When I woke up, I wanted to go home.

Chapter 366 The whole story

"Why don't we release those five people first, and then we can find a place where I still have some of the tea I gave you last time?"

Zhu looked at the God of Emptiness who was speaking and the others, and said somewhat reluctantly.

"Since you've all stepped in, even if you're forcing me to spare their lives, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and agree."

However, those four have been hunting me down for hundreds of thousands of years, especially this one…” Pointing to the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable, he continued, “This one almost, just a tiny bit more, wiped me out.”

If I let them go like this, my heart will surely be clouded, and I will never be able to see the true nature of things.

Upon hearing Zhu Chongjiu's words, Shenxu Wang and the others also showed embarrassed expressions.

With their current level of cultivation, they all knew.

Once one's strength reaches a certain level, what one cultivates is not merely external things, but rather the inner understanding of the Great Dao.

If one's Dao heart is clouded, it's as if one has prematurely blocked one's path forward.

"Ninth Brother, don't worry, we don't necessarily want you to spare these people's lives."

As I just said, let's find a place to chat and catch up.

As for those five, I guarantee with my integrity that they won't get away.

"Among us, you seem to be the least principled," Zhu Chongjiu retorted to Shenxu Wang before asking, "So, where are we going?"

By saying this, Zhu Chongjiu had essentially agreed.

“Come to my place, Ninth Brother, you know the scenery there is quite nice,” Shenxu King said hurriedly.

The Divine King was not lying about this.

Even the scenery within his own realm was partly inspired by the Divine Void King's dojo within the Divine Void.

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, and without the Divine Void King making any move, Zhu Chongjiu felt a sudden white light before his eyes. When his vision returned, he was already inside the Divine Void, in the residence where the Divine Void King had previously been.

"Damn, you still say you're not above the Venerable level?"

"Even I couldn't do that," Zhu Chongjiu said to Shenxu King in surprise.

"I'm really not above the Venerable level... but I'm not too far from that level." As Shenxu King answered Zhu Chongjiu's question, he took out a set of exquisite tea utensils and began to brew tea and pour water for everyone.

"Come on, everyone, don't be shy, let's enjoy some tea and catch up!"

Zhu Chongjiu picked up a cup of tea, took a small sip, and spoke first: "I suppose you are all old acquaintances?"

"Before that, Senior Shuiying said she didn't know you, Lord Shenxu."

Seeing the slight displeasure in Zhu Chongjiu's words, which sounded like a childish pout, Shuiying smiled and replied, "Little Jiu, you've really misunderstood me on this point."

I genuinely didn't know before. It wasn't until a year ago, after "Ganglie"—oh, that is, the Divine Void King you mentioned—found me, that I learned his true identity.

"Me too!" Zhu Zhenmei, Mu Zuxuanzhen, and the other two quickly added their own explanations.

“Ninth Brother!” Shenxu King looked at Zhu Chongjiu and continued, “I know you have many questions, and today I will tell you everything.”

This Proterozoic Era was the third universe created by those beings, the ancient gods.

You can call it the third universe.

However, a million years ago, the first universe suddenly underwent a major change.

Moreover, it was a major upheaval that required the ancient gods to handle personally.

Thus, when the ancient gods departed, they took most of the people in this third universe with them.

"As for the rest of them...?" Shenxu King looked at Shuiying and the others and continued.

"These were left here by the ancient gods."

Zhenmei was reborn here because of certain events. Her master missed her when he left, so she stayed here.

The external passage that Shui Ying suppressed only appeared later, after the ancient gods had left.

When I discovered this, I realized that only the water element in the entire Proterozoic Eon was capable of undertaking this great task.

As for why Shuiying wasn't taken away by those beings, I guess they knew there was another passage connecting to the outside world, so they deliberately left Shuiying behind.

However, when I met her, I did not reveal my true identity, so Shuiying was unaware of my existence.

The Wood God Palace, where the Wood Ancestor resides, is an ancient existence. The things suppressed beneath it existed even when the ancient gods were still around.

The Undying and the others also knew this.

Otherwise, why do you think your brother Xiao Mu and the others couldn't touch him after you left?

The place behind me is connected to you…

"What do you mean?" Zhu Chongjiu asked Shenxu Wang anxiously upon hearing this.

“That’s right, that’s exactly what you mean,” the Divine Void King replied with a smile.

"But don't be impatient, let me explain slowly." Shenxu King patted the already impatient Zhu Chongjiu and continued.

"The instructions from the ancient gods were..."

Zhu Zhenmei is undergoing a period of rebirth and healing here.

Mu Zu and Shui Ying suppressed the passage between themselves and the outside world.

The six top-tier immortals—Immortal, Undying, Nine Heavens, Guide, Nine Netherworlds, and Black Candle—are here to maintain order in the Primordial Universe.

As for my role, it's very simple.

The supervisors are over there.

To oversee everything within the Proterozoic Eon.

You've definitely heard of my other name, Lao Jiu.

That was the "Ten Regions Organization".

The last and most important thing is to suppress and protect the passage connecting me to the outside world behind me.

After saying this, the Divine Void King poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp. "After talking for so long, my mouth is dry."

"Well? I've told you everything."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chongjiu frowned slightly as he looked at Shenxu Wang, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "No, there's something else you haven't said."

"What's wrong? I didn't know there were any omissions?" Shenxu King asked.

"What is the true purpose of those beings bringing me here?"

People like them, are they just bored and doing this for fun?

Also connected to the ancient god ruins continent is that "rat".

Since I reached the Venerable level, I have traveled throughout the entire Primordial Universe with my strength, but I have not found even the slightest trace of the Ancient God Ruins Continent.

Also, is it because the Undying ones followed those beings and are old acquaintances of yours that you asked me to spare their lives?

The last point, and the most important one.

Since you say that the passage in the center of the divine void is related to my return home, but you have never said how it is related?

Just now, Senior Shuiying called you "fierce and resolute"?

So, is your surname also "Pig"?

"Cough cough...!"

Shenxu Wang coughed awkwardly twice and said, "The question of what my surname is is not important."

As for the ancient god ruins continent and the "rats" you mentioned, I know very little about that.

As I mentioned before, I haven't reached the Venerable level yet, although I'm only a tiny bit short.

That "rat" is truly a venerable one.

Everything about him has nothing to do with me.

I don't know the exact purpose of the ancient gods bringing him here.

Don't even mention that you can't find the ancient god ruins or the traces of the rats. Even I, after millions of years, haven't been able to find them.

The reason I didn't let you kill them was because those beings left behind a decree before they left.

They said that one day in the future, if someone overthrows the rule of the Undying and others, and if their lives are spared, they should come here to atone for their sins!

These are the words of the ancient god.

As for you... I really don't know what the Ancient God Alliance is thinking.

Anyway, I'll just do what they want.

The passage behind me is a passage that the ancient god specially opened for you before he left.

However, the prerequisite is that you need to eliminate the threat that the Wood God Palace and Water Spirit are suppressing in another world before you can go home through the passage behind me.”

At this point, Shenxu Wang Qingqing patted Zhu Chongjiu on the shoulder and continued, "After you leave, we'll be leaving too!"