After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

lesson……

What lesson was learned?

Zhou Yan was hesitant to ask Nuwa what she intended to do to him, so the young man could only lift his trembling feet and climb the steps one by one.

Just like when he met Jiufeng and the Queen and Saintess of Qingqiu last time, Zhou Yan knew that he was getting closer and closer to the end, but he still held an unrealistic hope in his heart that the road to the end was endless and that he would never finish walking it in his lifetime.

Of course, this hope was impossible to realize; Zhou Yan only walked for a few minutes before reaching the summit from the mountainside.

He looked at Nuwa, who stood at the end of the steps, at eye level.

Nuwa gently chuckled.

"Pfft..."

Zhou Yan's knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground. At the same time, Zhou Yan's skin stretched and tore his clothes apart, with white hairs emerging from the torn parts.

Zhou Yan slowly transformed into his mythical form.

Zhou Yan cannot use bloodline supernatural powers in this era, but he is still Bai Ze, only his bloodline has not been awakened.

Just like Bai Rusu who was killed in the past in Qingqiu Cave Heaven, the dead Bai Rusu is still Bai Rusu, but her bloodline hasn't awakened.

Zhou Yan, his bloodlines activated, landed on all fours, breathing heavily.

A hand descended from the sky and landed on Zhou Yan's head.

Zhou Yan thought Nuwa wanted to pet him, and was about to say something gentle when an unimaginable pain exploded in his mind.

Zhou Yan's hair stood on end instantly, his eyes widened in anger, and the muscles in his hands, feet, back, abdomen, and face began to bulge and twitch from under his skin.

I had a full-body cramp.

When Zhou Yan was sleeping, he turned over and his foot moved. Suddenly, his calf cramped up, and the pain was so intense that it woke him up immediately. He hugged his calf and trembled uncontrollably.

At that time, Zhou Yan thought he was experiencing the most painful torture a human being could endure.

Now that the pain was no longer limited to his calves and had spread to his hands, feet, lower abdomen, back, and head, Zhou Yan realized that the cramps he had experienced while sleeping before were nothing compared to the excruciating pain he was now experiencing.

Zhou Yan was sweating profusely, his tiny paws gripping the ground, but he dared not move an inch.

The white snake that was coiled around Zhou Yan crawled onto his body. It seemed to sense that something was wrong with Zhou Yan and began to breathe spiritual energy into him to reduce his pain.

But that didn't work.

The pain originating from Zhou Yan's spiritual center manifested in his physical body as a full-body spasm that could not be suppressed by physical comfort.

"me……"

"My lady..."

“刺《|猬∫」摺±∧代購：ba〕牾】—企＿∵陆”∥』泤er殤命…

Zhou Yan cried, cried from the pain, and also felt intense nausea and dizziness.

After a long while, Nuwa removed her hand from Zhou Yan's head. Zhou Yan swayed a few times on the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground. However, before he fell, Nuwa reached out and grabbed Zhou Yan, picked up the child, and slowly walked towards a temple on the mountaintop.

……

In the Great Capital of Meng, within the Weiyang Palace, in a courtyard.

A beautiful, delicate-looking young girl lying in bed suddenly opened her eyes.

"I?"

The girl sat up halfway, looked around, and after a few breaths, she spoke.

"Illusion! It's all an illusion!"

"They're definitely all fake!"

"You monster! How dare you insult the Five Officials of the Imperial Observatory! Aren't you afraid that the Grand Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory will come and slaughter your entire family!"

The young girl is Chun Guan Zheng—Zhao Wuji.

Spring Official had just awakened, his memory still stuck on the scene where his physical body and primordial spirit had turned into dust and broken apart.

According to this memory, he and another Winter Official should have both died. With their primordial spirits destroyed, even reincarnation was a luxury.

But now, I've actually woken up again. What does that mean?

Everything that happened just now was fake, an illusion. It was all a lie. I am a top-tier cultivator in the Imperial Observatory, a third-rank official. How could I possibly have my physical body and primordial spirit destroyed by some unknown demoness?

It must have been that sorceress who used some incredible illusion to bewitch her senses and perception.

However, the fact that she could bewitch him, one of the five officials second only to the emperor in the Imperial Observatory, still made Zhao Wuji think that the enchanting woman from who-knows-where was indeed quite powerful.

He should be a top cultivator who is almost on par with his own Grand Supervisor.

When did such a master emerge in this world?

Zhao Wuji got out of bed. As he got out, he felt a slight heaviness in his chest. Looking down, he saw secondary sexual characteristics that were not typical of men.

Zhao Wuji frowned slightly and immediately reached out to confirm whether he was male or female.

After a while, Zhao Wuji withdrew his hand.

It's nothing, after all, it's an illusion. Sight, hearing, smell and touch are all controlled by someone, so it's not a big deal that my body has become a woman.

As long as that demoness is found, this illusion can be broken, and the Dharma body that I have cultivated for a hundred years can be restored.

As the youngest genius in the Imperial Observatory and the strongest Taoist priest in the Imperial Observatory in a hundred years, Zhao Wuji believed he had great self-confidence and would not bow down to anyone, not even that demoness.

How could I take my unwavering and flawless Dao heart lightly?!

Zhao Wuji pushed open the door to his bedroom. Two palace maids were standing outside. When one of the maids saw Zhao Wuji come out, her nervous expression vanished.

"Your Majesty, you scared me to death just now?"

Another palace maid patted her chest and said.

"Just now, Your Highness, you fainted. The imperial physician who came to examine you said that Your Highness was deficient in three aspects of qi and blood, and your pulse was weak. I... I thought..."

The second palace maid sniffed, and two clear tears suddenly streamed down her face.

The first palace maid hurriedly said.

"No way, I knew long ago that Your Majesty was blessed with good fortune and would surely be able to turn misfortune into good luck."

The first palace maid spoke to Zhao Wuji with a joyful expression.

"Your Majesty, are you hungry? Shall I get you some donkey-hide gelatin and red date porridge to replenish your energy?"

Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment, then realized that he recognized the two palace maids.

The current emperor is a devout follower of Taoism. He not only collects various types of virgin menstrual blood to refine elixirs, but also has a group of palace maids around him to enhance their cultivation through dual cultivation. Of course, these palace maids cannot directly engage in dual cultivation outside the palace. They must be educated and guided by Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory to refine their qi, consume elixirs, and refine the essence within their bodies. Once they become suitable alchemical vessels, they are then sent to the current emperor.

Zhao Wuji was appointed by the Grand Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory and trained several palace maids with outstanding looks and abundant yin energy. The two palace maids outside the gate are the ones trained by Zhao Wuji. One of them is the most beautiful and has the best dual cultivation technique. She is also one of the most outstanding furnace vessels by the side of the current emperor.

Zhao Wuji was furious.

How could that enchantress, who came from who-knows-where, possibly know these secrets?

Zhao Wuji, a proud man, always looked down on educating palace maids to become dual cultivation vessels, but due to the pressure from the Grand Eunuch, he still did it.

现在那位妖2女将这事儿9摆在赵无4极面前，0与羞辱何异4？3〃5〗6/→4≡

The hot-blooded young Zhao Wuji had never suffered such humiliation before.

Zhao Wuji vowed not to let him escape from this demoness's illusion, otherwise he would definitely call the other five officials and the chief eunuch together to capture this demoness alive!

At that time...

Footsteps approached from outside the courtyard, and soon a pale-faced, beardless eunuch entered. Upon seeing Zhao Wuji, the eunuch bowed and said...

"Your Majesty, His Majesty has recently gained some insight and invites you to Funing Palace to discuss the Dao of Heaven together."

Zhao Wuji: "..."

This is called "having gained some understanding" and "jointly studying the Dao of Heaven," which sounds nice, but in reality, it's called "dual cultivation."

Zhao Wuji felt grief and indignation.

What a vixen!

Not only did she give herself a female body, but she also wanted to engage in dual cultivation with the current emperor!

Humiliation x2.

I swear I won't be a man if I don't kill you!

……

On the other side, Yanfu Hall.

Dong Guanzheng An Ningbai woke up from the soreness all over her body.

"I'm not dead?"

Like Zhao Wuji, Dong Guanzheng's last memory was that his physical body and primordial spirit had turned to dust. Logically speaking, it would be impossible for him to survive when his physical body and primordial spirit were completely destroyed, but Dong Guanzheng can still feel his body now.

Although my whole body aches, the pain is unbearable.

Dong Guanzheng got up, rubbed his eyes, and looked around. What he saw shocked him.

Dongguan found himself in a very familiar dormitory room, surrounded by several palace maids who were sleeping because they were feeling unwell.

Is this the Yanfu Hall?!

The current emperor is a devout follower of Taoism, and for this reason, every few years he recruits several hundred to a thousand young women from the common people to be used as medicinal ingredients and bring them into the palace.

Because all the medicinal herbs were required to be virgins, Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory would periodically inspect the three palaces where these herbs resided. If any of them were not virgins, they would be arrested and killed.

The Winter Official had occasionally visited Yanfu Palace and led a team to investigate the palace maids there several times. Each time he encountered a few palace maids who had had affairs with palace guards and were no longer virgins, he would have them arrested and killed.

No survivors will be left.

So, why am I here?

Dong Guanzheng touched his body and, after confirming several times, he realized that he had become a woman, and that he had drunk the spiritual medicine made by the Imperial Observatory, which had severely hollowed out his body.

As a high-ranking official in the Imperial Observatory, the Winter Official knew very well that after the current emperor recruited young women from all over the country to serve as palace maids, he would regularly feed these maids medicine. This medicine would deplete the maids' vital essence, initially making them easily tired, then causing sore hands and feet, and finally causing them to feel weak all over.

When it gets serious, the skin and flesh will dry out, making the person look decades older. At this stage, they can die at any time within a month or two.

Many of the palace maids used as medicinal ingredients died in the first year due to exhaustion from the effects of the medicine; even more died in the second year.

Therefore, every few years, the emperor would recruit new palace maids to enter the palace.

However, the world is so vast, and as the current emperor and the ruler of humanity, no one would care if he wanted to eat hundreds of palace maids every year.

The Imperial Observatory didn't think anything of it. In fact, the Winter Official, a high-ranking official in the Imperial Observatory, was praised for facilitating the current emperor's alchemy.

But what goes around comes around.

Dong Guanzheng became one of these medicinal herbs. (Wu)

……

At the entrance of Funing Palace.

Zhao Wuji looked up at the plaque of Funing Palace. For a fleeting moment, he wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that this illusion wasn't unreal.

Regardless of Zhao Wuji's current inability to use magic, his heavy body, and his inability to use his spiritual senses or various spells, simply observing his surroundings as he walked from his own courtyard to Fu Ning Palace revealed that there was absolutely nothing abnormal about his surroundings.

If the illusion mechanics are overdone, it will result in a low-quality game riddled with bugs. It's quite normal for a PC to suddenly become unresponsive, for a PC to clip through objects, or for a PC to have distorted body shapes.

But Zhao Wuji couldn't see any special PC that could confirm that it was all an illusion.

Even the eunuch in front of him spoke with great poise and knew exactly what was going on in Weiyang Palace, which was consistent with Zhao Wuji's memory.

Zhao Wuji even suspected that the eunuch who brought him to Funing Palace was the demoness herself.

After passing through the guards at the entrance of Funing Palace, one arrives at the emperor's bedroom. Outside the room, the eunuch bows respectfully and calls out in his distinctive hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty, Lady Yaogu has arrived."

These top-notch alchemists, trained by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, had all won the favor of the current emperor. For this, these alchemists, regardless of their official rank, were all addressed as "Empresses."

The voice of the current emperor, unchanged from Zhao Wuji's memory, came from the bedroom.

"Xiao Dezi, let Yaogu in."

The young eunuch walked to the bedroom door and pushed it open.

"Your Majesty, please go inside."

The young eunuch reached into the bedroom.