Above the Space-Time River, a pitch-black small boat drifted amidst the shimmering Cosmic Light.

Little Squirrel, with a conical hat on its head, somehow had obtained a small cloak which it wore around its body, holding a long fishing rod while squatting on the gunwale, fishing.

Its eyes stayed glued to its own rod, forgetting the years, unaware of the seasons.

At this moment, the small boat suddenly rocked, and Little Squirrel hastily reeled in the line: "Fish on, fish on!!"

Plop~~

The straight fishhook left the water's surface, flashing with multicolored light.

Empty hook, no fish.

"Eh? Where's my fish?" Little Squirrel reeled in the line, pinching the hook, looking left and right, quite disappointed.

It turned its head and flew into a rage.

"Ferryman, what kind of rowing is that? You scared my fish away!"

"I tell you, there was a big fish on the hook just now, a three-foot Space-Time channel catfish, three feet!!"

"Have you ever seen such a big... Oh my Pangu God, when did you become a Da Luo Supreme!!"

Little Squirrel hadn't finished speaking when it suddenly widened its eyes.

It noticed that the Ferryman's aura had undergone a ground-shaking transformation; the commotion just now was caused by the Ferryman's breakthrough in his realm.

"As I have once again affirmed the Da Luo Dao Fruit, I'm also part of the Netherworld lineage; it naturally follows that Dao Fruit emerges once conditions are ripe, it's that simple," said the Ferryman dressed in white, his face jade-like, graceful, with a spring breeze-like smile.

He spoke lightly, as if the Da Luo Dao Fruit was some wild fruit picked easily from a mountainside.

"Crunch, mia~mia~mia~"

Little Squirrel took out a pine cone to nibble, soothing its shock.

The Ferryman it spent day and night with suddenly stopped pretending, which was quite unsettling for it.

After a long while, it remarked sentimentally: "It's just like the saying, 'When one person attains the Dao, even their pets and livestock ascend to heaven!'"

"What are you talking about?" The Ferryman flicked its little head, causing Little Squirrel to cry out in pain.

"I didn't say anything wrong..." Little Squirrel murmured its retort in a muffled voice.

"But now that you've become a Da Luo, why haven't you shared any benefits with me?" Little Squirrel, holding the pine cone, looked up at the Ferryman and questioned: "At the very least, you should give me some high-quality pine cones, right?"

The Ferryman laughed: "Weren't you sworn never to surrender? And you're not part of my Netherworld lineage, why would you get benefits?"

"Yes~right," Little Squirrel chuckled awkwardly, then nibbled at the pine cone again.

When it had been first captured, it claimed "swear never to surrender" "never to be enslaved" "resolutely unwilling to yield to the gods of the Pangu universe" "this world belongs to the Chaos Demon Gods," and other bold and grand statements.

In essence, although Little Squirrel hadn't thought about running away, it indeed hadn't joined the Netherworld lineage.

"I've changed my mind now, I want to join your Netherworld forces immediately, so hurry up and give me the pine cones!" After hesitating for the time it takes to eat a pine cone, Little Squirrel righteously demanded benefits.

If it had been in the past, it would've sought some dignity.

After all, it had fought against Pangu, had arm-wrestled with Hong Jun—formerly a Chaos Demon God, currently an exquisite Innate Spirit Root.

But after hanging around with the Ferryman and following Xuanqing to the Xuantai Great Universe, it had gained profound enlightenment.

It learned the basic rule of the Primordial Gods: A big-shot squirrel can't be after face!

"Is that your only request?" The Ferryman certainly didn't refuse its plea to join, but felt that as a great deity, Little Squirrel's aspirations were a tad too simple.

He spoke softly and gently: "Have you not thought about anything else? There will come a day when you get tired of pine cones."

"Then I will become a Da Luo, and create pine cones that never tire," declared Little Squirrel.

"You... you are quite ambitious," the Ferryman chuckled while shaking his head.

"However, if it bothers you, catch me a couple of fish to make up for it," Little Squirrel picked up the fishing rod from the gunwale and threw it to the Ferryman.

"Fish from the Space-Time River are not edible," reminded the Ferryman.

"I know!"

Little Squirrel conjured a giant pine cone, then sat seriously on the gunwale, peeling seeds.

"I fish in the Space-Time River not really to eat, just to enjoy the fun of fishing."

"It's just that the weather is not good today, I can't reel them in."

"Now that you are a Da Luo Supreme, your fishing skills must be excellent, you can do it for me."

"I'll raise them for a couple of days after catching them, I'm free anyway."

"Want to keep fish, eh?"

The Ferryman nodded: "That's easy!"

He picked up the boat's paddle and smacked it against the water's surface with a slap.

Splosh~~

Two channel catfish flopped into the cabin.

Little Squirrel looked dumbfounded at the Ferryman's paddle, then at its own fishing rod.

"Now I know why I couldn't get any fish; turns out I was using the wrong tool!"

In the cabin, the two dazed Space-Time channel catfish saw stars spinning around their heads.

[Divine Opposer, have we arrived before the beginning of the world? I think I heard the whisper of Demon Gods.]

[We must've, my head has been buzzing just now; must've been cleaved by Pangu.]

[Really? I feel the same way, a splitting headache! Does this mean we're close to becoming Da Luo?]

[It should be, I feel a warm surge throughout my body; this must be the sublimation of life!]

[Truly! The path to Da Luo lies within, I am about to transcend, hahaha!]

[Once we wake up, we can... we can… glug glug~~]

"You say you want to keep fish? Why are you starting a fire?" The Ferryman watched wide-eyed as Little Squirrel pulled out a pot, added water, lit a fire, and performed the movements in one fluid motion, very skilled.

Grasping the two catfish, Little Squirrel threw them into the pot, "These two have gone cold; I'm just warming them up to restore their temperature."

"I really won't eat them, just want to raise them a bit," Little Squirrel wiped the corner of its mouth, earnestly.

~~~~~

In the Netherworld.

Xuanqing stepped out of the Fengdu Hall.

The waiting Meng Wuyou and others immediately appeared.

"Daoist, congratulations!" the gods greeted with clasped hands.

"Joy for us all!"

Xuanqing returned the greeting with a smile.

"What is that in the sky?" Daoist Lord Yu Chen looked up at that spirited Blood Moon.

"One of the results of affirming my Dao."

Xuanqing said with a smile, "You can call it 'Earth Dao'."

"Truly awesome." Daoist Lord Yu Chen laughed, just as they had expected.

"Now, should you tell us about the Ghost God Dao?" Ming River couldn't wait any longer, stepped forward, grabbed Xuanqing's sleeve and didn't let go, teasingly said, "You really scared me back to life, let me die in vain once."

"I must have an explanation of this experience of life through death!"

"Rightly so! Rightly so!" Xuanqing readily agreed.

"By the way, when do you plan to go before the beginning of the world?" Jing Yao Venerable suddenly asked.

Xuanqing didn't answer directly. Instead, he looked towards Primordial and said, "Now that everything in Primordial is thriving, let's wait a bit. It wouldn't be lively otherwise."

"What do you mean?" Daoist Lord Yu Chen glanced at Primordial and then at Xuanqing, a mysterious smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

He had already begun to silently mourn for all the Da Luo waiting for their breakthroughs.

Please don't run into Xuanqing.

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Xuanqing's breakthrough involved the entire Netherworld, but did not disturb the other forces of Primordial.

It was only because of the presence of Great Dao True Realm that Demon Ancestor Luo Hou learned of the fact that Xuanqing had confirmed his Da Luo Dao Fruit.

Everyone was busying themselves with their own affairs.

The battle between Immortals and Demons at Sumeru Mountain witnessed the divine might of Da Luo Supremes, and everyone felt a great urgency.

They sensed that the Da Luo Era was coming.

Nobody wanted to fall behind the times and be cast aside by it.

So, they geared up to prepare for their breakthroughs.

Ancestor Dragon of the East Sea actively sought the Ruishui River, Yuan Huang of Tian Nan diligently crafted the Nirvana Dao.

Primordial Qilin at Buzhou Mountain recently took an interest in the Cycle Star Sky, going to the ninth heaven via Buzhou Mountain whenever possible.

Nuwa, idling away, enjoyed the scenery of the mountain and sea universe.

Houtu was still writing her script, occasionally throwing things into the Space-Time River.

Zhun Ti Jieyin was in the Pure Land, deducing the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, now making progress.

Emperor Donghua of Purple Mansion Continent was busy receiving guests, as both Hong Jun and Yang Mei talked with him for a long time.

Above and below the heavens, from north to south and east to west, forces from all directions were busy.

"Speaking of which, Xuanqing isn't going before the beginning of the world, could it be that he's planning to settle down?" Luo Hou thought that the Chaos Era would be fun, he even planned to create an alt to go check it out.

"But now, I have to deal with Hong Jun."

"What gift would be appropriate to prepare for the Immortal Dao side?"

Luo Hou was a straightforward god; when he said he would give a gift, he would give a gift.

A small gift for the opening of the Immortal Realm didn't fit his status, and a large gift would be too flattering for Hong Jun.

"If only I knew where Shen Ni was, maybe I could get some good stuff from him for this occasion," Luo Hou searched high and low for a suitable gift. Thus, he decided to track down Shen Ni's true whereabouts.

"I'm not used to him not causing havoc recently!"

"I still prefer the trouble-making Shen Ni."

Luo Hou didn't know that the moment Shen Ni thought of causing trouble, he was disciplined by Xuanqing.

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Kai Ming Mountain.

Although both Luo Hou and Xuanqing, the true forms, were preoccupied.

Wu Luo and Xi Zi were still performing normally.

Shen Ni and Xiang Gu were captured.

But Emperor Jiang and Shebi Shi were still striving.

Recently, the Witch Gods achieved a great feat; they struck fiercely at the Fierce Beast Clan while infiltrating the Evil God Temple under deep cover.

Logically speaking, it was impossible for foreign gods to successfully infiltrate such a core place as the Evil God Temple.

But who would have thought that on the Witch Gods' side, there were two Da Luo!

Understanding the origin of fierce beasts, two Da Luo personally forged the Nirvana Seal, and pretty quickly a batch of Beast Kings was bred right under the Phoenix Clan's nose.

Of course, no matter how much the Witch Gods tried to hide, they couldn't possibly fool Yuan Huang, the Clan Leader of the Phoenix.

Yuan Huang had been observing them for a long time.

Then, unintentionally or not, Xuanqing slightly leaked a little bit of Shen Ni's disguise.

Yuan Huang immediately showed a relieved smile.

She pretended not to see and let Shen Ni mix days in the Evil God Temple.

The Fierce Beast Clan without a Beast Emperor wasn't quite right.

Now that the Beast Emperor joined on his own, some things could be slowly revealed.

So, under Yuan Huang's instructions, the Evil God Temple quickly focused on nurturing the Witch Gods.

Allowing them to come into contact with some core secrets.

Then, the trouble-making Witch Gods were shocked to discover that the Fierce Beast Clan truly had substance!

"Holy shit, their plan is so comprehensive!"

"Using fierce beasts to cause chaos in Primordial, with Evil Gods as vessels to summon Chaos Demon Gods?"

"The Beast Emperor Shen Ni, keen on causing havoc, it turns out it was all to rule Primordial and consume the Pangu Dao Fruit!"

"Beast Emperor Shen Ni truly has great ambitions!"

The Witch Gods who discovered the truth were extremely shocked.

The most shocked, of course, was Emperor Jiang, Shen Ni.

He felt puzzled, looking at the Fierce Beast Clan's plans, he simply didn't understand but was impressed: "Did I really think this way?"

"So it turns out I'm this amazing, and I didn't even know!"

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