Chapter 1 A Chaotic Beginning

A gentle breeze brushed against the face, the spring sunlight was warm and bright. The boundless sea reflected peaceful ripples, a tranquility and peace that made one want to simply gaze on and on…

Boom!!!

An enormous, earth-shattering roar.

Vast spiritual energies collided with terrifying directness.

The calm sea was torn open in a huge rift, the waves surging backward. On the vast sea, a radiant energy wave like a great sun appeared, then crashed down, sending massive amounts of water plummeting.

Dai Xiumeng held up a black umbrella, but it was utterly useless against such water.

"The cold, cold rain slapped wildly on my face,"

"Warm, warm tears mixed with the cold rain…"

Dai Xiumeng took a puff of his cigarette, speechlessly gazing at the distant East Sea. The changes in the East Sea naturally brought missions to his Guixu Squad. Moreover, he knew the Demon Subduing True Martial Great Emperor, and his strength had been further elevated, reaching the third level of Guixu.

This was the level of a fierce general on the transcendent battlefield.

The improvement in his cultivation gave him a feeling of invincibility.

Like Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, Lu Bu, the Marquis Wen, and Guan Yunchang, the Martial God, on the battlefield.

Then he accepted this mission and came to the North Sea yet again.

He saw the various gods and demon overlords of the East Sea fighting over the now masterless East Sea's Qi, in a constant cycle of battles. Then Dai Xiumeng was finished. Before coming, he thought he was at least a fierce general-level combatant, reaching the peak of ordinary mortals.

Only when he arrived did he realize that he was at most at the level of Xing Daorong or Liu Sandao.

"Life… what a sigh…"

"Might as well just slack off here."

Not only were the ancient god overlords of the East Sea fighting, but those former rebellious powerhouses of the North Sea had also entered the battlefield to atone for their sins. As for whether they were truly atoning for their sins, or had other intentions, Dai Xiumeng no longer cared.

In short.

The entire Four Seas beyond the Gods had become a complete mess.

Only the South Sea region was sealed off, with nothing happening. However, at this time, it was precisely this lack of activity that seemed abnormal…

Dai Xiumeng wore a black trench coat, a specialty of a certain world, with a cigarette in his mouth, giving off the vibe of a human special agent. Of course, 007 would only become dust on this level of battlefield. The handsome guy in his squad, who had the aura of the Sea King but was actually a virgin, ran over and said, "Boss, people from the North Sea are here again."

"They're coming again!"

Dai Xiumeng rolled his eyes wildly.

Many North Sea powerhouses had already come.

Some had gone in to fight.

Some had gone in upright and came out horizontally.

They emanated the aroma of grilled squid from the night market near the school gate.

Dai Xiumeng couldn't resist cutting off a piece with his knife. After eating it, he felt his own cultivation surge, as if he had suddenly realized that the strange beasts of the *Shan Hai Jing* (Classic of Mountains and Seas) were actually edible, and that the *Shan Hai Jing* was actually real. But now was not the time to put ancient recipes into practice.

He rubbed his temples and said, "Let's just forget it, can we dissuade them?"

"It's already so chaotic now, going in to deliver heads is too cruel…"

"By the way, who is going to make a move?"

The teammate said, "Also from the Jade Void Palace."

"It's a golden-haired, armor-clad monkey."

"Seems to be called…"

"The Great Sage Equal to Heaven?"

Dai Xiumeng was struck by lightning, his thoughts instantly freezing.

"Who?!?"

……………………

Wei Yuan, dressed in black robes with crimson patterns, arrived at the entrance to the Nine Netherworld.

He had been here once before, and while he couldn't say he was extremely familiar with it, he knew it inside and out. Relying on his own status and his relationship with Zhu Jiuyin, Wei Yuan was led into the Nine Netherworld by a female official in a plain dress.

It was still the same feeling as before.

Deep and profound, as if able to penetrate the structure of the world's bottom.

Yet he could also sense the pure Qi emanating from the shattered fragments of the sky. Wei Yuan followed the veiled woman to a place for guests and saw that the overall layout of the surroundings was a calm and profound feeling, which, according to modern terms, was minimalist.

Well, very in line with Zhu Jiuyin's personality.

If it were Xian, it would be an array of colors as brilliant and bright as the clouds in the sky, even in the depths of this desolate Nine Netherworld, it could erupt with a brilliance like the Great Wilderness, the presence of that guy was simply too strong…

While waiting, Wei Yuan was bored, picked up a cup of tea, and slowly drank it.

Huh? Why has Zhu Jiuyin changed the flavor of the tea today?

He used to prefer light floral or green tea.

Why is it today a type with such a rich tea fragrance?

It tastes more like what Xian would like…

Wei Yuan's thoughts paused slightly, realizing a method he hadn't noticed before - wait, Zhu Jiuyin is the Lord of the Nine Netherworld, but Xian also said that when he died, he would bring his true spirit to the Nine Netherworld, but weren't they unable to coexist?

It can't be that the Nine Netherworld is divided into two parts, right?

Half for each?

No, it shouldn't be like that.

Wei Yuan dismissed his thoughts. The Nine Netherworld appeared after [the sky tilted northwest and the earth sank southeast], in order to stabilize the sunken southeastern region. Theoretically speaking, this area should not be divided in half.

Wei Yuan drank tea, raised his eyes and saw through the hole above the hall part of Zhu Jiuyin's true form, vast and huge, the body of a god, probably one of the few gods who could possess the physical strength to support the sky.

At the same time, he also mastered part of the innate Eight Trigrams, and his heavenly secrets were extremely strong.

And his personality was extremely deep.

If he hadn't been tricked by Fu Xi with [Reversing Yin and Yang], directly splitting him in two and weakening and dividing his foundation, he might have been able to go further. Hmm… Reversing Yin and Yang?

Wei Yuan looked at Zhu Jiuyin's true form in the sky, seeing that his eyes were closed at the moment.

The entire Nine Netherworld was in a state of dark night, quiet and still.

Open eyes for day, closed eyes for night.

Reversing Yin and Yang.

Xian's description of the Nine Netherworld…

Wait, could it be… that it's not that the Nine Netherworld is divided into two in terms of area, but divided into two in terms of time? When the eyes are open, Yang Qi flows, and Zhu Jiuyin appears. When the eyes are closed, Yin Qi rises, and it's Xian's home field?

The white-haired Taoist's mouth twitched. He put down the tea, got up, turned around, and walked away.

"Huh? Guest, is our tea not to your liking?"

The female official grabbed Wei Yuan's sleeve. The Taoist apologized while walking out, but he felt a fragrant breeze on his face and stopped. Outside the Nine Netherworld Hall, the gray-robed dragon god Zhu Jiuyin, with his hands behind his back, leaned forward slightly, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Are you leaving so soon?"

"I was planning to change my clothes properly."

The white-haired Taoist's forehead throbbed slightly, and he staggered back.

Zhu Jiuyin, why didn't you tell me about the different rulers of time in the Nine Netherworld?

Wei Yuan was least skilled at dealing with personalities and positions like Xian's.

*Pa.*

Wei Yuan leaned back against the table in the hall.

His upper body leaned back.

The green-robed woman Xian hooked a strand of white hair at the Taoist's temple.

"You…..."

The green-robed woman Xian raised her eyebrows, saw the bite mark on the Taoist's shoulder, hooked her lips, released the white hair, and looked at his vigilant face, laughing loudly, "That's really interesting, don't be like that, Heavenly Venerable, as if I'm forcing you."

"You don't want your wife to know about these things, do you?"

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched.

His hand was itchy.

He really wanted to chop this guy on the head with a palm strike.

That's right, Zhu Jiuyin said it, but he can't chop now. Qing Shan Xian waved his hand to let the two maids on the side go down, turned around and sat on the table, casually picked up a cup of tea and swayed it in his hand, slowly saying, "I also know your general purpose."

"Anyway, the piece of Nuwa left behind back then has been here for thousands of years, and it has always been useless. It also needs to consume the Nine Netherworld's seal formation, which is time-consuming and laborious. If you can take it away, it will be helping me a lot."

"Oh, right, us."

Qing Shan Xian turned his eyes to look at Wei Yuan and smiled, "Don't be so vigilant."

"I have already said that you will belong to me after you die, I have no interest in your lifetime."

Are you a scavenger?

Wei Yuan was too weak to complain. The green-robed woman slowly walked forward, signaling Wei Yuan to follow, and said, "Originally, I was planning to change into Zhu Jiuyin's usual clothes, and then suddenly change my mind to scare you, but I didn't expect that you would be able to detect something wrong in advance, so I had to come over."

"Oh dear, it shouldn't be, with your intelligence, you shouldn't be able to detect this."

That's because I know the past record of that snake scum Fu Xi.

I know the reason for your and Zhu Jiuyin's current state.

Wei Yuan complained in his heart, looking at the Nine Netherworld's style of architecture, and casually asked, "What's going on with that fragment of the sky? I mean, why has it been staying here in the Nine Netherworld?"

Xian said, "Back then, Mount Buzhou was hit by Gonggong. Theoretically, when a person or a god is hit, they will subconsciously grab something, right? Plus, the top of Mount Buzhou was sharply shaped, so the concept of heaven was directly torn into huge fragments."

"And some of it was directly annihilated."

"This is also because Hun Dun left, and the pure heaven lost its ruler. The Hun Tian no longer exists, so naturally it can't withstand Mount Buzhou's instinctive blow. If this blow had hit Gonggong's head, it would have been enough to make Gonggong fall asleep along with it, but for some reason, Mount Buzhou didn't do that."

Wei Yuan said, "Then the sky was repaired by refining colorful stones. This fragment has been suppressing it in the Nine Netherworld?"

Xian said, "There's no other way, this piece of sky can't be put back."

"Why?"

"Oh? Why?"

The gray-robed woman pondered, stretched out her hand and joked, "It's like a couple, one of whom is missing and presumed dead, and the other remarries. If you put the missing one back at this time, wouldn't they have to fight?"

"Oh dear, that's so sad."

"After going through life and death hardships, narrowly escaping death."

"The thing of finding other men in one's bed after returning home."

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched.

Although it's a very vivid analogy, aren't you really afraid of Zhu Jiuyin going berserk with an example like yours?

That guy cares a lot about his image.

"Look, that's it in front."

Xian pointed to the front. Wei Yuan's pupils contracted, and he saw the so-called [Sky]. Rather than a fragment, it was more like a terrifying existence at the level of an entire small world. Brilliant pure Qi flowed endlessly, revealing the aura of the ancient wilderness.

"This is…"

"A fragment of the ancient heavenly Dao, evolved into a small world. Inside, I'm afraid it's a reflection of the past… If you want to recover it, I'm afraid you need some time." Xian said calmly, and then stretched out her hand and pressed it on the Taoist's shoulder. The white-haired Taoist subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

"Oh ho, as expected of the Heavenly Venerable."

The woman smiled, grasped the Taoist's wrist with her backhand, and smiled playfully:

"However, instinctual moves may not be able to beat me. None of the top ten peaks have obvious shortcomings."

She stepped forward, pulling the white-haired Taoist into the world fragment together.

The Taoist said in shock, "What are you doing…"

Xian said, "This trip may be dangerous. As the host, I will accompany you this time."

"Let's also see if you have the magnanimity to hold the sky with one hand."

After saying friendly words of concern, she blinked her snake pupils and smiled playfully:

"Of course, I wouldn't mind at all if you are willing to treat this as a pre-death honeymoon…"

The white-haired Taoist looked at her and deliberately retorted:

"What if I take this seriously?"

"……?!?!?"

There was a moment of slight surprise on Xian's face, and his golden snake pupils froze.

Then, before he could answer, he and Wei Yuan stepped into the world evolved from the ancient heavenly Dao fragment.

In the Taoist's sleeve, the Hunkun Letter, which should have been in the museum, appeared at some point, emitting a streamer.

The aura of the sky fragment changed.