Chapter 297-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation
[Zheng fan here. After reading the new chapter, I don't want to stan Ye Zheng anymore...] [hot]
[#1: Zheng fan here. After reading the new chapter, I don't want to stan Ye Zheng anymore...]
[#2: This Ye Zheng is so evil, she ruined her Saintess image AGAIN, cold-blooded, heartless, no regard for human life, reminds me of a male villain, doesn't act like a woman at all, anyone who likes Ye Zheng has messed-up values, dragging female characters into disaster is fake feminism... sigh, Ye Zheng, sigh, corporate agenda, sigh, female power fantasy lead.]
[#3: OP, since when did you learn to speed-run your own replies???]
[#4: Came in with my heart in my throat. Saw OP's high-speed incantation and laughed till I choked lmao]
[#5: Knew the moment I finished this chapter that our girl Zheng was gonna catch flak again. Sentence: two extra hours of sleep. Harsh enough, right?]
[#6: There we go, we Zhengzheng's mom fans have finished disciplining this big girl. We've scolded her, so nobody else is allowed to~ ]
[#7: Am I really too soft on her? I genuinely can't see what my baby did wrong. She's the most righteous, bravest little girl in the whole world!]
[#8: Don't read the danmu on the manga. It's all underage fans. Female characters can't even breathe without being wrong.]
[#9: Weren't Zhengzheng's mom fans supposed to be the forum's big baddies? Being this considerate of the Zheng haters, you're too kind (crying emoji)]
[#10: ...Unhinged Zhengzheng's mom fans. She literally summoned the Demon Dragon to destroy the world and you're still here whitewashing.]
[#11: #10's post has the aesthetic beauty of a brain that Zhengzheng's mom fans threw into a washing machine for a hundred spin cycles.]
[#12: The manga drew it crystal clear, didn't it? The one who summoned the Demonic Domains was the Emperor. He couldn't beat Ye Zheng so he popped his ult. How is that Ye Zheng's fault?]
[#13: OP's clickbait title actually baited real Zheng haters in lmaooo]
[#14: Not surprised by the discourse at all. The Emperor unleashes the disaster, and he gets a free pass while Ye Zheng gets the full critique treatment.]
[#15: Thank god Zhengzheng's mom fans are powerful and numerous. Can't imagine how badly a less popular female character would get dragged.]
[#16: Bitter laugh. Actually, tons of people are already weaponizing the new plot.]
[#17: Other than flaws, what flaws does Ye Zheng even have? Why do they target her like this?]
[#18: It's fine, Zhengzheng's mom fans are used to it. The battles are exhilarating though!]
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Li Yixin had finally finished her entrance exams. Walking out of the exam hall, she felt calmer than expected—no regrets, no urge to grab friends and go wild. Knowing that one stage of her life had ended, she felt a faint sense of loss.
That lasted until she read the latest chapter of King of the Demonic Domain along with the danmu and comments. The passion unique to her age came roaring back.
In the new chapter, the unconscious Percy was captured by Princess Heath and brought to the upper district.
Provoked by the Demon Dragon Ye Zheng had summoned, the Emperor finally revealed his true, hideous face. His kindness toward Percy had never been pure—from the very start, he'd viewed Percy as a convenient body. More than that, he was deeply entangled with the Demonic Domains.
To protect his position, the Emperor threatened Ye Zheng with the Demonic Domains, trying to use Bai Muqing to force Ye Zheng into backing down so they could each keep the peace.
But what he hadn't anticipated was that Bai Muqing tore up his letter. And even without receiving it, Ye Zheng had guessed his tactics—and was completely unmoved by the threat.
What shocked Li Yixin the most wasn't the final scene of the Demonic Domains descending and the Demon Dragon emerging. It was that Ye Zheng had publicly shattered the lie of the "God of Hope." Such an act was tantamount to discarding her identity as the Chosen One, negating every step of her journey from Saintess onward, and abandoning all her glory and the people's trust and adoration...
[I wasn't reciting anything.]
[I was just moving my lips at random.]
[I have never once prayed to the God of Hope.]
Li Yixin watched the stunned danmu flood across Ye Zheng's smiling face. Far from being surprised, she felt a sense of "I knew it."
Anyone who truly understood Ye Zheng—who had carefully followed every arc and side story—would recognize that the core of Ye Zheng's character was "rebellion." Her outward devotion to the God of Hope had only ever been a means. She had never been the gentle, saintly Saintess of stereotype.
If someone asked Li Yixin why she liked Ye Zheng, at first it was probably because of "Zhao Mei"—she'd paid attention almost despite herself. She'd been secretly disappointed for a while, but then she found herself increasingly drawn to Ye Zheng.
Ye Zheng was undeniably an idealist, a guardian. But her core strength lay not only in gentleness and kindness, but also in a fierce, unmistakable streak of rebellion.
That defiant quality held an inexplicable pull for Li Yixin. Setting aside her online interests, she led an orderly, ordinary life—a kid who never put a foot wrong, but never stood out either.
She could sense the hidden, omnipresent thorns embedded in daily life. The old her could ignore the small pricks and carry on. The current her could no longer look away.
She wanted to pull out those thorns—to uproot the prejudice and the conditioning. That was the courage Ye Zheng had given her.
Whether the ending saw Ye Zheng destroy the world or save it, it wouldn't diminish how Ye Zheng's courage had once inspired Li Yixin. Even if she stopped liking Ye Zheng someday, the impact would remain a part of her inner world—a tiny yet indispensable force in the making of a soul.
So Li Yixin didn't want to argue with people online about whether Ye Zheng was just or not. But today, she simply couldn't help it!
[#369: If Ye Zheng hadn't livestreamed to provoke the Emperor, he wouldn't have popped his ult. They've coexisted peacefully for years and Ye Zheng just had to come stir the pot. Textbook villain behavior, no way to spin it.]
[#370: "Coexisted peacefully"—for whom, exactly? The Emperor who lives in the upper district, completely untouched by the Demonic Domains?]
[#371: The Emperor is a mortal man. They could've secretly taken him out to prevent him from using his power. Instead Ye Zheng pulls this stunt. Bet the Emperor is just another pawn Ye Zheng's manipulating.]
[#372: I think the Emperor is more than he seems. Why does he have the power to trigger Demonic Domains? That alone is worth thinking about.]
[#373: Off-topic, but I heard there was an incident recently at some complex. The victims looked like they'd been torn apart by some kind of monster. Everyone who got near the spot died the same way. Kinda like the Demonic Domains in this manga.]
[#374: Is the above some new Zheng-fan tactic to change the subject? Fine, it's all Emperor Vincent's fault—he's even behind real-world urban legends now.]
[#375: ...The Emperor actually has stans. +1 for biodiversity.]
[#376: Stop fighting. Actually, both the Emperor and Ye Zheng are villains. Please support our one and only heroic protagonist Percy, okay?]
[#377: Haven't Ye Zheng's actions already shattered Percy and his fans' protagonist fantasy? Pretty resilient if not.]
[#378: My guess for the next chapter: "Percy's 100th Inaugural Declaration—I Will Defeat Ye Zheng"]
[#379: LMAO, you really do understand King of the Demonic Domain and the male power fantasy lead.]
[#380: So was what Ye Zheng said about the God of Hope not existing actually true or not?]
[#381: Fake, probably. Percy's the one with the real Holy Sword and the God of Hope's endorsement. Ye Zheng's just worried about her fake identity being exposed, so she preemptively declared the whole God of Hope thing a fraud.]
[#382: No, I feel like Ye Zheng has no reason to lie. But if Ye Zheng's telling the truth, Percy's very existence starts to look pretty sus, doesn't it?!]
[#383: FINALLY someone gets to the point. If the God of Hope is fake, doesn't that flip the entire worldview that's been built up over 300+ chapters?]
[#384: Wait... don't tell me after all this, Percy is the fake existence?]
[#385: I've now seen it all. Zhengzheng's mom fans will stop at nothing to bring down the male lead. Stanning a male character in this manga is basically a trial by fire...]
[#386: Someone on the other board posted a deep-dive analysis of the plot. It's actually kind of chilling.]
[#387: That post is clearly from a Zheng neutral at best. Fun to read for laughs, but believing it? That's galaxy-brain stuff.]
Li Yixin was no good at arguing or debating. Clumsy with words, she spent ages typing only to get half-killed by rage from the other side first.
But being a Zheng fan had one perk: there were always powerful fellow fans carrying the torch on their behalf.
[Seeing King of the Demonic Domain Through Ye Zheng's Eyes—The Only Person in Your Gui Who Sees the World from the Higher Dimension!] [hot]
Author's Note:
Have to gather at 7 AM tomorrow for the graduation ceremony. Going to bed early, goodnight...
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