"Boom."
The passage to the Initial Land collapsed. Smoke billowed, and dark clouds covered the sky.
Little One looked furious. He had just smashed the passage to the Initial Land, but this time, he hadn't done it on purpose. He really hadn't.
Someone had knocked him down into the Initial Land. He'd wanted to unleash his power and fight his way back, but he'd struck a little too hard. The passage to the Initial Land had been a little too fragile. And then he'd broken the record.
Breaking the record should have been a good thing, but this time he hadn't received a single reward. Instead, he'd been punished, with dark clouds hanging over him.
"Again and again, you've wrecked the Initial Land passage. Do you think the rules are just for show?"
Lord Bird looked at the dark clouds overhead and the glum Milk Baby. His smile was radiant. If they didn't issue a warning, he felt this shameless Milk Baby might keep setting records and selling off the passage's Precious Bones.
Milk Baby puffed up his little cheeks like a toad who'd been wronged. He looked toward the people still fighting and didn't charge in again this time. There were several ruthless fighters in there, slaughtering everyone in sight. He didn't want to take the blame.
"Hey, you all have to testify for me. The people who were killed have nothing to do with me. I'm the most honest and kindhearted person around. I never kill anyone."
Little One went up to the crowd watching the show and asked them to testify on his behalf, to prove that he was a kind, honest, well-behaved child.
"..."
The onlookers were speechless. You're honest and kindhearted?
If you were honest and kindhearted, would you keep wrecking the Void God Realm passages?
If you were honest and kindhearted, could you have set the record for Greatest Plunderer?
If you were honest and kindhearted, could you have sparked this brutal battle?
Little One could tell what they were thinking and threatened them outright. "Got a problem with that? Believe me, I'll pile you all up together."
"..."
Everyone looked at Little One as he threatened them. They didn't know whether to laugh or to laugh. This was the real face of the ferocious Milk Baby.
"Don't forget to testify for me. I'm the kindest."
Little One said this, then ignored them and went to the Record Stele. He looked at the records inscribed on it. Although he hadn't received a reward, his name had appeared on the stele.
That made him even more annoyed.
"Why warn me? Nobody said we weren't allowed to attack the Void God Realm passages. If there'd been a rule in writing, I wouldn't have broken it."
Little One was thoroughly displeased. The first two times, he'd been rewarded. But this third time, not only had he received no reward, he'd been warned. If the stele had said that attacking it was forbidden, he never would have done it.
"Hm?"
Little One blinked his big eyes and studied the Record Stele before him. It possessed a mysterious power, naturally because Precious Bone had been embedded in it.
Boom.
Little One threw a punch, and the Record Stele shattered.
Those nearby saw this and gaped. He couldn't wreck the Initial Land passage, so now he was going after the Record Stele?
Hum.
The air rippled, and a new Record Stele appeared. A line of text appeared on it, announcing a new record: shattering the Initial Land's Record Stele.
But this time, there was no reward either. Instead, he was punished: banishment from the Void God Realm for two years.
At the same time, the same inscription appeared on steles throughout the Void God Realm. Everyone stared in disbelief. They hadn't expected this oddball Milk Baby to stop wrecking the Initial Land passage and start wrecking the Record Stele instead.
When they saw the punishment, they couldn't help laughing. It was so satisfying. The Void God Realm had finally had enough of the shameless Milk Baby and was kicking him out.
Dark clouds churned and smoke billowed, swallowing Little One's small figure and banishing him from the Void God Realm.
"Why? I didn't do anything wrong! The stele didn't say I couldn't attack it!"
Little One shouted furiously and tried to break free of the dark clouds. He didn't want to be banished. And after he'd broken the record, they hadn't even given him a Precious Bone! The Void God Realm was unfair. He wanted to stay and claim the Precious Bone he was owed.
Boom.
Little One unleashed his power, runes spreading as he tried to force the clouds apart. But the dark clouds contained a mysterious power, as though they held a world within. No matter how hard he fought, his power was swallowed up.
Su Ye watched Little One being banished from not far away and couldn't help laughing. He hadn't expected Destiny to change, yet the final outcome had remained the same. But it made sense. A Bear Child couldn't see a Precious Bone and not be tempted. Once tempted, he couldn't help trying to get his hands on it.
"I should be going too."
Su Ye headed toward the passage, which had just been restored. While everyone's attention was fixed on the Bear Child, he would leave as well.
"Dead dog, let's go."
Su Ye grabbed Big Gold Dog and quickly entered the passage to the Initial Land. This trip to the Void God Realm had brought him a great deal. Once he put these gains to use, he was sure to advance further.
Mist Mountains.
Sword Sect.
A hazy radiance shrouded Su Ye's body, and Daoist rhythms flowed around him. He opened his eyes, and mysterious patterns flickered in his gaze.
"My Mental Power has improved quite a bit. The Void God Realm really is an excellent place to temper it."
Su Ye could feel his Mental Power had grown by a substantial margin. He sent his awareness into the spiritual world in his Consciousness Sea. His spiritual world wasn't very large, but it wasn't small either. Sacred radiance filled it, and three clusters of light floated within, each blazing with Seven-Colored Divine Light.
The Void God Realm was built from Mental Power, so the things inside it were naturally formed from spirit and energy as well. That meant they couldn't appear directly in the outside world, or they would dissipate. They could only be stored in special places such as the spiritual sea of consciousness or a Heaven Domain.
"Dead dog, let's go."
Su Ye kicked Big Gold Dog, then climbed right onto his back. With a wave of his hand, the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff flew from where it had been planted in the altar and landed in his grasp.
The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff now bore his imprint. Its weight could change according to his will, and so could its size.
It could be said that the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff now truly obeyed his every wish.
Big Gold Dog saw Su Ye sitting right on his back and looked displeased. But even a Qilin had to bow its head under another's roof. Looking at the altar beneath its feet, it said, "I'm taking this altar."
Without waiting for Su Ye to respond, it unleashed its Mental Power, shrouding the entire altar. At the same time, it released a Heaven's Passage, and Five-Colored Divine Light surged from within, covering the whole altar.
Rumble.
The ground roared, and the massive altar shook again and again. But it only shook, as if it were connected to the earth itself and impossible to move.
"Give me a hand."
Big Gold Dog spoke awkwardly. It had thought its strength would be enough to collect the massive altar with ease, but it hadn't expected the altar to be so extraordinary, connected to the surrounding land.
The Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff flew from Su Ye's hand and struck the ground. The earth split apart with a terrifying crash, and enormous cracks spread in every direction.
Boom.
Boom.
Su Ye controlled the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff with his thoughts, smashing one deep pit after another around the altar. He broke the underground formations and severed the altar's connection to the earth.
"Thanks."
Big Gold Dog thanked him, then began to move the altar, storing it in his Heaven's Passage. The altar was made of exceptional materials, and mysterious runes had been engraved upon it. It was a powerful Magic Treasure, so naturally it could be stored inside a Heaven's Passage.
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