Looking back, it was all like a fairyland.

All this was done to bring about the emperor's sudden death.

He spared no effort to draw attention to the north, placing the Kunlun Mirror and the Dao Embryo there. He had already calculated that even if Su Mu arrived, dealing with the Dao-transformed Prince Cheng wouldn't be so easy. After all, the Dao-transformed Prince Cheng was like a smaller version of a primordial deity; while he posed no real threat to Su Mu, he could at least hold him off.

If there is still not enough time, open the coffin in advance and release the drought demon.

Unfortunately, although his idea was good, Su Mu had already left Yan Chao at this moment.

He was following the Enlightened Beast.

To evade a primordial deity like the Enlightened Beast, who possesses the power of insight and perception, he needed to be careful in his concealment. He didn't know where the Enlightened Beast intended to go, but leaving Yanchao at this time was definitely not something he was up to.

The most likely scenario is to seek external assistance.

With such a large force deployed—the Enlightened Beast, the Azure Bird, and this external aid—there are a total of three innate deities, and this one clearly has a significant background.

Su Mu wasn't stupid; he understood why these innate deities were trying every means to keep him in Yan Dynasty. It was clear that the situation had reached a critical juncture, which was why they were so anxious and afraid of him interfering.

Since the other party thinks so, he certainly won't do as the other party wishes.

He had to defend Yan Chao; he also had to go beyond time. Few could reach beyond time, and Su Mu had his own plans. These people's calculations were so clattering that they backfired on him. If he had a hard time, no one else would either.

Kaimingmon is very fast.

Su Mu followed behind him. Suddenly, his eyes flashed, as if he had entered a strange world. He saw a chaos shrouding the front. This was not a broad black fog, but a metaphysical one, like the rising energy of dragons or the breath of humanity.

If ordinary dynasties were characterized by a clear and bright atmosphere, the one ahead was filled with rolling dark clouds. Su Mu saw vast swathes of resentment. This resentment lingered, the ghosts of the unjustly killed screaming and howling. Beyond the resentment, there was also the bloody energy of war, the deadly energy, and the foul air. This was completely different from the inner cave. Even the reincarnation of the outside world had failed to dispel these wronged souls. What had happened here?

Moreover, these negative emotions even infected the imperial dragon energy.

The Yu Dynasty at that time was nothing more than an old dragon in its twilight years.

Yet, the imperial dragon energy of this dynasty was now in a state of neither life nor death. Dead, with scars deep enough to see the bone, its scales dulled. Dead, yet not completely dead. He was being held captive by a force.

It was simply... a dead zone. There was no distinction between sun and moon, heaven and earth, and black and white were reversed. Only after arriving here did he seem to understand what the Kaiming Beast was trying to awaken.

When Su Mu set foot on this land, he felt a strange power.

Good people are treated badly.

The ground was littered with withered bones and corpses, and not far away lay a battlefield. No, battlefields were everywhere on this land. Those hunched warriors, riding warhorses, their bones smothered their filthy hair and drew their rusted iron swords. Their sunken faces were filled with a thirst for slaughter and a frenzy of passion.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The hoarse voices rang out in unison.

The people following behind were all like this, and the opposing side was no different. The two sides locked horns on the battlefield, the rusty, blunt knives slicing through flesh, leaving behind a horrific scar and splattering blood.

The spear pierced a man's chest and was pulled out with blood foam and residue.

To win and then die.

There are no good people here, because the good have long since become dry bones and are trampled on at will. There are only evil people here, and people who are even more evil than the evil people.

This is not a paradise for the wicked, this is a place of despair for everyone.

Smoke, war, plunder, killing, ruined cities, homelessness, abandoned fields, and eating one's own children.

Everything displayed here is merely to please the rulers here, to cheer for that one god. An entire kingdom is sacrificed to welcome the god's return.

This is a topsy-turvy play, a chaotic poem, and a terrible painting.

No wonder tens of millions of lives died.

This was just the mortal world; the underworld was even more chaotic. Evil spirits sat in the hall, while the City God and his ghost messengers bowed on either side. It was a scene of sheer absurdity.

Su Mu had once seen Taotie, one of the four great beasts. Compared to this one, Taotie's nasty personality could even be called endearing. Perhaps it was simply because Taotie had been disciplined by Siming, or perhaps it was simply a disguise in front of Su Mu. Regardless, if the beasts were to be judged according to this assessment, Taotie would undoubtedly be removed from the list.

Kaiming Beast clearly disliked and even loathed such places. He didn't care about the lives of the people of this era, and his killings had a purpose, not just aimless chaos.

It is true that the Kunlun lineage has its own stance, but that does not mean that people in the same camp will understand each other.

But this was just right. Chaos, this brainless creature, could be used as a shield to cause some trouble for Su Mu. It would be best if he died.

Thinking of this, the Kaiming Beast's expression brightened considerably. He transformed into a humanoid form and walked across the scorched earth. This kingdom wasn't large, perhaps only one-tenth the size of the Yan Dynasty. Few people ventured near it, as the area was shrouded in the power of inversion. However, some gods and immortals would come in to investigate, but they never left.

With the world's revival, such forbidden zones are not unique, but they are also rare. The world and humanity are not vegetarians. And places like Chaos usually hide themselves.

Just like the mirage dragon at the beginning.

So unless they were lucky, the average person wouldn't be able to discover this hidden kingdom. Su Mu had also come here with the Enlightened Beast. No wonder she'd never heard of such a kingdom. But looking around now, there weren't many people left. And after spending so long here, their spirits had long since changed.

This country is about to completely disappear in the long river of history.

Su Mu was powerless. All he could do was avenge this country. This enlightened beast was a buy-one-get-one-free deal, so he would be buried with this country.

The Enlightened Beast had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation and was once again walking in this ruined country, waiting for the return of Chaos.

At this moment, Chaos is just a giant cocoon.

This cocoon was located at the center of the entire kingdom. Within it, a chaotic aura pulsated, rising and falling, and the chaotic aura also rose and fell.

This wasn't Chaos' true form, nor did it breed Chaos. Instead, it was a vehicle, a coordinate for its return. Therefore, Su Mu didn't intend to prevent Chaos' return. Even if he destroyed this giant cocoon, it would only delay it for another ten or twenty years. What he wanted was to once again send Chaos into eternal silence.