Perfect World: I Am Shi Yi

Indeed.

An adult Pi Xiu fears the Vermillion Bird, the Zhu Yan, the Qiongqi, and the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, but that doesn't mean it fears Shi Yi, a youth whose feathers haven't even fully grown. It simply doesn't want to stir up trouble.

It knows very well.

The Four Great Fierce Beasts of the Great Wilderness aren't just for show; they earned their titles through slaughter.

Shi Yi possessing the crimson Plume bestowed by the Vermillion Bird is undoubtedly telling everyone that Shi Yi is her person. To touch him, one must consider if they can afford to provoke the Vermillion Bird.

"If you want me to give up, you can try!" Shi Yi said without backing down.

Although he is cautious and unwilling to put himself in danger, the Willow Deity is currently residing in his Ten Celestial Passages. Even if it were the King of Heaven, he wouldn't retreat a single step.

"Young man, no, Vermillion Bird Emissary, you are too overbearing."

Seeing Shi Yi's unyielding attitude, the adult Pi Xiu felt a drum beating in its heart. It worried whether the Vermillion Bird, or even a stronger protector, might be hidden in the shadows.

One-on-one, it was no match for the Vermillion Bird and would be roasted in minutes. Moreover, a young supreme being like Shi Yi in the Celestial Passage Realm absolutely couldn't be without a protector behind him.

"The Mountain Treasure was born from the primordial Earth and Heaven; it is destined to be mine."

The ten Grotto-heavens behind Shi Yi were like ten blazing suns, radiating endless light and heat, carrying him slowly towards the location of the Mountain Treasure.

"Wait..."

The adult Pi Xiu instantly blocked Shi Yi's path, its two massive pupils staring intently at Shi Yi.

"If you want to fight, go ahead."

Shi Yi pushed his Ten Celestial Passages to the extreme. The energy of the surrounding hundred miles of Earth and Heaven was swept in by the Ten Celestial Passages, forming a massive vortex funnel of Earth and Heaven.

Such divine might.

It had already surpassed the Spirit Transformation Realm and possessed a hint of the Array Formation Realm's aura.

Blood Moving, Celestial Passage, Spirit Transformation, Inscription, Array Formation, Venerable.

These are the six realms of the Human World.

A Venerable is the Human Supreme, hence the title Venerable.

However, Shi Yi, in the Celestial Passage Realm, could rival the Array Formation Realm, something even other young supreme beings with Ten Celestial Passages couldn't achieve.

The Ten Celestial Passages Shi Yi formed with the help of the Thirteen Daoist Scriptures were incomparable to the Ten Celestial Passages gambled with one's life.

It sounds a bit strange.

Why would the Ten Celestial Passages gambled with one's life be inferior to the Ten Celestial Passages formed by Shi Yi listening to the Dao sounds?

But this is reality. Many times, just because you gamble with your life or fight with your life doesn't mean you'll get the best outcome.

Simply put.

This is the difference between studying and not studying, the key difference between using brute force and using one's brain.

Regarding Shi Yi's utterly disregardful arrogance, the adult Pi Xiu was silent for a long while before sighing, "If my son hadn't been hunted by humans, he would be around your age. Perhaps he couldn't open Ten Celestial Passages like you, but he would also be a prodigy."

Yes, its only son died, and it finally got revenge.

It had also killed its enemy, but what did that matter?

Those who had died would never awaken.

It still remembered that day.

It had personally witnessed its only child being disemboweled and having its heart's blood, its true blood, extracted. How much pain had this old father felt in his heart at that moment?

"What does that have to do with me?" Shi Yi asked, not understanding.

Fierce beasts killed people, people killed fierce beasts, people ate fierce beasts, fierce beasts ate people.

There was nothing to say; it was all part of the natural cycle of Heaven and Earth.

"It naturally has nothing to do with you, but if you are willing to recognize me as your adoptive father, I can give the Mountain Treasure to my child," the adult Pi Xiu said, revealing its true thoughts.

Having lost its beloved child, it lived in pain every day. So, upon seeing Shi Yi possess such talent and potential, its first thought was to take Shi Yi as its adopted son.

"Ah?"

Shi Yi could hardly believe his ears. His heart, which had been faintly aching, also became inexplicably complex, as if there was a taste of recognizing a thief as a father.

"I am very serious. You can consider it. The Mountain Treasure, the complete Pi Xiu Precious Technique, you can have it all," the adult Pi Xiu said with a sincere tone.

Just as the adult Pi Xiu was attempting to entice Shi Yi into becoming its adopted son with the Mountain Treasure and the Pi Xiu Precious Technique, far above the Lower Realm's Eight Regions, above the Nine Heavens Ten Earths.

Above the endless river of time, a bloody hand stretched out.

"Such a familiar aura, Shi Yi, I finally... finally found you."

The bloody hand was incredibly massive, covering the sky and the sun, almost completely covering the entire river of time, as if it wanted to grasp Shi Yi's past and present lives and completely obliterate any trace of his existence.

This astonishing scene.

Naturally, it startled the Dao Attainers above the river of time. However, before they could react to the giant bloody hand, a series of indistinct Daoist murmurs suddenly sounded.

"The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name."

"The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth; the named is the mother of all things."

"Therefore, one should always be without desire to observe its wonders; one should always have desire to observe its boundaries."

"These two come from the same source but have different names. They are both called Profound. Profound and more Profound, the Gate of Myriad Mysteries."

As the final indistinct phrase, the Gate of Myriad Mysteries, sounded, a mysterious portal appeared above the river of time, directly blocking the path of the giant bloody hand.

Looking closely.

On this mysterious portal, there were still many bloody handprints remaining.

Shi Yi naturally did not know that a giant bloody hand wanted to obliterate him, nor did he know that a portal had been secretly protecting him from being obliterated by the giant bloody hand.

Only the Willow Deity.

In the depths of her being, she felt that someone wanted to completely obliterate Shi Yi from the source of time. This made her feel strange. Shi Yi, whose Dao heart was so unstable, was actually worth someone paying a great karma to obliterate.

These past few years.

The Willow Deity had come to understand Shi Yi's character and behavior quite well. She knew that he was cautious, thought twice before acting, and was an extremely steady person.

If she hadn't told him to come and compete for the Mountain Treasure and guaranteed his life, with his cautious personality, he wouldn't have come to snatch the Mountain Treasure at all.

Could it be?

His so-called wavering Dao heart was all deliberately faked?

But it doesn't seem like it!

It feels like if he were given the chance, he would truly dare to be rebellious.

Shi Yi had no way of knowing the Willow Deity's inner thoughts.

He looked at the adult Pi Xiu in front of him and said with unwavering determination, "I am very sorry for what happened to your son, but it is impossible for me to become your adopted son."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The adult Pi Xiu's aura surged, and a massive killing intent instantly enveloped them. It said coldly, "You humans have a good saying, 'refuse a toast and be forced to drink a forfeit.' Since you are unwilling to be my adopted son, then just wait to fall. A fallen prodigy is never a prodigy."

To be honest.

At this moment, the adult Pi Xiu was already somewhat enraged and embarrassed. It thought it had been sincere enough and truly admired Shi Yi, genuinely wanting to take him as an adopted son, but it never expected to be rejected so ruthlessly.

Does he look down on me?

Although I am not one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts of the Great Wilderness, I am still the foremost fierce beast below the Four Great Fierce Beasts. Or is it that this person would rather be a dog for that stinky bitch Vermillion Bird than be my adopted son?

"Heh, you're not qualified enough!"

Shi Yi didn't care about the adult Pi Xiu's threat at all.

He had Willow Mother, the Willow Deity.

In the Lower Realm's Eight Regions, who had the ability to kill him?

"Young Supreme of the Ten Celestial Passages, before you are about to fall, I will allow you to speak your name."

In the adult Pi Xiu's calm tone, there was an indescribable ferocity. It had just confirmed that the Vermillion Bird was not here, and besides Shi Yi, there was no one else nearby.

"Yun Potian!"

Shi Yi stood tall and continued to say this fake name.

Just kidding.

When you're out and about, if you don't even have a fake name, how can you get by?

"Yun Potian, I remember it. A very imposing name. I will beat you half to death, wash away all your memories, and turn you into my true son."

The adult Pi Xiu nodded in satisfaction, but the fierce light in its pupils grew stronger.

"You're still... harboring malicious intentions!"

Shi Yi reached out and covered his chest, feeling like his lungs were about to explode from anger.