“Hahaha, Honored Senior, how was my performance?”

Within the ancient Great God’s heart, Chai A Si’s boastful voice still echoed.

This young man, on one hand, fawned and flattered Yuan Meng Ji to the extreme, while on the other, he secretly mocked him relentlessly to the Great Ancient God.

He would speak of Yuan Meng Ji’s foolishness, his naivety, and declare that these noble young masters, apart from their privileged birth, were utterly useless in every other aspect.

His words rained down like a sudden storm.

It seemed he had grown accustomed to speaking with the Great Ancient God about anything and everything, seeking guidance on cultivation, sharing his life’s perplexities, showing off his progress, and even sharing his peculiar thoughts.

Perhaps because he needed to sleep to recover his divine power, the Great Ancient God often didn’t respond. Yet, he would simply talk to himself, perfectly content.

Since he could remember, he had never seen his parents.

When he was very young, his grandfather was crushed to death by a carriage right before his eyes. He had always grown up alone in that old house, so he didn’t fully understand the feeling many children in normal families have when they show off their growth to their parents, hoping for praise.

“Everything you said… was it all an act?” The Great Ancient God, silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

“Of course, hahaha!” Getting a response made Chai A Si even happier. “Could I truly submit to that simpleton? Blindly confident, ignorant, and where does he get that courage? He actually thinks he’s graceful and mighty, that he has a knack for controlling subordinates!”

“That is good,” the Great Ancient God said.

“Ah, wait, one sentence was true,” Chai A Si said with a joyous smile. “Marrying with Yuan Xiao Qing is true.”

The Great Ancient God made no sound. Chai A Si spoke again, “I wonder when you will recover your Dao body and return to your peak. Will you be in time to host our wedding?”

“You little demon! How dare you try to coax this Seat in the same way you coax Yuan Meng Ji?!” The Great Ancient God’s voice seemed genuinely angry.

But after spending so long together, Chai A Si was no longer as sincerely fearful as before. He shamelessly laughed, “My Honored Senior Grandfather, how could this little demon dare to coax you! What is Yuan Meng Ji? Can he even compare to you? When I marry, if you have recovered, how could the congratulatory guests be mere common folk? Wouldn’t they start with little spiders and little monkeys? Just one Yuan Meng Ji, still coveting a long-seated position, he probably doesn’t even have the qualifications for an invitation!”

“Didn’t you like Zhu Lan Ruo before?” The Great Ancient God said, “It happens that we are all exploring this place. I can help you pursue her, how about it?”

“Let’s forget about it!” Chai A Si had deep and unwavering faith in the ancient god’s abilities, but he simply smiled. “That female demon’s thoughts are too deep! Today, just one look, and I felt we were on different paths. This little demon, before, well, I didn’t know what was good, I just blindly pursued, thinking only of the most famous and most beautiful. But truly being with Sister Xiao Qing, why would I still think of this and that? My heart is completely full of her! Every day, taking a kiss from her, it tastes incredibly sweet! Honored Senior, you are a demon who has experienced much, you definitely understand!”

The Great Ancient God finally only said, “Watch the road, don’t think too much. _o_m”

Chai A Si was somewhat unaccustomed to this. Why was the Great Ancient God’s voice so gentle today?

But he wasn’t about to go out of his way to seek a scolding, so he resumed chatting with Yuan Meng Ji.

With one sentence praising his wisdom and divine martial prowess, and another calling him a noble descendant of the Mandate of Heaven, he coaxed Yuan Meng Ji into smiling with wide eyes and open brows.

Among all the six branches’ exploration teams in the Land of Shen Xiao, their team’s atmosphere was surprisingly the most harmonious.

Because everyone believed they could easily overcome their opponents, they didn’t view their teammates as threats. Thus, they were extremely tolerant and very willing to cooperate.

In Mo Yun City, Hu Tai Sui asked softly, “Has anyone heard of the Demon Race Hell?”

Beneath his feet lay Yuan Lao Xi’s remains. Not far in front of him was the departed Yuan Xiao Qing.

Besides them were the trembling Hua Guo Hui and his subordinates, and the silent Quan Shou Zeng and Yuan Jia Zheng, like cicadas in winter.

They were all just insignificant ants.

Chan Fa Yuan, his face always bearing a smile, said, “Petty small sects, unorthodox side doors, they fabricate some legends and secrets, half-truths and half-lies. What is there to care about?”

“That’s not necessarily true!” Ji Xing Kong’s voice echoed layer upon layer. “Some heretical falsehoods, fabricated repeatedly, with more and more people believing them, can actually become true and even gain ‘orthodoxy’. Isn’t this matter also common?”

Lu Xi Ming, on the other hand, seriously discussed it a bit. “Life and death are eternal propositions, and legends of death gods have always existed. Records of the dead, black scythes, spirit realms, soul-eating giant dogs, and so on, are seen repeatedly and are not fresh. (This chapter is not finished!)

But speaking of hell, in the time when the human race’s God Path was prosperous, this kind of saying was very popular.”

“This faceless Mao God, Bian Cheng Wang, actually learned through both the demon and human realms. Essence Flower/Book Pavilion · No error” Chan Fa Yuan laughed, “His comprehension is evidently not vulgar, perhaps he has a connection with my Buddha!”

“Didn’t the hell legends popular during the human race’s God Path era also include Ox Head and Horse Face?” Zhu Yi slightly raised an eyebrow.

Lu Xi Ming said warmly, “That may not be the case!”

These two absolutely beautiful female demons, one in the sky, one on the ground, one among flowers, one reflecting the moon, complemented each other, beautiful beyond words.

One was light and breezy like the wind, while the other was depressed and hard to resolve.

“Again, it’s that set of beastifying the demon race, destroying literature and confusing history, their intentions are truly deserving of execution!” Zhu Yi said hatefully.

Hu Tai Sui didn’t pay attention to whom her irritation was directed. With a lift of his large hand, he captured the essence of something through a mysterious contact, clenching his five fingers, thus grasping a god sculpture surrounded by divine light.

This god sculpture was entirely pale white, strangely faceless. It still struggled in his large hand, as if possessing spiritual consciousness.

“Hmm?”

Hu Tai Sui vaguely sensed something.

His Heaven Demon body held its own Dao principles. On the back of his hand, black veins bulged one by one, undulating uncertainly, like vast land with rolling earth dragons. Amidst them, green and red light interwoven like a weave, resembling a surging tide or flowing rivers.

Seeing this scene, several Heaven Demons around him had their own thoughts.

But suddenly, a jade hand reached over. Zhu Yi pressed his hand down, her phoenix eyes holding killing intent. “My subjects of Tian Xi Huang Yuan, how many more do you intend to kill?”

In that instant, a flash of killing intent emerged within him. Hu Tai Sui clearly intended to wipe out all the believers connected to this faceless god sculpture through it!

Killing was originally not a major issue. The rise and fall of a weak sect wouldn’t concern anyone.

However, the sect leader was killed, and the source of the god was cut off. What was the need to kill so many small demons as well?

Zhu Yi, with her injured body, relying on Yuan Xian Ting’s support, could only stand with these uninvited guests and originally didn’t want to argue too much. But everything can happen once, can happen twice, how can it happen thrice?

She had watched Hu Tai Sui kill Yuan Lao Xi, she had watched him kill Yuan Xiao Qing. Now, he wanted to kill so many small demons originating from Tian Xi Huang Yuan. Could she still watch? If that were the case, what was the point of the Zhu family still guarding Tian Xi Huang Yuan? They might as well all follow her and scatter!

The red moon reflected the unchanging world affairs of ancient and modern times, and undercurrents surged in the long night.

Hu Tai Sui lifted his eyes and looked at this Heaven Spider Lady for a while, his amber-like eyes exceptionally clear and bright. Suddenly, he scoffed, “How stingy!”

The black veins on the back of his hand just lightly bounced, and then her hand was already bounced open. “Let me see, where is this ancient Yan Luo God…”

Finally, he let go of a troublesome thought that had flashed and disappeared, focusing on pursuing that very suspicious Mao God. He had just had an instant, towards this faceless sect, a sense of annoyance… it couldn’t even be called annoyance, just a groundless feeling of “too comfortable,” and for this one point of discomfort, he had planned to wipe out the entire sect and all its believers.

Self-restraint, cultivation, were for climbing to a higher place in cultivation. Now that he stood at the absolute peak, beyond extraordinary, still wanting self-restraint, wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?

But an instant’s emotion was ultimately a small matter. Relatively speaking, it was not as important as exploring and knowing Zhu Yi’s emotional bottom line, thereby further understanding her injury.

That faceless god sculpture was indeed a divine object, yet it could not withstand Hu Tai Sui’s terrifying power. With just a thought, it turned to dust, rustling and falling through his fingers.

“How is it, did you find it?” Lu Xi Ming asked with great interest.

Among so many peak powerhouses in the field, only she maintained curiosity about this small faceless god.

Hu Tai Sui looked towards the Chai family’s old residence as if in deep thought. “Things are getting more and more interesting. Just now, I traced the faith channel, crossed over the incense fire wall, and found the trajectory of this faceless god. Its connection with the god sculpture is very weak, even intentionally separated. It seems to not care about this sect, not care about this faith power, or it is excessively cautious. It seems… it has entered the Land of Shen Xiao!”

Hearing these words, several Heaven Demons showed shock.

From the strength of Yuan Lao Xi, the sect leader of this faceless sect, and the scale of the entire faceless sect, it was continuously inferred that the strength of that faceless god should only be at the Mao God level.

But how could a mere Mao God hide from the sight of several Heaven Demons and quietly infiltrate the Land of Shen Xiao?

The details of the Shen Xiao True Secret were known to Zhi Wen Zhong. A crowd of younger generations were competing within it. What Mao God could be among them!

Who was replaced? Who had a problem?

Chai A Si? Tai Ping Gui Cha? Zhu Yong? Yu Xin?

Although it was said that the Shen Xiao secret room isolated the inside and outside, and these Heaven Demons couldn’t use too much power to spy lest the Land of Shen Xiao self-destruct, within the Shen Xiao secret land, several Heaven Ranking new kings-level talents were present, as well as the exceptionally spiritually aware Lu Qi Lang.

With such close contact, how could a Mao God hide from them!?

“Now it seems, the person who laid out this chess game of the Shen Xiao secret treasure, existing in the dark, is just this one.” Lu Xi Ming speculated, “But with the strength it has shown, it shouldn’t be able to. Unless… this so-called faceless god is truly some ancient god currently in the process of recovery, thus knowing some means that far exceed its current level? This also explains why it doesn’t care about this portion of faith power, because for an ancient god who has experienced glory, this point of faith power is indeed a drop in the bucket. It only needs to retain a part to act as a fire starter to reignite dead ashes.”

There was actually another possibility: behind this faceless god, there still existed some force, and he was just the facade in front.

But those participating in this struggle included both Gu Nan Shan and Hei Lian Si, as well as the three major domain leaders under the jurisdiction of Tai Gu Huang Cheng. Those hidden colossal forces were not too likely to make a move lightly.

Hu Tai Sui lifted his eyes. “Now I am becoming more and more curious about what that thing is. What ancient or not ancient, time brings only decay to the weak! The gods from ancient times until now are few and far between. How many can truly make us apprehensive?”

Saying this, he looked again at the true demon Zhu Xian. “Under your rule, there are so many strange and odd things, which is not common throughout the demon world. Do you truly not know anything at all?”

Zhu Xian reluctantly said, “Chai A Si has not been abnormal in the past. This faceless sect has also only recently risen…”

“Alright.” Zhu Yi faintly interrupted her explanation. A weak person’s explanation was also the most useless thing.

This Heaven Spider Lady just said, “No matter how it got in, or how it hid from the arrangements of the Shen Xiao Great Ancestor, it will eventually come out. We are all here, aren’t we? Ancient gods don’t just never die and cannot continue to be glorious. Several thousand, several tens of thousands of years later, do they then have the qualification to rise? There is no such reason in this world.”

In a sense, Chan Fa Yuan and Ji Xing Kong were also devout believers.

Towards the so-called ancient gods, there was still a certain awe present.

They didn’t engage in such discussions, only discussing the ownership of the Buddhist orthodox lineage not too enthusiastically for a while longer.

And in secret, such voices were being transmitted—

“It seems his extremely evil demon heart is almost unable to be suppressed, so he just needs to take small demons to vent his killing intent.”

“Not necessarily, he is accustomed to being overbearing. Didn’t he treat Zhu Xian and Quan Ying Yang the same way?”

Yuan Xian Ting is truly overbearing, but Hu Tai Sui’s thoughts are deep. Since he is willing to stop, the key to the layout in this Zi Wu Qiu Ling should fall on Yu Xin or that Zhu Yong.

“Why not Xiong San Si?”

“Xiong San Si is more mysterious, more of a facade.”

“According to your view, will he succeed?”

“That’s also uncertain. But success and failure, it depends on heaven’s timing, earth’s advantage, and people. Sometimes it’s just in a single thought, wouldn’t you say?”

Hu Tai Sui always wanted to combine the strengths of the human, demon, and magic races, to exhaust the principles of heaven and earth, to achieve the world’s most perfect Dao body, and with this, cross over the absolute peak.

This point was unknown to the secular world, but to some existences, it was no longer a secret.

Of course, this share of ‘knowing’ also became a secret itself.

“What cards do you think Xiong San Si holds?”

Within the Land of Shen Xiao, there were similar voices discussing Xiong San Si. Essence Flower/Book Pavilion Update

A warm voice, compassionate eyes, walking on a tree-lined path, with a black lotus covering his forehead, Shu Jia Lan, surprisingly peaceful and harmonious.

Beside him was the free and easy Lu Qi Lang, walking straight with eyes forward. “If you want to die, just make a move against me.”

“Young Master Lu has a very deep misunderstanding of this humble monk! Don’t listen to that nonsense from the one named Yang, they from Gu Nan Shan are accustomed to deceiving people… hey hey.” In the face of the piercing cold edge, Shu Jia Lan dispersed the dharma seal in his left hand. “Young Master, why walk so fast? Don’t you search a bit by the roadside, aren’t you afraid of missing something?

A clue?”

“I find clues not with my eyes. What should be there will be there, if there’s no fate, I won’t seek.” Lu Qi Lang said, “For example, you are clearly not afraid of me, why must you pretend to be afraid of me?”

“Spiritual Sense King, yes, I know, I know.” Shu Jia Lan said, “What do you think of Xiong San Si?”

“You seem very interested in him. Is he one of the purposes of your trip?” Lu Qi Lang strode forward with large steps, clearly questioning, yet with a sense of certainty.

“How could that be? Hu Tai Sui’s temper is so bad, who dares to provoke him blindly?” Shu Jia Lan let out a laugh. “Just now, on Tai Ping Gui Cha’s body, did you seem to discover something?”

“Perhaps you could share your judgment of Chai A Si, or rather, what did you detect? I saw you look at him several times, both openly and secretly. Is there something especially attractive about his body?” Lu Qi Lang said lightly, “You and I actually have no conflicting interests, and our goals should not be consistent either. Let’s just exchange intelligence briefly.”

“Chai A Si is very confident, he has the assurance to defeat all of us. That kind of confidence of his cannot be faked, he has a very solid backing. Just like Yu Xin, even standing beside Xiong San Si, he can always cover up the emptiness in his heart.” Shu Jia Lan didn’t refuse and said unhurriedly, “What he is hiding in his heart and mouth is perhaps a heart-protecting mirror. That thing is his reliance. No matter who he confronts, he will always subconsciously face the vital point of his heart and mouth…”

As Shu Jia Lan spoke, his voice gradually disappeared.

Because the sound of stepping on dead branches and fallen leaves gradually ceased, and the long road still had no end in sight.

His Buddha, his Spirit Mountain, were very far away, getting farther and farther, and untraceable.

And in one instant, he vaguely saw, just walking beside him, Lu Qi Lang,

This free and easy noble young master from Shen Xiang Hua Hai, suddenly had a face full of wrinkles, black hair turning to snow, hunchbacked and old, as if he had stepped across a long time!