Canglan Realm.

Shenguang Sect.

Qi Yuan slowly woke up.

His consciousness was in chaos, still somewhat blurry.

It felt as if he had experienced countless reincarnations in the world.

It took a full quarter of an hour before his eyes finally regained clarity.

He raised his head and looked at the palace on the Seven-Colored Peak, his gaze filled with a strange emotion: "So, Master, did I just accidentally stumble into your reincarnation?"

Using the Great Forgetfulness Heart Sutra, Qi Yuan''s sense of time and space became chaotic. He single-handedly sought out the Black Heaven and fought against it.

However, the Black Heaven was truly at the fourth layer of Yang Gods, something his pseudo-fourth layer could not withstand.

In the midst of his resistance, Qi Yuan continuously reincarnated, losing himself bit by bit.

His eyes, ears, mouth...

In the struggle, he finally realized that the "Silent Voice" in the game was none other than his master, Ruan Yixi.

The fourth layer of Yang Gods has no consciousness.

Master, due to his special abilities, had developed consciousness, evolving from the fourth layer of Yang Gods.

However, she still carried the attributes of the fourth layer.

She existed only in the past or the future, never in the present.

Even though some people in the Shenguang Sect thought they had seen Master, they had only seen her in their memories.

"I was searching for Master, but Master was also searching for me."

While fighting the Black Heaven, Qi Yuan also experienced countless reincarnations.

In those countless reincarnations, he never saw Master.

But he knew that Master had always been by his side.

Master Ruan Yixi also knew that he had been by her side.

In the end, Qi Yuan lost all of his physical form, leaving only a blood robe.

And Ruan Yixi finally truly revived, gaining her own body.

In the end, she "shared the same robe" with the blood robe and defeated the Black Heaven.

"So... Master was trying hard to find me but could never truly see me."

"Even if she were right in front of me now, I wouldn''t realize it was her. Only... much later would I make the connection."

Qi Yuan sighed deeply.

The fourth layer of Yang Gods was somewhat too bizarre.

"And... Master has always been by my side."

He looked at the quiet and obedient Xiao Jia, his expression gentle.

From Xiao Jia''s cool sleeves, a wooden sign with the word "stick together" slipped out.

Qi Yuan stuck close to Xiao Jia.

Xiao Jia was Master, but Master was not Xiao Jia.

"Unfortunately, unless I step into the fourth layer of Yang Gods, there''s no way for me to meet Master."

"That''s why, when I entered the game, Master repeatedly warned me to escape, to leave."

Because to deal with the Black Heaven, one must step into the fourth layer of Yang Gods.

And Master, having developed consciousness through her interactions with Qi Yuan, was weaker than the Black Heaven after creating the Divine Wood Universe.

In countless pasts and futures, she seemed to see Qi Yuan constantly losing his limbs and true spirit in his fight against the Black Heaven, reshaping her.

There was even a possibility that Qi Yuan might step into the fourth layer of Yang Gods.

This was something she did not want to see.

Once one steps into the fourth layer of Yang Gods, the true spirit dissolves and cannot be revived.

Even if revived, it would be a new life form.

Thus, she paid a great price to give Qi Yuan a branch of "spring."

This allowed Qi Yuan to preserve a sliver of his true spirit, preventing him from stepping into the fourth layer of Yang Gods.

Otherwise, he would have become another Black Heaven-like existence at the fourth layer, devouring everything in sight.

"Now I... am an Yin God?"

As Qi Yuan pondered, his aura began to change.

A profound energy emanated from him, and his strength continued to grow.

Countless rules—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and more—were comprehended.

"This is matter."

"This is spirit."

"This is imaginary."

"This is the cycle."

"When matter accumulates to its extreme, in the moment of collision, there is a one in a hundred million chance of life being born."

"When life lives long enough, a true spirit is born."

"So I... have become a god."

At this moment, Qi Yuan felt immensely powerful.

With a wave of his hand, he could create a mountain range.

If he glared at a planet, that planet would become pregnant, and countless life forms would slowly emerge.

The skill of "glaring at someone to make them pregnant" was now within his grasp.

For example, if he glared at his junior sister Jiang Lingsu, she would become pregnant.

"This is what it means to be an Yin God. My current strength... is probably not inferior to a Creation Realm Master." Qi Yuan speculated about his own strength.

In fact, he might even be stronger than a Creation Realm Master.

The Gate of Ten Thousand Demons, the Gate of Ten Thousand Monsters, the Gate of Ten Thousand Wonders, even the Gate of Supreme Truth.

"What... is it?"

This time, the information his eyes saw wasn''t particularly useful.

After some thought, Qi Yuan decided to use his newly acquired superpower—merging into all things.

He merged into the Gate of Myriad Principles.

In an instant.

The world became desolate, and Qi Yuan''s consciousness dissolved.

But the next moment, Qi Yuan''s figure emerged from the Gate of Myriad Principles, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"The Gate of Myriad Principles... is actually the fourth layer of Yang Gods!"

"A fourth-layer Yang God existing in the present!"

This surprised him.

Because the fourth layer of Yang Gods exists only in the past or the future, never in the present.

Now, there was actually a fourth-layer Yang God existing in the present. How could he not be shocked?

"If I can figure out the principle, doesn''t that mean... Master could also appear in the present?" Qi Yuan had this thought but quickly dismissed it.

Now he understood that the fourth layer of Yang Gods also had two forms.

Like the Black Heaven, its essence was to devour, aimlessly devouring.

Once it devoured enough of what it needed, it would become the Black Heaven existing in the present.

At that time, it might be like the Gate of Myriad Principles—the Gate of Myriad Principles could be any gate, and the Black Heaven could be any heaven.

But this process would take a long time.

The Black Heaven had devoured more than one universe, but it was still in its second stage.

"The waters here are deep."

"It feels like it was refined into a treasure."

"Not necessarily, it might have become a true rule."

This rule was different from the rules of the universe. It was more like a symbol, a sign.

"Unfortunately, in the last game, I didn''t have the chance to talk to the Void Realm Master and the Radiant Dao Lord. Otherwise, I could have asked about the fourth and fifth layers of Yang Gods. These two layers feel a bit strange." Qi Yuan muttered to himself.

There are only five layers of Yang Gods.

Yang Gods are the end of the cultivation path.

"As the saying goes, invincible under heaven, but enemies come from heaven. Cultivation shouldn''t have an end."

"After refining the Golden Cores from the stars, it''s time to visit the Sole Hall."

The most powerful force in the Immortal Realm now was the Sole Hall.

He also wanted to see if the Sole Hall had any top-tier experts who understood the fourth and fifth layers of Yang Gods.

Through the Gate of Myriad Principles, Qi Yuan''s figure appeared in a universe.

As soon as he landed, a warm, delicate body crashed into his arms.

"Husband..." Ning Tao, dressed in a black dress, was enchanting and captivating, her eyes seemingly about to drip with emotion. There was no trace of her former cold and reserved demeanor.

Her petite body hung on Qi Yuan, her black-stockinged legs bent and wrapped around his waist.

At this moment, a scolding voice filled with annoyance rang out.

"You, Ning Tao! We agreed to wait for him to come back and ignore him for a while, to teach him a lesson for not visiting us for so long. You..." The Golden Canary''s delicate face seemed to show dissatisfaction, but her eyes never left Qi Yuan.

The tsundere stood still, not moving.

If he didn''t reach out to invite her over, she wouldn''t go.

Qi Yuan''s eyes flashed with tenderness and a hint of guilt.

This game had taken too long.

Although only a hundred years had passed in the Canglan Realm, it had been an extremely long time in this universe.

He reached out and pulled the Golden Canary into his arms.

"Hmph, I didn''t miss you. It''s just that Ning Tao insisted on coming, so I had no choice..."

"Ah, shameless Ning Tao, how can you take off your clothes as soon as you see him?!"

"No, I want to too!"

Arguments, coquettish voices, and gasps echoed through the universe.

After an unknown amount of time.

Ning Tao brushed aside the strands of hair stuck to her sweaty temples and shot a glare at the Golden Canary: "Husband is here to do serious business. How can you cling to him like this..."

This "cling" wasn''t just metaphorical—it was literal.

"I didn''t! I just didn''t feel like moving."

The Golden Canary said this but reluctantly climbed off Qi Yuan.

The next time she could be intimate with Qi Yuan, who knew when it would be.

In an instant, she was fully dressed.

Qi Yuan''s eyes flashed with amusement.

"Starting tomorrow, you''ll be in the same universe as me," Qi Yuan said.

Ning Tao''s eyes were gentle: "This universe is too vast. There are still many stars that haven''t been condensed into Golden Cores."

Even with her efforts, in the vastness of the universe, it was still a drop in the bucket.

"It''s fine, I''ll handle it myself," Qi Yuan said.

"But... if you''re here, the flow of time will slow down, and efficiency..." Ning Tao analyzed rationally.

"It''s fine. No matter how vast the universe is, no matter how many stars there are, they will eventually be exhausted."

"I can give the first Golden Core the ability to devour. It can devour on its own."

"One day, all the stars in this universe will be my Golden Cores."

He had come here not just to refine Golden Cores from stars but also to create worlds.