Master of Strange Dao

Freedom Heaven truly looked pitiful, unable even to gather a concrete form.

He was purely suffering from backlash, akin to those who came here coveting the Undying Mandala.

Yu Ziqing glanced at the duster pole in his hand and tapped it on the skull of Freedom Heaven, stabilizing its constantly changing body.

Not just daring to boast, Freedom Heaven didn't even dare think any rebellious thoughts, obediently slipping back into the right boot of Yu Ziqing.

Lou Huai's expression shifted, muttering inwardly, "Freedom Heaven, you shameless thing."

Seeing Yu Ziqing say nothing, he knew the priorities and headed to the left boot, planning to argue with Freedom Heaven later.

Yu Ziqing resumed his journey on the Wilderness, not rushing back but instead wandering through the Void Wilderness, collecting the remains of those who died here.

This time, it wasn't purely out of goodwill.

Having previously perceived that this place was essentially within the territory of the Undying Mandala.

Whether the Undying Mandala minded or not, Yu Ziqing didn't know, but as a flower caretaker...

If anything landed on the flowers or pests infested them, Yu Ziqing would handle it, at least ensuring his own peace of mind.

After some unknown amount of time, Yu Ziqing had cleaned the entire Void Wilderness, making everything feel comfortable.

He bowed slightly towards the depths.

"I'm leaving. If there's anything you need, any help required, be sure to contact me."

After leaving the boundary of the Void Wilderness and returning to Flame Mountain, Yu Ziqing looked back. Newest update provıded by novel⦿fire.net

There was a saying he kept to himself. Ever since seeing Juice, he realized that even Immortal Herbs weren't eternal, nor were they undying.

Had he not come to this world, even Juice would have reached the end of its life.

Perhaps one day, the Undying Mandala might perish as well.

Juice was willing to let him come, and the Undying Mandala was willing to help him; naturally, Yu Ziqing was also willing to help when he could.

Yu Ziqing returned, and not far along, he saw a red ape peeking its head out from behind a boulder.

Yu Ziqing paused and scrutinized the red ape's eyes, realizing it was the same little guy who guided him before.

But now, this little guy had grown at least twice in size; without its eyes, Yu Ziqing wouldn't have recognized it.

All these red apes did look quite similar.

"You're still here waiting for me?"

The red ape roared a few times.

"It said it promised to wait for you to return and guide you again," translated the young red ape.

Yu Ziqing laughed; this little one was truly stubborn.

He had casually mentioned it, expecting the little one to have fled long ago.

Therefore, on the way, he had been trying to deduce the patterns within Flame Mountain, hoping not to get lost in the flame-distorted world when he left.

Unexpectedly, it really waited here.

And it had grown so much, probably waiting for quite a while.

Yu Ziqing felt a bit guilty about it.

He rummaged through his collection, finding few treasures suitable for the red ape's use.

He took out some remaining red crystals, containing intense Fire Qi, originally meant for artifact refining.

Now he gave them all to the young red ape.

The young red ape collected the crystals, grinning continuously like Yu Ziqing.

It led the way, winding through, taking several days to guide Yu Ziqing out of the Flame Mountain region.

Upon leaving, Yu Ziqing waved to the young red ape.

In his palm, a strand of blood-colored flame appeared, which he gently placed in the red ape's palm after the flame softened.

"You waited for me so long, this is my gift to you.

You are completely adapted to this environment now; you surely won't like the outside.

This blood flame is left for you to temper your body, it should be quite beneficial to you."

As the blood flame merged into the ape's body, it immediately felt the burning fire within and grinned happily.

Fond of fire as it was, whenever it reached a place without flames, it shivered from the cold. There couldn't be a better gift.

Yu Ziqing waved goodbye. Though the red ape shivered in the cold, with the fire around it greatly diminished, it still followed Yu Ziqing for a short distance.

"Go back; it's too cold outside."

Seeing the red ape scurry back to Flame Mountain and soak in the Magma River for warmth, Yu Ziqing chuckled.

He quite liked this little red ape, but unfortunately, the outside world wasn't suitable for its survival, and it didn't like it anyway, so it was better not to force things.

After crossing the Magma Sea, the Blood River had shrunk to a small river about several feet wide, nearly dried up.

After traveling some distance upstream, he finally saw the Blood River widen slightly.

Yu Ziqing entered the Blood River, advancing upstream, and everything around began to grow illusory.

Before long, the scenery shifted, returning to the Abyss.

The once expansive Blood River had now shrunk to less than half its original size; clearly, it wasn't destined to last forever.

But no matter, even if the Blood River vanished, surely someone would eventually reopen it, once more coveting the Undying Mandala.

It was in vain to tell others that Immortal Herbs are entirely different from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; those unwilling would believe, and those who would go, no matter what you said, wouldn't stay.

The Abyss remained unchanged, desolate.

Upon leaving the desert, occasionally one might encounter demons fighting fiercely.

For over a hundred miles near the Abyss chasm, no demons were sighted.

It seemed that the high demon casualties had indeed made them wiser, as the costs for the Deceitful Ghost's supplies kept rising.