Chaotic World Book

"Heh, you do have a way with words," Ye Wuzong knew life and work were different, but the flattery was comfortable, and he did not argue, merely stating, "What Yuxu seeks is but a path to the heavens. For those in Buddhist ways, they truly harbor thoughts of 'ascension.' Once a person desires something, naturally, many things are not done capriciously. He can forgo the Heavenly Book, but he cannot abandon the Tao; such is his dilemma."

Zhao Changhe said, "Is a Tao Venerable from Ancient Times behind him?"

"Most likely, the exact name is unknown, so let's just refer to him as Tao Venerable. What exactly their relationship is, or what Yuxu plans to do, I wouldn't venture to guess. But what I can tell you is that you absolutely must not enter Kunlun on your own." Ye Wuzong turned serious, "Originally, Yuxu let you take the Heavenly Book, his relationship with the behind-the-scenes God Demon became extremely tense, the situation was so well-known that even I heard about it. If you return to Kunlun, there are only two outcomes..."

Zhao Changhe interjected, "Either Yuxu compromises with him, and they take my life together; or I manage to hasten a rift between Yuxu and him."

"The likelihood of the former is as high as eighty percent, I advise you not to plan on the latter," Ye Wuzong said, "Why do I say Kunlun is chaotic? First, the mass revival of God Demons has become a major trend; they no longer stay hidden but have stepped to the forefront. How many of the villains in Kunlun can continually listen to Yuxu? I estimate it's more likely that Yuxu ends up under Tao Venerable's flag; his resistance is too gentle, and by today he may not control the situation, otherwise, I might not need to flee."

Really...

Zhao Changhe didn't say much, only asking, "What else?"

"Secondly, as I've already mentioned, Kunlun is vast with many secret realms," Ye Wuzong stated, "Meaning, there are other Demon Gods behind the scenes, not just Tao Venerable. For instance, Listening Snow Tower's lair hidden in Heavenly Mountain, Bandit Brothers' influence in the Hexi Corridor, don't they have something behind them? Like the assassin from Listening Snow Tower appearing alongside Yin Kui, Yin Kui is already strong, but since he took such a risk to play the role of a pawn, even if not commanded by anyone, he is at least in a subordinate position within the cooperation of Demon Gods, with even more powerful characters behind him."

Zhao Changhe said, "Based on Listening Snow Tower's attribute, it actually shares some similarities with you, Senior. Have they ever sought you out? This must be the root cause of your escape from Kunlun."

Ye Wuzong smiled, patting his hand, "Correct. Do you know, Yin Kui's body has disappeared?"

Zhao Changhe was startled, "Did he not die and run away? Or was it stolen?"

"He's truly dead, but he has probably become someone else's Corpse Puppet," Ye Wuzong said nonchalantly, "You mentioned earlier, not knowing if Yin Kui has the qualification to be called Netherworld Emperor, let me tell you clearly, he doesn't. Before Jiuyou, Yin Kui is merely akin to an underling."

"Jiuyou?"

"Yes, she represents Silent Annihilation, death, and... chaos."

Zhao Changhe and Yue Hongling exchanged glances, nodding.

Chaos, that's it, there must be a God Demon representing chaos, so it was here.

Yin Kui himself being turned into a Corpse Puppet was trivial, dead was dead, and dead things and living things were ultimately different, no regrets there.

The name Jiuyou was familiar, appearing often in the Four Symbol Sect's scriptures he was punished to copy as the background to Emperor Ye, like "Once Emperor Ye broke Jiuyou at the northern extreme", but there weren't more detailed stories, after all, the scriptures of Four Symbols Sect weren't very complete, and if they were, he wouldn't have needed to perform Soul Search for Xue Wu in search of the path to the Imperial Realm.

"When her name appeared in Kunlun, initially some thought she was Emperor Ye, but actually, Emperor Ye is a strict adherer to rules, she is the opposite… If my guess is not wrong, she is more likely Emperor Ye's arch-nemesis." Ye Wuzong paused here, looked again at Sisi and Yue Hongling, and gave a knowing smile, "Take note, she's female."

"Ha?" The whole family, including Zhao Changhe himself, opened their mouths wide.

So far, all known Demon Gods, only Piaomiao had a female form, and Piaomiao in the previous epoch was a Spiritual Body rather than a person, meaning all known typical Demon Gods were male figures, everyone subconsciously saw this as male, the sudden mention of a female was a bit uncomfortable.

Uncomfortable or not, it wasn't really strange, who decided all Demon Gods had to be male… The real association everyone made was, could Emperor Ye be female?

They hadn't thought this way before, only now realizing, most likely it should be female… Shuanghua was Emperor Ye's guard, mind "guard" and not "maid", usually there's no need to deliberately select female guards, moreover, unrecruited, allowing her to start a romance with the bad boy Azure Dragon. If Emperor Ye were male, this kind of thing most likely wouldn't happen… There's only one possibility, that is, Emperor Ye himself is female, only a female would necessarily choose female guards and still not recruit, and only women have such inexplicable enthusiasm for matchmaking their subordinates.

Considering the day-night correspondence of Yin Yang, night as Yin, being female is also quite normal.

And perhaps Jiuyou is not just Emperor Ye's opponent; her attributes and Piaomiao also have a high probability of being opponents. Based on the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Emperor Ye may even be friends with Piaomiao...

Ye Wuzong stated, "And Jiuyou and Tao Venerable clearly are not on the same side, and whether there's still a third party, nobody knows, the current Kunlun is a vortex, anyone who enters it might be doomed."