Legend of the Great Sage

Rāhu Xiaoming followed Li Qingshan here.
He thought, With such a brutal environment and such a cruel devouring process, this should be a fusion of the Hell realm and the Hungry Ghost realm!

Just like that, all that was missing from the six realms of saṃsāra was the Asura realm, but he understood extremely well that a world war would erupt before long under this setting, and it was very likely to be the otherfolk and daemons working together to fend off the invading army of humans.

Li Qingshan had realised this as well.
He had settled the disputes and conflicts between the various races in the simplest and crudest way possible, but he had disrupted their original state of intermingling, assisting them in forming complete groups.
It was far easier for wars to erupt like this than when they intermingled like before, which would drag in all the living creatures throughout the world.

That was why he kept these demons and ghosts around.
They were a tremendous threat to all living creatures.
He hoped they could mitigate any internal conflicts, but fighting against these undead and demons would also bring slaughter and death.

However, no one could do anything about that.
Battle had always been the eternal theme of life.
Even the gods and buddhas that stood high above could not avoid this fate.

Only battle would never change.
Where there was life, there were vicious battles.

The wilful deeds he had committed actually bore resemblance to the six realms of saṃsāra.
Was it a coincidence? Or was it unavoidable altogether?

Gazing out now, floating on the endless expanse of ocean, the original continent of the small world was still located in the very centre with the four other continents in its surroundings.
The seas were peppered with various isles and islands too, like springboards that vaguely connected the five continents.

The small world in the past had five different regions, the east, the south, the west, the north, and the central.
After a series of modifications, there happened to be five again.

However, continuing to call this place the “small world” was no longer appropriate.
After all, its size had even surpassed the nine provinces.
The one in his body was truly the “small world”.

As a result, Li Qingshan decided to give the world a new name.
After some deep consideration, he came up with one.

“Ah, I got it.
I’ll call it the Li’l Five World!”

“Can you not use ‘Li’l’ as a prefix to everything?”

Rāhu Xiaoming could not help but rebuke, which made him think of his own name, as well as Li’l Fatty, Xiao An… Unfortunately, unbeknownst to him, there was a Li’l Red and a Li’l Blue as well.

“Don’t you find this name very friendly? Like a neighbourhood kid.”

“Why would anyone name a world after a neighbourhood kid?” Rāhu Xiaoming roared furiously.

Does a monster like a space-devouring beast resemble a neighbourhood kid too? Do I resemble a neighbourhood kid as well? And that white bone successor! Aren’t these three neighbourhood kids a little too terrifying!?

“So be it.
I don’t know what to do with you.
Who can help the fact that we’re friends? I’ll go with A’…”

“‘A’ doesn’t work either!”

“Hey, I’m warning you.
Don’t take things too far.” Li Qingshan squinted his eyes.

“You call this taking things too far!?” Rāhu Xiaoming widened his eyes.

Right as they eyed one another like fighting cocks, Gu Yanying and Xiao An arrived.
Li Qingshan grumbled to her loudly about how unreasonable Rāhu Xiaoming was.

The Li’l Five World? Gu Yanying also felt very powerless.
“Isn’t what we should be discussing right now how you’re supposed to get to Ruin’s End?”

Xiao An said, “Why don’t you call it the World of the Five Continents!”

Li Qingshan furrowed his brows.
“Alright then!” He prodded Rāhu Xiaoming’s chest with his index finger, expressing, You owe me for this.

“Now tell me, how am I supposed to get to Ruin’s End? We’ll settle our debts with that.” Then he blinked his eyes, expressing, You got the better end of the deal!

“Qingshan, I’m really tempted to butcher you sometimes!”

“You aren’t capable of that unfortunately! Hahaha!”