"Demonic path, neither righteous nor evil + leveling up, nearly invincible + fast-paced + plenty of plot, no padding + dual cheats + satisfying, low-toxicity read" Not brainless; read along with your logic switched on.
A great demon forces the Empress of Great Liang, Ji Hongxue, to cultivate the utterly sinister Death Soul Mushrooms.
The fungus must be grown inside living human bodies. Those infected develop large patches of black spores on their skin, which eventually spread across their entire bodies. Their deaths are excruciating!
When the empress refuses, she summons the nation's guardian beast, the Blood Qilin, only for it to be skinned and dismembered alive, then devoured.
From then on, the Great Liang imperial family rules with ever-greater cruelty and brutality, while the poisonous Death Soul disease begins to spread from Fangjia Village.
Ji Hongxue, once celebrated throughout the world, is naturally reviled by all!
Duan Xingyun, who transmigrated from Blue Star, had been so diligent about eating, working hard to breathe, striving to improve himself, and enjoying music at the pleasure houses, yet he too is infected.
What a disastrous start! Then, to his surprise, he awakens with two cheats!
Cheat One: The Calamity God Physique can devour all disasters and curses, converting them into his own cultivation and strength.
Cheat Two: The God's-Eye-View System can see through all causes and effects, and even reveal future calamities in advance, allowing him to plan ahead.
Framed by the Great Liang imperial family, Duan Xingyun strikes back against corrupt officials and the Zhenfu Bureau.
In the end, he steels himself and joins the demonic path, becoming a half-baked member of its ranks!
But the reckoning for this sinful planet has only just begun. Fake humans posing as real ones? ... Fishfolk priests from the sea tribe... Totems made from severed limbs... A flesh-and-blood furnace roasting its victims...
