"Your Majesty, just let us know if you need anything—why come here in person!"
Although Donghuang Taiyi was stunned, he recovered his composure within a short time. He personally poured a cup of tea for Ying Zheng.
The two sat at a short table in the room, smiling at each other.
Ying Zheng looked at the tea leaves swirling in the cup and said faintly: "I think you should be able to guess something. Since Donghuang does not wish to break the pleasantries—I shall speak plainly.
I wonder if Mr. Donghuang has ever heard the name of the Eternal God?"
God of Eternity?
Donghuang Taiyi's face beneath the mask creased into a frown. He had read ancient and modern biographies extensively. But he had never once heard of such a god.
Looking at Donghuang Taiyi shake his head, Ying Zheng once again confirmed that only he himself was special in this world. So, he was relieved.
"It seems Mr. Donghuang is still ignorant. This world was created by gods—yet you do not even know his name."
Ying Zheng was triumphant.
But Donghuang Taiyi fell into silence.
The Da Si Ming and Shao Si Ming, who were kneeling outside the gauze tent, frowned at the same time. Was there truly an Eternal God? They expressed doubts.
Then a deafening dragon roar erupted from the room.
The two screamed. Their eyes went dark, and they were both stunned into unconsciousness by the shockwave.
The Eastern Emperor Taiyi inside exclaimed: "You... how did you become a dragon?!"
At this moment, Ying Zheng was still sitting in the room. But his palms had turned into golden dragon claws, and his face had transformed into that of a dragon. The body of a half-dragon.
"I am the emperor of the true dragon—the emperor bestowed by the gods. What is so surprising about becoming a dragon? I wonder if you would like to join the sect of the gods?"
Cold dragon eyes stared down at him.
Donghuang Taiyi did not dare to breathe.
Whether to join—or choose to decline.
In fact, he did not choose to refuse.
Because Ying Zheng had seen through him entirely. With his understanding of Ying Zheng, as long as he chose to refuse, he would be killed on the spot.
What if he tried to escape?
Donghuang Taiyi moved to use magic.
However, he found that his aura had been sealed within his body and could not be used at all.
"Don't bother. My dragon-transforming technique controls a space of a hundred meters in radius. Your mere mortal spells should be saved for scaring others."
Crack.
A single glance at the dragon claws.
The mask of Donghuang Taiyi shattered in an instant. Beneath it was an old man of short stature—relying on some sort of wooden mechanism to prop up his body. In truth, he was quite a different thing from what he appeared.
At this moment, Donghuang Taiyi was very frightened. Looking at the dragon claws radiating with terrifying power, he exclaimed: "The Yin Yang Family is willing to join the Eternal God Faith!"
Boom.
The voice had not even finished falling when a violent wind whistled past. The palace behind him was scored with a terrible claw mark. And a massive hole was carved into the Yin Yang family's sacred mountain behind it.
Gurgle.
Donghuang Taiyi couldn't help but swallow hard.
Fortunately, he had made the right choice.
After a stick of incense's worth of time—
When Shao Si Ming and the others woke, Ying Zheng had already left. But Li Si and Wang Jian remained, receiving the power of the Yin Yang family.
"What are you doing?! This is our place!"
Shao Si Ming strode up to Li Si with fury in every step, speaking with great anger.
At this moment, a helpless voice came from the Moon God.
"Don't quarrel. Our Yin Yang family has been absorbed into the Eternal Faith system. From now on, there is no Yin Yang family—only the Eternal Faith."
"What?"
Da Si Ming was also stunned. She walked up to the Moon God, wanting clarity. She looked at the other—who also seemed helpless.
"What on earth is going on?"
"Master Priest... it should be said that Ying Zheng threatened the leader. If he did not surrender, then all of us would die!"
"He has such terrifying strength?"
Da Si Ming felt it was outrageous.
But the other sighed: "The power of God is not something that mortals like us can touch. But... we can also possess this power in the future."
She recalled the scene of Donghuang Taiyi and the First Emperor just now—leaving one after another upon clouds. She still found it hard to believe, even now.
If a mortal could ride clouds... wouldn't that make them a celestial being?
Just one hour.
Ying Zheng had swallowed the Yin Yang family whole, and confirmed the identities of Da Si Ming, Shao Si Ming, and the Moon God as goddesses.
Inside the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng received news from Wei Zhuang. He had locked down the location of the Mohist Institution City. He prepared to launch an attack within these coming days!
Donghuang Taiyi had already joined the faith at this point and wanted very much to show his worth. So he asked: "Master, do you want me to handle it?"
"No... if you do, I'm afraid you'll scare the people in the Quicksand."
"Then you are preparing yourself?"
"You can choose someone. I think the Moon God or Shao Si Ming could handle their people."
The Eastern Emperor was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Well then, let Concubine Yan take action. We have a traitor within the Yin Yang family—let her destroy the Mo family. I think it will be very interesting... and her daughter is there as well..."
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
Although he knew Concubine Yan's identity—he had not known that Yan Dan was still alive.
It seemed this was indeed going to be very interesting. She would kill her husband and sacrifice her daughter.
Quite the interesting story!
On the other side—
In a modern city, a handsome young man sat drinking a cold beverage, browsing through the chat group in his mind. He seemed a little curious. At the same time, a little scared.
It was the twenty-third century. Who knew if someone had used high-tech chips to implant something in his brain?
"I haven't heard any such news for the time being. Is this fake?"
The man lowered his head, considering whether to join the other party's spiritual system.
God?
He had never seen one before. He had heard that there were gods in the West, and many gods in China. But that was just hearsay.
Who had actually seen one?
No one.
The handsome man muttered to himself for a while, and then the group grew lively again. The man claiming to be Qin Shihuang declared that he had subdued his allies—the entire Yin Yang family. He was currently preparing to deal with the remnants of the Six Nations!
"It's like an ancient game from last century. How boring..."
In the Ten Thousand Worlds Chat Group.
After the goddesses ended their meeting, they all got busy with their own affairs. The few people who liked to stir up the group naturally refused to let the newcomers settle in quietly.
Spirit of the Demon Sword: "Why is there only one person speaking? Ye Laoxie—I must say, you really are interesting. One Ye Laohei, one Ye Laoxie—are you two brothers?"
Ordinary Ye Laohei: "Sister Longkui, don't bury me. You haven't vented enough during the last martial arts tournament! Or else I'll punch you twice."
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "That was fast. I thought being an emperor would make people more suspicious."
Li Lao Er: "You don't understand, Ya Ya. The so-called emperor is just a mortal in the end—not as good as Erlang Shen."
Pursuing Sentient Beings: "That's right. Even if it's a lesser immortal, it's probably from the tail end of China's Dharma-Ending Era."
Emperor Qin Shihuang: "...Actually, I... well, I'm just afraid of death. I wanted to change things after seeing the history. It doesn't matter if I try anyway."
Blond Boy Sam: "That's it? I thought Brother Zheng wanted to live forever! I heard that every first emperor wanted to live forever."
Young Master Murong: "You're wrong, Sam. The emperors of China—not one of them didn't pursue longevity. Controlling such a vast country, controlling thousands upon thousands of lives and deaths—of course one would want to live forever."
Demon Hunter: "Hey... let alone the emperor. Mortals don't want to die either. I'm like that too..."
Vampire Queen: "Oh~~~ Only our vampire clan can truly live forever. But that race can't walk in the sun. What garbage..."
Serena naturally despised the vampire family very much—ever since she had received the gift of God. Her favorite thing now was sunbathing. It was very comfortable.
Nine Worlds Witch: "@Bad Bad Man Ye Laoxie, come out, brother... Is there something you can't talk about? We won't lie to you, and we don't want your money!"
Spirit of the Demon Sword: "@Bad Bad Man Ye Laoxie, if you don't come out again, watch out—I'll beat you later! angry.jpg"
Beat him?
Hmph... why should a woman be able to beat him?
At this time, Ye Laoxie had not watched the videos because he didn't believe the group information. He hadn't even bothered to look through the chat history. Naturally naive, he thought everything would be fine.
However, soon someone contacted him through the communicator—and he could get online game equipment.
"That fast?"
"Yes. If you don't have it yet, just go and wait in line."
After a fascinating conversation, Ye Laoxie obtained an online game device. That was the benefit of living in the new century. With the equipment, you could play online games—the best way to relax. Men, women, and children alike.
After a series of waiting, Ye Laoxie entered the world of online games.
Only then did he realize that his chosen name had been taken.
"You're forcing me to not even dare use my own name... okay... I'll pick another one..."
Ye Laoxie wanted to be called Evil Tian. But then, feeling a bit rebellious in the way only a second-year high school student could, he moved his mind and said to the system: "Name: [The God of Eternity]!"
"Is... in..."
The system was stuck?
What happened?
Ye Laoxie called out desperately, wanting to go back. The system kicked him out entirely.
"This... is this real?"
God's name was untouchable!
The panicked Ye Laoxie opened the network and found that everyone—everywhere—was discussing the system error.
"It's over... this is a big deal..."
In the Eternal Divine Realm, Liu Che's face was full of barely suppressed amusement. A mere world game—and someone wanted to use his name?
It was ridiculous.
"However, that world does seem quite interesting. Why not... when I come back, I'll create an online game world myself?"
Liu Che looked at the star nucleus of life sleeping in the sea of stars, lost in thought.
After twenty hours of waiting, Ye Laoxie's world restored the game to normal.
In order to express his shame toward the gods—when Ye Laoxie chose his ID again, he picked a very unpretentious name.
[Priest of Eternal God].