Chapter 1 The Beginning

"Back then, the Xiaoyao Organization opened some kind of relic, almost releasing an evil being from ancient times. Fortunately, that place had plenty of treasures, so they collected the materials and built a zoo to contain the ancient evil thoughts."

Zhang Shiqing quickly asked, "You are a Void profession, most skilled at treasure hunting, and can freely enter and exit the Lingjing. Can you find the Vatican's vault?"

This matter is very important. First of all, multiple-player instances are different from single-player instances. The latter can be solved by calling for help.

Summon Lingjing sister Zhao Youqing, and steamroll the instance!

"If you don't want to drop a level, there's another way, which is to kill all the Rulers in the instance. If only you survive, no one will know that you, Yuanshi Tianzun, have been resurrected. However, if you do that, I will be punished by the Lingjing."

Mr. She Chang said, "I'm not the same as the Niangniang of the Three Dao Mountains. She's inside the Lingjing, and her actions will be judged by the Lingjing as part of the program's operation. But I'm a player, and players who forcibly interfere with instances will be investigated and killed by the Lingjing. Just taking you out is a negligible backlash for me, but if I were to kill all the Rulers in the instance... the backlash wouldn't kill me, but the price I'd have to pay would be heavy."

Zhang Yuanqing sighed and pinched his brow, feeling a headache.

Among the matched Rulers, there must be good people. It would be a bit against his principles to kill innocent lawful Rulers to hide his resurrection.

But if he drops a level, it will take at least two S-level instances to go from level five to the peak of level six.

It's almost impossible to recover before clearing the Slaughter Instance. The most fatal thing is that the November instance is also a multiple-player instance. If he drops again, he won't even be qualified to participate in the Slaughter Instance.

Chairman Chang patted him on the shoulder: "Let's take it one step at a time. People are all wise, and we think alike!"

What use are you? Zhang Yuanqing left the hotel, concealed his figure, and wearing the Gale Gauntlets, returned to the bank building and flew towards Manhattan.

Taking the elevator upstairs, he entered his bedroom. Even now, he still hadn't figured out a proper solution to the instance problem.

A dual-profession peak Saint, plus a bound Purple-Gold set, these alone meant that he would only enter instances at the Ruler stage.

He was careless. He should have waited until he was promoted to Ruler before upgrading the Purple-Gold set. Actually, there was another way: enter the instance first, and if the lawful Rulers in the team are all villains, I'll summon Youqing and wipe them out.

But this can only be a backup plan. The probability of everyone being a villain is not high.

Zhang Yuanqing thought as he took off his clothes and entered the bathroom, standing under the showerhead to wash himself.

Tonight, he was the Wealthy Child Zhang Yuanqing, generously funding his girlfriend. As he showered, he forgot about these worries.

Girlfriends are good, girlfriends can eliminate worries, he thought to himself, touching his little head.

After taking a shower, Zhang Yuanqing put on his bathrobe and was about to snap his fingers to Star-Teleport to his girlfriend's room when he heard dull thumping sounds in his ears.

"Thump thump ~ thump thump thump thump thump"

The drum-like sounds continued, becoming more and more intense. The heart in his chest was like an overloaded motor, and as it beat, it produced a tearing pain.

Zhang Yuanqing staggered a few steps, clutching his chest, and slid down the wall, his chest heaving visibly, as if something inside was about to break through his flesh and jump out.

The skin under the bathrobe quickly turned pitch black, and black blood vessels protruded. His pupils and the whites of his eyes also turned pitch black, and a dreamy nebula appeared between his eyebrows, then blurred into a face with a mixture of bitterness and laughter.

The seal on the Phantom God item was loosening, and that evil power was constantly eroding Zhang Yuanqing's body and soul.

He had been prepared for this, and quickly grabbed a stack of Evil-Breaking Talismans and stuck them on his forehead and chest.

Using the power of the Great Sun, he ignited two dim golden lights, dispersing some of the mental pollution.

He forcibly gathered his mental power and consumed the Evil-Breaking Talismans one after another, using his willpower to cooperate with the power of the Sun God to suppress the mental pollution.

Zhang Yuanqing sometimes writhed and rolled on the floor, sometimes curled up and trembled, and sometimes hit his head against the wall. His sweat glands secreted frantically like a flood that had been released.

The Night Wanderer endured the mental strength and resilience, and the pain allowed him to remain conscious, suffering in pain.

He didn't know how long it had passed, but the waves of mental pollution finally weakened and then disappeared. The black heart stabilized and merged with him more deeply.

Zhang Yuanqing lay flat, every muscle twitching and aching, but he didn't care about the physical exhaustion. Instead, he felt the changes brought about by the further recovery of the Phantom God item. The function of modifying the Lingjing ID had undergone earth-shattering changes.

He could now obtain other people's Lingjing IDs by devouring their character cards. The devoured character cards would forever exist in his black heart, becoming a permanent persona.

But only the ID of the character being stripped was devoured. Skills and items were not within the scope of the devour. The purpose of this ability was to deceive the Lingjing, and to enter the Lingjing at the level of the character being stripped.

Simply put, if Zhang Yuanqing stripped the character of Hong Ji Ge, then in the Lingjing's program, he would become a level five Fire Demon. When he entered the instance next time, the Lingjing would automatically arrange a level five Fire Demon instance.

This function was actually the ultimate form of the Phantom Wood Master's Disguise Technique, the ultimate form of the skill.

The object of deception had changed from humans to the Lingjing.

"It doesn't seem very useful," Zhang Yuanqing muttered, mentally exhausted.

A few seconds later, as his mind gradually cleared, he suddenly did a carp jump and sat up, his face full of excitement.

"I can occupy other people's Lingjing IDs by devouring their characters. If the devoured object is someone who has already entered the Lingjing, then I can skip the October instance and don't have to enter the Lingjing again." Zhang Yuanqing clapped his hands: "Perfect!"

Ah, so tired, like being completely drained. I won't assist Guan Ya today... After the excitement, he felt that every cell was groaning, urging him to go to sleep quickly.

Zhang Yuanqing took out his phone and sent Guan Ya a message: Hole

Guan Ya:?

Zhang Yuanqing: "Too"

Guan Ya: Rest early.

Zhang Yuanqing threw his phone on the bedside table, didn't wash himself, and drilled into the quilt, falling into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing had breakfast in the staff cafeteria of Heavenly Punishment and brought his team members to the office area.

"Think, think!" Hong Ji Ge nodded vigorously, and the image of the charming and gentle Donna Caroline appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but reveal an infatuated look.

As soon as she finished speaking, she was spat at by Zhang Yuanqing, Hong Ji Ge, Tian Xia Gui Huo and Zhao Chenghuang: "Go, go, go!"

Sun Miaomiao stomped her feet angrily and entered the office. Several young men gathered around Yuan Ting, listening to him describe Donna's scandalous affairs.

"This Chairwoman is an extraordinary person. Ordinary Lust professions only serve people with their bodies. She's different. She plays with emotions!"

"She has a gentle personality, a proper style, and treats people with kindness and politeness, making people feel like they're bathing in the spring breeze. She's a woman with her mother and good wife attributes maxed out."

Facing young lovers, she will give gentle and soft care, like a mother, tolerating his temper, listening to his troubles, giving them encouragement and pampering.

Facing older lovers, she is a virtuous wife, serving hot tea when he comes back, taking his coat, rubbing his shoulders and back when he is tired. If her husband wants to confide his worries, she is the most loyal and quiet listener, silently providing emotional value, never expressing her own opinions.

Her lovers are more dependent on her emotionally. Sometimes, they drive for several hours just to have a meal and a cup of hot tea with her, until they met the Demon Lord, the hungry ghost among Lusts.

That guy forcibly occupied Donna when he was in New York, punching the CEO and kicking the High Priest of the Sea God, and having a Ruler of the Dionysus Club under his crotch.

He beat Donna's lovers until they dared to be angry but dared not speak, and then occupied the number one beauty in New York for three days without leaving the room.

"The Demon Lord is really a despicable and shameless villain!" Hong Ji Ge said jealously.

"Scoundrel!" Zhang Yuanqing echoed.

Yue Chenghuang and Tian Xia Gui Huo nodded with serious faces, expressing their agreement.

Such a peerless beauty was actually occupied day after day by the Demon Lord, this petty thief.

At this time, a young woman in workplace attire entered the office area of the Five Elements Alliance. She raised her light green eyes and walked straight towards them.

Zhang Yuanqing found this woman a little familiar. After thinking about it, he remembered that she was one of Winnie's secretaries.

"Minister Winnie invites you to a meeting in Conference Room Three."

"Nicola, what happened?"

Guan Ya noticed that the secretary's face was a little off.