The masked youth contemplated, but his sweeping movements did not cease.

After a while, the young man from before entered again, complaining bitterly that many of his companions had been implicated after the anger of Kaiming God, truly the wrath of a deity, as awe-inspiring as a prison. The masked youth, however, said nothing, merely sweeping quietly, stroke by stroke.

Finally, he placed the simple tool magic artifact aside.

Looking at the youth's bitter expression, he said calmly, "I have something to say to Kaiming."

The moment he spoke these words, the youth's body froze, and subtle changes occurred in his features. From a diligent sweeper, he transformed into a majestic尊者 (zun zhe, a respectful title for a deity or high-level cultivator) experiencing mortal life. His pupils narrowed, and two clusters of pale purple light rose within them. His aura became strange and lazy as he stretched, saying, "It's still comfortable here, haha...

"Being able to return here, without having to avoid that fellow."

"Five thousand years of solitary meditation, the means to remove oneself from the ten directions, truly formidable."

"What the mortal world calls技近乎于道 (jì jìn hū yú dào, skill approaching the Dao), is probably this realm."

Qi did not speak, merely watching Kaiming calmly.

Kaiming smiled at the youth before him, his eyes playful, but with a hint of wariness deep within his purple pupils.

Naturally, he had to be wary.

How could he not be wary of this person?

Back then, Qi had meditated for over five thousand years beneath Mount Tu, separating the ten directions from himself. Relying on unparalleled Qimen Dunjia (a form of Chinese divination), he had achieved a level even higher than escaping the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements. Then, he had severed a head from Kaiming's turbid world state, and left the mortal realm.

While Wei Yuan charged through the Great Wilderness, battling in the wilds, fighting gods, and proving his Dao of cause and effect,

Martial Lord of the mortal world dismantled his own divine soul to prevent the gods from controlling him.

Then, he found all the feng shui masters and Qimen experts in the mortal world and together, they set up a life-reversing formation beneath Chaoge City.

Directly utilizing the lucid dream of Zhu Jiuyin.

Joining hands with the Tu Shan clan to complete the Da Yi revival plan.

And this seemingly exhausted human quietly followed the traces of the ten directions, forcibly finding an opportunity, designing and capturing ten Kaiming clones.

Then, he noticed the differences between the Kaiming clones and deduced the underlying logic of the authority of the Kunlun Three Gods Kaiming, trying one clone after another, and finally finding the Qing Kaiming anchor point among those clones. When Kaiming realized that his clone had a problem,

Qi was following the method of Ah Yuan, or rather, the method of King Yu.

Putting the Kaiming clone, the nine-headed cat, on a stick.

Roasting it over a fire.

Shaking the iron stick.

Leisurely roasting the nine-headed cat, so that a wisp of Kaiming's divine sense would return, connecting the line.

"However, I didn't expect your plan to be so insane..."

Kaiming couldn't help but sigh.

Qi said calmly, "If you stay with two muscle-brained fools for too long, you'll become like this."

Kaiming retorted, "But you've only been together for a few decades."

Looking at the familiar surroundings, he sighed, "But you should also thank that guy."

"If he hadn't madly cleaved open a gate to Heaven."

"That 'me' wouldn't have had such a loophole. Even with your Qimen Dunjia, divine calculations, and me personally leading the way, you wouldn't have been able to sneak in."

Qi's heart was like a still lake, without ripples. He said faintly, "Him?"

Kaiming quickly shook his head, saying, "I can't say his name, nor can I write it."

"I'm already in a state of weakened strength, unlike you."

Kaiming looked at the youth before him with some emotion, saying, "You've stripped away the concepts of the four directions, heaven and earth, past and future, life and death from yourself, reaching a state of not being touched by cause and effect, not entering fate, not falling into life and death from another angle. Only you can mention these forbidden names at will, without worrying about being noticed."

"Only someone as special as you could design another me without being detected by the Dao Fruit Realm's prediction of life and death, right?"

"You only have one weakness."

Kaiming pointed a finger at Qi's brow, smiling playfully, "That is, your own strength is too weak."

"After stripping away cause and effect, it's easy to die from weapons and disasters."

"Then, even cause and effect won't be able to detect your death."

Qi's eyes were calm and deep, without a trace of a ripple, as he pushed away Kaiming's finger and said faintly:

"It should be so."

"If you want to accomplish the deed of taking down Heaven, you must naturally pay a sufficient price."

"When I was in Tu Shan, Nü Jiao came several times, each time giving me many books. There is a saying in the mortal world: 'Those who cherish their lives cannot accomplish great things, and those who see small gains forget their lives.'"

"I do not cherish my life, and only then do I have the qualifications to seek great things."

"Weak humans can only do this."

Kaiming's mouth twitched, deliberately sighing, "Yes, 'only', 'qualifications', 'weak', meditating for five thousand years to directly break that 'me's' cultivation."

"I really have to think about it. You can defeat another 'me', so can you also trick me later? So, guess if I should kill you afterwards?"

Qi's voice was calm, "You won't."

Kaiming supported his chin with one hand, smiling brightly, "Oh? So sure?"

The hoary-haired youth replied in a calm voice:

"Because if I die, you will feel too lonely."

"Only when there are still people like you and me in this world, scheming against each other, will all things in this world not feel dull."

"If you kill me, you will sit on Kunlun Mountain, looking around, and there will be no one who can break your cultivation and authority with pure methods. Jade dragons, snow pythons, white snow, sitting and watching the ten directions, everything under observation and control, for thousands of years, without surprises, wouldn't that be a pity?"

Kaiming's smile faded slightly.

He didn't expect the white-haired youth to speak his thoughts.

This was precisely why the one who sits and observes the ten directions liked to take risks.

Too boring.

The ten directions encompassed the four directions, heaven and earth, past and future, life and death.

Moreover, there was Lu Wu guarding Kunlun, and the Western Emperor, who could slay the top ten of the first echelon, standing with her spear.

So when he discovered the Great Tribulation, something that even he could not see through, he was unprecedentedly happy.

Well, as for why it was said that the Western Emperor stood with her spear.

Of course, it was because the Big Sister was too exquisite and petite. Holding a twelve-foot spear would make her look even smaller.

Although it would be very cute.

But if you praised her for being cute in front of the Western Emperor, you might be chased by her with the Western Emperor's Battle Spear to the ends of the earth, throughout the myriad realms.

Kaiming ridiculed in his heart, smiling brightly.

Then, the youth Qi said in a calm, unwavering voice, "Moreover, I have already contacted Zhu Jiuyin."

"You kill me."

"He will come to chat with you."

Kaiming paused, but then laughed loudly, "Hahaha, as expected of our kind. I was wondering, Zhu Jiuyin's strength is similar to my main body, and this place is suppressed by me with the Gate to Heaven and authority, not within the ten directions. Even He wouldn't want to find it in a short time."

"So, you found him?"

"When?"

Qi said faintly, "When leaving Tu Shan."

Kaiming did not continue to delve into this matter, but said, "So, what do you plan to do?"

Qi said, "Your authority is based on clone transformation. Each clone can accommodate the existence of the main consciousness and has the ability to judge things independently. Therefore, I plan to temporarily sever the connection between the main body and all these clones after Kaiming creates enough clones."

Qi drew a complex feng shui array on the ground, so complex that no more than three people among the gods, demons, and monsters of the present world could understand it. He said, "Find an opportunity to force Kaiming's main body to create enough clones, then sever the connection. You instantly fuse the remaining clones into one, reversing yin and yang."

"That way, Kaiming's foundation will be divided into two, and you will fight each other."

"As for afterwards, whoever can win the position of the main body will become the clone controlled by others."

"It depends on you."

"Only in this way can the turbid world Kaiming be completely resolved."

Qi looked calmly at Kaiming, who was also interested, nodding and saying, "Don't worry, I will find a way to force Kaiming to create clones. Cough, I have a big plan there, but I can't tell you who it is. If I say it, things might not end well."

"Then, Qi, I'll take my leave."

"Mm."

The white-haired youth nodded calmly, his eyes without a trace of a ripple, but his voice paused, and he added:

"Ah Yuan, Nü Jiao, Yu, how are they now?"

Kaiming looked at the youth before him, seeing him lurking all the way, deducing the partial authority foundation of the one who sits and observes the ten directions with the body of a mortal, and then daring to come here, at the same time laying out plans among Kaiming himself, the turbid world's Kaiming, and Zhu Jiuyin, finally trapping the turbid world's Kaiming here.

All the way cold and indifferent.

If you want to accomplish great things, you can't cherish yourself.

So he handed over his life first.

Then, he sought a line of opportunity to kill.

Calm and decisive, using the body of a human to lay out the overall situation.

Only when he mentioned these three names did those calm eyes, which had meditated for five thousand years, reveal the vitality of a human. Kaiming originally wanted to jokingly say "guess," but at this moment, even a playful heavenly god like him couldn't bear it. Without deception, he simply said, "Don't worry, they're all fine."

"King Yu has been rescued and is now in Tu Shan."

"The couple has reunited and their relationship is very good."

"It's just that it might be a bit taxing on his kidneys."

"As for that guy..." Kaiming didn't mention his name, but said, "He's getting married soon. Probably after the wedding, he will soon have children. I just don't know how many will be born, haha. I always feel that Dijun will force him to have more, and then select the most talented one and bring him directly to the Myriad Stars, personally teaching him."

"Then he expects to teach an even stronger opponent."

The white-haired youth's eyes softened, saying, "They're all fine, huh."

"Mm."

"That's good."

Kaiming's voice paused, and he said, "Remember that guy is getting married."

"So, you'll have to come out for the wedding, right?"

"Don't cherish your life, but don't really die in this matter."

Kaiming looked at the youth with lowered eyes, shook his head, and a trace of true spirit left freely. The two clusters of purple flames in the youth's eyes faded quietly, and he yawned, saying, "Ah, how did I fall asleep again? Really... I have to change this habit of falling asleep again and again."

"Otherwise, if I do this by the river one day."

"I'm afraid I'll drown on the spot."

"A Qi?"

His voice paused, and he saw the youth holding the sweeping tools, already sitting there, lowering his eyes and falling asleep. So he relaxed his footsteps and slowly walked out. This was a side hall in the blessed land, wide, magnificent, with jade-like floors spreading out, and bronze utensils carrying the grandeur of ancient times.

The youth in blue clothes leaned against the stone hall, closing his eyes and bowing his head.

His breathing was peaceful.

When the wind blew, it was still like it was back then, like the wind passing through the grasslands and the earth. He slept with his arms behind his head, and he could hear the voice of King Yu, the laughter of Nü Jiao, and the sound of Ah Yuan cooking. The noisy sounds, which often annoyed the youth in the past, now made him feel at ease.

Not within the ten directions.

It meant that in the youth's perception, there were no four directions, no heaven and earth, no past and future.

It was like falling into an endless dark abyss, only these bits of past memories, like the last bit of light in the darkness, calmed his mind. Finally, the youth curled up alone in the hall of this Kunlun blessed land, falling into a deep sleep, as if he had returned to the past.

His body shrank.

"Ah Yuan..."

"Yu, Nü... "

Boundless sea of bitterness, breaking through the ten directions.

Five thousand years of loneliness, traveling thousands of miles alone, what he sought...

Was nothing more than a reunion in the mortal world.