Chapter 478: New Mythical Era (Two-in-One)

For the group, the discussion at hand was already immensely significant.

Meng Mei already possessed a Tier 2 cultivation level in reality, which meant she could perform various Daoist arts. Such power, if known to major nations, would unleash a massive storm. A living superhuman, residing on Earth—wouldn't that be terrifying?

“Should we tell the others in the group?” Pan Xuexian couldn't help but ask. She was still a rookie, unlike these seasoned veterans.

Meng Mei thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, “Not yet. Let’s explore further. For now, only those from our Three Realms world should know. After all, they don't yet have the chance to become gods. The highest cultivation levels among them belong to the Pay-to-Win Emperor Akina Speed from the Ancient Wood Realm, and Balloon Fish, both of whom have only reached the Heavenly Emperor realm.”

The Heavenly Emperor realm, though seemingly just one step away, was actually very far from godhood. There were countless Heavenly Emperors, but only a handful of true gods.

After discussing, everyone decided not to announce it yet, to avoid causing any panic.

“So, what about the Return to Void World?” Long Wuming couldn't help but ask.

After all, this was Meng Mei's direct force. Although the Three Realms now seemed harmonious, the Mortal Realm and the Demon Realm each had their own ruling giants. Liu Wenjian and Huren Nong jointly governed the Mortal Realm, while Arming and Medusa ruled the Demon Realm. They currently resided in the Heavenly Realm. Although Dao Changsheng was their disciple, as the Heavenly Dao, he would protect them, but his primary role was to guard all living beings, not just act as their personal force.

“It’s going well,” Meng Mei said.

Meng Mei took a deep breath. “The Return to Void World, with its grotesqueries, may not appear to be under my direct control, but it's still my ultimate trump card. In the future, when I need to defeat Medusa, Di Qi, Arming, and others, it will be my primary weapon.”

Pan Xuexian, standing nearby, was astonished. This world was that powerful?

She quickly asked why.

Meng Mei immediately burst out laughing, pulling Pan Xuexian's soft, slender hand—which felt hundreds of kilograms heavy—and said with a hint of pride, “My dear girl, do you really think this Void World, which condenses the entire dragon脈 of the Three Realms and floats above all living beings, is just a world? No, it's a causality weapon, suspended over everyone's heads, absorbing the malevolent thoughts of all living beings!”

“It hangs above all beings in the Three Realms, a Sword of Damocles belonging to me!”

“Grotesqueries are inherently the conglomeration of endless malevolent thoughts from living beings. So, a collection of such grotesqueries naturally forms the largest grotesque! The Return to Void itself is the world's largest aggregated grotesque!”

Pan Xuexian's mind went blank, utterly stunned by this terrifying truth.

The Return to Void World, itself, was a gigantic grotesque?

And its inner world harbored countless parasitic grotesqueries? Like little insects?

Whoosh!

“Look!”

Meng Mei extended her hand, and a structural diagram of the Return to Void appeared before them. “This is my greatest secret.”

At this moment, the Return to Void World fully revealed its true form: it resembled a vast, mysterious, colossal black snake, formed from swirling dark mist. Its tail coiled around itself to create a mysterious ring, slowly hovering above the thoughts of all living beings, covering every corner.

“A snake?” Pan Xuexian's eyes widened.

“It's a causality weapon…”

Meng Mei smiled, her eyes gleaming. “It contains the endless malevolent thoughts of all beings. This world is like a God-Beating Whip, a holy causality sword, the Three Realms' foremost treasure of slaughter. No one can withstand it. If it falls, they'll likely suffer the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, assimilated alive. Who could possibly endure the immense malice accumulated by a world over countless ages?”

Pan Xuexian's mind was profoundly shaken.

Meng Mei continued, “This grotesque is my innate weapon, the Void Serpent, which I created after spending a long time, converging my own thoughts and constantly meditating on it.”

She then took out a notebook:

Grotesque No.: 000Name: Primordial Void Serpent.Aliases: Return to Void Serpent, Causality Serpent.Origin: A grotesque born from the intense hatred and desire to destroy grotesqueries, stemming from the fear and loathing that all living beings harbor for them.It is the source of all evil, existing far above the Three Realms in the ultimate abyss. Its essence is indescribable, incomprehensible, an absolute unknowable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, and inconceivable entity.Characteristics: Its form is a gigantic spatial cage, infinitely high, infinitely wide, and infinitely long. It instinctively seeks to devour and suppress all malevolent thoughts in the world, and is known to mortals as the Void Realm. Its consciousness is vast and chaotic; it cannot spontaneously generate self-awareness, and only obeys its creator mother — Lady Qing Teng!

How shameless!

Pan Xuexian, so pure and innocent, held the document, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

She was utterly stunned by Meng Mei!

She looked at the smiling Earth Mother Lady, who had just announced the creation of the Void World, shocking the entire Peach Blossom Banquet. This person had actually, long ago, used her position to "steal" a vast amount of malevolent energy, secretly researching and creating a grotesque deity? No wonder Baixiaosheng said that the grotesque faction's divine energy had diminished so much. It wasn't just due to suppressing the three thousand great demon-monsters; it turned out she had been pilfering it here… This person actually embezzled from her own custody!

This was the true face of the Void Realm: the grotesque named Return to Void Serpent. Its function was quite simple, akin to a giant demon-suppressing pagoda that could imprison grotesqueries. However, while seemingly simple, if the number of grotesqueries inside became too vast, it would undergo a qualitative change. If such a demon-suppressing pagoda were to fall, who could possibly withstand it?

“This operation is brilliant!” Pan Xuexian was so excited she was incoherent. So this was the truth, so simple and brutal! “I bloody thought you could genuinely create something out of nothing, using some unknown supreme method to conjure such a lofty Void Mind World from thin air!”

“If this got out, it would certainly shock the netizens to death! But now isn't the time. I need to lie low and develop for a bit.”

Meng Mei smiled. “This grotesque is merely a container-space world. It can't restrict powerful grotesqueries from escaping, nor can it even imprison some low-level ones. It truly serves as a dumping ground for the Three Realms' malevolent thoughts… Of course, that's not the Void Realm's most important function. It's launching a new business: becoming the God of Contracts, capable of making mortals, and even saints, sign agreements!”

She spoke fluently, full of confidence.

“Humans cannot be without trust, but in the Three Realms, promises hold no binding power whatsoever; betrayal is commonplace. Now, with this contract, as long as both parties swear an oath to the Void, they must abide by it… Those who don't will have their Dao heart shattered, dragged into the deepest parts of the Void Realm, surrounded by the most powerful outer-realm demons, dismembered and piled to death alive… Constantly cleaning the garbage dump in their last moments, it’s also a form of waste utilization.”

“Violating a Dao heart oath means being besieged and killed by outer-realm demons? That's too brutal!”

Pan Xuexian looked at Meng Mei, as if seeing a conniving merchant from a farming simulation game. She couldn't help but shiver. “Then, then… what about the gods? No matter how powerful the demons in the Void Realm are, they can't besiege and kill gods.”

“If those gods violate their oaths, they will be tainted with karmic retribution. The Void Realm will directly suppress them, black flames will envelop them, they'll burn to death in karmic fire, suffering the Five Decays of Heaven and Man… and then that god's energy will belong to me.”

Indeed, apart from top-tier gods like Arming, newly ascended gods would certainly be unable to withstand the righteous judgment of this holy causality sword!

Furthermore, as the Three Realms continue to accumulate, the energy of this 'dumping ground' will become increasingly immense, reaching absurd levels in the future.

“Now, it's not just the Three Realms' dragon脈 business, where I get incense kickbacks; I've also launched a second business: oath-taking. When all living beings make sworn transactions, I get kickbacks and profit from that too.”

Pan Xuexian was utterly speechless, looking at the dignified and graceful Earth Mother Lady seated on high. This person was truly something else, constantly thinking about taking kickbacks, collecting interest while lying down, and acting like a landlady, all under a facade of righteousness.

Was this person addicted to farming simulation games? Was she enjoying it?

“Earth Mother Lady, taking kickbacks online while lounging!” Pan Xuexian let out a breath. This must be her true nature, right? She muttered to herself, “Could Meng Mei be a rich young woman from an extremely wealthy family, perhaps even in real estate? Is this an occupational hazard? Renting out to the Three Realms now.”

“Young one, you'll soon get to know her personality,” Bell said, also speechless but long accustomed to it. He patted her shoulder. “She's just a lazy bum, but to lie down even more comfortably, she'll sometimes unleash a passion and talent that even surprises us!”

Regardless, with the establishment of the Return to Void, the rules of the Three Realms were completely perfected. Everything was in perfect order.

Mortals worshipped gods, and gods protected all living beings; both sides were filled with trust. The only area lacking trust was the betrayal of promises between people, who constantly guarded against each other with no apparent solution… After all, in a high-level supernatural world, laws couldn't reach this far.

Meng Mei, with a serious expression, suddenly looked into the distance, as if seeing another distant, ancient lava world, comparing it against their own as a standard.

“Back then, Caroline used the 'Shame-Death Mechanism' to establish a firewall, breaking down the high walls between human hearts and forming laws… I had always been thinking that our Three Realms also lacked rules.”

“After all, constant infighting, suspicion, and caution make it difficult to reach peak prosperity. That was the mythical era of beasts, where people drank blood and ate raw meat… The Ishu’dar people were able to achieve glory precisely because of their unconditional trust and knowledge exchange. When individuals research in isolation, becoming islands, the advancement of the era is very slow! Now, the Three Realms can achieve this too!… Powerful individuals can sign confidentiality contracts, exchanging unique skills and cultivation methods without worrying about others maliciously revealing their secrets. This allows the strong to communicate, and the world to progress!”

Pan Xuexian looked at Meng Mei, speechless, and instantly understood her character. “She is very kind, fundamentally not bad. After all, she hasn't even killed a single chicken, which truly lives up to the compassionate title of Earth Mother Lady… But while always thinking of helping others, she also doesn't want to shortchange herself; everyone benefits mutually.”

Regardless, with the establishment of the Return to Void World, the Three Realms were completely perfected. The drastic changes at the Peach Blossom Banquet had been immense, ushering in an entirely new mythical era.

Even in the future, it left a profound mark on history. The Official History of the Void Era records:

“In the 1471st year of the Eastern Era, the Peach Blossom Banquet was held. Lady Qing Teng, the Earth Mother, ascended to godhood, established the Return to Void, perfected the cosmic order, and accumulated immeasurable merit. The world thus entered the Void Era.”

Void Era, Year 10.

With the opening of the Void World, martial arts began to flourish. Moreover, due to the establishment of the Dao Heart Vows, powerful individuals could now communicate without fear of their secrets being leaked. Instantly, an array of astonishing unique skills began to be perfected and emerged! The Witch Tribe, Ancient Tribe, Great Zhou Dynasty, and Mount Shu Sword Immortals were thoroughly revitalized! The emergence of contracts, coupled with the significant reduction of grotesqueries among the populace (as they gathered in the Void Battlefield, allowing powerful individuals to constantly battle and train against them)… these various factors led the Three Realms into an era of terrifying great explosion! Countless powerful individuals emerged, and the most prosperous epoch in the history of the Three Realms had arrived!

Void Era, Year 30.

In the Demon Realm, the Gryffindor Magic Academy took the lead in establishing new disciplines: Void Monster Studies and Monster Alchemy. Second-year students, when undergoing trials, were no longer limited to the major beast forests; various terrifying monsters and magical plants would also enter the Void Battlefield for hunting!

The following year.

In the Demon Realm, Emperor Midessa the Orc, the Orc Warlord of the Ironblood Church, saw Baixiaosheng and his group revived and walking upon the lands of the Demon Realm.

In the dense forest, a somber atmosphere hung heavy, and the air grew increasingly eerie and cold.

“Monster! He's utterly a monster!” Emperor Midessa frantically fled, blood overflowing from the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with profound despair. “How could such a thing be possible….”

From a hazy white light, a being slowly emerged.

“This is what humans are… or rather, any living being possesses fear, hatred, and resentment.”

“No matter how powerful the strong, their hearts are, to some extent, weaker than mortals. Although their hearts are countless times more resilient than a mortal's, once completely broken, they will fall much harder than a mortal, leaving a deep shadow… What is too rigid is easily broken.”

“In a sense, living beings are truly pathetic.”

Baixiaosheng walked up to him and grabbed a handful of his hair. Amidst Emperor Midessa the Orc's painful struggles, Baixiaosheng, like someone holding a small chicken, assertively lifted him vertically into the air and said calmly:

“Yet, we yearn to become true living beings like this, to break through and become gods, to truly possess self-awareness… to feel fear, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. We have no incense… We do not despair, we do not fear, so even when facing the entire Three Realms, the ancient saints, and the terrifying enemies of the Peach Blossom Banquet — an enemy force 500 times stronger than our combined numbers — we still advance calmly.”

His voice was heavy and powerful,

“Such beings are too weak… truly too weak… utterly too weak!!!”

With one hand, he held Emperor Midessa by the hair, lifting him, and his eyes revealed increasing disappointment. At this moment, the man was like a drowned rat, his arms hanging limp, his head buried deep in an unseen shadow, softly suspended in mid-air, his eyes dull and lifeless.

“I see your complete despair. You're not even trying to struggle anymore? But only despair… that's too uninteresting. I desire a diversity of emotions directed at me: despair, fear, hatred, revenge… Yes, the resentment of revenge is the sweetest emotion. Your eyes are filled with dead stillness; you dare not seek retribution. Is it because your hatred isn't enough? If it's not enough hatred, I'll give it to you.”

“Remember, this is a resentment deeper than death itself.”

He raised his other hand, transforming it into a hand blade, and plunged it fiercely into Midessa's heart. Blood splattered. He clutched Midessa's wildly beating, crimson heart. “Listen, I feel its intense fear. This is the powerless sound of the weak.”

Thud!

Baixiaosheng casually threw him to the ground, kicking up a large cloud of grey dust, leaving his crimson heart exposed and still wildly thumping. He turned and strode away, disappearing into the dense forest.

“The best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Remember today: let it oppress your nerves every day from now on, driving you towards madness. Fear, accumulation, brewing, eruption—this is a process. Let it make you remember me, let it make you come find me.”