Chapter 1 Lingjing Xingzhe Instance

The vast universe was like a piece of pure black velvet, with the stars scattered across it like dazzling diamonds.

Starlight descended, condensing into a magnificent, enormous round table, surrounded by fifteen high-backed chairs.

One by one, figures appeared around the table.

There was a young woman with white hair, a robust man with fiery red hair and beard, a tiny tree-sapling person gently swaying, a burly middle-aged man with blond hair, blue eyes and a scruffy beard, a fair and adorable boy, and a wise, venerable elder with white hair and beard.

Fu Qingxuan glanced around the table. Aside from the two attendant gods from the Goddess of Beauty Association and the Merchant Guild, all the demi-god level figures from the Lawful faction were present.

"It's been many years, Brother Zhao. How is your divination art progressing?"

"If I don't devour you, my divination art will be difficult to improve, Brother Liu."

"What a coincidence, Brothers Zhao and Liu. This Xiahou's refining technique has been stuck at a bottleneck for many years. Which of you two would be so kind as to offer up your authority?"

"Ah, you old codger! If not for the official restrictions, this old man would have offed you sixty years ago."

"Brother Xie, I heard the Chu family's girl obtained the Demon Refining Pot. How about we join forces? You take the demon-refining power, and I'll take Nuwa's legacy."

"Go to hell! That's my descendant."

The demi-gods of the Musician and Scholar classes began to chat as soon as they met, their words dripping with sarcasm.

"Silence!" Fu Qingxuan tapped the table, her sharp gaze sweeping across the demi-gods of the Lingjing Xingzhe families.

"The demi-god meeting is not a place for you to mock each other. So what if you control administrator privileges when the sun, moon, and stars are not in their proper positions? You can't even log in. Eating anyone is useless. Besides, when the official organization was established, it was agreed that the three Musician families and the three Scholar families would share administrator privileges."

"The result of infighting within the Lawful faction has already happened once. The outcome is clear to everyone."

The round table quieted down a bit. Although Fu Qingxuan was the least experienced among the demi-gods present, she was one of the official demi-gods and belonged to the General class. In ancient times, that would be the Grand Marshal of all the armies.

Since the Grand Marshal had spoken, the demi-gods of the Lingjing Xingzhe families naturally gave her some face.

The Tianfa Chairman and the Sea Emperor, who were hostile to each other, also restrained their cold ridicule.

At this moment, a figure materialized beside the round table. It was a man in a pink suit, paired with a white shirt, wearing a silver mask, and holding a glass of champagne.

His hair was waxed and combed back neatly, looking as if he was about to attend some fashion convention.

As soon as the flamboyant man entered, he patted the demi-gods on the shoulders one by one.

"Yo, everyone's here! After the battle for the Compass of Light, it's rare to see you old guys gathered so completely. Would anyone like a glass of champagne to celebrate this grand occasion?"

He walked to the Zhu family's ancestor, patting him on the shoulder. "Old Zhu, the Palace Master of Zhisha is under the protection of me and the Lord of the Sun. Don't even think about hitting her.

"If she doesn't give me and the Lord of the Sun face, be careful when the sun returns and he uses you as the target."

The Zhu family's ancestor, dressed in black training clothes, with white hair and beard, smiled and said calmly, "We'll see if you can leave this meeting instance alive."

He looked around and asked, "Where is that Goddess of Beauty?"

"The Goddess of Beauty went to sleep with male models. She entrusted me to participate in the meeting. My opinion is her opinion."

Mr. Chairman raised his head, his smile not reaching his eyes. "Why are you standing so high? Come down and have a meeting!"

A dazzling and dreamy starlight fell, condensing into a vague humanoid figure without facial features, radiating a starlight that seemed to outshine all the stars in the sky.

"Let's have a meeting!" the figure formed by starlight said faintly.

"Why don't you drop your phone again?" Mr. Chairman leaned back in his high-backed chair, crossing his legs.

The figure condensed from starlight seemed not to have heard him. Its voice was grand and ethereal, without any emotion. "Since Ling Tuo pieced together the complete Lunar Source, this day was destined to arrive. After the sun, moon, and stars return to their positions, the evil faction began to plot against the Wind and Thunder Gods! After the failure, Ling Tuo shielded the Merit Board, and the evil faction joined forces to besiege the Sea Emperor."

"Both attempts were aimed at weakening the demi-god power of the Lawful faction before the Sun instance opens."

"Now, the evil faction has no choice. The only thing they can do is delay time and let Ling Tuo shield the Merit Board again." The voice of the Taiyi Sect Master sounded like it had been mixed with echo and 3D surround sound, layered upon layered, coming from all directions.

"What's the use of shielding the Merit Board?" Gang Leader Jiang's voice was loud and booming.

"We're already at this stage, and they still want to use ordinary people to threaten us? Wars always have casualties. The evil faction can kill as many mortals as they want. I just want to win. Only winning brings a future."

As a centenarian who had lived through the war years, his thinking was perfectly correct. As long as the Lawful faction won the war, the world would eventually be at peace. The mortals of today are all descendants who multiplied and thrived after the war's victory.

The Taiyi Sect Master said slowly, "Ling Tuo's purpose in shielding the Merit Board is not to slaughter mortals, but to obtain this causal item and compete with me when the Sun instance opens."

The Sea Emperor, a burly man with a scruffy beard, was about to speak, but Red Fire Gang Leader preempted him. "Sun, isn't it able to purify all pollution? The consequence of Ling Tuo, as a fallen one, touching the Sun would be purification or incineration."

The Sea Emperor nodded silently. The Red Fire Gang Leader had asked the question that was on his mind.

"A good mouthpiece." The Taiyi Sect Master's voice was grand and layered. "Ling Tuo will not directly control the Sun, but he can use the Merit Board to exert influence. In addition, he can control the Sun in many ways: creating a new soul, shaping a physical body, and controlling the Sun with this new body as a puppet."

"However, according to the current movements of the evil faction, they want to awaken the Night Emperor and devour the Sun even more."

The Tianfa Chairman nodded.

"The high-level members of the Eternal Night Church have indeed been trying to awaken the Night Emperor recently," the Sect Master said.

"The Sun is without an owner, and its source power is in a dormant state. Although it emits the characteristic of purifying everything, it cannot resist the power of the abyss. Once the Sun is swallowed, we will never be able to obtain it again."

Because no one can maintain a clear "Sun" in the Night Emperor's domain, it is equivalent to sinking into an instance that no one can enter.

Chapter 2 Lingjing Xingzhe Instance

The vast universe was like a piece of pure black velvet, with the stars scattered across it like dazzling diamonds.

Starlight descended, condensing into a magnificent, enormous round table, surrounded by fifteen high-backed chairs.

One by one, figures appeared around the table.

There was a young woman with white hair, a robust man with fiery red hair and beard, a tiny tree-sapling person gently swaying, a burly middle-aged man with blond hair, blue eyes and a scruffy beard, a fair and adorable boy, and a wise, venerable elder with white hair and beard.

Fu Qingxuan glanced around the table. Aside from the two attendant gods from the Goddess of Beauty Association and the Merchant Guild, all the demi-god level figures from the Lawful faction were present.

"It's been many years, Brother Zhao. How is your divination art progressing?"

"If I don't devour you, my divination art will be difficult to improve, Brother Liu."

"What a coincidence, Brothers Zhao and Liu. This Xiahou's refining technique has been stuck at a bottleneck for many years. Which of you two would be so kind as to offer up your authority?"

"Ah, you old codger! If not for the official restrictions, this old man would have offed you sixty years ago."

"Brother Xie, I heard the Chu family's girl obtained the Demon Refining Pot. How about we join forces? You take the demon-refining power, and I'll take Nuwa's legacy."

"Go to hell! That's my descendant."

The demi-gods of the Musician and Scholar classes began to chat as soon as they met, their words dripping with sarcasm.

"Silence!" Fu Qingxuan tapped the table, her sharp gaze sweeping across the demi-gods of the Lingjing Xingzhe families.

"The demi-god meeting is not a place for you to mock each other. So what if you control administrator privileges when the sun, moon, and stars are not in their proper positions? You can't even log in. Eating anyone is useless. Besides, when the official organization was established, it was agreed that the three Musician families and the three Scholar families would share administrator privileges."

"The result of infighting within the Lawful faction has already happened once. The outcome is clear to everyone."

The round table quieted down a bit. Although Fu Qingxuan was the least experienced among the demi-gods present, she was one of the official demi-gods and belonged to the General class. In ancient times, that would be the Grand Marshal of all the armies.

Since the Grand Marshal had spoken, the demi-gods of the Lingjing Xingzhe families naturally gave her some face.

The Tianfa Chairman and the Sea Emperor, who were hostile to each other, also restrained their cold ridicule.

At this moment, a figure materialized beside the round table. It was a man in a pink suit, paired with a white shirt, wearing a silver mask, and holding a glass of champagne.

His hair was waxed and combed back neatly, looking as if he was about to attend some fashion convention.

As soon as the flamboyant man entered, he patted the demi-gods on the shoulders one by one.

"Yo, everyone's here! After the battle for the Compass of Light, it's rare to see you old guys gathered so completely. Would anyone like a glass of champagne to celebrate this grand occasion?"

He walked to the Zhu family's ancestor, patting him on the shoulder. "Old Zhu, the Palace Master of Zhisha is under the protection of me and the Lord of the Sun. Don't even think about hitting her.

"If she doesn't give me and the Lord of the Sun face, be careful when the sun returns and he uses you as the target."

The Zhu family's ancestor, dressed in black training clothes, with white hair and beard, smiled and said calmly, "We'll see if you can leave this meeting instance alive."

He looked around and asked, "Where is that Goddess of Beauty?"

"The Goddess of Beauty went to sleep with male models. She entrusted me to participate in the meeting. My opinion is her opinion."

Mr. Chairman raised his head, his smile not reaching his eyes. "Why are you standing so high? Come down and have a meeting!"

A dazzling and dreamy starlight fell, condensing into a vague humanoid figure without facial features, radiating a starlight that seemed to outshine all the stars in the sky.

"Let's have a meeting!" the figure formed by starlight said faintly.

"Why don't you drop your phone again?" Mr. Chairman leaned back in his high-backed chair, crossing his legs.

The figure condensed from starlight seemed not to have heard him. Its voice was grand and ethereal, without any emotion. "Since Ling Tuo pieced together the complete Lunar Source, this day was destined to arrive. After the sun, moon, and stars return to their positions, the evil faction began to plot against the Wind and Thunder Gods! After the failure, Ling Tuo shielded the Merit Board, and the evil faction joined forces to besiege the Sea Emperor."

"Both attempts were aimed at weakening the demi-god power of the Lawful faction before the Sun instance opens."

"Now, the evil faction has no choice. The only thing they can do is delay time and let Ling Tuo shield the Merit Board again." The voice of the Taiyi Sect Master sounded like it had been mixed with echo and 3D surround sound, layered upon layered, coming from all directions.

"What's the use of shielding the Merit Board?" Gang Leader Jiang's voice was loud and booming.

"We're already at this stage, and they still want to use ordinary people to threaten us? Wars always have casualties. The evil faction can kill as many mortals as they want. I just want to win. Only winning brings a future."

As a centenarian who had lived through the war years, his thinking was perfectly correct. As long as the Lawful faction won the war, the world would eventually be at peace. The mortals of today are all descendants who multiplied and thrived after the war's victory.

The Taiyi Sect Master said slowly, "Ling Tuo's purpose in shielding the Merit Board is not to slaughter mortals, but to obtain this causal item and compete with me when the Sun instance opens."

The Sea Emperor, a burly man with a scruffy beard, was about to speak, but Red Fire Gang Leader preempted him. "Sun, isn't it able to purify all pollution? The consequence of Ling Tuo, as a fallen one, touching the Sun would be purification or incineration."

The Sea Emperor nodded silently. The Red Fire Gang Leader had asked the question that was on his mind.

"A good mouthpiece." The Taiyi Sect Master's voice was grand and layered. "Ling Tuo will not directly control the Sun, but he can use the Merit Board to exert influence. In addition, he can control the Sun in many ways: creating a new soul, shaping a physical body, and controlling the Sun with this new body as a puppet."

"However, according to the current movements of the evil faction, they want to awaken the Night Emperor and devour the Sun even more."

The Tianfa Chairman nodded.

"The high-level members of the Eternal Night Church have indeed been trying to awaken the Night Emperor recently," the Sect Master said.

"The Sun is without an owner, and its source power is in a dormant state. Although it emits the characteristic of purifying everything, it cannot resist the power of the abyss. Once the Sun is swallowed, we will never be able to obtain it again."

Because no one can maintain a clear "Sun" in the Night Emperor's domain, it is equivalent to sinking into an instance that no one can enter.