I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

Lilith stood there, her fingers still clutching the ribbon of her dress, her lips trembling.

She really wanted to swear.

She is a (former) princess of the demon race, the daughter of the former demon king, and a descendant of the Nightmare Clan with noble blood flowing through her veins.

She took off her coat, said those things, and stood there like a hulled ear of corn—and this man, after punching her back to her original form and smashing her father's belongings with two punches, was actually asking her if she could demonstrate illusion magic.

She originally wanted to ask, "Are you sick?", but when she saw the other person's fist, she hesitated.

She stomped her feet in anger, her voice escaping through clenched teeth, "That 'love potion technique' you're talking about belongs to the succubus race, not the nightmare race. We nightmares take the high-end route, relying on illusions and hypnosis, not those fancy tricks. Please get your facts straight before you speak, thank you."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know anything about this." Ji Tian nodded, his tone devoid of any emotion, his attitude sincere, but so sincere that it made people want to punch him even more. "Please demonstrate Nightmare's innate divine power."

Lilith was so angry she wanted to hit him. Her fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly. Various possibilities flashed through her mind—

Fight him? You can't beat him.

Insult him? Your brains aren't even on the same wavelength.

Run? There's no way you can escape.

Playing dead? He'd definitely pick her up from the ground and ask, "Can you show me your illusion before you die?"

She took a deep breath, then another, and then yet another.

He swallowed that feeling of humiliation, and then swallowed the second mouthful that welled up inside him.

If you mess with me, you've hit a brick wall.

She tied her skirt sash and buttoned up the collar again.

"You just said you were interested in my illusion magic?"

"Um."

"More interested than...more interested than that?"

She was too embarrassed to say what "that" was.

But she felt the other person should be able to understand. If they couldn't understand, she would eat the sheet.

Ji Tian did understand.

"Of course, the art of lovemaking is nothing compared to cultivating and deducing illusions."

This can also be used to deduce the man-made mental demon tribulation.

Lilith's fingers paused for a moment on the third button.

Suddenly, I smiled with relief.

She finally understood.

This person isn't uninterested in her; he's uninterested in all "people."

His mind was filled with nothing but power—no different from those fire demons in the demon realm who thought of nothing but cultivation and battle.

She almost began to doubt whether there was something wrong with her charm.

Fortunately, it wasn't her problem, it was his.

She fastened the last button, walked to the open space in the center of the room, turned around to face Ji Tian on the windowsill, and said, "Alright, it's time to show you the illusion magic of our Nightmare Clan. Watch closely, this is a refined art."

Her chin was held high, and her back was ramrod straight.

"But let me make this clear first, I only know one hypnosis technique. My mother taught me it, and I use it to lull myself to sleep."

"Can."

"Besides, I haven't practiced in a long time, so the effect might not be very good. You know, there's no time to practice this when you're running for your life."

"It's alright."

"Also, you're not allowed to laugh."

"Don't laugh."

Lilith stared at him for three seconds, making sure there was no sign of him wanting to laugh, before taking a deep breath and closing her eyes.

The room quieted down, the oil lamp flame stopped flickering, and the wind outside the window ceased.

The entire room felt as if it were being held down by an invisible hand; you could hear a pin drop.

Then she opened her eyes.

Those purple eyes changed; something was spinning in their pupils, circling around and around, like ripples on water or a slowly rotating galaxy in the night sky.

She spoke slowly, "Look into my eyes."

The voice has changed.

It was a softer, lighter sound, as if it were drifting from a very far place.

Ji Tian looked into her eyes.

He saw the starry sky.

Countless stars swirled around him, silvery-white, pale purple, and deep blue, like a box of jewels spilled and slowly flowing in the endless darkness.

His body was becoming lighter, as if something was pulling him out of this skin.

The voice came from all directions, "Relax...don't resist...follow me..."

Ji Tian did not resist. He was observing.

The trajectory of this spell, the path of the magic flowing from her body, the way her mental energy wove the illusion... every detail was clearly visible in his divine sense.

She was using her innate instincts to drive this technique, much like someone running with their eyes closed, relying solely on intuition.

No wonder he has such a natural talent.

The arrangement of those stars, the changes in light and shadow, even the weightlessness of "falling into the starry sky"—all of these were spontaneously woven by something deep within her heart.

It's something etched into the bloodline of the Nightmare Clan.

He continued to observe.

Then he noticed something.

The speed at which the stars rotate is slowing down.

Lilith's breathing became long and even, her shoulders slumped slightly, her neck tilted forward, and she looked like a flower that had been tired by the wind, finally finding a place to droop her head.

Her eyelids were drooping, and the rotation in her pupils was getting slower and slower.

She was hypnotizing him.

But at the same time, it's also hypnotizing myself.

The starry sky began to blur. The stars stopped spinning and floated silently in the darkness, like lamps that had been lit.

The light grew softer and dimmer, like the last rays of light at dusk.

"Go to sleep..." The voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. "So sleepy..."

Lilith's eyelids closed completely.

Her body swayed, like a sapling being blown by the wind.

Then his knees buckled and he fell forward.

Ji Tian reached out and caught her.

Her head rested on his shoulder, her long, silvery-white hair falling down and obscuring half of her face.

His breathing was even, his heartbeat was steady, and the relieved smile from before still lingered on his face.

She lulled herself to sleep.

While demonstrating hypnosis to him, I also hypnotized myself.

Ji Tian looked down at the demon girl sleeping like a cat in his arms.

Her lips were still curled up, as if she were having a sweet dream.

He remained silent for a while, and when he realized that she hadn't done anything like "startling awake from her sleep," and was actually asleep, he put her on the bed and pulled the blanket over her.

She turned over in her sleep, rolled the blanket into a ball and hugged it to her chest, curling herself up into the shape of a shrimp.

"Gulp... May all the Balrogs die..."

Ji Tian stood by the bed, looking at the demon princess who had rolled herself up like a spring roll.

"Is this the high-end route the Nightmare Clan takes?" he said in a low voice, without any sarcasm, simply stating an observation.

The person on the bed did not answer, but made a steady "zzzzz" breathing sound.

He returned to the windowsill and sat down cross-legged.

Moonlight streamed in through the window, bathing the entire room in a silvery-white glow. The sound of even breathing came from the bed, like a kitten purring.

He closed his eyes.

The images of the starry sky he had just witnessed still lingered in his consciousness—not from an illusion, but from his own recollection. The arrangement of the stars, the flow of light and shadow, the weightlessness he felt as he plummeted into the starry sky…

There are no tricks, it's all talent.

It's an instinct etched into the blood of the Nightmare Clan.

But you can learn it.

Open your eyes again.

A flowing galaxy appeared in Ji Tian's pitch-black pupils.

It's not as numerous or as dense as Lilith's, but it is definitely spinning.

"In the blink of an eye, reality and illusion can be exchanged."

He withdrew his gaze, and the galaxy in his pupils slowly dissipated.

"This technique is called the 'Way of Illusionary Arrays' in the cultivation world. It uses divine sense as the array foundation, spiritual power as the array patterns, and heaven and earth as the array eye."

"Her innate supernatural abilities are merely the 'introduction' to this great path."

"But the introductory chapter is enough. In the next few days, I can use a large amount of divine sense to study whether it has the potential to evolve into a 'Heart Demon Tribulation'."

Ji Tian sighed, "Tsk, we've incurred a karmic debt after all. It's not good to ask her to become the main soul in the Human Emperor's Banner... What should we do?"

He returned to the windowsill, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate his qi in place of sleep.

Moonlight streamed in through the window, bathing the entire room in a silvery-white glow.

The sound of a kitten purring came from the bed, along with occasional sleep talking.

"Heh heh heh, Li Feiyu, you've finally met your match... You eat this... The strong are meant to humiliate the weak!"