The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Information about the film world was then imprinted into my mind.

[Shadow World: The Legend of Undying Echoes]

[Level: 9]

The number of challengers is 1.

The story of the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm marks the end of one chapter in history, but also a brand new beginning...

Several omitted chapters remain, as if carved into the Holy Kingdom.

[The Epic of the Holy Kingdom, Part One: Throughout the history of the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm, heroes have upheld their will and faith, averting the world's impending doom and ultimately paving the way for a new life for both realms.]

The gap between compassion and the power of justice is called faith, called courage. The Holy Emperor, as the people expected, brought peace to the world.

However, the anomalies in the Holy Capital and the decline of the Holy Ritual Church remained unforgettable for the Holy Emperor. No matter how hard he investigated, the vanished and hidden evil spirits never reappeared.

【…】

[The Epic of the Holy Kingdom, Part Two: Time has passed, and the world has undergone earth-shattering changes, bringing both blessings and calamities.]

Day after day, everything is moving in a positive direction.

[In the midst of seemingly calm weather, no one knows what happened that night; everything happened too suddenly, and disaster struck in an instant.]

In this hellish scene, people felt as if they were trapped in a nightmare from which they could not awaken. Under divine punishment, the weak had nowhere to hide, and in the end, only despair remained. No one left, and no one had the strength to continue.

[A cunning merchant in prosperous times amasses wealth and controls the world, yet in chaotic times he upholds loyalty and righteousness, giving away his entire fortune to save the suffering from dire straits.]

【…】

[The Holy Kingdom Epic, Part Three: However, compared to the real crisis, this was merely a signal; malice once again began to spread in the shadows at an unpredictable speed.]

Even if everything has changed beyond recognition, the underlying causes of evil will never disappear, and the persistent detective will not overlook any clue.

The significance of the bloodshed in the capital back then can never be forgotten.

The resurgence of malice, clashing with an unyielding belief, will surely bring countless moments of dawn.

【…】

[The Holy Kingdom Epic, Part Four: It requires a solitary soul to dedicate themselves, a person chosen from among thousands.]

There was not a trace of fear in his eyes, but that wasn't bravery or fearlessness.

[A promise, a close friend, and the tranquility of sunset.]

He never needed to fight, but his battle never ceased.

Because it was a prophecy already engraved on the wall.

【…】

[This Shadow World is the final chapter of the historical story of the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm; no more Shadow Worlds of this series will be opened in the future.]

[Mission Objective 1: Understand the supreme magical barrier of the Demon Realm and increase the completion rate of the modification to over 50%.]

[Mission Objective 2: Unlocked after completing Mission Objective 1.]

[Mission Objective 3: Unlocked after completing Mission Objective 2.]

[Note: Recklessly harming humans, demons, and many native races in the Shadow World, or severely damaging their favorability, may lead to mission failure and trigger unimaginable consequences.]

[89 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes remaining.]

[This map is extremely large and open-world; challengers may spend a significant amount of time traversing it. Please plan your mission progress carefully.]

[Because you are blessed by the goddesses of reincarnation and fate, even if you perish in this Shadow World, you will remain in ghost form until the Shadow World ends.]

[Note: In this Shadow World, your identity is—Demon Lord Delois.]

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Author's Note:

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you all for your company in 2022!

The best book of the year has been won! Thank you all again for your support! Now my only goal is to finish this book and make it a complete story! I'll try to finish the main story before the Lantern Festival, and then start writing free side stories (or maybe the actual story?).

Today's update is an extra effort for the New Year, but my sleep schedule has been really messed up, and I feel it's getting dangerous if this continues. I've had a mysterious low-grade fever all night, and I'll probably have to take the day off tomorrow to adjust my schedule. Sorry in advance...

365 Dekan revisits the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm

Dekan removed the book from his face, slowly opened his eyes as if waking up, looked at the sky, and then picked up the book again with a slightly puzzled expression and casually flipped through it.

Dekan was like a young man who had taken a break from his busy schedule and was resting in a flower field.

I was completely immersed in this patch of flowers and plants.

Like the gentle twilight of early morning lingering around your fingertips.

There is neither sun nor moonlight here.

The night sky is only dotted with starlight.

He could see everything around him very clearly even while lying there.

The moment I picked up the book, my gaze fell upon a solemn and majestic stone cemetery, its strange sense of holiness and magic like the intersection of heaven and the underworld.

This is undoubtedly the safest starting point for him.

You can even lie there without feeling any sense of vigilance.

The flowers and plants planted everywhere give the originally magnificent Demon King's Tomb a gentle vitality.

The pristine, full-bodied plants of the demon realm, like veils and mist, though silent, seemed to be waiting for someone in silence.

Familiar, yet somewhat different.

This Demon King's Tomb is a little brighter than it was when it was the Demon Realm Prison, and it no longer feels oppressive.

But it's not as purely dreamlike as the Demon King's Tomb in the present world.

It seems to be a state between the two.

Dekan finally knows the answer to the question of "who planted the flowers in the Demon King's Tomb".

Delois clearly couldn't forget the sea of ​​flowers behind the lord's manor.

At the same time, Dekan was certain that his starting point this time was once again in the Demon Realm.

Moreover, it was a place he knew all too well.

Dekan never expected that Delois would ultimately become the Demon King.

Logically speaking, Delois shouldn't have any interest in the Demon King's throne.

Rather than staying in the Demon Realm, Delois would rather belong to the Holy Kingdom for the rest of her life.

So how many years have passed?

Why did Delois become the Demon King?

How many events occurred in between that were enough to change the course of history?

Dekan frowned, as if he had just woken up and was trying to figure out what he was dreaming about.

This sense of emptiness made him slightly uncomfortable.

In the past, when each of the film worlds seemed to be independent, things were fine.

There's no need to think about it so much.

Moreover, even without other information about the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm, the various Shadow Worlds were completely isolated from each other, so it wouldn't affect the challenges from the Shadow Worlds at all.

But now, the final chapter of the Holy Kingdom and the Demon Realm, which the Shadow World had pointed out last time, has finally arrived.

All that has passed will be connected at this moment, forming cause and effect.

Every piece of intelligence became incredibly important.

This is also a Shadow World that Dekan has never challenged before, second only to the tenth-order Shadow World, a Shadow World that is a nightmare for the real world.

Generally speaking, in a ninth-tier shadow world, any lack of information is fatal.

However, the home-like environment quickly eased Dekan's tension.

Upon closer reflection, the situation isn't so bad.

Because the world of movies guarantees rationality and is relatively fair.

Although Dekan and Delois have similar abilities.

However, as a challenger in the present world, Dekan possesses much future information that Delois is unaware of, while Dekan also lacks some past information that Delois knows.

Despite the lack of intelligence, Dekan believed that there was an insurmountable gap in strength between himself and the Demon King Delois in the current timeline.

After all, Delois, being a demon, lived several decades longer than Dekan, being a human.

Even if Delois was a pioneer on the path, the long years would accumulate a hard gap that Dekan, who was rushing along the old path, could not fill.

To balance all these differences between Dekan and Deloitte, the fairness of the film world is reflected in the selection of the time point.

It chose to open the show at a time when Dekan was at a disadvantage due to a lack of intelligence.

All of this demonstrates that Dekan's intelligence and overall strength are superior to Delois'.

"It seems that knowing information about the Chaos God and having fought the Chaos God twice gives me a significant advantage, even if my strength is inferior to Delois'..."

Dekan muttered to himself.

The biggest difference in intelligence between him and Delois probably lies in the Chaos God.

Of course, a small portion is located in the Demon King's Tomb.

After all, Dekan had seen the future Demon King's Tomb and knew that this unfinished barrier was the final means for the demons and Delois to fight against the Chaos God.

Now, as the master of this place, Dekan can clearly feel—

Compared to the Demon King's Tomb in the present world, which is completely perfect and cannot be invaded or analyzed in any way.

The Demon King's Tomb seems to be in developer mode right now, and someone had already made a long-term modification to it before I even started my Shadow World.

Clearly, Delois is working diligently to analyze the accumulated wisdom of demon kings over tens of thousands of years and plans to create an absolute barrier that surpasses the supreme masterpieces of all previous demon kings.

The final product is the perfect Demon King's Tomb in the present world, capable of annihilating all Chaos Gods.