Chapter 184-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation
Friday night at eight o'clock, Tang Mingxi opened the new chapter of "King of the Demonic Domain" right on time.
Two hours ago, the long-anticipated "King of the Demonic Domain" anime finally premiered, releasing three episodes at once. Tang Mingxi watched one episode and, having no interest in a plot without Ye Zheng, didn't continue watching.
Although according to the manga's storyline, the first season mainly tells Percy's story at Cloud-Soaring Academy and the lower district, making it unlikely for Ye Zheng to appear in the anime's first season, couldn't the production team find ways to add scenes or plant foreshadowing? What's wrong with giving the top character some royal treatment?
What Tang Mingxi couldn't stand most was the anime's bullet comments and low-IQ comment section. Male characters appearing on screen almost caused a flood of comments, and the promotional marketing attracted many casual viewers, filling it with all sorts of absurd remarks.
[The manga seems to have a popular female character, there won't be a female lead, right?]
[No female lead! No romance! Everyone can watch with peace of mind!]
[Great, it's a no-female-lead series, we're saved]
[Why didn't the camera pan down? The cameraman lost their bonus]
[The art and music are pretty good, and the worldview is interesting. I want to go read the manga]
Tang Mingxi looked at the over ten thousand online viewers, feeling somewhat devastated, not daring to imagine how many troublemakers would flood into the manga later.
She glanced at the manga forum, which had already become a carnival for male character fans, with various anime screenshots and praise for shipping. Opening social media, #King of the Demonic Domain Anime Premiere# was hanging at the top of the trending searches.
The anime audience is far larger than the manga's. With Ye Zheng not appearing in the first season, her popularity might very well be surpassed by male characters with more screen time...
Tang Mingxi irritably opened the new chapter. In the previous chapter, Ye Zheng had become the undisputed Saintess and Godsent through a miraculous sermon, which she found very satisfying. This good mood had lasted a week, until it was ruined by the anime broadcast.
After opening the manga, as the screen scrolled down with her finger, Tang Mingxi's listless eyes grew brighter and brighter, her face becoming more and more flushed with excitement.
In this chapter, Pope Wen Jian was critically ill, and the Sei Curia was about to announce the new Pope candidate. Percy received an invitation to the Curia to see Wen Jian, but unexpectedly encountered Ye Zheng halfway.
The moment she saw Ye Zheng appear in the hall, Tang Mingxi was already getting excited. She understood her own fave's personality—appearing at the moment when the new Pope was about to be announced, Ye Zheng definitely had her own schemes.
She watched as Ye Zheng coaxed Percy all the way, successfully taking Percy hostage into the altar to compete with Wen Jian's chosen successor for the Pope's inheritance.
This chapter had a lot of information—things like [Mother of All Things], five hundred years of inheritance, should all be very important clues, but Tang Mingxi stared at the screen with eyes only for Ye Zheng.
Ye Zheng steadily and ruthlessly killed the competing heir.
Ye Zheng walked out of the altar, revealed the key representing papal authority, and casually issued the order to "hunt down Percy."
Ye Zheng wore a golden cape, crowned with a tiara, raised the Divine Sword high under the admiration of thousands, her face solemn, her eyes like endless black flames.
Turning to the last page, Tang Mingxi's expression froze. At the same time Ye Zheng raised the sword on the high platform, Percy actually pulled out a brilliantly glowing golden sword in a dark cave.
Dense bullet comments instantly covered the entire screen, countless question marks floating across.
Tang Mingxi's mind went blank for a while. She opened her mouth in surprise, and only after a good while did she react—Ye Zheng's Divine Sword was actually fake!
The chapter where Ye Zheng tore off Zhao Mei's disguise and seized the Divine Sword was the most controversial and most discussed chapter of "King of the Demonic Domain." Everyone was shocked by this twist.
But readers never expected that the twist in chapter 263 wasn't over yet. Ye Zheng didn't beat Percy to the Divine Sword—she forged a fake Divine Sword!
Ye Zheng had truly deceived everyone, whether it was the protagonist group in the manga, the Empire, or the readers outside the manga.
Ye Zheng seizing the sword was an essential famous scene for Zheng fans analyzing Ye Zheng's character. Zheng fans generally believed that seizing the sword was the starting point of Ye Zheng's true path to power, and the best proof of her ambition, cunning, kindness, and nobility coexisting. No matter what means Ye Zheng used to get ahead, the God of Hope and the Divine Sword both recognized her, so her obtaining the Divine Sword was completely legitimate.
Even Zheng fans couldn't imagine that Ye Zheng was far bolder and crazier than they guessed—she didn't need divine recognition at all.
Tang Mingxi thought incredulously, so Ye Zheng, with a forged Divine Sword, crafted herself into the undisputed Godsent, step by step from a decorative Saintess to the Pope at the pinnacle of power?
She repeatedly admired it for a while, excitedly sending messages to bombard fellow fans who hadn't read the manga yet.
Then upon entering the forum, sure enough, the forum had exploded.
This time, plot analysis posts rarely became the hottest posts on the forum, even suppressing the momentum of anime-related hot posts.
[No need to doubt it, Ye Zheng is definitely your domain's biggest villain!] [hot]
[#1: No need to doubt it, Ye Zheng is definitely your domain's biggest villain!]
[#2: Before, I thought this manga's biggest villain would be the prophesied world-ending Demonic Domain, and Sykes and Ye Zheng were just stage opponents. The subsequent main plot would still be the youngsters cooperating together to save the apocalypse. But after reading the new chapter today, Ye Zheng is definitely the final boss. She absolutely won't be a hand-holding happy ending shounen manga character.]
[#3: From previous hints, I, the OP, always believed Percy was the true Godsent. As for Ye Zheng's Divine Sword, before this chapter appeared, I thought the Divine Sword had no consciousness, and obtaining it didn't necessarily mean receiving the God of Hope's recognition. I never thought in the direction of Ye Zheng forging the Divine Sword.]
[#4: Thinking carefully, it's not hard to guess the Divine Sword is fake. Think about what Ye Zheng did after getting the Divine Sword? She only used the Divine Sword's recognition to elevate her status and participate in more affairs, without utilizing the Divine Sword itself as a weapon. But why didn't everyone guess in this direction? Because Ye Zheng's Saintess persona was established too well. Who could imagine the Saintess would be so blasphemous?]
[#5: The prophecy said the Agent of the God of Hope would take up the God of Hope's Divine Sword to turn the tide. In the Empire people's and our readers' understanding within the manga, the Divine Sword is a key item for saving the apocalypse, possessing irreplaceable importance and sanctity]
[#6: Although later in the West District plot it said the prophecy was false, I guess Ye Zheng didn't know when she seized the sword. That is to say, to secure the Godsent identity, she discarded the world-saving Divine Sword in a Demonic Domain she'd never return to!]
[#7: This is an extremely crazy thing. Knowing the apocalypse is approaching, the Saintess serving the God of Hope abandoned humanity's future hope for her own honor and status. Looking at it this way, doesn't Ye Zheng seem extremely selfish and vicious?]
[#8: But Ye Zheng is precisely someone who would say "I will save everyone" (pointing to chapter 230 shelter plot)]
[#9: Ye Zheng is not only obsessive but also arrogant. She discarded the Divine Sword and used a fake sword to impersonate the Godsent identity. Looking deeper, Ye Zheng doesn't believe—or even disdains—that the God of Hope can bring salvation. She believes she herself can bring redemption to this world as a god, and will stop at nothing to climb upward for this.]
[#10: But when a villain's goal is just to destroy the world, the protagonist only needs to protect this world from destructive power. However, when a villain is active for goals like "making everyone happy" or "establishing absolute peaceful world order," she will definitely be the most terrifying type of villain.]
[#11: With OP's analysis, won't the protagonist group really have to fight Ye Zheng in the end? But Ye Zheng's ability can't compare to Sykes. This manga's selling point is ability battles. I still think Sykes turning dark into the big villain has the highest possibility.]
[#12: Children, have you forgotten [Mother of All Things] that Ye Zheng inherited in the latest chapter? Just hearing this ability's name, it sounds incredibly strong...]
[#13: Good heavens, the Creator gave our villain female lead another cheat.]
[#14: Anyone with eyes can see the one truly cheating is someone else.]
[#15: The Creator fed the Divine Sword right to Percy's mouth, what kind of giant baby male lead?]
[#16: Understand a bit, if the Creator doesn't give Percy cheats, this manga will really become "The Legend of Ye Zheng."]
[#17: While the PerSy families are still singing "rivals are rivals," my girl has already evolved into a true god overlooking and towering above everyone.]
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[#237: After reading the new chapter, I only feel admiration. I don't mean to drag others down to praise my fave, but facing Ye Zheng's boldness and tactics, Percy as the protagonist is really too naive. It's completely not a level playing field.]
[#238: Percy is a growth-type protagonist. The plot has at most progressed two-thirds. How could he easily oppose a deeply scheming big villain like Ye Zheng?]
[#239: My girl being powerful isn't an excuse for the big male lead's incompetence.]
[#240: So curious what Ye Zheng will do next. Seeing her persecute the protagonist, not only am I not angry, I'm even a bit excited.]
[#241: I understand you upstairs. I also want to transmigrate in and act two episodes with Ye Zheng. I run, she chases, neither of us can escape...]
[#242: I say Ye Zheng is the true growth-type hot-blooded shounen manga protagonist. If this work were from Ye Zheng's perspective, it would definitely be incredibly satisfying.]
[#243: Requesting "The Legend of Ye Zheng" resources!]
Contrary to Tang Mingxi's expectations, she thought once the plot of Ye Zheng forging the Divine Sword came out, the forum would again have many people cursing Ye Zheng for faking, being unscrupulous, vicious, and such. She didn't expect quite a few people to genuinely admire Ye Zheng.
Tang Mingxi could tell from speaking styles and IDs that they weren't Zheng fans, but that didn't prevent them from appreciating Ye Zheng's charm from the new chapter.
She thought about it—probably because Ye Zheng was too strong. Without a doubt, the current Ye Zheng, whether in strength or influence, had stepped onto the top of the pyramid.
Tang Mingxi calculated that Ye Zheng became Pope and obtained a 3S-rank ability. Even Crown Prince Sykes wasn't qualified to stand on her arena. In the entire Empire, probably only big shots at the Emperor and General level, plus high-risk Demonic Domains, could count as Ye Zheng's opponents.
When a person is powerful to a certain degree, she doesn't need to justify her actions.
Tang Mingxi refreshed the forum. The originally lively anime discussion posts were all suppressed. Looking around, it was all discussions related to Ye Zheng. Only one post's title looked somewhat unfriendly.
[Zhengzheng moms, stop fighting, your girl is royal!] [hot]
[#1: Zhengzheng moms, stop fighting, your girl is royal!]
[#2: It's literally royal, the royal of Pope, royally terrifying!]
[#3: I rushed in panicking and breathed a sigh of relief. OP is a bad person!]
[#4: Oh my, a bunch of people cursing my girl as royalty actually made my girl into royalty. How can a person争气 like this?]
[#5: The zheng in Ye Zheng is the zheng of争气. Can't imagine how many submissions the Steam Empire bot will have tonight...]
[#6: I haven't enjoyed slicked-back Pope Zheng enough, who'll build more?]
[#7: Slicked-back Pope Zheng gives me some nameless fire...]
[#8: The first person to use Zhengzheng as Ye Zheng's derogatory nickname is also talented. This derogatory nickname doesn't even need digesting—girls who love to争 will win.]
[#9: Girls who love to争 ascended to top with Zheng, while the next-door baby boys are still tangled up. Even the anime can't save them hahaha]
[#10: Baby boys are both competing and losing, singing and dancing, but in the end, it's still the little girl who loves to争 who won.]
[#11: OMG Zheng is trending again!]
Tang Mingxi wasn't fooled by the title at all. Upon entering, she enjoyed the daily routine of praising Zheng with fellow fans. Seeing the trending topic, she curiously exited and opened social media.
At the top of trending was the marketing for King of the Demonic Domain anime premiere. The two characters #Ye Zheng# ranked in the middle-to-back of the trending list. Although in the back, it was clearly organic popularity, not paid trending.
She clicked in and found someone had screenshot scenes she hadn't seen. Looking carefully, Ye Zheng's side story had updated again!
Tang Mingxi immediately launched the manga app and clicked into the newly updated side story.
This side story continued from the previous one where Ye Zheng killed Yin Kong in the maze, completing the plot of Ye Zheng destroying the statue, burying the Divine Sword, and taking out the pre-prepared golden sword for a perfect appearance.
Soon, the post became even livelier due to the new side story.
[#235: Zheng alone can rival the anime's popularity. That's how the domain's number one female is.]
[#236: This time the forum finally doesn't have infuriating brain-dead comments. Before, everyone in the forum was like the idiotic netizens in novels, so stupid I doubted the truth of the world.]
[#237: OMG did you all see the new side story? The moment my girl split the statue with the forged golden sword, she looked more like a deity than the deity (attached image)]
[#238: More and more certain the scriptwriter is someone else. Old Uncle hiding such highlights and not drawing them is truly damnable!]
[#239: What shocked me most is Bai Muqing was also at the scene. She helped Ye Zheng conceal the Divine Sword's truth. Sister, aren't you that kind of aloof and upright character who deeply believes in the God of Hope?]
[#240: This can't be our little Muqing, right? Who switched Bai Muqing's herbal medicine for an iced Americano?]
[#241: So devastated. How much good plot is Old Uncle hiding? When will our white pufferfish be served...]
[#242: Compared to Percy's plastic brotherhood and plastic rivalry next door, ZhengQing wins instantly!]
[#243: Zhengzheng has many good friends helping her where we can't see. Warmly reassuring.]
[#244: Oh but I'm really a bit worried. Baby really became the big villain. Please don't let it be a bad end in the future.]
[#245: Don't let that happen. Our Zheng will win until the end!]
[#246: According to general direction, the big villain will be defeated by the righteous protagonist, but your domain's big villain is Ye Zheng!]
[#247: Don't borrow anxiety. The two characters Ye Zheng are enough to give a sense of security. Ye Zheng has always raised Zheng fans well.]
Tang Mingxi also worried for a moment, but this emotion dissipated quickly, because the word "failure" simply doesn't exist in Ye Zheng's dictionary.
Reason told her Ye Zheng was just a paper character created according to plot, but emotional consciousness gave her a strange trust in Ye Zheng, just like what Ye Zheng said to Wu Shu in the side story—we will win until the end.
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