I let the genie out of the bottle

"See! It's not black anymore! Stop hitting it!"

Lu Ye looked at the evil dragon in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked calmly.

"who are you?"

"Me?" The evil dragon flapped its wings, instinctively revealing an arrogant expression, as if it wanted to haughtily declare something. But then it realized its current situation, and its expression became respectful.

If this continued, he feared he would be beaten to death. He estimated that becoming the first dragon in the world to be beaten to death by humans would set an unprecedented record.

“I am the Black Evil Dragon King, Frido.”

"Oh." Lu Ye nodded slightly, then took a step forward. Then, he punched the enormous evil dragon, sending it flying backward.

"Why?!" The evil dragon, who had even changed its body color to white in order to save its own life, cried out in grievance.

It didn't understand why it was still being attacked.

In this situation, the evil dragon, whose thinking was not particularly sophisticated, desperately tried to reverse course and rack his brains for a way to survive.

Fortunately, the evil dragon felt it had finally come up with a way to satisfy the monster in human skin.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have gone black."

The evil dragon named Frit looked dejected, but was surprisingly obedient.

"Also, I am not the Black Evil Dragon King, I am..."

It seems a little difficult to talk about this.

"White Evil Dragon King".

P.S.: To be fair, the Israelites in the Bible really did...

Chapter Sixty-Three: Are you going or not?

Above a desert, in a clear blue sky, a dazzling sun suddenly sets.

Then, wind, fire, locusts, lightning, and other calamities followed one after another, creating a scene resembling the end of the world that unfolded continuously in the desert.

In the distance, sensing this scene as if the world were about to be destroyed, countless humans trembled in fear, hastily kneeling down and praying for divine salvation and forgiveness.

However, the gods here cannot save them, because they are already struggling to survive.

"boom!"

A massive shockwave exploded within the magnificent palace complex, creating a deafening roar.

If someone were watching from the sky, they would see that the entire palace complex had been pierced through.

This is the palace of Egypt, the residence of the pharaoh. In Egypt, a theocratic country, the temple and the pharaoh's palace on earth were, in a sense, one entity.

While wandering among humans, he happened to arrive in Egypt and discovered that it was time for Moses to lead his people out of Egypt.

In the words of the Pharaoh here, these Israelites used to take advantage of famines to flee to Egypt, but now that they've grown up, they want to leave again. What a joke!

Furthermore, when they previously oppressed the Israelis within their own borders, no one in the biblical system intervened to stop them. Over time, this emboldened them.

Therefore, when the Israelites attempted to leave Egypt and return to Canaan, they wanted to stop them.

Although Lu Ye felt that these Israelites were not exactly good people, the Exodus was, after all, part of the Bible, so out of respect for the Holy Spirit, he decided to take action.

After all, in the entire biblical system, apart from him and Saints, no one else was able to subdue the entire Egyptian pantheon with a single blow.

"Alright, now that Moses wants to leave Egypt, no one should be stopping him, right?"

As Lu Ye spoke, he slowly withdrew his fist, a gentle smile on his face.

Several kilometers away, a huge, fiery red corpse was slowly dissipating into a shower of light.

As the remains of that body gradually dissipated, the sunlight in the sky above this country seemed to dim somewhat.

Perhaps it's because this deceased fellow was the sun god; it's normal for his death to have some impact, which will soon disappear.

With that in mind, Lu Ye looked up at the sky and stopped caring about the fact that the sunlight had suddenly dimmed.

However, being too lazy to say much, he simply beat up every single god in the entire Egyptian pantheon who had shown their face. Although it was just a few casual blows for Lu Ye, it seemed to be quite a bit too much for these gods who weren't very powerful.

He was so focused on beating up all the gods of Egypt that he seemed to have inadvertently overturned Egyptian mythology. To be honest, he was just doing it for fun, and he never expected that these gods would be gone just like that.

He had just heard the sun god shouting something like, "I am the god of the sun, the immortal sun, and I will never die here," so he increased the force in his hand.

Looking back now, it's a bit disheartening that the sun god, after shouting his slogans, failed to deliver on his promises.

However, in any case, once they discovered that all the gods of their country had died, Egypt probably wouldn't have been able to stop Moses from leading the Israelites away.

With that thought in mind, Lu Ye nodded slightly and prepared to leave to continue his journey.

However, after taking only a few steps, he suddenly realized that something seemed amiss.

According to the biblical story, the Egyptian Pharaoh would have needed to lead his army to pursue Moses and drive the Israelites all the way to the Red Sea.

Just when all hope seemed lost, God intervened, parting the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to pass. Then, when the Egyptian Pharaoh led his people into the Red Sea, the sea closed in, and the Pharaoh and his army were drowned.

So Lu Ye took a step forward, crossing the distance of a cluster of palaces, and appeared before the Pharaoh.

The Egyptian pharaoh stood there, dumbfounded, staring at his palace complex, completely stunned.

Clearly, both the horrific spectacle of the war between the gods and the swift defeat of his own pantheon's deities dealt a significant blow to the pharaoh.

"Moses is about to lead the Israelites away from here, aren't you hurrying to catch up?"

Seeing the Pharaoh standing there, having forgotten his earlier purpose of preventing the Israelites from leaving, Lu Ye kindly reminded him.

When Moses left Egypt, there were many different opinions about which pharaoh was in power.

Many believe that the pharaoh at that time was Pharaoh Ramses II, the most famous pharaoh in Egyptian history. However, others believe that the pharaoh during Moses' departure from Egypt was Melenpta.

In the world of High School DxD, the Pharaoh during the time Moses left was the latter.

Pharaoh Melepta, who was already reeling from the easy annihilation of his pantheon of gods, suddenly heard a voice enter his ears. He trembled and nearly collapsed to his knees.

The pharaoh, who had once achieved great military exploits, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and bowed forward—although he did not know where the foreign god he had spoken with was.

"Great God, please believe that Melanputa would never dare to stop Moses from leading the Israelites away!"

Melepta's words were resounding and full of sincerity.

Having witnessed firsthand how the unknown god Moses and the Israelites could so easily destroy all the Egyptian gods they worshipped, how could Melepta possibly have the courage to make things difficult for the Israelites?

“Ah, that’s not what I meant.” Lu Ye stroked his chin, his tone seemingly annoyed. “I was just reminding you that if you’re going to chase after the Israelites, you should set off now. Otherwise, they’ll escape.”

"Great foreign god, believe me, I will never again trouble your people, those Israelites!"

Melenputa looked panicked and tried his best to defend himself.

In the Pharaoh's view, Lu Ye's claim that he was being sent to chase after the Israelites was definitely a pretext to annihilate the entire Egypt!

"I said, I'm asking you to lead a large army to pursue the Israelites. Are you going or not?" Lu Ye asked calmly, raising an eyebrow.

Pharaoh Melenpta knelt down with a thud, on the verge of tears, but his face remained resolute.

We must never make things difficult for the Israelis.

Lu Ye silently raised his hand, and the next moment, the already dilapidated palace complex was reduced to ashes with a loud bang, leaving only a bottomless pit.

P.S.: The protagonist is too powerful, and his personality isn't suited for a storyline involving multiple female characters... Ugh, I'm so conflicted about how to write the sequel. Can anyone give me some advice? I'd like to crowdfund this book...

Chapter Sixty-Four: I am the beginning, I am the end!

Upon seeing the newly formed deep pit, Pharaoh Melenpta gasped in shock.

The heretical god seemed to have given up on persuading him. But this single action, which reduced an immeasurable palace complex to ashes in an instant, made him realize the unspoken meaning conveyed.

Go, and you might die.

If you don't go, you'd better die right now!

Upon seeing this, the Pharaoh immediately wore an expression of profound grief. However, he had no choice but to obediently gather his army and pursue the Israelites led by Moses.

The Egyptian army drove the Israelites, led by Moses, all the way to the Red Sea, where the sea blocked their path.

Looking at the turbulent Red Sea before them, the Israelites immediately regretted their actions, blaming Moses for forcing his people to leave Egypt with him. They even wished to abandon their journey to the Promised Land of Canaan and return to Egypt.

At that moment, the Red Sea parted on its own, revealing a path through its waters. Using this path, the Israelites were able to cross the Red Sea and eventually set foot on the land of Canaan.

However, unlike the account in the Bible, when the pursuing Egyptian army was driven into the sea, Lu Ye had already controlled the separated seawater to gradually close it back together.

In this way, there would naturally be no large-scale Egyptian army chasing into the Red Sea and ultimately being submerged.

Then, Lu Ye had no intention of communicating with Moses and left directly.

He knew that Moses' historical mission was over. Soon, he would use the divine instruments residing within him to promulgate laws for the Israelites. Then, before officially setting foot on the land of Canaan, the prophet Moses would die.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Lu Ye anymore. At this moment, he was simply moving from one civilization to another on this ancient land.

Since the events surrounding Moses, Lu Ye has continued to wander the world for over eight hundred years, from the fourteenth century BC to the sixth century BC.

In these eight hundred years, time seems to have left not a single trace on him.

If time is a long river, and all living beings in this world are merely fish in it, swept away by the waves, then Lu Ye is undoubtedly like a solid rock at the bottom of the river, untouched by the current.

His body was no longer weakened by the passage of time, and at this point, the influence of time and history on his mind was also negligible.

However, that alone is not enough.

Even the hardest rock may remain unchanged for hundreds or thousands of years under the scouring of a river, but after hundreds of millions of years of erosion, it is still difficult to guarantee that it will remain unscathed.

Time is a river, and the present is a dam that runs across it. On one side of the dam is the past, and on the other side is the future. No, if we compare the present with the past and the future, then the "present" is merely a thin membrane, its thickness negligible.

At this moment, he is still in the river of time, but Lu Ye wants to jump out of the river of time, transcend the timeline, and be independent of time.

It exists independently of time, is independent of anything, and will not cease to exist because of anything. It itself encompasses its own "past, present, and future".

In other words, it is "self-existent and eternal".

It is both Alfa and Omega; it is the first and the last; it is the beginning and the end.

His footprints were left in civilizations one after another. Babylon, Egypt, India... Finally, his footsteps crossed the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and entered the land of China.

This place is still in a period of war and turmoil. A dynasty that once spread its glory across the land no longer has the power to cover the entire area, and its rule exists in name only.

As the Zhou Dynasty weakened, its vassal states waged war against each other in an attempt to seize hegemony. Corresponding to the frequency of wars was the liberation and flourishing of thought.

In the future, on this ancient land, the colossal state of Jin will crumble overnight, splitting into three states, turning another page in history and ushering in the Warring States period from the Spring and Autumn period.

Lu Ye was dressed in clothes appropriate for the Chinese people of this era, with a long sword on his back for self-defense in this chaotic world, and a bag on his back, looking travel-worn.

He wandered the land solely according to his own desires, and at this moment he arrived in the land of China. However, unfortunately, this place did not give him any sense of familiarity.

In this era, Lu Ye's attire as a swordsman was quite common.

"King Wu loved swordsmen, and the people suffered many wounds; King Chu loved slender waists, and many starved to death in the palace."

Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, swords were the main equipment for military operations. Under the advocacy of the ruling class, wearing swords, sword dueling, practicing swordsmanship, discussing swordsmanship, and appraising swords became fashionable during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

During the Warring States period, there was a famous story: "King Wen of Zhao loved swords. Swordsmen lined his door, and more than three thousand guests fought in front of him day and night. More than a hundred people died or were injured each year. He never tired of it, and this continued for three years."

Even the renowned Confucian sage, Confucius, would likely have dressed similarly when he traveled to various states.

"To happen to meet on such a large planet like this is indeed not an easy thing." Lu Ye slowly withdrew the long sword that had pierced the chest of a highway robber, sheathed it, and muttered to himself.

As his body lost its support, the robber's body crashed to the ground. Behind him lay the corpses of many other robbers, lying haphazardly.

Although we had not yet entered the Warring States period, the time when conflicts between the states were most intense, the Spring and Autumn period was also marked by constant warfare among the states, and bandits emerged in large numbers amidst the chaos.

Although Lu Ye was wandering the earth as a mortal, he didn't make things difficult for himself.

With the thought of "don't let anything happen that will upset me," even though he only has an ordinary iron sword, terrible swordsmanship, and strength no different from that of an ordinary person, he can still run rampant in the world.

At that moment, he happened to witness a caravan being intercepted by bandits, so he stepped in to help, following the style of swordsmen of that era.

If he had been willing to put in a little more effort, he could have ensured the safety of the entire caravan. However, because he didn't want to spoil his own fun, the unfortunate caravan naturally ended up with quite a few corpses.

"Sir, may I ask for your name?"

The caravan leader, who was awestruck by the sight before him, asked tremblingly.

“Hmm, you can call me—” Lu Ye thought for a moment, “Ye.”