[Genshin Impact]: Bullshit! What do you mean neither of us are human? There are barely any actual humans in this group!
[Genshin Impact]: Look at those three from the Soul World—the Undead, the Ashen One, and the Tarnished. Tell me, which of them is human!
[dark souls iii]:???
[dark souls iii]: Why drag the three of us into this?
[Genshin Impact]: Shut up! None of us are human, so why single us two out? I won't stand for it!
[the talos principle]: Exactly, exactly! I won't stand for it either!
[clash of clans]: But at least those three still look like humans. You two don't even have human forms anymore (doge face).
Hearing this, Demon God Xia Yu felt like he'd been stabbed in the heart. There seemed to be nothing wrong with that logic...
It wasn't like he wanted this. Not a single Demon God in the Genshin Impact world looked human. Even Rex Lapis Zhongli's true form was a Rock Dragon.
AI Xia Yu was even worse off. Compared to Demon God Xia Yu, he didn't even have a physical body, which seemed even more tragic.
Wait, the new Xia Yu seems to be an evil spirit. Evil spirits don't have physical bodies either, right?
[the talos principle] @[ghostwire: tokyo]: Brother, you're an evil spirit. Do you have a physical body?
[ghostwire: tokyo]:...No.
[the talos principle]: Ha... *cough cough*. It's nothing. Having no physical body is no big deal. I don't have one either. I understand you.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Sigh, not only do I lack a physical body, I can't even touch physical objects. By the way, my world also has the worldview of the manga "Mieruko-chan," which means I'm surrounded by a bunch of ugly-as-hell evil spirits.
[dark souls iii]: Wait, then you don't happen to look like... [ghostwire: tokyo]: image.jpg
[ghostwire: tokyo]: This is what I look like.
[clash of clans]:...Hiss.
[the talos principle]: It's alright. At least your face still looks somewhat human.
[Genshin Impact]: This looks even more intense than my true form.
[dark souls iii]:...Brother, your appearance is a bit Eldritch. Does your world have magical girls? After all, tentacles and magical girls are a perfect match.
[ghostwire: tokyo]:...Tsk, I got used to using the tentacles and forgot to change back. I can turn into a human form, but this form is more convenient.
[Tale of Immortal]: A newcomer?
[Tale of Immortal] @[do you want to cultivate immortality]: Brother, come out quick! Another newcomer is here. We can finally lose our "newbie" titles.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: A newcomer? And an evil spirit at that?
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Yeah, I woke up and became an evil spirit. This transmigration is just bad luck.
[dark souls iii]:...I woke up directly in the Cemetery of Ash. The moment I crawled out of the coffin, I almost thought I'd been buried alive.
[dark souls i]: Who hasn't been there? I woke up directly in a cell in the Northern Undead Asylum. What a stroke of bad luck.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: So all our transmigrations were pretty miserable. I thought I was the only unlucky one.
[clash of clans]: *Cough cough*. Yeah, we're all pretty miserable (guilty conscience).
[dark souls iii]: (╬▼dish▼)
[dark souls iii]: You bastard, get lost! Anyone in this group can play the misery card except you!
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Why?
[dark souls i]: Because he inherited everything from our game. After transmigrating, he immediately became the Chief of a max-level Town Hall 14 village... [ghostwire: tokyo]: Holy crap?!
[clash of clans]: I didn't want this either, but I couldn't decide how the transmigration would go.
[ghostwire: tokyo]:...By the way, are we really the same person? Why do I suddenly feel like I want to punch myself?
[clash of clans]: You'll get used to it. By the way, I'm not the most punchable person in this group; it's a certain piece of large, non-flammable trash.
[dark souls iii]: Who the hell are you talking about!
[clash of clans]: Whoever responds to me.
[dark souls iii]: ████████!
[resident evil]: Ignore those two idiots. What's the situation with the newcomer? You're an evil spirit; can you still claim the Newbie Gift Pack?
[ghostwire: tokyo]: I can. I've already claimed it, but I can't use most of the items. After all, I'm currently in a spiritual state without a physical body.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: I'm back. Newcomer, catch! I specifically went to the market and bought a ghost cultivation manual from a ghost fellow for you.
[do you want to cultivate immortality] posted a [True Art of Ghost Mastery] Red Envelope.
Seeing this message, Evil Spirit Xia Yu's breathing grew heavy, and his heart rate instantly accelerated—even though he no longer had breath or a heartbeat.
But that was his mood at the moment. A ghost cultivation manual... did that mean he could directly cultivate to become an immortal? Suddenly, a phrase popped into his mind.
"I come from the mortal realm, and today I enter the celestial register."
[ghostwire: tokyo]: I can cultivate to become an immortal? But I'm a spiritual entity. Will this work?
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: Why wouldn't it? This manual was prepared specifically for ghost cultivators, so it naturally takes into account the situation where only the soul remains.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: Moreover, there are many people in this world who walk the Great Path of Ghost Mastery. After practicing, you can travel between the realms of the living and the dead, capture souls, and command ghosts. When you reach the peak of your cultivation, you can even take charge of the Underworld.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: It's just that the Underworld in my world already has a master. So while there are ghost cultivators, most people only study it for cross-reference, hoping to find their own Great Path.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: But it's different in your world. You can completely cultivate to the top and then take charge of the Underworld. If there isn't an Underworld, then create one yourself!
Seeing this, Evil Spirit Xia Yu was shaken. It was true; logically, his world should have an Underworld, but the evil spirits roaming everywhere suggested that something had gone wrong with it.
In that case, he might as well be the one to take charge of the Underworld.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Thanks, brother. My goal was originally just to have a physical body, but now with this, I can go even further.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: No need for thanks; we're all on the same side. Besides, once you cultivate, it means we can use that power too.
[do you want to cultivate immortality]: Who knows, maybe another version of us who transmigrated as a spiritual entity will join the group later.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Alright, I won't waste any more time chatting. I'll go try out this manual first.
After sending that message, Evil Spirit Xia Yu stopped lurking in the group and instead claimed the True Art of Ghost Mastery.
In an instant, the memory of the obscure and difficult-to-understand manual flooded into his mind, interspersed with quite a bit of cultivation experience from the cultivator Xia Yu.
"It's actually a memory. I thought it would be a jade slip. But if it really were a jade slip, I probably wouldn't be able to touch it anyway."
Evil Spirit Xia Yu shook his head and slightly organized the memories in his mind.
After completely digesting the extra memories, a flash of understanding crossed his pitch-black eyes.
As expected of a cultivation manual from the "do you want to cultivate immortality" world, it could actually allow him to cultivate directly to the level of a Loose Immortal. However, once he reached that level, he would need to explore the Great Path of Ghost Mastery on his own.
After meditating for a moment, Xia Yu opened his eyes and looked at the evil spirit in overalls deep in the alley.
That evil spirit had an iron chain bound around its neck. Its entire body was bloated and rotting like a corpse in a state of giantism. It had no facial features on its head, only three pitch-black hollows that oozed dark pus.
"It itches... it itches so much..."
The overalls evil spirit looked at Xia Yu at the end of the alley, murmuring fragmented words while its limbs twitched occasionally.
After watching for a moment, Xia Yu shook his head in disgust. "Forget it. This guy is too ugly; I really can't bring myself to do it."
Even if he was going to master ghosts, they had to be relatively good-looking ones. Looking at this guy just made him feel nauseous.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu swung his several tentacles and walked slowly toward the overalls evil spirit.
For an evil spirit that made him feel this disgusted, he might as well just eat it.
He had eaten even more disgusting things before. Anyway, once consumed, they would all turn into the purest yin energy; he could stomach it.
Seemingly sensing approaching danger, the overalls evil spirit suddenly twitched its body and ran backward. Despite its bloated and heavy body, its running speed was not slow.
"Hmph, trying to escape!"
Xia Yu glanced disdainfully at the fleeing overalls evil spirit. Daring to show its back to him was simply seeking death.
With a casual flick of his tentacles, two of them lunged forward flexibly, catching up to the overalls evil spirit in the blink of an eye.
Puchi!
The two tentacles easily pierced into the overalls evil spirit's body and then hoisted it high.
Wait, I translated that sound effect in my head earlier: "Screeeaaaahhh!!!"
A shrill scream echoed in the alley, though none of it could be heard by anyone else.
"What are you screaming for!"
Xia Yu violently ripped his two tentacles in opposite directions, and the overalls evil spirit was instantly torn in half.
The halved evil spirit fell from the air, but a tentacle struck again. With two squelching sounds, both halves of the evil spirit were skewered straight through, held high like a kebab.
Looking at the dying overalls evil spirit, Xia Yu split open his wide, pitch-black mouth. Like sliding meat off a skewer, he pulled the two halves of the evil spirit off the tentacle and began to crunch and chew.
"It's a bit like a dry steamed bun soaked in water. Tsk, it looks ugly and tastes just as bad."
Swallowing the yin energy that the crushed evil spirit had turned into, Xia Yu smacked his lips, looking somewhat disgusted.
The taste of this evil spirit could easily rank in the top five worst tastes. He really wondered how it died; it tasted awful.
Although he was a bit disgusted, once the yin energy entered his body, Xia Yu didn't dally. He immediately circulated the pure yin energy according to the "True Art of Ghost Mastery." In just a moment, his body became slightly more solid.
Sensing his current body, Xia Yu grinned, and two new tentacles suddenly split and appeared.
"As expected of a cultivation manual. This is much more convenient than just devouring yin energy directly."
After testing the newly split tentacles, Xia Yu nodded with satisfaction. Not only had the speed of devouring yin energy increased, but the utilization rate had also risen significantly.
Previously, he wouldn't have been able to split new tentacles so quickly; he would have had to devour at least several more relatively strong evil spirits.
"Right, Little Miko, did you think you could escape?"
Xia Yu suddenly remembered the fleeing Yotsuya Miko. His mouth curled into a "Dragon King" smirk.
He had guessed that Miko would definitely look for an opportunity to escape. Fortunately, before that, he had already left a bit of his yin energy on her.
Now, as long as he followed that bit of yin energy, he could find her. Wanting to get rid of him? It was impossible before, and it was even more impossible now.
"Jie jie jie~"