In her mind, Xia Tianqiong's true spirit was twice as strong as before.

Beside him, Jun Shisan's true spirit was reduced to a small fragment, less than one-tenth of its original strength.

It looks like a snake and a small earthworm.

"The victor is king, the loser is villain; there's nothing more to say."

Jun Shisan sighed, finally calming down.

He paused slightly, then said self-deprecatingly, "I lost, not because I was not strong enough, but because my mind was not firm enough. I fell for your psychological tactics."

It's laughable to think about it now. I've been reincarnated twelve times, yet your words have swayed my resolve. I deserve this fate.

Xia Tianqiong felt a pang of emotion. A legendary figure from the Ghost Realm who had existed for hundreds of thousands of years had been defeated and devoured by him. He didn't feel any sense of accomplishment; instead, he felt that fate was playing tricks on him.

Whether it's Jun Shisan or himself, they are all controlled by fate.

"I've seen your memories. You only encountered some trouble in the first five lives. In the last seven lives, you crushed everything in your path, with no rivals and no challenges whatsoever."

If you were in anyone's position, you would become arrogant and disdainful of everyone, and your mindset would gradually become conceited and conceited. Once this mindset encounters setbacks, it will lead to instability in your spiritual path.

Actually, I was misleading you just now. Your fate and mine are both controlled by the higher realm, but in reality, we are only subtly influenced in certain key matters.

Our current achievements are mostly the result of our own hard work, not something arranged by anyone else.

"Hahaha!"

Jun Shisan suddenly burst into laughter, "Ridiculous! How ridiculous! You actually tried to comfort me!"

Xia Tianqiong sighed, "By devouring you, I became you. It's less about comforting you and more about comforting myself."

"Hehe, that's true. Originally, I was supposed to face those manipulators from the upper realm, but now it's you. Thinking about it this way, I suddenly don't feel so regretful."

"Since you have no regrets, then I'll send you on your way. Don't worry, I will inherit everything from you and go even further."

"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"Speak, what are your last wishes?"

"It's not my last wish. There are some things I didn't plan to tell you, but now that I feel you're doing well, I can tell you. Actually, I predicted a great calamity in this world a long time ago, and I made some preparations for it."

Upon hearing this, Xia Tianqiong suddenly felt uneasy. Could this guy have another trick up his sleeve?

What preparations did you make?

"Hehe, I won't tell you!"

"..."

Xia Tianqiong looked puzzled, thinking, "Are you kidding me?"

Jun Shisan seemed to have truly let go, his tone becoming much lighter, "Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Having lived so many lifetimes, it's impossible for me not to leave myself a way out."

As for what it was, I don't know, because I erased that part of my memory; I only know that such a thing happened.

I'm telling you all this now simply to let you know that if one day you also enter the cycle of reincarnation, we might meet again, and then we'll have another contest. I will never lose to you.

After saying these words, Jun Shisan fell silent.

His spirit is still there, but his consciousness seems to have disappeared.

Whether it was self-destruction or departure through unknown means, Xia Tianqiong asked several times but received no response.

Xia Tianqiong was secretly alarmed. This old monster, who had lived for so many years, was indeed quite cunning.

However, judging from what he said, it seems that he went to reincarnate, rather than escaped.

Could it be that the true spirit has been preserved elsewhere?

Or perhaps a portion of their true spirit was already sent away and entered the cycle of reincarnation?

To erase all traces, they even wiped out their own memories—that's incredibly cautious!

As Xia Tianqiong sighed, he devoured the last bit of Jun Shisan's true spirit.

The moment the absorption was complete, I suddenly felt my whole being become clear and transparent. In an instant, I seemed to sense the entire human world and even faintly sensed the existence of the upper realm.

At that moment, countless forces of law surged into his body, and his aura rapidly increased.

Previously stuck at the demigod level, he naturally advanced to the level of a demon god, very smoothly, without any lag.

Moreover, his aura was rapidly increasing.

Summer blessings descended upon him, and he immediately controlled his body to sit cross-legged in the air, entering a meditative state.

At the same time, he absorbed the flame clone into his body, with the red-veiled figure acting as his protector.

Jun Shisan has comprehended more than a dozen kinds of "Dao" and has deduced them to an extremely high level, but they are all just a little bit short of the limit.

In his previous lives, he deliberately suppressed his power to avoid becoming a demon god.

At this moment, Xia Tianqiong stopped suppressing himself and immediately pushed these "Dao" to their limits. He also needed to push the several Dao he had comprehended to their limits.

Only in this way can the so-called strongest demon god be created.

The audience watching the battle below became tense at this moment.

From their perspective, they suddenly saw Jun Shisan lose his temper and directly control Xia Tianqiong.

Then the woman with the red veil tried to cause trouble, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

A short while later, the red veil stopped attacking and floated quietly to the side, while Xia Tianqiong's body was directly absorbed into Jun Shisan's body.

Immediately afterwards, Jun Shisan sat cross-legged in mid-air, his aura surging, affecting the heavens and earth.

In their view, it seemed as if Jun Shisan had devoured Xia Tianqiong and achieved final victory.

In an instant, grief spread throughout the capital and the floating city.

They grieved for Xia Tianqiong, and for themselves, wondering what fate awaited them.

Only two of the Mysterious Gods have seen through the truth.

Old Huo looked at the figure in the sky with a joyful expression.

"I never expected that what I said to him back then would become the key to his dealing with Jun Shisan. He is good at using methods and scheming. This kind of 'god of tricks' deserves the title of the strongest god of tricks. He is more suitable than Jun Shisan."

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