I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

You said that Kagaya Ubuyashiki's ability to foresee the future seems pretty bad?

This is purely from the perspective of effect. In reality, the ability to "prophesy" and "foresee the future" is of such a high level that it is not common in any world. Even in a dimensional world with gods and demons, the ability to prophesy is something that people value. An outstanding prophet can even make a future prophecy that will amaze gods and demons if they happen to be there.

Looking at the world of Demon Slayer, it's almost a supernatural world, but that's not quite right. At least in Japan, apart from the Demon Slayer Corps' breathing techniques, Nichirin Blades, wisteria flowers, and some rare and exotic items, there's no truly systematic inheritance of supernatural power. Even the mysterious priest system, the supernatural combat power they inherit is actually inferior to that of the Demon Slayer Corps. For example, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's supernatural ability is actually a precognitive ability that's no longer available in Japan.

Strictly speaking, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's ability to foresee the future is actually very limited. He himself cannot control this ability, and it is sometimes effective and sometimes not, and the future situations he foresees are also different. Sometimes he can "see" certain future scenarios that he does not want to see at all, and sometimes the future situations he "sees" bring him great benefits. For example, the future scenario with the [Stone Pillar] Gyomei Himejima was a future scenario that Kagaya Ubuyashiki foresaw, and he saved him and made him the strongest Pillar-level powerhouse in the Demon Slayer Corps. There are also one or two other Pillar-level powerhouses who have encountered this situation in a similar way, or they found it on a whim.

Compared to Kagaya Ubuyashiki's unreliable ability to foresee the future, his leadership skills are outstanding. His voice and rhythmic movements can unconsciously captivate others. In addition, he manages the Ubuyashiki family and the Demon Slayer Corps very well. It can be said that the Demon Slayer Corps, which had declined somewhat after being replaced by the Japanese Shogunate a few decades ago, has risen again and has developed very smoothly in the last ten years or so.

It is precisely because of this that everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps has great faith in Kagaya Ubuyashiki's abilities. When Kagaya Ubuyashiki said that his ability to foresee the future was insufficient, it did not affect the several Pillar-level powerhouses at all. On the contrary, they felt that their lord was too humble!

"That's a bit of a pity. I wonder where that 'evil spirit' will run to these nights, not to mention the possibility that many more ordinary people might be killed..."

Seeing Kagaya Ubuyashiki so frankly admit the flaws in his ability to foresee the future, the Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, sighed. He couldn't help but look up at the sunlit sky and speak his mind, leaving the other Hashira and Kagaya Ubuyashiki speechless, unsure how to continue this heavy topic.

Without a doubt, no one present, including Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the current head of the Demon Slayer Corps, believed that Kanae Kocho and the others could escape unscathed. According to the data collected by the Demon Slayer Corps in the past, demons do not appear during the day but wreak havoc at night. When faced with a demon who is no match for a Demon Slayer Corps swordsman, a demon with intelligence will not hesitate to run away. The previous "demon Li Mo" seemed harmless, but now it turns out that he has made a big mistake.

Although the Butterfly Mansion headquarters of the Demon Slayer Corps suffered no major losses, and apart from Kanae Kocho, Shinobu Kocho, and Kanae Tsuyuri, the other personnel were unharmed except for a dozen or so who sustained minor injuries, the "death" of the Flower Pillar, Kanae Kocho, was still particularly heartbreaking for Kagaya Ubuyashiki. She was a top genius who created the branch breathing technique, Flower Breathing, and even a hundred ordinary Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen could not match her combat power, let alone two other Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen with equally outstanding talents.

If possible, Kagaya Ubuyashiki would like to immediately gather the remaining five Pillar-level Demon Slayer Corps members to surround and kill that demon. However, as he himself said, the situation is difficult. To quickly find a powerful and highly mobile demon, the Demon Slayer Corps would need to expend a great deal of manpower and resources. Most importantly, it depends on luck whether they can seize clues when the demon's whereabouts are exposed.

Now, after hearing the words of the Sound Hashira, Uzui Tengen, Kagaya Ubuyashiki can only hope to find that powerful and disguised demon as soon as possible. Otherwise, not to mention the already "sacrificed" Kanae Kocho and others, there will probably be many more people who become the demon's food!

"Ahem, we still need to do our best. Order all intelligence personnel to search the nearest towns and villages for any reports of mysterious disappearances..."

After only a few seconds of hesitation, Kagaya Ubuyashiki made a decision. He planned to mobilize all the intelligence personnel of the Demon Slayer Corps to find this cunning demon who might have the ability to disguise himself. Otherwise, the "sacrifice" of the Flower Pillar Kanae Kocho and her two sisters would be unacceptable, and even the other members of the Demon Slayer Corps might have some complaints.

"That's right!"

"If we receive the news, it would be best to gather at least three Pillar-level combatants to join forces and kill that evil spirit; that would be the safest course of action!"

"I agree……"

Upon hearing their lord Kagaya Ubuyashiki's decision, Gyomei Himejima, Tengen Uzui, Obanai Iguro, and others had no further objections and expressed their agreement with the proposal. Even the relatively unknown Giyu Tomioka and Kyojuro Rengoku, two Pillar-level powerhouses, agreed with the proposal.

Even Gyomei Himejima, who was closest to Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho, suggested that at least three Pillar-level powerhouses should work together to kill her. He was very clear about Kanae Kocho's talent and strength. Her talent was so outstanding that she was able to create a branch of the "Flower Breathing Technique". Her strength would rank among the top three in the Demon Slayer Corps. However, according to the intelligence from the Butterfly Mansion headquarters, Kanae Kocho had little power to fight back against that demon.

Given the status of the Stone Pillar, Gyomei Himejima, he naturally knows the ranking of demons. From ordinary demons to demons with blood demon arts to lower-level demons to upper-level demons to the progenitor demon king, Kanae Kocho's promotion to Flower Pillar was achieved by killing a lower-level demon. So wouldn't the demon that "killed" her be at least a lower-level demon?

Even though a battle cannot be judged solely by statistics, but rather by the on-the-spot performance and restraint of both sides, the fighting power of the demons cannot be denied. Especially for the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen with their mortal bodies, the demons' super regenerative abilities are practically a bug. They might not die even if their limbs are cut off or they are severed in two, while for Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen, losing a hand or foot would be certain death. However, according to reports from the Butterfly Mansion headquarters, Kanae Kocho was easily defeated by the demon in a head-on confrontation, which means the opponent's strength is terrifying.

Under these circumstances, anyone would conclude that it's "courting death" for someone to rashly go searching for the whereabouts of the ghost god Li Mo alone. The Stone Pillar, Gyomei Himejima, and the others are not fools, so they naturally wouldn't do such a suicidal thing. Otherwise, they wouldn't have suggested that at least three Pillar-level powerhouses join forces. The reason is that they were afraid that if a single Pillar-level powerhouse went, it would be like sending a lamb to the slaughter. With three Pillar-level powerhouses joining forces, there was at least a chance of retreating.

Of course, some people were worried that even if three Pillar-level powerhouses joined forces, they might not be able to defeat the demon. How could the Demon Slayer Corps, whose mission is to hunt down man-eating demons, do something that would diminish their prestige? Even if some people knew the situation, they did not say it openly!

"Well then, everyone, please wait at headquarters for a few days. It just so happens that a swordsman recently created a branch called 'Breathing of Mist,' so please take a look..."

Seeing that the five Pillar-level powerhouses had no objections and added some points that he had not mentioned, Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled and then told him some good news he had received a few days ago, which also brought smiles to the faces of the Pillar-level powerhouses such as Gyomei Himejima, Tengen Uzui, and Obanai Iguro.

Whether it's Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the current leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, or the Pillar-level powerhouses of the Demon Slayer Corps, what they all want is to strengthen the Demon Slayer Corps and eliminate those man-eating demons. Especially those Pillar-level powerhouses of the Demon Slayer Corps, although they are convinced by the current leader Kagaya Ubuyashiki, if they didn't have a deep-seated hatred for those man-eating demons, they could do quite well in Japan and even the world with their strength. Their own strength is their greatest confidence, and they should not be underestimated even in the era of firearms.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the other Pillar-level powerhouses were well aware of this, but none of them dared to openly acknowledge it. The reason was that they had family, friends, or close relatives who had died at the hands of man-eating demons, and they were driven by a desire for revenge. However, the "death" of the Flower Pillar, Kanae Kocho, had led to the advancement of a new genius swordsman into a Pillar-level powerhouse, which was a great thing for the Demon Slayer Corps and naturally made everyone feel a little better.

However, Kagaya Ubuyashiki and several Pillar-level powerhouses were unaware that Kanae Kocho and her two younger sisters, whom they thought had "sacrificed," were not only still alive and well, but were also living quite comfortably...

Chapter 8 Li Mo's Perverse Pleasures

At the same time that the meeting with the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps began, in a small city hundreds of kilometers away, the demon god Li Mo was leisurely walking in the sunlight with Kocho Kanae, Kocho Shinobu, and Kurihana Kanako, and was shopping.

Thanks to the transformation of [Yin Yang Escape], the weakness of the demon bloodline—fear of sunlight, the Nichirin Blade, and wisteria flowers—has been eliminated. Naturally, the demon god Li Mo doesn't care about sunlight, which is a catastrophic threat to evil demons. He has even concealed the golden and black demon horns on his forehead and arranged for several [Seeds of Fusion] to be placed on key figures and other pawns in this small city, thus enjoying a VIP lifestyle.

On the street, a dozen or so bodyguards and servants dressed in Western style surrounded the Ghost God Li Mo and his group. Passersby could tell at a glance that these were important figures. In the long years before Japan, ordinary people who knew that standing in front of samurai and nobles would be beheaded naturally avoided the Ghost God Li Mo and his group with utmost respect.

It's important to know that during the Japanese Shogunate and before, samurai and nobles were not guilty of killing commoners who offended them. Over a long period of time, ordinary Japanese people had learned to maintain an extremely humble attitude towards those they couldn't afford to offend.

Moreover, Li Mo, the demon god who had concealed the pair of ghost horns on his forehead, was over 1.9 meters tall and wore a modern trench coat made with Yin-Yang Escape. He was so handsome that he didn't seem like a human but a god, inspiring awe in ordinary people at first sight. Furthermore, the three beautiful girls following behind him were all over 90 points by Li Mo's standards. In Japan, they would probably be one in a thousand or even one in ten thousand beauties. Naturally, they attracted the attention of passersby and the awe that arose in their hearts.

If the Demon Slayer Corps saw this scene, they would probably think they were seeing things or mistaking someone else. Otherwise, how could a demon who fears sunlight walk so casually down the street? Meanwhile, the three beautiful girls, Kanae Kocho, Shinobu Kocho, and Kanae Tsuyuri, who were thought to have "sacrificed" themselves, followed the demon Li Mo with slightly complicated expressions.

After all, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, Gyomei Himejima, and other high-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps never expected that Kanae Kocho and the other two would not be killed by the demon god Li Mo, but would instead merge with the extraordinary power core given to them by Li Mo and become his trusted subordinates!

"Kanae, you, Shinobu, and Kanae, go together and pick out a few outfits you like!"

Noticing the envious and fearful glances from passersby, Li Mo, the "Ghost God," casually led his butler to a high-end clothing store. Looking at what would later be considered a small-town shop, this so-called high-end store directly turned to the three beautiful young women behind him and gave them instructions.

“Ah?! This…”

Upon hearing the words of the demon god Li Mo, Kocho Kanae, who was immersed in her own thoughts, was suddenly awakened. She stared in astonishment at the tall man in front of her who had shattered her impression of demons. For a moment, she was unable to react. Even Kocho Shinobu and Tsuyuri Kanae, the two beautiful girls, were looking at the high-end clothing store in surprise, wondering what the demon god Li Mo meant.

After all, the cricket only had about thirty hours, most of which was spent sleeping and fusing with the core of extraordinary power. The three beautiful girls, Kanae Kocho, Shinobu Kocho, and Kanae Tsuyuri, really didn't understand the nature of the demon god Li Mo!

"Don't worry, it's just to let you change your clothes, don't overthink it!"

Seeing the three beautiful girls' bewildered expressions, the demon god Li Mo waved his hand to show his attitude. Then, he looked with great interest at Kocho Kanae and the other girl, who were now even more outstanding in appearance than before after fully integrating the core of extraordinary power. He said to the three beautiful girls with a grin, "How about I help you choose some clothes? If you don't mind, we can choose them in a clothing store..."

As for the ghost god Li Mo, he really didn't mind helping Kocho Kanae and the others choose clothes himself. After all, in Japan, girls as young as 13 or 4 could get married in the past, and even now the age of 16 for women to get married has been relaxed. It wouldn't be a problem for Kocho Kanae and the others, so he didn't care at all.

Unfortunately, Kanae and Shinobu were very concerned. Both Kanae and Shinobu immediately expressed their firm refusal, pulling the bewildered Kanae Tsuyuri directly into the clothing store. They didn't want the ghost god Li Mo involved at all. The reason was that Kanae herself knew very well that he was really capable of doing such a thing, and they didn't have that kind of thick skin. Just thinking about that embarrassing and absurd scene made their faces burn.

As the three beautiful girls entered the clothing store, Li Mo, the ghost god, clicked his tongue with a hint of regret. He then casually gestured to the butler sent by the largest family in the area, and had him pay for a teahouse to wait while he leisurely admired the surrounding street scene. He gradually gained a general understanding of the neon lights of the Demon Slayer world he saw, instead of trying to apply them to the present-day history.

Now that Li Mo, the demon god, has mastered the power, he finally has the confidence to be a transmigrator. Otherwise, given his previous misfortune of becoming a demon and being imprisoned by the Demon Slayer Corps, he would probably have been a guinea pig until the end of Demon Slayer, and it would have been impossible for him to leisurely observe the situation in Japan like this!

……

It should be said that Li Mo, the Ghost God, quickly became disappointed with the state of the neon towns in this era. Unlike the neon in his own world, which was once the world's second-largest economy and still had a decent economic foundation even after more than 30 years of economic stagnation, the neon in the Demon Slayer world was truly disappointing.

The reason is very simple. The current world of Demon Slayer is Japan in the Taisho era before World War II. At this time, Japan had just experienced World War I and had finally paid off the huge debts it had incurred with the Soviet Union in the north of China. It even managed to squeeze into the level of a semi-industrial country through the opportunity of World War I. However, the general situation of the Japanese people was only slightly better than that of China at this time.

In fact, Japan only stopped organizing the trafficking of large numbers of young girls and women to Southeast Asia as "Nanyang girls" a couple of years ago, thanks to the benefits it gained from World War I and the attention it received from other countries. When Japan was first opened to the world by America's black ships, its domestic gold and silver reserves were already insufficient. It was in a terrible situation where a poor country wanted to industrialize. The Japanese leadership used various means to raise money for education and industrialization while ruthlessly exploiting its own ordinary farmers.

It's no exaggeration to say that without the victory in the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan wouldn't have had enough resources for widespread education and industrialization. Even with the Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government's incompetent performance, Japan managed to grow by exploiting the resources of the Celestial Empire. In fact, after fighting a war with the Soviet Union, Japan almost went bankrupt. Even with the benefits of World War I, Japan's overall situation can only be described as barely escaping poverty.

When the ghost god Li Mo saw this small town, he felt as if he had stepped into a coastal town in China in the 1950s. Most of the pedestrians were wearing patched and old clothes and looked malnourished. Occasionally, someone would walk by wearing decent clothes, who was either somewhat wealthy or at least a government employee. As for those wearing Western-style clothes, there was no need to say more. At this time, Japan had been thinking about "leaving Asia and joining Europe" since its founding, and they were almost crazy. However, Western-style clothes and goods were still not something that ordinary people could afford. At least, only families with a certain status and position could afford to consume them.

The problem is that, in the eyes of ordinary Japanese people, this small city with a population of at most tens of thousands seems quite prosperous. But in the eyes of Li Mo, a ghost god who has seen the modern society of the 21st century and many grand scenes, this small city is even slightly inferior to the towns and villages before he transmigrated. At least back then, the towns and villages of the Celestial Empire had paved roads, and the spirit of the villagers coming and going was something that these city dwellers could not match.

However, after several thoughts crossed his mind, and realizing his current point in time, Gui Shen Li Mo had the idea of ​​causing trouble in Japan. However, he did not act immediately, but secretly ordered the newly acquired chess pieces to conduct reconnaissance!

"We...we've already changed our clothes..."

While Ghost God Li Mo was utterly bored, gazing at the scene of a small town that was comparable to a poor rural town in the Celestial Empire of his previous world, and pondering how to make a grand move in Japan, he suddenly heard Kocho Kanae's somewhat shy voice. He then turned his head and saw a breathtakingly beautiful view, which immediately diverted Ghost God Li Mo's attention.

It turns out that Kanae Kocho has finally chosen a suitable outfit for herself, and together with Shinobu Kocho and Kanae Tsuyuri, they have chosen new outfits that suit them. Now the three beautiful girls are showing off their even more stunning charm!

"Tsk tsk, Kanae, what a fantastic outfit! And Shinobu and Kanao are both great too. They're such beautiful girls, you can't help but fall in love at first sight!"

Seeing Kocho Kanae, Kocho Shinobu, and Tsuyuri Kanako just walking out of the clothing store, Oni-shin Li Mo felt his eyes light up and couldn't help but praise the three beautiful girls, expressing his most genuine thoughts.

Previously, Kanae and her two younger sisters had just fused with the core of extraordinary power, and the three beautiful girls had undergone considerable changes. However, only a little over a day had passed since then. The main focus of the ghost god Li Mo was on recruiting suitable pawns and gathering intelligence. The three of them were still wearing their previous casual clothes, which were only much better than the clothes of ordinary people in Japan.

Now, Kanae has changed into a dark purple outfit and a light white shawl. The dark purple outfit, with its embroidered patterns on the edges, looks like a neon style, but it is actually a clearly modified version that accentuates the girl's figure even more. Combined with Kanae's outstanding slender figure and stunning beauty, it is particularly eye-catching. Moreover, Kanae's gentle and generous temperament makes people feel that this is the most suitable image of a virtuous wife and loving mother, a Yamato Nadeshiko, in their minds.

In contrast, Shinobu Kocho, dressed in the same style of dark purple clothing, appeared as a very energetic and beautiful girl, gazing at the demon god Li Mo with her beautiful eyes to express her dissatisfaction. As for Kanae Tsuyuri, she had changed into a knee-length dress, which, while not considered daring by the standards of Japan at that time, was still avant-garde, making her look like a beautiful white lily.

In just a short while, many passersby stared in amazement at the three beautiful and charming girls, uttering exclamations of admiration, which made the three girls, including Kanae Kocho, blush even more!

"No, please don't say that..."

Hearing the praise from the ghost god Li Mo and his burning gaze that seemed to see right through her clothes, Kocho Kanae felt an even stronger sense of shyness. When the ghost god Li Mo walked directly to her side and reached out to embrace the beautiful girl's slender waist, the girl's pretty face turned even redder, like the sunset on the horizon, making one want to tease her even more.

"Haha, let's continue shopping and buy some things you like and can use!"

Faced with Kanae Kocho's charming and adorable demeanor, the demon god Li Mo ignored Shinobu Kocho's increasingly sharp gaze, lowered his head and gently kissed the girl's pretty face, then teased her as he walked away.

As for the demon god Li Mo, he naturally knew that he could pluck the flower in front of him at any time, but he enjoyed the scene of gradually opening the beauty's heart even more. Even when Shinobu Kocho was about to lose her temper and interrupt, he didn't take it seriously at all. In fact, with some wicked thoughts, he would occasionally pull Kanae Kocho to do some intimate things, which made Shinobu Kocho almost explode. If she hadn't been too weak to beat this guy, she would have already made a move.

However, Kanae Butterfly was worried that her younger sister would get sick from being upset, so she pitifully pleaded with the ghost god Li Mo with her beautiful eyes. Li Mo tacitly let her go and allowed the three beautiful girls to go shopping on this shopping street first!

……

"Sister, you haven't really fallen for that bad guy, have you?"

On the other side, Shinobu Kocho, who had run more than a hundred meters while holding her older sister Kanae's hand, couldn't help but look at her sister, whose pretty face was still flushed, and asked her in a low voice.

To be honest, Shinobu Kocho greatly admires her older sister, Kanae Kocho. Her sister's abilities and mindset are outstanding, making her a role model for her. The two sisters have a very good relationship, and they are also very good to their adopted sister, Kanae Tsuyuri. However, compared to Kanae Tsuyuri, who suffered too much trauma in her family as a child and became emotionally closed off, Kanae Kocho has always fulfilled her responsibilities as an older sister and even a mother to Shinobu.

However, when Shinobu Kocho saw her older sister having an ambiguous relationship with that powerful, bastard demon, and when it was clearly something was wrong, she couldn't help but ask to verify her suspicions!

"Well... this..."

Upon hearing her younger sister Shinobu's words, Kanae Kocho completely lost her usual confident demeanor. She hesitated, glancing around furtively before finally giving a long, stammering reply. Unable to escape her sister's sharp gaze, and noticing Kanae Tsuyuri turning her head to look at her, she finally spoke with considerable timidity, "How could that be? It's extremely difficult for us to have that kind of relationship. He's a demon who isn't afraid of sunlight..."

Well, yesterday afternoon, when Kanae Butterfly watched the Demon God Li Mo leisurely basking in the sun, the shock she felt was indescribable. The theorem that demons fear sunlight, Nichirin Blades, and wisteria flowers became a joke when applied to the Demon God Li Mo, completely shattering the Demon Slayer Corps' definition of a demon.

Admittedly, aside from the period when Yoriichi Tsugikuni was an overpowered savior, the Demon Slayer Corps held an overwhelming advantage over demons. At other times, they at most limited demon activity to a minimum. However, over the past thousand years, the Demon Slayer Corps' observation and research on demons has never diminished. For example, using wisteria flowers to enclose a small mountain range to imprison some weaker demons as induction trials shows that the Demon Slayer Corps' research on demons has never stopped.

Even with her own lack of strength, the Demon Slayer Corps' observations and research on demons over the generations have formed valuable research data. As the Flower Pillar, Kanae Kocho has naturally read it, and much of the content has even made her understand the existence of demons better. However, there has never been a demon that is not afraid of sunlight and Nichirin Blades. But now she has witnessed the situation of the demon god Li Mo with her own eyes.

Of course, compared to the distinction between the ghost Li Mo and the evil spirit, what Kocho Kanae was more hesitant and uncertain about was that she herself did not know why she had extra feelings for him, and even when faced with her sister's question, she did not immediately deny it.

"Oh no! Sister, you've fallen in love!"

Seeing Kanae's hesitant expression, Shinobu couldn't help but close her beautiful eyes and mutter to herself. Even if she hadn't eaten pork, she had seen pigs run. Besides, before Kanae became the Flower Pillar, she was a top-notch beauty in the Demon Slayer Corps. However, Shinobu had never seen her sister show such ambiguous and intimate attitude towards others, so the situation was naturally quite obvious.

Hearing Shinobu's words, Kanae was somewhat amused and exasperated. She didn't understand why her younger sister would react this way. Fortunately, her other younger sister, Kanae, didn't get involved at this moment, tilting her head with a slight smile on her lips...

(I feel that this picture I found is very suitable. From left to right, they are Kanae Kocho, Kanae Tsuyuri, and Shinobu Kocho.)

Chapter 9 New Goals

The conversation between Kanae and Shinobu Kocho was actually a reflection of their own bewilderment about their current situation. Even Kanae Tsuyuri, the beautiful girl who used to seem withdrawn, has undergone noticeable changes.

The reason is very simple: the effects of the three extraordinary power cores that Ghost God Li Mo separated have already manifested. Having absorbed some of the soul power that Ghost God Li Mo separated, Butterfly Kanae and the others have developed a sense of closeness to Ghost God Li Mo. Even if Ghost God Li Mo did not restrict their actions, they would unconsciously develop a liking for him and gravitate towards him, and would even instinctively refrain from doing anything that would harm Ghost God Li Mo.

Otherwise, as the Flower Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, Kanae Kocho would naturally know many of the Demon Slayer Corps' contact points in the outside world. If the demon god Li Mo were really just an ordinary powerful demon, even if she endured humiliation for the sake of her two younger sisters, she would still secretly find opportunities to pass on messages, instead of being as obedient as she is now.

Even though Kanae Kocho is maintaining her own personality, and Shinobu Kocho dislikes the Demon God Li Mo and occasionally argues with him or tries to protect her older sister and stepsister from being taken advantage of by this villain, it's actually because the Demon God Li Mo has deliberately limited the influence of the supernatural power core. This allows the three beautiful girls to maintain their own personalities, at most harboring goodwill towards the Demon God Li Mo without resisting his advances, and eventually becoming completely loyal to him over time.

In a sense, the extraordinary power core bestowed by the ghost god Li Mo can be described as very domineering. If the user harbors evil intentions, it could cause great harm. Even without dividing a part of one's own soul power to create an extraordinary power core, the [Seed of Fusion] and [Guard Core] created with one's own core power can still generate a large number of loyal subordinates in any world.

Li Mo, the Ghost God, was well aware of this. In the memories of Li Mo from the late Qing Dynasty film and television world he had merged with, it would have been difficult to acquire an army with sufficient organization and training without the extensive use of the [Seed of Fusion] in the early stages. Not to mention that he had already occupied several provinces, openly declared himself king, and become a warlord vying for supremacy. He also had no shortage of suitable grassroots officials and trainees, all thanks to the [Seed of Fusion] and the [Guard Core].

It should be noted that although the Qing Dynasty after the Second Opium War was corrupt and decadent, the local militias and the so-called gentry forces actually made the Qing rule relatively stable. Moreover, Li Mo raised an army to eliminate all corrupt forces, and the Qing and the so-called gentry and landlords were the targets of the purge.

Under these circumstances, Li Mo's raising of the banner would naturally make him an enemy of the world. If it weren't for his strong power and the extra advantages he possessed, he might have been wiped out by local militias as rebels before he could even accomplish anything.

You speak of the righteous cause of overthrowing the Qing and restoring the Ming?