Water God Gonggong, removed from the Ten Great Peaks.

Replaced by…

Yan Huang!

This declaration, made under the agreement of the stars, echoed through the Three Realms, the Eight Desolations, and the Ten Directions. Emperor Jun slightly narrowed his eyes, his expression unchanging. This was Gonggong, sealed for five thousand years, and even with a coordinated assault, he was only defeated by a single move in the end. To him, it was insignificant.

However, that was only from the Heavenly Emperor's perspective.

Regardless of the means, defeating one of the Ten Great Peaks was still a fact. And this fact signified that the humans of the mortal realm could, when necessary, muster a force capable of contending with a weakened member of the Ten Great Peaks.

In their assessment, this was a level that demanded considerable attention.

"The mortal realm…"

A murmured voice.

The God of Leize silently watched the fading image, eventually focusing his gaze on the Taoist who styled himself the Jade Emperor of the Taoist school, a hint of interest in his eyes. On the outer seas, a place of immense mystery even in the Age of Gods, Buzhou Mountain God roared with laughter.

"Finally, revenge is mine!"

"An eye for an eye, Gonggong, you've finally learned your lesson!"

"I didn't even need to act myself."

"Just a little…adjustment of this kid was enough to deal with you."

He was smug and triumphant.

His old friend beside him was helpless.

Another, shorter and fatter god chuckled, "Speaking of which, Old Buzhou, I've been wandering around lately and heard some interesting things. It seems there was a daring madman who not only kidnapped the Heavenly Emperor's consort, Changxi, but also knocked you unconscious and carried you away."

"Could it be… your cheap disciple?"

"!!!"

"Ah, this…"

"How is that possible?!"

Buzhou Mountain God awkwardly replied, his gaze drifting upwards.

The tall, slender god chuckled knowingly.

In his heart, he silently added another mark to Buzhou Mountain's list of dark history.

Then, he cheerfully said, "With that, your ranking on the list of the unluckiest gods in history, and the list of gods with the most tragic black history, has climbed even higher, surpassing both of us! Congratulations, congratulations!"

Buzhou Mountain God angrily reached out to shove the slender god. "What did you say?"

"How could my ranking be higher than yours?!"

"You're spouting nonsense!"

As he spoke, he was about to start a fight with the slender ancient god. The ancient god was not polite either. Instead, the short, fat god squeezed between them, separating them. Then, he was deeply moved and burst into tears, "This is too rare. I never thought we'd be able to gather three of us here."

"Wuwuwu, it's so great, it's been so many years!"

"Ever since that guy disappeared, and you got knocked unconscious, the two of us have been wandering outside for thousands of years, too ashamed to return to the Three Realms."

Buzhou Mountain God, exasperated by his cries, said, "Alright, alright, isn't your plight all your own doing?"

The slender god remained silent, then stroked his chin and said, "But speaking of which, your disciple's appearance seems a bit… average."

The short, fat ancient god, who had just been crying, said, "It is a bit average."

"How about my brother and I give him a makeover?"

"A makeover!"

"Considering our relationship, we won't charge him this time."

"We'll carve him a pair of eyes that can see through ghosts and spirits, piercing through heaven and earth!"

"We'll carve holes in his ears so he can hear all the stories of the six directions and ten regions!"

"And we'll carve him a mouth that can utter words that charm all living beings!"

"We'll help him!"

One of them pulled out a large awl, radiating terrifying patterns that seemed to resonate with the surrounding void. The other brandished a large hammer, with its own mysteries, a benevolent, fanatical smile on his face. Buzhou Mountain God's scalp crawled.

He abruptly reached out and held them back, "Stop!"

"Shuh! Hu! You two carved seven orifices into Hundun and killed Him!"

"What else do you want to do?!"

The two ancient gods, who existed even before the ancient myths, picked up their ancient tool sets and scurried away. In ancient times, surrounding all the realms of the Age of Gods, the Emperor of the South Sea was Shuh, the Emperor of the North Sea was Hu, and the Emperor of the Center was Hundun.

These two carved seven orifices into Hundun.

Hundun was in a state of primordial chaos before the opening of heaven and earth. Adding the seven orifices caused Him to fall from that state, and as a result, He died. This, along with Buzhou Mountain God, were the two great black humor jokes of the Age of Gods. According to unreliable sources, this event directly led to Nuwa choosing to create humans by kneading mud.

Instead of stone carving.

"We've been holding back for almost an epoch!"

"We can't hold it in any longer!"

"Hahahaha, Old Buzhou, don't worry, we're just going to take a look at the young man!"

"We don't plan on carving anything into him."

"Of course, if he's not satisfied with something about himself, we can help him modify it!"

Accompanied by laughter that was part joke and part serious, the two great ancient brutes flew directly towards the mortal realm. Buzhou Mountain God, enraged, picked up a large mountain beside him and chased after them, carrying the mountain across the sea.

…………………

Wei Yuan had no idea that, due to certain reasons, two enthusiastic old men planned to give him a makeover and were rushing towards him with great self-motivation. At this moment, the news from Bai Ze, the new head of 【Cognition】, was being carefully studied by the powerful figures of the various races in the Three Realms and Eight Desolations.

Unparalleled thunder techniques since ancient times.

Merit surpassing the Three Sovereigns, virtue exceeding the Five Emperors.

These were all extremely important and shocking news.

If others said it, it might be deliberate lies, but that was the head of the 【Cognition】 Dao!

Moreover, such a pure, flawless, and beautiful great beauty, the embodiment of all that is good in the world, how could she possibly lie, how could she, like a middle-aged, decadent, and slovenly uncle, just open her mouth and lie?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

And among them, one very important thing caught their attention.

The beautiful and aloof Si You was thoughtful: "A mutual affection with the Queen Mother of the West…?"

"Queen Mother of the West?"

The God of Leize's expression was strange. "That violent, beast-eared, tiger-toothed woman who's countless rounds older than him? Hiss… tsk tsk tsk, could it be… no wonder, could it be that he likes old cows eating young grass? I can't believe it, Queen Mother of the West!"

The God of Leize, whose age was extremely high among the gods, stroked his chin and said, "Pay attention to it. The Queen Mother of the West is very protective of her own."

"I didn't expect that he'd have a relationship with the Queen Mother of the West…"

His subordinate hurried out, then told the loyal guard next to him, "Immediately send a message down to restrain the deployment in the mortal realm. As for the reason…" Not everyone was qualified to see Emperor Jun's Star Ranking. That required a certain level of strength, otherwise…

Eyes cannot see, and ears cannot hear.

This was a rare opportunity to show off.

So he lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "That swordsman in the mortal realm is someone the Queen Mother of the West values, someone she's been nurturing from the past until now!"

"What!"

The guard was shocked. After handing over the task, he hurried out, arrived at the Document Hall, found the personal attendant of the Document Hall Master who collected the secrets of the Three Realms, reported the task, and lowered his voice, "Did you know?!"

"Incredible, earth-shattering news!"

"The Queen Mother of the West took a fancy to a mortal thousands of years ago and has been secretly watching him for thousands of years!"

"It's so tragic. That mortal has been all alone for these thousands of years!"

The delicate-looking personal attendant of the hall master was stunned.

Then he hurried back. When others asked him why he was walking so fast, he lowered his voice and said, "Big news, big news!"

"The Queen Mother of the West secretly married a mortal thousands of years ago and has been quietly living in the mortal realm for thousands of years!"

"They even have children!"

He shook his head and said, "No wonder! The Queen Mother of the West, as the master of Kunlun, actually chose to go to the mortal realm with humans back then, instead of staying in the Mountain and Sea Realm!"

Finally, the news continued to spread. When it reached the recording place…

The god in charge of recording the history of Leize was silent and wrote in bold strokes: "Suspected of having a mutual affection with the Queen Mother of the West."

That head of 【Cognition】 should not be lying.

In the mortal realm, Wei Yuan forcibly sealed the equally exhausted Gonggong with one of the Nine Cauldrons. In the other directions, Nüjiao, the First Emperor, Gengchen, Jue, and Zhang Ruosu all took action at the same time to reinforce and strengthen the seal. Thus, the huge, majestic Nine Cauldron temporarily sealed the Water God Gonggong beneath it.

After doing all this, Wei Yuan felt completely drained. Finally, he felt a sense of complete relaxation. His body swayed, and he fell downwards. The Chang'an Sword hummed and flowed, Nüjiao's long whip spun, and the First Emperor reached out to grab him.

Wei Yuan's body stopped falling.

However, what greeted him was not the sword energy of the Chang'an Sword, or the Shennong Whip, but a light fragrance. The girl reached out and hugged him directly, one hand passing under his neck, the other hugging his legs, a standard embrace.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, smiling with a hint of joy, "It's over."

Wei Yuan: "…………"

At this moment, on the reef near the East Sea battlefield, the white-haired beauty Bai Ze felt that she would probably never transform into this appearance again in her life. Coupled with the joy after the victory, she adjusted the position of the camera and then showed a perfect smile.

"Yay, we won!"

"Let's make a memory of it!"

She made a V-sign. At this moment, the wind seemed to be flowing. She subconsciously turned her head. The camera quickly completed the shooting. The river in the sky sprinkled down, sunlight, rain, dew, and breeze, as well as the girl holding the human swordsman, gently stepping on the water, all turned into a picture frozen at this moment.

"We won."

ps: Today's first update… a little late today because I was organizing the outline for what's coming next.

Thanks to bmtc for 15,000 starting point coins.