After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"Lu Wu, the Heavenly Emperor's chief steward."

Lu Wu was in charge of the Nine Departments of Heaven and the Heavenly Emperor's Garden. In short, he was the Heavenly Emperor's chief steward, responsible for handling miscellaneous affairs of the Nine Departments of Heaven (the entire Heavenly Court) and various divine beasts and spirits.

In terms of rank, let alone a lowly gardener like Yingzhao, or a powerful official like the Four Symbols Divine Beasts, they are all minor officials in front of Lu Wu, who may be the Grand Eunuch or the Prime Minister of Heaven.

"Yes, Sister Lu Wu was the highest-ranking deity in our time. She even had the ability to temporarily strip some true gods of their authority, making them become mortals for a short period of time. She herself was also severely possessed and felt that the whole world should revolve according to her will and that no accidents should happen."

"In modern terms, the boss (Lu Wu) has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it's a terminal form of it, the kind that's incurable."

As Yingzhao said this, he shook his head with a bitter face. He didn't want to say that in Lu Wu's time, his eldest sister broke her finger because she could crack all nine of her fingers except for the one that wouldn't crack.

Zhou Yan was somewhat bewildered.

"So, according to you, Little Yama is a good person?"

Yingzhao nodded again.

Zhou Yan asked tentatively.

"Is Lu Wu a bad person?"

"Well, Sister Lu Wu advocates class theory. She was the first top Awakened to want to suppress Awakened to the top of mortals. Little Yama was unwilling and fought with Sister Lu Wu and that disgusting guy Chi You. The two of them combined couldn't beat Little Yama. So, the government represented by Little Yama suppressed all Awakened at that time."

Zhou Yan was shocked.

"If Lu Wu and Chi You were suppressed, what is the bloodline of that Little Yama King?"

Fear slowly crept onto Yingzhao's face.

"It is King Qin Guang, the first of the Ten Kings of Hell."

Zhou Yan was surprised again.

"Can King Qin Guang be compared to Lu Wu and Chi You?"

Many people may think that the ruler of the underworld is the Ten Kings of Hell, but that's not the case. In the mythological system, the highest leader of the underworld is the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, who manages the gods. Below the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, the one who is the head of the ghost immortals in the "True Spirit Karma Chart" is the true supreme being of the underworld, the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

Below the Great Emperor of Fengdu are the Five Ghost Emperors who guard the Five Ghost Gates. Below the Five Ghost Emperors are the gatekeepers of the six divine palaces of the Great Emperor of Fengdu—the Six Heavens of Luofeng.

Below these six gatekeepers of Luofeng Six Heavens are the regional governors of the underworld, the Ten Kings of Hell.

In general, the Ten Kings of Hell are mid-level officials in the pantheon of the underworld gods. Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and Black and White Impermanence are even less prestigious minor gods of the underworld.

As for Ksitigarbha, he is a diplomat from the Buddhist sect and is not included in the underworld system.

Who was Chi You?

Lu Wu, the ancestor who once vied for power with the Yellow Emperor, was the chief steward of the Heavenly Emperor. This little Yama King, as the head of the Ten Kings of Hell, suppressed these two awakened ones...

Could it be that Little Yama's awakening level is 100%, while Chi You and Lu Wu's awakening levels are not high?

"Combat strength is not calculated based on bloodline."

Yingzhao sighed as if she had thought of something.

"When it comes to bloodline, Lu Wu and Chi You are undoubtedly stronger, even the Ten Kings of Hell cannot compare to them. But Little Yama is different. His original bloodline was a demon-level zombie, then he broke through from a zombie to a ghost-level ghost messenger, then from a ghost messenger to a demon-level ghost general, and then from a ghost general to a demigod-level White Impermanence."

"Finally, we arrived at King Qin Guang, the head of the Ten Kings of Hell."

"Chi You and Lu Wu were both born true god awakeners, while Little Yama was a demon who constantly broke through his limits and climbed all the way to become a true god."

Even though they were former enemies, Yingzhao couldn't help but speak with great respect at this moment.

"Heaven rewards diligence."

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Nine Thousand Years Old

Tianhu Bai Rusu and Zhou Yan once said that the source of bloodline only indicates your potential. Once you reach 100% awakening and can no longer tap into your potential, you can only spend countless efforts and resources to find an opportunity to break through and exceed your own power limit.

And that little Yama King made countless efforts and used numerous resources four times.

He went from the weakest to the strongest, and in the previous generation, Little Yama was the undisputed king.

only……

Zhou Yan had one thing he didn't understand.

"Uncle Yingzhao, do you think Little Yama is a good person?"

“He’s a good person to ordinary people, but disgusting to us awakened ones.”

"If that's the case, why doesn't Little Yama allow Lu Wu to complete the method of breaking through and possessing another body?"

Yingzhao said that as the bloodline of awakened individuals deepens, people gradually lose their empathy. If this problem can be solved, wouldn't awakened individuals be able to get along better with others?

Why would a righteous King Yama stop this seemingly beneficial action?

Yingzhao remained silent for a few seconds, waiting for Zhang to open his mouth, and a look of confusion involuntarily appeared on his face.

"Because Little Yama believes that Lu Wu's method might destroy the world, not just the human world, but our planet in the truest sense."

Zhou Yan: "..."

Destroy the world?

It's not that Zhou Yan looks down on humanity, but every year this planet experiences several typhoons with the energy of thousands of nuclear bombs. If the temperature rises by just a few degrees, humans will suffer terribly.

Some have estimated that even if humanity were to detonate all its nuclear weapons at once, it would only destroy the human world. Planets would at most have a few scars on their "skin." Tens of millions or hundreds of millions of years later, planets would still be planets, while humanity would only have the past left behind.

In this situation, would you destroy the planet?

What exactly does Lu Wu want to do to destroy the planet?

and also……

Zhou Yan asked in astonishment.

"So, we're on our way to destroying the world?"

Yingzhao nodded.

Zhou Yan: "..."

Why would a gossip queen like me have to accompany a bunch of villains to destroy the world?

"Your Majesty, don't think so much. Destroying the world is only a very small possibility."

Yingzhao opened the window and threw out the cigarette butt he had finished smoking.

"Instead of this insignificant possibility, let's talk about your identity, Your Excellency. Your Excellency, do you know who my eldest sister, Lu Wu, was most afraid of when she was still alive?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

Yingzhao responded.

"It's Bai Ze."

Zhou Yan laughed.

"Does your eldest sister, Lu Wu, the Heavenly Emperor's chief steward, also have weaknesses or incriminating evidence in Bai Ze's hands?"

Yingzhao let out a sigh of relief.

"It's not a matter of weaknesses or vulnerabilities. Your Excellency, have you ever considered that, according to legend, Bai Ze would emerge from Kunlun whenever a sage was born, bringing auspicious omens?"

"Who do you think decided this sage's descent into the world? Who approved it? And why did Bai Ze go to deliver the map to the sage?"

Zhou Yan looked at Ying Zhao with confusion.

What are you trying to say?

Yingzhao's voice turned much colder.

"The right of kings is ordained by Heaven. This sage must be recognized by Heaven, or even the Heavenly Emperor. And Bai Ze's appearance with the map is like a royal decree, announcing that the world is now under your rule."

At this point, Yingzhao began to shake her head.

"When Bai Ze arrived before the sage king, he unfurled the 'Bai Ze Picture' and said, 'The federal government, no, the Heavenly Court has decided that you will be the next president, no, the human emperor.'"

Zhou Yan was amused.

“That’s interesting. I have indeed heard people say that Bai Ze is a CIA agent.”

According to Yingzhao's statement, it's as if the CIA chief went to a country in Africa, found a local tyrant who had studied there, and said to him, "The House has decided that you will be the democratically elected president of this country."

The very next day, the country’s originally elected president was suddenly found dead, shot seventeen times in the back, having committed suicide.

"Moreover, Bai Ze knows the weaknesses, true names, and identity information of all beasts and gods. Compared to my eldest sister Lu Wu's stripping of divinity, isn't this more like a means of controlling the gods of the heavens?"

Yingzhao glanced at Zhou Yan out of the corner of her eye.

Zhou Yan sensed that something was wrong.

"Yingzhao, what are you trying to say?"

Yingzhao sighed.

"It might just be speculation, but my eldest sister, Lu Wu, once said that she's at most a Grand Eunuch, while Bai Ze, this divine beast also from Kunlun, might be a high-ranking official in the Eastern Depot and a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, or even..."

Yingzhao licked her lips.

"Nine thousand years old."

Zhou Yan: "..."

It seems the Ninth Prince was also a eunuch...

What the heck? After talking like this, I've gone from being a CIA agent to a eunuch?

"Of course, these are just guesses."

Yingzhao reassured him.

"Whether it's true or not, we still need to try."

Yingzhao nodded her chin forward.

"Your Excellency, look ahead, we are about to reach our destination."

Zhou Yan looked over and, through the windshield, saw a pile of ruins standing at the end of the road.

Yingzhao explained.

"This is Bocheng. Fifty years ago, a gold mine was discovered here, and countless people came to make their fortune. After thirty years of mining, the gold was all gone, and everyone ran away. There isn't a single person left now."

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Heavenly Emperor

Bocheng is a typical resource-based city, meaning it thrives when it has resources, but collapses when it lacks them.

However, Bocheng's demise was too complete. When the last gold mine was mined out of the city, the once enthusiastic gold prospectors and local residents all left, leaving behind a city now submerged by time.

Yingzhao drove up to a three-story building. Judging from the few logos on the building that were corroded by rust, the building should be the local municipal government building.

Yingzhao stopped the car, got out, and Zhou Yan followed.

Yingzhao pointed his thumb to the entrance of the municipal government building and smiled.

"Let's go. Once this is over, Your Excellency's identity will be revealed, and all our hopes will be realized."

Zhou Yan added a sentence.

"Maybe the world will be destroyed too."

Yingzhao looked a little downcast, but quickly cheered up.

Ultimately, the destruction of the world is only a possibility, and his daughter, who has lost the Uncertain Pearl, has no other way to advance except through this path.

Yingzhao walked into the abandoned city hall, and Zhou Yan followed.

The abandoned city hall seemed to have been cleaned. When Zhou Yan entered, there was no dust on the ground and no cobwebs in the corners. Going up the stairs, there were several bright potted plants on the second floor.

The two went all the way to the roof of the city hall building.

On the rooftop, four ferocious beasts each occupied a corner, and countless red knots and strange yellow paper talismans were embedded in the air. In the center of the rooftop was an altar with lit candles, and in the center of the candles was a dilapidated compass with many of the inscriptions missing.

Yingzhao walked to the altar and bowed towards it.

Zhou Yan looked around. The young man had never seen such a scene before. He felt that this messy affair resembled a Buddhist or Taoist ritual.

After bowing, Yingzhao stood up and casually said.

"Back then, my eldest sister spent countless resources and energy to find the destiny chart hidden in the Ghost Realm. This destiny chart reflects the heavens and descends into the nine netherworlds, and can open the gates of the heavens."

Yingzhao stepped aside and took out an exquisitely crafted memorial from his pocket, which was covered with gold leaf.