Dark Undercurrents

After Karma Demon God left the Temple of Fate, he traveled through the chaos for a while before arriving at the palace of Reincarnation Demon God, ranked tenth. He immediately shouted at the palace.

"Reincarnation! Wake up! I need to talk to you!"

"Reincarnation! Stop sleeping! This is important! Get up and have some fun!"

After quite some time, the doors slowly opened. Reincarnation Demon God yawned and spoke in a muddled voice.

"Karma... what do you want from me?"

Karma Demon God looked at this fellow who seemed to sleep every moment of every day, and his eyelid twitched involuntarily.

"Reincarnation, do you want your Dao to advance further?"

Leaning against the doorframe, Reincarnation Demon God said lazily.

"Of course I do. But how can I spread the Dao of Reincarnation in the chaos? Demon Gods are indestructible through countless calamities. Even if they die, they merely return to the Dao. So long as the Great Dao remains, they will eventually return."

He scratched his head and looked at Karma Demon God as if he were an idiot. "You didn't come all this way just to tease a fool, did you?"

Karma Demon God was stunned for quite a while before realizing that this was the first time he had seen someone call himself a fool.

Suppressing his speechlessness, he said seriously.

"Of course I'm not asking you to spread your Dao in the chaos. Shichen and Pangu have left the chaos. Now is the best time to seize control of the Primordial World. If you and I can control the Primordial World, our paths of Dao will be wide open.

"The Primordial World possesses something as miraculous as the system. You're only at the sixth level of the Heavenly Dao Realm now. Don't you want to break into the Chaos Realm? More than that, don't you want to see what the supreme Great Dao Realm is like?"

After hearing this, Reincarnation Demon God fell silent for a moment, then repeatedly waved his hands.

"Forget it, forget it. I only want to sleep. Once Shichen and the others obtain the coordinates of more worlds in the future, I can spread my Dao in other worlds just the same."

"Alright, I'm going back to sleep."

With that, he walked toward the jade couch. Right in front of Karma Demon God, he turned over and lay down, instantly letting out steady breaths.

Karma Demon God stood outside the door, staring at the sleeping Reincarnation Demon God. His expression turned green, then pale, before finally becoming a low, furious curse.

"Damn it! Sleep yourself to death, then! You don't have a shred of ambition!"

He turned and left indignantly, vanishing into the depths of chaos.

Not long after he departed, Reincarnation Demon God, who had supposedly fallen asleep, slowly opened his eyes.

He sat up, with not a trace of drowsiness left on his face. Looking in the direction where Karma Demon God had disappeared, he remained silent for a moment before transmitting his voice into the void.

"Yang Mei, Karma is preparing to make a move against the Primordial World. You should be on guard."

The void was silent for a while before Yang Mei's calm voice came through. "I understand. Thank you."

Reincarnation Demon God smiled and lay back down. Conflict was such a nuisance. Sleeping was better.

Over the following dozens of chaos epochs, Karma Demon God visited numerous Demon Gods in succession.

Quite a few Demon Gods were tempted. In the end, he recruited several hundred Demon Gods and formed a sizable faction.

An undercurrent quietly began to ripple through the chaos.

Inside the Space Temple.

Yang Mei held a white stone between his fingers, staring blankly at the board for a long time without making a move.

A ripple suddenly spread at the entrance of the hall, and a figure walked in from outside.

"Yang Mei, it seems this matter has given you quite a headache."

A gentle female voice rang out.

Yang Mei looked up toward the voice. When he saw the newcomer, he was slightly taken aback. "Creation? Why are you here?"

Creation Demon God walked over to the chessboard, glanced at the game, and sat down of her own accord.

"Karma and Fate have gathered several hundred Chaos Demon Gods, along with over ten million lesser Demon Gods. They are ready to strike at the Primordial World at any time. How do you intend to deal with this?"

Yang Mei did not answer. He merely looked at her. "You want to help me?"

Creation Demon God nodded.

Yang Mei asked again, "Everyone knows how important the Primordial World is. Don't you want to fight for it as well? The title of Sixth Brother doesn't seem very pleasant."

Hearing that, Creation Demon God gave a soft laugh. "Order and I share a deep sisterly bond, and Order is Shichen's ally through a Great Dao Oath. By both sentiment and reason, I should naturally help watch over the Primordial World."

Yang Mei stared into Creation Demon God's eyes for a long while before he too smiled faintly. "Then I'll take it as such."

Just then, the entrance to the hall rippled once more.

Before anyone appeared, a booming voice rang through the hall.

"Yang Mei! We've come to help!"

Chaos Demon Ape strode in carrying an iron staff over his shoulder, with Luo Hou in black robes following behind him.

Yang Mei looked at the two unexpected visitors and frowned slightly. "Why have both of you come looking for me?"

Chaos Demon Ape chuckled and scratched his head. "Big Sister Creation is here too!"

Upon hearing that form of address, Creation Demon God drew a deep breath and struggled to maintain her calm expression.

Completely oblivious, Chaos Demon Ape continued.

"Shichen and Pangu have left the Chaos World. Someone definitely has to guard the Primordial World. Who in all the chaos doesn't know that you're closest to them? They must have entrusted it to you!"

Yang Mei looked at Chaos Demon Ape with a strange expression. "You can actually think of something like that?"

Chaos Demon Ape scratched his head and grinned sheepishly. "Heh heh, Luo Hou told me."

Standing to the side, Luo Hou felt helpless as he watched Chaos Demon Ape act like a fool.

This fellow came to fight him every few days. Somehow, after fighting and fighting, they had actually become friends. Whenever he thought about becoming friends with this big fool, he felt that his future was utterly bleak.

Luo Hou stepped forward and said seriously, "Yang Mei, there is no need to doubt our motives. We simply do not want them to ruin our plans in the Primordial World. Besides, Shichen holds first place, and I am willing to accept that."

Last time, when Destruction had caused trouble for no reason, Shichen had stepped forward and handled the matter fairly. Shichen had also held the first seat for countless chaos epochs, yet he had never looked down on any Demon God because of rank. He had even been willing to publicly share secrets concerning the Chaos Origin, such as the system.

With that breadth of mind alone, few in the chaos could compare to him.

Chaos Demon Ape nodded as well. "Me too!"

Luo Hou looked at Yang Mei. "Fate, Karma, and the others may act at any time. How do you intend to respond?"

Yang Mei was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and gave it a light wave.

An ancient token emerged from the void and hovered above his palm.

Dao patterns flowed across the jade token, emitting supreme and unparalleled pressure.

The instant Creation Demon God and the other two saw the token, all their pupils contracted sharply.

"This is... the Great Dao Prohibition Decree?" Creation Demon God's voice carried a trace of disbelief.

She suddenly turned to look at Yang Mei. Only then did she notice that the aura of origin within him had become nearly one-third thinner than before.

Her eyes widened. "You traded Space Origin to the Great Dao for it?"

Yang Mei nodded without speaking.

Creation Demon God's voice abruptly rose several octaves. "Are you insane? Losing so much origin will cause your realm to fall severely! Why would you go this far?"

Yang Mei lowered his head and looked at the token in his palm. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.

"Because I happened to end up with those two as friends."

The hall fell silent.

Chaos Demon Ape and Luo Hou exchanged glances. When they looked at Yang Mei again, their eyes held a few more traces of heartfelt respect.

Just then,

BOOM!!!

The Chaos World suddenly shook!

All manner of laws and Great Dao began to tremble violently, causing the entire Chaos World to quake.

Yang Mei and the others simultaneously raised their heads and looked outside the hall.

Their gazes pierced through layers of void. The auras of several hundred Chaos Demon Gods and over ten million lesser Demon Gods erupted at once as they rushed toward the Primordial World.

Yang Mei slowly rose to his feet and tucked the Great Dao Prohibition Decree into his sleeve.

"They've begun."