Yang God

Yang City is the city where the protagonist, Fang Ping, was born.

Later, due to attacks by cults on Earth, Fang Ping had no choice but to bring his family to Magic City.

In addition, Wang Jinyang, the reincarnation of the Zhan Heavenly Emperor, also came from Yang City.

At the entrance of Yang City No. 1 High School, a scruffy old security guard was lazily sunbathing.

"Why did you bring me here? Are there any acquaintances of mine here?" the Spirit Emperor asked, puzzled.

The old man looked up.

Richard pointed at him and said, "Look, isn't that him?"

The Spirit Emperor looked at the old man with suspicion, but found nothing unusual. He was about to ask Richard when the old man's voice rang out.

"So it's you, little brat, running away from the Origin Land?" The lazy voice sounded rather irritating.

"This fellow Daoist isn't from this world, is he?" he asked Richard.

"No, not really. I came into this world by chance," Richard replied casually.

The Spirit Emperor frowned; the voice sounded somewhat familiar, like that Yang God fellow.

He immediately realized that this guy must be Yang God, otherwise why would Richard have said he was bringing him to meet an acquaintance?

"Yang God, you actually didn't go far away to the Chaos?" The surprise in the Spirit Emperor's voice was almost impossible to hide.

This guy actually hid secretly in a small city in the Human Realm, keeping it a secret from everyone—not even the Nine Emperors, the Four Emperors, the Heavenly Emperor, or the Seed?

I thought that old guy had already left this world and gone far away into chaos. I never expected him to be hiding right under my nose!

"I'm off. Chaos was too boring. After wandering around a few worlds, I'm back." Yang God's tone was as if he had just gone out for a stroll at the entrance of his residential area and returned.

"Heh." The Spirit Emperor sneered. This old fellow is no good either.

The huge crater in the Origin Land is also partly due to this old guy's efforts.

"I'm very curious, Ling girl, how did you get out? Can you explain it to this old man?"

"Did the Heavenly Emperor release you? Did he send you out to serve the Heavenly Emperor?" Yang God Shen asked tentatively.

"The Heavenly Emperor? Ha." The Spirit Emperor seemed to disdain having any connection with the Heavenly Emperor.

"Oh, that tone? Did you fall out with the Heavenly Emperor?" Yang God raised an eyebrow.

The action that was about to be taken also stopped.

If the Spirit Emperor was sent down by the Heavenly Emperor, then he was prepared to take action.

The kid he had his eye on hadn't matured yet and couldn't withstand an enemy of the King level.

His foolish apprentice is still too incompetent; after all these years, he hasn't even reached the Emperor rank yet—it's truly shameful.

So many of the younger generation have already reached the Emperor level, while that foolish apprentice is still stuck at Break Eight.

How does he manage to sleep?

"Don't worry, the Heavenly Emperor is gone. I just saw that there was someone the Spirit Emperor knew here, so I came with her to take a look," Richard said unhurriedly.

Upon hearing this, the first thing Yang God did was to investigate the situation at the core of the Origin Land, and indeed found no trace of the Heavenly Emperor.

Previously, he dared not show himself for fear of being discovered by the Heavenly Emperor and the Seed. Now, in order to ascertain the truth of Richard's words, he no longer cared about being exposed.

Even if Richard was lying to him, he could just run away and go back to Chaos.

"You are not an unknown person in the Chaos, are you?" Yang God said meaningfully.

He'd been to the Chaos Realm before; even Heavenly Emperor wouldn't be weak there. And he was just taken down like that?

Why did he leave for the Chaos in the first place? Wasn't he forced by the Heavenly Emperor? All he did was steal some energy from the Seed, so why did that old man search for him for so long?

If the Heavenly Emperor had caught them, given the circumstances at the time, they would have been dead.

He was never as strong as the Heavenly Emperor, and that guy had Seed that provided endless energy, keeping his combat power at its peak forever. What's the point of fighting then?

"I really don't have a name. There's no need to test me. I don't associate with your area, so I'm nameless here, even in the chaos, and we'll likely have no contact in the future."

"I won't steal the Seed from your world, so there's no need to be wary of me," Richard waved his hand and said.

The Seed's greatest function is to provide infinite energy, but it lacks nothing except energy. There's no way around it; with the Divine Power Ocean provided by the Hongmeng master, its words carry weight.

Moreover, the Seed's seemingly limitless energy actually has an upper limit. If it were to be opened and given energy, Richard would be able to drain it dry in no time.

When he severed the passage between the Heavenly Emperor and the Seed, he also took the opportunity to check on the Seed's condition.

Seed also possess sentience and fear being refined by humans. That's why they seek protectors.

The Seed and the protector should have been one, but the Heavenly Emperor, the protector, had second thoughts and wanted to refine it as well.

Left with no other choice, the Seed also prepared to cultivate a backup protector. Its relationship with the Heavenly Emperor was merely a facade.

When Richard cut off the passage, it sensed that Richard was not someone to be trifled with, so it simply abandoned the Heavenly Emperor as its protector.

But Richard still managed to find out its situation.

If we're talking about treasures, they truly are treasures; they should be incredibly useful for cultivating one's own world.

But if he takes the Seed away, the world will be in big trouble.

This is supposed to be a group chat, how can they mess things up like this?

If I do this, my group members won't dare invite me to their world anymore.

For Richard, that was truly picking up a sesame seed while losing a watermelon.

"I see. That's good." Yang God said this, but whether he actually believed it or not was only known to himself.

"We've seen him, let's go. I didn't really want to see that old man either." The Spirit Emperor turned around.

"Where are you going later?" Yang God asked.

"Do I need to explain to you where I'm going?" Although the Spirit Emperor couldn't defeat the Yang God, he wasn't intimidated at all.

"Go to Magic City to pick up Cang Mao. While you're at it, also meet that young friend you admire," Richard replied.

"I'm optimistic? I don't know what you're talking about, fellow Daoist?" Yang God vehemently denied.

"Oh? Didn't you lend a hand when the Zhan Heavenly Emperor pulled that little guy out of the world of Seed?" Richard teased.

"You know that?" Yang God was surprised that he knew such a secret matter.

Since the other party already knows this, what's the point of hiding it?

Richard smiled but didn't reply.

Yang God remained silent; the other party was simply too mysterious and unfathomable.

In just a short while, all his probing attempts were like mud sinking into the ocean, receiving no feedback whatsoever.

They even suffered a hidden loss, losing some of their Divine Power.

"Then we'll be going now." Richard waved.

Then he and the Spirit Emperor vanished.

"Variables, variables indeed," the old man Yang God murmured, watching the two figures disappear.

Magic City, a modern metropolis.

Since the news of the Earth Cave was released, a large number of wealthy people have flocked to the area, pushing local property prices to another peak.

There's no other way; the defenses in other areas are weak. What if the Earth Cave warriors attack one day?

Magic City is different; it has a lot of high-level institutions, especially after the rise of Magic City Martial Arts University.

There are now more than ten high-quality Magic Martial weapons alone, so living here really makes me feel safe.

Inside the Magic Martial, students came and went like the wind, each one in a hurry.

Students at martial arts universities are completely different from students at ordinary universities. They are all martial artists with licenses to kill, essentially unofficial personnel and reserves for the Military Department and Investigation Department.

Therefore, the Ministry of Education in this world is also a powerful department, and together with the Military Department and the Investigation Department, they are collectively known as the Three Departments.

These students were all busy cultivating and taking on missions to earn cultivation resources.

Thanks to Fang Ping's abundant harvests every time he goes down into the Earth Cave, the training environment at Magic Martial Arts University is now arguably the best among all martial arts universities in the country.

But Magic Martial Arts doesn't tolerate idlers; anyone who dares to loaf around here will be kicked out immediately.

This is what Richard and the Spirit Emperor saw when they arrived.

The Spirit Emperor looked at the passing teachers and students with a face full of curiosity.

Although these people were no different from ants on the ground in her eyes, their vibrant vitality felt more vivid than what she had experienced back then.

"This is New Martial? He's got real spirit!" she exclaimed.

They then arrived at a tall tower made of energy stones. The Spirit Emperor had already sensed that the stupid cat was inside.

"Silly cat, open the door."

Inside the tower, the Cang Mao, who was showing off its cat food and dried fish, suddenly stopped.

It seemed to hear the Spirit Emperor's voice?

Is this hallucination caused by food poisoning? Oh no, it's all the scammers' fault for buying so much junk food.

It's not the same cat it was when it first emerged from the Kuocang Mountain Grotto-Heaven. Back then, it was too naive and was easily fooled by Fang Ping, that swindler, with a few bags of cat food.

Now it knows that cat food isn't worth much.

But it also loves the taste of cat food, even though it's junk food with no calories, because it tastes good. Its Cat World is overflowing with cat food.

Just then, the tower's door suddenly opened.

"Stupid cat, what are you thinking? I told you to open the door, but you still won't open it?" The Spirit Emperor asked as he walked up to the Cang Mao.

"It really is the Spirit Emperor. I must still be dreaming," Cang Mao murmured.

The Spirit Emperor angrily rubbed the dog's head, turning the Cang Mao's head into a mess.

"Ugh, Spirit Emperor, where have you been all this time? I woke up and you were all gone. Even the Spirit Emperor Palace is gone. They've been bullying me since you left." Cang Mao complained to the Spirit Emperor, feeling wronged.

"Alright, I'll avenge you later, okay?" The Spirit Emperor helplessly pushed the Cang Mao away; the stupid cat's fur was almost touching her face.

"So this is the Cang Mao. As expected, the orange cat is the most important." Richard walked in and marveled at the two-story-tall, fat orange cat.

He's seen a lot in his life, but he's never seen such a big orange cat before.

For this cat, "the orange tabby can overpower the bed" is not an exaggeration, but a fact; it really can.

"Spirit Emperor, who is he? Aren't you going to be guarding the bathhouse anymore?" Cang Mao asked stupidly.

He then received a slap from the Spirit Emperor.

"What nonsense are you spouting? If you keep talking like that, believe me, I'll beat you up," the Spirit Emperor said angrily.

"Ah, what did I say wrong?" Cang Mao didn't even know what she had said wrong.

"Forget it, why should I argue with a stupid cat like you? That would be foolish."

"This is my friend Richard. He wants to see what your Cat World looks like," the Spirit Emperor said helplessly, and then began to introduce Richard.

"Cat World? I don't want it. I don't want to show Cat World to just anyone." No matter how stupid Cang Mao is, it concerns his core Dao, how could he let strangers see it so easily?

What if he tries something bad? I'd be doomed.

"Silly cat, he's a friend I trust. Let him see him, and I'll give you good food later, okay?" the Spirit Emperor advised.

She didn't want to force Cang Mao to do something he didn't want to do, so this was the only way she could persuade him.

Cang Mao was in a dilemma, torn between the Spirit Emperor and his own Cat World.

This is such a difficult situation.

"Cang Mao, show me the Cat World, and I'll give you something delicious. I have plenty of good food here, what would you like to eat?" Richard stepped forward and ruffled Cang Mao's petting.

"Do you have Fish-Head Monster?" Cang Mao asked.

"We don't have Fish-Head Monster, but we do have fish-type Magic Beast and Soul Beast. See if there's anything you'd like to eat."

Richard brought the Spirit Emperor and the Cang Mao to his own world.