When Yuqing retreated from the edge of Eastern Chaos back to the stone platform on the north side of Kunlun Mountain, the battle reports from the three avatars fell onto the stone platform almost simultaneously. Each of the three jade slips bore its own wounds, each more severe than the last.
The jade slip from the King Yuanshi arrived first. Its surface was covered with white jade fragments, within which was embedded half of an inscription of order. The edges of the inscription had been gnawed by something, leaving them jagged and broken. The jade slip contained only one line. "Deep within the Eastern Chaos, there exists a Universe World, within which sits the Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable, Peak Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal Chaos. His Order Laws have been cultivated to the Nine-Layer Tower Realm. The shell is covered with 7,200 layers of the Myriad-Sequence Heavenly Net, offense and defense sharing the same origin; breaking one layer creates three more. I spent forty-nine days dismantling it, removing 13,000 layers, but he replenished 26,000. I cannot dismantle it further. Please, Your Excellency, decide."
The jade slip of the King Jade Void followed closely behind, its surface wrapped with a wisp of grayish-white void silk. The Void Dao rhymes on the silk were a chaotic mess, as if it had been squeezed and kneaded in someone's hand and then released. It read, "Deep within the Western Chaos, there is a Universe World, with the Void Dao Venerable residing within its shell, Peak Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal. He has cultivated the Void Laws to the point of creating 100,000 avatars, each avatar concealing a Folded Void. I used my magic mirror to illuminate it for nine days, only able to reveal 99,999 each day, always missing one. That last avatar is hidden in a Folded Void at the bottom of the shell, curling inwards, which the mirror light cannot penetrate from the outside. The shell cannot be breached, and the bottom cannot be found; it is stuck."
King Pan arrived last. The slip was scorching hot, with a charred edge. Several lines of text were crookedly carved into its surface, each stroke penetrating three inches into the paper, leaving several cracks in the jade slip itself: "Deep within the Chaos, there is a Universe World, its outer shell the largest, twice the size of the two outer shells combined. Within the Creation King Pan, Peak Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, wielding a Heaven-Opening Giant Axe twice the size of my own, its blade covered in Creation Patterns. I fought him blade to blade for three days, shattering over three hundred of his axe blades." "Creator, he smashed forty-nine of my items. By the evening of the third day, his axe handle cracked. He squatted down to disassemble the old handle, and I waited for him to install the new one. He struggled for a long time, unable to get the slot to fit. I handed him a stone slab to fill the slot, and he installed it correctly. After finishing, he said, 'Much easier to use now,' and asked if I wanted to continue. I said no, I'm taking over this world. You come back with me to Master Mo to learn how to disassemble and replace things. He said okay, but first I need to make a rubbing of the Creation Patterns on the axe. Now he's squatting inside the shell making the pattern, and I'm squatting beside him waiting."
Yuqing placed the three jade slips side by side on the stone platform. First, he took the jade slip of the King Yuanshi and pressed his finger heavily on the line "dismantled for forty-nine days." Then he took the jade slip of the King Jade Void and drew a line on the line "one of them can't be found." Finally, he took the jade slip of the King Pan and stopped his finger on the line "given him a stone fragment." He looked at it twice and his lips twitched slightly.
He put the three jade slips into his sleeve, then got up and headed east towards the Chaos. Halfway there, the true form of Taiqing came from the direction of Kunlun Mountain, and the two met in a grayish-white halo. Taiqing glanced into his sleeve. "Three Universe World?"
"Three seats. Three avatars, one for each of them, all frozen in place." Yuqing handed over the jade slip.
Taiqing took the jade slip and read it word by word. He examined the one belonging to the King Yuanshi twice, turning it over and over. Suddenly, he asked, "Your King Yuanshi spent forty-nine days dismantling the Heavenly Net, removing thirteen thousand layers, and then he repaired twenty-six thousand layers—tell the King Yuanshi to stop dismantling the net. The Myriad-Sequence Heavenly Net breaks one layer and then three more appear. The root cause isn't the net itself, but the tokens. At the top of the nine-layered tower inside the shell are ninety-nine Order Tokens, each controlling the energy supply to one layer of the barrier. The faster you dismantle the net, the more frequently they replace the tokens. If you're going to attack, attack the tokens. Once a token is broken, that layer of the barrier is severed from its root and cannot be repaired."
Yuqing nodded, then listened to Taiqing talk about the King Jade Void's mirror. "The Void Dao Venerable hid his last clone in the Folded Void at the bottom of the shell, so the mirror light can't penetrate from the outside. Have the King Jade Void turn the mirror over and look at the bottom of the shell—the Folded Void at the bottom is extremely tight to the surface, so tight that you can hardly see the seam. You can see through it by looking up from the bottom. After you see it, don't rush to put it away. First, trap that clone. If the main body moves, the remaining 99,999 clones will all panic."
Taiqing finally picked up King Pan, read the line "given him a stone fragment" twice, and suddenly chuckled, "Your King Pan is interesting. He fought with the Creation King Pan for three days, and halfway through, he gave him a stone fragment to pad his axe handle—that's the right approach. The Creation King Pan cultivates the Creation Laws, and the Creation Laws emphasize feel above all else; if his feel isn't right, everything he creates will feel awkward. Tell King Pan to stop fighting him, and tell him: 'Come back with me to Master Mo in City of Ten Thousand Crafts to learn dismantling and replacement. After you've learned dismantling and replacement, you two can fight again. After you're done, you bring out the Mother Stone, the Mother Stone is yours, and you return to the Primordial Wilderness.' He'll definitely agree."
Yuqing carefully put away the three jade slips and turned to head east towards the Chaos. Taiqing's true form walked towards the platform of the Shichen Ancestor halfway up Kunlun Mountain. Halfway there, he sent a message to the Human Dao Heavenly Net: "Three Universe World have been discovered deep within the Chaos. Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal is presiding over each shell, Yuqing's three avatars are currently working on them. Any Sanqing Disciples who wishes to learn how to collect Universe World can go to the north of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent to see the shells. Bring some cakes."
The message had been sent out for about half a cup of tea's time when the pancake maker replied below, "Master Taiqing, where should we put those flying cities and running towers that we retrieved from the shell this time? There's some empty space next to my shop."
Taiqing replied, "Don't worry about the empty plot of land yet. Once you've brought the shells back, dismantle them first. After that, sort them by size: large shells for the mainland, medium shells for materials, and small shells for feeding the earth veins. Keep the empty plot of land next to your shop; you can expand your pie shop there after we've dismantled all the shells."
The pancake maker replied instantly, "Alright! Count me in for the peeling, I'll provide the hammer."
Taiqing turned off the light screen and walked to the platform of Shichen Ancestor. Shichen Ancestor was squatting on a stone stool, using a twig to swat ants. Taiqing sat down opposite him. "Same as always, let's borrow the river."
The Shichen Ancestor tossed the branch aside. "Which way should we explore this time?"
"Explore three thousand li each in the east, west, and downwards. The eastern shell contains Myriad-Sequence Heavenly Net; help me find where the token is stored. The western shell contains many Folded Void; help me find the void at the bottom that curls inwards. The lower shell is the largest, containing countless creations; help me find out which layer the Mother Stone is buried in."
Shichen Ancestor stood up, reached into the air, and grabbed a grayish-white water droplet, tossing it to the ground. The droplet landed and transformed into a long, Gray-White Long River, three zhang wide, branching into three tributaries from the edge of the platform. Shichen Ancestor reached into the eastern tributary, and an image appeared on the surface: a gigantic grayish-white shell deep within the Eastern Chaos, its surface covered with seven thousand two hundred layers of dense celestial netting, the mesh so small that even light could not pass through. The image penetrated the netting and entered the shell, where the inner world was a nine-story tower structure. Each layer of the barrier was formed by the Order Laws, and embedded in the barrier were ninety-nine Order Tokens, each inscribed with counting rod inscriptions. At the top sat an old man in a grayish-white robe, with ninety-nine main tokens before him. Each main token was connected to nine sub-tokens below, and the sub-tokens were connected to the next layer below.
Shichen Ancestor withdrew his hand. "Look carefully. Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable placed ninety-nine main tokens on the top layer, each main token controlling the energy supply of one layer of the barrier. You break through one layer of the Heavenly Net, and he replaces it with a main token. In the time it takes to replace the token, the Heavenly Net repairs three layers itself. If you want to attack, attack the main tokens—once a main token is broken, that layer of the barrier is severed, and the sub-tokens cannot replace it. But there are ninety-nine main tokens; even if they are all broken, he still has spares."
Taiqing nodded. "Where is the spare?"
Ancestor Shi put his hand in again, and walked towards the bottom of the tower. When he reached the bottom of the ninth floor, he stopped. There were nine spare main tokens pressed under the floor tiles at the bottom of the tower. The tokens were engraved with the word "preparation". Ancestor Shi took out his hand and said, "There are nine spare tokens under the floor tiles at the bottom of the tower. If you break one, you can replace it with another. Once you have repaired it, it is gone. You ask Yuanshi Tianwang to break the ninety-nine main tokens first, and Daoist Wanxu to replace them with spare ones. Then he breaks nine spare ones, and he won't have to replace them."
Taiqing nodded. "What about the west?"
Shichen Ancestor reached into the western tributary, and another scene surfaced: deep within the western Chaos, a smaller, grayish-white shell, its surface smooth as a mirror, beneath which countless Folded Void surged. The scene penetrated the shell's surface to its base, where a Folded Void rolled inwards, clinging tightly to the shell's surface, so tightly that the seam was almost invisible. Deep within that Folded Void crouched a grayish-white phantom, its hands covering its ears and its eyes closed, its body surrounded by a tangled mass of void threads.
Shichen Ancestor withdrew his hand. "The Folded Void at the bottom of the shell is its counterweight. The Void Dao Venerable hides his last clone there. Have King Jade Void turn the treasure mirror over and shine it on the bottom of the shell from bottom to top. It will penetrate immediately. After you see it, don't rush to put it away. First, trap the clone. If the main body is in chaos, the remaining 99,999 clones will all be thrown into chaos as well."
Taiqing nodded. "And then?"
Shichen Ancestor reached into the tributary below, and a third scene emerged from the water: deep within the Chaos lay an enormous gray-white Mother Stone, its surface pockmarked with the marks of creation. Inside the shell was a gigantic Creation Platform, piled high with countless unfinished creations. The Creation Platform had nine layers, each containing countless creation parts. At the very bottom, pressed in the center, was a gray-white Mother Stone, its surface engraved with Creation Patterns. All creations were traced from this Mother Stone. Creation King Pan, squatted atop the Creation Platform, tracing the patterns on an axe, while King Pan waited beside him.
The Shichen Ancestor withdrew his hand. "The Creation King Pan buried the Mother Stone at the very bottom center of the Creation Platform. You have King Pan tell him: 'Come back with me to learn dismantling and replacement from Master Mo. After you've learned it, the two of you fight. After the fight, you move the Mother Stone out. The Mother Stone is yours, and you return to the Primordial Wilderness.' He will surely agree."
Taiqing memorized the three images, stood up, and headed eastward into the Chaos.
Deep within the Eastern Chaos, the King Yuanshi squatted in the eastern direction of the shell, using the Creation Jade Ruyi to forcefully dismantle the Heavenly Net. Each time the Jade Ruyi poked, three inscriptions shattered, and the shattered inscriptions were replaced within three breaths, with the replacement inscriptions having two more chains than the old ones. The King Yuanshi poked for forty-nine days, shattering thirteen thousand inscriptions, Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable replaced twenty-six thousand inscriptions, increasing the Heavenly Net of the shell from seven thousand two hundred layers to nine thousand four hundred layers.
Taiqing himself landed on the shell and tapped it three times. At the top of the nine-story pagoda inside, Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable raised his head, his voice emanating from within. "Who goes there?"
"Taiqing."
"Taiqing? Never heard of it."
"Now I've heard." Taiqing pressed his palm against the shell and poured a sentence into it, "Hand over all ninety-nine of your main tokens. I'll count to three. One—"
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable sneered, "Counting to three won't help. The ninety-nine main tokens are connected to seven thousand two hundred layers of the Heavenly Net. If you break through one layer, I'll patch up three more. In the end, you'll exhaust yourself to death."
"Two--"
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable gathered the ninety-nine main tokens in front of him, and the order inscriptions on the tokens lit up simultaneously, causing the Heavenly Net on the shell to increase by three layers.
"Three."
After counting to three, Taiqing withdrew his hand from the shell and turned to leave. Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable was taken aback. "You're leaving?"
"I'm leaving. Take your time Mending the Heavens. Come find me in the Primordial Wilderness when you're done." Taiqing turned and headed west without looking back.
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable sat in the top-floor tower for about half a cup of tea's time, when he suddenly noticed that the Heavenly Net on the shell was still automatically repairing itself, but the new net's patterns were crooked and didn't match the old net. He looked down at the ninety-nine main tokens in his hand, and noticed that the inscription on the one closest to him had been engraved upside down at some point. He quickly replaced it with another token to repair that layer of the Heavenly Net, but the new net was still crooked. He replaced it with another, and it was even more crooked. After replacing nine tokens, seven out of the nine layers of the Heavenly Net were crooked.
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable suddenly understood: Taiqing tapped the shell three times. The first two taps were for him to hear, and the third tap was to carve words on the shell with his finger—carving the inscription on the main token closest to him backwards. The inverted inscription and the upright inscription canceled each other out when patching the net. The faster he patched it, the more intense the cancellation.
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable jumped down from the top of the tower, opened a crack in the shell, and shouted, "Taiqing! Come back! Here's the token!"
Taiqing walked far away, waving his hand towards the Chaos west. "Keep the token. Dismantle the entire Heavenly Net, and then come find me in the Primordial Wilderness. Remember to bring your ninety-nine main tokens to City of Ten Thousand Crafts to find Yin Xi. He has ten thousand trials there, the ten thousandth being called the 'Naturalness Pass.' Once you pass it, you've graduated."
Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable squatted in the crack of the shell and thought for a long time. He looked back at the crooked seven-layered net, sighed, and began to dismantle the net.
Deep within the Western Chaos, the King Jade Void squatted on the shell's surface, using his precious mirror to examine the bottom. He had been doing this for nine days, each day revealing 99,999 avatars, yet one remained elusive. The Taiqing Body landed on the shell's surface, glanced at the bottom, and said, "Turn it over and examine it."
King Jade Void was taken aback, then flipped the treasure mirror over and shone it at the bottom of the shell. The mirror light shone into the Folded Void at the bottom of the shell, and the last clone crouching deep within the void was directly illuminated. The clone sprang out with a start and crashed into the original body inside the shell. Void Dao Venerable fell out from the center, and the 100,000 clones returned to their positions at the same time, so fast that they fell flat on their backs.
"I've been hiding here for tens of thousands of years." The Void Dao Venerable sat on the ground rubbing his lower back. "How did you find it?"
Taiqing pointed to the bottom of the shell. "That Folded Void in the shell is too close to the surface. The closer it is, the closer it is to the surface. There's only a small distance between the surface and the bottom; you can see through it by shining a light up from below."
The Void Dao Venerable stood up and patted the Void Silk on his body. "You can take this world. But I'll go back with you, and I'll lend you your treasure mirror to practice Void Positioning. I've practiced Folded Void for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I can't even find my own clone. It's too embarrassing."
Taiqing nodded. "I'll lend you the mirror. You keep the shell. After you're done, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. He has ten thousand trials there. The ten thousandth trial is called the 'Naturalness Pass.' When you can find all your clones without the magic mirror, you'll have graduated."
Deep within the Chaos, King Pan was squatting on the shell, waiting for the Creation King Pan trace the patterns. The Creation King Pan squatted inside the shell, taking stone fragments and tracing patterns onto the axe, stuffing each fragment into his sleeve until it was full. Taiqing's true form landed on the shell and pointed to the bottom of the Creation Platform: "Stop tracing. Take out that Mother Stone from the bottom of the platform and come back with me to see Master Mo."
The Creation King Pan looked up. "Who is Master Mo?"
"Learn dismantling from the guy on the third floor of the City of Ten Thousand Crafts's Craft Tower. After you've learned how, the two of you fight. After that, take the Mother Stone with you and return to the Primordial Wilderness."
The Creation King Pan slung the axe over his shoulder. "Alright. But I need to disassemble the axe handle again first. I twisted it half a turn too much when I put it back together, so the axe feels awkward to use."
King Pan added from the side, "I'll help you dismantle it. We'll leave together when it's done."
When the three avatars brought the shells of the three Universe World back to the Primordial Wilderness, Yuqing had already set up three stone tables on the stone platform on the north side of Kunlun Mountain. The King Yuanshi led Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable to the first stone table, the King Jade Void led Void Dao Venerable to the second stone table, King Pan led Creation King Pan to the third stone table. The three sat down at the stone tables, and Yuqing looked at them one by one, then turned to the Taiqing True Body and said, "Where will you put the shells of the three Universe World that your three avatars collected?"
Taiqing himself poked half his head out from halfway up the mountain. "To the east, place it to the north of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent Shenzhou; to the west, place it to the west of the Western Ox Continent; and the largest one below, place it at the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent. Bring the shells back and dismantle them first. After dismantling, sort them by size: the large shells will be attached to the continent, the medium shells will be used for materials, and the small shells will be used to feed the earth's veins."
Yuqing nodded, then turned to King Yuanshi and said, "Take Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable to the north of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent to examine the shell. Once the shell is dismantled, leave the Order Heavenly Net behind as teaching material for Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable."
The King Yuanshi accepted the order and left. Yuqing then said to the King Jade Void, "Take the Void Dao Venerable to the west of the Western Ox Continent to examine the shell. Once the shell is dismantled, Folded Void and keep it for the Void Dao Venerable to practice positioning."
King Jade Void accepted the order and left. Yuqing then said to King Pan, "Take Creation King Pan to the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent to examine the shell. That shell is the largest and the most difficult to dismantle; the two of you dismantle it together. Once it's dismantled, the Mother Stone belongs to Creation King Pan; the other creations dismantled are fed to the Earthly Dao Formation Network."
King Pan and the Creation King Pan each carried a large axe and headed towards the Kunlun Mountain. Taiqing, the true self, sat on a stone bench halfway up the mountain, put the three jade slips into his sleeve, and sent a message to the Human Dao Heavenly Net: "The three incarnations of Yuqing have collected three Great Universe World. The three Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal within have returned to the Primordial Wilderness. Any Sanqing Disciples who wish to learn how to collect shells may go to the northern part of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, the western part of the Western Ox Continent, or the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent to see the shells."
The message had been sent for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea when the first reply popped up on the Human Dao Heavenly Net. It was from Yin Xi: "Lord Taiqing, Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable, Void Dao Venerable, and Creation King Pan have arrived at City of Ten Thousand Crafts and are squatting in front of the first level, the Character Recognition Pass. Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable said he will start from the first level and work his way up to the ten thousandth level. Void Dao Venerable said he will borrow the Treasure Mirror to practice positioning for three days before attempting to break through. Creation King Pan said he will come to break through after he has dismantled the shell at the Kunlun Mountain, and asked Master Mo to save the Dismantling and Exchange Lessons for him."
Taiqing replied, "Let them break it. After they're done, come find me at Kunlun Mountain, and I'll arrange work for them."
Yin Xi replied with a "Okay," followed by a line of smaller text. "By the way, Master Mo said that when the Creation King Pan was dismantling its shell, it cracked a piece of the Creation Platform at the bottom of the shell. The Luminous Fluid seeping from the crack soaked three acres of land at the Kunlun Mountain into ointment. That ointment can cure frostbite, and the people from Cold-Engineering City have already come to snatch it."
Taiqing turned off the light screen, picked up the bowl of Luminous Fluid, took a sip, and glanced at the Kunlun Mountain. Creation King Pan, was squatting by the shell, using an axe to pry open the Creation Platform, while King Pan helped him hold the ladder. The paste-like Luminous Fluid seeped out from the crack and flowed into the stream at the foot of the mountain. Three miles downstream, the Witchblood Tree was in full bloom, its petals grayish-white with a touch of gold in the center.
Taiqing Benzun sat on a stone pier halfway up Kunlun Mountain for a moment, finished the last sip of the Luminous Fluid in his bowl, stood up, and glanced towards the sky. Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable, Void Dao Venerable, and Creation King Pan had already lined up in front of Yin Xi's Pass Daoist Arena in City of Ten Thousand Crafts. Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable squatted in front of the first pass, the character Character Recognition Pass, and drew order inscriptions on the ground with his finger. Void Dao Venerable turned his precious mirror over and over to see his reflection. Zaowu Panwang squatted at the end of the line, using a stone Creation King Pan to trace the patterns in the brick seams of the pass wall. The three of them were busy with their own things, and none of them spoke to each other.
Taiqing withdrew his gaze and walked towards the stone platform on the north side of Kunlun Mountain. Yuqing was sitting on the stone platform organizing the list sent back by the three avatars. Seeing Taiqing arrive, he spread the list on the table. "Six shells were brought back, three large and three small. The large ones will be placed in the north of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, the west of the Western Ox Continent, and at the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent. The small ones will be placed on the edge of the Northern Julu Continent as a barrier. The living creatures brought out of the shells will be soaked in the Luminous Fluid. Those that are willing to be absorbed after being absorbed will be absorbed, and those that are unwilling will be sent back along with their shells. There are quite a few living creatures with cultivation. In the shell of Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable, more than 300 Daluo Golden Immortal and more than 2,000 Primordial Unity Golden Immortal were absorbed. In the shell of Void Dao Venerable, more than 500 Great Luo and more than 3,000 Tai Yi were absorbed. In the shell of Creation King Pan, more than 700 Great Luo and more than 4,000 Tai Yi were absorbed. What should we do with these living creatures after they are absorbed?"
Taiqing sat down opposite Yuqing, took out the All-Spirits Diagram from his sleeve, and spread it on the table. "Those willing to join will be incorporated into the Primordial Wilderness Cultivation System and assigned to various cities and towns on the five continents according to their cultivation level. They will do what they are supposed to do and cultivate what they are supposed to do. Those unwilling to join will be sent back, shell and all. The creatures inside will be left to their own devices, as long as they don't run off to the Primordial Wilderness. Those willing to join who have a cultivation level of at least Daluo Golden Immortal will first be sent to the Yin Xi Pass Daoist Arena in City of Ten Thousand Crafts to break through their cultivation barriers. After they break through the ten thousandth barrier, they will be assigned a place. Those below Great Luo will be sent to the Craft Tower in various cities to learn a trade. After they have learned, they will be assigned according to their trade."
Yuqing turned to the last page of the list. "There's one more thing. Among the living beings that emerged from the shell of Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable, there's a group who specialize in cultivating the Order Laws, calling themselves the 'Myriad-Sequence Remnants.' They managed the Heavenly Net for Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable for tens of thousands of years. These people don't know anything else, but they can repair, mend, and weave the net, and their skills are extremely refined. Among the living beings that emerged from the shell of Void Dao Venerable, there's a group who cultivate void folding, calling themselves the 'Void Remnants,' and they specifically help Void Dao Venerable manage the counterweights for Folded Void. Among the living beings that emerged from the shell of Creation King Pan, there's a group who cultivate creation, calling themselves the 'Creation Remnants,' and they specifically help Creation King Pan manage the parts of the Creation Platform."
Taiqing slammed the All-Spirits Diagram on the table. "These three groups of remnants will be distributed to three locations. The Myriad-Sequence Remnants will be sent to the northern shell of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, where they will dismantle and reweave the entire Order Heavenly Net within the shell. Once finished, the shell will be priced according to the new net's standards, and this shell will be transformed into an 'Order Daoist Arena' for the Myriad-Sequence Dao Venerable to use for his classes. The Void Remnants will be sent to the western shell of the Western Ox Continent, where they will dismantle and refold all the Folded Void within the shell. Once finished, the shell's base will be weighted according to the new folding method, and this shell will be transformed into a 'Void Daoist Arena' for the Void Dao Venerable to use for his positioning practice. The Creation Remnants will be sent to the shell at the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent, where they will dismantle and rebuild all the Creation Platform within the shell. Once finished, the shell's base will be made from the Mother Stone according to the new rebuilding method, and this shell will be transformed into a 'Creation Daoist Arena' for the Creation King Pan to use for his classes."
Yuqing put the list away. "The shells of the three avatars have been brought back and put away. Should we let the three avatars continue to descend into the depths of Chaos, or should we take a break first?"
Taiqing glanced eastward towards the Chaos direction. "Don't stop. Have King Yuanshi explore three thousand more Universe World to the east, King Jade Void explore three thousand Universe World to the west, and King Pan explore three thousand Universe World downwards. After they've finished exploring, come back and report the numbers. See how many Universe World, great Great Thousand World, and medium and small worlds there are in the Chaos. Only after we have a clear count can we assign people to divide the work into sections."
Yuqing nodded. "Then I'll have my three avatars set off now."
"Before they set off, have them go to Master Mo on the third floor of the City of Ten Thousand Crafts's Craft Tower to get a set of shell-removing tools. Master Mo has just made a batch of Shell-Dismantling Chisel- Shell-Dismantling Crowbar, Shell-Dismantling Hammer, specifically for removing the shell of the Universe World. It's much faster than them trying to smash it with an axe."
Yuqing stood up and headed east towards the Chaos. Taiqing, the original cultivator, sat back down on the stone stool, picked up the bowl of Luminous Fluid, and then put it down again. Suddenly remembering something, he sent a message to the Human Dao Heavenly Net: "All cultivators above the level of Primordial Wilderness Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal who wish to collect shells in the Chaos may register at Taiqing's incarnation at the Kunlun Mountain. Merit will be awarded according to the size of the shell collected, and merit can be exchanged for Luminous Fluid, cultivation time for Dao Vein, and teaching slots in the City of Ten Thousand Crafts's Craft Tower. Once the living creature inside the shell comes to life, it will be incorporated into the Primordial Wilderness according to its cultivation level. Those who wish to be incorporated will be incorporated, and those who do not wish to be incorporated will be sent back."