"A Demon God as a mount?"

Xuanqing frowned with hesitation at the Ferryman's suggestion, "But it is a squirrel, isn't that inappropriate?"

"It's the Divine Beast Si Bu Xiang (Mythical Creature of Incompatibility)!"

The Ferryman corrected, "The Chaos Demon God, the Five Elements Great Dao, how could it be such an inconvenient creature?"

"Just use the Ten-ingredient Replenishing Soup to wipe its memory, then warp reality to turn the false into truth, and simply redefine it."

"From now on, it will forget its identity as a squirrel, and devote itself wholeheartedly to being Si Bu Xiang."

"But isn't its true form still a squirrel?"

Xuanqing shook his head, "I've always been proper, what would it look like riding a squirrel out and about?"

"When have you ever been proper?"

The Ferryman mercilessly ridiculed his own true self, "If not for Si Bu Xiang, then you don't have to take it, just define it as a Five-Colored Lion then."

"The saying goes: In the ancient Primordial Blue Heaven, amid the clear and desolate sky songs, on the vast expanse of Great Fuli Soil... all the true ones attended, Yuanshi Tianzun (Primordial Heavenly Venerate), suspended in the air above the Five-Colored Lion."

"The Five Elements Demon Gods perfectly correspond to the Five-Colored Lion."

"Eh? Now that you say that... it seems not too bad."

Xuanqing was still hesitating, "But last time in the Yin Yang Universe, I did catch a Five-Colored Lion as a mount!"

"It should still be raised at Hu Shisan's place."

"You still remember?" The Ferryman was surprised; he didn't expect his true self to remember that little cultivator.

"Of course!"

Xuanqing said earnestly, "That kid Hu Shisan is quite clever; when he ascends, I'll hire him to work in the Underworld. If he can't be a Ghost King, then serving as a Yin Commander is also fine."

"And those several Heavenly Monarchs are quite good as well, for example, Xuan Shang Heavenly Monarch and Lingxu Heavenly Monarch, once these two ascend, I'll also hire them to work in the Underworld. One black and one white, it would be a shame for them not to work in the Impermanence profession."

As the two were talking, Xuanqing's Three-Life Stone had been refined.

"It's just in time to check out the current development situation of the Yin Yang Universe." Xuanqing planned to test the function of the Three-Life Stone.

He threw a thread of karma into it, and the Three-Life Stone quickly showed the sights of the Yin Yang Universe.

The first image that appeared was a starry sky.

[Pure Yang Heavenly Monarch] Hu Shisan carried a long saber, following behind the Five-Colored Lion, strolling through the deep space universe.

He had shed the greenness of old, his face having more defined edges, indeed looking handsome, his posture straight as a pine and robust, evidently having mastered the Black Fox Treasure Book, radiating with an extremely pure and masculine energy.

"Xiao Wu (Little Five), can you slow down a bit? The day of the Heavenly Monarchs' martial arts competition is still far away. Why are you in such a hurry to get to the God and Demon Arena?"

Hu Shisan sauntered leisurely behind the Five-Colored Lion.

The Five-Colored Lion roared a few times, as if in a hurry.

[You, with this lax attitude, can you take your cultivation more seriously? No wonder you haven't become a Heavenly King in ninety thousand years, that's really pathetic!]

"That's too much!"

Hu Shisan complained, "This is the ten thousand and four hundred twenty-first time you've ragged on me!"

"Do you think I don't want to become a Heavenly King? How long since the cosmic environment greatly improved?"

"I managed to break through to the Heavenly Monarch Realm in the five hundredth year after the ascension of Brother Bai and the others, that's already quite impressive, the second fastest in the whole universe since the new Epoch!"

The Five-Colored Lion glanced at him: [But you haven't become a Heavenly King.]

Hu Shisan was indignant, "In three thousand years, I've fought in one hundred and twenty-four Heavenly Monarch battles, never once defeated."

The Five-Colored Lion's gaze had already moved to the sky: [But you haven't cultivated to Heavenly King.]

Hu Shisan was fuming, "In the Heavenly Monarch martial arts competition held every ten thousand years, since my ascension to Heavenly Monarch, haven't I always been dominant, at the top or second?"

[But you still haven't cultivated to Heavenly King!]

"Can you not mention that damn Heavenly King!"

Hu Shisan was exasperated, "Isn't that a theoretical realm? How do you expect me to cultivate it? Cultivate the air?"

Since the six great Heavenly Monarchs ended the turmoil in the Yin Yang Universe and ascended collectively, the universe has undergone changes that are unprecedented.

The Heavenly Monarch Realm now has more Great Dao and Laws to explore than before, which is why the current Heavenly Monarch Realm is more powerful than that of ancient times.

After cultivating deeply in this realm for a long time, today's Hu Shisan has far surpassed the original Heavenly Monarch and the Ancient Heavenly Monarch, who were once the masterminds behind the scenes.

Yet, he still has not touched the threshold of Ascension.

There are paths beyond the Heavenly Monarch Realm, and at least one higher realm, as concluded from later deductions by everyone.

This higher realm has a tentative name: Heavenly King Realm.

Exactly how to cultivate this theoretical Heavenly King Realm and how to break through it, no one can clearly explain.

Everyone speculates that the Heavenly King Realm is currently unattainable.

It's only been ninety thousand years since the great war between Gods and Demons, and the Great Universe is still undergoing gradual cosmic changes.

The ceiling of cultivation back then was raised quite a bit, but it wasn't abruptly lifted too much in one go.

Therefore, the Heavenly Monarchs deduce that the current universe does not have the capacity to sustain cultivators of a higher life form.

The most reliable path everyone could deduce is to—wait!

Wait for the Great Universe to continue its changes, for the cultivation ceiling to be lifted further, and the top-tier Heavenly Monarchs will be able to break through with the evolution of the universe.

This path was universally recognized as the sole solution to advance to the Heavenly King Realm until seven thousand years ago.

Then, a cultivation king emerged, who brought forth a second path, piercing through this cultivation ceiling.

This king of cultivation is—the God-Warrior King, the Five-Colored Lion, Little Five!

"Little Five, my good brother, tell me honestly, how did you break through seven thousand years ago?"

Hu Shisan suddenly caught up and hugged the Five-Colored Lion's leg: "Tell me the truth, when Brother Bai ascended back then, did he secretly leave you something good?"

"How else did you break through when the universe's limit was still in place?"

[I have been practicing hard! How many times have I told you guys that?]

The Five-Colored Lion said to him: [After the master ascended, he only changed the cosmic environment and didn't leave anything else behind.]

[I was able to break through because I was diligently cultivating. You just need to cultivate Qi in a repetitive cycle, constantly refine yourself, and then you'll succeed.]

"Repetitive cultivation of Qi, continuous self-refinement, and then success?" Hu Shisan listened to the most familiar saying in seven thousand years and let out a long sigh towards the sky.

"I also practiced cycling Qi, and I've refined myself as well, even polishing myself from [Black Fox Heavenly Monarch] to [Pure Yang Heavenly Monarch], so why haven't I succeeded?"

[That means you're still not working hard enough.]

The Five-Colored Lion said matter-of-factly: [My lineage was ordinary, nothing special, but through hard cultivation, I became a Heavenly Monarch only three hundred years after the master's ascension, the fastest in the entire universe.]

[It's because of my effort in cultivation that every day I challenged a Heavenly Monarch, starting the universe-wide trend of martial contests.]

[Two hundred years before you became a Heavenly Monarch, I maintained the title of the number one martial prowess in the Heavenly Monarch Great Contest for one hundred ninety-nine years.]

[It was those guys who didn't want to practice with me anymore that changed the Heavenly Monarch Great Contest to once every ten thousand years.]

[Fortunately, I worked hard enough myself, creating five avatars to spar with every day!]

[While practicing Qi and discussing the Dao, I finally broke through seven thousand years ago.]

[So, it's all the result of diligent cultivation. Why don't you all believe it?]

"But your method isn't universally applicable!"

Hu Shisan said: "You talked about practicing Qi, refining oneself, and then succeeding."

Everyone has done the first two steps, but how does one succeed in the last one?

It's simply unachievable!

[Isn't it universally applicable? Just practice Qi a bit harder.] The Five-Colored Lion was nearly at his wit's end too.

[I've been discussing the Dao with you for seven thousand years, sparring with you for nearly seven thousand years, and you still don't get it, what can I do?]

[I feel despair too!]

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