Undercurrents Stirring

After Karma Demon God left the Temple of Fate, he traveled through 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 big! Get up and party!"

After quite some time, the doors slowly opened. Reincarnation Demon God yawned, his voice muffled as he spoke,

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

Watching this fellow who seemed to sleep every moment of every day, Karma Demon God's 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 chaos? Demon Gods are indestructible through countless calamities. Even if they die, they transform into the Dao and depart; as long as the Great Dao remains, they will eventually return."

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

Karma Demon God stood there blankly for quite a while before recovering. It was his first time seeing someone call himself a fool.

Suppressing his speechlessness, he said seriously,

"Of course I'm not asking you to spread your Dao in chaos. Shichen and Pangu have left chaos. This is the best opportunity to seize control of the Primordial World. If you and I can control the Primordial World, the path of Dao ahead will be broad and smooth."

At those words, Reincarnation Demon God seemed to lose some of his drowsiness. He looked at Karma Demon God in surprise.

"You've got quite the nerve. Aren't you afraid Shichen and the others will come back and beat you up?"

Karma Demon God hurriedly waved his hands.

"I'm not planning to destroy the Primordial World. I merely want to alter the Dao imprints within it.

"The Primordial World has something as miraculous as the system. You are only at the sixth level of the Heavenly Dao Realm now. Don't you want to charge into the Chaos Realm? Better yet, don't you want to see what grandeur the supreme Great Dao Realm holds?"

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

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

"Enough. I'm going back to sleep."

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

Standing outside the door, Karma Demon God watched Reincarnation Demon God fall asleep. His face alternated between green and white before finally turning into a curse-filled growl.

"Fuck! Sleep yourself to death, then! You don't have an ounce of ambition!"

He turned away furiously and vanished into the depths of chaos.

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

He sat up, with not the slightest trace of sleepiness left on his face. Looking toward where Karma Demon God had vanished, he was silent for a moment before sending a voice transmission into the void.

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

After a brief silence in the void, Yang Mei's calm voice came through. "I understand. Thank you."

Reincarnation Demon God smiled and lay back down. Strife and conflict were far too troublesome. 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 won over several hundred Demon Gods and formed a sizable faction.

Undercurrents quietly rippled through chaos.

Inside the Space Temple.

Yang Mei held a white chess piece between his fingers and stared blankly at the board, not placing it for a long while.

A sudden ripple stirred 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 raised his head and looked toward the voice. Seeing the newcomer, he paused slightly. "Creation? Why are you here?"

Reincarnation Demon God walked over to the side of the chessboard, took one look at the game, and sat down of her own accord.

"Karma and Fate have already gathered several hundred Chaos Demon Gods, including over ten million lower-ranked Demon Gods. They are ready to strike at the Primordial World at any moment. 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 contend for it? The title of sixth brother does not sound particularly pleasant."

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

Yang Mei stared into Reincarnation Demon God's eyes for a long time, then smiled softly as well. "Then I'll take it as such."

Just then, ripples stirred once more at the entrance of the hall.

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

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

Chaos Demon Ape strode in with an iron staff over his shoulder, followed by Luo Hou in a black robe.

Yang Mei looked at the two uninvited guests and frowned slightly. "Why have you all come to find me?"

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

Hearing that form of address, Creation Demon God drew in a deep breath and struggled to maintain the calm expression on her face.

Completely unaware, Chaos Demon Ape continued on his own.

"Shichen and Pangu have left the chaos world. Someone must be guarding the Primordial World. Who in all 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 think of things like that?"

Chaos Demon Ape scratched his head and gave an embarrassed grin. "Hehe, Brother Luo Hou told me."

Standing to the side, Luo Hou could only feel helpless as he watched Chaos Demon Ape's foolish appearance.

This fellow kept coming to challenge him to fights every few days. Yet somehow, fighting and fighting, they had actually developed a friendship. Whenever Luo Hou thought about becoming friends with this big fool, he felt that his future was gray and bleak.

Luo Hou stepped forward and said seriously, "Yang Mei, do not doubt our motives. We simply do not want them to ruin our plans in the Primordial World. Besides, Shichen sits in first place. I am willing to acknowledge that."

Last time, when Destruction had launched an unprovoked attack, Shichen had stepped forward to handle it impartially. Shichen had also held the first seat for countless chaos epochs, yet he had never looked down on any Demon God because of their rank. He had even been willing to publicly share secrets such as the system, which concerned the very origin of chaos.

In all chaos, few could compare to such breadth of mind.

Chaos Demon Ape nodded along. "Me too!"

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

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

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

Dao patterns flowed across the jade token, radiating supreme and unmatched pressure.

The instant Creation and the other two saw that token, their pupils contracted sharply.

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

She abruptly turned toward Yang Mei. Only then did she notice that the aura of origin within him was nearly one-third thinner than before!

Her eyes widened. "You exchanged your Space Origin with the Great Dao for it?"

Yang Mei nodded without speaking.

Creation Demon God's voice rose an octave. "Are you insane? Losing so much origin will cause your cultivation to plummet severely! Why go this far?"

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

"Who told me to have those two as friends?"

The hall fell silent.

Chaos Demon Ape and Luo Hou exchanged a glance. When they looked at Yang Mei again, there was far more heartfelt admiration in their eyes.

Just then,

BOOM!!!

The chaos world suddenly trembled!

All manner of laws and Great Daos began to shake violently, sending the entire chaos world quivering.

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

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

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

"They've begun."