Honghuang: It makes sense that there are four Sanqing, right?

Yang Mei said no more, picked up the Jade Disc of Creation, and vanished into the void, his whereabouts unknown. He was seriously injured and needed to merge with the Dao as soon as possible to recover some of his strength.

Nuwa quietly walked to Xu Qing's side, casually handed him the God-Slaying Spear, and asked.

"Why let him attain enlightenment?"

Xu Qing waved his hand, quietly put away the God-Slaying Spear, his eyes flashing, "It's alright, I know what I'm doing."

Tongtian could no longer contain himself. He strode forward and confronted Xu Qing, demanding angrily, "Did you know about my elder brother's death beforehand?"

Xu Qing looked pained, hesitated for a long time, moved his lips, and finally said weakly, "I know."

"Then why don't you stop him!"

"I know... but... only this can ensure that Hongjun is distracted, creating an opportunity for Houtu and Zhenyuanzi; otherwise, we will all die!"

"Are we cowards who cling to life and fear death?!"

"There is still a wisp of divine soul at the Heavenly Dao Jade Tablet. Although the true spirit is gone, I will think of a way."

"You know the true spirit isn't here?! With just a wisp of divine soul, what can you possibly do?!"

"Do you want you and your second brother to die together too?"

"Give me that damn mark! I'm also a true descendant of Pangu, I can have a mark too!"

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The more the two argued, the angrier they became. Yuanshi stood quietly to the side, unable to do anything but remain silent. Beside Yuanshi, Jieyin stroked his prayer beads, closed his eyes, and shed tears. With their old friend gone, the two felt a sense of shared sorrow.

Taiyi had already left. The Golden Crow transformed into a rainbow to search for the reincarnation of Dijun. He would occasionally look down at the shattered primordial land beneath his feet, muttering to himself as he moved forward.

"My elder brother was born with divine inspiration; his reincarnation is blessed with good fortune. He will not die, he absolutely will not die!"

Nuwa held the dying Fuxi in her arms. Although his spirit and body were separated and it would take time for him to fully recover, she felt somewhat relieved as she looked at the people before her.

"Brother Dao has been struck by a backlash of fortune and is on the verge of death. We beg Fellow Daoist Nuwa to lend a helping hand."

"Furthermore, Zhou Shanduan will require your assistance, fellow Daoist."

Just then, Xu Qing somehow managed to imprison Tongtian in place, walked towards Nuwa, and clasped his hands in greeting.

"Yes."

Nuwa nodded in agreement, flew to land, and pointed a finger to maintain Zhen Yuanzi's life.

After finishing this task, Nuwa turned to look at Xu Qing. Xu Qing understood, and his voice echoed in Nuwa's mind.

"Southern Zhanzhou is a fragment of the southern continent. The five-colored stones at the top of the Five Sacred Mountains can be refined to mend the sky. There are four pillars under Jin'ao Island. Cut them down to support the sky."

"Let the waters of the Milky Way flow backwards, and let Gonggong control them."

How do you know so much? Nuwa's beautiful eyes flickered, but she knew this was not the time to ask. Her body split into three and flew to different places.

One body turned and flew towards the southern continent, searching for the five-colored stone Xu Qing had mentioned; another flew towards the East Sea, searching for Jin'ao Island; and the last one went downwards, heading towards the underworld.

On the other side, after instructing Nuwa, Xu Qing released Tongtian from his restraints. The two started arguing again, as both he and his third brother needed to vent their emotions.

"Xu Qing, give me back my elder brother!"

"If there's no way to break through the Primordial Chaos realm, then I'll break through the Primordial Chaos realm; if there's no way to break through the Heavenly Dao, then I'll break through the Heavenly Dao; if there's no way to break through the Great Dao, then I'll break through the Great Dao. I'll reverse Yin and Yang, and disrupt time and space. As long as I live, there's always a way!"

"You have absolutely no idea how to do this!"

"If I say it exists, it exists!"

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Finally, both of them were exhausted and lay down together. Tongtian murmured, "Am I a useless piece of trash?"

Xu Qing remained silent, lying in the chaos, looking at the distant sky, recalling his elder brother's words from that day.

"The path to the highest achievement is one that everyone strives for..."

Has the battle... ended yet?

"I, Yang Mei, today unite with the Heavenly Dao!"

A loud shout rang out, and Yang Mei's figure appeared in the world. After merging with the Dao, even though the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man were all damaged due to this great battle, Yang Mei's aura had stabilized at the level of Hou Tu back then.

Before the great war, such combat power could barely be ranked in the top three, but now, such combat power is undoubtedly the number one by a wide margin, just like Hongjun back then.

Xu Qing immediately took off from the chaos, first entering the primordial world, and then approached Yang Mei, saying.

"Senior, can you lift the humanitarian restrictions now?"

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi and Tongtian glared angrily. Was Hongjun telling the truth? Was their fourth brother really using someone else to do his dirty work? Otherwise, why were they in such a hurry to achieve Dao?

Yang Mei seemed to share the same thought. She glanced at Xu Qing, a hint of contempt flashing in her eyes, but a gentle smile remained on her face as she spoke.

"Alright, I will now slay Hongjun's benevolent corpse."

Xu Qing laughed heartily, seemingly extremely satisfied, stepped aside, and gestured, "Please, senior~"

Yang Mei's contempt deepened. He sat cross-legged high in the sky, his hands forming a hand seal, but he did not summon the Human Path, nor did he see Hongjun's benevolent corpse. Instead, a wooden door appeared.

The wooden door, made of some unknown type of wood, was engraved with time-related patterns, layer upon layer like a long river.

"Is this a magical artifact related to time? No, it's not. This wooden door isn't a magical artifact, otherwise Yang Mei wouldn't have survived until now. But why is the Daoist aura of time so strong?"

Before Xu Qing could figure out what this thing was, the aura of the wooden door changed again, and it became a chaotic Dao rhythm.

"Rebellion?!"

Xu Qing's gaze froze, and his pupils contracted sharply.

The atmosphere around the wooden door then changed.

The five supreme Daoist principles of time, chaos, yin and yang, reversal, heaven and earth, and space appeared and flowed on the wooden door, constantly changing, with an abyss-like aura that suppressed everything.

"Senior, what do you mean by this!?"

Xu Qing seemed to panic and shouted.

Yang Mei ignored him and continued to infuse her essence and blood into the gate, forming hand seals and chanting incantations.

As Yang Mei moved, his face, which was already not very rosy, began to lose color as he recovered from his serious injuries. His elastic skin gradually dried out, and his smooth white hair became brittle and dry. He looked like a candle flickering in the wind.

This was a sign that his lifespan was nearing its end, but he seemed completely unaware of it, only looking at Xu Qing and saying hatefully.

"Back then, when the power opened the heavens, it wanted to kill us three thousand demon gods. It was indeed a great divine power. It almost slaughtered all three thousand demon gods, and only the three of us survived."

"But even I, the second strongest Space Demon God, can survive using secret techniques. Doesn't the strongest Time Demon God, Shi Chen, have any backup plans?"

"His backup plan is to join forces with me, as well as Qiankun, Yin Yang, Ni Luan, and Dian Dao, and refine these six Great Daos to create the Xuanji Yimen, which can reverse Yin and Yang, reverse Qiankun, and disrupt spacetime!"

"Pangu wants to kill us and create the world; this is the will of the Great Dao, and we cannot stop him. Fine, it doesn't matter. After creating the world, we can also destroy it!"

"That mere Pangu actually believed my so-called allegiance! How could he, a mere brute, know that war cannot prevail over deception, or that Shichen and I are close friends!"

Xu Qing seemed extremely flustered and asked.

"What exactly is the purpose of this?!"

For some unknown reason, Yang Mei actually told Xu Qing the whole truth.