After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

The brother next to him immediately scratched his head.

"Yes, yes, Zhao Qi, I remember now. Hey, I don't know what happened, I suddenly couldn't remember you."

Another brother tilted his head and said.

"Zhao Qi? Zhao Qi? Is there such a person?"

Zhao Qi said angrily.

"Are you fucking kidding me? Don't you even know where you are...?"

A gust of wind blew by, and Zhao Qi's voice and appearance were completely swallowed up by the black mist that rose with the wind.

The other awakened ones watched all this with surprise, then confusion. The few watchmen who had just been drinking with Zhao Qi looked back at each other.

They were all wondering what they had just been surprised about.

Were you surprised just now?

Chapter Thirty-One: The Map of Mountains and Rivers

Linshan Cave Heaven.

Zhou Yan stood atop a hill, looking around.

After Zhou Yan entered the Lingshan Cave Heaven, he discovered that the world outside the Lingshan Cave Heaven was different. Zhou Yan had arrived in a new world with vast mountains and the sun hanging in the sky.

Based on the title "Linshan Cave Heaven," Zhou Yan guessed that he might have entered a small world.

It's the kind of small world that Zhou Yan's Small Universe Divine Power ultimately creates. Those who can possess such a small world are basically creator-level big shots, such as Yinglong in his prime and Qinglong in his prime.

So, is there a powerful being lurking in Penglai who can rival Yinglong and Qinglong in their prime?

Emmmm......

Let him lie low then. Now that he's already in this powerful being's little world, why not come out and meet him?

"Immortal Bai Ze?"

There were voices behind Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan turned around, and behind him stood a young Taoist boy, his face full of admiration as he looked at Zhou Yan.

"Immortal, breakfast is ready."

Zhou Yan nodded and followed the young Taoist boy downstairs.

As they were going down, Zhou Yan asked.

"There are other hidden realms and secret realms around here, right?"

The young Taoist priest nodded.

"Reporting to the Immortal, besides my family's Linshan Cave Heaven, this mountain and river secret realm also includes Shanyang Cave Heaven, Feilong Cave Heaven, Jiahai Cave Heaven, and Xiaozhu Blessed Land..."

The young Taoist priest recited twelve place names in a row.

"...These blessed lands are all guarded by immortals and divine beasts. We haven't seen outsiders for thousands of years. Your sudden appearance, Immortal, truly brings honor to our humble abode. My master is preparing to go to other blessed lands to invite fellow cultivators to come and admire your esteemed presence."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Charm?

I am younger than anyone else in your grotto.

Zhou Yan opened the little Taoist boy's attribute panel. Hmm, he was also a thing that could condense the void into reality, but he had an attribute panel and a life setting set.

It is said that the things inside this cave are half-illusory and half-imaginary. The living people and the mountains and inanimate objects are all illusions, but their attributes are just like those of ordinary people.

Is this the difference between beings that create themselves and the true beings of the world?

Zhou Yan was a bit of a headache; why were the things these big shots were making so complicated?

Zhou Yan was led by a young Taoist to the front of the Linshan Taoist Temple. After entering the temple gate, it was breakfast time, and nearly a hundred Taoists were eating in the dining hall. These Taoists had rules for eating, such as chewing several times before swallowing, eating until they were seven-tenths full, and washing their own utensils after eating before going to their morning classes.

As Zhou Yan entered the dining hall, he saw the Taoist priests sitting neatly, eating without saying a word. Halfway through his walk, Zhou Yan suddenly stopped and looked at a Taoist priest three meters away who was quietly eating with a bowl in his hand.

The Taoist priest noticed Zhou Yan's gaze, put down his chopsticks, and looked at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan stared at the Taoist priest for a moment, then turned and walked to the dining table where the nine-colored deer was.

The young Taoist priest who brought Zhou Yan served him vegetarian dishes.

The nine-colored deer, who resembled a little girl, placed a portion of bamboo shoots from her bowl into Zhou Yan's bowl, and the nine-colored deer said happily.

"Brother, this is the best. Qingcai took one bite and didn't want to eat any more. She gave it all to you."

The Nine-Colored Deer wanted to save the best for Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan patted the nine-colored deer's head, then looked at the Taoist priest again. This time, after two seconds, Zhou Yan covered his chest with one hand and asked in his heart.

"Mr. Ye, are you there?"

"Yes, what is it?"

Wenquxing answered very quickly.

Zhou Yan asked.

"Do you remember Zhao Qi, the guy with glasses, from He Taotao's team?"

……

Inside a palace on Mount Taiwu.

Wenquxing walked back and forth on the blue bricks overgrown with weeds.

"Zhao Qi?"

Wenquxing pondered for a moment.

"I think I vaguely remember him, but I can't recall exactly. Does this person really exist?"

“There definitely was such a person. I remember it very clearly. He was in He Taotao’s group. At the time, these people were all arguing that Zhao Wenhe was a crazy woman.”

Zhou Yan's affirmative response filled Wenquxing with doubt. As Wenquxing, as a true god, Ye An always had a photographic memory. He could never forget anyone he had seen or any article he had read. But in Ye An's memory, he had never seen or heard of Zhao Qi.

Hearing the name Zhao Qi stirred something subtle within Wenquxing.

"Young sir, please wait a moment."

Wenquxing left his palace and went outside the Dawu Palace, where he found He Taotao and inquired about Zhao Qi.

"Zhao Qi?"

He Taotao, who was drunk and woken up by Wenquxing's slap, said incoherently.

Does such a person exist?

He Taotao shouted to the brothers who were still watching the campfire.

"Hey, do you guys know Zhao Qi? Grandpa Ye said he's from our area?"

The watchmen tending the campfire turned around one after another, then shook their heads.

Who is Zhao Qi?

"Grandpa, are you sure you haven't mistaken someone for someone else?"

"We don't have Zhao Qi here."

Wenquxing put He Taotao down and then went to ask the other tents one by one.

There is no such person as Zhao Qi.

Wenquxing quietly found a corner to reply.

“I’ve checked, nobody knows Zhao Qi, and there’s no such person.”

Zhou Yan responded.

"I have some bad news, would you like to hear it, Mr. Ye?"

Wenquxing smiled wryly.

"Young master, are you trying to say that Zhao Qi was absorbed from here into your grotto-heaven?"

"Yes, and it's not just ordinary absorption, it's... it might have absorbed everything."

Wenquxing thought of the time when he was on the shore of Penglai Island and had a pound of his weight sucked away. At that time, Wenquxing wondered what it would be like if his weight were sucked away to zero.

Now, this is what it looks like after being reduced to zero. The person whose weight was drained has even had their existence taken away.

Penglai Island truly lives up to its reputation as a forbidden zone for humans; it is indeed eerily frightening.

"Grandpa Ye, I'll go ask Zhao Qi now and see if he still remembers me."

"Yes, young master, please be careful."

Two minutes later, Wenquxing heard Zhou Yan's voice again.

"That person doesn't remember being an Awakened One; he only remembers being from the Linshan Cave Heaven and never having left any other place in his life."

Wenquxing gave a low "hmm" and then continued.

“Young sir, I’ve been thinking about this for a moment, and this Linshan Cave seems quite unusual.”

"Of course it's not normal. This is a small world, probably created by some big shot. I just don't know where this big shot is or why he doesn't come out to meet us."

"No, no, no, young master, that's not what I was talking about. I was thinking, didn't you say that these twelve immortal mountains were all illusions, but after entering them you ended up in a small world?"

"Well, what happened?"

“I thought of something. I have a fish tank at home. This fish tank needs to have its water changed and cleaned regularly, otherwise the water will smell bad and all kinds of moss will grow on the inside of the fish tank. I can’t stand this kind of thing.”

……

The dining hall is located in a cave near the mountain.

Zhou Yan, who was sitting behind the dining table, suddenly changed his expression.

"Mr. Ye, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, there's no way Penglai Island could just be a fish tank. The reason Penglai Island disappears periodically is to clean out the fish tank, and the way to clean it is to wash out things that don't belong to Penglai Island."

Zhou Yan looked around and exclaimed in surprise.

"So I went into the trash can that holds trash waiting to be disposed of?"

Zhao Qi disappeared on Penglai Island and came to this Linshan Cave. According to Wenquxing, this Linshan Cave is probably just a dumping ground for trash.

"No, no, no, calling it a trash can is too much. Young master, have you ever heard of the Nuwa's Map of Mountains and Rivers?"

Zhou Yan's eyes widened.

"The Map of Mountains and Rivers? I'm inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers?"

"Hmm, I think that might be the case. This is a small grotto-heaven, and the things inside, young master, are both real and fake, right? This Mountain and River Map is said to be a magic treasure, but it also contains all things in heaven and earth, so it fits the phenomenon of being both real and fake that you see, young master."

Zhou Yan pursed his lips.

Fish tank, cleaning, landscape painting.

The God of Literature is right.

If Penglai Island is a fish tank, and a fish tank that cleans itself regularly, and the "Map of Mountains and Rivers" is a trash can into which trash is dumped after it's cleaned up, then everything about Penglai Island can be explained.

only……

Zhou Yan said with some fear.

"What is this Penglai Island's self-cleaning program planning after it puts the trash in the bins?"

Garbage usually needs to be disposed of. It seems that once something enters the "Map of Mountains and Rivers," even a golden immortal will turn to ashes if the map is shaken.

So I was so stupid to come to such a dangerous place?

Is it too late to go out now?

"Young sir, this is a crisis, but it could also be an opportunity."

Zhou Yan's heart tightened.

"Mr. Ye, do you mean that since I'm still alive, I can find the weakness of this Mountain and River Map before anything happens, and then subdue it?"

"That's not all, young master, do you believe it or not, the self-circulation program of Penglai Island is no longer being managed?"