When Master Ping told Luo Xiu about what he had done to Lin Xiyue after losing his sanity from drawing the sword, he was filled with immense regret and guilt.

"Xun Mi's death... Xi Yue must be heartbroken, right?"

"You can't blame yourself for this," Master Ping said.

Luo Xiu stood up, walked over, and picked up Dream and Asura, which had already been re-sheathed. He stared at the sword, lost in thought for a moment.

He couldn't help but remember the night he first met Ai Hongye after descending the mountain. If he had been sure of his feelings that night and not drawn his sword for himself, then none of this would have happened. And if he hadn't explored the Divine Palace before, this wouldn't have occurred either. Unfortunately, there are no 'what ifs'. Perhaps the things that could happen, the choices that could be made, were all destined from the start.

Great Qian of Tai'a suddenly flew over from a distance, excited to see Luo Xiu back to normal.

"Little Lord Luo, you've come around! You scared the hell out of me earlier!"

Master Ping asked, "How's the situation outside?"

"Tch, don't fucking mention it. The entire Ancient God Ruins are fucking gone, all fucking collapsed into debris and fell into the fissures of The Void. Right now, only this Divine Organ Ground is still fucking intact."

Master Ping said disdainfully, "It's 'fucking' this and 'fucking' that. You really are a fucking vulgar piece of scrap metal. Why the fuck can't you be classy like Master Ping?"

"You fucking... You stupid bottle, are you rebelling against me?! You want to fight, is that it?!"

Listening to the profanity-laced argument between the bottle and the blade, Luo Xiu just smiled helplessly. He then turned, walked aside, and found a level spot to sit cross-legged.

As he released his Divine Sense, he was astonished to find it had become unbelievably strong. It seemed inexhaustible. With just a thought, his Divine Sense could cover the entire Divine Organ Ground. Moreover, he felt as if the space here was like an invisible membrane that he could freely tear with his Divine Sense.

Master Ping's voice echoed in his mind, "I forgot to tell you, you now possess a Divine Soul and also have an Ancient God's eye. Frankly speaking, you're practically half an Ancient God.

"In my memory, an Ancient God's Divine Soul has the ability to 'Collect Worlds.'

"In other words, you could collect the entire Shanhai Territory and store it within your Grotto Heaven, just like the Land of Lawlessness."

Luo Xiu was surprised. "Is that even possible?"

Master Ping laughed. "After all, the Ancient Gods were born from the Kunlun Ancient Realm, so as long as it's within the Kunlun Ancient Realm, they are omnipotent.

"It just so happens that not long ago, you completed the Divine Oracle Key and opened up a Human Sanctuary, so you can hide the Shanhai Territory in your Grotto Heaven."

At that moment, Luo Xiu suddenly remembered what Ji Gu had said before: The last pure land of the Kunlun Ancient Realm is left to you. Now that he thought about it, Ji Gu probably meant for him to hide away the Shanhai Territory.

Great Qian of Tai'a said, "Not bad, Little Lord Luo, that's a good plan!

"From now on, you will be the god of the Shanhai Territory, and all the creatures here who believe in you will provide you with an endless supply of Divine Power."

Master Ping suddenly remembered something, "But it's a pity that you don't have a Divine Body. The only divine thing on you is your left eye."

Da Qian said, "But that's okay. Little Lord Luo can use his left eye to wield Divine Power.

"The prerequisite, though, is that the Shanhai Territory cannot be stored in the new Grotto Heaven you just opened. It needs to be kept in the left eye."

Master Ping said, "That's true. Fortunately, that left eye was developed by Lin Tong long ago, so it's essentially a Grotto Heaven in itself and should be capable of holding the Shanhai Territory."

...

Looking at the two companions, Luo Xiu had a strange expression on his face and said, "Did you two also keep Ji Gu company like this before?"

"Pretty much," Da Qian said. "The Ancient God was lonely, so he used Mysterious Yellow Earth to create the two of us."

Luo Xiu laughed. "Then from now on, you two will be my 'Wolong Fengchu.'"

"Wolong Fengchu... What's that?"

Luo Xiu explained, "It roughly means my strategists."

After speaking, he stood up. "Let's leave this place first. I'll come back to collect the Shanhai Territory after I've rested."

...

「A short while later.」

Luo Xiu found a random spatial rift and left the shattered Divine Organ Ground, appearing somewhere in the Shanhai Territory.

In his Divine Soul, he could no longer sense the Ancient God Ruins; they must have truly collapsed. The Ancient God Ruins were, after all, a sizable world, yet they were destroyed in the battle against the Evil Ancient God. It was a real pity to think about all the places he never got to explore.

With just a thought, Luo Xiu's Divine Sense covered the entire Shanhai Territory. Every blade of grass, every tree, every living thing—all of it emerged in his mind.

He was actually very familiar with this sensation. When he used his left eye to cast the "Summoning Evil Spirits" ability, he could also observe the entire Shanhai Territory from a god's-eye view. But now, with a powerful Divine Soul, he no longer needed to rely on his left eye. At any moment, he could see all of the Shanhai Territory in a single thought, and with perfect clarity.

For a moment, he truly felt like a god—at least, the god of this small world.

Suddenly, his Divine Sense detected a gathering of people in a valley more than fifty miles away. They were all cultivators from the Upper Realm! There were three hundred and fifty-seven people in total: two hundred and thirty-four men and one hundred and twenty-three women...

This Divine Soul is truly incredible. I feel like I don't even need to think; I can know everything here in an instant.

Great Qian of Tai'a laughed, "I already told you, Little Lord Luo. You are now the god of the Shanhai Territory. Nothing that happens here can escape your senses."

At this moment, Master Ping said meaningfully, "As a god, you need to act like one. In the future, make sure you don't go peeping on those beautiful female demons bathing or anything like that."

Luo Xiu's face instantly darkened. "Do I fucking look like that kind of person?"

Master Ping replied solemnly, "You don't look like it, you are it!"

"Get lost!"

...

Afterward, Luo Xiu suddenly discovered that the people from the Upper Realm gathered in the valley seemed to be conducting some sort of mysterious ritual, which piqued his curiosity.

"What are these Upper Realm nobodies gathering there for?"

"Why not go and find out?"

Luo Xiu immediately used his Divine Sense to tear open the membrane-like void, and he stepped through. The next moment, he appeared in the valley over fifty miles away.

His sudden appearance caused an uproar among the crowd, as many of the cultivators recognized him.

A voice suddenly exclaimed from the crowd, "Emperor Qianye, it's that Lower Realm Mortal! We've finally found him!"

Immediately, the crowd quickly parted to the sides, creating a path.

Luo Xiu looked up and saw that the speaker was Hong Shizhang.

At this moment, Hong Shizhang was standing respectfully in front of a tall, curvaceous woman with a cold and stunning presence.

Luo Xiu looked at the woman and felt a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't quite remember from where.

The corners of Hong Shizhang's mouth curved upward. Luo Xiu is definitely going to die today.

He whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Emperor Qianye, he is the Lower Realm Mortal who defiled Princess Luo in the Golden Roc Nest!"

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