After Gu Xiaosang entered seclusion, Meng Qi did not leave the Qingwei Realm at once. Instead, he spent a long time carefully exploring the ancient Other Shore battlefield. Unfortunately, just as he had expected, there were no additional clues. He could only ascertain that after Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun vanished, they had still fought a battle here.
He used the Limitless Seal and Dao One Seal to reseal the place, lest its destruction spread beyond it. Then he fled the realm and returned to the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain. There, he saw Great Green Root squeezed to one side of the gatehouse while Howling Celestial Dog sat upright on a chair, its two paws flying as it happily played a game, completely ignoring Great Green Root's grief-stricken face.
"Woof, woof, woof!" Sensing Meng Qi's return, Howling Celestial Dog cheerfully greeted him. Great Green Root, meanwhile, burst out of the gatehouse and cried in a choked voice, "Master, you—you have to stand up for me!"
There's really no way to know whether the person on the other side of the network is a dog... Meng Qi muttered inwardly. With a casual gesture, he drew over a Myriad Realms Universal Talisman that leaned heavily toward gaming and tossed it to Great Green Root. He said "calmly," "As the gatekeeper of the Jade Void Palace, where you fall is where you must stand back up."
Clutching the Myriad Realms Universal Talisman, Great Green Root's color shifted from green to purple, from purple to black, and finally turned red within the green. It nodded heavily.
"I understand!"
Its killing intent rose thickly around it, its fighting spirit blazing. It turned its head and roared at Howling Celestial Dog, "Dead dog, come on! One-on-one match, best six out of ten!"
Meng Qi