Beyond the universe.
Under the alias Chu Yi, Wu Chu had spent more than a century promoting his Literary Dao in that small world. As his reputation gradually spread, countless people came seeking him out.
Though many had come to seek the Dao, there were inevitably some who coveted his fame—or his body. After all, women would occasionally weep and insist that they would marry no one but him. Unfortunately, the great sage Chu Yi had a heart of stone. Unmoved by worldly things, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to spreading his Dao.
On this day, he finally prepared to set out for the central world of this universe. While he was at it, he planned to inquire about the fellow cultivators who had come to this universe beyond the cosmos with him.
Primordial Land.
Wu Chu traveled across the land with Little Auspicious.
Yoyo came to find him carrying the Wish-Fulfilling Golden-Hooped Rod and respectfully returned the iron rod.
"You still haven't returned to the Heavenly Court to report for duty?" Wu Chu took the iron rod and discovered that it was already entwined with considerable merit.
Clearly, the iron rod had rendered meritorious service in controlling the floodwaters and had received a reward from the Heavenly Dao.
Although this great flood had been created by the Heavenly Dao itself, after the flood-control army brought it under control, the Heavenly Dao bestowed another great heap of merit upon them.
It was the classic approach of delivering a beating, then offering a sweet date.
The pitiful ones were those short-lived creatures.
"I was just about to return to the Heavenly Court," Yoyo nodded. He then nodded to Little Auspicious and continued, "But I had to return this spiritual treasure to Master first."
Seeing Yoyo stare at the iron rod,