Nothing in this world is eternal and unchanging.
Zhou Yi had long anticipated that the Heavenly Court would lose its initial resolve and become rigid in its hierarchy, yet he hadn’t expected it to become corrupt so quickly.
North of the Investiture of the Gods were inscribed the original intentions of the Heavenly Court, yet the ink had not yet dried when all had turned into a tool for later generations to rule over countless beings, surely making the early sages turn in their graves…
“Eh? I’m not dead yet, so there’s no problem!”
Zhou Yi brushed aside the matters of the Heavenly Court, for no matter how bad it got, it was still better than a thousand years ago when Wild Gods roamed freely.
In the past thirteen hundred years, the common folk have enjoyed the peace of several generations, which is indeed a great merit!
“With such meritorious deeds achieved hundreds of times over, I will roughly be a clean and innocent person again.”
Zhou Yi glanced at Li Shitou, whose brow carried a harbinger of doom and whose head was topped with dark clouds, and with a wave of his hand, he tossed him hundreds of miles away; this fellow was eight or nine times out of ten a tool used by the Heavenly Court to rack up merits and renown.
The reason he didn’t perform a Soul Search and kill him was because Li Shitou carried an aura of ghostly spirits, which could cause unnecessary trouble.
“Continue celebrating… cough cough, roaming the four corners of the world!”Zhou Yi turned into blue smoke and drifted away with the wind.
The head of the Yu family still didn’t know that the so-called “Third Master Yu” was a fake, masquerading as a cultivator transformed, and Zhou Yi certainly wasn’t going to say that it was a trap set by Wild Gods and demons together, lest the Yu family harbor any resentment.
If in the future the devout offerings to the righteous gods were not sincere, then the power of the incense wishes would be weak.
The Earth God could find any excuse to exterminate the Yu family while still complying with the laws of the Heavenly Court.
Sometimes, not knowing the truth of the world and living in blissful ignorance isn’t too bad!
Life in the world lasts but a hundred years, and in the blink of an eye, it’s gone; in the end, we are all but a handful of yellow soil, so there is no need to cling too much to what’s right and wrong, black and white.
Ignorance is bliss!
Leaving the bounds of Chongshan County, he headed west.
Without using any Escape Skill or Divine Skills, he simply walked on two legs.
He slept outdoors when encountering mountains, went fishing when encountering water, and if he came across a city, he would celebrate for a few years, experiencing different local customs and cultures. ꞦáɴΟᛒЁs̩
Happy times are always fleeting!
Today.
In the Capital of Yi Country towards the extreme west, Zhou Yi received a message in his sleep.
—Master’s lifespan is coming to an end, return to Mysterious Primordial Mountain quickly!
Gingerly moving aside the snow-white jade arms, Zhou Yi was about to transform into a beam of light to leave when the Oiran girl slowly opened her eyes and called out.
“My lord!”
Her voice was lazy and seductive, and her gaze captivating.
“I have urgent matters to attend to back home, and if I get the chance in the future…”
Zhou Yi was making up an excuse, but before he could finish, the Oiran girl started making bold moves, sternly saying, “If there’s really an urgent matter, you mustn’t delay!”
A moment later.
The bed creaked incessantly, and Zhou Yi prayed constantly in his heart.
“Master, please hold on for a few more days!”
…
A beam of light streaked across the sky.
Zhou Yi lay on a cloud, recalling the past hundred years.
He had traveled through all the nations of the Dongsheng Divine Continent, seen prosperity, witnessed tragedy, fought demons, and upheld justice.
After celebrating for a hundred years, he had finally restored his Daoist heart, accepting the injustices he had faced for no reason, for with Everlasting Immortality and endless lifespan, even a mountain of karma can be whittled away.
“Helping a hundred million elderly ladies cross the street isn’t enough? I’ll just help another hundred million elderly gentlemen. Eventually, I’ll accumulate enough merit!”
Several days later.
The beam of light descended onto Mysterious Primordial Mountain.
Zhou Yi, with a face full of sorrow, entered the main hall and knelt before the ancestral image, wailing with all his might.
“Master, your disciple was trapped in a demon’s den and barely made it back, but I still didn’t get to see you one last time…”
In recent years, many demons had appeared among the common folk, disregarding the heavenly edicts and causing harm at will.
The serenity that had lasted a thousand years in the mortal realm, where tales of demons and ghosts were treated as mere entertaining yarns, was now completely defenseless in the face of such horrors.
Especially in the northern Yan Country, where the trouble was the worst, a demonic cultivator who claimed to be a descendant of the Blood Demon sacrificed an entire city upon his arrival.
The Emperor of Yan Country offered sacrifices to the heavens and called upon the presiding Taisui, the heavenly soldiers, and generals to fight the Demon Head for months before finally subduing him. Since then, tens of millions of people within the country have worshiped the Heavenly Court Righteous Gods.
Their sincerity was as if they were Buddha’s Disciples from the Holy Mountain!
The incense power and wishes obtained by the Heavenly Court in a hundred years were no less than those of the past thousand years, showing the “necessity” of the Demon Path.
Without the Demon Path, how can the Righteous Path exist?
Seeing this, Zhou Yi understood even more clearly that the common people could be subjugated, and there was no difference between the Heavenly Court and the Imperial Court in the mortal realm, especially the righteous gods tainted by incense, who no longer maintained a Daoist heart.
“Wailing and crying for what, I’m not dead yet!”
Ling Weizi was dumbfounded by his disciple’s behavior and after regaining his senses, he snorted coldly, “Looking like this, covered in the scent of rouge, with the star of great joy all spread across the heavens.”
“Afraid you’ve been trapped in the cave of a female demon indeed!”
Zhou Yi turned at the sound and saw his master, Ling Weizi, and his senior sister, Xuan Yu standing at the door, one with a gloomy face and the other with a cold demeanor.
“Master, you’re not dead yet?”
“Rebellious disciple!”
Ling Weizi scolded harshly, “I must have disappointed you, but a few days ago I luckily received a chance, a Lifespan Extension Pill refined by the predecessors, which added three to five years to my life.”
“That’s great.”
Zhou Yi feigned joy, as it was he who had orchestrated for the Lifespan Extension Pill, left behind by some old sage, to end up in Ling Weizi’s hands.
Just one Lifespan Extension Pill was better than half a celebration cut short, leaving one’s Daoist heart in disarray!
Ling Weizi sensed Zhou Yi’s mana and gave a slight nod, “You’ve reached the mid-stage of Core Formation, it seems these years you haven’t slacked off. With the Heavenly Spiritual Root confined to the Foundation Establishment Stage for decades, it’s been a sheer waste of talent.”
“I thank Master for passing on the teachings!”
Zhou Yi glanced at Xuan Yu and didn’t dare to say much.
Back then, to be accepted into the Mysterious Primordial Sect, he had revealed just enough to mimic the effects of a Heavenly Spiritual Root, such as the natural flow of Spiritual Energy and the unobstructed all channels, and so on.
Later, because the Spirit Advising God deliberately avoided Core Formation, he didn’t know how Xuan Yu discovered it, but she never exposed this secret.
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