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

Zhou Yan looked at the people who had dispersed around him. With his current abilities, he could easily read through people's past experiences.

Zhou Yan had just reviewed these people's memories and discovered that they had no idea where the so-called Changchun Courtyard was.

This means that Changchun Courtyard is either located deeper in the South Heavenly Gate, or in a very subtle location that would be impossible to find under normal circumstances.

Chapter Nine: The Reason

Zhou Yan looked back at Qingliu Courtyard, then told Lin Anru and Little Yama what he knew.

"...That's basically the situation. Senior, Brother Yan, do you have any constructive ideas?"

Lin'an asked.

"How about I go and find the teacher who led the way and ask him if he knows about Changchun Courtyard?"

The teacher who led the team from Lin'an to Kunlun Immortal Palace was an experienced old man who had been exploring Kunlun Immortal Palace for thirty years.

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"No need, he doesn't know."

Lin'an nodded knowingly. Indeed, if Bai Ze didn't know, the probability of their teacher knowing was indeed very low.

Little Yama stroked his chin and said.

"The awakened ones from outside are mostly just wandering around Kunlun Immortal Palace, so it's highly unlikely they would know about this Changchun Courtyard..."

Because most of the awakened ones who come to Kunlun Immortal Palace are weak, less than one-fifth of the Kunlun Immortal Palace has actually been explored. If Changchun Courtyard is outside of this one-fifth, the possibility of awakened ones knowing its exact location will be infinitely reduced.

and so……

Little Yama smiled broadly.

“The local awakened ones are unaware of this information, but the local gods may be.”

Little Yama winked at Zhou Yan.

"Xiao Yan, you know what Brother Yan means, right?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

Of course I know, but the problem is that this choice isn't quite right.

What Little Yama meant was that the local immortals who had died were still clinging to life, and if Zhou Yan could rouse them, these immortals might be able to find out where Changchun Courtyard was.

The only problem was that Zhou Yan felt these immortals would be more interested in Bai Ze's twelve dishes than in telling him where the Changchun Courtyard was.

"Forget it."

Zhou Yan sighed.

"I'd rather trust my luck than look for someone else."

Zhou Yan looked around. All around were ruins, nothing to see. He followed the ruins to the nearest temple that was still radiating spiritual light and lightning. He walked a few steps and crossed three kilometers to reach the temple.

After checking his own luck buff and confirming that his luck had reached its peak, Zhou Yan walked to the temple gate.

Faint flashes of lightning and fire descended, the lightning automatically avoiding Zhou Yan, while the fire gently licked at Zhou Yan's skin.

These flames could burn any demigod to a pulp, but for Zhou Yan, they only made him feel the heat.

Zhou Yan could withstand even Ying Long's summoning of wind and rain for a while, so as long as he didn't go to the core of the South Heavenly Gate, these minor restrictions wouldn't put much pressure on him.

Zhou Yan pressed down on the temple door, but just as he pushed it open, Little Yama, who was in the distance, suddenly shouted.

"Wait a moment!"

Zhou Yan stopped pressing on the door and turned to look at Little Yama.

"Brother Yan, what's wrong?"

Did Little Yama discover something?

Zhou Yan felt a little excited.

Little Yama also walked towards Zhou Yan. This Ghost Emperor of the Underworld did not have Zhou Yan's ability to shrink the distance to an inch as quickly as he could, but with the support of his magic power, he could still travel several miles in one step, and arrived at Zhou Yan's side in just a few breaths as if gliding.

Lightning and fire intertwined on Little Yama's body. Although Little Yama had been beaten to a pulp by the restrictions of Kunlun Immortal Palace in the past, the restrictions of this outer building were still somewhat weak.

Little Yama remained expressionless, unharmed by the heavenly thunder and earthly fire, and even said something.

"Xiao Yan, listen to what Brother Yan has to say."

"Okay, Brother Yan, you go ahead."

"Hold the door shut."

Zhou Yan pressed his hands against the temple door as Little Yama had instructed.

"Open it slowly, don't open it all at once, take your time."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan slowly increased the force in his hands, and the door began to tremble slightly. A force of resistance appeared behind the door. There was probably a bolt or something behind the door of this temple, and with Zhou Yan's strength of several thousand tons, he could not easily open it.

"Stop!"

Little Yama spoke.

Zhou Yan lowered his hand and looked at Little Yama with a puzzled expression.

Little Yama said solemnly.

"Xiao Yan, do you still remember the fragment of the Nine Phoenix?"

"I still remember."

Zhou Yan remembered that world very clearly; his first time kissing was with Jiu Feng.

It left Jiufeng with a point of ridicule that she would probably never be able to erase for the rest of her life.

Little Yama inhaled.

"After returning from that world, I personally went to the underworld to capture Yang Lingnan. That bastard caused us so much trouble, I will make him pay the price. Also, do you know what happened when I went to capture him?"

Zhou Yan thought for a moment.

"What happened? Hmm, I remember now, it seems like it rained in the underworld."

Zhou Yan vaguely remembered what happened when Little Yama captured Yang Lingnan in the main world, but because it was a minor matter, Zhou Yan hadn't heard Little Yama talk about the specific details.

"That's what Little Yama explained."

“Yes, it rained in the underworld. I don’t know if you know this, Xiao Yan. It doesn’t rain in the underworld. If it does, it’s raining blood and flesh. But when I went to capture Yang Lingnan, it rained heavily in the underworld. It was real rain, the kind of rain that would cause floods in the human world.”

iLittle Yama glanced at Zhou Yan.

"I spent a lot of time trying to find out why these heavy rains were forming, and finally I discovered..."

Tumor Little Yama shut his mouth, and Zhou Yan thought for a moment before answering.

"Is it because of the anomaly that appeared after merging with the fragmented world?"

After the four fragmented worlds merge with the main world, something that did not exist before will appear, such as certain gold mines, certain memories, or certain resources.

However, the integration of the human world was relatively subtle, and there were no major changes after the integration. It is understandable that there might be more conflicts in the underworld.

Little Yama was very satisfied with Zhou Yan's answer.

"Yes, at that time I felt that in the torrential rain, Yang Lingnan and his people, who originally did not exist, were mixed into the world of the underworld. The underworld even filled in a historical line that belonged exclusively to Yang Lingnan."

Little Yama nodded his chin toward the temple gate in front of Zhou Yan.

"When you were about to open this mountain gate just now, I felt a similar sensation to when it rained heavily in the underworld."

Lin'an came up.

"What are you talking about: the underworld, heavy rain, fragments?"

Lin Anru no longer believed that Zhou Yan and Xiao Yanjun had any inexplicable, immoral, or improper relationship. When Xiao Yanjun spoke just now, his tone and expression were so serious that they couldn't be more serious. Zhou Yan's solemn expression when he listened made Lin Anru's scalp tingle.

"Yes, senior..."

Zhou Yan was somewhat embarrassed.

"What we're about to say, we may not be able to let you hear."

If Lin'an weren't a pretentious person, upon hearing Zhou Yan's words, he would have simply pursed his lips and walked away.

Although he was very unwilling, Zhou Yan was now in a situation that was beyond his control. The greatest help Lin'an could offer was probably to avoid causing trouble for Zhou Yan.

But it doesn't matter, Lin Anru felt that she still had hope. As long as she waited to become a true god, she would be qualified to help Zhou Yan.

Once Lin'an was far away, Wu Zhouyan secretly transmitted his voice to the sixth Little Yama King.

"Brother Yan, do you mean there's something appearing in this place?"

Little Yama nodded vigorously.

"Yes, once you open this door, it's like being in the underworld during a downpour. Something will appear, and it will be something normal, logical, and with a past history."

Just like when a fragmented world is inserted into the main world.

Zhou Yan murmured.

"Has Bai Ze hidden Su Zhaojun in history?"

Zhou Yan had read a horror story about an ancient civilization. This civilization initially had only a beginning, but as archaeologists studied it, they gradually filled in its own history.

If Zhou Yan's guess is correct, the old Bai Ze may have used this method to hide Su Zhaojun, the fox princess of Qingqiu.

After learning that Su Zhaojun was still alive, he set the tone that Su Zhaojun was still alive, and then expanded outwards based on this tone. He would gradually fill in the history of Su Zhaojun's life, and then resurrect Su Zhaojun at the appropriate historical point.

Little Yama said in disbelief.

"Bai Ze, did you simulate the changes in reality when the fragmented world returned to the main world?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"No, it can only be described as a method that approximates the fragmented world."

Zhou Yan licked his lips. The young man understood a little better what the glimmer of hope Bai Ze had found back then was. It was probably this method of describing the past from the present and turning the past into reality.

There's no reason why I can't do what Lao Bai Ze can do.

It's possible that Jiu came to see Su Zhao this time because it was a channel left to her by the old Bai Ze to learn this powerful supernatural ability.

Zhou Yan held the door shut.

"Brother Yan..."

"Ok?"

"Can you help me sense what changes occur around me after I push open the door?"

"Okay, you push, I'll protect you."

Zhou Yan took a deep breath and slowly increased the pressure on his hands.

There really seemed to be a bolt behind the temple gate, something to prevent it from opening. Zhou Yan pushed it with more than 20,000 times the strength of a normal person, but he still couldn't open it.

Zhou Yan had to delete several keywords related to "strong luck" and add keywords such as "bear's immense strength" and "dragon and tiger's immense strength" to triple his strength attribute before the door creaked slightly.

But the door remained motionless.

Zhou Yan had no choice. Two milky-white sword energies flew out from Zhou Yan's sleeves and slipped into the crack in the door.

After a tooth-grinding creaking sound, Zhou Yan slowly opened the door.

A gust of wind blew through the crack in the door and hit Zhou Yan's face.

The gap in front of Zhou Yan kept widening.

The little Yama King beside her turned his head left and right. This little girl clearly felt that Zhou Yan's action of pushing the door was like pressing a switch, and waves of ripples continued to spread from the surroundings.

Because he is not a god of the Heavenly Court, although Little Yama could sense that the conceptual things around him had undergone tremendous changes, he could not perceive in detail where these changes occurred or what they entailed.

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The door opened, but only halfway. Zhou Yan walked in, glancing behind the door as he went in.

Sure enough, there was a door bolt behind the door. The outer layer of the bolt was coated with a layer of black paint, while the part cut by the Gouchen sword energy inside the Shengwu sword was pure gold. Judging from the gap, it seemed to be a high-grade magic weapon material called gold essence.

It is indeed the South Heavenly Gate; a simple search reveals many valuable finds.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhou Yan turned to look inside the temple. Although it was called a temple, it was actually more like a lounge. There was a grand master's chair, a set of standard tea table and chairs, and a decorative cabinet next to it. On the cabinet were some high-end magical artifacts that would be extremely valuable in the mortal world, but now they were just decorations.

There were no living creatures or remains of gods inside, but when Zhou Yan walked to the tea table and looked down, he saw a few white hairs lying in the corner of the seat.

Name: Su Zhaojun's hair.