Ashby

Emperor Ashby is the main antagonist during Xie Yan's mission to the world of Jin Zhou. He was a regressor who misused his memories to become the emperor.

## Plot

In the previous timeline, Ashby, an ordinary elf, died in the battle between the Four Sages and the Dark Elf Queen. At the time of his death, Ashby unexpectedly encountered a mysterious necklace and returned back in time by a decade. Eager for an extraordinary life, Ashby misused the memories of his past life to become one of the rare Mages Of Forbidden Spells at the expense of the lives and fortunes of countless heroes. He covertly endorsed corruption in the Elf Empire. Ashby preemptively killed three of the Four Sages and seized their four holy weapons. After murdering Talulu's parents, he imprisoned her in a tower for five years. In preparation for the Dark Elf King and Queen's invasion, he forced Talulu to fuse the holy weapons and assigned his human slave, Xie Yan, to monitor her progress.

During Ashby's five-day military expedition, Xie Yan from the Main World merges with Ashby's slave, learning the whole story from the system. Disgusted with Ashby's atrocities, Xie Yan claims the Holy Sword, leaves the stronghold along with Talulu, and massacres Ashby's garrison, razing the castle. Later, Xie Yan impersonates Ashby, eradicating human slave trade associations in Carlshire nearby. Ashby, furious at Xie Yan's revolt, issues a nationwide kill order on him, and dispatches Yeager, a Mage Of Forbidden Spells, to assassinate Xie Yan and recapture Talulu. Elsewhere, Ashby thwarts an invasion of the dark elves, beheading the Dark Elf Queen, but remains anxious about the Dark Elf King.

Ashby becomes increasingly irascible when he cannot scour Xie Yan, Talulu, or the Holy Sword after Yeager's death. Ashby stoops to daily genocide on humans to flush out Xie Yan, but to no avail. As the sole Prince-Elector alive, Ashby is coronated the Emperor of the Elf Empire. Gathering all mages at Kuso Plateau, he installs the hazardous "Elubel's World Magic Array" to banish the Dark Elf King. Xie Yan, Talulu, and Cyany rush to the plateau. After Talulu demolishes the Magic Array, Cyany steals Ashby's necklace, which merges with Xie Yan's system. Xie Yan and Ashby fight while Talulu stalls the elf troops. During the fight, Xie Yan steals Ashby's Holy Crown, which unexpectedly awakens the Everlasting Dominating Fist. Xie Yan brutally lynches Ashby and seizes the remaining artefacts. In the aftermath, the dark elves' planet is destroyed, and Talulu becomes the Empress. Xie Yan, after torturing Ashby, locates his Forbidden Magic Fruit secret orchard. After collecting sufficient fruit essence, Xie Yan kills Ashby, completing his quest.

## Trivia

* His name in Mandarin is written as *艾斯比 (àisī bī)*. This term is the Chinese homophonic equivalent of the English letters s and b, which are usually used as an abbreviation of *傻屄 (shǎ​ bī)*, meaning "stupid cunt". It can also mean *帅屄 (shuài bī)*, which translates as "handsome stud". His name can be alternatively spelt as Asby or Ai Sibi.
* Before any undertaking, Ashby's servants would sacrifice dozens of human children for fortune.
* Xie Yan killed Ashby's familiar, an ancient dragon.
* It is implied that Ashby didn't regress and his "past life" was actually a simulation created by the gemstone necklace.