The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Everything fell still at the half-moon, except for the skeletons that had been motionless in the deep pit, which began to move.

They were everywhere in the city, searching tirelessly, carefully identifying every person they encountered.

Wen Li was standing on the roof of the Liu residence when she lost control of her body before she could even look for the exit of the underground palace.

She gripped the knife, trying to slash at the monsters surrounding her from behind, but she couldn't move at all.

After a while, the skeletons, unable to find anyone, also left.

Wen Li breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help wondering what they were looking for.

After a long time, the skeletons seemed to give up.

A drop of blood fell to the ground. Wen Li tried to move her fingers, then gripped her knife tightly and charged at the monster behind her!

Blood smeared on her face, and Wen Li wiped it away with disgust. Turning around, she heard that gentle male voice again.

"I am truly sorry, everyone, but I have not been able to find anyone here. Now I would like to trouble the demons in the city to help me bring these friends who have come from afar to my underground palace, so that I can fulfill my duty as a host."

"By the way, I will give you a reward for delivering the person."

After speaking, Wen Li turned her head and saw that all the demons in the city had run out, their eyes fixed on her.

Wen Li gripped the knife tightly, about to curse, when Si Xiaxia's cursing voice echoed in her mind.

"Aaaaah... What is this old ghost trying to do! What is he trying to do!"

"If these demons are capturing people, how can we not resist? Those who resist fiercely are likely to die! This is not how you find people!"

"Host! My host, what am I going to do! Waaaaah..."

"Run! Your life is the most important thing! You have to escape!"

"Si Xiaxia, be quiet. The entire Moon Half City is now sealed off. If we can't see Xi Yu, I'm afraid no one will be able to get out."

Wen Li took two steps back as she watched the demons rushing towards her. She wondered if these demons were easy to talk to, and whether she could ask them to lead the way so she could walk on her own.

Wen Li took a step backward and suddenly bumped into a wall of flesh.

Wen Li's heart skipped a beat. Before she could react, she was carried away into the distance.

A group of slow-moving monsters were left behind, staring at the departing demonic figure, completely bewildered. They then looked towards the entrance of the underground palace.

Did he fly to the wrong place?

"Hey! Bro! You've gone the wrong way!"

Wen Li looked at the person in front of her—no, she should say, a demon.

Behind it were a pair of ferocious, enormous wings, and silvery-white scales protruding from its hands and neck.

She tried to reach out and pull off the mask on his face, but he stopped her.

"Don't look, it's ugly."

Wen Li still ripped it off, revealing his face covered in scales.

Now, probably no one in the world would recognize him, but Wen Li recognized him; wasn't this the completely demonized Shen Yingsi?

So the person Xi Yu was looking for in the city was him. He's alright; he escaped.

Wen Li's heart finally calmed down a bit, but seeing his appearance, she was still a little worried.

It's the beginning of the month, but even if the demonic poison takes effect, he won't completely transform into this form.

"A-Si, what happened to your body? Have you completely lost control of the demonic poison? And where are we going now?"

"Let's get out of the city and escape."

"Leave the city? We can't get out! Besides, there are other people in the city!"

Wen Li frowned as she looked at the barrier in front of her.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yingsi cast a magic spell, and they were able to leave smoothly, as if the barrier was completely unaware of their presence.

This, how is this possible!

Wen Li looked ahead; this direction was... the South China Sea!

She looked back at the moon again, which seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them.

"Shen Yingsi! Stop! Stop now!"

Wen Li began to struggle, but seeing that he didn't move, she transformed into her own sword, flipped over, and flew down.

Shen Yingsi looked at her, and helplessly followed her down.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, Wen Li ran straight towards Yao Yueban, but Shen Yingsi spread his wings and blocked her way.

"Shen Xianzhi, we can't just leave like this, the others are still trapped inside!"

Shen Yingsi didn't move, only saying, "It's very dangerous there."

"There are still people inside! Do you know that? There are still many people trapped there! If we don't leave them, they will die inside. Let's go get reinforcements, or think of a way together, we can't just leave them..."

Wen Li tried her best to persuade him, but he remained unmoved for a long time.

But looking at his monstrous appearance, Wen Li felt only discomfort.

Helpless, she sheathed her knife, ran quickly to his side, reached out to touch his body, and released her spiritual power to probe his spiritual roots.

Shen Yingsi remained motionless, allowing her to freely explore his body.

Wen Li stared wide-eyed at him in disbelief: "Shen Xianzhe! Are you crazy! Do you want to be a complete monster?!"

The demon core and spiritual root strangely coexisted within his body! But these two are inherently incompatible, and one of them will eventually be destroyed, while the demon core within him is at least tens of thousands of years old.

"This demon core is...it belongs to Jiuying? You swallowed her demon core?"

Shen Yingsi nodded noncommittally, his expression gentle.

"You dare to swallow this stuff! Are you really not afraid of death? Spit it out right now."

Shen Yingsi grabbed her hand and reassured her, "Don't worry, once we're a little further away, I'll spit it out myself."

Wen Li pulled her hand away from his, a little angry: "Run? Fine, you can run by yourself. Be careful on the road. I can't take care of you now, I have to go back to save people."

"Inside are the head of the Liang family, a general of the Northern Desert Iron Cavalry, and two young masters. If something happens to them, the world will be in chaos again! So, this is about saving the entire world. Your Highness, why don't you come with me to save them..."

"I only want to save you!"

He only wanted to save her; he didn't care about anyone else.

Wen Li repeatedly mentioned going back to save people, which made Shen Yingsi's face show some anger, and his voice also sounded a bit anxious.

"Have you thought about the consequences of going back? You can't save them at all; going back will only lead to your death! You might even be completely destroyed! Even if you let the Feather Spirit Army in, it will just be a pointless death!"

Haven't you thought about it? Yes, I have.

She didn't want to die, but she didn't want them to die either, so she had to do something.

Wen Li said matter-of-factly, "But I want to save them. Xie Xiao, Wen Mingzhu, Zhao Sicheng, Liang Qi, and Pei Kuang are all there, and so many others. I don't want them to die in there..."

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of myself. I'll just go and let Asagao and the others know; they'll figure something out themselves."

Seeing Wen Li's relaxed expression, Shen Yingsi hurriedly pulled her into his arms and said, "Ah Li, don't lie to me. When you see their miserable state, you'll definitely soften. If they shed a few more cat pees and beg you, you won't be able to ignore them. Ah Li, can you please leave them alone? Leave them alone. What happens to others is their business, but Ah Li, you must live well. Their life and death are none of your concern."

"Ah Li, let's escape together, let's escape to a place where no one knows us. I will protect you, I promise. I swear from this day forward, we will never be apart again, I will always be with you..."

Wen Li interrupted him, "Shen Xianzhi, stop fooling around."

Then she stepped out of his arms, looked at his aggrieved expression, and patted his head to comfort him, saying, "Be a good boy and wait for me. I'll go and send word. There won't be any danger. I'll be back to find you soon. You can't let them recognize you like this. You have to hide well, okay?"

"I'll be fine. If there's any danger, I'll be the first to run. Don't worry, I can run really fast."

Wen Li lifted her foot to leave, but looking at the wings blocking her way, she said, "Take your wings away."

Shen Yingsi kept his head down and didn't move. Wen Li was helpless and was about to jump over when the wings moved aside.

Wen Li glanced at him, and seeing that he didn't look up, she walked forward. But as soon as she left, the person behind her spoke again.

There was a hint of collapse in Shen Yingsi's voice. As he spoke, his legs gave way and he knelt down.

“Ah Li, you were the one who told me that the person you should save the most is yourself. But you didn’t do it, you didn’t do it! You gave up on yourself. You knew that going to the capital was a death sentence, but you still went. You didn’t cherish your own life, so why did you tell me that the person you should save the most is yourself?”

"I believe that in this disgusting world, if there is anyone who is free to live only for themselves, that person should be you!"

So, the first thing he did after leaving Ghost Valley was to see her.

Wen Li is such an optimistic and strong person; she should try to stay out of trouble in this chaotic world.

But she was not doing well at all; she was not happy at all.

Shen Yingsi then remembered that Wen Li was not as cold as she appeared; she was the one who was most easily moved to pity.

She often talked to herself. Once, she spoke to a pear tree. She said that the village she had passed through the day before was full of madmen. The people couldn't get enough to eat, and they even burned the village's only pig, along with many girls. They said it was a sacrifice to the gods so that the unseen gods would bless them to raise more pigs the following year.

As she spoke, she started cursing again, cursing all that bullshit god, calling him biased and incompetent! She even said he might be blind!

Finally, she leaned against a tree and fell asleep, mumbling in her sleep, "If there really is a God, could you please favor me just this once? If this world continues like this, I really won't be able to go on living..."

He squatted down in front of her, just about to touch her, when he heard this sentence.

She seems to have never received any special treatment in her life.

So later, Shen Yingsi thought that if he was born to become a god, then he would become a god.

After the world was at peace, he became a god who favored her above all else.

……

why?

Wen Li turned her head and saw Shen Yingsi's reddened eyes, and she laughed instead.

“Shen Xianzhi, people can’t always save themselves. Before I went to the capital to save Shen Yannan, I tried, but at that time I hated that world so much.”

A man wandered through a chaotic world, desperately searching for the truth; those were ten years.

Over the course of ten years, demons wreaked havoc on the world, dividing it into four parts. The war raged every day, and more and more people died.

Wen Li carried her sword alone; even her second master was no longer by her side.

That day, she took pity on a little girl and longed for someone to talk to her. Unfortunately, the little girl could only eat numbly and then stare at her without moving.

Wen Li talked to her a lot, but it was just like she had been talking to herself like a madwoman in countless days and nights.

She was indeed on the verge of madness. Just then, she heard news of Shen Yannan, and so she gave all her belongings to the young girl. Alone, she took her sword and went to the capital.

She figured she was going to die sooner or later anyway, and rather than die alone in some unknown corner, she'd rather spend time with her old friends.

Those people in the capital will definitely curse her when they see her, and Jiang Yanhong will curse her even in the underworld!

She felt no fear, only relief, and even a faint sense of anticipation.

"But I want to thank you. From the capital to Yueban, your love, care and protection, as well as the river lanterns and gifts you gave me, including everything you specially arranged in Guiyue Village, all saved me."

"So I will never give up on myself so easily again, and neither will you."

Wen Li, carrying her sword, strode forward and said loudly, "Shen Xianzhi, let me tell you another secret: I've been most afraid of one person since I was a child."

She was so afraid that she felt it was better for people to scold or beat her than to not see her at all.