30: Chapter 30 Space Demon God Yang Mei

How could it be possible for someone to perfectly combine the Law of Time and the Law of Space?

Great Immortal Yang Mei was different from those two brutes, Dijiang and Ancestral Witch Zhu Jiuyin; he knew all too well that this was impossible.

These two Laws, Time and Space, were both powerful Laws comparable to the Law of Strength, and it was nearly impossible to achieve Fusion between them.

(The reason Pangu was so strong was because he had mastered the three thousand Laws through the jade plate of creation at the very beginning of his gestation.)

Back in the days of the Chaos Demon Gods, he and Shichen had spent every day together researching, yet they hadn't been able to achieve Fusion of these two Laws, and now, someone had actually managed to combine them.

Great Immortal Yang Mei really wanted to take apart the Primordial Spirit and Dao Fruit of the person in front of him, inside and out, just to see what the Law of Time and Space actually looked like.

What right did the person before him have to be able to achieve Fusion of the two Laws?

"Interesting, truly interesting."

A meaningful smile tugged at the corners of Great Immortal Yang Mei's mouth.

He then looked at Shi Yan and said, "Little Friend."

Seeing the green-robed Daoist suddenly appear before him, Shi Yan's eyes narrowed, and he bowed respectfully.

"Junior Shi Yan greets Great Immortal Yang Mei."

Shi Yan recognized the person in front of him.

Great Immortal Yang Mei, the Space Demon God who ranked in the top three among the three thousand Demon Gods.

"Little Friend Shi Yan." The voice of Great Immortal Yang Mei was ethereal, yet carried a sense of insight into the ways of the world.

"Could you return my willow branch to me?"

Hearing this, Shi Yan did not hesitate in the slightest. With a gentle push of his palm, the piece of hollow willow branch, which contained pure Origin of Space, turned into a verdant stream of light and drifted straight toward Great Immortal Yang Mei.

"Since it is an item belonging to you, Senior, it should naturally be returned to its rightful owner."

The moment the willow branch fell into Great Immortal Yang Mei's hand, the space in the Chaos Sea where the two stood trembled slightly. The willow branch transformed into a stream of pure Origin and merged into Great Immortal Yang Mei's own Origin.

With the help of the willow branch, his damaged Demon God Origin recovered slightly.

"Good, you are quite free-spirited, Little Friend." Great Immortal Yang Mei withdrew the Dao aura around his body, and his gaze toward Shi Yan softened. "I have cultivated for countless Yuanhui and have seen too many people greedy for treasure, power, and prone to betrayal. Someone like you, Little Friend, who holds such a precious treasure yet shows no greed, is truly rare throughout the ages."

Shi Yan looked at Great Immortal Yang Mei, his tone calm and composed. "Junior has borrowed Senior's willow branch to comprehend the Dao of Space for a long time. Returning it now is merely following the path of Karma."

At the same time, he grumbled inwardly, "What is your cultivation base, and what is mine?"

"Could I refuse to give you what you wanted?"

But on the surface, he remained calm and composed.

Hearing this answer, Great Immortal Yang Mei understood.

"The cycle of Karma, is it?"

Then, his gaze fell upon the endlessly flowing aura of the Fusion of Time and Space around Shi Yan, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes once more.

"Just a moment ago, I was completely baffled. The two Daos of Time and Space—one represents passage, the other represents containment—are naturally mutually exclusive. Even when I joined forces with the Time Demon God back then and used our Origin to deduce this billions upon billions of times, we were unable to achieve even the slightest Fusion of the two. Little Friend, how did you succeed?"

Hearing this, Shi Yan said calmly, "It was just a matter of Opportunity and coincidence."

He did not offer any further explanation.

Not hearing the answer he wanted, Great Immortal Yang Mei was somewhat disappointed, but sensing the Dao aura around Shi Yan, he proposed, "I wonder, Little Friend, if you would be willing to discuss the Dao?"

"I would also like to witness the mysteries of the Law of Time and Space."

"That is certainly possible."

Shi Yan did not hesitate at all and agreed.

Great Immortal Yang Mei was the original Space Demon God; his comprehension of the Law of Space was unmatched, and discussing the Dao with him would have a hundred benefits and no harm.

"Excellent!"

Great Immortal Yang Mei nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand. The violent currents of Qi in the Chaos Sea suddenly stilled. Countless Chaos crystals precipitated from the Void Realm, forming two futons that floated beneath the two of them.

Great Immortal Yang Mei sat down first. The Law of Space around his body transformed into endless green mist, and the hollow willow hung over the Chaos. Every willow leaf reflected the supreme scenes of the opening of Chaos and the birth and destruction of space.

He then began to speak, his voice resonating with the Dao: "Space is the foundation of nothingness, the container for all Laws, and the carrier of all things..."

Shi Yan also sat cross-legged and manifested his own Dao Fruit. The long rivers of Time and Space intertwined and emerged, validating each other against the hollow willow.

He also spoke, saying: "Space without Time is dead and silent; Time without Space is nothingness. Time is the line, Space is the plane, and the line and plane intertwine..."

The Dao sounds of the two intertwined, and their Daos validated each other.

Shi Yan felt Great Immortal Yang Mei's profound understanding of Space.

Great Immortal Yang Mei realized Shi Yan's Fusion of Space and Time.

Long years passed, as if in an instant.

The discussion of the Dao between Shi Yan and Great Immortal Yang Mei lasted for a full thousand years.

During this time, Shi Yan was nearing a Breakthrough, and Great Immortal Yang Mei even provided several Chaos spiritual fruits.

The moment Shi Yan achieved a Breakthrough to the Late Stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal, Great Immortal Yang Mei discovered that the Little Friend before him was truly favored by the Dao; just like a Chaos Demon God, the Innate Law of Time and Space existed within his true spirit.

It was as if he were a Chaos Demon God who governed the Law of Time and Space.

After a thousand years of discussing the Dao, Shi Yan had exhausted everything he could say and slowly opened his eyes.

At the same time, Great Immortal Yang Mei also opened his eyes, a look of intense admiration appearing in them.

"Little Friend, you are truly a child of the Dao. This discussion of the Dao has been worth more than me cultivating alone for billions of years!"

Through this realization, although he had not mastered the Law of Time and Space, he had gained a different understanding of the Laws of Time and Space, and his harvest was still substantial.

Shi Yan withdrew his Dao Fruit, dispersed the Dao aura of the Law of Time and Space, stood up, and bowed slightly to Great Immortal Yang Mei: "Senior, you flatter me. Junior was merely lucky."

"Good, good, good, lucky indeed." Great Immortal Yang Mei looked at Shi Yan, who had infinite potential and a humble attitude, and in his heart, he had already come to regard him as a Fellow Daoist of the same level, rather than a Junior.

He flicked his finger, and a jade-green, crystalline willow branch drifted slowly toward Shi Yan.

Unlike the willow branch that Shi Yan had returned to Great Immortal Yang Mei, this willow branch did not contain any Origin power; it simply appeared to be a willow branch carrying a hint of the power of Space.

"This willow branch contains a strand of my Hunyuan power. If you encounter a life-or-death crisis, activate the willow branch, and I will be able to descend in an instant, even if I am on the other side of the Chaos."

Hearing this, Shi Yan was overjoyed. He quickly took the willow branch and then placed it into his personal space for safekeeping.

This was the ultimate trump card that could be used against Hongjun!

Subsequently, a rift in space opened beside Shi Yan, and he turned and escaped into it.

Great Immortal Yang Mei stood where he was, watching Shi Yan escape into the space.

Then, he looked toward the direction of Zixiao Palace, his words carrying a hint of mockery.

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, how are you going to deal with what comes next?"

As he finished speaking, Great Immortal Yang Mei's figure also merged into the space, leaving only his lingering voice echoing in the Chaos Sea, causing ripples in the space.

...

And at the very moment Shi Yan returned to the Primordial World, ten golden streaks of light emerged from the Heavenly Court, carrying with them the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas, and sped toward the Great Primordial Land.

The ten suns hung in the sky, and the decisive battle between the Witch and Demon clans officially broke out!

Shi Yan's gaze rested on the ten Golden Crows in the sky above the Primordial World, emitting endless True Sun Fire. "The timing is just right."

As he spoke, Shi Yan escaped toward the direction of the Witch clan.