Inside Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain, Meng Qi sat cross-legged on a cloud bed. Mist billowed all around him, as if leading to a universe filled with despair and oppression.
While using the Haotian Mirror Shard to roam the myriad worlds, he had discovered something strange in the Ancient Day Universe, where he had once left a Myriad Realms Universal Talisman. Demon Buddha Ananda seemed to have another remnant "Other Self" there: the mustachioed man with Tathagata's Reverse Palm!
What this meant went without saying. After a soft exclamation of surprise, Meng Qi began investigating, afraid that Demon Buddha had already escaped in secret!
The Ancient Day Universe was unlike ordinary universes; in essence, it was close to the Real Realm, like the worlds inside the thirty-six ancient wells outside Jade Void Palace. The six Great Demon Gods were as strong as, or only slightly weaker than, Creation Brahma had once been—roughly at the Legend level. Even the Core of Chaos, Unifier of All Things, and Dark Mother Goddess possessed Other Shore Traits, making them exceptionally difficult to deal with. More importantly, they seemed to be the "negative projections" of certain Other Shore Beings and Great Divine Ability Users, filled with chaos, slaughter, and madness, indescribable and unfathomable. They had transformed that universe into a truly despairing, oppressive world. Any outsider who entered could easily invite unnecessary trouble.
Besides, the Great Demon God known as the "Core of Chaos" was likely Yuanshi Tianzun's "evil Other Self." Even though It had never possessed reason, It would surely have an instinctive craving for the "Cause of All Fruits." If Meng Qi descended there to investigate, It might well set Its sights on him. It was quite dangerous.
So Meng Qi took the roundabout approach. On the surface, he had the human