Above the Great Dao

Yang Bi pondered for a moment and said, "Chen Shi, you are right. The Thirteen Families indeed have a lot of selfish intentions. Once the Thirteen Families seize the opportunity of the celestial change and eliminate Despair Slope, they will definitely fall into internal conflicts for power and the position of True King. But before that, I will make sure the Thirteen Families unite."

He stood up, looking at Nannan playing with the Black Pot, and smiled, "Chen Shi, I will persuade the Thirteen Families not to disturb you anymore. Just let the old master of heaven stay on this Yellow Earth Slope, quietly being a carefree little girl. Chen Shi, stop getting involved in underworld matters."

He glanced around and laughed, "This place is truly wonderful, with mountains and water, the True King's Tomb, and the former Imperial Capital nearby. When the celestial change arrives, the West Bull New Continent will be in eternal night without daylight. I will coordinate the strength of the Thirteen Families for a battle against Despair Slope! In the future, if the Thirteen Families win, I will come to uproot and kill the rebels here."

From the darkness came the uneasy roar of the disaster beast, carrying a hint of threat.

Yang Bi was undeterred and walked down the slope.

Chen Shi's voice came from behind him, "Shaohu, what if the Thirteen Families are defeated?"

Yang Bi stopped, turned back, and smiled at him.

"If the Thirteen Families are defeated, don't I still have you?"

Chen Shi was taken aback.

Yang Bi arrived at the bottom of Yellow Earth Slope, entered the carriage, and smiled, "But I will surely win! There won't ever be a second possibility! In the future, I will return to Yellow Earth Slope to send you rebels on your way."

Chen Tang looked at him, with a calm expression, saying, "I am behind you."

Yang Bi said with a smile, "But for now, you don't need to act against me, correct?"

Chen Tang thought for a moment and lightly nodded.

The three green birds pulled the colorful cloud carriage into the air, flapping their wings and flying away.

Chen Shi watched the carriage disappear into the distance, and then Chen Tang's voice came, "This Yang Bi is extremely dangerous. He is young, yet his strength is very high."

Chen Shi inquired, "How high?"

Chen Tang lifted a wooden box to the top of the slope and said, "I observed his Primordial Spirit and Physical Body closely united as one, suggesting he is about to cultivate to the Unification Realm."

Chen Shi was moved, Yang Bi seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, yet his cultivation had reached such a level!

"Is Despair Slope really that strong? It requires the Thirteen Families to accumulate over six thousand years and gather all the incense of the world, to dare confront Despair Slope."

He looked toward the direction where Yang Bi had left, muttering, "If Despair Slope is strong to the point that even the True King despairs, does the current Thirteen Families truly have the power to contend with them?"

Chen Tang said, "The ancestors of the Thirteen Families were strong figures from the True King Era, presumably the most powerful individuals in that era. In their time, they should have been able to cultivate to the Ascension Realm. Can existences of the Ascension Realm live until now?"

Hearing this, Chen Shi's heart trembled.

He was in the Divinity Transformation Realm, with a Life Span of two thousand years.

Could existences from the True King Era's Ascension Realm still live until now?

"What did the True King encounter at Despair Slope? Why did his personality change drastically upon return, becoming weak and actively diminishing the Tribulation Crossing and Ascension realms?"

Chen Shi murmured, "And also, True King Sealing Immortal, four Disaster events, these matters Yang Bi did not explain clearly. The Thirteen Families calculated that in the future there would be eternal night without daylight, will it really happen?"

He gazed at the round moon in the sky, the moonlight was bright, faintly outlining the features of the Outer Heaven True God.

"Is the collapse of the True King Era truly related to the Outer Heaven True God? When eternal night without daylight comes, will the power of the Outer Heaven True God really wane? What will happen during eternal night without daylight?"

He suddenly thought of a crucial point.

"Eternal night without daylight is merely when the two suns of the True God close their eyes. If the vertical eye on the True God's brow also closes, what will occur?"

This possibility is not impossible!

Yang Bi took the colorful cloud carriage and entered the Upper Realm.

The vastness of this Upper Realm far surpassed the New Continent of West Ox, with numerous thousand-feet Primordial Spirits guarding the Upper Realm. There were even Heavenly God-like Primordial Spirits strengthening the Upper Realm, raising their hands to move star rivers, uprooting mountains, carving out rivers, and stomping out lakes.

Under their hands, the Upper Realm changed shapes.

If mortals outside saw it, they would surely find it unbelievable; yet here, it was commonplace.

The colorful cloud carriage traveled to a jade-like world, arriving at a place surrounded by swirling clouds. Yang Bi disembarked and saw everywhere in this world immortal herbs and Lingzhi growing, a scene of peace and harmony, with immortal energy drifting, resembling an Immortal Realm.

In the clouds, sat great-bodied men and women, leaning against the void.

Yang Bi gave a salute and kowtowed, saying, "Descendant Yang Bi pays respects to the esteemed ancestors."

These great-bodied men and women were the ancestors of the Thirteen Families, totaling thirteen.

Their aura was profound and majestic, in harmony with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, each movement embodying unimaginable power.

They seemed like immortals, their strength unfathomable.

"Rise," said an elder.

Yang Bi stood up, bent over at attention.

This elder was one of the Cabinet Chief Minister from the Yang family in the True King Era, named Yang Shizong, the ancestor of the Yang family, and said, "Yang Bi, how did your mission turn out?"

Yang Bi replied, "The Ten Halls of Yama, has been set. I also had a brief encounter with a successor from Despair Slope, forcing him to retreat. And I have stabilized the Scholar, for a period he won't oppose us."

Yang Shizong laughed, "Good. You did very well."

Yang Bi kept his eyes on the ground, avoiding eye contact with the ancestors of the Thirteen Families.

These thirteen ancestors had great bodies, their cultivation boundless and incredible, but their physical bodies appeared very strange. Whether from them or the void grew large, fleshy tendrils, one end rooted in the void, another rooted within their bodies!

These tendrils had no skin, only strips of scarlet flesh, resembling peeled arms or legs, but without visible joints. Occasionally, one could see bulges in the flesh, as if something was swimming beneath, entering the ancestors from the void!

They emitted a strong evil qi, overwhelmingly repulsive.

The voice of Yang Shizong roared, "This celestial change, we must complete it in one stroke, completely resolving Despair Slope!"

At night, the White-clothed Fairy returned to Chen Shi's small temple, lay down on the Divine Shrine, and slept; Chen Shi also returned home to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Chen Shi awoke startled, lifting the quilt to see the White-clothed Fairy curling up beside him asleep. As he lifted the quilt, the fairy seemed to wake from the disturbance, her dark eyes blinking, looking at him.

Chen Shi put down the quilt, ignored the incident, and fell asleep again.

The next morning, at some point, the White-clothed Fairy left the bed, Chen Shi was about to get up when he suddenly felt his qi-blood stirring, warmth in his lower abdomen.

Only then did he realize that some parts of his body had changed, an unyielding pillar unwilling to fall, hurriedly calming his mind's qi, and after a while returned to normal.

During the day, he experienced this change multiple times, causing him considerable distress.

Chen Shi worried about his body's changes, becoming troubled, his mother Wu Qingyu noticed his distractions and told Chen Tang, "Your son has matters on his mind, looking unhappy these days, go ask him."

Chen Tang wondered, "What could he have on his mind?"

Nonetheless, he came to inquire.

Chen Shi blushed, hesitated for a long time, finally recounting about his morning physiological changes.

Chen Tang suddenly understood and laughed, "You've grown up, it's time to find a wife."

Chen Shi was both shocked and delighted, "Really? Last year, grandfather said I was still young."

"Of course, it's true."

Chen Shi could hardly contain his happiness and said to the Black Pot, "Black Pot, I can get married now! Good brother, lend me some of your blood, I'll make a few Peach Talismans!"

The Black Pot was very envious.

Chen Tang warned him not to use Peach Talismans recklessly, to avoid sleeping in the same bed as the White-clothed Fairy, then returned to tell Wu Qingyu, "He's grown up, troubled by his body's changes, and I've told him how to deal with it. I see that the White-clothed Fairy, despite her lost memory, relies heavily on Little Ten, perhaps they can marry."

Wu Qingyu shook her head, "I think she's much older than Little Ten, it doesn't seem suitable."

Chen Tang was indifferent, "They are cultivators, how much older can she be?"