The Protagonist’s Sister Is Actually The Strongest Chapter 249: Chapter 239: Walking The Demonic Path

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Chapter 239: Walking The Demonic Path Listen While Reading: Open the Gates of Hell ----- The path of the Demon. It doesn’t mean to become an actual Demon like the Death Apostles. Though their doctrines and way of life are similar to the “Demon” meaning of Murim. It means to be unrestricted by the law, to walk your own path, without morality to stop your conviction. You kill if necessary, you steal, you destroy, and you crush, all to get to your goals. You don’t adhere to any laws; you don’t make friends... nor allies. You’re alone in that journey—the ultimate “self-insert edge lord” trope! And the reason why there’s a big cult following over cultivation stories with “morally ambiguous” to plain old “villainous” main characters. Though, quite honestly, I don’t like those. There are very few that deal with philosophical aspects; they have degraded to just self-insert power fantasies with nothing else. But this time it’s different; I am not looking at books to read inside a web novel app or something. I am looking at a true Heavenly Demon. To him, the fictional tropes that I once read are all the truth, and he walked through such a path. But this time, it isn’t all awesome and "badass." He suffered a lot, he cried, and he yearned for it all to end. Yet he kept moving relentlessly because of his incredible perseverance. But what did he want to accomplish at the end of the road? Supreme power to stand equal to heavens, or even surpass it? It seems that despite the level he reached, he never could reach that high because of the Apocalypse and the Heavenly Empress stopping him. So, compared to these other cultivation self-insert stories where there’s a ruthless, emotionless, villainous protagonist that becomes the Heavenly Demon later, it could be said that my master is a failure. He failed to reach that trope; he broke it into pieces and decided to walk through another path when he was almost about to reach the pinnacle. But why? What made him change? Was it… love? Maybe that’s what his Lust Seal represents—the emotion of love he wanted to seal away. “The Path of the Demon is a simple one. Some call it the “easy way out”… To not be avid by the rules of anybody, to grow stronger on your own accords, to kill, plunder, and progress.” He said. “That is the doctrine of the Unorthodox Faction, of the Demonic Faction. We are all criminals because we don’t want to follow the rulers and because we don’t want to kneel before heaven. We are rebels; we fight back against the system and against everything! We break the rules, we shatter traditions, we destroy righteousness… We forge a new path.” “Anarchy, huh?” I wondered. “What?” He looked me in the eyes. “Hah! Well, I suppose you could call me a damned anarchist then! But no, I wouldn’t go that way either. Although indeed there are aspects of it within our entire doctrine. The doctrine of the demons that do not want to obey the rules and will always fight back against heaven.” “No, there must be something else about that…” I said. “Isn’t it?” “…” The Heavenly Demon walked towards the terrace, looking down at the large village surrounding his palace. The children playing on the streets, the families walking, carrying all kinds of harvested goods. Despite serving a demon, nobody looked to be hungry; nobody seemed to be struggling; they had to work hard, yeah, but they had very good lives nonetheless. Fulfilling lives… “Do you see this?” He pointed in the distance. “The village?” I asked. “These people are the descendants of beggars, thieves, and assassins.” He said. “Scum of the world, their lineages and families would have never been allowed to exist.” “…” “I took them in after their ancestors tried to kill me, to rob me, to betray me…” He said. “And I killed their ancestors too; yes, I did.” “And you kidnapped their families.” I wondered. “You could say that.” He nodded; he looked quite proud of that. “I took them in. I gave them a mission and then told them to work hard to live here. Before t