I was born a god, the son of the Demon Lord.

Xu Nanyi held Xu Yuan's hand with one hand and held a sesame seed cake in the other, her little mouth full of sesame seeds as she nibbled on it.

Shen Xizhou walked on the other side.

At the end of the stone steps, at the entrance to the altar.

Lin Qingyue leaned against a stone pillar, holding a blade of grass in her hand. When she looked up, she saw three figures emerging from the morning mist.

Xu Nanyi spotted the person immediately and raised the hand holding the sesame seed cake above his head, waving it vigorously.

Good morning, Aunt Yue!

Lin Qingyue chuckled, took two steps forward, squatted down, and gently pinched the little girl's cheek with two fingers.

"Oh, you have such a sweet tongue." She let go of his hand, her gaze falling on the half-eaten sesame seed cake. She leaned closer to smell it. "Who gave you breakfast? Was it good?"

"Given by Mom! It's delicious!" Xu Nanyi's ahoge (cowlick) trembled as she nodded.

Shen Xizhou peeked out from the side and offered the sesame seed cake in his hand forward.

"I have one too!"

His tone was so proud, as if it were some priceless treasure.

Lin Qingyue hadn't even had a chance to reply.

"Wow! It smells so good! What did you guys sneak off to eat behind my back?!"

A gust of wind blew from behind.

Tianxing was originally strolling this way with Shen Jiuyuan, shoulder to shoulder, but as soon as he smelled the aroma of sesame seed cakes in the air, he sprang away.

Shen Jiuyuan's arm was flung away, and he only had time to see a blur.

When he came to his senses...

Tianxing had already squatted down in front of Xu Nanyi, his eyes shining.

"Isn't this Qingcheng sesame seed cake!" He took a deep breath, his expression one of pure delight. "Yiyi, can Brother Tianxing have just a tiny bite? Just a tiny bite."

Xu Nanyi tilted her head and looked him over, then thought about it seriously for half a second.

"Uncle Tianxing, let me break off a piece for you."

Tianxing's expression immediately cracked.

"Uncle...you don't look that old! Do I look that old to me!"

He turned to look at Lin Qingyue, trying to seek her support.

Lin Qingyue raised her hand and slapped him on the back of the head.

"How old are you? Don't you have any shame for fighting with a child for food?" She pushed Tianxing's head to the side. "Yiyi, don't give it to him. Gouxing doesn't deserve it."

"Hey!" Tianxing jumped up, clutching the back of his head. "You can't get food yourself, and you're blaming me for begging! Does that make any sense?!"

"Does that give you the right to beg?"

"What I did was bullying... no, what I did was elders showing care for younger people!"

Xu Nanyi held the sesame seed cake and watched them argue, her little face filled with the joy of watching the show. She lowered her head, preparing to take another bite—

My teeth bit into empty air.

Ok?

She looked at the sesame seed cake in her hand.

A large piece is missing.

Ming had more than half left just now.

Xu Nanyi slowly raised her head.

Shen Jiuyuan stood two steps behind her, his mouth bulging, a sesame seed stuck to the corner of his mouth.

He looked down at his daughter and blinked.

Then, under the little girl's dumbfounded gaze, he flashed a radiant smile and swallowed the sesame seed cake in his mouth right in front of her.

"..."

"Daddy! You stole my sesame seed cake!"

Shen Jiuyuan licked the sesame seed from the corner of his mouth, his expression unchanged.

Shen Xizhou reacted quickly, immediately protecting his sesame seed cake and taking a step back, his little face wary.

"Dad! You're doing something inhuman again!" He hid the sesame seed cake behind his back and said righteously, "Sister! I'm sharing it with you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was nothing behind him.

Shen Xizhou looked down and found his hands were empty.

His sesame seed cakes are gone!

Then I looked up again.

Shen Jiuyuan stood three steps away, holding a sesame seed cake in his hand, stuffing it into his mouth in big bites.

Shen Xizhou froze for a second, then rushed over with red eyes.

"Aaaah! You giant centipede! You bad guy! Give it back!"

Shen Jiuyuan stretched out one hand and placed his palm on Shen Xizhou's forehead.

Shen Xizhou's short legs kicked rapidly in place, and he waved his hands frantically trying to reach the other person, but his short arms and legs made it all for naught.

The fist slammed into the air, just inches away from Shen Jiuyuan's knee.

"Aaaaaah—!"

"Who told you two to get your dad killed yesterday?"

Shen Jiuyuan stuffed the last bite of the sesame seed cake into his mouth, chewing slowly and deliberately, looking down at the two jumping-up brats, "You don't even know how to share good things with your father, you heartless little brats."

Xu Nanyi stomped her foot in anger, and even her ahoge (cowlick) drooped down.

Tianxing watched in awe.

He patted Shen Jiuyuan on the shoulder and exclaimed sincerely, "Wow, buddy, stealing from a kid. I thought you'd be a gloomy kid, but I didn't expect you to be even more of a scoundrel than me."

He gave a thumbs up, "From now on, I'll call you God Dog."

Lin Qingyue crossed her arms, tilted her head and smiled: "Now that we're all here, there's no one gloomy anymore."

Wish: How shameless.

Shen Jiuyuan received that cold gaze, turned his head, and his expression was frank.

"Okay, my name is Shen Wulian."

Xu Nanyi stared at her own father in disbelief.

In less than half a day, this person has already been assimilated into this state?

This place is definitely something special; no wonder Sister Tongzi told her to be mentally prepared beforehand.

"Alright, alright." Xu Yuan clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention back. "Let's get down to business. Let's go inside."

-

The interior of the altar is much more spacious than it appears from the outside.

As soon as they stepped inside, the stone slabs beneath their feet emitted a faint blue glow, and a beam of light rose from the center, shooting straight up to the dome.

The surface of the pillar of light was covered with dense text and names, and golden light flowed over it.

Xu Nanyi tilted her head back to look, her mouth unconsciously forming an "O" shape.

Xu Yuan walked to the pillar of light, turned around and looked at the two children and a new member.

"This is the Merit Ranking. As the guardians of Taiyuan, we must be the first to step up and resolve any crises that occur in the world. Every time we complete a mission, or perform good deeds in our daily lives, our merits will be recorded on this ranking."

"And the star map will tell us the location of the mission and the personnel who need to go there."

Xu Nanyi tiptoed closer to take a look.

The names, gleaming in gold, are arranged from top to bottom, with the first to fourth places all being unfamiliar faces.

Making a wish is ranked fifth.

"Oh..." Xu Nanyi circled halfway around the pillar of light, continuing to search for names she recognized.

Then she turned to the back.

The golden light disappeared.

Instead, there was a pitch-black background with names also arranged on it.

The three large characters at the top—

List of the most immoral people.

Xu Nanyi blinked and looked down.

Third place: Tianxing.

"..."

Shen Jiuyuan had somehow gotten behind the little girl, looked down at the name, and bent down.

"See? Stay away from this kind of person. He'll get his comeuppance sooner or later for doing so many immoral things. Don't let him lead you astray."

Tianxing's ears immediately perked up.

"You damn dog!" He rushed over in three strides.

"What nonsense are you talking about! I just did it on a whim while doing a mission...it was an accident...it's a misunderstanding!"

The more he tried to explain, the worse it got. Finally, he gritted his teeth and waved his hand dismissively.

Stop looking at this! Look at something serious!

As spiritual energy surged forth, the surrounding space suddenly changed.

The dome overhead transformed into a sky full of stars, with countless points of light connecting into lines and then forming a network, ultimately creating a vast three-dimensional map.

A complete view of the Taiyuan Realm.

Tianxing tried to change the subject, saying, "This is the Taiyuan Star Map."

He made a swipe, and the star map rotated accordingly. "Wherever there's a problem, the corresponding location will light up. The system will then assign a few people to handle it..."

Before he could finish speaking, the entire Star Network began to shake violently.

Xu Nanyi was startled by the sudden tremor and instinctively moved closer to Xu Yuan.

A point suddenly lit up on the star map, its red color dazzling.

Location: Demon Realm.