Above the Great Dao

Chen Yindou perfectly imitated young Chen Shi, but his words caused Qing Yang, Sha Qiutong, and others to shiver with unease.

Destroy the True God.

Ruin this world.

Create a new era.

Every sentence filled them with fear.

If these words came from someone else, it would be nothing but child's play, strange words without any means to achieve them.

But the speaker is the Child Scholar with the Innate Dao Embryo, regarded by everyone as a prodigious talent, so they can't ignore it.

"Even more sinister than I," Creation Little Five said.

He then thought to himself, "No wonder he's my son."

"Is the Magic Skill for evil transformation the True God that Little Ten mentioned really feasible?" the Heavenly Fox inquired.

Chen Yindou replied, "I've deduced it, and it's feasible."

Everyone was silent, saying nothing.

"That's why after I revived him, I sealed his memory," Chen Yindou said with a somber expression.

Back then, he saved Chen Shi's soul, sitting by his grandson's bedside, watching Chen Shi fall into a deep sleep. The candlelight in the room reflected off his face, fluctuating between light and dark, and he couldn't decide if he should go through with it.

Chen Shi had his Dao Embryo taken from him, died, and became a ghost in the underworld. He suffered greatly, becoming full of resentment, and his demonic nature grew stronger.

The ghosts, monsters, deities, and demons he encountered all either wanted to kill him or use him. This harsh environment forced him to rapidly transform from the innocent Child Scholar into a demon far more terrifying than Creation Little Five.

Chen Yindou was unsure if Chen Shi's words were childish jokes or serious.

Because if you include the eight years he was dead, Chen Shi was already seventeen at that time, an adult.

When the red candle finally burned out, Chen Yindou made up his mind and personally sealed Chen Shi's memories.

He still remembered that during the sealing process, Chen Shi woke up, but did not open his eyes. Instead, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Chen Shi did not open his eyes to look at him, nor did he resist or plead, only softly said, "Grandfather, will you avenge me?"

"I will, I promise."

Seeing the tears falling from his grandson's eyes, Chen Yindou felt a moment of regret and his resolve wavered, but he hardened his heart and sealed Chen Shi's seventeen years of memories.

He sat by his grandson's bed, his face wrapped in shadows, feeling much older.

The next morning, Chen Shi awoke from a blank dream, opening his eyes to gradually gain a clear understanding of this hazy world.

He looked at the old man by the bed, sat up.

At this moment, he was neither the Demon Emperor nor the Child Scholar, as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.

"Who am I? Who are you? Where is this?" he asked with clear eyes and a smile.

"Your name is Chen Shi, nickname Little Ten."

"I am Chen Yindou, your grandfather."

"This is Huangpo Village, our family home. It's just the two of us left, relying on each other for survival."

"Oh, and there's Little Black. Little Black, come here! Little Ten, it was Little Black that pushed you and made you hit your head on a rock, so you don't remember anything."

Little Black wagged its tail, smiling broadly at its little master, taking on the first blame of its life.

"Little Black, you have to take responsibility for me!"

"Woof!"

...

Du Yiran interrupted Chen Yindou's thoughts, asking, "Where should we go now?"

Chen Yindou looked up at the Heavenly Dome, gazing at the bright moon in the sky: "To resolve the True God's crisis and bring back the twin suns, we must head to Despair Slope. The True King went to Despair Slope a second time, and not long after, the two suns reappeared in the sky. So Despair Slope can make the True God open his eyes."

Everyone frowned upon hearing this.

Qing Yang inquired, "Based on our capabilities, how can we protect ourselves when entering Despair Slope?"

Chen Yindou turned back, looking at Tu Ying and the other two.

Du Yiran, Sha Qiutong, and others all turned their gaze to the three men simultaneously.

Tu Ying laughed, saying, "Uncles, indeed, I have some foundation at Despair Slope. Everyone I come in contact with, I can imitate perfectly. Their cultivation techniques, divine skills, character traits, and weaknesses are all clear to me."

Chen Yindou said, "Follow Little Five's lead, and we will disguise ourselves as people from Despair Slope and infiltrate it."

Sha Qiutong shook his head and said, "Us, disguise as them? But aren't there already two of them in Despair Slope?"

Chen Yindou shook his head and said, "There won't be two. They will soon leave Despair Slope, giving us a chance to act against them."

Du Yiran, Sha Qiutong, and others were puzzled, not knowing why he was so certain.

Chen Yindou stopped walking, looking back towards the road they came from, his gaze deep: "The Grand Sacrificer will soon realize, he will see through my lies. He is fixated on the Demon Technique, and I told him completing the Demon Technique is not difficult. When he remembers this, he will have other thoughts. He knows that coercing me to complete the Demon Technique is unlikely, but he might seek out Little Ten."

The Heavenly Fox suddenly understood, laughing: "The Grand Sacrificer will surely send out Divine Capital experts, searching all around for Little Ten. After Despair Slope eliminates the Upper Realm, their next target is the Divine Capital. When they discover the presence of Divine Capital people, they will mobilize their forces to besiege them."

Du Yiran gently nodded: "This presents us with an opportunity to eliminate the masters of Despair Slope."

Creation Little Five smiled and said, "The people of Despair Slope all have life lamps; as soon as they die, the life lamps will extinguish."

Qing Yang said, "We'll let them live in another form. We've done this many times before."

...

The Grand Sacrificer sat solemnly, his face expressionless. After a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "Indeed, Chen Yindou is sharp-witted; he deceived me."

He stood up, smiling, "If the Divine Emperor had no intention of world destruction, why seal his own memories? If the Divine Emperor had the intention of world destruction, how could he seal his own memories? Chen Yindou, you are the only one who sealed memories."