Legend of the Great Sage

sing was scratching his head in distress.

His heart moved like a monkey, while the world around him was like a prison.
It was simply unbearable.

Suddenly, he stopped and said with a face full of seriousness, “No, I have to go!”

“It’s the middle of the night! Where are you going?”

“I’ll go back to the nine provinces first and pick up Xiao An before killing my way up the nine heavens and finding my brother ox!”

Li Qingshan’s eyes shone brightly.
A smile appeared on his face again.
Simply thinking about these things motivated him.
It was much more interesting than claiming supremacy in this world.
As he said that, he picked up a set of swaddling blankets and strode out of the palace.

Feihong’s face was a mess.
What was going on? Every single word made sense, but strung together, none of it made sense.
Return to what nine provinces? Who was Xiao An? Where were the nine provinces? And what was this brother ox about?

By the time she chased after him out of the palace, Li Qingshan had already vanished, which made her shake her head with a wry smile.
He was still the same as before.

The moonlight was clear like frost.
She raised her head and gazed at the bright moon above her, which reminded her of that night many years ago.
Before she had realised it, so many years had passed already.
She was no longer that lowly concubine but the authoritative caretaker of the palace, a supreme master whose cultivation had reached the ninth layer of the innate realm.

As matters progressed, everyone changed.
Only he did not seem to change, not even in the slightest.
He was neither a wise king nor a vicious demon but a brave and stubborn child.

She thought silently, May you have a safe journey!

Li Qingshan obviously could not just shatter through space like that and return to the nine provinces.
He directly went to find Gu Yanying.

Gu Yanying was focusing on rectifying the laws when Li Qingshan suddenly barged in hastily.
He pressed down on the desk with both hands.
“I want to go back to the nine provinces!”

Gu Yanying lowered her brush and sighed inside, Here we go again!

“Qingshan, haven’t I told you already? It’s still not time! We’ve obtained an entire world after so much difficulty, so we should thoroughly temper ourselves.
You should gather more power in your Divine Talisman of Great Creation too.”

“I don’t care.
You’re the one who brought me here.
You need to take responsibility, or pay with your body immediately.
Ouch!”

Li Qingshan reached out, directly grabbing Gu Yanying by the shoulders.
Pain appeared in the depths of his soul, making him cry out in pain.

“How’s that?” Gu Yanying smiled.
Over the years, she had created laws and enforced the punishments.
All of the death penalties required her to personally sign off on them, completely implementing the spirit of the school of Legalism in this world that originally had no laws.
It also agreed with the will of the Hell realm, so her connection with the Hot Wind Hell grew stronger and stronger.

The pain from hell became deeper as well, but wondrously, the pain she experienced gradually lessened.
She had reached a whole new realm, like she was going from the torturee to the torturer.
She was confident that she could complete the Illustrations of Naraka before long if this continued, and she would not encounter any more bottlenecks.
All she lacked was a slightly larger world.

However, she was not in a hurry to return to the nine provinces.
She could even not go back, so she obviously did not experience the same sense of urgency as Li Qingshan.

It hurt Li Qingshan so much that his teeth creaked, but he refused to let go.
“You can’t frighten me with this little bit of pain! Either we return to the nine provinces immediately, or you pay with your body immediately!”

Gu Yanying stood up and spread her arms.
She asked with a smile, “If I were to agree to that, could you wait until the time is right?”

“No!” Li Qingshan answered without hesitation.

Sure enough! Gu Yanying shrugged.
“Alright, let’s go back then!”

The fact that she had agreed so happily had instead surprised Li Qingshan.

“But before we leave, there’s still something we need to try out.”

“What?”

“Becoming the god of this world!”