror Clan to be very interesting.

As the old saying goes, history is written by the victors. Compared to the somewhat stereotypical characters in the original story, in the real world, everyone has their own thoughts and ideas. Even the evil version of Livy cannot fully understand people's hearts without using mind-reading abilities.

The situation within the Calamity Clan is quite complex. The old aristocratic forces and the commoner forces, who are irreconcilable, have chosen to cooperate for their own interests. This alone makes it unlike the "clear distinction between good and evil" in shonen anime.

This world is neither white nor black, but rather a delicate shade of gray. Only children talk about right and wrong; adults only seek profit.

But for a chaotic, pleasure-seeking individual like the evil version of Li Wei, pleasure comes first; that messy, old world is what he wants to see. Because this identity is a disguise, the real Li Wei, hidden behind it, can freely indulge in his true self and act as if he's not human.

In his view, apart from the Chinese, no other intelligent life forms can be considered human, and he is indifferent to their deaths, just like you wouldn't care how many ants you've stepped on. Moreover, Li Wei is a very twisted anthill watering enthusiast.

The so-called ant nest pouring art involves pouring scalding hot aluminum into the entrance of the ant nest, then digging out the entire ant nest and washing it clean, resulting in a masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship.

The evil version of Livy also enjoys the desperate wails of those unfortunate souls before their deaths, watching cities turn into seas of fire, that twisted sense of satisfaction, that scene of destruction and cohesion, like magnified versions of anthills, full of eerie beauty.

Many people enjoy stepping on bugs; it's all about that kind of mentality. It's a hobby that many people have, except that the evil version of Li Wei takes this hobby to the extreme, turning the whole world into a platform for him to step on bugs.

The evil version of Levi looked down at the members of the Calamity Clan who had already received the power and said, "The Demon Realm has now been invaded by another version of myself, but I believe that with your current strength, you are capable of making a big splash in the Demon Realm. Go ahead and do it! Reshape the Demon Realm in your own way. Whatever you do, I will not interfere. My only requirement for you is that you must be interesting. Being interesting is the greatest driving force in life!"

The evil version of Levi snapped his fingers, and a portal appeared beneath the feet of the group. They all fell into the portal and were transported to the Demon Realm by the evil version of Levi. Now, it was up to them to see how much trouble they could cause.

The members of the Calamity Clan fell into the Demon Realm and crashed into the Great Wilderness. The sudden teleportation, especially the falling one, left them covered in dust and dirt. After all, falling directly into the desert and eating sand is hardly a dignified experience.

The person crawled out of the sand, using the power of vibration to quickly shake off all the sand from their body.

After clearing away all the sand, Katrea Leviathan, the only female member of the Calamity Clan, said, "That man really has a twisted sense of humor, but the abilities he granted us are indeed very useful. Now we can freely travel between the human world and the demon world, which means we can play hit-and-run tactics. As long as we set the coordinates, we can use our new abilities to quickly teleport between the coordinates."

Previously, because they were easily trapped and beaten, the members of the Calamity Clan only engaged in small-scale disturbances and dared not cross the current Demon King's bottom line. Moreover, the current Demon King's ascension to the throne was illegitimate, and if the descendants of the former Demon King were killed, it would only make more noble demons feel insecure. Therefore, the members of the Calamity Clan were able to have a certain space to survive.

Such a living space was only obtained through the charity of the current Demon King, and for the noble faction within the Calamity Clan, this was a disgrace in itself.

However, they can now move back and forth between the demon realm and the human realm. Even though they are still no match for the current demon king, as long as they don't engage in direct combat with the current demon kings, they can completely implement a hit-and-run tactic.

With the power they now possess, even noble demons with divine artifacts are no match for them. They can use the power they obtained from the evil version of Levi to gradually eliminate important targets within the demon realm and expand their own power. With the balance of power shifting, one day the demon realm will return to their hands.

The people dug a hole in the desert, and everyone hid inside. They used an isolation spell that could reverse divination to create a highly secure magical chamber.

The Calamity Clan currently consists of only a dozen or so members, all of whom are lucky enough to have received the "blessing" of the evil version of Levi. Now, each of them has reached several times their former strength. However, compared to the current four Demon Lords, especially Sajax, there is still a significant gap. After all, Sajax is known as the strongest Demon Lord in history. Apart from the mysterious Primordial Demon Lord, Sajax is the strongest among all the Demon Lords. It is normal that they cannot defeat Sajax head-on now, because their starting foundation is too poor and they cannot be compared with a monster like Sajax.

People used the same method of making glass from burning sand to create a round table, and then everyone sat around the table.

Sherpa said, "Let's have a meeting now. His Majesty has granted us power and doesn't intend to interfere excessively with our choices. In other words, we can do whatever we want from now on. But this is precisely a trap, and also a test from His Majesty. If we recklessly destroy the energy without any strategy, we might disappoint His Majesty. So I hope everyone can brainstorm and come up with a strategy that can completely overturn the current order of the Demon Realm."

Sherpas have the sharpest minds, so when others encounter various problems, they like to prioritize their opinions. After Sherpas speak, everyone takes it seriously.

Katrea said, "Overthrowing the existing order is beyond our current manpower. Moreover, the entire aristocratic system has already betrayed us. Even if we wanted to leverage their power, it would be impossible. Those fickle nobles won't easily bet on us until we demonstrate absolute superiority."

Chapter 1. The Villain's Awakening

Katrea's words were a source of anxiety for all members of the Calamity Clan. As a small, workshop-like organization, the lack of manpower had always been the biggest problem facing the Calamity Clan.

After all, what they were doing was extremely dangerous, so it was difficult to recruit new members. Moreover, due to their overwhelming numerical disadvantage, the Calamity Gang did not have enough energy to identify whether new members who wanted to join were spies.

After being tricked twice and almost wiped out by the current Demon King, Achuka, they dared not recruit any new members. So, until now, the Calamity Gang only has a few small members. They can handle small-scale sabotage, but they are not up to the task of causing big trouble.

Kruzere Asmodeus, standing nearby, said, "Things are different now. We've made tremendous progress. Even if we're still no match for that monster Sajax, no one can stop us from running away now. We can't throw the baby out with the bathwater and maintain the current size of the organization. We need more members."

Katreya said, "Kruzere, you've always been the most opposed to recruiting new members, I didn't expect you to change your mind."

Kruzere was a rather cold-looking young man with black hair tied in a high ponytail and wearing simple gray armor, giving off an unapproachable vibe. He was also the most skilled assassin in the Calamity Clan, making him one of the most active members in various missions.

Katrea is a stunningly beautiful woman with brown skin and a deep purple complexion. Already possessing extraordinary charm, she becomes even more radiant and captivating after receiving a "gift" from the evil version of Levi.

However, the others in the Calamity Clan all knew about her carefree personality. She was quite suitable as a friend and partner, but as a lover, it was truly hard to describe. She was the epitome of a straight-as-an-arrow woman, so even though she was very beautiful, the others in the Calamity Clan had no interest in her whatsoever.

Kruzere said, "After all, we now have His Majesty's favor, and with our current power, we can do far more than we could before. Moreover, I agree with your statement that noble families are unreliable. Personally, I believe that to deal with those four troublesome individuals, we must first clip their wings and exterminate all noble families. In the coming era, the Demon Realm will belong to every demon, not to nobles. In the future Demon Realm, there will be no place for nobles."

Kruzere's words shocked all his companions. Kruzere was the rightful heir of the Asmodeus family and the first in line to the four Demon Lords. However, he had completely overturned his previous stance and wanted to eliminate all the noble families. How could they not be shocked?

Not only were their companions, who were commoners and demons, bewildered, but even Sherpa and Katreia looked completely dumbfounded.

Sherpa said, "Really?"

Sherpas were quite familiar with Kruzere. Kruzere kept talking about family legitimacy and restoring family glory, so the commoner members of the team didn't like Kruzere very much. They thought Kruzere had gone mad. Unexpectedly, Kruzere did something drastic, saying he wanted to wipe out the entire noble system.

This choice could be described as "I'm killing myself," and it's precisely because they have such a deep understanding of Kruzere that they are so shocked.

Kruzere said, "Of course, because from now on I will give up the Asmodeus family name. From now on there will be no more Kruzere Asmodeus, only Kruzere Man."

The devil's word "man" sounds very similar to the English word for "person." It can be said that English was influenced by many devil's words from its inception, which is why many words share a certain degree of similarity in sound.

The word "Man" in the system of demons and monsters represents "the people" or "the masses," and in some contexts, it can also be used as a male self-reference.

A commoner-turned-demon named Trant Masurak said, "Kruzere, you actually want to give up your noble surname? Do you know what you're doing?! This is a noble surname, a symbol of nobility!"

Trant and Kruse didn't usually get along, and they often argued over trivial matters. But because of this, Trant was very familiar with Kruse's pride and persistence. Now that the other party had given up his pride as a nobleman, he, as an "opponent," found it hard to accept.

Kruzere said, "Of course I know what I'm doing. This is my choice. The nobles have been bullying us for far too long. In this demon realm, the nobles are sucking the blood of the common people, monopolizing magic education, spell supplies, and social mobility. Are you content with this kind of demon realm?"

Trant shook his head and said, "Of course I'm unwilling, but what can I do? The nobles who are high and mighty have great power that ordinary commoner demons can't fight against. Even if I become a high-ranking demon, I'll only get the status of being a dog for the nobles. I'm very unwilling, which is why I joined here."

Kruzere said, "I used to be proud of my noble bloodline, but over the years, I've seen too much of the hypocrisy and evil of nobles. This is not what I want. I want to reclaim the Demon King's throne, but not to restore my family's glory, but to change this twisted demon world!"

Kruzere clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he spoke his true thoughts. Everyone else fell silent, especially Sherpa and Katreia, who were also of noble birth. They never expected that Kruzere, who always had a confrontational attitude, would have such an awareness.

Sherpa and Katreya both fell silent. They knew that Kruzere had now sided with the commoners and had even become a member of the commoners themselves. In the entire Horror Band, only the two of them remained who still maintained their noble status.

Kruzere said, "Sherba, Katreya, I will not force you to give up your noble status, but as long as I live, I will not allow any de facto nobles to exist. Nobility can only be an honorary title and cannot be granted any special privileges. This is my bottom line as a companion."

Li Wei, who was secretly spying, was shocked. In the original story, he was just a stereotypical villain from the Chaos Gang, yet he had such audacity. Indeed, there are certain differences between anime and the real world.

Chapter 1. Villains Must Be Strong

In the original storyline, the Calamity Gang was positioned as a pure villain, with no possibility of redemption. Moreover, the original storyline featured very little direct depiction of the Calamity Gang. Therefore, when Li Wei watched the anime, he felt that this villainous organization appeared particularly abruptly, and their deaths were also quite perfunctory. From the perspective of the original protagonist, Hyoudou Makoto, this villainous organization was indeed not a good person.

However, from another perspective, the higher-ups in the Demon World are not good people either. Therefore, the original protagonist Makoto Hyoudou's accusations against the Calamity Brigade in the original storyline are somewhat untenable, because they have been distorted and have become a dialogue between the beneficiaries and the rebels.

Li Wei, who was secretly watching, wanted to complain in his heart. When he watched High School DxD anime before, he didn't use his brain at all because he had some prejudice against the work. He thought it was just a harem anime that sold fanservice and there were no details to explore. He felt that he had already made a profit by watching the fanservice content of each episode.

However, after he arrived in this world and learned about its history, especially the history of the demon race, he realized that the real world was far beyond what an anime could explain. In particular, High School DxD wasn't a yearly series, and after removing some filler scenes from the novel, the refined content of the few seasons didn't actually explain much.

After all, not every anime can be like Naruto and One Piece, which can tell a story well with a very long runtime and at the same time build a relatively reasonable world view.

Li Wei could understand the predicament of the anime adaptation production team. After all, the original novel is the product of the author. When creating, especially a long novel, one will often make various mistakes. So, problems such as bugs in the world view, illogical relationships between characters and their interpersonal relationships, and the collapse of the main characters' personalities are common issues in long works. Even experienced writers can stumble on these details.

The adaptation team for novels into anime is composed of many creators. As the saying goes, three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang. By pooling their wisdom, they can always generate more sparks.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, it happens from time to time that a light novel of good quality is adapted into an anime, especially when the adaptation team is quite capable and makes the original work excellent. In such cases, the anime saves the original work and in turn boosts the sales of the original work.

To give another extreme example, there's the great writer's work, "Infinite Stratos." Other people's works are only adapted if they are of guaranteed quality, but the great writer was lucky enough to get the opportunity to be adapted into an anime.

Meanwhile, "Infinite Stratos" encountered a phenomenal adaptation team, and the resulting animation was considered top-tier at the time. Thus, during this lull in the animation industry, "Infinite Stratos" achieved impressive viewership ratings by relying on its own formula. The work's "deification" was due to its excellent fanservice animation, which led to it being collected by many gentlemen and achieving a remarkably high number of Blu-ray sales. Later, a large number of high-quality works struggled to surpass it, thus earning this work the nickname "the wall of masterpieces."

This nickname is quite a playful way of saying that only works whose Blu-ray sales surpass the original can be considered masterpieces; those that don't surpass that sales figure cannot be considered masterpieces.

Japanese viewers vote using old votes, which is why the Blu-ray sales of "Infinite Stratos" were able to achieve such good results.

However, even collectors who own the Blu-ray of "Infinite Stratos" admit that the world-building of this work is a piece of crap, with many illogical points. The reason they collect the DVD is simply because the girls in it are drawn too cutely.

The credit goes to the illustrator and the anime adaptation team, and has no direct relation to the original author, the great writer. Moreover, the great writer himself continued to make self-destructive moves, often saying inappropriate things on special occasions, mocking readers, and going against the publisher. As a result, the great writer has now disappeared from the public eye, and Li Wei doesn't know whether the great writer was blacklisted or stopped appearing for some other reason.

The world-building of "Infinite Stratos" is a complete mess. There's even a saying among light novel authors in Japan that any random unknown writer from China who has failed in the online novel world-building could create a world that is far more plausible than "Infinite Stratos".

Compared to the works of great writers, the world-building in Ishibata's *High School DxD* is actually quite good; at least the main characters from different factions don't frequently lose their intelligence, thus fulfilling their character roles. The characters created by the great writers, on the other hand, are truly stereotypical to the extreme. If *Infinite Stratos* hadn't been created at that particular point in time, but instead appeared years later, its viewership would definitely have plummeted.

Just as Li Wei was lost in thought, the meeting of the Calamity Clan took another turn. The commoner faction's high-ranking demon, Trant, said, "I personally think that Kruzere's choice is correct. As long as the noble class is not eliminated, even if we can really take over the Demon Realm, one day, the situation will still become like this. It will just be that a different group of nobles will be bullying ordinary demons. Then, is our resistance and our anger meaningful?"

This question was difficult for both Sherpa and Katreia to answer, because after Kruzere betrayed his noble lineage, the old noble faction became a minority within the Bloc of Calamity.

The Horror Clan is currently severely understaffed. Even the two who are dissatisfied with this change can't say anything. If they continue to insist on their own beliefs, the Horror Clan will easily fall apart. At that time, they will all become pawns of the evil version of Levi. Sherpa doesn't want to see such a thing happen.

Kruzere said, "That's right. If even humans can do it, why can't we, beings far stronger than humans, do it too?! Next, we must unite all forces we can, letting the civilian demons know that they too possess the power to resist. Then, a vast number of civilian demons will stand behind us. Whoever they help will win."

Chapter 1. A Spark Can Start a Fire

Li Wei, who was secretly observing, was also able to perceive the problems within the Calamity Group. However, these problems were not actually that big, because the civilian faction currently held an absolute advantage within the Calamity Group, both in terms of numbers and strength. Even if Sherpa and Katreia had their own ulterior motives, without Kruzere's powerful helper, their schemes would be difficult to carry out.

Kruzere said, "I plan to assassinate the patriarch of the Barbatos family and, incidentally, use the power His Majesty has bestowed upon us to banish the artifact that another His Majesty has granted to the demon race."

Katrea said, "Wouldn't it be a pity to do this? We can also make use of the other divine artifacts bestowed upon us."

Sherpa said, "Kruzere is right. Although I also want to keep those artifacts, they have the method to recall them. Even if we get the artifacts, as long as they recall them, we will lose control of them. Since that's the case, we will not leave the artifacts that we cannot obtain to the other side."

The method used by the Calamity Clan to seal the artifacts possessed by the demon race was very simple and brutal: they sacrificed the artifacts they obtained to the evil version of Levi, thus causing the demon race to lose control over those artifacts.

Moreover, Sherpa felt that, given the evil version of Levi's twisted sense of humor, the artifacts they sacrificed might very well become items belonging to the evil version of Levi's faction, and might even be bestowed upon them, allowing them to use these artifacts, which originally belonged to the demon realm, to cause trouble for the demon realm. Given the evil version of Levi's twisted sense of humor, he felt that such a thing was quite possible.

Katrea said, "Then let's do as Kruzere says. Once we've clipped most of their wings, it'll be the turn of those usurpers who stole the Demon King's throne."

Li Wei, who was secretly observing, suddenly felt a sense of anticipation. What earth-shattering things could these audacious members of the Calamity Gang do? A tall building starts from the ground up. Although the Calamity Gang was still weak compared to the Demon King's forces, some things are unpredictable. A single spark can start a prairie fire, and the Calamity Gang's starting point was much higher. With his support from behind, they might just be able to turn the Demon Realm upside down.

Li Wei withdrew his gaze. He did not intend to observe the entire action of the Calamity Clan members; he only needed to know the general outline of what they were doing.