"System, system, what's going on?" Li Daoyi steadied himself and quickly asked in his mind.

"Warning, host, a great being is about to descend, the world is about to collapse, warning, the world is about to collapse!" the system's urgent voice sounded.

"What the hell? What's going on? How is it about to collapse? What's so great about it?" Li Daoyi continued to press for answers.

At this moment, not only Lin'an City, but the entire world of Condor Heroes had entered a dark state. There was no trace of the sun in the sky, and the oppressive aura made everyone involuntarily lie down on the ground.

The system seemed to freeze at that moment, offering no further response.

Li Daoyi, Yang Guo, and Xiaolongnu struggled to leave the palace, only to be met with a world that resembled the end of the world. The sky was gloomy, with lightning and thunder, and the oppressive atmosphere filled the three with despair.

"Master, what exactly is going on?" Yang Guo murmured.

Little Dragon Girl clung tightly to Li Daoyi, her body trembling with fear.

"Eeya..."

Suddenly, a clear, crisp voice rang in the ears of the three of them.

Then, suddenly everything brightened up, the pressure on his body vanished instantly, and the dark clouds and thunder that had filled the sky just a moment ago were gone. The sky was clear and cloudless, and the sun hung high in the sky.

“This…” Li Daoyi raised his head, looked at the sky and then at his surroundings. Everything was intact, and what had just happened seemed like an illusion.

"Master? What just happened?" Yang Guo looked at Li Daoyi with a bewildered expression.

Upon hearing Yang Guo's question, Li Daoyi became certain that what he had just witnessed was not an illusion.

"Ding, the system has resumed operation, and the alarm has been lifted."

The system finally responded again.

"Damn, what just happened?" Li Daoyi asked hurriedly.

"Sorry, system permissions are insufficient to answer. The crisis has been resolved," the system said.

"That's right, that voice just now." Li Daoyi finally remembered the voice from earlier and turned to look at the palace.

"Mengmeng," Li Daoyi called out.

"Eeya?"

Suddenly, everything blurred before my eyes, and the black egg appeared in front of me.

The black egg seemed to be wandering around as if nothing was wrong.

"Right, it seems like the strange phenomenon started right after we called out the name 'Mengmeng'," Yang Guo quickly said.

"Little guy, what just happened?" Li Daoyi reached out and caught the black egg, then asked.

"Hehe, Mengmeng doesn't know." The black egg spun around in her palm.

"Could this guy be some kind of supreme being who ran away on his own?" Li Daoyi wondered to himself.

"Mengmeng." Li Daoyi tried calling out again, then quickly looked up at the sky.

"Sigh..." the little guy replied cutely. The sky remained unchanged.

"Swish swish..."

Just then, many figures flew towards the palace; it was Dongfang Bubai and his companions.

"Wow, that scared me to death! What just happened?" Hong Qigong shouted before he even landed.

The others also looked terrified.

"Guo'er, are you alright?" Guo Jing asked hurriedly.

“Uncle Guo, we’re alright,” Yang Guo said.

"Dao Yi, what just happened? Did you make a move?" Dongfang Bubai asked.

Everyone looked on as if they had survived a disaster, and they all looked at Li Daoyi, seemingly hoping to get an explanation from him.

"It's all over now. It was just a misunderstanding." Li Daoyi forced a smile.

Upon hearing this answer, everyone clearly sensed that something was off about his tone, but wisely refrained from asking further questions.

"Master Guo, send someone to appease the people and tell them that the strange phenomenon just now was Heaven congratulating the new emperor on his upcoming ascension to the throne," Li Daoyi continued.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Guo Jing nodded and then left.

"Huh, this little guy is awake?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they saw the black egg in Li Daoyi's hand.

"Hehe, I'm awake, I'm awake."

"It can talk?"

"My name is Mengmeng," Mengmeng introduced herself cheerfully.

"Mengmeng, that sounds so nice," Mu Nianci said with a smile.

Then he jumped onto Dongfang Bubai and the other girls and started acting cute, just like a cute little girl. Soon everyone burst into laughter. However, Li Daoyi couldn't be happy at all. What had just happened made him feel insignificant and like he couldn't control his own destiny.

Nighttime, the rooftop of the palace.

Li Daoyi sat alone quietly, looking at the bright moon in the sky, feeling somewhat lost.

"What exactly is this being? It's so terrifying," Li Daoyi murmured.

"Host, this system has captured a last piece of information, left behind by that being," the system suddenly said.

"What? What information? Why didn't you tell me before?" Li Daoyi asked.

"It's related to Mengmeng. She was with you at the time, but I didn't say anything," the system replied.

"Now you can tell me, Mengmeng isn't here," Li Daoyi said quickly. At this moment, Mengmeng had already gone to play outside the palace with the other girls.

"Sorry, please take good care of Mengmeng," the system said.

Li Daoyi was stunned upon hearing this.

That's it?

"Yes, just those two sentences," the system said.

Li Daoyi scratched his head, somewhat confused.

"What kind of nonsense is this? Apologize? You almost destroyed the world, and you just apologize?" Li Daoyi stood up and shouted at the sky.

"Remind the host that some great beings can hear words unfavorable to them even across countless planes."

"Ah, it's alright, it's alright, it's nothing, it's nothing. I'll take good care of Mengmeng." Li Daoyi immediately changed his tune, fawningly addressing the sky, not caring whether the other party heard him or not.

"Damn it, what's going on? How did a big shot suddenly appear out of nowhere?" Li Daoyi then plopped down, looking helpless, but he was clearly in a better mood now, at least he was certain that the other party meant him no harm.

"Sigh, I still have to grow up."

"Open the panel."

The system panel then appeared.

"Host: Li Daoyi".

Cultivation level: Late Golden Core stage (exchanged many Condensed Golden Cores within ten years)

"Magic treasures: 36 Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords (later exchanged for 26 more), Ghost Seal (full), Black and White Impermanence Summoning Talisman (full), Lü Dongbin Summoning Talisman (full)."

"Cultivation Techniques: Chaos Profound Technique (Second Heaven), Five Elements Dao Technique (Max), Flying Sword Technique (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Sword Control Technique (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Cloud Riding and Mist Riding (Early Earth Rank, can be upgraded), Law of Heaven and Earth (Elementary Immortal Rank)."

"Disciple: Yang Guo (Qi Refining Level 5) (Master-disciple bonus: for every major breakthrough the disciple makes, the master automatically advances by one minor level)."

Pet: Green Ox (Early Golden Core Stage)

"Mengmeng: A special existence, origin and strength unknown. Hatching requires 999.99 billion points."

"Points/Amazing Value: One million."

"Ten years have passed, and now my points have basically stopped increasing. If what happened today had happened before, I would have received a huge wave of amazement points, but I didn't get a single one." Li Daoyi looked at his one million points and shook his head helplessly.

He reached one million two years ago. Before that, he had exchanged for many things, but after that, the people in this world could no longer send him points. According to the Dark System, this world had reached the limit of the Amazing Value.

Li Daoyi then opened the shop and browsed through the items, but ultimately didn't buy anything.

"System, how many points do I need to travel to the new world?" Li Daoyi asked the question he hadn't asked in ten years.

"Reporting to the host, your one million points have been used up, and you can travel to the new world at any time."

After he finished speaking, a golden time travel talisman appeared in Li Daoyi's system inventory.

"Host, this system reminds you that you cannot bring anyone else with you on this journey except for Qingniu and Dongfang Bubai."

"Why?" Li Daoyi frowned.

“Every time you bring an outsider across, there is a great risk. It is very likely that the host will get lost in the other dimension. The host’s cultivation level is too low, and this system cannot guarantee that.”

"Then why was nothing wrong last time?" Li Daoyi asked.

"The first time travel talisman came with a location function, and the target was originally locked onto this world. But the new time travel talisman is random, and the world you travel to will be random, so the risk is greater," the system explained.

"I see," Li Daoyi said with some regret. He couldn't help but think of Xiaolongnu. After ten years together, she had come to see him as an older brother, and he had truly come to see her as a younger sister, no longer the casual "aunt" he had called her to tease Yang Guo.

He had naturally considered taking Xiaolongnu with him when he left, but now it seemed that he couldn't take that risk.

"well…"

"Eeya".

Suddenly, I felt a weight on my shoulder, and a cute, dark figure appeared on it.

"What? Are you full?" Li Daoyi asked with a smile.

"I'm not full, I'm not full, Mengmeng is unhappy." The little one hopped and skipped around.

"Hahaha..." Looking at the cute little guy, the gloom in my heart suddenly disappeared.

"Besides points, what else do you have that can help you get out?" Li Daoyi asked.

"Energy, lots and lots of energy!" Mengmeng said cheerfully.

"Energy? That's right." Li Daoyi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have overlooked something before, and quickly checked the incubation value.

"Nine hundred and ninety-nine billion nine hundred million. Huh? It's missing nine million eight hundred thousand." Li Daoyi exclaimed in surprise.

"Mengmeng, is it because you absorbed that energy on the grassland last time that you were able to speak?" Li Daoyi asked hurriedly.

"Yes, as long as it's energy, Mengmeng can eat it. Hehe." The little guy said happily. Then he spun around and transformed into a tiny little girl, no bigger than the palm of your hand, wearing a black dress, with skin as white as milk, big, bright purple eyes, black hair, and bare feet—incredibly cute.

"You...how could you?" Li Dao was stunned for a moment.

"Why did you come out?" Li Daoyi asked hurriedly.

"I can come out whenever I want," Mengmeng suddenly said, her eyes darting around.

Li Daoyi seemed to have been tricked.

"Mengmeng, you didn't just make up all those points to scam me out of food and drinks, did you?" Li Daoyi asked suspiciously. He couldn't help but wonder, since this guy said he couldn't come out and needed to absorb points when he first woke up during the day, but now he's come out on his own, it's contradictory.

"Eeya." The little guy seemed to have been exposed, spun around and turned back into a black egg shape before disappearing.

Li Daoyi was left alone, bewildered in the wind.