"Ding! Host, that dumbass relative of mine sent me a message."
In Chaos Academy, Di Jun was meditating with his eyes closed when a voice suddenly sounded inside him, thick with contempt.
Di Jun slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of confusion in them. Ignoring the system's crude language, he asked:
"System, you've really got a friendly greeting for every one of your brothers these days. What did he say?"
"That idiot said the old geezer issued an Imperial Edict."
The system's voice dripped with disgust:
"He said Dao Venerable Shichen is trapped at a Dao Pass. To reach Chaos Realm, Eighth Heaven, he separated his Seven Emotions and sent them into countless worlds. Now he wants them to find and kill the bodies carrying those emotions. That colossal fool wants me to give you a mission to search the entire Cosmic Sea with the Ancient Heavenly Court's forces."
Di Jun's expression turned strange as he listened to the system cycle through several names for its relative in the space of a few breaths.
But he soon focused on what the system had said.
"The bodies carrying his emotions... kill them..."
Di Jun's brows drew tight, his eyes grave:
"No wonder I haven't seen Master in so long. He's been in seclusion."
He paused for a few breaths, then lowered his voice:
"System, what would happen to Master if one of his emotions were destroyed?"
Silence fell within him.
It lasted so long that Di Jun nearly thought the system would not answer. Then its subdued voice slowly spoke:
"Host, I've never told you this. Once someone reaches Chaos Realm, Fifth Heaven, divinity begins to emerge. It's especially terrifying in Chaos Demon Gods, who were nurtured by the Great Dao itself."
"Dao Venerable Shichen possesses eleven supreme Daos and is