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

Zhou Yan's voice turned somber.

"Zhu Jiuyin, can you prove that you have the ability to stop the pillar of heaven from collapsing?"

Nuwa said that the resurrected Zhujiuyin was in poor condition, very bad.

Zhou Yan was a little afraid that after Zhu Jiuyin became the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, his dream would come true, but not long after, he would die because the Heavenly Pillar collapsed.

Xuanwu retrieved the True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword and echoed.

“Our divine authority and power do not lie with mountain gods or land gods. If you can truly prove your ability, we cannot compete with you for the position of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak.”

Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise are all major star officials. Zhou Yan is a divine official in the Heavenly Court, and his relationship with the Eastern Peak Emperor's pantheon is completely unrelated. Even if the positions of gods are not so absolute, and different divine powers can be obtained through other methods, the Western Heavenly Gate will only fall in a few years.

It's too late no matter what.

Zhu Jiuyin is quite happy with the current situation.

They've waited for tens of thousands of years, and this is exactly what they've wanted: no one has the power to stop them, and they're even required to cooperate with them.

“I can vouch for my preparation, but…”

Zhu Jiuyin walked towards the gate of the secret realm of Mount Tai.

"You have to let me in before I can show you what I've prepared."

Xuanwu watched as Zhujiuyin approached and stood before him.

After a few seconds of standoff, Xuanwu turned to the side, Zhujiuyin continued forward, and Zhou Yan also turned to the side, letting Zhujiuyin walk past him.

As Zhu Jiuyin turned his head, his upturned eyes and playful gaze met Zhou Yan's.

Zhou Yan always felt that Si Zhu Jiu Yin's attitude towards him was very strange.

However, seeing the swords flying around Zhu Jiuyin, Zhou Yan didn't dare to think about what his previous life had done.

Oh well, it's all in the past anyway.

I am the new Bai Ze, and I have no need to bear the responsibilities of my past life.

Even if someone breaks the law, they won't be punished along with their family.

Zhu Jiuyin entered the gate of the Mount Tai Secret Realm, followed by Zhou Yan and Xuanwu.

This was Zhu Jiuyin's first time entering the secret realm of Mount Tai.

Upon entering, Zhu Jiuyin stood on the platform behind the door, breathing in the air of the Taishan Secret Realm, and looked at the buildings outside the Dongyue Divine Palace, which he had seen before, with a complicated expression.

Strange sounds echoed in Zhu Jiuyin's ears.

"...This is my empire..."

Zhu Jiuyin suddenly turned around to look at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan turned his head to one side, looking at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

Zhu Jiuyin chuckled.

"Although I've always disliked you, I have to admit, you're quite good at hitting people where it hurts."

Zhu Jiuyin liked Zhou Yan's line, "This is my empire."

Zhu Jiuyin then went to see Tianzhu Mountain, which is opposite the Dongyue Divine Palace.

Mount Tianzhu, formed by the fallen Emperor of the Eastern Peak using the essence of all the mountains of Mount Buzhou, possesses the spirit of the original Mount Buzhou, but its details are vastly different.

Zhu Jiuyin watched with awe, his heart filled with a desire for conquest and control.

Zhu Jiuyin heard Zhou Yan's sinister voice again.

"But he... has done everything with the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak..."

Zhu Jiuyin glared at Zhou Yan, who was stirring things up from the side.

Zhou Yan started whistling, looking completely innocent as if he wasn't the one who had stirred things up.

Xuanwu coughed upon seeing this.

"Alright, Zhu Jiuyin, now that we've arrived at the Mount Tai Secret Realm, it's time to show us your skills."

Xuanwu wanted to see how many tricks Zhujiuyin had up his sleeve, and how this fire dragon could save the day when the Western Heavenly Gate fell.

A flash of fire appeared on Zhu Jiuyin's body, and he flew towards Tianzhu Mountain.

Zhou Yan and Xuanwu each used their supernatural powers and flew over with Zhu Jiuyin.

On the way there, Xuanwu couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Zhu Jiuyin, do you know Laozi?"

Zhu Jiuyin hummed in agreement.

Daode Tianzun, one of the supreme deities in Taoism, how could Zhu Jiuyin not recognize him?

Xuanwu asked again.

"In this great calamity that even the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak perished... Laozi..."

Xuanwu couldn't imagine what would happen if Laozi himself perished...

How many gods are left in Heaven?

Zhu Jiuyin responded.

"Laozi is fine, but half of the Eight Immortals are dead. Of the remaining three, the other four are either injured or scattered... I don't know how many centuries it has been since I last saw them..."

Zhu Jiuyin's face showed joy, and his voice became much lighter after he mentioned that half of the Eight Immortals had died.

Zhou Yan exclaimed in surprise.

"Zhu Jiuyin, you don't get along with the Eight Immortals?"

Zhou Yan had only ever heard a voice as light and joyful as Zhu Jiuyin's when certain men heard that their ex-girlfriends were not doing well.

Few people like their ex-girlfriend. Because of this, a girl at Zhou Yan's father's company found out that her ex-boyfriend got married. She even asked her friends who attended his wedding. After finding out, she became despondent, ate and drank excessively, and didn't sleep all night. The next day, she was hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis.

The reason is that her ex-boyfriend got married and has children, and seems to be doing very well.

Zhu Jiuyin sneered.

"Our relationship isn't very good. I even thought about sneaking up on the Eight Immortals and killing all those wicked guys. But what are my little grudges? Bai Ze, you are the Eight Immortals' true mortal enemy."

Zhou Yan pointed to himself, puzzled.

"I... am your mortal enemy?"

Zhu Jiuyin must be joking, right?

Otherwise, what sins did I commit in my past life?

Zhu Jiuyin's smile was wicked.

"Back then, you urinated in Tieguai Li's gourd, and the Eight Immortals drank your urine wine when they had a feast."

Zhou Yan and Xuanwu's expressions changed drastically.

Nine Xuanwu turned to look at Zhou Yan, with an expression that said, "I never expected someone with such thick eyebrows and big eyes like you to be this kind of person."

The Four Candles Nine Yin smiled in a somewhat sinister manner.

"Afterwards, you transformed into a fairy from the Jade Pool, and with the Jade Pool Elixir you stole from the Queen Mother of the West's treasury, you invited the Eight Immortals to drink. While they drank, you made them taste whether Tieguai Li's urine wine was better or the Jade Pool Elixir was better."

Zhu Jiuyin began to curl his lips in disgust.

"Several of the Eight Immortals are very concerned about their image. Although they all know that the Jade Wine from Yaochi is much better than the wine they brought themselves, they still say that the urine wine tastes better and that the Jade Wine from Yaochi is not as good. While tasting it, they talk about the advantages of the urine wine and how comfortable it is to drink. You were all smiles that day."

Zhou Yan: "..."

It seems that the last time Liu met Lü Dongbin, Lü Dongbin had a bad attitude.

So that's the reason?

Speaking of the grudges mentioned by Zhu Jiuyin, back then, Lü Dongbin, you were able to refrain from cutting me with your sword, which truly shows your composure.

He truly deserves to be called the ancestor of Taoism.

Xuanwu, with a strange expression, moved a little further away from Zhou Yan.

The three deities flew to the mountainside of Tianzhu Mountain. There, only the jade-like bones of the Eastern Peak Emperor remained standing against the wind. The wind blew up the hem of the Eastern Peak Emperor's robes and the beaded curtain under his crown, creating a rustling sound mixed with the crisp sound of the beaded curtain colliding.

Zhu Jiuyin stared at the back of the Eastern Peak Emperor for a long while.

"Watch closely."

Zhu Jiuyin spoke and walked towards the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak.

Zhou Yan and Xuanwu watched as Zhu Jiuyin walked to the side of the Eastern Peak Emperor.

Xuanwu tilted its head slightly and asked Zhou Yan.

"What is this woman trying to do?"

Zhou Yan stroked his chin and said.

"Could it be that they intend to eat the remains of the Eastern Peak Emperor?"

The remains of the Eastern Peak Emperor must contain a portion of his divine essence and magical power. If Zhu Jiuyin could consume it…

Xuanwu said solemnly.

"If they've already eaten it, be prepared to stop them."

A large part of the body of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak is the essence of the Five Sacred Mountains. If Zhu Jiuyin were to consume it, who knows what unexpected events might occur on Tianzhu Mountain.

Zhou Yan hummed in agreement, focusing all his attention on Zhu Jiuyin.

To Zhou Yan and Xuanwu's surprise, Zhu Jiuyin did not eat the remains of the Eastern Peak Emperor. Instead, he took out a sealed plastic bag that contained dried goods such as melon seeds and sunflower seeds from his pocket.

However, the bag didn't contain dried goods that cost ten or twenty yuan per kilogram; instead, it contained two lumps of yellow soil.

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes and opened the soil's attribute panel.

Name: Xirang.

Zhou Yan: "d(?Д?*)"

What the hell!

Breath of Earth!

Zhu Jiuyin opened the plastic bag and poured some of the Breath Soil onto the cracks in the petrified soles of the Eastern Peak Emperor's feet.

After the Breath Soil landed, it melted like water, and the cracks on the foot of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak were slowly filled by the Breath Soil.

Before long, the cracks on the soles of the feet of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak had disappeared.

Zhu Jiuyin turned around and proudly showed off to Zhou Yan and Xuanwu.

"How about it?"

Zhu Jiuyin shook the sealed plastic bag in his hand; inside the bag were two thumb-sized pieces of Xirang.

"Although the Breath Soil is not as good as the Five Sacred Mountains Ancestral Essence, it can still stabilize Tianzhu Mountain."

Zhou Yan exclaimed in surprise.

"Xirang, where did you come from?"

Zhu Jiuyin shook his head.

"Don't even think about it. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last bit of life-giving soil in the world."

Xuanwu understood.

"Is this the foundation you're using to become the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak?"

Zhu Jiuyin put the sealed plastic bag containing the Breath Soil back into his bosom.

"Almost. You two, Jiuyin asks, based on this Breath Soil, can you stand on Jiuyin's side and help Jiuyin become the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak?"

Zhou Yan and Xuanwu looked at each other.

They remained silent.

Chapter One: The Western Gate

The nine-colored deer saw clusters of white clouds.

The white clouds formed a staircase leading to the sky.