The Heavenly Court, which should have been a place of ethereal beauty, was now shrouded in a gray mist. The Lingxiao Palace had long since been reduced to ruins, and the Jade Emperor's former throne had been split in two and lay collapsed inside the palace.

After a spatial fluctuation, Li Daoyi and his group appeared in the Lingxiao Palace.

"Sigh..." Looking at the surrounding situation, Lü Dongbin sighed deeply.

"Even the Heavenly Court will not be spared," Dongfang Bubai said.

"Hmm." Li Dao nodded. Then he walked out of Lingxiao Palace.

Once outside, the situation remained the same: lifeless, a black world stretching as far as the eye could see, shrouded in death, the former celestial aura gone forever.

Li Daoyi looked up at the gloomy sky, then looked at Mengmeng.

The little guy's big eyes blinked, full of anticipation.

"You little rascal." Li Daoyi smiled and patted Mengmeng's head.

"Hehe." Mengmeng chuckled.

"Eat up," Li Daoyi nodded.

"Yay..." Mengmeng jumped for joy.

Then she slowly floated up and soon flew high into the sky. Her little belly twitched slightly, and she opened her little mouth and took a deep breath.

"Hiss...whoosh..."

The black substance that had been spreading around quickly converged towards Mengmeng's little mouth.

"ha..."

The little guy made a sound, and then his little mouth puffed out.

"Whoosh..."

Not only the black mist within the Heavenly Court's territory, but the black mist throughout the entire world began to fluctuate. Then, countless black mists surged from the ground and flew into the air. These were the black mists of the Underworld and the Demon Realm.

Lu Dongbin stared wide-eyed at the scene, feeling somewhat worried.

"Won't this...will everything be alright?"

"Don't worry, Mengmeng will be fine," Dongfang Bubai said softly.

The black fog over the entire world disappeared at an extremely fast speed, and the originally gloomy sky began to gradually brighten.

Finally, a ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds.

"Sunshine." Lü Dongbin burst into tears. Never in his life had he longed for the sun as much as he did now. This was the sunshine that had disappeared for twenty years.

Gradually, the light grew stronger and stronger, and soon the entire heavenly palace was bathed in sunlight. The sunlight shone through the clouds of the heavenly palace and down to the world below, and the whole world was restored to light.

In Lion Camel City, everyone stared at the sky with tears in their eyes, for the long-awaited sunshine had finally appeared.

"Senior brother, is this the sun? It's so warm," Xuanliang exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, they did it."

Under the sunlight, the sleeping monsters were awakened one after another. Their skin felt as if it were being burned. They howled and scattered. Those that were slow to escape were quickly turned to ashes, while others hid in caves or dark places.

"So they're afraid of the sun." Li Daoyi sensed the changes in the mortal realm and understood why the sun was blocked. It seemed that these creatures were like vampires, burning up once exposed to the sun.

Finally, all the black mist was absorbed. Mengmeng patted her little belly with satisfaction, flew down happily, and jumped directly into Li Daoyi's arms, looking like she wanted to praise her.

"Great job, my Mengmeng is so great." Li Daoyi praised, patting Mengmeng's little head.

"Giggle..."

Li Daoyi then looked around. The Heavenly Court was still dilapidated, but at least it was no longer as dark as before. The only shortcoming was that it still had no spiritual energy.

"Thank you, Great Immortal. Thank you, Miss Mengmeng." At this moment, Lü Dongbin knelt down.

"Get up, there's no need for that," Li Daoyi smiled.

"Dao Yi, the black mist is gone, so why is there still no spiritual energy?" Dongfang Bubai asked.

“Every world has its own World Heart, also known as the Star Core, which is the source of all energy. The core of this world is the heart of the great god Pangu, also known as the Heart of Pangu.”

"The Heart of Pangu." Everyone exclaimed in shock.

“I couldn’t sense the presence of the Heart of Pangu, so it must have been taken away by the extraterrestrial demons,” Li Daoyi continued.

"What should we do then?" Lü Dongbin asked anxiously.

"Sizzle..."

At this moment, a spatial fluctuation appeared in front of Li Daoyi, and a white spatial energy suddenly appeared before him.

"Hey!"

Mengmeng, quick as a flash, grabbed it.

"Here you go, brother." The little guy obediently handed the energy in his hand to Li Daoyi.

Li Daoyi received the spatial energy, then carried Mengmeng down, and the others quickly gathered around.

“It’s Xiaodie,” Li Daoyi said.

After saying that, he placed the spatial energy in his hand on his forehead, closed his eyes, and began to sense it.

A moment later, Li Dao opened his eyes with a smile on his face.

"How is it?" Dongfang Bubai asked hurriedly.

"Xiaodie successfully arrived in that world and even found some people."

"What? There are still living people?" Lü Dongbin exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, Xiaodie found Guanyin Bodhisattva and the others." Li Daoyi nodded.

"That's wonderful, that's wonderful!" Lü Dongbin exclaimed joyfully.

"Shall we go now?" Dongfang Bubai asked.

“No, you don’t need to go. Saitama, Mengmeng and I will go,” Li Daoyi said.

"Mm." Dongfang and Xiaolongnu nodded.

"Wow, are we going to fight? I'm so excited!" Saitama exclaimed excitedly.

In the Demon Realm, the demon god who had possessed Wutian's body opened his eyes from meditation. Floating before him was a huge, crystal-clear stone, like a heart—the Heart of Pangu.

"Strange, it seems something is about to happen?" the demon god muttered to himself.

"Hahaha..."

Just then, a strange laugh suddenly came from the body of the demon god.

"Hmph, what are you laughing at?" the demon god said coldly.

"Evil God, your smugness won't last long, hahaha, he will come, he will come to avenge me." The voice appeared again.

Upon hearing this, the demon god's face revealed a hint of disdain.

"Is it that mysterious person again? Wutian, you keep mentioning that person all year round, and you still haven't given up."

“This time it’s different. The evil god is coming. I can feel it. He’s coming, and so is your doom. Just you wait.”

The voice emanating from the body was none other than Wutian's remaining primordial spirit.

"Is that so? It seems that person is very strong. That's great. I can have another puppet now," the Demon God laughed.

"Hmph, just you wait, that person is not someone you can even imagine," Wutian said coldly.

"snort..."

The demon god snorted coldly, closed his eyes again, and continued to absorb the Heart of Pangu.

Several more days passed quickly.

In the past few days, Xiaodie has been moving between more than a dozen cages, starting to count the survivors.

"There are fewer than three hundred people?" Nuwa said sadly.

"Okay, that's all." Xiaodie nodded.

"Alas, calamity, calamity," sighed the Supreme Lord of Morality.

"Little Butterfly, will your master really come?" Nuwa asked again.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely come." Xiaodie nodded.

“Xiaodie, can he really save us? You know that monster is extremely powerful,” said Lingbao Tianzun.

"Hmph, I've said it so many times, my master is so strong, if you don't believe me, fine," Xiaodie pouted unhappily.

"This..." Lingbao was immediately embarrassed.

“Junior brother, you mustn’t be rude,” the Celestial Venerable Morality said hastily.

"Oh, they're here."

Just then, Xiaodie exclaimed, and before the others could react, she flapped her wings and flew out of the cage into the sky.

"They've arrived." Nuwa and the others were taken aback and looked out of the cage.

Above the Demon Realm, near the two grayish-yellow suns, a barely perceptible spatial fluctuation appeared, and a crack slowly emerged. Li Daoyi, carrying Mengmeng and pulling Saitama with his left hand behind him, walked out from inside.

"Looks like I'll have to get you a cultivation technique, otherwise not being able to fly is a real problem," Li Daoyi said.

"Huh? Can I learn it?" Saitama asked, bewildered.

"The Flying Technique? Don't worry, I'll instill it in you directly."

"Oh, that's great!" Saitama said happily.

"Little Butterfly is here."

A small figure was seen flying rapidly towards the group; it was Xiaodie.

"Master, young master."

Xiaodie said happily.

"Hmm, well done, thank you for your hard work." Li Daoyi stretched out his hand, and Xiaodie immediately flew up obediently.

What's the situation now?

"Fortunately, that big bad guy only showed his face once, and then he's been hiding underground, doing who knows what."

"Hmm, have you finished the count? How many people are still alive?" Li Daoyi asked again.

"Not many, only a little over three hundred. A few more have died in the last few days. Every day, people are taken out and their energy is absorbed through tubes," Xiaodie said.

"So few? Where is the sage? Is he still alive?"

"They're alive. They're all locked up together, along with the Jade Emperor and the fat Buddha."

"Hahaha, you fat Buddha." Li Daoyi couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

"Mengmeng, did you teach her this?"

"Hehehe, no way, hehehe." The little guy couldn't stop laughing.

"Alright, let's go down and take a look first."

"Okay." Mengmeng nodded, then waved her little hand, and a transparent barrier appeared around them, completely concealing their aura.

Li Daoyi flew towards the Demon Realm and soon saw the sleeping monsters.

"Wow, so many! They look even stronger than the last one," Saitama said excitedly.

Li Daoyi was also observing these creatures, which looked like worms, consuming the dark energy around them, which was flowing out from the tops of those cylinders.

"It does have a Cthulhu-esque feel to it," Li Daoyi said with a smile.

"What is Cthulhu?" Saitama asked curiously.

“Another, even more evil and terrifying existence is a collective term for some powerful evil gods,” Li Daoyi explained.

"Hmm, I think I've heard this name before," Mengmeng said, tilting her head.

"Hmm?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but look at the little guy in his arms.

"Do you know Cthulhu?" Li Daoyi asked.

"It sounds so familiar," Mengmeng said, frowning slightly.

Seeing that she was confused as usual, Li Daoyi shook his head helplessly and did not investigate further.

Inside the cage, Nuwa and the others looked out with expectant eyes.

Soon, several figures walked in through the door. They looked around and immediately spotted the little butterfly flying in front of them.

"Hehe, Master is here," Xiaodie said happily.

The six people in the cage stared blankly at Li Daoyi and Qi Yu, their faces completely unfamiliar. They had no recollection of the two, and what shocked them even more was that they were accompanied by a small child.

"Heave-ho." Mengmeng struggled for a moment, jumped down from Li Daoyi's arms, and walked to the outside of the cage with her short legs. She clung to the bars and looked at the group of people as if they were new animals in a zoo.

The group was momentarily speechless. Upon seeing Li Daoyi, their expectations vanished, as they could not sense any power emanating from him.

"People often say that below the level of a sage, all are ants. How do you all feel now? Is the taste of being an ant pleasant?" Li Daoyi chuckled.