Chapter 51: Blue Star – 5
by GideonAt the same time, on the other side within the Death Game World—
Unaware of what the Playwright was plotting, Ye Jiujiu, who had been unilaterally and temporarily blocked by him, fell into deep thought before finally beginning to draft her third template.
“Name: Jie Keye (The Demon Lord)
Overall Personal Rating: S-rank
Current Identity: Lord of the Demon Race, slumbering within the Eastern Realm of Blue Star.
Personal Profile:
Myths and legends run rife on Blue Star. Rumor has it that in ancient times, there were cultivators capable of toppling mountains, turning seas upside down, summoning wind and rain, and doing anything they pleased.
In reality, those so-called myths were not myths at all, but rather scattered ancient historical fragments that had been passed down through uncounted generations until they were mistaken for legend.
Countless years ago—long, long, long before Blue Star even had recorded history—cultivators truly existed on Blue Star.
That was an era that could be called the golden age of cultivation.
Those who conformed to the Heavens became Immortals; those who defied the Heavens became Demons.
Immortals obeyed the Heavens to gain longevity and eternal life; Demons defied the Heavens to shatter the void and force the Heavens to bow down.
Jie Keye was precisely the very first cultivator in the world to defy the Heavens—the ancestor of the Demon Race, the Demon Lord.
No one knows that at the very beginning, he was merely a bullied little beggar who couldn’t even eat his fill.
One winter, through a twist of fate, he rescued a young lady from a wealthy family. Spending time together, the two gradually fell in love.
However, the gap in their social status was vast, and the lady’s family ultimately tore the star-crossed lovers apart.
Jie Keye originally thought she would enter a marriage of equal standing. Little did he expect that in order to secure a path to cultivation for their legitimate son, the lady’s family intended to marry her off as a concubine to an immortal cultivator.
That night, Jie Keye eloped with the young lady, but they were unexpectedly pursued by her family all the way to the edge of a cliff.
Hand in hand, the two leaped off the cliff—
Protected by the young lady, Jie Keye survived. Yet when he woke up, she was nowhere to be seen. He assumed she had been carried away by the undercurrents of the pool at the cliff base, leaving no trace behind.
Heartbroken over the loss of his beloved, Jie Keye entered the Buddhist Order.
It was after entering the monastery that he was discovered to possess a Nine-Apertured Exquisite Heart. From then on, his journey through the Buddhist Law was unhindered; applying his deep mastery of Buddhism to the realm of cultivation, he became the Buddha Son.
During an unexpected encounter, he crossed paths with the lady he had thought dead—
Their old feelings not only hadn’t faded, but raged even more fiercely, yet the Buddhist Order would not allow it.
Unwilling to lose the Buddha Son, the Buddhist Cultivation Realm intervened through various means, trying to help Jie Keye overcome his emotional hurdle.
Through layer upon layer of misunderstandings, the young lady ultimately lost her life.
Holding her white bones, Jie Keye knelt before the Buddha for three thousand years, then turned back toward the mortal realm to defy the Heavens with all his strength.
Regrettably—
Even after defying the Heavens, he was still unable to bring his lady back to life.
Heartbroken and utterly disillusioned, Jie Keye felt there was nothing left in the world to miss. Holding her white bones, he sealed himself within a coffin.
Personality:
Tyrannical, arrogant, and lawless. Those who obey him prosper; those who oppose him perish.
Hobbies:
101 ways to maintain white bones, missing his lady, and searching for a way to resurrect his beloved lady.
Relationships:
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The Young Lady: The love of his life, bar none, and the only person capable of softening his heart. She is his eternal pursuit.
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TBD? Unknown.
— Quantity TBD
Abilities:
All negative forces bow to him as their lord. So long as demonic nature endures, the Demon Lord will never die; so long as darkness persists, the Demon Lord remains invincible.”
Don’t ask why she created this template.
If you ask, Ye Jiujiu would insist it definitely wasn’t because of the Playwright.
After a final check to make sure there were no errors or omissions, Ye Jiujiu began the character face-customization process.
Handsome.
Must be handsome.
And it had to be that wicked, charming kind of handsome!
He had to be on equal footing with the Playwright!
Ye Jiujiu approached it with the serious attitude of someone taking an exam—and when the final product was finished, even she marvelled at what a little crafting prodigy she was!
Satisfied, she hit submit.
Failed approval?
Ye Jiujiu blinked. After carefully reading the reason for rejection…
Oh— because the setting states he is slumbering on Blue Star, she had to submit a tomb design as well?
As for a tomb…
The Demon Lord’s status definitely calls for a grand presentation, right?
So…
Ye Jiujiu pulled up the coverage map of the Eastern Domain’s Ghost Realm, and simply designed an underground palace spanning the entire marked region.
Yep, everything built to an Emperor’s standard!
Also, since he’s a cultivator…
Add a starry sky, add a Milky Way, add all sorts of unscientific things to the mix!
After finishing the tomb and submitting it once again—
“Detected additional expenses for this template (Mausoleum Construction Fee). Spend 4,000 points?”
Ye Jiujiu, who had almost forgotten what a miserly Scrooge the game system was: …
Was she the kind of person to lack a few points?
With a smile, she indicated to proceed directly with the template review.
Unsurprisingly, this time the template was approved seamlessly.
As for the 4,000 points…
Ye Jiujiu forced herself not to think about it.
Almost immediately after the template was confirmed and established, she switched to the template right away.
…
Beneath the Eastern Domain, inside a grand underground palace that had appeared out of nowhere, an eye slowly opened within the luxurious demonic coffin of the main burial chamber—
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