After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Shi Yan saw the letter left on the tavern counter.

It was as if... Mo Shu had long anticipated that Shi Yan would return here.

With a heavy heart, Shi Yan stepped forward and picked up the letter.

"Teacher's words..."

"Do not--"

"Master..."

"Master's words... Sister... Please accept my appreciative gaze..."

The tavern owner's voice, unusually serious and heavy, echoed in Shi Yan's mind.

She and Shi Yan slowly recounted—

Everything she still remembers.

At the same time, Shi Yan also discovered the truth behind this tavern, which was built in almost every town in Kyushu.

Pulling open the cheongsam's bodice, it's as if paying homage to the tavern owner.

Shi Yan tucked the letter into the storage ring hidden in his chest.

Honestly... even though it's the same action, Shi Yan does it with much more flair than the tavern owner.

After all, the two are not in the same weight class at all.

Shi Yan looked at the entrance of the tavern.

Now... she knows how to get back to Nanjun City as quickly as possible to find the Womb Mandala.

The cabinet of "Yinghua City" essentially only exists in "Yinghua City" within the Southern County City.

No matter which town in Kyushu is "Yinghua City," pushing open the cabinet doors of "Yinghua City" will instantly transport you to a different place than Nanjun City—

Every tavern in these nine provinces is actually "overlapping" together through array formations.

The tavern... is a huge bridge connecting all parts of Kyushu.

The advantage of this is that when Yinghua City loses Yunshang's power, it loses the ability to reach Yinghua City from all over Kyushu.

As for taverns... as long as you have the key to a tavern, regardless of your cultivation level, you can freely travel between the Nine Provinces.

This was the last convenience that Mo Shu left for Shi Yan.

It was as if she had already foreseen everything that would happen after she risked her life to stop Jun Qianrou.

wrong--

It seems a bit problematic to say that she would have anticipated this.

It's likely that Yun Susu heard all of this while listening to whispered sweet nothings in her ear.

only……

Just as Shi Yan was about to set off for Nanjun City, her hand was gently pulled by the will of the Lord of Loulan.

"Loulan?" Shi Yan turned his head to look at the little Loulan avatar beside him.

The white-haired, loli-like girl gently pursed her lips.

"Teacher's words..."

"There's something..."

I must remind you—

"What!?" From the expression on the Lord of Loulan's face, Shi Yan saw an unprecedented solemnity and hesitation.

"That's about the otherworldly demons..."

"Regarding... the secret of the 'Record of Departure from Heaven'."

She reached out and gently touched Shi Yan's lower abdomen.

Master Yan could sense that the power of the "Record of Departure from Heaven" was awakening.

now--

Her "Record of Departure from Heaven" was stuck at the peak of the tenth level, just one step away from the eleventh level, "Demon Transformation".

Looking at Xiao Loulan's expression, Shi Yan suddenly felt an extremely ominous premonition.

"I told you, didn't I..."

"A thousand years ago... I created the 'Record of Departure from Heaven' together with the Pure Color Mandala, for—"

"It's about getting rid of this damned fate."

If the eleventh level of the "Record of Departure from Heaven," "Demon Transformation," is truly as its literal meaning suggests, allowing the cultivator to transform into an extraterrestrial demon.

Therefore, it is indeed possible that the ruler of Loulan could have escaped his fate back then.

“But you failed…” Shi Yan recalled the Pure Color Mandala’s tearful lament in front of him.

If Loulan hadn't sent her back to the Outer Heavens back then, things wouldn't have ended up like this today.

The one who dies on that battlefield will be the Fairy of Yaotai, not the Lord of Loulan.

What will be passed down through the world is the legend of the Lord of Loulan who defied the immortals and slew the heavens.

Although... the spiritual energy may have already perished by then.

However, the pure-colored mandala does not care.

As long as Loulan exists, as long as Shiyan lives, that's enough.

She didn't care about anything else.

"Do not……"

"I did it!"

"My talent isn't as good as yours now..."

“But at that time, I was really only one step away from the eleventh level, ‘Demon Transformation’.” Xiao Loulan suddenly smiled rather reluctantly.

"Then why..."

"Shiyan thinks..."

"Why does the Pure Color Mandala look so much like us in the past?" Without directly answering Shi Yan's question, the Lord of Loulan simply looked up.

"Wait a minute!!" Because in essence, the Lord of Loulan is Shiyan from the first timeline, and they share the same thoughts.

Therefore... Shi Yan understood the meaning of the Lord of Loulan almost instantly.

What an insane idea!

"Possession—"

"No... perhaps for the extraterrestrial demons, it cannot be described as possession."

"The eleventh level of the 'Record of Departure from Heaven,' 'Demon Transformation,' should actually be described as 'Suppression,' or... 'Replacement.'"

"I'm sure Shi Yan has already sensed it—"

"The pure color mandala is becoming more and more like a person."

"And you... are becoming more and more like a demon from beyond the heavens."

"You...you might even taste pleasure in the despair and hope of destiny."

Unlike simple pleasure monsters.

That joy truly brings strength and satisfaction to Shiyan.

"At that time, I... was only one key away from the eleventh level of the 'Record of Departure from Heaven'—"

"That is the 'Heavenly Demon's True Form' of the Pure Color Mandala."

That was something that Jingse Mandala gave to Shiyan from the very first real encounter between Shiyan and Jingse Mandala.

In other words-

If Shi Yan were willing, she could replace the pure-colored mandala right now.

Even... in that dead zone.

That alluring woman, clad only in a thin red veil, gazed towards the direction of the mortal world.

She was expecting—

She was waiting...

The moment the teacher broke through that crucial constraint—

Then give up everything you have.

Even if it means becoming an appendage of someone like the Heavenly Demon Bobiye, or even... disappearing and being obliterated.

She was willing to do it.

"She's so easy to fool—"

The sobbing sound was "like that of a child."

"With just one word from me, she will definitely hand over the 'True Demon's Secret'."

"But I can't do it—"

"I really can't do it..."

Just as fate hadn't anticipated that the Fairy of Yaotai would actually fall in love with the Lord of Loulan.

Loulan... never imagined that she would actually develop feelings for the Heavenly Demon.

"So now..."

"Shiyan..." She raised her eyes, which were red from crying.

What would you choose?

Part 480. Children make choices; adults are greedy and want it all.