Second Master's Compromise! The Dao Palaces Are Competing Too!

The proposal from Yuanshi Tianzun was filled with a deadly temptation.

The Nine Heavens Breathing Soil.

A legendary, supreme divine object.

The toys sculpted from it possess the power of creation; how could they be compared to mere earthly clay?

However, Lin Shen simply tilted his head, his dark eyes glancing at the shimmering divine mud in the palm of the Yuanshi Tianzun Venerable, then turned to look at the Jade Yuxu Palace not far away, which was still swaying wildly and Square Dance.

He pouted and decisively shook his head.

"Don't want."

Two words, light and airy, yet they transformed into two Immortal Slaying Sword Qi that pierced Yuanshi Tianzun's Dao Heart with unparalleled precision.

"Why?"

The voice of the Yuanshi Tianzun could no longer hold back, trembling sharply. He felt that the supreme Dao he was expounding on was cracking from its very foundation.

"Because..."

Lin Shen stretched out his chubby little finger and pointed to the magnificent palace that was vigorously twisting its waist, his expression extremely serious.

"My Big House Friend said it used to be very lonely."

"It says its owner always has a long face, ignores it, and doesn't talk to it. It can only shine silently by itself, and it's almost developing 'Shining Depression'."

"Now that it can finally dance, it's very happy. Lin Shen can't let it be unhappy."

The little guy's words were pure and without a trace of impurity, as simple as the first ray of light at the beginning of time, yet they contained the most basic truths.

Yuanshi Tianzun was completely frozen in place.

Does he feel lonely in his Yuxu Palace?

He, Pangu's True Lineage and one of the Three Pure Ones, was actually... rejected by his own natal Daoist temple?

In that instant when his primordial spirit trembled and his mind became dazed...

The Yuxu Palace, which was currently dancing wildly, seemed to receive tremendous encouragement and support, and its dance moves suddenly became even more unrestrained and wild!

On the outer wall of the palace, the billions of neon runes that were originally just flashing lights have now detached from the wall and gathered in the air to form a shape!

They transformed into an enormous, pink heart made of the purest Jade Purity Immortal Light!

"Pop~"

With a soft sound, the giant pink heart exploded in the air, turning into a shower of colorful flowers that accurately fell on Lin Shen.

The childlike electronic voice of the Yuxu Palace Spirit, filled with gratitude and ecstasy at surviving a calamity, flooded Lin Shen's mind.

"My Little Master! You are my soulmate! You are my light! You are my legend!"

"For you, I am willing to jump to the ends of the earth, to the Primordial World of the universe!"

Yuanshi Tianzun stared blankly at the pink rain of light that filled the sky, feeling as if his primordial spirit had been pierced through again.

His temple, his face, the symbol of his Dao of Elucidating Heaven... he's learned flattery!

"Pfft--Hahahaha! Second Brother! Did you hear that! Did you hear that?!"

The Tongtian Jiaozhu beside him was already laughing so hard he was paralyzed on the ground, pounding the ground and wiping away the tears streaming down his face. He pointed at the Yuanshi Tianzun and launched a merciless mockery.

Even your dilapidated house finds you boring! I think you've wasted your time cultivating this Heaven-Explaining Great Dao!

"Look at my Biyou Palace!"

The Tongtian Jiaozhu pointed triumphantly at his Dao Palace, his face full of pride.

"We party every day! We discuss philosophy, duel swords, and drink! My palace and I are like brothers who can fight alongside each other!"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Mutation and Regeneration!

Not far away, the Biyou Palace, with its soaring sword energy and postmodern heavy metal punk style, seemed to be stimulated by its master's words and suddenly trembled!

"Clang--!"

A resounding sword cry echoed through the heavens, booming from the deepest part of the Biyou Palace!

A dazzling sword light, a thousand times more blinding than the sun, shot into the sky, yet it carried no trace of Aura of Slaughter. The sword light swirled in the air, transforming into an enormous disco ball woven from billions of sharp sword threads!

The sword-qi disco ball spun wildly, refracting the sunlight from the Kunlun Mountain Peak into billions of colorful beams of light, sweeping around like searchlights and illuminating the stunned faces of every powerful figure.

Immediately afterwards, a "heavy metal rock anthem" that was even more explosive than "The Most Dazzling National Style" and full of the clanging of metal and the rhythm of battle roared in!

"I! Have! One! Sword! That! Can! Open! The! Heaven! Can! Split! The! Earth! Can! Dance!"

"Shake it! Everyone shake it for me! Anyone who doesn't shake it is a traitor!"

Biyou Palace has started having a rave!

Its style is wilder and more unrestrained than that of the Yuxu Palace. The entire massive palace complex is like a rock star who has drunk fake alcohol, wildly shaking his head in place, causing the endless sword energy around him to form a destructive vortex storm.

Yuanshi Tianzun: "..."

The maniacal laughter on the face of the Tongtian Jiaozhu froze instantly.

He stared blankly at his Biyou Palace, a place even more lively than the nightclubs in the Nine Netherworld Demon Realm, feeling his cheeks burning as if he had been slapped hundreds of times by an invisible hand.

Isn't this a bit too swift of a slap in the face?

"Cough."

A soft cough broke the deathly silence and awkwardness.

The Laozi, who had been stroking his Taiqing and watching the show, shook his head calmly, a hint of disappointment in his two younger brothers Dao Palace, seemingly showing in his cloudy old eyes.

"Noisy."

"It's too noisy."

He had barely finished speaking.

His seemingly simple and unadorned Eight Sceneries Palace, which exuded an atmosphere of "Governing by non-action," stirred.

It didn't have a club or rock music.

It was only gently, slowly, that wisps of colorful... elixir-like vapor rose from the ancient chimney of the alchemy furnace atop the palace.

The elixir energy did not dissipate in the air, but instead condensed and took shape.

In a moment, they transformed into a group of adorable, colorful little rabbits chasing and playing.

In a moment, they transformed into swarms of colorful, fluttering glass butterflies.

Finally, all the elixir energy converged, forming a line of large, shimmering characters in the air, exuding a sweet fragrance.

"Junior brother, are you hungry? How about some freshly made Nine-Turn Rainbow Popping Candy?"

The incredibly sweet aroma of medicinal pills, mixed with the irresistibly tempting scent of candy, wafted precisely to Lin Shen's nose.

Lin Shen's eyes instantly shifted away from the "stage" of the Yuxu Palace and Biyou Palace.

He sniffed hard, and saliva involuntarily dribbled from the corner of his mouth.

Wow! It's Tangtang!

He immediately abandoned his two "Big House Friend" who were still dancing wildly, and with his short legs, he ran towards the direction of the Eight Sceneries Palace.

"First Master! I want candy!"

The disco music from the Yuxu Palace and Biyou Palace abruptly stopped.

The two Dao Palace Artifact Spirit, which had just been full of fighting spirit, felt the ruthless neglect from their Little Master and instantly wilted, even their light dimming slightly.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu exchanged a glance, both seeing the same emotion in each other's eyes: "Defeat".

After all that trouble...

The eldest brother won again!

Watching Lin Shen happily circle around the Eight Sceneries Palace, tiptoeing and waiting for candy, I was struck by his adorable appearance.

In the heart of Yuanshi Tianzun, the last trace of pride belonging to the Pangu's True Lineage and one of the Three Pure Ones completely collapsed and shattered into dust.

He exhaled a long, long breath.

That tone conveyed resignation, compromise, and a deep sense of helplessness towards this utterly broken and absurd world.

He slowly walked to the Yuxu Palace, which was still swaying slightly in place, and spoke to his Dao Palace in a tone that was almost pleading, even with a hint of supplication:

"Alright, stop jumping."

"From now on... every day, as long as Lin Shen wants to watch, you will dance for one hour."

"But, could you perhaps change the music to something a little... more elegant?"

The neon runes on the outer wall of the Yuxu Palace flickered, as if seriously considering their master's suggestion.

A moment later, it answered in the mind of the Yuanshi Tianzun in a childlike, electronic voice:

"Okay. Then... how about 'Love Transaction'? Master, I think the lyrics of that song are very profound, full of accusations against the ruthlessness of the Great Dao."

The Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly felt dizzy, his Dao Body swayed, and he almost fainted on the spot as his Dao Heart shattered.