When Di Jun stood up from the former site of the Demon Court, the Ten Great Demon Sages had already been waiting in front of the hall for quite some time. The former site of the Demon Court was located at the easternmost point of the Primordial Wilderness Sky. After the Witch-Demon Calamity, Di Jun had slept here for tens of Eon. When he awoke, his gray-white Yao Qi and the Nine-Colored Human Dao Formation Network intertwined to form a robe with ten thousand demon patterns. Where the hem of the robe trailed, a map of the Demon Court's former territory condensed in the sky. The map appeared and then disappeared, like an old dream being swept back into his sleeve by the wind.
He raised his hand and pointed to the sky. Ten streams of Yao Qi shot out from between his fingers and landed in front of the ten Demon Saints in the hall, each condensing into a demonic rune talisman.
"The Supreme Being Taiqing has issued a summons; it's time to collect the scraps of Pangu from the Chaos." Di Jun tucked the demonic rune talisman into his sleeve. "Our Demon Race consists of eleven Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal. I'll go alone, and you ten will pair up and go your separate ways. If you encounter any hard shells, don't try to break them open; come back and report."
The Ten Great Demon Sages— Ji Meng, Ying Zhao, Bai Ze, Fei Dan, Fei Lian Jiu Ying, Shang Yang, Qin Yuan, Ci Tie, and Gui Che —each received their command tokens. Ji Meng and Ying Zhao went due east, Bai Ze and Fei Dan went due south, Fei Lian and Jiu Ying went due west, Shang Yang and Qin Yuan went due north, and Ci Tie and Gui Che went northeast. Di Jun went southeast by himself.
Before departing, Di Jun added, "The shells that have emerged from the Chaos this time are mostly fragments thrown out by Pangu when he created the world. No matter how fierce the patterns on the shells look, they are all connected to a 'jar,' a 'pool,' a 'well,' and a 'fire' at the core. Remember: the patterns are the force released by the shell; the force nourishes the patterns, and the patterns nourish the jar. When the jar is full, the shell becomes heavy; when the shell is heavy, it opens a counterweight hole to release the force. Whoever blocks the counterweight hole will have a leaky jar or pool. Don't fight the shell surface; find the counterweight hole."
The ten Demon Saint responded in unison. Di Jun went southeast, and the five groups went in five directions, each disappearing into the Chaos.
Di Jun traveled southeast for forty-nine days, collecting forty-six Great Thousand World and one hundred and forty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the demonic rune talisman in his sleeve suddenly cracked open, and a wisp of grayish-white Yao Qi seeped out, pointing southeast. Di Jun went forward to look and saw a giant shell floating in the depths of Chaos. The shell was covered with grayish-white myriad demonic runes, arranged in a nine-square grid from the core to the surface. Each rune was a complete law of taming. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell was embedded a demonic rune crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin taming. The shell looked like a giant myriad demonic altar that had been laid out for countless Eon.
Di Jun pressed his hand against the shell, and a tearing sensation shot through his palm. The myriad demonic patterns on the shell suddenly accelerated their flow, converging from all directions into his palm. Upon reaching the center, they transformed into nine demonic chains that bound his five fingers, each chain pulling his Yao Qi away. He withdrew his hand, revealing a grayish-white demonic bead in his palm, containing a complete law of taming. He crushed the bead, and from the fragments floated an extremely subtle divine thought, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable is here. Who comes?"
Di Jun flicked the debris away. "Di Jun, the demonic markings on your shell are quite impressive. They can be controlled on their own and even actively wrap around people's hands. It's a pity that what wraps around you is your own control power. Even if I crush it, you'll still have to control it again."
A slow, deliberate reply came from within the shell, the voice like a demonic chain dragging across a stone slab. "My shell is covered with ninety-nine million power runes, each rune formed from a wisp of power I release. For every demonic pearl you crush, I release ten more strands of power. The faster you crush it, the more I release. The harder you try, the stronger my hold becomes."
Di Jun ignored him and took a step towards the very center of the shell. The shell's runes immediately wrapped around his ankles. He trembled, and the runes shattered into dust, but within three breaths, they reformed into even denser runes, binding him even more tightly. He took another step, and another layer of runes shattered, the reformed runes twice as thick as before. This extra thickness transformed into chains that bound his limbs. The Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable laughed inside the shell, "You've taken three steps, and the shell's runes have increased from 99 million to 110 million. After you take a hundred steps, they'll reach 1 billion. When you reach the center of the shell, the runes will transform you into a kneeling stone statue on the Myriad Demon Altar."
Di Jun stopped and glanced at the shell. The runes on the shell were indeed growing wildly, but he noticed that the direction of the rune chains was regular: they converged from the surface to the center, becoming denser towards the center. However, there was a palm-sized patch in the very center of the shell where the runes were extremely sparse, so sparse that the shell material underneath could be seen. He pointed to that sparse patch, and a drop of Di Jun's Origin demon blood seeped from his fingertip. The demon blood fell on the sparse patch, and suddenly a small section of the shell collapsed, revealing a bottomless rune hole. From inside the hole came a muffled groan from the Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable.
"All ninety-nine million of your service runes are connected to that 'Ten Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes' at the core of your shell." Di Jun withdrew his finger. "You release service power to nourish the runes; the more runes, the larger the altar, and the larger the altar, the more service power you can release. But you have a 'service eye' at the bottom of your altar. When the service eye is blocked, the altar can store service power, but when the service eye is open, all the service power in the altar leaks out. I just dripped a drop of Di Jun's Origin demon blood onto your service eye, and it can't be blocked anymore."
Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable's expression changed. A gurgling sound of leaking ritual vessels came from inside the shell. The ritual patterns on the shell surface began to loosen, peeling off layer by layer from the center outwards, exposing the shell material where it had fallen off, which was covered with fine cracks. Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable pressed the nine ritual pythons onto the shell surface, and the pythons transformed into nine ritual pillars to support the shell surface. However, the ritual pillars could support the shell surface but not the ritual eyes, and the Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes inside the shell was still leaking. Di Jun slapped the area where the shell had fallen off, and a crack appeared in the shell surface. He crawled into the crack and landed next to the Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes inside the shell. Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable Zun was squatting on the bottom plate of the altar, trying to plug the ritual eyes with his hands. He plugged it once and it leaked twice, then four times.
"Don't block it." Di Jun squatted down beside the altar and looked down. "That 'power eye' you have is the shell's counterweight hole, a counterweight hole from the debris that Pangu threw out when he created the world. You built the shell into the Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes, and the counterweight hole became the power eye. The power leakage from the power eye is the shell's self-regulation—if there's too much power in the altar and the shell becomes too heavy, the shell opens the power eye to release power and reduce weight. If you block the power eye, it's no wonder the shell collapses."
Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable looked up at him. "Then what should we do?"
"Open half the 'power eye,' store half the power in the jar, and the weight of the shell will be just right. Don't cover all those power patterns on the shell surface; leave 30% inside as a power reserve, and 70% on the surface is enough. The patterns on the shell surface are for outsiders to see; the patterns inside the shell are what keep the shell alive."
Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable squatted on the bottom of the altar for a long time, pondering. He then released his hand from the hole blocking the eye, and the eye stopped leaking on its own after a while. The power within the altar decreased from full to half, and the number of power lines on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. The shell stopped falling off, and the power lines stopped malfunctioning. He jumped up from the bottom of the altar and handed the nine demon pearls to Di Jun: "You can take this world. But I'll go back with you, and I'll borrow your method of regulating the power eye for three days. I've cultivated the Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I turned my own shell into a leaky altar. I don't even know when I plugged it up."
Di Jun put the demon pearl into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the worlds. 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 adjust the weight of the worlds without using your eyes, you'll be considered a master."
Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable took back the world and followed Di Jun out of the shell. Di Jun took the opportunity to transmit the "Counterweight Hole Regulation Method" to each of the five demon pattern talismans. Less than half a day after the transmission, Zheng Dong Ji Meng replied first.
Ji Meng and Ying Zhao traveled eastward for forty-nine days, collecting thirty-nine Great Thousand World and one hundred and twenty-five Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the demonic talisman in Ji Meng's sleeve suddenly trembled on its own, its corner shifting three inches to the east. Ying Zhao stuck the demonic wind to the talisman and measured the outline of a giant shell in the east: the shell was covered with gray-white wind and rain patterns, arranged in a vortex from the core to the surface, each pattern being a complete Wind and Rain Law. Every three zhang (approximately 13 meters) on the shell was embedded a wind and rain crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin wind and rain. The shell looked like a giant wind and rain field spanning countless Eon.
Ji Meng pressed his hand against the shell, and a gust of wind and rain tore through his palm. The wind and rain patterns on the shell suddenly accelerated their rotation, swirling towards his palm from all directions. He withdrew his hand, and a grayish-white raindrop appeared in his palm, containing a complete Wind and Rain Law. He crushed the raindrop to examine it, and from the fragments floated an extremely subtle divine thought, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable is here. Who comes?"
Ji Meng flicked the debris away. "Ji Meng, the wind and rain on your shell are quite impressive; they can spin on their own and even actively swirl into people's hands. Unfortunately, the wind and rain that gets in are your own; even if I crush them, you'll still get hit with another one."
A muffled thud came from within the shell, and the wind and rain patterns on its surface suddenly exploded simultaneously, transforming into a gray-white storm cloud that enveloped the entire giant shell. Emerging from the storm cloud was an old man in a gray-white robe, surrounded by nine rain pythons, each holding a spinning raindrop in its mouth, each raindrop sealing a complete Wind and Rain Law. The Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable spoke, his voice like a torrential downpour crashing on a rooftop. "This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million rain patterns, each formed from a wisp of rain power I release. For every raindrop you crush, I release ten more wisps of rain power. The faster you crush them, the more I release."
Ji Meng didn't say much to him, but simply turned the method passed down by Di Jun in his palm and pressed it onto the area with the sparsest rain patterns in the center of the shell. Ying Zhao first fanned out a gray-white wind blade, which cut through the rain patterns on the shell, revealing a wind channel leading straight to the core. Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable blocked the wind channel with nine rain pythons, which transformed into nine rain walls. Ji Meng didn't try to break them apart, but instead patted the base of the rain walls along the gaps in the wind channels, and a drop of Ji Meng's Origin rain essence seeped from his palm. The rain essence didn't fall on the front of the rain walls, but instead seeped into the extremely fine counterweight pattern at the bottom of the rain walls. Three breaths later, a crack appeared in the middle of the rain wall, and a large amount of gray-white rainwater gushed out from the crack.
"All ninety-nine million rain patterns on your shell are connected to that 'Pool of Ten Thousand Rains' at the core of the shell," Ji Meng stood up. "There are rain eyes at the bottom of the pool. When the rain eyes are blocked, the pool can store rain power. When the rain eyes are open, all the rain power in the pool leaks out. If you block the rain eyes, you'll leak twice if you block once, and four times if you block twice. Now that the rain eyes are open, the rain power in the pool has dropped from full to half, and the rain patterns on the shell surface have dropped from one billion to sixty million. The shell doesn't fall off, and the rain patterns aren't going crazy anymore. Keep 30% inside the shell as a rain reservoir, and 70% on the shell surface is enough."
Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable squatted at the bottom of the pool for a long time, then loosened his hand from blocking the rain eyes. The rain stopped leaking on its own after a while. He jumped up from the bottom of the pool and handed nine raindrops to Ji Meng: "You can take this world. But I'll go back with you, and I'll borrow your method of regulating the rain eyes for three days. I've cultivated the Dao of Ten Thousand Rains for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I turned my own body into a leaky pool. I don't even know when I blocked it."
Ji Meng tucked the raindrops into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the world. Once you're done, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. He has ten thousand trials there, the ten thousandth being called the 'Naturalness Pass.' When you can adjust the weight of the world without using the Rain Eye, you'll be considered a master."
Bai Ze and Fei Dan from the south also encountered the Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable. Its shell was covered with grayish-white knowledge patterns, arranged in a net-like pattern from the core outwards. Each pattern represented a complete law of knowledge. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell was embedded a knowledge pattern crystal, each crystal containing an Origin knowledge. The shell resembled a giant knowledge net spanning countless Eon. Bai Ze pressed the shell, and the knowledge patterns converged in his palm. After crushing a knowledge bead, a voice like turning pages of a book echoed from within, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable is here. My shell is covered with ninety-nine million knowledge patterns. For every knowledge bead you crush, I release ten more strands of knowledge power. The harder you try, the more thoroughly I know."
Bai Ze didn't rush to the shell. He had Fei Dan transform his demon wings into a grayish-white phantom and enter the shell, wandering around to figure out the arrangement of the knowledge patterns. Bai Ze squatted on the shell and traced the knowledge patterns with his finger, then suddenly pointed to the area in the very center where the knowledge patterns were extremely sparse, and a drop of Bai Ze's Origin knowledge liquid seeped from his fingertip. As the knowledge liquid fell, a knowledge hole collapsed on the shell, and a muffled groan came from the Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable.
"All ninety-nine million knowledge runes of yours are connected to the 'Well of Ten Thousand Knowings' at the heart of the shell." Bai Ze withdrew his finger. "There are knowledge eyes at the bottom of the well. You release knowledge energy to nourish the runes; the more runes there are, the bigger the well becomes, and the bigger the well, the more knowledge energy you can release. But you've blocked the knowledge eyes; if there's too much knowledge energy in the well, the shell will be too heavy, no wonder it collapses. If you open half of the knowledge eyes and store half of the knowledge energy in the well, the weight of the shell will be just right. Leave thirty percent of the knowledge runes inside the shell as a knowledge reservoir, and cover the shell surface with seventy percent, that's enough."
The Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable squatted at the bottom of the well for a long time, then let go. The knowledge leaked for a while and then stopped on its own. The knowledge power in the well decreased from full to half, and the knowledge patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. He handed the nine knowledge pearls to Bai Ze: "You can take the world. Lend me the method for three days. I've cultivated the Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I turned my own shell into a leaky well. I don't even know when I plugged it up."
Bai Ze put the Pearl into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the worlds. After you've collected them all, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. The first level is called 'Naturalness Pass.' Once you've practiced to the point where you can adjust the weight of the worlds without using your eyes, you'll have graduated."
Fei Lian and Jiu Ying encountered Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable in the west. The shell was covered in gray-white wind patterns, spiraling outwards from the core, each pattern representing a complete wind law. Every three zhang (approximately 13 meters) on the shell was embedded a wind crystal, each crystal containing an Origin of wind power. The shell resembled a gigantic wind field spanning countless Eon. Fei Lian pressed the shell, and the wind patterns enveloped his palm. He crushed a wind bead, and a howling voice echoed from within, "Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable is here. My shell is covered with ninety-nine million wind patterns. For every wind bead you crush, I release ten more strands of wind power. The faster you crush them, the more I release."
Fei Lian made the Jiu Ying open their mouths simultaneously, and nine beams of demonic light transformed into nine gray-white wind snakes that burrowed into the shell, circling around to Qingfeng patterns. Fei Lian pointed to the center of the shell where the wind patterns were extremely sparse, and a drop of Fei Lian's Origin wind essence fell, causing a wind hole to appear on the shell's surface. Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable groaned inside the shell.
"All ninety-nine million wind patterns are connected to the 'Well of Ten Thousand Winds' at the core of the shell." Fei Lian withdrew his finger. "There are wind holes at the bottom of the well. When the wind holes are blocked, the well can store wind power. When the wind holes are open, all the wind power in the well leaks out. If you block the wind holes, you'll leak twice if you block them once, and four times if you block them twice. If the wind holes are half open, half the wind power can be stored in the well, which is just right for the weight of the shell. Leave 30% of the wind patterns inside the shell as a wind reservoir, and cover the shell surface with 70% of the wind patterns."
Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable pondered for a long time at the bottom of the well, then let go. The leaky well stopped on its own after a while. The wind force inside the well decreased from full to half, and the wind patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. He handed the nine wind beads to Fei Lian: "You can keep the world. Lend me the method for three days. I've cultivated the Dao of Ten Thousand Winds for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I turned my own shell into a leaky well. I don't even know when I plugged it up."
Fei Lian put the Wind Pearl into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the world. After you're done, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. The first level is called 'Naturalness Pass.' Once you've trained to the point where you can adjust the weight of the world without the eye of the wind, you'll have graduated."
Shang Yang and Qin Yuan encountered the Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable. The shell was covered in gray-white thunder patterns, radiating from the core to the surface. Each pattern represented a complete Thunder law. Every three zhang (approximately 13 meters) on the shell was embedded a thunder crystal, each crystal containing an Origin Thunder. The shell resembled a gigantic thunderfield spanning countless Eon. Shang Yang pressed the shell, and the thunder patterns converged into his palm. He crushed a thunder bead, and a thunderous reply came from within, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable is here. My shell is covered with ninety-nine million thunder patterns. For every thunder bead you crush, I release ten more Thunder. The faster you crush them, the more I release."
Shang Yang instructed Qin Yuan to pierce the shell with the demon needle. The demon needle transformed into a grayish-white lightning needle, which burrowed into the shell and circled around to discern the arrangement of the lightning patterns. Shang Yang then pointed to a spot in the very center of the shell where the lightning patterns were sparse, and a drop of Shang Yang's Origin lightning essence fell, causing a lightning hole to appear on the shell. Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable groaned inside the shell.
"All ninety-nine million lightning patterns on your shell are connected to the 'Well of Ten Thousand Thunders' at the core of the shell." Shang Yang withdrew his finger. "There's a lightning eye at the bottom of the well. When the lightning eye is blocked, the well can store Thunder. When the lightning eye is opened, all the Thunder in the well leaks out. If you block the lightning eye, one blockage results in two leaks, two blockages result in four leaks. If the lightning eye is half open, half the Thunder can be stored in the well, which is just the right weight for the shell. Leave thirty percent of the lightning patterns inside the shell as a lightning reservoir, and cover the shell surface with seventy percent is enough."
Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable pondered for a long time at the bottom of the well, then let go. The lightning leaked for a while and then stopped on its own. The Thunder in the well decreased from full to half full, and the lightning patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. He handed the nine lightning pearls to Shang Yang: "You can take the world. Lend me the method for three days. I cultivated the Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I turned my own shell into a leaky well. I don't even know when I plugged it up."
Shang Yang put the Thunder Pearl into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the world. After you're done, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. The first level is called 'Naturalness Pass.' Once you've trained to the point where you can adjust the weight of the world without the Thunder Eye, you'll have graduated."
In the Northeast Ci Tie and Gui Che encountered Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable. Wan Tie's shell was covered in grayish-white iron patterns, arranged in layers from the core to the surface, each pattern representing a complete law of iron forging. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell was embedded an iron crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin iron forging. The shell resembled a giant anvil, its surface imbued with countless Eon. Ci Tie pressed the shell, and the iron patterns converged into his palm. He crushed an iron bead, and a hammer-like reply came from within the shell, "Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable is here. My shell is covered with ninety-nine million iron patterns. For every iron bead you crush, I release ten more strands of iron power. The faster you crush it, the more I release."
Ci Tie caused all nine heads of the Gui Che to open their mouths simultaneously. Nine beams of demonic light transformed into nine gray-white iron snakes that burrowed into the shells, circled around, and discerned the arrangement of the iron patterns. Ci Tie pointed to a spot in the very center of the shell where the iron patterns were extremely sparse, and a drop of Ci Tie's Origin iron essence fell, causing an iron hole to appear on the shell's surface. Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable groaned inside the shell.
"All ninety-nine million iron lines on your shell are connected to that 'Furnace of Ten Thousand Irons' at the core of the shell." Ci Tie withdrew his finger. "There are iron holes at the bottom of the furnace. When the iron holes are blocked, the furnace can store iron power. When the iron holes are opened, all the iron power in the furnace leaks out. If you block the iron holes, you leak twice for every one block, and four times for every two block. If the iron holes are half open, half the iron power is stored in the furnace, which is just the right weight for the shell. Leave 30% of the iron lines inside the shell as an iron reservoir, and cover the shell surface with 70% of the iron lines."
Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable pondered for a long time at the bottom of the furnace, then let go. The iron hole leaked for a while and then stopped on its own. The iron pressure inside the furnace dropped from full to half, and the iron lines on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. He handed the nine iron beads to Ci Tie: "You can take the world. Lend me the method for three days. I've cultivated Dao of Ten Thousand Irons for tens of thousands of years, and in the end, I've turned my own shell into a leaky furnace. I don't even know when I plugged it up."
Ci Tie put the iron bead into his sleeve. "I'll lend you the method. You collect the world. After you're done, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts and find Yin Xi. The first level is called 'Naturalness Pass.' Once you've trained to the point where you can adjust the weight of the world without using the Iron Eye, you'll have graduated."
The six worlds of the Universe World were finally gathered together. When Di Jun and the Ten Great Demon Sages moved the worlds back to the Primordial Wilderness, six jade tables were set up in front of the old site of the Demon Court. The six Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable, Ten Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable, Ten Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable, Ten Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable, and Ten Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable sat down at the tables. Each of them had a different expression: Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable was still secretly rubbing his serving patterns in his sleeves, as if afraid that his serving power would be blocked again; Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable had half-dried water dripping from the corner of his robe; Dao Venerable of Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable had his eyes closed, as if he was flipping through an unfinished book in his mind; Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable had the wind billowing from his sleeves; Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable occasionally had a small spark of lightning burst from his fingertips; and Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable used his knees as an anvil, gently tapping them with his knuckles.
Di Jun looked at them one by one, then turned to Taiqing and said, "Collect one Universe World each in the southeast, east, south, west, north, and northeast. Where should we put these worlds after we bring them back?"
Taiqing himself peeked out from halfway up Kunlun Mountain: "The one in the southeast will be placed to the southeast of Southern Continent of Jambu, the one due east to the east of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent Southern Continent of Jambu to the south of Nanzhan Shenzhou, the one due west to the west of the Western Ox Continent, the one due Northern Julu Continent, and the one to the northeast to the northeast of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent. Bring the worlds back and dismantle them first. After dismantling, categorize them by size: large worlds will be merged with continents, medium worlds will be dismantled for materials, and small worlds will be used to feed the ley lines."
Di Jun nodded and said to Ji Meng, "Take Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable to the east of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent to see the world. After that world is dismantled, keep the rain patterns as teaching materials on wind and rain." He then said to Bai Ze, "Take Dao of Ten Thousand Knowings Venerable to the south of Southern Continent of Jambu to see the world. After that world is dismantled, keep the knowledge patterns as teaching materials on knowledge." He then said to Fei Lian, "Take Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable to the west of the Western Ox Continent to see the world. After that world is dismantled, keep the wind patterns to practice wind power." He then said to Shang Yang, "Take Dao of Ten Thousand Thunders Venerable to the north of the Northern Julu Continent to see the world. After that world is dismantled, keep the thunder patterns to practice Thunder." Finally, he said to Ci Tie, "Take Dao of Ten Thousand Irons Venerable to the northeast of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent to see the world. After that world is dismantled, keep the iron patterns to practice iron forging."
The five men accepted their orders and left. The Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable remained behind, asking Di Jun, "What about me?"
Di Jun glanced at him. "You're coming with me to the southeast of Southern Continent of Jambu. You've dismantled the most service patterns from your Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes, so we need to compile them into a service manual first, and then have the Demon Race disciples practice according to it. Since you need to borrow the method for three days, first copy the adjustment method at the old site of the Demon Court, and then go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts."
Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable agreed. The six Dao Zun then repeated their request to "lend the method for three days." Di Jun waved his hand. "No need to ask one by one. I'll lend the method to each of you for three days. After three days, go to City of Ten Thousand Crafts to find Yin Xi. Yin Xi has ten thousand trials there; the ten thousandth trial is called the 'Naturalness Pass.' Whoever trains to the point where they can adjust the world's weight without using a counterweight hole will be considered to have graduated. Before graduating, don't go back to the old site of the Demon Court to get any work."
The six Human Dao masters responded in unison.
Di Jun sat before the ruins of the Demon Court and sent a message to the Human Dao Heavenly Net: "Di Jun of the Demon Race Clan, leading Ten Great Demon Sages, divided into six routes to conquer six Great Worlds of the Universe World. The six Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal within these worlds have already returned to the Primordial Wilderness. Any Demon Race disciple who wishes to learn how to conquer worlds may go to the southeast of Southern Continent of Jambu, the east of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, the south of Southern Continent of Jambu, the west of the Western Ox Continent, the Northern Julu Continent, and the northeast of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent to view the worlds."
The message had been sent out for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea when Yin Xi replied from below, "Lord Di Jun, Ten Thousand Servitudes Yi, Wan Ten Thousand Rains, Ten Thousand Knowings, Ten Thousand Winds, Ten Thousand Thunders, and Ten Thousand Irons have arrived at City of Ten Thousand Crafts and are squatting in front of the first level, the Character Recognition Pass. Dao of Ten Thousand Servitudes Venerable said he will start from the first level and work his way up to the ten thousandth level. The other five said they will borrow their respective patterns to practice for three days before attempting to break through the gate."
Di Jun replied, "Let them break it. After they're done, come find me at the old site of the Demon Court, and I'll assign them tasks."
After replying to the message, Di Jun gathered his robes adorned with the myriad demon patterns and sat down in front of the old palace of the Demon Court. The Ten Great Demon Sages stood on either side, and the six Universe World slowly took shape at the edge of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent Primordial Wilderness. The wind and rain patterns on the eastern side of Southern Continent of Jambu converged, the wind field on the western side of the Western Ox Continent entered the land, the thunderclouds on the northern side of the Northern Julu Continent returned to their veins, the anvil on the northeastern side of the Eastern Victory Divine Continent fell to the ground, Altar of Ten Thousand Servitudes on the southeastern side of Southern Continent of Jambu dismantled into teaching materials of service patterns. The old map of the Demon Court's territory floated in the sky for a moment again, this time much clearer than when he woke up.
Di Jun glanced at it and said in a low voice, "The old territory is old, the new task is new. The shell is taken, the eyes are opened, let the minions break through the barriers on their own."