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

Outside the city, there were also many twisted and mutated living people, but most of these living people were lying on the ground, and they were lying on the ground in the form of normal human bodies.

They hadn't mutated, nor had they huddled together; they were simply a human with two hands, two feet, and a head—a perfectly normal human form lying on the ground.

This caused Zhou Yan, Bixia Yuanjun, and Huanxi Bodhisattva, who had seen many strange and bizarre humans along the way, to change their expressions. However, after a few seconds, Zhou Yan laughed.

"It's Lu Wu..."

“Lu Wu has been to this city. This guy… straightened all these mutants… inside and out.”

These distorted and twisted beings, devoid of yin and yang, were undoubtedly intolerable to Lu Wu. Along the way, he twisted every single one of them back into the shape of a normal human. This transformation wasn't just limited to the external skin and muscles; Lu Wu even used his control over the internal bones and organs to reshape them.

Moreover, as a great god who could serve as the steward of the Heavenly Emperor, Lu Wu possessed extremely powerful divine strength. These mutated corpses that had been straightened were covered by the Yin-Yang Disorder for a long time after Lu Wu left, but thanks to Lu Wu's divine power, they showed no signs of being distorted by the Yin-Yang Disorder.

Upon hearing this, Bixia Yuanjun looked at the city walls of Dayong City, and then she discovered something.

"This city wall seems to be symmetrical from left to right."

When the city walls were built, symmetry was naturally the goal. However, over time, corrosion would inevitably result in more black marks on the left side of the city wall and more mold on the right side.

The longer the time passes, the more differences will inevitably appear on the left and right city walls centered on the city gate.

But now, the walls of Dayong City are symmetrical, with mold and moss growing on both sides.

Zhou Yan smiled wryly.

"I'm a little afraid that whoever marries Lu Wu in the future will have to strictly regulate even the positions and frequency."

Zhou Yan increasingly felt that he had probably offended the Ziwei Emperor, otherwise why would this guy throw such a person with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder in front of him to torment him?

However, I have a good relationship with God Gouchen. Could I ask God Gouchen to persuade Emperor Ziwei? As his elder brother, God Gouchen should be able to persuade Emperor Ziwei not to cause trouble for me, right?

The three of them entered the city gate of Dayong City.

Behind the city gate, Dayong City has vast stretches of buildings, which have also been distorted by Lu Wu. The ground is straight, and the buildings on both sides are identical in both the number of ruins and their shapes, making them extremely symmetrical.

Judging from this scene alone, Zhou Yan could understand why Lu Wu was the Heavenly Emperor's chief steward. With such obsessive-compulsive disorder, he could definitely manage the Heavenly Court very well, not allowing the slightest irregularity to appear, and making it impossible to get in through back channels.

With Lu Wu having scouted the route for Zhou Yan and the others in advance, Zhou Yan's side had a much easier time. Following the path Lu Wu had taken years ago, they passed through several cities, traveled hundreds of kilometers, and crossed several mountains before finally arriving at Lu Wu's original destination: the Candle Dragon Palace.

The Candle Dragon Palace was a very ordinary red-doored, copper-studded hall, only three meters high, with a gray wall surrounding it. If Zhou Yan's omniscience hadn't told him that this hall was the Candle Dragon Palace, he would have thought it was the residence of the gatekeeper of the Candle Dragon Palace.

When Bixia Yuanjun arrived at the entrance of the Zhulong Palace, she placed one hand on the door, and without Bixia Yuanjun exerting any force, the palace door slowly opened, revealing the light inside.

Once the palace doors were wide enough, Bixia Yuanjun entered, followed by Zhou Yan and Huanxi Bodhisattva.

The Candle Dragon Palace looks small from the outside, but once you go inside, you'll find it's like a miniature paradise. The sky is so high and the earth so deep that you don't know how deep it is. The mountain peaks are covered with vegetation, the sun shines brightly, and a strong spiritual energy fills the space between heaven and earth, making people feel indescribably comfortable in both mind and body.

Most importantly, in the distance between Zhou Yan and the others, a fiery red dragon, a thousand meters long, was coiled between two mountain peaks.

The fire dragon had its eyes closed and was breathing evenly. Its huge nostrils occasionally spewed out bursts of fire, bringing extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations.

This is the dragon body that Yinglong died in, and it was what Yinglong used to exchange with Bixia Yuanjun. As long as the blood, qi, muscles and bones of this dragon body are completely refined, Bixia Yuanjun will be able to use the fire essence of the Fire Dragon Ancestor without relying on the Candle Dragon Lamp, and the imbalance of yin and yang in Zhangwei Mountain will be easily resolved.

After confirming that the dragon body opposite was indeed the flesh of the Zhulong, Zhou Yan couldn't help but say.

"This Zhu Jiuyin is ruthless to himself. In order to become the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, he gave up the body he had raised since childhood."

The Bodhisattva of Joy explained.

"You have to give up something to gain something. If you cling to the past and can't let go, how can you get a better future?"

Bixia Yuanjun handed the Candle Dragon Lamp to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan took it. Now it was time to use Bai Ze's abilities. Zhou Yan needed to find Zhu Jiuyin's reverse scale, and then start from the reverse scale to convert all the fire essence from Zhu Jiuyin's corpse.

Chapter Eight: Gathering

Central City, Black Palace, Presidential Office.

Xuanwu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office, a cigarette between his fingers.

Behind Xuanwu, the president's assistant was holding a tablet, his mouth opening and closing continuously.

"Mr. President, according to the latest report from our country's Academy of Social Sciences..."

"The president of the East Sea Kingdom is preparing to come and have dinner with you in three days..."

"The pharmaceutical industry in Dongyang Prefecture has recovered very well. The Senate hopes that Governor Zhou Yan of Dongyang Prefecture can come over to discuss the issue of drug pricing with you..."

"Wait a minute, whoosh; : nine°~four∴∶炩‰∷4“￡□→鵡⊥〖6. 肆……"

Xuanwu suddenly spoke, and the assistant who was reading the news from the tablet shut up and looked up at Xuanwu's back.

Xuanwu took a drag of his cigarette, the smoke and his breath dissipating from outside his measurement area.

What about NASA?

"How are the Explorer moons at the edge of the solar system doing?"

The assistant was taken aback.

Ever since a meteor traveling at hundreds of times the speed of light flew by, Xuanwu has spent tens of billions of dollars on the National Space Administration to build a satellite with advanced magical artifacts as acceleration devices.

The National Space Agency spent a year building and launching it, and it should now be at the edge of the solar system.

"Hmm, Mr. President, let me check..."

The assistant tapped a few times on the tablet, then looked up.

"We have reached the designated location and have begun transmitting signals back. However, because electromagnetic signals travel at the speed of light, there is a certain time difference between the edge of the solar system and our Earth..."

Xuanwu put the cigarette to his lips, bit it, inhaled, and the cigarette quickly burned down to the bottom.

Xuanwu opened its mouth as it exhaled.

"Activate the quantum teleportation system."

Quantum teleportation is currently the only communication method capable of exceeding the speed of light to transmit information. The launched satellites need advanced magical artifacts to achieve the speed of traveling from Earth to the edge of the solar system in one year, and information transmission relies on quantum teleportation.

The assistant reminded him. (The sentence is incomplete and lacks context.)

"Our quantum technology is not mature enough yet. At such a great distance, there would likely be many signal errors," said Wu.

Xuanwu said nonchalantly. (Weeping)

"pass!"

The assistant pressed a few buttons on the tablet, then said in a horrified voice a few minutes later.

"Your Excellency, according to images transmitted from the Explorer's quantum teleportation device, an asteroid with a diameter of one thousand kilometers is approaching. Based on NASA's orbital calculations, this time, again, again..."

Xuanwu threw away the cigarette that was now just a cigarette butt in his hand.

"No need to rush. Oh, and go outside now and call my private jet pilot. I need to go to Mount Tai."

"Mr. President, now..." (Sigh)

"Are you questioning my decision?" Yu

The assistant scoffed. He knew a planet a thousand kilometers in diameter could destroy Earth; his president should be focusing on this matter, not going to Mount Tai. (Cold)

But recalling the last time an asteroid collided with Earth, which was also handled by their own president, the aide ultimately lowered his head and walked out to prepare the plane for his president.

After the president's office fell silent, Xuanwu took out his phone from his pocket and dialed Baihu's number.

"The Western Heavenly Gate has fallen."

"Let's go to Mount Tai and see if we can do anything there."

Next comes the Azure Dragon, then the Vermilion Bird.

After a few minutes of waiting after the call, the assistant knocked on the half-closed office door.

Xuanwu looked at his assistant, who chuckled awkwardly.

"The plane is ready."

Xuanwu hummed in agreement, walked out of the office, went to the Black Palace's airfield, and boarded the presidential plane.

……

"The plane has landed at Taishan Airport. The outside temperature is 23 degrees Celsius..."

Passengers who need to transfer at this station to other destinations via the Time and Space Navigation System, please proceed to the transfer counter in the waiting area to complete the procedures...

The seat beneath Xuanwu's bottom shuddered, then slowly calmed down.

A flight attendant walked up from behind.

"Mr. President, we have arrived at Taishan Private Airport."

"Ah."

Xuanwu straightened his clothes and got off the plane.

Because it was a private airport, there were no walkways or restrictions on entry and exit. As soon as Xuanwu got off the plane, a convertible SUV drove up to him.

Xuanwu sat down.

The SUV drove out of the private airport, left the city, and arrived in the suburbs of Mount Tai.

Not long after driving on the suburban road, Xuanwu saw an SUV, a different model from his own, parked on the side of the road. He didn't recognize the driver, but he was very familiar with the person sitting in the back seat with his eyes covered by an eye mask.

Seemingly sensing the moisture from Xuanwu, the white tiger, wearing an eye mask, removed the mask from its face and turned its head towards Xuanwu.

Xuanwu joked.

"Tired?"

The white tiger shook its head.

I see the world not with my eyes, but with my heart.

Xuanwu suddenly remembered that the phrase Baihu had said was a catchphrase of the protagonist of the very famous children's anime "Gunblade Samurai" from a hundred years ago.

The protagonist of "Gunblade Samurai" is a blind man. Seemingly to highlight the power of blindness, this blind man often says, "I see the world not with my eyes, but with my heart," and then defeats his enemies with his unpredictable swordsmanship.

This eye mask looks like it's part of the main character's merchandise from "Gunblade Samurai".

White Tiger sighed, clutching his eye mask.

"I recently went home and found this eye mask in the storage room. Can you believe it? I, the mighty White Tiger, actually sat in the storage room for half a day just because of a mask I wore when I was an hour ago, and then grabbed a mop and started wielding a sword like a samurai."

The over 100-year-old white tiger briefly returned to his childhood in his own storage room.

Xuanwu also sighed.

"Lucky people spend their whole lives reminiscing about their childhood, while unlucky people spend their whole lives healing from their childhood."

The White Tiger might be the lucky one who can relive their childhood for a lifetime, while the Black Tortoise is the opposite.

Xuanwu had absolutely no desire to recall the difficult life he and his parents had endured.

The vehicle quickly arrived at the entrance and exit of Taishan Cave.

Inside the entrance, the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird, who had arrived long ago, stood there. After the Black Tortoise and White Tiger got off the vehicle, the four divine beasts entered the Taishan Cave Heaven together.

The Taishan Cave has already been cleaned up by Zhu Jiuyin. When Zhou Yan came before, the Taishan Cave was full of corpses and bones. Now that the Four Divine Beasts have come, the ruins and corpses inside have been cleaned up, and the ground has been swept clean with very little dust.

After the Four Divine Beasts entered, a bodyguard in black walked up to them and bowed.

"Are you Lord Vermilion Bird, Lord White Tiger, Lord Black Tortoise, and Lord Azure Dragon?"

None of the four mythical beasts spoke.

The bodyguard wasn't embarrassed and reached out his hand.

"The BOSS is already waiting at the Eastern Peak Divine Palace. Please follow me, my four lords."

On the way to the Dongyue Divine Palace, many bodyguards were cleaning the ground, hanging red ropes and colorful lights, and several construction company employees were looking back and forth. The Four Divine Beasts could hear these engineers seemingly discussing how to dig the ground and lay out water and electricity later.

Xuanwu looked around and then spoke to the Azure Dragon, who was closest to him.

"Such a quaint and charming place, is it going to be modernized too?"

Qinglong countered with a question.

"You don't think a person with a sound mind would reject convenient technology, do you?"

What era are we living in? Who would want to go back to the past? Even mythical creatures like the Azure Dragon love the internet, hydroelectricity, and all sorts of advanced technology.

Zhu Jiuyin wasn't stupid, so he wanted to modify the Taishan Grotto Heaven into a modern core, while leaving only the ancient-style architecture as a shell so that people could easily reminisce.

The bodyguard led the four divine beasts to the city gate of the Eastern Peak Divine Palace. The city gate was open, and no procedures were required to enter. Once inside the divine palace, there were many more people.

Of course, there were many more people, not just more normal people. The Four Divine Beasts saw the great god who guarded the East Sea Kingdom—the True Lord of Fire, Wang Xuan, and Zhu Bo, the eldest son of Zhulong, who was wearing a beautiful androgynous outfit and a painter's hat, leaning against the wall.

There are also some demigods I've seen and some I haven't.