The Weird Guy Is Really Weird

Chen Yi was so bizarre that those with limited insight couldn't comprehend him—they only sensed something extraordinary without understanding it. Meanwhile, those with profound insight also failed to grasp his methods, deeming him an outright freak who took abnormal paths where normal ones existed and ventured where no one should tread!

Take Cui Changsheng, for example—a half-step Dao Ancestor, if not already at that level. Even as a mere wisp of divine consciousness left behind years ago, his knowledge remained intact. Yet, Chen Yi's antics left even him utterly baffled.

Originally, Cui Changsheng had been waiting in the River of Time for Chen Yi's avatar to return. By his calculations, even if the brat disobeyed and stubbornly ventured upstream into the divine realm’s segment of the River of Time, Zhang Bairen would be there to guide him back, ensuring he wouldn’t get lost. Sooner or later, he’d return.

But as he waited… a massive hand suddenly reached out from the downstream section of the River of Time!

If not for recognizing the owner of that hand, he would’ve thought he’d seen a ghost.

And precisely because he recognized it, after a brief moment of confusion, he began questioning his entire existence.

Among the 108 contingency plans, every possible scenario had been considered—except for this bastard figuring out how to enter the River of Time on his own!

No, actually, they had entertained the possibility, only to dismiss it themselves.

After all, the River of Time was the most enigmatic and profound place across all realms. Only orthodox cultivators could perceive it, and there was but one true path—without the proper method, entry was impossible!

To put it simply, only a "proper" person could locate the "house" that was the River of Time. The entire structure had only one gate, and if you couldn’t unlock it, you weren’t getting in.

Chen Yi met none of these conditions—not even close. No matter how much of a troublemaker he was, it was absurd to think he could break in after just one unauthorized visit, because the inside and outside of the River of Time were fundamentally different states!

It was like blindfolding someone, carrying them into a completely sealed room, letting them fumble around inside for a while, then bringing them out and demanding they find that room again—along with its hidden door, its concealed lock, and finally cracking its intricate mechanism to re-enter.

Was that something an ordinary person could do?

Even if some peerless prodigy or superhuman freak could manage it, it certainly wouldn’t be someone like Chen Yi!

Because he didn’t follow the normal procedure at all. Instead, he drilled a hole in the fully sealed "house" and crawled in through it…

This guy was just that bizarre.

"I thought I’d already overestimated you, but it turns out I was the one underestimating myself…"

Cui Changsheng’s divine projection let out a long, resigned sigh, utterly at a loss for how to evaluate him.

Chen Yi smiled humbly. "Senior, there’s no need for self-deprecation. If not for you bringing me into the River of Time, I could never have achieved this. You are the true visionary!"

With that, he suddenly bowed deeply. "This journey into the River of Time has been immensely enlightening. Your grace is something I will never forget!"

Chen Yi was genuinely grateful to Cui Changsheng. Without him, he could never have entered the River of Time, let alone rescued Grandpa.

And setting aside personal sentiment, Cui Changsheng’s contributions to the stable development of the Purple Star Continent alone made him worthy of this respect.

A salute to this great pioneer of the hidden front!

"Hahaha, as long as it helped you!" Cui Changsheng nodded slightly, accepting the bow before returning one of his own.

"Calamity-Sovereign, I presume the Divine Realm’s Balance Key has already revealed the secrets of this Celestial Veil Stele to you. I implore you to safeguard this last ember of mine. Though I do not fear death, I still wish to witness the day the Purple Star Immortal Realm is born!"

Chen Yi solemnly returned the gesture. "Rest assured, Senior. I will not fail this duty."

"Then I leave it to you!"

With all tasks complete, Cui Changsheng’s divine projection began dissipating, scattering into motes of light that merged into the Celestial Veil Stele.

Chen Yi remained composed, waiting until the stele reverted to its ordinary appearance before immediately carving void array runes in the air.

At the same time, within the Illusory Star Pocket Realm, Chen Yi’s true body mirrored the action.

The moment both arrays fully formed, the Celestial Veil Stele vanished from the divine realm and instantly reappeared before Chen Yi’s true body in the Illusory Star Pocket Realm.

Even if the avatar exhausted its strength, the true body had yet to reveal its full power!

There was no safer place than this.

"Senior Cui Changsheng, forge ahead without hesitation. I will guard the rear."

Chen Yi’s true body gazed into the distance, wiping away all traces of the cross-realm teleportation array and fabricating a false endpoint in the void.

If Cui Changsheng truly met his end and pursuers from the Immortal Realm came to eradicate all remnants, he would trap them like fish in a net!

Shifting perspective back to the divine realm—

The Five-Star Chaos Avatar completed the fabrication of the fake teleportation array before turning to reopen the spacetime vortex singularity, stepping back into the River of Time for verification.

Only after repeatedly confirming no flaws remained did he emerge, calmly turning to the divine realm’s Balance Key, who had taken the form of an alluring elder sister.

"Equilibrium of Heavenly Mystery, as the Divine Realm’s Balance Key maintaining the harmony of yin and yang, good and evil, life and death—you must know where the former East Sea Abyssal Ruins now lie after the collapse of the divine realm, correct?"