Outside the Eerie Town, where endless murky yellow mist gathered.
Streaks of light in various colors hovered in midair, communicating in a strange language.
"...Devil Gods...too many...Eerie Ground...unstable..."
"Upper Realm...too strong...perhaps...cataclysm..."
"...can't bear it..."
"What to do..."
"...no choice..."
"...chief culprit...Li Qingxian..."
"He...isn't afraid...reaping rewards..."
"...seems to have come to scoop up benefits..."
"...can't drive him away...rules..."
"...then...lend a hand...apply some pressure...make him leave soon..."
"...the sooner the better..."
"...wait and see..."
The Eerie Town, Upper Mountain District.
"Hiss..."
Good Fortune Born jolted awake. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, climbed out of bed, and sat down before the mirror.
Once, every time he looked in a mirror, it reflected a spirited young man, handsome and dashing, charming and debonair.
But today, the man in the mirror was pale, with dark circles around his eyes. Though only in his twenties, he had actually developed brown spots on his face.
"What exactly happened?"
Good Fortune Born recalled everything that had happened over the past few days.
It seemed his fortunes had begun sliding downhill from the moment he agreed to the Prince of Chu's request to use the Grim-Faced Spider King.
After entering the Eerie Town, he and the Prince of Chu had harbored grievances against each other. They had only just mended their relationship when the Azure Goat Devil Child appeared, sending it into a sudden downward spiral.
And that was not all. Ever since the Eerie Mist ended, he had been unable to sleep soundly.
At first, he kept dreaming of strange, demonic giant eyes filling the sky, and they often appeared abruptly in the middle of pleasant dreams.
Then came the Devil God's giant hand.
Today's dream had been even stranger. He had clearly been making love to a beautiful woman,