Chapter 1561: 神蜕神庭神渊境,忘忧忘我忘死生

“Void Servant?”

“Void General?”

“Or some other kind of Void creature?”

As a noble descendant of the Heavenly Ancestor, Xu Xiaoshou felt an unusual sense of familiarity and closeness the moment he first saw the Void Behemoth. However, he was certain he had never seen a creature like a “Void Behemoth.”

It was too massive! Its colossal size was almost comparable to that of an Extreme Giant! On the entire Void Island, even the Void General, enlarged by releasing its combat power, wasn't a thousandth of its size!

Whoosh.

The moment the Void Behemoth appeared, the Extreme Giant, though startled, unhesitatingly shrank into human form and withdrew from the battlefield.

“It's all on you now, Moon Fox!”

Xu Xiaoshou moved even faster than the actual owner, Yue Gongli. He grabbed the already flattened but still resilient Yin Spirit Coffin, gave it a shake, and after barely managing to open it, he jumped inside. He then reached out for the coffin lid, about to close himself in.

“What are you doing? This is my coffin!”

Yue Gongli suddenly transformed into moonlight and descended, slipping in through the gap at the very last moment. The coffin lid closed, perfectly sealed. The clamor from outside seemed to be effectively blocked by this... or so they thought!

“Roar—”

That terrifying Void Behemoth was just as volatile as a freshly unsealed Six-Marrow Corpse King. With the Extreme Giant gone from its right side and the coffin beneath it too small, it turned its attention to the equally massive Ancestral Tree branches.

It gathered strength for a punch!

Boom!

The Ancestral Tree branches, which had just extended, were about to meet the attack head-on but were shattered into fragments by the Void Behemoth's brutal blow. The dark world itself trembled, space rippled in every inch, and the Great Path flickered faintly. Yet, even after shattering, the Ancestral Tree branches did not die. They split and regenerated on the spot, rooting themselves in the darkness, multiplying from one to ten, and then shot towards the Void Behemoth again.

“Roar—”

Amidst savage roars, it punched ten branches at once. The Ancestral Tree's attacks were perfectly absorbed as the Void Behemoth pulverized them, but the latter then split and regenerated again, multiplying from ten to a hundred. Like a centipede, it remained unyielding even when dead!

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

The art of violence and indestructibility played a deafening symphony of destruction, dizzying the two living occupants inside the Yin Spirit Coffin.

“What exactly is that thing?” Xu Xiaoshou exclaimed in shock. It was his first time seeing a monster comparable in power to an Extreme Giant, and this one, too, had been released from the Yin Spirit Coffin. This coffin, supposedly one of the Ten Great Supernatural Weapons, could lock away a corpse the size of a Six-Marrow Corpse King, which was understandable. But how could it also lock up a colossal being like the Void Behemoth?

He glanced around. Although the Yin Spirit Coffin's interior was pitch black, making it impossible to see one's hand, the absence of the Ancestral Tree's obscuring power meant that "perception" could transmit images into his mind. He saw that the coffin's interior was a self-contained space; although the concepts of heaven and earth were muddled, up and down could still be distinguished. Above was darkness and void, as if covered by a thin yet resilient veil, shimmering like flowing water. Below was solid ground, but it felt like a mire; stepping on it, he felt as if he would sink, forcing him to constantly lift and step, repeating the motion.

After Yue Gongli entered the Yin Spirit Coffin, he seemed to transform from a living person into a dead one; his entire body turned an eerie blue, his breathing stopped, and all signs of life nearly vanished. He didn't really look like a corpse, but more like a hibernating tortoise. But he could still speak, maintain normal communication, and express a wide range of emotions:

“The Void Behemoth, aren't you familiar with it? After all, you also possess the Heavenly Ancestor's power... It was refined from the Heavenly Ancestor's body.”

“Oh, the Heavenly Ancestor.” Xu Xiaoshou nodded upon hearing this, but then his thoughts froze, and he froze too: “What did you say? The Heavenly Ancestor?!”

“Yes, it was refined from one of His index fingers,” Yue Gongli said.

Startled, Passive Value, 1.

This time, Xu Xiaoshou was truly bewildered.

“Brother, do you know what you're saying? The Heavenly Ancestor's body? Are you kidding me?” He wanted to ask this, as the man often spoke nonsense without any reliable basis. But seeing Yue Gongli's calm, unremarkable expression, it was as if he was discussing something as normal as eating or drinking, with no need for jokes.

Xu Xiaoshou's mind almost couldn't process it. He remembered Li Fugui mentioning Yue Gongli's traits, the first being his wealth, even richer than Dao Qiongcang. He hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now...

“Poverty truly limits my imagination!”

While other Half-Saints were still extracting essence from the Great Path to refine Half-Saint Profound Decrees, or even extracting from themselves to create another Half-Saint clone for survival, what was Yue Gongli, the Saint Emperor's descendant, playing with? Using supernatural weapons to contain other supernatural weapons, refining a Heavenly Ancestor's body into a corpse... And this was merely the tip of his wealth iceberg. Was his wealth quantified like this? Not by numbers, not by intangibles, but by supernatural weapons that ordinary people could scarcely obtain in a lifetime, and the Heavenly Ancestor's body, which was beyond imagination?

Bang!

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes turned red with jealousy, and he suddenly threw a left jab, hitting Yue Gongli's cherished face squarely.

“What are you doing?!” Yue Gongli's nose bridge was almost broken. He felt no killing intent, no hostility; it seemed like just a friendly "greeting"? But why pull such a stunt when they were safely inside the Yin Spirit Coffin? Before Yue Gongli could even get angry, he saw Xu Xiaoshou inside the Yin Spirit Coffin, swinging his fists and jumping twice on the mire:

“Wanna spar? They're fighting outside, should we fight too?”

“Why?” Yue Gongli's mind short-circuited. Why spar? Hadn't they agreed to cooperate?

Boom, boom, boom... Outside the coffin, the Void Behemoth was still struggling to fight the Infant-Binding Saint Tree alone. Inside the coffin, Yue Gongli pondered. Right, Xu Xiaoshou sometimes went crazy; the flashy old Taoist's intelligence report had mentioned it, completely irrational... After taking a punch, his anger naturally subsided, and he even forced a smile: “Cooperate, cooperate.”

Xu Xiaoshou was greatly disappointed. Why had the Moon Fox suddenly become so good-tempered, especially after he had punched him in the face? But with the Void Behemoth present, it wasn't a good time to provoke conflict with him. Should he let the Infant-Binding Saint Tree wear down the Void Behemoth's temper first?

“Your Heavenly Ancestor's body... the index finger, how did you get it?” Xu Xiaoshou lowered his fist.

Yue Gongli's eyes darted. Xu Xiaoshou raised his fist again, eager to try. In a confined space, a Body Cultivator's fist, especially from someone who occasionally went crazy, was quite intimidating! Yue Gongli immediately stopped his fabrication and sincerely said: “Void Island.”

“Heavenly Ancestor's inheritance?” Xu Xiaoshou asked in surprise. He recalled that only he, Ba Zun'an, and Bei Huai seemed to have met the initial conditions for the Heavenly Ancestor's inheritance; Yue Gongli wasn't among them. Moreover, he had already received the Heavenly Ancestor's inheritance, and it didn't come with a Heavenly Ancestor's finger as a bonus package, did it?

“No.” Yue Gongli knew that since he was going to talk, he couldn't hide it from Xu Xiaoshou, especially since Void Island had fallen into the hands of their Saint Servants. So he readily admitted: “It was Slumbering Valley. I've been to Void Island as a special envoy, to help suppress the unrest on the inner island... At that time, Void Island hadn't fallen into your hands yet. Since I was already there, and they were busy with serious matters, I couldn't be bothered to interfere. So I took a detour to the outer island and went to Slumbering Valley.”

“Slumbering Valley? Where's that?” Void Island was too vast; Xu Xiaoshou hadn't fully explored all nine絕地 (desperate lands) and almost couldn't recall where that was.

Yue Gongli said: “Many Stone Giants sleep there; they are actually remnants of the Heavenly Ancestor's divinity. When I went there and obtained the Heavenly Ancestor's index finger, I disturbed the Stone Giants and was chased across half of Void Island, almost losing my life.”

With that description, Xu Xiaoshou remembered. Wasn't this the script Xiao Dazui and Dean Ye got? When they entered to fight Jiang Buyi, they brought many Stone Giants. It's just... the Stone Giants seemed to have been brought out by Xiao Kongdong. If he also went to Slumbering Valley and there was a Heavenly Ancestor's finger there, did he get it too? He hadn't heard of it. He seemed to have only acquired a Half-Saint status?

Yue Gongli seemed to know what Xu Xiaoshou was thinking and smiled: “There couldn't be a second finger. A divine slough is incredibly rare. The fact that Slumbering Valley has this might be due to the Heavenly Demon War.”

“Heavenly Demon War? A war between the Heavenly Ancestor and the Demon God?” Xu Xiaoshou had heard legends of Void Island. A pure land under the Heavenly Ancestor's rule, where due to the Demon God's invasion, the Void race, including Void Servants and Void Generals, successively perished. Was this legend true? He also recalled the shattered images of a divine war he had seen in his mind when he first entered the Dyed Tea Ruins...

The Moon Fox seemed rich in more than just material possessions. As a Saint Emperor's descendant, he had a deeper understanding of these secrets. And in the Five Domains, due to the Saint Emperors' power of oblivion, these things were not even recorded!

“Divine Slough?” Xu Xiaoshou glanced over. Yue Gongli naturally knew of these barbarians' ignorance and began to explain: “Those who are deified and proclaimed as Ancestors ascend to the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Divine Realm, unable to take anything mundane with them, including their Saintly Body from before ascension. The half-saint, half-god body shed after transforming from Saint to God, we call a 'Divine Slough'.”

Yue Gongli pointed outside the coffin and said: “This is one finger representing the power of the Heavenly Ancestor during the period after He was deified and proclaimed an Ancestor, but before He ascended to the Divine Realm.”

Xu Xiaoshou gasped. That was a huge amount of information. Was this something he was meant to hear, and Yue Gongli was meant to tell him? Shouldn't these things come from Ba Zun'an, informing him?

“Are you messing with me?” Xu Xiaoshou began to disbelieve the fox.

Yue Gongli shook his head: “To ordinary people, this is a secret that will be forgotten even if known. You are different; you will know it sooner or later.”

Outside the coffin, explosions boomed. Inside the coffin, a strange heart-to-heart conversation began:

“Not everyone desires to be deified and proclaimed an Ancestor. Nor does everyone, after learning the secret of deification and proclaiming oneself an Ancestor, wholeheartedly desire to resist the Five Great Saint Emperors, or even have the ability to resist them. Ba Zun'an is just an exception.” Yue Gongli looked at the young man, whose thoughts were unsettled, and slowly said: “You have a choice.”

“A choice? What choice?” Xu Xiaoshou opened his mouth to speak, but hesitated. He seemed to understand Yue Gongli's meaning without even asking. Even the "Divine Slough" had to be left behind, meaning that after deification and proclamation as an Ancestor, truly nothing could be taken away. Was ascending to the Divine Realm truly the best choice?

So... Sword God Gu Louying had touched Named Sword Twenty-One, and once carried Twelve Sword Towers as personal swords. In the end, he only left behind one tower, one painting, and one shadow, departing alone and drifting far away? Was this the real reason why there were famous swords in every generation, but no fixed master for them? If He couldn't transcend, then if I were to be deified and proclaimed an Ancestor...

In an instant, many attachments flashed through Xu Xiaoshou's mind: people, trees, a cat, a sword, and... "Can't bring it in life, can't take it in death." Deification and proclamation as an Ancestor, likewise? In an instant, his heart felt empty, as if after striving for so long, he was suddenly told the destination was a bottomless abyss. The definition of success was to jump, to lose everything, and to bid farewell forever to those on the shore.

“Something's not right!” Xu Xiaoshou suddenly came to his senses. “Are you tricking me?” Li Fugui had said that not a single word from Yue Gongli could be trusted. Good thing Guibao had said that beforehand!

Yue Gongli smiled: “Believe it or not.”

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

Outside the Yin Spirit Coffin, the booming sounds continued, unsettling their minds and preventing peace. Yue Gongli suddenly lowered his voice: “Do you know Kong Yuhen?”

Xu Xiaoshou's thoughts trembled, and he felt an urge to cover Yue Gongli's mouth, thinking, "Stop talking, don't try to corrupt my Dao heart anymore." But the next second, he said: “What's the gossip?”

Yue Gongli chuckled; indeed, no genius could bypass Kong Yuhen, everyone was curious about this aimless person. “Do you know what Kong Yuhen is looking for?” He didn't answer, but instead threw out another question.

Xu Xiaoshou shook his head slightly. Self? The Great Path? Power? Past? Future? “I don't know...” Xu Xiaoshou was rarely so candid. But he truly didn't know the meaning of Kong Yuhen's existence; sometimes, he even felt that the person's very existence was ethereal. When not mentioned, it felt like the whole world had forgotten him.

“Uh, that sounds like a meaningless statement?”

“But that's the feeling!”

“Do you know?” Xu Xiaoshou kicked the ball back.

“I don't know.” Yue Gongli also shook his head.

“Then what's the point of saying anything?!”

“But I know that in the era of my Yue clan's first ancestor, there was also a record of an 'Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower',” Yue Gongli whispered as if revealing an earth-shattering secret.

Xu Xiaoshou's mind went blank, and his pupils dilated.

Yue Gongli's eyes immediately turned red, “You've been inside?”

“Huh? You haven't been inside?” Xu Xiaoshou countered.

“Damn it! Why have all of you been inside?” Yue Gongli raged. “I'm a genius too, why didn't he invite me in?”

“Could it be that you forgot?”

“Uh...” Yue Gongli suddenly stroked his chin, pondering seriously, and finally hissed, “It's possible.”

“What's so good about the Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower that you want to enter so badly?” Xu Xiaoshou frowned.

Yue Gongli's expression became quite subtle: “You wouldn't know... From ancient times to the present, regardless of era, there has always been an Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower. It can appear anywhere, be it Void Island, the Saint God Continent, or even a Saint Emperor's secret realm. It is said that those who are meant to see it will see it, while those who are not will never have the chance in their lifetime. But all Ten Seats seem to be able to enter... Hmm, it's not absolute, perhaps Nine Seats? Not sure.”

Yue Gongli shook his head to himself: “So, if one's strength or talent reaches a certain standard, they can also receive an invitation.”

“A kind of... validation?” Xu Xiaoshou saw through the Moon Fox's petty competitiveness.

“Something like that.” Yue Gongli gnashed his teeth. “I heard Ba Zun'an entered the Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower when he was very, very young. He seems to have entered more than once, damn him!”

“Yes, it was indeed more than once...” Xu Xiaoshou nodded imperceptibly, then suspiciously asked: “Did you know each other when you were very young?”

“No.”

“Then how do you know?” Xu Xiaoshou was shocked. Were the Saint Servant leader and the Saint Emperor's descendant on such good terms? “Did he tell you?”

Yue Gongli shook his head again. “My sister told me...” He then added somewhat nervously: “Oh, right, don't tell anyone else. She doesn't let me tell others...”

Xu Xiaoshou's head spun. This answer... uh, hmm, how strange.

How to describe Yue Gongli? He was mature yet abstract, capable yet idle, playful but with a sense of responsibility, clear in his likes and dislikes yet ambiguous in his stance, but also very clear about what he was doing and what he couldn't do... Uh, a child? Xu Xiaoshou made such an assessment in his heart. Throughout his journey, he had met many people with distinct personalities, but only one such unique, contradictory eccentric. The only certain point was that their respective Paths were definitely not the same!

The topic of "Kong Yuhen" was forgotten as they chatted, and outside the Yin Spirit Coffin, the colossal battle between the Void Behemoth and the Infant-Binding Saint Tree continued, with incessant roars. Xu Xiaoshou turned his attention to the battlefield outside: “In that case, can the Heavenly Ancestor's Divine Slough defeat the Infant-Binding Saint Tree?”

Yue Gongli also released his Holy Sense outwards, and after observing for a while, slowly shook his head: “Probably unlikely.”

“How so?” Yue Gongli had no illusions: “A Divine Slough is a Divine Slough; it inherently possesses extraordinary power. But at most, its full combat power might reach that of a first-level Saint Emperor, given that it's now an Yin Corpse acting purely on instinct. A stronger Half-Saint with intelligence could easily deal with it. The Infant-Binding Saint Tree has also mutated somewhat. It feels like a high-level Saint Emperor, or even capable of reaching Ancestral God power, but currently, the strength it's displaying isn't quite enough; it can only fight my Void Behemoth to a stalemate... But even so, she can think, so the Void Behemoth will eventually be no match for her!”

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't help but delve into Yue Gongli's previous assessment of the Infant-Binding Saint Tree when seeking cooperation. “You said she swallowed the Ancestral God's fate, and she still wants to get involved with the God-Slaying Official's inheritance, aspiring to the Ancestral God realm?” He merely suspected it, it was an intuition. Yue Gongli's assessment might be based on his insight as a Saint Emperor's descendant; did he see more deeply?

As expected, the Moon Fox's expression instantly became solemn upon hearing this. His Holy Sense swept across the surrounding dark world, and he murmured: “Divine Court...?”

“Divine Court?” Xu Xiaoshou's heart tightened. He had heard this term before. Back then, when he and Ba Zun'an met the Heavenly Ancestor's spirit, they entered a mysterious place called the "Divine Court." But...

“Isn't the Divine Court the domain of an Ancestral God, a Grand Void world, a holy land? Is it a 'God Kingdom' unique to the Ancestral God realm?” Xu Xiaoshou asked in surprise.

“You even know about the Divine Court?” It was Yue Gongli's turn to be surprised. “You know quite a lot!” He paused, and without waiting for Xu Xiaoshou to say more, he continued on his own: “It's a bit like a Divine Court, but not entirely. A nascent Divine Court? If so, the Infant-Binding Saint Tree has definitely mutated. How could an ordinary Ancestral Tree have such power? The Nine-Sacrifice Gui Tree is just a useless fish; she doesn't even have Saint Emperor combat power, let alone a Divine Court!”

My incompetent Apricot Treasure too... Xu Xiaoshou silently added.

“And if she has a Divine Court, even a nascent one, how could she only possess the power of a low-level Saint Emperor? She must be seeking some method...”

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoshou's mind stirred, and he picked up on the Moon Fox's train of thought: “So she chose to seal the Divine Ruins, wanting to hunt and devour everyone? Sacrifice everyone to complete herself?”

“But apart from you and me, most of the others in the ruins are ordinary, without even Ancestral God power. What change could they bring to the Infant-Binding Saint Tree?” Yue Gongli chimed in.

“If I were a tree, I wouldn't eat trash either.” Xu Xiaoshou frowned. “At least a Half-Saint. Maybe that would be somewhat useful for my deification and proclamation as an Ancestor... right...”

It must be said, the brainstorming in the coffin was useful. Two intelligent minds coming together made them both very comfortable, but terrifying things also happened because of it. Not thinking about it was fine, but a closer look was chilling.

Xu Xiaoshou and Yue Gongli suddenly both skipped a beat, exchanged glances, and said in unison: “Half-Saints?”

As soon as the Dyed Tea Ruins opened, many Half-Saints with formidable combat power were drawn in. Afterwards, various gimmicks like "equality for all" and "no saintly demise" were released, trying to attract more people to participate in the inheritance competition. Even Xu Xiaoshou entered! Treating it as a last resort! If a large number of Half-Saints suddenly poured into the Dyed Tea Ruins, it would indeed be possible to close the door and hunt them down...

“No!” Xu Xiaoshou suddenly reached out, interrupting his own wild thoughts: “Absolutely no large number of Half-Saints would suddenly flood in. If they were going to, they would have entered long ago.”

Across from him, Yue Gongli, in his Yin Corpse form, already looked extremely pale. Hearing this, tears almost gushed from his eyes as he cried out: “Big brother, you've underestimated your influence!”

Xu Xiaoshou looked on, bewildered. However, one cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because one is in the midst of it! Yue Gongli, as an outsider, saw most clearly and grew increasingly panicked with each thought. His face turned from white to green, and finally, he said: “You entered! If I were in charge outside, if I swapped places with Ai Cangsen, and I didn't know about the Infant-Binding Saint Tree's mutation, then I would definitely kick you out of the ruins, let Ai Cangsen inside obtain the Ancestral God's fate, and ensure the inheritance doesn't fall into the hands of you Saint Servants!”

“So what?” Xu Xiaoshou felt an inexplicable panic. So what did this have to do with him, or with Half-Saints?

Yue Gongli slapped his thigh: “Saint's Decree!”

Those three simple words required no further explanation. Xu Xiaoshou understood something instantly and stumbled, almost falling to a sitting position. “Damn, I've become bait on the Infant-Binding Saint Tree's hook? This time, is it the Ancestral Tree trapping me? The Ancestral God trapping me?”

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

The booming sounds outside the coffin grew muffled. The Void Behemoth was large, but under the immortal and indestructible life force, branches shattered into ten, and ten shattered into a hundred. Now, it was enveloped and pierced by tens of millions of thick Ancestral Tree branches. What good was a Divine Slough? The Heavenly Ancestor indeed had the power to absorb energy. The corrupted Infant-Binding Saint Tree could also devour life force. However, one had a set upper limit, while the other's main body hadn't even been seen yet, only its branches. Comparing the two, the outcome was clear.

Xu Xiaoshou gripped the coffin lid, looking at Yue Gongli intently: “Cooperation, cooperation! How do we get out?”

“Yes, cooperation! Cooperation! Let's not harm each other anymore.” Yue Gongli also panicked, wanting only to huddle together for warmth. “We need to get out of this damn Divine Ruins!”

“What's the method?!” Xu Xiaoshou spread his hands and shouted, wishing he could drag the guy over and beat him senseless. "Use your brain!"

“Think! Young Master Shou, aren't you very smart? Dao Qiongcang even lost to you!”

“You're a fox, you're cunning, you think!”

“I'm useless!”

“I'm even more useless!”

“I'm even more... Okay, stop. Let's think together.”

“Okay.”

An Yin Corpse and a human almost frozen into an Yin Corpse, both spun in place, clutching their heads in agony. After a long while, not a single idea was produced.

“A nascent Divine Court, how do we break it?” Xu Xiaoshou panicked.

“How would I know? I'm just a useless Half-Saint.” Yue Gongli appeared even more panicked.

“You have three Ancestral powers!”

“You have the Heavenly Ancestor, Dragon Ancestor, Sword Intent, Sleeveless Scarlet Scorching Hand—you're close to four Ancestral powers!”

“You... okay, stop.”

“Okay, okay, we need to calm down. A solution is like water in a sponge; if you squeeze, you'll always get some out.”

Yue Gongli began pacing back and forth, racking his brain, and soon his eyes lit up. At the same time, Xu Xiaoshou's brows relaxed, and he spoke up simultaneously:

“Ten Seats! Perhaps someone can truly break the situation in the Divine Ruins!”

“Kong Yuhen! You said the Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower can appear anywhere, can it appear here?”

Both paused, then asked in unison: “Shen Yi? Did you say Shen Yi?”

“Kong Yuhen? Why are you suddenly bringing up Kong Yuhen?”

Oh, for heaven's sake!

Xu Xiaoshou instantly got a splitting headache, feeling a chill down his spine. “Big brother, don't mess with me! We just discussed the Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower and Kong Yuhen. You brought it up yourself, did you forget?”

“Shen Yi! Shen Yi!” Yue Gongli got excited and jumped, saying: “Do you have a way to call Shen Yi? He might have a way to beat this damn tree!”

“How would I have a way to summon Shen Yi?! Are you sick?! The one who can summon Shen Yi is Aunt Xiang! She and I don't even share the same gender!”

“Kong Yuhen!” Xu Xiaoshou ignored him, pulling out the Ancestral Shadow Staff, aiming for a tearful plea: “Jiao... Ptooey, Brother Kong, it's an emergency, save me!”

The words had barely faded. Within the nascent Divine Court of the dark Ancestral Tree, a ripple shimmered in one spot, and something unusual occurred.

“A chance?” Yue Gongli looked on in shock.

“It actually worked?” Xu Xiaoshou also turned his gaze in surprise.

From a distance, in the same spot, what the two saw was vastly different. What Xu Xiaoshou saw was a blurry, shadowy, dark golden three-story pavilion. On the wooden door of the pavilion's lowest level, a plaque bore five large characters: "Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower!" And indeed, the moment those five words appeared, the anxiety that had sprouted from the depths of Xu Xiaoshou's soul vanished completely. True forget-worry.

What Yue Gongli saw, however, was a person pushing open the wooden door that Xu Xiaoshou saw and walking in. It was someone slightly unfamiliar... An ordinary Half-Saint! He too seemed startled; the moment he entered this world, he saw a giant taller than the sky, entwined with branches.

“Holy crap?!” His body shuddered. Suddenly, a black branch shot out from behind him, piercing his head and extracting a Half-Saint status.

Yue Gongli also shuddered, unable to even utter a sound, directly letting out a cry: “Holy crap?!”

“Here to be delivered?”

“Get lost!”