Chapter 1706

"You've worked hard... hang in there!"

After bringing the Black Mountain Goat under control — it was being taken in turns by two squads of succubi to "wait on" it, and its body kept giving off a strange fragrance — Li Ang sent constant encouragement through their mental link:

"If you want to be honored before the Demon Lord, the Demon Lady must suffer!"

"Climbing a high mountain starts from the low ground; acting big requires seeking it in suffering!"

"No more begging! We're not begging anymore!"

After enduring a whole round of mutton-massage, seeing those damn succubi coming at it with needles again, the Black Mountain Goat couldn't help but wail continuously (silent version):

"We're not acting anymore! We're not acting anymore!"

"Look at you, how can you have so little willpower?"

After restraining the Black Mountain Goat to keep it from thrashing about, Li Ang persuaded earnestly:

"As the old saying goes, a treasured sword's edge comes from grinding; fine mutton fragrance comes from the stew pot! Whatever doesn't kill you will make you more delicious! You have to persevere!"

"I'll persevere your grandpa! Why don't you come persevere a bit? You... wait! Those two old sayings you just said — is their meaning a bit off?"

Listening to Li Ang's increasingly crooked persuasion, the Black Mountain Goat's heart suddenly trembled, and as if struck by sudden insight, it hurriedly demanded:

"You did it on purpose? You did it on purpose, didn't you? Payback for me cursing you in my heart?!"

"Eh~ you're purely wronging me~"

Hearing this, Li Ang couldn't help but snicker secretly, then immediately reined in his expression and explained with a dead-serious face:

"I already said, you cursing me a couple of times is no big deal, I wouldn't retaliate just because you cursed me a couple of times... besides, even if I really did retaliate on purpose, how could I decide whether the Lust Demon God serves dinner or not?"

"..."

"Besides, you've persevered for a whole week already, could it be you still can't manage this one day?"

After mentally calculating the days, Li Ang spoke coaxingly while smelling the mutton fragrance permeating from outside to inside:

"That succubi head chef said today is your final round of the Great Treasure Sword; soon you'll be plated and served. Just hold on a bit more!"

"We..."

"Since we're here."

"..."

Faced with this four-character demon-sealing incantation that remained effective even across planes, the Black Mountain Goat's heart couldn't help but stall, recalling its journey of wandering and displacement — marinating, pounding, coating, frying, stir-frying, stewing, deep-frying... finally it resignedly quieted down, letting the succubi chefs continue to mess with its body.

And when the repeated Treasure Sword process that had lasted a full seven days finally ended, the weary-looking succubi head chef took out a fine needle, stabbed it once into the Black Mountain Goat's buttock that had been scraped reflective, then pulled it out and licked the juice on the needle tip, nodding in satisfaction.

"Perfect... carry it out! My lord must be getting impatient!"

Finally... finally over!

Hearing the succubi head chef's approval, the Black Mountain Goat that had been repeatedly oiled and sauced for seven days couldn't help but cry out in its heart, then was carried stark naked by two succubi into a custom serving tray and sent toward the destination.

"See, isn't this bitterness ending in sweetness?"

"Bitterness my ass! Sweetness my ass!"

No longer caring whether trash-talking would earn a grudge, crushed under the weight of enormous sunk costs so it couldn't lift its head, its mind full of nothing but putting on a show then running, the Black Mountain Goat gritted its teeth and lay in the tray, preparing to kick that damn Lust Demon God in the face with a hoof the moment she lifted the lid!

The humiliation of its entire clan being treated as food, the hatred of being hunted down relentlessly when it escaped the Nest of Depravity, the grudge of being ambushed by demon cultists after reaching the present world, the shame of being forced to blow its core to escape and then reduced to a plaything and soup ingredient for that red-haired stinking woman...

That damn Lust Demon God, for all of this, today I'm going to collect from you with interest!!!"

Carrying towering resentment so thick it nearly condensed into substance, the Black Mountain Goat gritted its teeth and lay in the tray, carried out of the kitchen by two squads of succubi, through the long corridor dug within the Rotting Tree's root system... then past the Lust Demon God's bedchamber.

"???"

"?!?!"

This... could it be the Lust Demon God isn't home?

Discovering the two squads of succubi weren't following the planned route to deliver the Black Mountain Goat to the Lust Demon God's dining table, Li Ang and the Black Mountain Goat both froze in unison.

But before they could react, the two squads of succubi changed course, bypassing the Lust Demon God's underground bedchamber, and walked all the way up toward the massive crown of the Rotting Tree.

"Come here!"

Her alluring eyes sweeping lightly, seeing her great-great-great... who knows how many generations of granddaughters bringing the grand dish she had long awaited out of the tree palace, the Lust Demon God atop the Rotting Tree's crown beckoned to the succubi, smiling radiantly as she pointed at the massive central dining table.

"Just put it here. Such a precious delicacy shouldn't be hogged alone; I intend to enjoy it together with the other few."

The other few... the other few?!?!?!

Hearing the Lust Demon God's charm-laden voice from outside the tray, the Black Mountain Goat and Li Ang hiding inside it both shuddered in unison, thinking of a certain extremely deadly possibility, and reality... indeed matched what they thought.

"What the *hell, making such a mystery of it?"

Snatching the serving tray from the trembling succubi's hands, the Wrath Demon God extended a finger thicker than a tree ten men could barely encircle, lifted the cover on the tray, glanced, then said with disdain:

"I thought it was some rare treasure, turns out it's just a... hiss... this smell..."

"Samael, your hand is really fast~"

Watching her fine meal unsealed first by someone else, the Lust Demon God's eyes couldn't help but turn cold, then she smiled with curved eyes and said in a coquettish voice:

"Unfortunately my patience with you has reached its limit, so you'd best let go of today's main course, otherwise this consort fears she won't be able to help but chop off your claws and stew them together with this mutton!"

"Heh heh, that's if you have the ability!"

Hearing the Lust Demon God's threat, the Wrath Demon God, whose build was comparable to a small mountain, couldn't help but grin savagely, then pinched the Black Mountain Goat's hind leg with his fingernail, lifted it up and was about to stuff it into his own mouth.

"Today I'm just not letting go, I want to see how you... what are you doing?"

"Samael, this is the Rotting Tree's crown, we are all guests, at the very least today you must maintain some courtesy."

Snatching the honey-oil-covered Black Mountain Goat and putting it back into the serving tray on the table, the Greed Demon God couldn't help but sniff the strange fragrance in the air, then smiled and played peacemaker:

"This is indeed a fine dish; eating it now would be a bit of a waste. How about we wait until a new Original Sin Archdemon is chosen, then we all share it?"

"This consort thought exactly the same, too bad someone couldn't wait~"

"Hmph, just a mouthful of food, what's there to make a fuss over!"

"Enough, all of you shut up!"

Just as the Lust Demon God and Wrath Demon God traded barbs a few times, the Pride Demon God on the main seat opened silver-white eyes, expression showing slight impatience as he urged:

"Almost every high-potential archdevil in the entire Abyss has already been brought up to your canopy, and the flesh, blood, and Original Sins of us seven have also been mostly prepared. Hurry up and start selecting candidates!"

"Hehe, if someone hadn't been greedy, we would've started selecting long ago."

Taking the opportunity to snipe once more at the Wrath Devil God, the Lust Devil God lightly clapped her hands before he could glare back and retort. The Tree of Decay, formed from tens of millions of deep-pink spores, suddenly opened wide, spewing out a large number of devils of varied appearances from the spores, piling them onto the platform formed by the canopy.

But at a lower level invisible to the other Original Sin Devil Gods, over a dozen archdevils with extraordinarily powerful auras were not spat out by the Tree of Decay's spores. Instead, they were eroded and melted by the sap secreted within the spores, finally rotting into pus and becoming nutrients for the Tree of Decay.

Perfect~

Sensing the fragmented Original Sins pouring into her body, a flush of crimson involuntarily rose on the Lust Devil God's beautiful face, and her smile grew even more radiant, looking just like a peach tree in full bloom.

All archdevils who grasped five or more Original Sins had already been completely "eaten" by her. Now no one could compete with her avatar anymore. The newborn Original Sin Archdevil who gathered all seven Original Sins would definitely be pocketed by her avatar!

Tsk... a bunch of misfits!

Unaware that the Lust Devil God had moved behind their backs, preparing to take advantage of the situation to dip her fingers into their Original Sins, the other Original Sin Devil Gods frowned in succession as they looked at the unconscious archdevils on the canopy and sensed their uneven auras. The Wrath Devil God even let out a cold laugh directly.

"Hehe, just this trash, and they still want to take on this old man's Original Sin? Are they worthy?"

"Sigh... archdevils spanning seven Original Sins are indeed a bit hard to find..."

"Wait!"

After the Wrath Devil God and Greed Devil God finished speaking, the Envy Devil God's snake pupils blinked slightly, locking onto a female devil lying unconscious behind the canopy.

"You guys look at that one, the one behind that large Firefly Devil."

Hearing the Envy Devil God's words, several Original Sin Devil Gods turned their gazes over, and the Lust Devil God also followed with a curious gaze, as if just discovering her.

It was a strange devil with a lower body of wood and an upper body of an angel. Her appearance was delicate, gentle yet holy, but the aura on her body was sinister and fiercely intense — looking down from above, madly greedy, viciously sinister, lazily manic...

With just a single glance, the several Original Sin Devil Gods found the auras corresponding to their Original Sins on that Mibranch Devil. But strangely, the Original Sin Devil Gods did not reveal satisfied expressions because they found a target. Instead, they successively looked toward the Lust Devil God's direction.

"Is that devil your kin?"

"Same as you, a Mibranch Devil... but you combined with a Succubus, while she combined with an Angel."

"This little brat looks strangely like you. Could she be a divine son you deliberately gave birth to?"

"You stinking *! Was this result arranged by you?"

"Hehe, this consort truly did want to arrange something like that."

Facing the Wrath Devil God's impolite questioning, the Lust Devil God sneered back a retort, then turned to the other Original Sin Devil Gods and defended herself in a charming voice:

"Everyone, to cultivate a descendant spanning seven Original Sins takes at least several hundred years. Are you saying this consort predicted today's situation several hundred years in advance?"

"..."

"This really is just a coincidence!"

Seeing no one respond, the Lust Devil God couldn't help but withdraw the smile on her face and tried to find a reason:

"The races behind us seven originally occupied more than half the Abyss, and they inherited our talents from their bloodlines, so they are naturally born more outstanding than other devils, and thus more likely to produce geniuses.

Our bloodlines are far stronger than ordinary devils. The ones selected this time, even if not this Mibranch Devil, would most likely be of our races' descent. It's just that this child's talent happens to be the best."

"That's true as far as it goes."

After the Lust Devil God finished explaining, the Pride Devil God on the main seat stared into her eyes and spoke in an indifferent tone:

"But the problem is this matter was proposed by you. Whether it's temporarily manufacturing an Original Sin Archdevil, or the proposal for us to divide our flesh, blood, and Original Sins, it was all your idea. Even you could directly swallow her via bloodline.

Asmodeus, tell me, as the mastermind of this plan, and the visibly greatest beneficiary, how do you expect us to trust you?"

"..."

Damn it, just one step short!

Looking at the other Devil Gods who, though they didn't continue questioning, had eyes that turned cold one after another, the Lust Devil God couldn't help but grit her teeth secretly, then let out a charming laugh:

"Then how about this: since you don't trust me, let that child be a reserve candidate first, and we'll search for other archdevils.

Among the archdevils present, as long as there's one similar to her, or even just one that doesn't fall too far short of her, then we'll directly abandon her and select another devil to succeed as Original Sin Archdevil. How about that?"

That sounds fine, but there's a very important premise... that the remaining genius devils are still alive right now!

Glancing at those unconscious archdevils, and failing to find a second similar aura, the Pride Devil God couldn't help but knit his brows, then looked toward the Envy Devil God.

Upon receiving his gaze, the Envy Devil God blinked her hollow left eye, and a one-eyed giant python swam out from her eye socket, staring fixedly at the archdevils. On the bodies of the unconscious archdevils, seven different colors immediately reflected,

Black-gray-purple, gray-purple-indigo-green, blood-red-brown-yellow-deep pink, purple-black-deep pink-blood-red...

Turbid and dim colors lit up in succession, but aside from that Mibranch Devil of the same clan as the Lust Devil God, there wasn't a single devil that could gather five or more colors. The most only stopped at five Original Sins, still far, far behind the Mibranch Devil with all seven colors complete.

"Asmodeus, you've won..."

Realizing the other archdevils qualified to compete should have already been dealt with by the Lust Devil God at this moment, the Envy Devil God couldn't help but sigh, turning her head along with the one-eyed giant python to look at the Lust Devil God across the table.

"Aside from that Mibranch Devil, there are no more... huh?"

"Ah?"

"Oh?"

"Ah ha?!"

"Th-this is impossible!!!"

When the one-eyed giant python's gaze swept across the tabletop, the other Original Sin Devil Gods were shocked beyond measure, and the Lust Devil God's eyes nearly split open as they discovered that the mutton on the table — shaved of all fur, coated head to toe in honey oil, sticking its rump up as it lay in the serving dish — was actually emitting all seven turbid dark lights in perfect order!

Gray-white, pitch black, deep purple, indigo-green, brown-yellow, deep pink, blood red... seven colors, seven Original Sins, exactly one not missing!

Sorry... the mini extra was originally free, but Fish revised some awkward phrasing before posting and didn't notice the word count exceeded 1000. Once the word count increased, the "Afterword" selection for the leave slip automatically turned it into a paid chapter. Very, very sorry.

(Writing the main story would take up paid word count, so please check the author's afterword in this chapter)

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