Chapter 536: Evil God Turns Out to Be Myself?

Zhao Xing had considered that Kuang Chuan would defend himself, or even that Dreamchuan Divine General would intervene when he questioned him. What he had never expected was that Kuang Chuan would admit it directly.

Could it be that Kuang Chuan was like him, also on a mission to infiltrate the evil god faction?

"So, you took on a mission to infiltrate an evil god?"

"No," Kuang Chuan shook his head.

"If not an infiltrator, then you've truly pledged allegiance," Zhao Xing sneered, pulling out his Great Dao Artifact.

"Which evil god do you serve?"

"The Undying Underworld God."

"Did he send you to contend for the Mountain Chief position? And how did you pass the trials of the Primordial Hill divine realm?"

Kuang Chuan remained calm, seemingly unaware of his predicament.

"The answer to both of those questions is actually the same, but I'm not sure if I should tell you."

"Stop playing games, Kuang Chuan," Zhao Xing commanded, "If you want to explain, this is your last chance."

Venerable Kuang Chuan was silent for a moment, then extended a finger and pointed at Zhao Xing.

This gesture almost led Zhao Xing to misunderstand, thinking Kuang Chuan was about to attack.

He almost threw the Era Mountain he was holding, but after Kuang Chuan extended his finger, no magical fluctuations emanated.

Zhao Xing paused, as if something had dawned on him.

"You mean—."

"Yes," Kuang Chuan nodded.

Zhao Xing sat down, speechless, even putting away the Era Mountain.

He had understood Kuang Chuan's meaning.

He had just asked: "Did he send you to contend for the Mountain Chief position? And how did you pass the trials of the Primordial Hill divine realm?" Kuang Chuan had said the answer to both questions was the same. Then Kuang Chuan had pointed at him.

This meant that the person who truly sent Kuang Chuan back was himself!

And he was able to pass the divine realm trials of the Primordial Hill because of himself!

Why would it be him?

Zhao Xing quickly thought of the answer: his traveling avatar.

Over three thousand years ago, he had dispatched a traveling avatar to seek the Heavenly Timing Divine Law. It first went to the Four Seasons Palace, then visited various Heavenly Timing factions. Around two thousand years ago, it entered the Black Sky Desolate Domain and was never heard from again. At that time, Ji Si and Yang Baihe had successively monitored him and confirmed this.

As the avatar's soul was independent, even after Zhao Xing returned, he could only vaguely sense its general direction but did not receive its memories. Later, the traveling avatar completely lost contact, and even when Zhao Xing went to the Black Sky Desolate Domain to undertake a mission for the Immeasurable True God, he still had no sense of it.

Zhao Xing had originally thought his traveling avatar had perished in a dangerous area of the Black Sky Desolate Domain.

But now, it seemed things were not that simple.

Not only was his traveling avatar not dead, but it had also encountered Kuang Chuan!

If it was his own avatar that sent Kuang Chuan back, then it was natural that Kuang Chuan would pass all three trials given by the higher-ups of Primordial Hill.

"After all this, the evil god was me?" Zhao Xing's expression was peculiar.

No wonder Kuang Chuan had led the congratulations after he completed the Ten Directions Mountain Sutra.

In the third stage, Kuang Chuan also did not initiate the Great Dao contention.

If he himself had sent Kuang Chuan back, why would Kuang Chuan act otherwise?

"When did you encounter my avatar?" Zhao Xing asked.

This was the 99th underground level of Primordial Hill, and he carried three major mountain-suppressing artifacts, so there was no need to worry about revealing heavenly secrets.

"One thousand four hundred and fifty-three years ago."

"In 'Rock,' one of the eight major perilous lands of Black Sky."

Kuang Chuan extended two fingers and pulled a wisp of true spirit memory from his ear orifice.

It floated towards Zhao Xing like willow catkins.

Soon, Zhao Xing's true spirit "saw" Kuang Chuan's memory scene from 1453 years ago, located in a rocky area filled with what looked like grotesque creatures.

This was Kuang Chuan's first-person perspective:

After entering the rocky zone, he had originally intended to capture some rock lifeforms for experiments.

Although this place was extremely dangerous, Kuang Chuan had visited it many times.

With his strength, as long as he was careful, it was still quite safe to capture some rock tribesmen in the outer regions.

Kuang Chuan had come to an area he named 'Triangular Red Rock.'

This was because the rock creatures in this area, regardless of their bodily form, always had a red triangular core.

"Strange, where have the rock creatures of Triangular Red Rock gone?"

A ball of green flame floated in front of Kuang Chuan's head, illuminating the surroundings as he murmured to himself.

Usually, he would have already seen rock creatures by the time he reached this point.

But today, he had already searched three world-origin units and still hadn't seen any rock lifeforms.

So Kuang Chuan had to venture deeper.

Coincidentally, his creations had reached a bottleneck, and he needed to capture more advanced rock lifeforms.

After traveling approximately 21 world-origin units, Kuang Chuan finally discovered the rock tribe.

"Hmm? Why are there so many corpses?"

Kuang Chuan found the rock creatures, but what he found were their remains.

Large amounts of rock were cracked open, scattered everywhere in chunks, like mounds of broken stone.

Kuang Chuan touched the fracture pattern of one of the rocks, and his expression grew solemn.

"The cores of the rock tribe have all been taken, and they were all killed with a single blow."

"The technique doesn't look like an internal struggle among the rock tribe; it's more like a human spell."

'Rock creatures' was just a general term; internally, there were many sub-tribes, such as Triangular Red, Quenching Gold Rock Tribe, Blazing Fire Rock Tribe, and others.

In the past, when he came to capture them, he would also see different rock creatures fighting among themselves.

Devouring the earth's core was the primary way for rock creatures to become stronger.

With a sense of vigilance, Kuang Chuan continued forward.

As more 'corpses' appeared, he gathered more and more information.

"The direction of the fracture patterns is largely similar, all cracked from the inside. Although the cracks vary in size, they strongly resemble a Sifu's spell."

"Could this be the Primordial Hill's Earth Core Cracking Spell?"

The Earth Core Cracking Spell, a spell both unfamiliar and familiar.

Kuang Chuan was originally from Primordial Hill, so of course, he recognized this spell.

But he had never cultivated it, because Kuang Chuan felt this spell relied heavily on luck.

The unpredictable factors were too great, making it not a good choice for someone like Kuang Chuan.

Experiments emphasized rigor and regularity, and the Earth Cracking Spell, which was greatly influenced by luck, was one of Kuang Chuan's most disliked methods.

Moreover, this Earth Core Cracking Spell was different from what he had seen.

The Earth Core Cracking Spell seemed excessively powerful, yet the Dao principles it carried were not that strong.

It was as if someone cultivated the Earth Core Cracking Spell, whose realm was not very high, but whose luck was exceptionally great.

It even surpassed Kuang Chuan's understanding.

"Judging by the ratio of spell foundation to luck amplification, if this truly is the Earth Core Cracking Spell, wouldn't this person's luck exceed 'Yan Twenty-Five'?"

Kuang Chuan became even more uncertain and alarmed.

Based on the existing information, his conclusion was:

A Sifu from Primordial Hill, with a luck level exceeding Yan Twenty-Five, a cultivation realm around tenth-order demigod, and proficient in Earth Cracking spells, had arrived in the rocky lands of the Black Sky Desolate Domain.

Although he had reached a conclusion, Kuang Chuan did not quicken his pace; instead, he became hesitant.

Primordial Hill... that was the homeland he could no longer return to.

When he was exiled back then, he had already lost his status as a member of Primordial Hill.

Kuang Chuan still remembered his teacher, Dreamchuan Divine General, personally severing their "master-disciple karmic thread" back then.

The outside world might consider him a great explorer, but only Kuang Chuan himself knew the truth.

He was already an outcast of Primordial Hill.

Now that he encountered someone from Primordial Hill, what could he do?

He had already joined the evil god faction; things were no longer the same!

Zhao Xing, observing Kuang Chuan's memories from a first-person perspective, could feel Kuang Chuan's psychological fluctuations.

However, even while thinking this, Kuang Chuan unconsciously continued to track that person's whereabouts.

Soon, Kuang Chuan arrived at an unfamiliar demigod rock tribe territory.

A towering peak appeared in his vision, approximately three hundred million kilometers high.

It was formed by the accumulation of countless core remnants of rock creatures.

Upon closer inspection, it was a pile of triangular, spherical, and rhomboid shapes.

The entire mountain connected, its broken mystic patterns still carrying residual Dao rhythm, echoing each other to form a breathing, faintly glowing rock mountain.

Kuang Chuan looked towards the mountain peak, where a completely dark humanoid phantom stood.

Its head and torso were human-like, and it possessed facial features. Unlike the rough surfaces of other rock creatures, its surface was extremely smooth and exuded a sense of power.

At this moment, it was reaching towards the sky, and countless luminous veins flowed from various parts of the starry sky, like curved lines of light, connecting to this mysterious rock creature.

Beside it were more than thirty demigod rock creatures, also close to humanoid form.

At the foot of the mountain, tens of thousands of rock creatures were kneeling in worship.

This was a scene Kuang Chuan had never witnessed before.

"Could the rock tribe have given birth to a divine realm expert?" Kuang Chuan inwardly overturned his previous speculation about the 'Sifu from Primordial Hill.'

He immediately wanted to retreat.

However, when he discovered the mysterious rock tribe mighty being, the other party also discovered him.

"Rumble~~" The astral land where Kuang Chuan stood suddenly vibrated as a whole, beginning to close up like petals.

Kuang Chuan was from the Geographical Advantage faction and a heaven-gifted demigod; he could easily punch through a small astral land with one blow.

But to Kuang Chuan's surprise, he found himself trapped.

The entire astral land instantly turned into mud, emitting a seven-colored radiance.

The mountains rising from the ground seemed like seven fingers, or perhaps petals, bathed in the sunlight that made Kuang Chuan's entire body feel fiery hot.

His internal realm seemed to be compressed simultaneously. This suppressive force made Kuang Chuan instantly realize that he could not defeat his opponent.

"(Rock language) Respected Rock Tribe Senior, I did not intentionally trespass into your territory—" Kuang Chuan's lips trembled, the frequency of the vibration transforming into the rock tribe's language of communication.

"Whoosh~" The mighty rock creature instantly appeared before Kuang Chuan.

Seven-colored streams of light emanated from its body, flowing across its torso.

When the aura around its head dissipated, it revealed a young, handsome human face.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing couldn't help but be stunned.

Because he realized this face was his own.

He paused the memory scene and asked Kuang Chuan, who was sitting opposite him, "How many True Spirit Tribulations had you undergone at that time?"

Kuang Chuan replied, "Fifteen times, one less than now."

"You were a fifteenth-order demigod then. You mean you had no power to retaliate against my avatar?"

"Yes," Kuang Chuan nodded.

Zhao Xing was utterly shocked.

What incredible fortune had his traveling avatar encountered in the Black Sky Desolate Domain?

It was actually able to defeat and suppress a fifteenth-order Kuang Chuan with a mere flick of its hand?

The extent of this fortuitous encounter was even greater than what he had experienced in the Fengchan Land.

Zhao Xing replayed the memory scene.

After careful observation, he seemed to understand somewhat.

"Seven-colored magic power!"

"That's complete seven-colored magic power!" Fan Qianrou's Heart Sealing Method, where seven types of magic power merge into one, creating divine power!

His main body had only comprehended four types of magic power: Azure Flower Magic Power, Red Lotus Magic Power, Cangming Magic Power, and Profound Soul Magic Power.

But the avatar had cultivated seven types!

Although he didn't know if they had merged into one, from Kuang Chuan's perspective, the seven-colored magic power already showed signs of fusion.

"Also, the avatar's body had changed; the Primeval Grassman's shell had been discarded."

"The current body—"

Zhao Xing looked closely and noticed that this body resembled the Marquis Transformation Method he had obtained in the Baihan Realm.

"Could it be the Rock Star Divine Transformation?"

The Heaven Transformation Divine Needle had three sets of secret techniques, each corresponding to a born divine spirit.

One was the "Nine Swamps God," the second was the "Rock Star God," and the third was the "Puluo God."

When Zhao Xing was abducted by Venerable Bamboo Sword back then, his traveling avatar had not yet entered the Xuanling Star Domain and was still able to sense and communicate with his main body's soul.

This meant that at that time, the avatar's soul also shared the secret techniques of the Heaven Transformation Divine Needle.

"Could it be that after my avatar entered the Black Sky Desolate Domain, it discovered that the Primeval Grassman's materials were insufficient to maintain its body form, so it abandoned that shell and occupied the shell of a rock lifeform?"

"The rock tribe are also rock lifeforms, perfectly suited for cultivating the Rock Star Divine Transformation. The avatar likely killed so many rock creatures due to cultivation needs."

Zhao Xing didn't know what his avatar had experienced, but he could roughly infer some things.

The Primeval Grassman's body did not possess the cultivation methods of Heavenly Timing, Geographical Advantage, or Innate Self.

The avatar could only diligently cultivate Fan Qianrou's seven-colored magic power; for instance, Azure Flower Magic Power was an excellent type of driving magic power.

Carrying this speculation, Zhao Xing continued to observe Kuang Chuan's memories from a first-person perspective.

"A human Sifu?" The traveling avatar looked down at Kuang Chuan, a hint of curiosity in its gaze. "What you just used seemed to be a spell from Primordial Hill, didn't it?"

Kuang Chuan was also stunned. He had thought this was a mighty being from the rock tribe, but now the other party had a human face and spoke the language of Ceres.

"Yes, I was once a Sifu of Primordial Hill. My name is Kuang Chuan."

"Oh? It's you." The traveling avatar was a bit surprised. "Kuang Chuan, who discovered Mount Underworld. Haha, so you're not dead."

"Senior knows me?"

"Don't call me senior, I'm not much older than you." The traveling avatar dispelled the suppression of the seven-colored mountain peaks and became amiable.

In Zhao Xing's impression, the Sifus of Primordial Hill had always been excellent.

If reputation and favorability were reciprocal, then Zhao Xing's affinity for the Sifus of the Geographical Advantage faction and for Primordial Hill was higher than for the other two factions.

The traveling avatar released Kuang Chuan and struck up a conversation with him.

Kuang Chuan did not mention that he had been exiled by Primordial Hill. Instead, he presented himself as commonly known: an explorer of Mount Underworld.

Zhao Xing's traveling avatar was even more enthusiastic, engaging in conversation with Kuang Chuan. It even invited him to see its achievements in slaying rock creatures and offered him rare fruits for replenishment. It could be said that Kuang Chuan received a warm reception.

Looking at his own signature smile in the memory scene, Zhao Xing's main body couldn't help but complain.

"Starting with a smile, warm hospitality, then sitting down to discuss Dao, showcasing scriptures and theories, wildly boosting favorability, and triggering quests—this is truly a classic move."

Zhao Xing was all too familiar with this routine.

He knew at a glance that the traveling avatar wanted to increase Kuang Chuan's favorability and see if any quest lines could be triggered.

Sure enough, in the memory scene, Kuang Chuan was quickly astonished by Zhao Xing's "Treatise on the Manifestation of Dao in the Cosmos" and "Treatise on the Sixfold Annihilation of Stars."

"You actually solved the Stacked Realm Mountain problem?"

"It was merely luck. Primordial Hill opened up an ancient path in the Moon Dominion Desolate Domain, and I just happened to be there at the right time."

"The Star Annihilation Corridor, the Six Unfixed Stars, it only takes 85,000 Imperial Coins to shift the Yin and Yang twin stars to form a stable environment in the desolate domain?"

"The Star Annihilation Corridor is somewhat special. It might not be feasible in other desolate domains, for example, the cost in the Black Sky Desolate Domain is very high, but there, indeed, it only costs that much."

"May I ask your esteemed name?"

"Zhao Xing, courtesy name Chen An, has cultivated for over ten thousand years."

Kuang Chuan's eyes trembled, and he was speechless.

Cultivating for less than ten thousand years, and when he solved the Stacked Realm Mountain problem, he was only at the third stage of the Origin Realm.

Compared to Zhao Xing, it was like the difference between clouds and mud!

Seeing that the desired effect was achieved, the traveling avatar finally revealed its 'true colors.'

"I heard you discovered Mount Underworld and believe there was an Underworld Epoch before the Primordial Epoch. Have you already found Mount Underworld?"

"Yes, I have found Mount Underworld," Kuang Chuan nodded. "However, climbing the mountain and excavating its ley lines still needs to be resolved. I am currently composing the Underworld Mountain Sutra, but it is not yet complete."

The traveling avatar was very pleased: "I came to the Black Sky Desolate Domain, also wishing to witness the grandeur of Mount Underworld. May I accompany you to see it?"

Venerable Kuang Chuan hesitated because he had pledged allegiance to the Undying Underworld God, who was considered an evil god in the Desolate Domain Era.

It was one thing for him to fall into darkness; for the sake of the Underworld Mountain Sutra, he could endure anything.

But Zhao Xing was different. With such a genius emerging from Primordial Hill, how could he bear to let Zhao Xing fall into danger?

"Sifu Zhao, it's not that I'm unwilling to invite you, but I have unavoidable difficulties—" Venerable Kuang Chuan showed a troubled expression.

He didn't want Zhao Xing to know that he had become a disciple of an evil god.

It wasn't fear of death, but rather not wanting to see disappointment in Zhao Xing's eyes.

"I understand." The traveling avatar nodded. "Sifu Kuang, you may proceed on your own."

"I will stay here for a while. If you have time, you can come to me anytime to discuss Dao. Whatever materials you need, as long as I have them, you can take them."

Kuang Chuan silently cupped his hands, then turned and left, his vision gradually darkening.

This wisp of memory scene lasted for about five years before ending.

Gone?

Under Dreamchuan Mountain, in the underground space, Zhao Xing felt a lingering sense of unfulfillment.

Had his avatar actually been to Mount Underworld or not?

And how could Kuang Chuan say that his avatar had sent him to contend for the Mountain Chief position?

There were many doubts, but Zhao Xing no longer had anything to question regarding Kuang Chuan's stance.

There was a common setting in this world: if a true spirit's free will was violated, then that person would make no further progress, and no breakthroughs would be possible.

For a Sifu like Kuang Chuan, who was proficient in all principles, an evil god would absolutely not invade his true spirit for destructive control.

Just as the Immeasurable True God had once said to him, he didn't lack slaves; what he lacked were like-minded individuals.

The Undying Underworld God might not consider Kuang Chuan a Dao companion, but would certainly view him as an able subordinate and a promising disciple.

He wouldn't use soul enslavement methods—which would also be easily discovered by the divine realm experts of Primordial Hill.

Since Kuang Chuan retained his free will, Zhao Xing did not believe that an evil god could surpass him in gaining favor with a Sifu.

Kuang Chuan's stance was beyond doubt; he had indeed sided with him, or more precisely, with his traveling avatar.

"The subsequent memory scenes cannot be revealed, right?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes," Kuang Chuan nodded. "Although the Undying Underworld God did not enslave my true spirit, he did carry out a certain degree of surveillance."

Zhao Xing nodded, just as Cloud Heaven Dao was monitored by Heavenly Empress Lei Mu.

The memories could not be viewed again; viewing them would lead to discovery because the memory scenes involved "cultivation memories," containing imprints of Dao.

Kuang Chuan's true spirit could be regarded as a vessel for a secret cultivation method. If others could see Mount Underworld, they would be able to comprehend Dao and cultivate.

For the evil god faction, this would undoubtedly be an act of betrayal.

He couldn't see them, but could he speak about them?

Zhao Xing asked, "Did my avatar ascend Mount Underworld? You can tell me what you can. You don't have to say what you can't."

Kuang Chuan nodded. "Yes, you ascended Mount Underworld."

"With your help, I was able to perfect the Underworld Mountain Sutra." Kuang Chuan looked at Zhao Xing with great admiration. "You participated in the creation of the Underworld Knowledge Method, the Underworld Mountain Opening Method, and the Profound Yin Earth Transformation Method."

"However, I cannot disclose your involvement at the Dharma Assembly; this was your request."

Zhao Xing nodded.

No wonder when he watched Kuang Chuan's Dharma realm demonstration, he could directly manifest the Mount Underworld Dharma Form within his body.

Although he hadn't yet merged with that avatar's soul, there was indeed a connection between him and Kuang Chuan, making it much easier to comprehend Dao.

"How did my avatar bypass the Undying Underworld God's surveillance?" Zhao Xing posed another question.

Kuang Chuan said that the Undying Underworld God was not on the mountain but guarding outside it. Since he had ascended, he would surely have entered the Undying Underworld God's line of sight. Could it be that his avatar had also defected to an evil god and was under a certain degree of surveillance?

"Approximately four hundred years after I met you, you found a way to bypass the Undying Underworld God's surveillance," Kuang Chuan pondered. "But you didn't tell me exactly how you did it."

"You only said that a powerful god was assisting you from behind."

"As for who it was, I have no way of knowing."

There was another master?

To be able to bypass the Undying Underworld God's surveillance and ascend the mountain safely, could it be—

Zhao Xing suddenly thought of someone.

"Could it be Wu Tian?"

Zhao Xing's impression of Wu Tian was exceptionally deep.

His system panel had been affected twice: once when Bo Wei subdued the forces of the Starry Sky Historians. From then on, that profession only showed "Historian" on his panel.

The other time was with Wu Tian. When he observed Wu Tian with his panel back then, nothing appeared. It wasn't a question mark; nothing was displayed at all.

Zhao Xing believed that Wu Tian's influence was even more terrifying.

"Wu Tian told me he went to the Black Sky Desolate Domain, and I haven't heard from him since," Zhao Xing muttered.

"If the avatar encountered Wu Tian in the Black Sky Desolate Domain, it wouldn't be impossible—" Zhao Xing mused inwardly.

Wu Tian was very mysterious. One could infer a thing or two from Meng Wu's attitude towards Wu Tian when he was learning the Five Fingers Mountain.

Now that he was a demigod, Wu Tian still gave him the same feeling.

"In the White Bone Divine Domain of Chi's Fengchan Land, the wisp of heart fire left by Wu Tian, together with the Great Emperor's Hunyuan Dao Pagoda, had protected Chi's inner world core."

"What exactly is this fellow's origin?"

With his current status, he might not know all the gods in the Xuanling Star Domain, but he would know most of them.

But Wu Tian was not among them.

Either Wu Tian's realm was too high, an hidden Human Race God-King, or he was carrying out some secret mission.

If he didn't belong to the Xuanling Star Domain, that would be even more terrifying.

Even the arrival of the Cold Food Lord was known, yet Wu Tian was not?

"I wonder what my avatar has gone through, and if it's been with Wu Tian," Zhao Xing wondered with immense curiosity.

"The traveling avatar cultivated seven-colored magic power and the Rock Star Divine Transformation. In a place like the desolate domain, it must have had extraordinary encounters."

If he were to merge with the avatar's soul, his current combat power would definitely surge.

However, he was currently destined not to set foot in the Black Sky Desolate Domain.

With a pile of evil gods seeking him outside, and the Human Race higher-ups specially assigning three Divine Generals to protect his Dao, how could they allow him to venture into a suicidal place like the Black Sky Desolate Domain?

There was no other way; he could only hope the avatar would return voluntarily.

But now, Zhao Xing had at least resolved some doubts.

Kuang Chuan had indeed defected to an evil god, but at that time, he could no longer be considered a member of Primordial Hill, nor was it a betrayal of Primordial Hill.

After he appeared there, Kuang Chuan switched allegiance to him, essentially clearing his name. Of course, Primordial Hill welcomed his return.

As for why Primordial Hill and Kuang Chuan didn't tell him in advance?

The answer was simple: if he could become the Mountain Chief, it proved he had sufficient strength and was qualified to know. If he couldn't, then he wasn't qualified to know.

Kuang Chuan contending with him indeed stimulated his potential. Without him, he might have only created the "Three Epochs Boundary Theory," and the Ten Directions Mountain Sutra might not have been completed in such a short time.

"This is truly a reversal of cosmic order; my main body might not even be able to defeat my avatar." Zhao Xing felt pressure in his heart.

"Kuang Chuan, you haven't completed your mission now. If you return to Mount Underworld, won't you be punished?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Certainly," Kuang Chuan nodded. "But as long as it doesn't involve enslaving me, the cost is bearable."

"As for being killed by another evil god, since I have cultivated the Profound Yin Earth Transformation Method, even if I am killed, I can be reborn from Mount Underworld. Due to the uniqueness of Mount Underworld, enslaving me or completely killing me is very difficult."

"It seems all of this was within the plan," Zhao Xing smiled.

Kuang Chuan and his avatar, or rather Wu Tian, had all considered these consequences.

However, they seemed to have everything planned, while he, with the Immeasurable True God, still didn't know what situation he was in.

The Immeasurable True God was a wealthy and broad-minded deity, and Zhao Xing truly didn't want to sever ties with him.

The first ring quest awarded Time Origin Divine Power, which was a great tonic for native species. He also obtained the larvae and seedlings of the History Bookworm and the Myriad Epoch Flower Divine Seed, and then was given another time core.

The Immeasurable True God's place was a good source of sub-gold coins.

Zhao Xing was truly a bit reluctant to leave him.

"Kuang Chuan, do you have any requests?" Zhao Xing asked. "I am now the Mountain Chief. If you want anything, you may ask."

Kuang Chuan pondered, "Mountain Chief, I indeed have two requests."

"I would like to see the divine artifact Era Mountain."

"Additionally, I would like to ask the Mountain Chief to help revive a few people."

"Back then, during my Purgatory refining experiment in the Black Sky Desolate Domain, I caused the deaths of some people. Although some were revived, others were not within the scope of revival."

Kuang Chuan's experiment took place in the Eighth Epoch, before the Desolate Domain Era.

At that time, it was not yet the Desolate Domain Era, and the Samsara Temple was still very unified internally, making it very difficult to exercise the right of revival.

However, times had changed; disasters had made the major forging-level forces more united.

The Samsara Temple would also not hold onto the right of revival so tightly.

Furthermore, Zhao Xing's standing as Mountain Chief was much more significant than that of Venerable Wei Zizhan, the Mountain Chief of Meishan at the time.

For Zhao Xing, as the Mountain Chief, to ask the Samsara Temple for an exception, there was still great hope.

"No problem." Zhao Xing tossed the Era Mountain to Kuang Chuan.

"As for the revival, this involves resurrections from before the Desolate Domain Era, which would require opening the spatiotemporal barrier. However, I will do my best to fight for it. You can give me the names first, and before you return to the Black Sky Desolate Domain, I will give you a definite answer, whether it succeeds or not."

Didn't the Samsara Temple want to release Bo Wei and have him become his Dao Protector?

This was a good opportunity to make some demands. The matter would be difficult, but not impossible to accomplish.

Rules were set by the strong. Venerable Kuang Chuan didn't ask for many revival slots, so Zhao Xing should be able to secure them.

"Thank you, Mountain Chief." Venerable Kuang Chuan cupped his hands in a salute.

As he left Kuang Chuan's residence, Zhao Xing felt the earth tremble. His memories of the conversation with Kuang Chuan quickly faded.

"No Divine Generals appeared, so the trials Kuang Chuan underwent after his return must not have been at the Divine General level," Zhao Xing realized inwardly.

In these special times, with spatiotemporal turbulence washing away memories and evil gods descending one after another, some missions were not safe even with a Divine General as backing.

God King Jun might be the only one with complete information; Divine General Lanchuan and the others perhaps only knew partial information.

"Whoosh!" Zhao Xing used his escape technique and returned to Meishan.

The Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, the 108th star year. The chaos caused by the History Bookworms, Epoch Worms, Heavenly Warp Beasts, and the Spacetime River continued.

The historical memories of eighteen ancient kingdoms all had problems. Large numbers of emperors, and even demigods, secretly forged Cold Food altars, worshipping the Cold Food Lord as the True God of Salvation.

The Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, the 115th star year.

Zhao Xing, residing in Primordial Hill, could hear the revered name of the Cold Food Lord. Some disciples of Primordial Hill were also secretly looking through the Dharma and Dao scriptures of 'evil gods,'

including the doctrines of the Cold Food Lord and his disciples.

There were even some secret organizations like the Cold Food Society, Underworld God Society, and Thunder God Society.

The peak masters of the seventy-two peaks and some of the mountain lords suggested that Zhao Xing kill these disciples or imprison them.

Zhao Xing rejected all these suggestions.

Because his reputation was high, the situation was not severe enough to warrant killing people or causing high-level obstruction.

"It's easy to destroy a mountain of thieves, but difficult to destroy the thieves in one's heart."

"I can order them imprisoned, or even killed, but if the fundamental problem isn't solved, it will lead to a situation where 'people dare not speak, and communicate only with their eyes.'"

"What's more, the disciples who can join Primordial Hill are all geniuses chosen from billions upon billions."

"Each peak and mountain should hold more Dharma Assemblies and open Dao fields, frequently expounding on the classics of past sages to combat these thoughts and strengthen their Dao hearts."

"Forgot or deviated? Dao heart affected? It doesn't matter! We can have the disciples and students learn it all again!"

"The deviations in spatiotemporal memory will always be repaired one day."

"Remember, killing people is a means only to be used as a last resort."

"We obey the Mountain Chief's command."

The situation at Primordial Hill was relatively good. Zhao Xing's doctrines were too powerful, the Academy City had been moved to Primordial Hill, and with the Myriad Dao Tree and the Nine Classics Pavilion suppressing things, the evil gods' faiths could hardly exert significant influence on Primordial Hill.

At most, only some Origin Realm and Dao Domain Realm practitioners would encounter problems.

Even these problematic Sifus would exhibit compatibility, meaning their conviction in the evil gods would be far lower than their admiration for Zhao Xing.

The Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, the 121st star year.

Feeling that the fundamental stability of Primordial Hill wouldn't face significant issues, Zhao Xing began preparing for his first journey.

In his capacity as the Mountain Chief of Primordial Hill, he began visiting major forces.

The first stop was the Primordial Realm of the Scarlet Star Empire.

Because back then, in the Primordial Realm, his first master in Dao propagation was Gu He; nominally, the Five Poisons were only his second.

So after Zhao Xing arrived, the first person he visited was Gu He.

The second stop on his itinerary would be the Yan God Galaxy, to invite Martial God Yan Ao to emerge from seclusion and protect his Dao.

The third stop was the Origin Heavenly Palace, to ask Lu Ya to be his Dao Protector. This also involved a grand procedure.

As for the fourth stop, the Samsara Temple, where he would request Bo Wei's protection, it would not be publicly announced.

Having two visible and one hidden Dao-Protecting Divine Generals could greatly increase his safety factor.

The first four stops were all planned by the Human Race higher-ups. After that, Zhao Xing would decide where he wished to visit and travel.

Zhao Xing's plan was to visit the demon race territory, as he was very familiar with the human race territory in the Xuanling Star Domain, but he had rarely visited the demon race's domain.

The Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, the 125th star year, Zhao Xing returned to the Primordial Realm.

On the top leaves of the Primordial Divine Tree, encircled by stars, Primordial City stood in the heart of the leaf.

After a period of elaborate ceremonies, Zhao Xing went alone to Primordial City and arrived at