Chaos Pearl, Chaos Merit Godfiend

"Wow! It's so beautiful! It's practically a paradise!"

Red Sparrow took a deep breath.

"With that one breath, it feels like my cultivation is improving."

"Master, our luck is incredible!"

Seeing Red Sparrow's excited expression, Chi Yu snickered.

"You little girl! Who was the one complaining before, saying we should just settle down anywhere?"

Red Sparrow's face gradually flushed, and her toes shuffled about. That was a slap in the face, a complete slap in the face!

"Master! Let's give this island a name!"

Red Sparrow instantly changed the subject.

Chi Yu thought to himself.

This island was never mentioned in the Primordial World novels from my previous life. I have no idea where it drifted in from, suddenly appearing here. Famous places like Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang were all formed from fragments of the Great Dao Jade Disc when Heaven and Earth first opened. They were hidden within Innate Great Arrays and could not be seen by those without fate.

But this island is not one of the Three Islands. Then how do I explain this Innate Great Array? Could it be that this island was also formed when Heaven and Earth opened, transformed from a fragment of the Great Dao? Now that would be interesting!

"Master! What are you thinking about? You've been spacing out this whole time."

Seeing Chi Yu standing there blankly, Red Sparrow hurriedly asked.

"Mm! It really does need a name!"

"Let This Seat take a look!"

Chi Yu floated into the air above the island and looked down over it.

A few breaths later, Chi Yu descended.

"It resembles a pagoda in shape, so let's call it Floating Pagoda Island!"

"Floating Pagoda Island?"

"Great! Great! From now on, Floating Pagoda Island will be my, Red Sparrow's, home!"

Red Sparrow excitedly jumped up again.

"This girl!"

Chi Yu shook his head and chuckled.

This island had yet to be developed. It was filled with immortal herbs, spiritual roots, and abundant resources.

Along the way, they had gained quite a lot.

Yet there was one matter Chi Yu could not understand.

"Huh! Why doesn't this island have any supreme treasures? All we've found along the way are immortal herbs and spiritual roots!"

"That's right!"

"Since it is an innate island transformed from a fragment of the Great Dao, it should have quite a few supreme treasures! Could it be that this island was not transformed from a fragment of the Great Dao?"

"How strange!"

Chi Yu could not figure it out.

"Forget it! Perhaps the time has not come. What belongs to This Seat will eventually belong to This Seat."

After walking for several days, master and servant arrived at a lake on the island.

The lake's surface shimmered with ripples, its water crystal clear to the bottom. Wisps of Immortal Qi drifted above it.

Red Sparrow was the first to jump into the lake, ignoring Chi Yu's warning.

Before long, she began frolicking like a child!

"Wow! This feels amazing! Master, come down quickly! Bathing in this lake feels so good!"

Chi Yu turned around and froze!

Red Sparrow was bathing naked in the lake.

Chi Yu quickly looked away and covered his eyes with one hand.

"Do not look at what is improper! Do not look at what is improper!"

"Master, come down quickly!"

"You little girl, why are you in such a hurry?"

Red Sparrow looked down at herself and instantly understood!

"Hehehe! Master, you can get embarrassed too? What are you embarrassed about? Sparrow belongs to Master anyway. This body of Sparrow will only ever be seen by Master. There is nothing improper about it!"

"You—sigh! Forget it, forget it! You wash here. This Seat will go look elsewhere!"

Then Chi Yu fled as though escaping for his life.

"Hehehe! Master, I know it!"

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"This Red Sparrow, honestly! She doesn't treat This Seat like an outsider at all. No, I have to properly instruct her someday, especially about propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame!"

"But as a modern person from the twenty-second century, wouldn't This Seat seem terribly old-fashioned?"

(You sly old dog, you only realized that now? What a perfect opportunity! Why didn't you make a move? Are you incapable? Pah~)

"Huh~? What is that?"

Suddenly, a burst of light in the distance caught Chi Yu's attention.

He hurried over.

A small sphere with a flawless jade-like surface and a round pearl-like shape appeared before Chi Yu.

Power of laws overflowed from it, while restrictions flowed across its surface!

Chi Yu froze, then burst into laughter.

"Th-this is the Chaos Pearl?"

The Chaos Pearl.

Born from Chaos, it contained a Chaos World within itself and possessed forty-nine layers of restrictions.

The Chaos Pearl, Heaven Splitting Axe, Chaos Green Lotus, and Creation Jade Disc were known as the Four Great Chaos Supreme Treasures.

Chi Yu carefully sensed it and confirmed that it was indeed the Chaos Pearl.

"How could this rare treasure appear here?"

"After Pangu opened Heaven and Earth, cleaved apart three thousand Godfiends, and transformed his body into the Primordial World, the Chaos Pearl vanished without a trace! Who would have thought it would appear here and fall into This Seat's hands through such a series of coincidences!"

"This matter of fate is simply wondrous beyond words! This Seat has fate with it, so it should belong to This Seat! Hahahaha~"

Suddenly!

The Chaos Pearl stirred, seeming to want to leap out of Chi Yu's hand.

Ding! Detected that the host is currently battling an enemy!

Enemy: Chaos Pearl, Chaos Guardian Array

No matter how strong he is, you are stronger!

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 50% Restriction Law

30% Formation Dao Laws

50% Chaos Law

40% Space Law

40% Time Law

60% World Law

10% Demonic Path Law

10% Tribulation Law

10% Void Law

...

...

Congratulations to the host! Primordial Spirit cultivation has risen to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal mid-stage!

Congratulations to the host! Physical cultivation has risen to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal mid-stage!

Seeing that it could not escape, the Chaos Pearl gradually settled down.

Chi Yu danced about excitedly!

"I've gained no fewer than two thousand laws altogether, and even my Primordial Spirit cultivation and physical cultivation have improved! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Immediately afterward, Chi Yu sat down cross-legged and began refining the Chaos Pearl on the spot!

With Formation Dao Laws at perfection and 50% Restriction Law, refining these restrictions was practically effortless!

The first layer.

The second layer.

The third layer.

The twentieth layer.

The twenty-third layer.

The thirtieth layer.

The thirty-first layer.

The thirty-second layer.

The fortieth layer.

He stopped at the fortieth layer. He could not break the forty-first layer, nor did he have the slightest clue how to proceed!

Chi Yu frowned tightly!

"Could it be because This Seat's cultivation is insufficient? Could the remaining nine restrictions correspond to cultivation?"

"Forget it, forget it! Now that forty layers of restrictions have been refined, This Seat can basically control the Chaos Pearl. That will do for now! Once my cultivation improves, I'll try refining the rest!"

Then Chi Yu's figure sank into the Chaos Pearl.

Inside, everything was pitch-black, a chaotic expanse.

"Sigh! This is like an undeveloped world! Could it be that This Seat must imitate Pangu and open Heaven and Earth?"

"Forget it! We'll talk about it later!"

Then Chi Yu withdrew from the Chaos Pearl's world.

When he returned outside, night had already fallen! From not far away came Red Sparrow's cries, accompanied by sobbing.

"Master! Where are you?"

"Master! Where are you? Sob, sob, sob~"

"Master! Answer Sparrow! Are you abandoning Sparrow? Sob, sob, sob~"

Helpless, Chi Yu flashed behind Red Sparrow and patted her shoulder.

"Ahem! Red Sparrow, why are you crying?"

Upon hearing Master's voice, Red Sparrow rose and threw herself into Chi Yu's arms.

"Uh~"

"Sob, sob, sob~ Sparrow thought Master did not want Sparrow anymore!"

"This girl!"

Chi Yu then stroked Red Sparrow's head and comforted her.

Having spent so long with Red Sparrow, Chi Yu had long regarded her as his younger sister. He had never treated her as a mount or a servant!

"Alright! This Seat was merely refining a supreme treasure and did not hear you calling. This Seat never said I would abandon you. You silly girl, you're overthinking things!"

Red Sparrow froze, then looked up at Chi Yu.

"Really?"

Chi Yu nodded.

"Yay! I knew Master treats me well and would never abandon me!"

Then she ran off elsewhere, laughing and playing again!

Chi Yu helplessly shook his head with a smile.

That evening,

Since there was no longer enough time to use Creation Law to construct buildings, master and servant found a mountain cave. Red Sparrow quickly fell asleep after tiring herself out, while Chi Yu sat on the ground, closed his eyes, and cultivated!

The next day,

The blazing sun hung high in the sky!

Chi Yu opened his eyes.

Seeing that Red Sparrow had yet to awaken, he left the mountain cave and came outside!

"It is time to establish a residence and construct buildings!"

Chi Yu stood in the air, then repeatedly wielded Creation Law.

Ancient-style immortal palaces rose from the ground one after another!

The main hall, side halls, cultivation palaces, disciples' residences, mission hall, Technique Hall, Elder Hall—Chi Yu modeled them after the sects in fantasy novels from his previous life and created quite a few buildings.

The noisy commotion woke Red Sparrow from her dreams.

She walked out of the mountain cave with bleary eyes.

"Master! What is th... is... wow~"

Red Sparrow rubbed her eyes, too shocked to speak!

After recovering her senses, she once again excitedly transformed into her true form and soared through the palaces.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

"Wow! Master is amazing! I know Master!"

Chi Yu nearly failed to steady himself and fell from the air!

"It's over! Such a fine girl has been ruined!"

Chi Yu held his forehead.

This went on for several days.

Chi Yu used the power of laws to handwrite the plaques for the various halls: Creation Hall, Azure Dust Palace... Even Red Sparrow received a palace of her own, bearing the name Red Sparrow Palace.

Once the various palaces had been completed,

Chi Yu came to a spot not far away, where a sect gate rose from the ground!

Tall and majestic, it stood in imposing splendor!

"What should I call it?"

Seeing Chi Yu halt his work of creation, Red Sparrow flew before him and transformed into her Innate Dao Body.

"Master! What's wrong? Why did you stop?"

"Oh? It is nothing! This Seat is considering what name would suit this lineage!"

Red Sparrow immediately bit her finger as she began thinking alongside him!

"This Seat was once but a grain of dust in the Primordial World, yet encountered an opportunity and attained the supreme. Battle is what made This Seat! Some days ago, This Seat proclaimed through the Great Dao that This Seat governs the path of battle!"

"Hongjun governs the Immortal Dao and is called the Dao Ancestor! Luo Hou governs the Demonic Dao and is called the Demon Ancestor! Now that This Seat governs the Battle Dao, how about calling This Seat the Battle Ancestor?"

"Who would have thought that Red Sparrow's casual words that day would truly make This Seat the Azure Dust Battle Ancestor? Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Chi Yu glanced at Red Sparrow, then nodded fondly.

"Master! Why are you staring at Sparrow?"

Red Sparrow shyly lowered her head.

"Ahem! This Seat merely finds you quite adorable!"

"Never mind! Let us use the name you suggested back then: the War-ending Sect! End war through battle! Sustain battle through battle! May our path of battle bloom across the cosmos and reign supreme over the primordial chaos!"

"War-ending Sect? End war through battle? Reign supreme over the primordial chaos?"

"Master! Sparrow is willing to follow Master forever, reign supreme over the primordial chaos, and end war through battle!"

"Good! Hahahaha!"

Immediately afterward, Chi Yu used the power of laws to inscribe the two words "War-ending Sect" upon the sect gate in bold, sweeping strokes.

Thus, Chi Yu's lineage began to take shape!

Following the customs of his previous life, Chi Yu did not immediately announce it to the Primordial World. Instead, based on his memories, he selected an auspicious day and planned to make the announcement several days later!

With many days remaining before the announcement, Chi Yu decided to continue exploring and brought Red Sparrow farther east!

By now, only the eastern side of the island remained unexplored.

"Master! Hurry up!"

"You little girl, how will you find any opportunities if you rush around like that?"

After giving it some thought, Red Sparrow realized that Master was right. She slowed her pace and followed behind Chi Yu.

That day,

The master and servant arrived in a dense forest when a strange creature, shaped like a tiger with a dragon's head, suddenly ran out!

"Roar!"

Chi Yu froze!

"Bi'an?"

"That can't be right! Isn't Bi'an one of Zu Long's nine sons? Why would he be here?"

"Who are you people? How dare you disturb this venerable one's peaceful slumber!"

Chi Yu burst out laughing.

"Esteemed mon—creature? May I ask if you are Bi'an, Zu Long's son?"

The creature was stunned!

"You brat! How rude! Who are you calling a monster? This Seat is the Merit Divine Lord, the reincarnation of the Chaos Merit Godfiend. Who is this Zu Long you speak of?"

It turned out that this creature had formed from a trace of the Chaos Merit Godfiend's origin that had fallen upon this island countless years ago!

When Pangu had cleaved apart the three thousand Godfiends, the Chaos Merit Godfiend, who governed fortune and virtue, had used the power of Merit Law to separate his origin from his body and escape disaster!

As the few of them chatted back and forth, they gradually became familiar with one another!

"Hey, hey, hey! I have to say, kid, you're something else! You actually managed to find this place!"

"Hehehe! Big Brother Merit, your little brother's luck is unmatched!"

"Mm! Not bad! Very good!"

Suddenly, an idea came to Chi Yu.

"Big Brother Merit? What do you think of your little brother here?"

"In what regard? You brat are far too ugly. You're not as handsome as me!"

Red Sparrow compared the two of them, curled her lips, and thought:

Where did this damn confidence come from?

"Uh..."

"Let's not talk about appearances for now! How about the two of us become sworn brothers?"

Chi Yu had already made up his mind. If he befriended this Merit God and Demon and drew him into the War-ending Sect, why would the sect need worry about luck or fortune?

The Merit God and Demon thought for a moment.

"Mm! You seem quite agreeable, kid. Then this Divine Lord will reluctantly agree!"

Just as he was about to stand and drag Chi Yu down to kneel in oath,

"Hey, hey, hey! Big Brother, don't be in such a hurry! Could you transform into an Innate Dao Body first?"

"Uh! Like you?"

"No, no! Too ugly!"

The Merit God and Demon shook his head repeatedly.

In the end, only after Chi Yu and Red Sparrow repeatedly persuaded him did he finally take a step back.

He transformed into a human-bodied, dragon-headed figure.

Though still rather unpleasant to look at, he was much better than before.

Chi Yu then activated the Creation Law and created an incense table, beginning to pray to the Great Dao and swear brotherhood.

As the Great Dao responded!

"Granted!"

The ceremony was complete!

Chi Yu sensed that, in the unseen, he and the Merit God and Demon had formed an immense karmic bond, and his luck had greatly increased as well!

"Say, Big Brother! Do you have a title? Or a name? Your brother can't keep calling you the Merit God and Demon or Merit Divine Lord, can I?"

The Merit God and Demon gave it some careful thought.

"That's true! Brother, tell me, what grand and impressive name should we choose?"

Chi Yu knew he would ask that. He chuckled.

"Your brother's title is Azure Dust. How about Big Brother taking Qing Wei as your title? Light and subtle, natural and unforced! What do you think?"

The Merit God and Demon was stunned, then delighted, and nodded in satisfaction.

"From this day forth, this Divine Lord's title shall be—Qing Wei!"