“No matter how much you beat me, I won’t spit out my spiritual power for you!”

“Go ahead and kill me if you have the guts.”

Within the Gui Xu formation, Yao Ji, clutching a pillow, glared fiercely at the young Azure Dragon outside the formation. The latter’s forehead throbbed with bulging veins. “Don’t think I wouldn’t dare.”

Yao Ji pointed to her heart, her expression becoming serene and distant, as gentle as the mountains and rivers. “Back then, when you were undergoing tribulation and breaking through, transforming into a dragon and rebuilding your cultivation, I slew twelve demon dragons to save your life.”

“Yet this body died because of you, its pure and turbid energies extracted, nearly causing my soul to scatter.”

“If not for the Queen Mother’s foresight, my true spirit would have been annihilated.”

“Azure Dragon, if you’re willing, just kill me with a single strike. It’ll save you from having to make mistakes every year, deliberately guarding this formation to prevent others from discovering that my true spirit hasn’t dissipated, won’t it, Azure Dragon?”

“Or should I call you the head of the Four Spirits, Eastern Azure Dragon?”

“Or perhaps, should I call you King Mu?”

The woman's expression held a hint of sorrow.

“King Mu, ah, King Mu, now you’re using a blade, King Mu, ah, King Mu, has the Kunwu Sword shattered?”

“You!”

The Azure Dragon gritted his teeth but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to act, dejectedly retreating in powerlessness.

The soft, voluptuous woman, two buttons of her sleeping gown undone, revealing a hint of her white, smooth skin, reached out and lightly chopped the Azure Dragon's head. Having just eaten some pastries, even her voice carried a soft, hazy sweetness, a sweet and tender itch that scratched at the heart. It was like complaining, yet also like acting spoiled.

“Truly a coward.”

“You ran away back then, and you’re still running away now.”

Once suppressed and subdued by the Lord of Gui Xu, one of the Four Spirits, the Eastern Azure Dragon, one of the three great dragon gods, inferior only to the Candle Dragon and on par with the Ying Dragon, the head of the Four Envoys, had also undergone tribulation and reincarnation, his dragon energy merging with that of a human king.

The first reincarnation was as King Mu, but he ran away.

The second reincarnation was as King Chu, but he ran away again, only experiencing a lifetime of Wushan clouds and rain in a dream.

That was still thanks to the Queen Mother of the West’s treasure, a mirror capable of deducing and transforming into a false era.

A coward to the extreme.

The girl secretly glanced at the Azure Dragon, who was dejected, self-reproachful, and in pain. The sorrowful expression on her face turned into delight, and when the latter raised his eyes, her own eyes became misty again, like rain and fog. To be real enough, effective enough, she even used the visualization method of a certain martial arts world.

Her mind sketched out and reflected a martial will, conjuring an image of the Azure Dragon locking her in a small, dark room against her will.

From then on, she could no longer secretly use the Heavenly Mechanism Formation's foundation and spiritual power, unable to see what was happening in the myriad worlds. It was equivalent to being directly cut off from the internet for the rest of her life, unable to even look at lewd pictures. A wave of sorrow welled up in her heart, and her eyes became even more mournful.

Zhou Muwang, Azure Dragon, was defeated. "You!"

“Don’t do it again!”

The Azure Dragon took a deep breath and turned to leave.

As soon as the Azure Dragon left, Yao Ji immediately perked up, full of energy and not at all heartbroken.

She stuck out her tongue and returned to the Heavenly Mechanism Formation.

Preparing to slowly select good things from Gui Xu as mission rewards for Jue. Of course, it would be best to include a portion for that Yuan as well. Cough, cough, after all, the difference in level between the top ten and those below the top ten was a bit too large. The Lord of Gui Xu wanted to sever the enemy's karma, but instead, he ended up helping the other party.

Moreover, the other party's peculiar power made Yao Ji feel a bit strange and terrifying.

Compared to the Queen Mother, who directly killed without equal, the Five厉 and Five残 (Five Fierce and Five Crippling).

This method of directly interfering with karma, while not as skilled in attack, carried an extremely immeasurable sense of terror. She reached out and rubbed her brow, integrating and perceiving these things. “Hmm…interfering with fate, oneself representing the concept of [Disordered Karma], [Reversed Karma].”

“Perhaps even representing [Paradox] itself, like this…”

“Could it be that he created a closed loop of karma, and then directly stepped out of the loop, causing this closed karmic trait to gradually spread, filling the past, present, and future? When this characteristic permeates the entire space-time, it will be equivalent to the complete maturation of the Dao fruit of the top ten.”

And his characteristic…

Yao Ji pondered, recalling what she had seen before, only feeling it was unfathomable.

Thinking that she was detected even with the East Sea Great Ravine Formation, and then connecting it to the Lord of Gui Xu's painstaking efforts and unlucky encounters, Yao Ji vaguely grasped the characteristics of the newly advanced top ten.

“Unthinkable, immeasurable, un-interferable.”

“To think is to err.”

“To calculate is to be detected.”

“Once interfered with, it will transform into a karmic link of its own.”

“And if Zhu Rong’s power is raised to the limit, the heat of all things will radiate outwards, destroying the world and burning everything.”

“And theoretically, if this Yuan’s power is raised to the limit, it will be like Chapter 880 Backhand (Thank you to 麻雀 for the 10,000 reward)”

“The same as accommodating the karma of the Lord of Gui Xu, ultimately accommodating the karma of all things into one’s own fate and karma.”

“This…the cause of all fruits? The beginning of everything!”

Yao Ji rubbed her brow, steadying her thoughts and the turbulent waves in her heart.

When not encountering special people, she was the most calm and rational among the celestial maidens. The daughter of the Yan Emperor, intelligent and peaceful, she used her fingers as a brush in the void, relying on her own perception of concepts and her experiences of what she had seen and felt before. She closed her eyes and began to conceive, muttering to herself.

“The cause of all fruits is the initial thing, Yuan (元), the source.”

“The beginning of everything is to evolve all things, Shi (始), the beginning.”

The celestial maiden Yao Ji slowly opened her eyes. “It is the origin, should be named Yuanshi (元始).”

“Not a title of honor, but a direct description of the power itself. Yuanshi, the very first beginning.”

“Among the strongest of existences, Dijun is first in martial force, Buzhou Mountain is first in power, Gonggong is first in accumulating momentum, Nüwa is first in creation, Fuxi is first in heavenly secrets, and this new Yuanshi is probably worthy of the saying, ‘The most unfathomable in all the heavens and myriad worlds.’”

“Of course, this requires him to completely perfect his foundation, to completely fill in his own foundation.”

“At that time, relying on his unthinkable and immeasurable abilities, I am afraid that once his foundation is replenished, he will immediately surpass Houtu, Nüwa, and even Zhu Rong and Gonggong, directly pointing to the first echelon of the top ten.”

Yao Ji pressed her brow, lost in thought.

“And now, the Lord of Gui Xu is the scapegoat tool to complete this process?”

“Those below the top ten and the top ten are originally two different levels, yet he insisted on messing with one of the top ten, and still the most bizarre and most skilled in karma. Isn’t this courting death? For someone like this, even if you have made ninety-nine percent of the preparations, that last zero point one percent is one hundred percent.”

“But this fusion of karma, this subtle and bizarre sense of paradox, why does it give me the side effect that this Yuanshi is not good at heavenly secrets, so he is just roughly splicing karma and fate together?”

The daughter of the Yan Emperor, the Kunlun celestial maiden Yao Ji, pondered, then shook her head, denying her own thoughts, saying, “It shouldn’t be, it shouldn’t be. This is the power that counters Saint Fuxi.”

“The first in heavenly secrets, against the first in unfathomability.”

“One wants to calculate all living beings, and one errs with every calculation.”

“I always feel that these two will fight many times and dislike each other.”

“No matter what, I stole a glance at him before, so I should find a way to let Jue indirectly send something over, right? With his karmic power, he will definitely know that I sent it. Hmm, this will be considered an apology.”

Yao Ji happily opened the Gui Xu treasure trove list and also opened the Lord of Gui Xu's secret stash.

She saw a pile of treasures inside.

There was the Zhenhai Purple Gold Ruler for suppressing karma.

There was the Xiantian One-Without-Origin Cover for concealing the number of breaths. There was the Golden Dragon Hidden Edge Sword Box that wandered and roamed.

At the edges were some precious metals, gold, and silver, born when stars fell and exploded.

And a whole asteroid of gemstones that a certain Gui Xu traveler had salvaged.

If placed in the mundane world, their value would be immeasurable.

Yao Ji naturally avoided these things. Hmm, after all, he was a bizarre existence who would have the opportunity to prove the cause of all fruits in the future. Such a person could not be short of money. Rather, gold and jade were the most worthless things to him.

“Still, the top-tier cultivation methods are the most precious. Hmm, just, just this Lord of Gui Xu’s most valuable heavenly-level insights. He should forgive me.”

Yao Ji clapped her hands, making a decision.

Suddenly, she paused slightly.

“Ah, wait, what is the relationship between Jue and this Yuanshi?”

“Jue also saw that fake fate?”

In order to make the Lord of Gui Xu believe that Jue had really changed that person’s karma, Yao Ji deliberately added heroic friends, legendary tales, and wives and children that would normally be in a regular anchor point to that fake fate so that the Lord of Gui Xu would believe it.

“Ah, this…shouldn’t be anything, right?” Yao Ji suddenly felt a sense of apprehension.

“Should I tell Jue about this? That wife-filled harem, indulging in pleasure!

The history of diligently having children every day was actually made up by me… Uh, is it necessary? Hmm, should I tell her about this?”

Yao Ji issued the reward, unable to make up her mind.

Then she thought, Jue had already stepped into Gui Xu and could rely on the Gui Xu formation to contact the past, present, and future to find the Queen Mother of the West, so she also needed external force to hold back the Lord of Gui Xu so that 袍 (pao - robe) would not have time to notice, and needed an existence to erase the traces in history as much as possible.

Kai Ming.

Yao Ji suddenly felt dejected. Even Kai Ming, who could do this, had not looked for her.

She was already so miserable, yet she couldn’t find this guy. “Even the sugar gourd can’t reel him in.”

Damn it, Kai Ming could see through all laws. Generally speaking, if she mentioned him, he would definitely sense it and come over. The reason why he didn’t come was probably because he didn’t care and wasn’t willing to come.

It was also possible that he was watching her misfortune at the Nine Heavens Gate.

Normally, it wouldn’t matter, but it wouldn’t do now. It concerned the safety of the Queen Mother, and with Yao Ji’s knowledge, Kai Ming would never plot against the Queen Mother.

“I can’t find him, I can only let him come find me.”

Yao Ji pondered, then opened the Heavenly Mechanism Formation, connecting to the painters of the myriad worlds.

Using different world styles and methods, she issued a bounty—

“Seeking original color paintings.”

“The subject is black curly hair, purple pupils, likes to smile, and likes sugar gourds…cough, ahem, a sexy big sister, can debut together with the white-haired, red-eyed, decadent big sister previously released.”

“Requirements…”

Yao Ji pondered.

“One in black silk, one in white silk.”

“One pure and scheming, one decadent and naturally oblivious.”

“One gothic lolita drinking black tea, one in ancient Shenzhou style holding a cigarette pipe.”

“The sexier the better!”

“Explode with sexiness!!”

Then she sent over Kai Ming's face, leaving a high price.

The celestial maiden Yao Ji was expressionless.

When the time came, she would prepare to issue one copy per Gui Xu traveler to see if he would come to stop her.

Sitting and seeing the ten directions without doing serious work, watching me being captured by Gui Xu to be a formation spirit for fun.

I will let your black history spread throughout the myriad worlds.

Let the gods who have been tricked come and see.

Come one, come all.

The ancient pair, Ming and You see far,隔垣洞见 (perceiving across the wall) combination debut!

“Ah sneeze!”

In the human world, Bai Ze sensed that Chi You’s aura had finally gone far away, so he sneaked back. For some reason, he felt a chill down his spine, feeling cold all over. He drank a glass of milk to calm his nerves, entered the door, and didn't see the celestial maiden Jue, feeling very curious.

Suddenly, he heard that the new publication over there had been forcibly physically cut off at the waist. The Vodka Goddess, who was so poor she was dying, suddenly cheered, ran out in slippers, carrying a drawing board. After thinking about it, she shook Bai Ze's hand heavily, her face full of gratitude. “Thank you!”

“The number one beauty in the world!” “Huh?!”

Bai Ze was at a loss, watching the girl run upstairs. He vaguely heard something about accepting orders.

Then the water ghost, who was lying down like a corpse, suddenly shivered as well, his handsome face frozen. He looked up and around, blank and dazed. “Wait a minute, what the hell, why do I feel a chill down my back, hiss, it’s like a gay guy is pulling my zipper from behind…”

“Damn it, wait, where are you going, Goddess?!”

“Sess is prohibited in the museum!” There was no answer.

Bai Ze and the water ghost looked at each other.

A silence.

For some reason, both the lazy and decadent handsome youth and the water ghost waiter, who was good-looking but too much of a scumbag, shivered a few times as if some existence had cursed them both in secret at the same time. They looked at each other, then very tacitly turned their gazes away.

“Is the air conditioner set too cold?” “A bit…”

“Yes, yes ah…”

On Longhu Mountain, Wei Yuan, holding tea, frowned slightly, raised his eyes, and felt that his karma had shifted once, but almost in the blink of an eye, the mark imprinted on the origin of the world was reversed and erased. This wisp of perception immediately dissipated, like swatting away a fly that had landed on his hand.

“Hmm, a charming woman…”

The Daoist waited on Longhu Mountain for a while. It was not the old Daoist who appeared, but the celestial maiden 魃 (Ba), dressed in a white Daoist robe and with a gentle expression.

“Geng Chen is not here.” The Daoist misunderstood the reason for Nüba’s arrival, mistakenly thinking that Geng Chen had once again attracted the pursuit of this celestial maiden because of his instinct to philander. He felt helpless in his heart and gently reminded her.

Nüba remained noncommittal, just sitting opposite the Daoist, her voice gentle.

“No, I just came to find you.”

P.S.: Today’s second update is 4,000 words.